1984: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 14: April 07, 1984)
More Culture Club, Rick Springfield, Bonnie Tyler, Nik Kershaw and wow I have a lot to say about a song I literally only JUST heard.
In 1984, just like today, April is when you start seeing a lot of anticipated new releases rolling out for the all-important summer months. As a result, there were 12 new entries on the chart this week, the highest being “Oh Sherrie” by Steve Perry at 47. But this week, let’s take a look at a few of the less-remembered tracks of the spring of 1984.
At #7, “Miss Me Blind” by Culture Club
This was the third of four singles from Culture Club’s best and most successful album, so it was bound to vault into the top 10 just from momentum alone. This period was Boy George’s most family-friendly moment, appearing on magazine covers next to fellow makeup devotee Joan Rivers and puckishly thanking the voters of the Best New Artist Grammy “For knowing a good drag queen when you see one.” (On the other hand, let me once again recommend the recent reissue of former Smash Hits staff writer Dave Rimmer’s 1985 tell-all Like Punk Never Happened: Culture Club and the Rise of the New Pop, where we learn that this was also the point where the wheels were starting to come off…
