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List Of Number-one Hits Of 1984 (Germany) ...
This is a list of the German ''Media Control'' Top100 Singles Chart number-ones of 1984. See also *List of number-one hits (Germany) Notes References German Singles Chart Archives from 1956 {{Germanhits 1984 in Germany 1984 record charts 1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Media Control Charts
The GfK Entertainment charts are the official charts for music, home video, and video games in Germany and are gathered and published by GfK Entertainment (formerly Media Control and Media Control GfK International), a subsidiary of GfK, on behalf of . GfK Entertainment is the provider of weekly Top 100 single and album charts, as well as various other chart formats for genres like compilations, jazz, classical music, schlager, hip hop, dance, comedy, and music videos. Following a lawsuit in March 2014 by Media Control AG, Media Control GfK International had to change its name. Dissemination of the charts is conducted by various media outlets, some of which include MTV music channel, and the Swiss charts website. Other entities that present the charts are MusicLoad and Mix 1, both of which are online associations that post almost all the charts published by GfK Entertainment on a weekly basis. Furthermore, GfK Entertainment also runs a dedicated website providing chart-related ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People Are People
"People Are People" is a song by British electronic music band Depeche Mode, released on 12 March 1984 as the lead single from their fourth studio album, ''Some Great Reward'' (1984). Recorded at Hansa Mischraum in West Berlin, it was the band's first top-20 single in the United States, peaking at number 13 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Background As with many Depeche Mode songs, the band members see different meanings in "People Are People". According to Martin Gore, the song is about racism. Alan Wilder adds that it could also be about war. Released in March 1984, "People Are People" contained a variety of sampled sounds rolled into the mix: "everything from acoustic bass drums through to an airline hostess going through pre take-off drill". Gahan later elaborated: "We were using all these tape loops to create rhythms and the technology was quite advanced, but it wasn't anything like it is today 5 years later the things that you can do. We used to go into studios, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evelyn Thomas
Ellen Lucille "Evelyn" Thomas (August 22, 1953 – July 21, 2024) was an American singer from Chicago, Illinois, best known for the hi-NRG dance hits " High Energy", "Masquerade", "Standing at the Crossroads", "Reflections", and "Weak Spot". Life and career Thomas was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 22, 1953. Although best known worldwide for her 1980s hi-NRG club hits, Thomas recorded and performed disco, Eurobeat, R&B, and dance music songs in the 1980s. She was discovered by British producer Ian Levine, who was in the United States in 1975 scouting for gospel and soul singers he could promote in the UK. The two recorded several tracks which resulted in a contract with 20th Century Records. Thomas scored a chart hit with her first single, reaching the UK top 30 in 1976 with the single "Weak Spot", co-written by Levine and Paul David Wilson. A follow-up single, "Doomsday", entered the UK charts twice, and Levine and Thomas would continue their association for quite some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Energy (Evelyn Thomas Song)
"High Energy" is a song co-written and co-produced by Ian Levine and Fiachra Trench, and performed by American dance singer Evelyn Thomas. The song was very popular in dance clubs around the world and topped the American dance chart in September 1984. It also spent four weeks atop the singles chart in West Germany and peaked at number 5 in the UK. It became one of the earliest successful songs within the genre of music that has come to be known as hi-NRG. On the SoBe Music compilation album ''Gay Classics, Volume 1: Ridin' the Rainbow'', the liner notes describe the song as "...engagingly captur ngthe spirit of the genre through uplifting lyrics tightly fused with dazzling synth work". Music video There are two different videos versions of the song. The original featured Thomas standing on a platform performing the song while everyone around her is dancing. The second, which was done for the American syndicated series '' New York Hot Tracks'', featured Thomas with a different set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Tribes
"Two Tribes" is an anti-war song by British band Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in the UK by ZTT Records on 4 June 1984. The song was later included on the album '' Welcome to the Pleasuredome''. Presenting a nihilistic, gleeful lyric expressing enthusiasm for nuclear war, it juxtaposes a relentless pounding bass line and guitar riff inspired by American funk and R&B pop with influences of Russian classical music, in an opulent arrangement produced by Trevor Horn. The single was a phenomenal success in the UK, helped by a wide range of remixes and supported by an advertising campaign depicting the band as members of the Red Army. It entered the UK Singles Chart at number one on 10 June 1984, where it stayed for nine consecutive weeks, during which time the group's previous single "Relax" climbed back up the charts to number two. It was the longest-running number-one single in the UK of the 1980s. It has sold 1.58 million copies in the UK as of November 2012, being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Oldfield
Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English retired musician, songwriter and producer best known for his debut studio album ''Tubular Bells'' (1973), which became an unexpected critical and commercial success. Though primarily a guitarist, Oldfield played a range of instruments, which included keyboards and percussion, as well as vocals. He had adopted a range of musical styles throughout his career, including progressive rock, World music, world, Folk music, folk, Classical music, classical, Electronic music, electronic, Ambient music, ambient and new age music. Oldfield took up the guitar at age ten and left school in his teens to embark on a music career. From 1967 to 1970, he and his sister Sally Oldfield were a folk duo, the Sallyangie, after which he performed with Kevin Ayers. In 1971, Oldfield started work on ''Tubular Bells'' which caught the attention of Richard Branson, who agreed to release it on his new label, Virgin Records. Its opening was used in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discovery (Mike Oldfield Album)
