# List of number-one singles of 1984 (Canada)

RPM was a Canadian magazine that published the best-performing singles of Canada from 1964 to 2000. Twenty-six songs reached number one in 1984. Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson had the first number-one hit of the year with "Say Say Say", and the Honeydrippers finished the year at number one with "Sea of Love". Every artist that reached number one except Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson, Culture Club, Lionel Richie, Laura Branigan, and Stevie Wonder did so for the first time in 1984. Cyndi Lauper was the sole act that topped the chart with more than one single this year, with "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" and "Time After Time", staying a total of five weeks at number one. No Canadians topped their native country's chart in 1984.
Although Phil Collins and Wham! spent four issues at number one with "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" and "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go", respectively, it was Stevie Wonder's song "I Just Called to Say I Love You" that topped the RPM year-chart for 1984; it remained three weeks at the number-one position in October and November. The other singles that stayed at number one for at least three weeks were "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club, "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper, "When Doves Cry" by Prince, and "What's Love Got to Do with It" by Tina Turner.
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* † Indicates best-performing single of 1984

## Chart history

| Issue date | Song | Artist |
| 7 January | "Say Say Say" | Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson |
| 14 January | "Major Tom (Coming Home)" | Peter Schilling |
| 21 January | "Karma Chameleon" | Culture Club |
| 28 January | "Karma Chameleon" | Culture Club |
| 4 February | "Karma Chameleon" | Culture Club |
| 11 February | "Talking in Your Sleep" | The Romantics |
| 18 February | "Red Red Wine" | UB40 |
| 25 February | "Red Red Wine" | UB40 |
| 3 March | "99 Red Balloons" | Nena |
| 10 March | "99 Red Balloons" | Nena |
| 17 March | "Jump" | Van Halen |
| 24 March | "Jump" | Van Halen |
| 31 March | "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" | Cyndi Lauper |
| 7 April | "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" | Cyndi Lauper |
| 14 April | "Footloose" | Kenny Loggins |
| 21 April | "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" | Phil Collins |
| 28 April | "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" | Phil Collins |
| 5 May | "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" | Phil Collins |
| 12 May | "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" | Phil Collins |
| 19 May | "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" | Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson |
| 26 May | "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" | Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson |
| 2 June | "Hello" | Lionel Richie |
| 9 June | "Time After Time" | Cyndi Lauper |
| 16 June | "Time After Time" | Cyndi Lauper |
| 23 June | "Time After Time" | Cyndi Lauper |
| 30 June | "Let's Hear It for the Boy" | Deniece Williams |
| 7 July | "Oh Sherrie" | Steve Perry |
| 15 July | "Oh Sherrie" | Steve Perry |
| 21 July | "Self Control" | Laura Branigan |
| 28 July | "Sister Christian" | Night Ranger |
| 4 August | "When Doves Cry" | Prince |
| 11 August | "When Doves Cry" | Prince |
| 18 August | "When Doves Cry" | Prince |
| 25 August | "Ghostbusters" | Ray Parker Jr. |
| 1 September | "Ghostbusters" | Ray Parker Jr. |
| 8 September | "What's Love Got to Do with It" | Tina Turner |
| 15 September | "What's Love Got to Do with It" | Tina Turner |
| 22 September | "What's Love Got to Do with It" | Tina Turner |
| 29 September | "Missing You" | John Waite |
| 6 October | "Missing You" | John Waite |
| 13 October | "The Warrior" | Scandal |
| 20 October | "I Just Called to Say I Love You"† | Stevie Wonder |
| 27 October | "I Just Called to Say I Love You"† | Stevie Wonder |
| 3 November | "I Just Called to Say I Love You"† | Stevie Wonder |
| 10 November | "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" | Wham! |
| 17 November | "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" | Wham! |
| 24 November | "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" | Wham! |
| 1 December | "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" | Wham! |
| 8 December | "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)" | Billy Ocean |
| 15 December | "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)" | Billy Ocean |
| 22 December | "Sea of Love" | The Honeydrippers |
| 29 December | "Sea of Love" | The Honeydrippers |