Top Adult Contemporary Songs of 1984 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

Academy Award for Best Original Song 1984 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song 1984
[Motown 1745]
written by Stevie Wonder

[Motown 1722]
written by Lionel Richie

featuring New Jersey Mass Choir & Jennifer Holliday
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #476]
[Atlantic 89596]
written by Mick Jones [Foreigner] & Lou Gramm

[Columbia 04417]
written by Tom Snow & Dean Pitchford

[Columbia 04691]
written by George Michael & Andrew Ridgeley

with Phil Collins
[Columbia 04679]
written by Philip Bailey, Phil Collins & Nathan East

[Arista 9212]
written by Ray Parker Jr

[Atlantic 89700]
written by Phil Collins

[Columbia 04552]
written by George Michael

double A-side with Last Christmas in the UK ; charted as Everything She Wants / Like a Baby in US dance charts
[Columbia 04840]
written by George Michael

Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1985 Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1985 [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #309]
[Capitol 5354]
written by Terry Britten & Graham Lyle

[Sire 29210]
written by Billy Steinberg & Tom Kelly

[Jive 9199]
written by Billy Ocean & Keith Diamond

[Columbia 05409]
written by George Michael

[EMI America 8212]
written by John Waite, Mark Leonard & Chas Sandford

[Elektra 69706]
written by Ric Ocasek

[Columbia 04581]
written by Paul McCartney

[Planet 13780]
written by Steve Mitchell, Marti Sharron & Gary Skardina

[Atlantic 89676]
written by Giancarlo Bigazzi, Steve Piccolo & Raffaele Riefoli

[Epic 04713]
written by Kevin Cronin

[Atlantic 7-89589]
written by Julian Lennon

[RCA 13725]
written by Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart [David Allan Stewart]

[RCA 13916]
written by Daryl Hall & John Oates

[Polydor 817254-7]
written by John Lennon

[MCA 52512]
written by Keith Forsey & Harold Faltermeyer

[Motown 1746]
written by Lionel Richie

[Warner 29214]
written by Steve Kipner & John Parker

[Geffen 7-29292]
written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin

[Capitol 5397]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson

[RCA 13988]
written by Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson & Tim Rice

[Warner 29126]
written by Peter Cetera & David Foster

[Arista 1-9209]
written by Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie & Joe Leeway

[De-Lite 880623]
written by Kool & The Gang & James "J.T." Taylor

[Portrait 04807]
written by Sade Adu & Ray St. John

MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year 1985 [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #416]
[Geffen 29141]
written by Don Henley & Mike Campbell

charted as Miss Me Blind / It's a Miracle in US dance charts
[Virgin/Epic 04457]
written by Boy George, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay, Jon Moss & Phil Pickett

[Columbia 04217]
written by Albert Hammond & Hal David

[Arista 9279]
written by Larry Di Tomaso & Ralph Dino

[EMI America 8230]
written by Giorgio Moroder & Keith Forsey

[Qwest 29238]
written by Glen Ballard, Clif Magness & David Pack

[Arista 1-9396]
written by Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie & Joe Leeway

[RCA 13970]
written by Daryl Hall & Janna Allen

[Chrysalis 42826]
written by Eric Lowen & Dan Navarro

[Motown 1762]
written by Brenda Harvey Richie & Lionel Richie

[Es Paranza 99701]
written by Phil Phillips & George Khoury

[Columbia 38-04391]
written by Bill Cuomo, Randy Goodrum, Craig Krampf & Steve Perry

[Planet 13951]
written by Allee Willis & Danny Sembello

[Chrysalis 42792]
written by Gary Kemp

[Chrysalis 42803]
written by Johnny Colla & Huey Lewis

R
[Planet 13857]
written by Anita Pointer, June Pointer, Ruth Pointer & Trevor Lawrence

[Capitol 5433]
written by Mark Knopfler

backing vocals by Jermaine Stewart ; charted as Miss Me Blind / It's a Miracle in US dance charts
[Virgin/Epic 04388]
written by Boy George, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay & Jon Moss

[Portrait 37-04639]
written by Jules Shear

[Geffen 4029]
written by Paul Weller

[MCA 52378]
written by Dan Hartman

[Warner 29215]
written by Jeff Fortgang

[Atlantic 7-89609]
written by Julian Lennon, Justin Clayton & Carlton Morales

[Portrait 05408]
written by Sade Adu & Stuart Matthewman

[Warner 7-29372]
written by Christine McVie & Todd Sharp

[tribute to Marvin Gaye]
[RCA 13966]
written by Lionel Richie

[Columbia 04418]
written by Eric Carmen & Dean Pitchford

[Columbia 04400]
written by Billy Joel

[recorded in 1973]
[Motown 1739]
written by Keni St. Lewis

[Elektra 69728]
written by Cynthia Weil, Michael Masser & Tom Snow

[Sire 7-29354]
written by Reggie Lucas

[Motown 1769]
written by Stevie Wonder

[Warner 29100]
written by John Fogerty

[A&M 2666]
written by Dennis DeYoung

[A&M]
written by Joe Jackson

[RCA 13899]
written by Kenny Rogers, David Foster & Richard Marx

[Columbia 04507]
written by Cynthia Weil, Tony Renis & Julio Iglesias

(double A-side with Goodnight Saigon in the UK)
[Columbia 04514]
written by Billy Joel

[Geffen 7-29189]
written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin

[Arista 9293]
written by Ray Parker Jr

[Arista 9160]
written by Alan Parsons & Eric Woolfson

[Full Moon 04314]
written by Dan Fogelberg

as Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
[Capitol 5413]
written by Bob Seger

[Atlantic 89636]
written by Bruce Roberts

[Columbia 38-04693]
written by Steve Perry & Randy Goodrum

[RCA 13710]
written by Albhy Galuten & Barry Gibb

[Geffen 28906]
written by Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar & Benmont Tench

[EMI 8236]
written by Corey Hart

with Whitney Houston
[Asylum 69720]
written by Linda Creed & Michael Masser

[Geffen 7-29291]
written by Benjamin Nelson, Lover Patterson & George Treadwell

[Warner 29120]
written by Randy Goodrum & Steve Kipner

[MCA 52413]
written by Glenn Frey & Jack Tempchin

[Es Paranza 99686]
written by Roy Brown

[Arista 9208]
written by Alan Parsons & Eric Woolfson

[RCA 13866]
written by various

[A&M 2639]
written by Tom Snow & Tony Macaulay

produced by Dave Edmunds
[Mercury 880213]
written by Paul McCartney