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American Top 40 — May 12, 1984

Host: Casey Kasem Songs on show: 43 Non-chart: 3

The May 12, 1984 American Top 40, hosted by Casey Kasem, included 43 songs. #1 was Hello by Lionel Richie. 5 songs debuted this week. 4 songs were in their final week on the chart. Also on the show: 2 Long Distance Dedications (Girls Just Want To Have Fun, Through The Years) .

On this show

  1. LW#1
    Against All Odds Phil Collins
  2. 40
    Modern Day Delilah Van Stephenson
    Week 1 of 10 · Peaks #22
  3. 39
    Stay The Night Chicago
    Week 1 of 10 · Peaks #16
  4. 38
    Love Will Show Us How Christine McVie
    Week 1 of 6 · Peaks #30
  5. 37
    Somebody's Watching Me Rockwell
    Week 14 of 14 · Peak #2
  6. 36
    My Ever Changing Moods Style Council
    Week 1 of 6 · Peaks #29
  7. 35
    Jump (For My Love) Pointer Sisters
    Week 1 of 15 · Peaks #3
  8. 34
    Run Runaway Slade
    Week 2 of 8 · Peaks #20
  9. LDD
    Girls Just Want To Have Fun Cyndi Lauper
  10. 33
    You Can't Get What You Want Joe Jackson
    Week 2 of 9 · Peaks #15
  11. 32
    It's My Life Talk Talk
    Week 4 of 6 · Peaks #31
  12. 31
    Show Me Pretenders
    Week 6 of 6 · Peak #28
  13. 30
    Automatic Pointer Sisters
    Week 14 of 14 · Peak #5
  14. 29
    Rock You Like A Hurricane Scorpions
    Week 3 of 7 · Peaks #25
  15. 28
    Self Control Laura Branigan
    Week 2 of 15 · Peaks #4
  16. 27
    The Heart Of Rock 'N' Roll Huey Lewis & The News
    Week 3 of 14 · Peaks #6
  17. 26
    White Horse Laid Back
    Week 3 of 4 · Peaks #26
  18. 25
    Borderline Madonna
    Week 5 of 15 · Peaks #10
  19. 24
    A Fine Fine Day Tony Carey
    Week 7 of 8 · Peak #22
  20. 23
    No More Words Berlin
    Week 6 of 8 · Peaks #23
  21. 22
    I'll Wait Van Halen
    Week 4 of 10 · Peaks #13
  22. 21
    Don't Answer Me Alan Parsons Project
    Week 8 of 8 · Peak #15
  23. 20
    Dancing In The Sheets Shalamar
    Week 5 of 10 · Peaks #17
  24. 19
    The Reflex Duran Duran
    Week 3 of 15 · Peaks #1
  25. 18
    Miss Me Blind Culture Club
    Week 11 of 12 · Peak #5
  26. 17
    Sister Christian Night Ranger
    Week 4 of 12 · Peaks #5
  27. 16
    The Authority Song John Cougar Mellencamp
    Week 7 of 9 · Peaks #15
  28. 15
    Breakdance Irene Cara
    Week 5 of 11 · Peaks #8
  29. 14
    The Longest Time Billy Joel
    Week 6 of 11 · Peaks #14
  30. 13
    Tonight Kool & The Gang
    Week 9 of 10 · Peaks #13
  31. 12
    Head Over Heels Go-Go's
    Week 7 of 10 · Peaks #11
  32. 11
    They Don't Know Tracey Ullman
    Week 9 of 11 · Peak #8
  33. 10
    Time After Time Cyndi Lauper
    Week 4 of 14 · Peaks #1
  34. 9
    Oh Sherrie Steve Perry
    Week 5 of 13 · Peaks #3
  35. LDD
    Through The Years Kenny Rogers
  36. 8
    Footloose Kenny Loggins
    Week 14 of 16 · Peak #1
  37. 7
    You Might Think Cars
    Week 8 of 11 · Peaks #7
  38. 6
    To All The Girls I've Loved Before Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson
    Week 7 of 12 · Peaks #5
  39. 5
    Love Somebody Rick Springfield
    Week 9 of 12 · Peaks #5
  40. 4
    Let's Hear It For The Boy Deniece Williams
    Week 5 of 14 · Peaks #1
  41. 3
    Hold Me Now Thompson Twins
    Week 12 of 15 · Peaks #3
  42. 2
    Against All Odds Phil Collins
    Week 10 of 16 · Peak #1
  43. 1
    Hello Lionel Richie
    Week 10 of 17 · Peaks #1

Debuts

Final week on chart

Chart history