I no longer much followed rock music by 1984. There were a couple of memorable things from the era, one was this tune:
which benefits from no production (past a chorus box) or vocals, you hear what a marvelous tune and changes is there nakedly.
The Police Every Breath You Take almost didn't even get recorded... it's a very 1984 kind of deal thematically anyway.
I felt seriously vindicated when Miles covered Cyndi Lauper Time After Time not long after the original. - I told you f**kers.