1984 was a year of several huge selling releases, including at the time the biggest selling single ever. Six singles this year sold over a million copies, the joint highest number ever along with 1998.
One of the biggest bands of the year was Frankie Goes to Hollywood, a five-piece from Liverpool fronted by Holly Johnson. Their second single “Two Tribes” referenced the ongoing cold war and featured a music video of lookalikes of American president Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko violently fighting, and was number 1 for nine weeks in the summer selling over a million.

PLAYLIST

Mel & Kim – Showing Out
Bonnie Tyler – Holding Out For A Hero
Tears For Fears – Sowing The Seeds Of Love
Sade – Smooth Operator
Yes – Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar On Me
Go West – Don’t Look Down
Thompson Twins – You Take Me Up
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Two Tribes
New Order – Blue Monday
Tina Turner – The Best
T’Pau – China In Your Hand
Harry Perriton – Tell Me Again
The Bangles – Eternal Flame
Soul II Soul Featuring Caron Wheeler – Back To Life

Three In A Row (1980)
The Korgis – Everybodys Got To Learn Sometime
Linx – You’re Lying
Bad Manners – Lip Up Fatty

Diana Ross – Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Toni Basil – Mickey
Kool And The Gang – Celebration
Pepsi & Shirley – Heartache
Fleetwood Mac – Big Love
Mai Tai – History
David Bowie – Let’s Dance
Pet Shop Boys – Heart