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American Top 40 — March 17, 1984

Host: Casey Kasem Songs on show: 44 Non-chart: 4

The March 17, 1984 American Top 40, hosted by Casey Kasem, included 44 songs. #1 was Jump by Van Halen. 5 songs debuted this week. 4 songs were in their final week on the chart. Also on the show: 2 Long Distance Dedications (Every Breath You Take, Brass In Pocket) .

On this show

  1. LW#2
    Girls Just Want To Have Fun Cyndi Lauper
  2. LW#1
    Jump Van Halen
  3. 40
    Tonight Kool & The Gang
    Week 1 of 10 · Peaks #13
  4. 39
    Love Somebody Rick Springfield
    Week 1 of 12 · Peaks #5
  5. 38
    Don't Let Go Wang Chung
    Week 2 of 3 · Peaks #38
  6. 37
    Red, Red Wine UB40
    Week 1 of 3 · Peaks #34
  7. 36
    Eat It Weird Al Yankovic
    Week 1 of 7 · Peaks #12
  8. 35
    Joanna Kool & The Gang
    Week 15 of 15 · Peak #2
  9. 34
    They Don't Know Tracey Ullman
    Week 1 of 11 · Peaks #8
  10. 33
    An Innocent Man Billy Joel
    Week 11 of 11 · Peak #10
  11. LDD
    Every Breath You Take Police
  12. 32
    Girls Dwight Twilley
    Week 3 of 10 · Peaks #16
  13. 31
    Livin' In Desperate Times Olivia Newton-John
    Week 4 of 5 · Peaks #31
  14. 30
    Come Back And Stay Paul Young
    Week 3 of 8 · Peaks #22
  15. 29
    New Song Howard Jones
    Week 4 of 6 · Peaks #27
  16. 28
    Radio Ga-Ga Queen
    Week 3 of 8 · Peaks #16
  17. 27
    Let's Stay Together Tina Turner
    Week 5 of 7 · Peaks #26
  18. 26
    Hello Lionel Richie
    Week 2 of 17 · Peaks #1
  19. 25
    Almost Over You Sheena Easton
    Week 6 of 6 · Peaks #25
  20. 24
    The Politics Of Dancing Re-Flex
    Week 5 of 5 · Peaks #24
  21. 23
    Runner Manfred Mann's Earth Band
    Week 5 of 8 · Peaks #22
  22. 22
    Back Where You Belong .38 Special
    Week 5 of 8 · Peaks #20
  23. 21
    Miss Me Blind Culture Club
    Week 3 of 12 · Peaks #5
  24. 20
    Against All Odds Phil Collins
    Week 2 of 16 · Peaks #1
  25. 19
    Hold Me Now Thompson Twins
    Week 4 of 15 · Peaks #3
  26. 18
    Give It Up K.C.
    Week 7 of 10 · Peaks #18
  27. 17
    Let The Music Play Shannon
    Week 11 of 12 · Peak #8
  28. 16
    Karma Chameleon Culture Club
    Week 14 of 15 · Peak #1
  29. 15
    Wrapped Around Your Finger Police
    Week 9 of 10 · Peak #8
  30. 14
    The Language Of Love Dan Fogelberg
    Week 6 of 10 · Peaks #13
  31. 13
    Adult Education Daryl Hall & John Oates
    Week 4 of 11 · Peaks #8
  32. 12
    Automatic Pointer Sisters
    Week 6 of 14 · Peaks #5
  33. 11
    Got A Hold On Me Christine McVie
    Week 7 of 11 · Peaks #10
  34. 10
    New Moon On Monday Duran Duran
    Week 8 of 10 · Peaks #10
  35. 9
    Nobody Told Me John Lennon
    Week 9 of 11 · Peak #5
  36. 8
    Here Comes The Rain Again Eurythmics
    Week 7 of 14 · Peaks #4
  37. LDD
    Brass In Pocket Pretenders
  38. 7
    I Want A New Drug Huey Lewis & The News
    Week 8 of 13 · Peaks #6
  39. 6
    Thriller Michael Jackson
    Week 6 of 9 · Peak #4
  40. 5
    Footloose Kenny Loggins
    Week 6 of 16 · Peaks #1
  41. 4
    99 Luftballons Nena
    Week 8 of 12 · Peak #2
  42. 3
    Somebody's Watching Me Rockwell
    Week 6 of 14 · Peaks #2
  43. 2
    Girls Just Want To Have Fun Cyndi Lauper
    Week 8 of 14 · Peaks #2
  44. 1
    Jump Van Halen
    Week 9 of 15 · Peaks #1

Debuts

Final week on chart

Chart history