''Discovery'' is the ninth studio album by English multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Mike Oldfield, released on 25 June 1984 on Virgin Records. It comprises a number of pop songs, most notably the single " To France", as well as the instrumental "The Lake". Background and recording After his 1983 tour, Oldfield relocated to Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland for tax purposes and started work on a new album. The album was recorded from January to June 1984. Sessions typically ran from 10:30 a.m. to around 7 p.m. each day. While living in Villars, Oldfield also composed the soundtrack to ''The Killing Fields'' (1984). Selections from the two were released as '' The 1984 Suite'', in 2016. The album contains a number of pop songs, which Oldfield had been encouraged by Virgin Records to write, following the success of " Moonlight Shadow" from his previous album, '' Crises''. The first track of the album, " To France", with Maggie Reilly on vocals, seamlessly continues into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BAP (German Band)
BAP () is a German rock band. With thirteen albums reaching the number one in the Media Control Charts, German record charts, BAP is one of the most successful rock acts in their home country. Nearly all of BAP's lyrics are written in ''Colognian dialect, Kölsch'', the dialect of Cologne, or more precisely in a Kölsch-influenced derivation of Eifelplatt, a regional variant of the Ripuarian language spoken in the nearby rural Eifel. Niedecken's most prominent musical influences, especially early in his career, were Bob Dylan, the Kinks, Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones and Wolfgang Ambros. History The group was founded in 1976 under the name ' in Cologne by Wolfgang Niedecken and Hans Heres. In 1981, they released their most famous song "" (''Damn long time ago''), in which Niedecken describes regrets he has about his relationship with his then recently deceased father. The band's name "BAP" derived from "BAPP", both, a play-on-words on the ''Colognian dialect, Kö ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Branigan
Laura Ann Branigan (July 3, 1952 – August 26, 2004) was an American singer. Her signature song, the platinum-certified 1982 single " Gloria", stayed on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for 36 weeks, then a record for a female artist, peaking at No. 2. It also reached number one in Australia and Canada. Branigan's "Gloria" was a cover of a song written by Italian singer-songwriters Giancarlo Bigazzi and Umberto Tozzi. In 1984, she reached number one in Canada and Germany and No. 4 in the U.S. with "Self Control" a cover of Italian singer and songwriter Raf from the same year. Both "Gloria" and "Self Control" were successful in the United Kingdom, making the Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart. Seeing her greatest level of success in the 1980s, Branigan's other singles included the Top 10 hit "Solitaire" (1983), the U.S. Adult Contemporary Chart number one " How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" (1983), the Australian No. 2 hit "Ti amo" (1984) a cover of 1977 single by Umberto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Self Control (Raf Song)
"Self Control" is a song by Italian singer Raf, released in 1984. It was written by Giancarlo Bigazzi, Steve Piccolo and Raf, and arranged by Celso Valli. The track topped the charts in Italy and Switzerland, and started the explosion and dominance of Italo disco-style recordings in continental European charts during the 1980s. That same year, "Self Control" was covered by American singer Laura Branigan, whose version reached 1 in countries such as Austria, Canada, Germany and Switzerland, as well as No. 4 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Both versions of the song were commercially successful across Europe during much of the summer of 1984 (at one point even swapping with one another at #1 in the Swiss charts), with Branigan's rendition becoming the most successful single of the year in Germany and Switzerland. "Self Control" has become one of the defining songs of the 1980s, with a number of remakes recorded each year. Notable covers include Puerto Rican singer Ricky Marti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris De Burgh
Christopher John Davison (born 15 October 1948), known professionally as Chris de Burgh ( ), is a British-Irish singer-songwriter and musician. He started out as an art rock performer but subsequently started writing more pop-oriented material. He has had several top 40 hit singles in the UK and two in the US, but he is more popular in other countries, particularly Norway and Brazil. His 1986 love song "The Lady in Red (Chris de Burgh song), The Lady in Red" reached number one in several countries. De Burgh has sold over 45 million albums worldwide. Early life De Burgh was born in Venado Tuerto, Argentina, to Colonel Charles John Davison, a British diplomat, and Maeve Emily (née de Burgh). His maternal grandfather was Eric de Burgh, Sir Eric de Burgh, a British Army officer who had been Chief of the General Staff (India), Chief of the General Staff in India during the Second World War., Travelmania Ireland He took his mother's maiden name, "House of Burgh, de Burgh", as a stag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man On The Line
''Man on the Line'' is the seventh studio album by British-Irish singer Chris de Burgh, released in 1984 by A&M Records. It includes guest appearances from American singer Tina Turner and British musician Howard Jones. Singles The album produced de Burgh's second UK hit single, "High on Emotion", which entered the chart on 12 May 1984 and peaked at number 44, the same position it reached on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The follow-up single, "The Ecstasy of Flight (I Love the Night)", reached number 80 in the UK. "Sight and Sound" was released as the third single from the album, but it failed to chart. Commercial performance ''Man on the Line'' reached number 11 on the UK Albums Chart and remained on the chart for 24 weeks.David Roberts. ''British Hit Singles & Albums''. Guinness World Records Limited In Germany and Switzerland, it reached number one on the weekly charts and was the second-best-selling album of 1984 in both countries. Track listing All songs written by Chris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
