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Full List: Kiss FM Top 98 of 1984

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As requested, here's the complete Kiss- FM Top 98 of 1984:

1. When Doves Cry- Prince
2. Fat Boys- Fat Boys
3. Somebody Else's Guy- Jocelyn Brown
4. Hello-Lionel Richie
5. Feels So Real- Patrice Rushen
6. What's Love Got To Do With It-Tina Turner
7. Tears- Force MDs
8. If Only You Knew- Patti LaBelle
9. Cool It Now- New Edition
10. Beat Box-Art of Noise

11. You Get the Best of Me- Alicia Myers
12. Baby I’m Scared of You- Womack & Womack
13. Love Has Finally Come At Last- Bobby Womack & Patti LaBelle
14. Another Man- Barbara Mason
15. I Feel For You- Chaka Khan
16. Let Me Love You- Force MDs
17. There’s No Stopping Us- Ollie & Jerry
18. Solid- Ashford & Simpson
19. Perfect Combination- Stacy Lattisaw & Johnny Gil

20. Jam Master Jay- Run DMC
21. Somebody’s Watching Me- Rockwell
22. Encore- Cheryl Lynn
23. Five Minutes of Funk- Whodini
24. Give Me Tonight- Shannon
25. Let’s Hear It For the Boy- Denise Williams
26. Don’t Look Any Further- Dennis Edwards
27. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun- Cyndi Lauer
28. Popcorn Love- New Edition
29. What People Do For Money- Divine Sounds

30. Time After Time- Cyndi Lauper
31. If You’re Not Here- Menudo
32. You, Me & He- Mtume
33. Close to the Edit- Art of Noise
34. Love, Need and Want You- Patti LaBelle
35. Borderline- Madonna
36. Centipede- Rebbie Jackson
37. Karma Chameleon- Culture Club
38. Yo Little Brother- Nolan Thomas
39. Give A Little Love- Stylistics

40. I’m On Your Side- Angela Bofil
41. Jailhouse Rap- Fat Boys
42. Jealous Girl- New Edition
43. Fresh- 3 MCs
44. Purple Rain- Prince
45. Block Party- Stacy Lattisaw & Johnny Gil
46. AJ Scratch- Kurtis Blow
47. One for the Treble- Davy DMX
48. No Favors- Temper
49. Rock Box- Run DMC

50. Living For Your Love- Melba Moore
51. Penny Lover- Lionel Richie
52. Glamorous Live- Sheila E
53. The Last Time I Made Love- Jeffrey Osborne & Joyce Kennedy
54. Problems of the World- ??
55. Something’s On Your Mind- D Train
56. Miss Me Blind- Culture Club
57. Joanna- Kool & the Gang
58. Heaven Sent You-Stanley Clarke
59. She’s Strange- Cameo

60. Baby Please Don’t Go- Dreamboy
61. Here Comes the Beat- Pumpkin & the All Stars
62. Release Yourself- The Aleems
63. 99 ½ - Carol Lynn Townes
64. Hey D.J.- World Famous Supreme Team
65. Buffalo Gals- Malcolm McLaren
66. Wet My Whistle- Midnight Star
67. Out of Touch- Hall & Oats
68. I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On- Cherelle
69. Roxanne Roxanne- UTFO

70. 17- Rick James
71. ??
72. Taxi- J Blackfoot
73. Black Butterfly- Deniece Williams
74. You Used to Hold Me So Tight- Thelma Houston
75. ??
76. Off And On Love- Champaign
77. ??
78. Street Dance- Break Machine
79. Love is a Battlefield- Pat Benatar

80. Torture- Jacksons
81. Request Line- Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic 3
82. Just My Imagination- Lillo Thomas
83. In A Special Way- DeBarge
84. Rain Forest- Paul Hardcastle
85. Baby Don’t Break Your Baby’s Heart- Kashif
86. Swept Away- Diana Ross
87. Don’t Stand Another Chance- Janet Jackson
88. High Energy- Evelyn Thomas
89. Are You the Woman- Kashif

90. Set It Off- Strafe
91. Fast Life- Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
92. Just The Way You Like It- S.O.S. Band
93. All Night Long (All Night)- Lionel Richie
94. No One’s Gonna Love You - S.O.S. Band
95. You’re My Choice Tonight- Teddy Pendergrass
96. ??
97. If Ever You’re In My Arms Again- Peabo Bryson
98. We Are Family- Sister Sledge
 
Why would they play #98 (from 1979), #93 (1983), #79 (1983) & others in a countdown featuring 1984 hits??
 
I would assume the two songs from 1983 charted late enough in that year that they overflowed into the next year.

"We Are Family", I have no clue why that is on a 1984 hit list. Was it re-released for any reason? Was it featured in a movie, like "Bohemian Rhapsody"? (Few know "500 Miles" from The Proclaimers, featured in the 1993 movie "Benny & Joon", was actually released in 1988!)
 
Ciao - thanks for posting the list! Interesting mix of music selections... Just wondering about the "??" on a few of the songs. Did you record the countdown and go by what you had on tape, and didn't recognize these songs? Maybe if you Google some of the lyrics of these unknown songs, you can come up with titles for these mystery hits.
 
oldies76 said:
Why would they play #98 (from 1979), #93 (1983), #79 (1983) & others in a countdown featuring 1984 hits??
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As a long time listeners of Kiss, particularly from back in the day, I'm not as surprised. Some songs on the 1984 countdown hit elsewhere in 1985, probably cause Kiss broke them ahead of time. Some songs from 1983 were on here too, usually national hits that Kiss & the New York audience didnt' take to right away.

I did note Sister Sledge. What I remember about Kiss FM is when they had a "top 8 at 8" style countdown, it was a real countdown of listener requests, not some manufactured list. If Patti LabBlle was in town, you can bet that songs of hers from years past made it to the nightly countdown. So I gather this is how Sister Sledge made it on, due to listener requests. Kiss was a different station in a different era, not scared to be Kiss and not scared to be New York.
 
DToTheJ said:
Ciao - thanks for posting the list! Interesting mix of music selections... Just wondering about the "??" on a few of the songs. Did you record the countdown and go by what you had on tape, and didn't recognize these songs? Maybe if you Google some of the lyrics of these unknown songs, you can come up with titles for these mystery hits.
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That's exactly it. I recorded the countdown, so there are some holes.
 
JerseyDude said:
Love so many songs on this list. Jocelyn Brown, Tina Turner,Patrice Rushen,Alicia Myers,Lillo Thomas,Ollie & Jerry,Temper,Cherelle,Stacy Lattisaw,Alleem and so many more.

Patti Labelle has a few songs on the 1984 list. Will be able to see her free in Brooklyn this summer.

http://www.brooklynconcerts.com/mlk.html
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The music was real back then. Artists like Patrice Rushen actually had a musical background. In her case, piano. It makes a difference.

If you are going to see Patti LaBelle in concert, you're in for a real treat. I first saw her back in 1984. She is fantastic.
 
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