Episode 216 - The Five #1 Albums Of 1984

In 1984, there were only 5 albums that hit #1 all year. This is the least amount of top records in a single year EVER. Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Prince, Huey Lewis & the News and the Footloose soundtrack… that’s it. Which means 1984 was either the most homogenous year in music history, or that MTV finally exerted its place at the top of the corporate music heap. Forget Madonna. Forget Tina Turner. Forget Wham or the Police. These are the only five records that existed in 1984. Period. | 0:00 - Intros | 6:50 - The Keep (1983) | 14:30 - Elden Ring | 17:20 - Peacemaker (2022) | 21:05 - Death on the Nile (2022) | 27:20 - Flood (2007) | 31:15 - The French Dispatch (2021) | 37:50 - The only five #1 albums of 1984 | Clips | Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl | Eurythmics - Sexcrime (extended mix) | Panic! At the Disco - Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song) | Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat | Tangerine Dream - It Ends - The Keep | Yuka Kitamura - Elden Ring | Patrick Doyle - Death on the Nile | The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Granny’s Cottage - Flood | Alexandre Desplat - Animated Car Chase - The French Dispatch | Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh | Tom T-Bone Stankus - Purple Rain | Huey Lewis & The News - I Want a New Drug | Michael Jackson - Billie Jean | Michael Jackson - Thriller | Michael Jackson - The Girl Is Mine (with Paul McCartney) | Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ | Moving Pictures - Never - Footloose | Bonnie Tyler - Holding out for a Hero | Mike Reno - Almost Paradise (feat. Ann Wilson) | Huey Lewis & The News - Honky Tonk Blues | James Hetfield & The News - Hip To Be the Sandman | American Psycho with Huey Lewis and Weird Al | Robin Williams - Elmer Fudd sings Fire | Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. | Prince & the Revolution - When Doves Cry | Clip from Batman (1989) | Prince & the Revolution - Darling Nikki | Prince & the Revolution - Purple Rain | Bruce Springsteen - Purple Rain