List of number-one R&B singles of 1984 (U.S.)

These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1984:

See also: 1984 in music, List of number-one R&B hits (United States)

Chart history[]

Key

Indicates best-charting R&B single of 1984[1]

Issue Date	Song	Artist
January 7	"Time Will Reveal"	DeBarge
January 14	"Joanna"	Kool & the Gang
January 21
January 28	"If Only You Knew"	Patti LaBelle
February 4
February 11
February 18
February 25	"Encore"	Cheryl Lynn
March 3	"Somebody's Watching Me"	Rockwell
March 10
March 17
March 24
March 31
April 7	"She's Strange"	Cameo
April 14
April 21
April 28
May 5	"Hello"	Lionel Richie
May 12
May 19
May 26	"Don't Waste Your Time"	Yarbrough & Peoples
June 2	"Let's Hear It for the Boy"	Deniece Williams
June 9
June 16
June 23	"Lovelite"	O'Bryan
June 30	"When Doves Cry"	Prince
July 7
July 14
July 21
July 28
August 4
August 11
August 18
August 25	"Ghostbusters"	Ray Parker, Jr.
September 1
September 8	"Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)"	Billy Ocean
September 15
September 22
September 29
October 6	"Let's Go Crazy"	Prince and the Revolution
October 13	"I Just Called to Say I Love You"	Stevie Wonder
October 20
October 27
November 3	"I Feel For You"	Chaka Khan
November 10
November 17
November 24	"Cool It Now"	New Edition
December 1	"Solid"	Ashford & Simpson
December 8
December 15
December 22	"Operator"	Midnight Star
December 29

References[]