1984-released/recorded music that explicitly references the year 1984?

There's Billy Squier's "(Another) 1984", The Eurythmics' "Sex Crime (1984)"; and M+M sing "...This is 1984" in "Black Stations White Stations".

Any other examples?

lol the eurythmics and m+m ones were the ones i was thinking of before opening the thread so i guess i'm all out of ideas

Well David Bowie “1984” seems to qualify

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5f/Van_Halen_-_1984.jpg

Well David Bowie “1984” seems to qualify

No.

sorry, missed the “released” bit

There's Rick Wakeman's prog concept album "1984", and Anthony Phillips' prog concept album "1984", but unfortunately they both came out ahead of the game in 1981. Then there's Hugh Hopper's prog concept album "1984", which came out in 1973.

A cursory Discogs search does uncover this pretty awesome Norwegian punk record from 1984 by Svart Framtid:

https://img.discogs.com/3UD8CgBOqVSzG0kZHg62BOQkQAI=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-916341-1344967558-4818.jpeg.jpg

Although I'm not sure the lyrics specifically reference the year (here's an English translation):

https://img.discogs.com/vBkvg3hyeqI1PDbqgyvNIQqu7vE=/fit-in/600x848/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-916341-1344967632-6899.jpeg.jpg

Nash The Slash - 1984

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCTByIJs8vY

'Big Brother' by Winston Tong was recorded in 1984 (but released in '85). I don't have the lyrics to hand but it's all stuff straight out of the book

Kind of curious now as to why he was called Winston

"1984" by David Peel & the Lower East Side seems to be yet another concept album based on the book, came out in 1983 though

https://www.discogs.com/David-Peel-The-Lower-East-Side-1984/release/2944994

Thanks for those.

Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furous Five's "World War III" also qualifies ; I'd bet there are other examples among the hip-hop lyrics of the year.

Utopia - Winston Smith Takes It On The Jaw

oh wait why did I think this was about references to the book :-/

a cover of an old Spirit song, but released in '84

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3PiME0b5_8

also The Ex - "A Goodbye To You", track 6 on this album playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQdvXh0hUVA

sorry that's "A GoodBUY To You"

thanks again!