Simon Dillon
1 min readJan 6, 2024

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Favourite songs of 1984? Let me see. Here's a few off the top of my head. Going by UK single release dates...

Cyndi Lauper - Girls' Just Wanna Have Fun

Billy Idol - Rebel Yell

Wham - Freedom/Wake Me Up Before You Go Go

Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes

U2 - Pride

Laura Branigan - Self Control

Depeche Mode - Master and Servant

Spandau Ballet - Only When You Leave

Duran Duran - The Reflex/Wild Boys

Ollie & Jerry - There's No Stopping Us

China Crisis - Wishful Thinking

ABC - SOS

Nena - 99 Red Balloons

Human League - Together in Electric Dreams

Shannon - Let the Music Play

Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark

The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make?

Scritti Politti - Word Beez

Tears For Fears - Shout

Bananarama - Robert De Niro's Waiting

Ultravox - Dancing with Tears in My Eyes

George Michael - Careless Whisper

Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy

Pointer Sisters - Automatic

New Order - Thieves Like Us

Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters

Michael Jackson - Thriller

Madonna - Holiday

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Simon Dillon
Simon Dillon

Written by Simon Dillon

Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com

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