Talk:List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1984

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User continously removes content in lede summarizing 1984[edit]

IP user 172.248.212.157 has several times replaced what song was #1 for the most weeks during the year ... [1][2][3][4]. User contends the #1 spot was held the longest by Prince's "When Doves Cry" and Van Halen's "Jump" (each on top for five weeks), and would be correct if strictly within 1984. However, two other articles in this series, 1981 and 1992, list "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John and "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston, respectively, as the longest reigning #1 singles during those years, whereas if we use the strictly within logic above, these would be replaced by "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes and "Endless Love" by Diana Ross & Lionel Richie for 1981 (9 weeks apiece, vs. 10 for "Physical") and "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men in 1992 (13 weeks vs. 14 for "I Will Always Love You"). As precedent has established that a song that begins its #1 run at the end of a year and continues it on into the next is credited with its fully tally of weeks at #1 when counting toward which song spent the longest at the top during the year, I am contending with how it is done in the 1981 and 1992 articles. Otherwise, 172.248.212.157 might as well change those articles, but it would still be against the current consensus. One other point: when seeing the list of #1 singles in a Joel Whitburn book, and how many weeks each spent at #1, the final single listed for a year will be shown with its full tally of weeks at #1, even if some or most of the weeks end up being in the following year, as is the case for Madonna's "Like a Virgin", Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" and Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You". I bring up 1981 and 1992 as examples since they come quickly to mind, but that is probably not all of the years involved. MPFitz1968 (talk) 18:37, 21 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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