1984: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week #5, February 4, 1984)
Yes, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, Eurythmics, ABC, and the start of my ongoing fascination with Trevor Horn
How much more 1984 could this week’s chart get? The answer is none. None more 1984.
(Yes, This Is Spinal Tap was a 1984 movie. We probably won’t talk about it: I don’t think any of its songs charted, because it really only became a phenomenon when people discovered it in video stores. We will definitely talk about video stores at some point, though.)
Ten new entries charted this week, the highest being “The Language Of Love” by Dan Fogelberg at 59.
At #2, “Owner Of A Lonely Heart” by Yes
Okay, let me start at the beginning. In 1978, British prog-rockers Yes released an album called Tormato. None of them particularly liked it and they got even more fed up with each other during the ensuing tour, and after that was over, singer Jon Anderson and keyboardist Rick Wakeman both left the band. Needing a singer and a keyboardist, the other members noticed that another of their manager’s clients — synth-pop duo the Buggles, who were in the charts with their single “Video Killed The Radio Star” at the time — consisted of a singer, Trevor Horn, and a keyboardist…
