The Wonder Years : 1984

1. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes
2. Prefab Sprout - Don't Sing
3. Julian Cope - Sunshine Playroom
4. The Fall - C.R.E.E.P
5. REM - Pretty Persuasion
6. Prince - When Doves Cry
7. GoGos - Head Over Heels
8. The Bangles - Going Down to Liverpool
9. Lloyd Cole - Perfect Skin
10. Tom Waits - Gin Soaked Boy
11. The Pogues - Dark Streets of London
12. Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
13. Psychedelic Furs - The Ghost In You
14. Public Image Ltd. - This Is Not a Love Song
15. Microdisney - Dolly
16. Cocteau Twins - Lorelei
17. Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
18. Sheila E - The Belle Of St. Mark
19. The Pretenders - 2000 Miles
20. The Smiths - William, It Was Really Nothing
21. The Replacements - Androgynous

The film Ghostbusters is released into theaters, becoming a summer blockbuster hit, with the song "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker Jr. becoming a Top 40 hit.

Thirty-six of Britain and Ireland's top pop musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio to form Band Aid, and record the song "Do They Know It's Christmas", in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.

On a Challenger mission, two astronauts become the first humans to fly free of a spacecraft.

And perhaps more significantly Barrydali's 5 year old brother threw his brand new remote control tank out of the window on Christmas day in a jealous rage because his own presents didn't match up. Unbelievably Band Aid have yet to write a song about that. If you're watching Stephen Maguire this ones for you...

1984