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Here are the top 10 of Kiss-FMs Top 98 songs 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
Some other notable tracks on the list:
25. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun- Cyndi Lauer
33. Close to the Edit- Art of Noise
37. Karma Chameleon- Culture Club
35. Borderline- Madonna
47. One for the Treble- Davy DMX
58. Heaven Sent You-Stanley Clarke
79. Love is a Battlefield- Pat Benatar
84. Rain Forest-Paul Hardcastle
Make no mistake, Kiss-FM's playlist was decidedly urban R&B. I just find it amazing back in 1984 that even being urban, the audience was still receptive to a wider variety of music. Madonna has always been accepted by R&B audiences, that's not as much as surprise as Cyndi Lauper and Pat Benatar. I can't imagine an urban station mixing it up like this in 2008.
Instrumentals were also bigger back then. I think electronic music was big with breakdancers, notice Paul Hardcastle, Davy DMX and Art of Noise. Today on Urban, particularly CHR-Rhythmic stations, you almost never hear instrumentals. The beats are lame, they can't stand on their own, and they have to be violated with mindless chatter on top of them.
Lastly, interesting to see Stanley Clarke on the list. In 2008, he would get airplay on a Smooth Jazz station, like CD 101.9 if it were still around.
Here are the top 10 of Kiss-FMs Top 98 songs 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
Some other notable tracks on the list:
25. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun- Cyndi Lauer
33. Close to the Edit- Art of Noise
37. Karma Chameleon- Culture Club
35. Borderline- Madonna
47. One for the Treble- Davy DMX
58. Heaven Sent You-Stanley Clarke
79. Love is a Battlefield- Pat Benatar
84. Rain Forest-Paul Hardcastle
Make no mistake, Kiss-FM's playlist was decidedly urban R&B. I just find it amazing back in 1984 that even being urban, the audience was still receptive to a wider variety of music. Madonna has always been accepted by R&B audiences, that's not as much as surprise as Cyndi Lauper and Pat Benatar. I can't imagine an urban station mixing it up like this in 2008.
Instrumentals were also bigger back then. I think electronic music was big with breakdancers, notice Paul Hardcastle, Davy DMX and Art of Noise. Today on Urban, particularly CHR-Rhythmic stations, you almost never hear instrumentals. The beats are lame, they can't stand on their own, and they have to be violated with mindless chatter on top of them.
Lastly, interesting to see Stanley Clarke on the list. In 2008, he would get airplay on a Smooth Jazz station, like CD 101.9 if it were still around.