Top 100 songs for May 5, 1984
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1984 and the 1980s.
This week’s No. 1 is “Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)” by Phil Collins. Meanwhile, “Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)” by Icicle Works rises from No. 69 to No. 55. 10 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly) — Icicle Worksup 14 places, No. 69 → No. 55
- Time After Time — Cyndi Lauperup 13 places, No. 27 → No. 14
- Modern Day Delilah — Van Stephensonup 13 places, No. 57 → No. 44
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Self Control — Laura BraniganNo. 33
- You Can't Get What You Want — Joe JacksonNo. 37
- Run, Runaway — SladeNo. 39
- Catch Me I'm Falling — Real LifeNo. 40
First-week entries
- Stay The Night — ChicagoNo. 49
- Who's That Girl — EurythmicsNo. 61
- Eyes Without A Face — Billy IdolNo. 63
- Music Time — StyxNo. 68
- King Of Suede — "Weird Al" YankovicNo. 77
- Obscene Phone Caller — RockwellNo. 79
- Heart Don't Lie — LaToya JacksonNo. 80
- I Can Dream About You — Dan HartmanNo. 84
- Hurt — Re-flexNo. 88
- Darlin' — Frank StalloneNo. 89
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.