1984
🎂 What music raised you?
Drop your birthday and we'll rewind to your golden era — the years the songs imprinted for life.
🔙 Backtrack — 1984
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
🎬 Set the scene
Nothing fancy — just 1984, Alvin and the Chipmunks, a can of Hawaiian Punch, a box of Nerds, and the kind of afternoon that disappeared before dinner.
🎬 At the movies
📼 Saturday cartoons
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe👕 tee →
- G.I. Joe👕 tee →
- The Smurfs👕 tee →
- Inspector Gadget
- Voltron👕 tee →
- Muppet Babies
- Alvin and the Chipmunks
Billboard Year-End Hot 100
📊 Full chart →- 1
When Doves CryPrince - 2
What's Love Got to Do with ItTina Turner - 3Say Say SayPaul McCartney & Michael JacksonSay Say SayPaul McCartney & Michael Jackson
- 4
FootlooseKenny Loggins - 5
Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)Phil Collins - 6
JumpVan Halen - 7
HelloLionel Richie - 8
Owner of a Lonely HeartYes - 9
GhostbustersRay Parker Jr. - 10
Karma ChameleonCulture Club - 11
Missing YouJohn Waite - 12All Night Long (All Night)Lionel Richie
- 13
Let's Hear It for the BoyDeniece Williams - 14
Dancing in the DarkBruce Springsteen - 15
Girls Just Want to Have FunCyndi Lauper - 16
The ReflexDuran Duran - 17Time After TimeCyndi Lauper
- 18
Jump (For My Love)The Pointer Sisters - 19
Talking In Your SleepThe Romantics - 20
Self ControlLaura Branigan - 21Let's Go CrazyPrince & The Revolution
- 22
Say It Isn't SoDaryl Hall & John Oates - 23
Hold Me NowThompson Twins - 24
JoannaKool & The Gang - 25
I Just Called to Say I Love YouStevie Wonder
More from 1984
🎤 Big in 1984
🎚️ 1984 genres
🎛️ Behind the boards & the pen — 1984
The hands behind 1984 — the producers and songwriters who actually shaped that year's records. Tom Werman was on 4 of them.
🎬 Movies of 1984
All soundtracks →The soundtracks that scored 1984 — every song and where it played.
▶Footloose
1984 · 4 tracks
♪ Footloose
▶Ghostbusters
1984 · 1 track
♪ Ghostbusters
▶Purple Rain
1984 · 3 tracks
♪ When Doves Cry
▶Beverly Hills Cop
1984 · 2 tracks
♪ The Heat Is On
▶The Karate Kid
1984 · 1 track
♪ Cruel Summer
▶Streets of Fire
1984 · 1 track
♪ I Can Dream About You
▶The Woman in Red
1984 · 1 track
♪ I Just Called to Say I Love You
Against All Odds
1984 · 1 track
♪ Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)
🎚️ Related vibes
All themes →Themed rooms that lean on the sound of 1984.
What does 1984 remind you of?
The drive, the dance, the heartbreak, the summer. Add a memory of 1984.
Community Memories
How well do you remember 1984?
7 quick questions — the songs, the artists, the year. No cheating. 😏
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🎵 1984 albums on vinyl
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