Global Charts
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Global Single Chart
40 years ago
the most popular tracks worldwide
according to the national single charts
dated to September 8, 1984
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2 / -
week 2
I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
Motown - 1 week at No.1
1 / 1
week 7
What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner
Capitol
6 / 5
week 6
Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
Arista
3 / 4
week 4
Careless Whisper - George Michael
Epic / Columbia
5 / 3
week 13
Self Control - Laura Branigan
Atlantic
4 / 2
week 11
When Doves Cry - Prince
Warner Bros.
new.JPG (991 bytes) She Bop - Cyndi Lauper
Portrait / Epic
7 / 6
week 4
Stuck On You - Lionel Richie
Motown
10 / -
week 2
Missing You - John Waite
EMI
- / 9
week 12
Two Tribes - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
ZTT / Island
 

"I Just Called To Say I Love You" was the biggest success in Stevie Wonder's career. Released on August 1, 1984, as the lead single from the soundtrack The Woman In Red (1984) it topped the hitlists in almost all countries around the world and it was also the leader of Year-End Chart 1984. The lyrics of this romantic love song have Wonder surprising someone in his life with an unexpected telephone call. Throughout the song, Wonder lists various events in a yearly calendar that might prompt someone to call a loved one. Yet he explains no special annual event such as New Year's Day or Halloween spurred the call. He simply wants to say that he loves them from the bottom of his heart. "I Just Called To Say I Love You" won the Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Original Song.

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