1985 in Music - Top Hits

Top Hits

"After the Love Has Gone" – Princess
"Alive and Kicking" – Simple Minds
"All I Need" – Jack Wagner
"Angel" – Madonna
"Appetite" – Prefab Sprout
"Barbados" – Models
"Barbarism Begins At Home" – The Smiths
"Better Be Good To Me" – Tina Turner
"The Big Money" – Rush
"Body & Soul" – Mai Tai
"Born in the U.S.A." – Bruce Springsteen
"Born to Rock n' Roll" – Cliff Richard
"The Boy With The Thorn In His Side" – The Smiths
"The Boys of Summer" – Don Henley
"Broken Wings" – Mr. Mister
"Brothers in Arms" -Dire Straits
"Borderline" – Madonna (UK only)
"Call Me" – Go West
"Cannonball" - Supertramp
"Can't Fight This Feeling" – REO Speedwagon
"Centerfield" – John Fogerty
"C'était mon ami" – Dalida
"Chain Reaction" – Diana Ross
"Cheri Cheri Lady" – Modern Talking
"Cherish" – Kool & the Gang
"Children's Crusade" – Sting
"Close to Me" – The Cure
"Cloudbusting" – Kate Bush
"Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" – David Grant and Jaki Graham
"Crazy for You" – Madonna
"Dancing in the Street" – David Bowie and Mick Jagger
"Day By Day" – Shakatak with Al Jarreau
"Devuélveme a mi chica" – Hombres G
"Dirty Old Town" – The Pogues
"Do It for Love -Sheena Easton
"Don't Break My Heart" – UB40
"Don't Come Around Here No More" – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
"Don't Lose My Number" – Phil Collins
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" – Simple Minds
"Dress You Up" – Madonna
"Duel" – Propaganda
"EMC²" – Big Audio Dynamite
"Eighties" – Killing Joke
"Éthiopie" – Chanteurs sans Frontières
"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" – Tears for Fears
"Everything She Wants" – Wham!
"Everytime You Go Away" – Paul Young
"Find A Way" – Amy Grant
"Faron Young" – Prefab Sprout
"Fortress Around Your Heart" – Sting
"Frankie" – Sister Sledge
"Freeway of Love" – Aretha Franklin
"Gambler" – Madonna
"Gimme, Gimme, Gimme" – Narada Michael Walden and Patti Austin
"Glory Days" – Bruce Springsteen
"(Gotta Be) Wrong Way To Love" – Dynamic Hepnotics
"Head Over Heels" – Tears for Fears
"Heart User" – Cliff Richard
"The Heat Is On" – Glenn Frey
"Heaven" – Bryan Adams
"History" – Mai Tai
"Hold Me" – Menudo
"Home Sweet Home – Mötley Crüe
"Hounds of Love" – Kate Bush
"How Soon Is Now?" – The Smiths
"How Will I Know" - Whitney Houston
"Hurt" – Juice Newton
"I Love Her All The Time" – Sonic Youth
"I Miss You" – Klymaxx
"I Was Born to Love You" – Freddie Mercury
"If Ever You're In My Arms Again" – Peabo Bryson
"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" – Sting
"I'm Goin' Down" – Bruce Springsteen
"I'm On Fire" – Bruce Springsteen
"In Between Days" – The Cure
"In My House" – Mary Jane Girls
"Into the Groove" – Madonna
"Indianapolis" – Menudo
"Invincible" – Pat Benatar
"I Want to Know What Love Is" – Foreigner
"It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)" – Eurythmics
"It's in Every One of Us" – Cliff Richard
"Je te donne" – Jean-Jacques Goldman and Michael Jones
"Johnny Come Home" – Fine Young Cannibals
"Johnny, Johnny" – Jeanne Mas
"Just Like Honey" – The Jesus and Mary Chain
"Kayleigh" – Marillion
"Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)" – INXS
"The Last Kiss" – David Cassidy
"Lay Your Hands On Me" – Thompson Twins
"Le temps d'aimer" – Dalida
"Le Vénitien de Levallois" – Dalida
"Lean on Me (ah-li-ayo)" – Red Box
"Let's Go Crazy/Take Me With U" – Prince and the Revolution
"Listen Like Thieves" – INXS
"Life in a Northern Town" – The Dream Academy
"Live Is Life" – Opus
"Living on My Own" – Freddie Mercury
"Love Is the Seventh Wave" – Sting
"The Love Parade" – The Dream Academy
"Love Like Blood" – Killing Joke
"Lover Why" – Century
"Loverboy" – Billy Ocean
"Madhouse" – Anthrax
"Marcia baila" – Rita Mitsouko
"Mated" – David Grant and Jaki Graham
"Miami Vice Theme" – Jan Hammer
"Material Girl" – Madonna
"Meat Is Murder" – The Smiths
"Merry Christmas Everyone" – Shakin' Stevens
"Method of Modern Love" – Hall & Oates
"Money for Nothing" – Dire Straits
"Mothers Talk" – Tears For Fears
"Move Closer" – Phyllis Nelson
"A New England" – Kirsty MacColl
"Nightshift" – The Commodores
"Ni tú ni nadie" – Alaska y Dinarama
"Nikita" – Elton John
"19" – Paul Hardcastle
"Never Surrender" – Corey Hart
"Obsession" – Animotion
"Oh Sheila" – Ready for the World
"The Old Man Down The Road" – John Fogerty
"One Lonely Night" – REO Speedwagon
"One More Night" – Phil Collins
"One Night in Bangkok" – Murray Head
"One Of The Living" – Tina Turner
"One Vision" – Queen
"Only the Young" – Journey
"Out Of Mind Out Of Sight" – Models
"Party All the Time" – Eddie Murphy
"Part-Time Lover" – Stevie Wonder
"Piece By Piece" – The Tubes
"Private Dancer" – Tina Turner
"The Power of Love" – Huey Lewis and the News
"Rage to Love" – Kim Wilde
"Raspberry Beret" – Prince and the Revolution
"Reviens-moi" – Dalida
"Running Up that Hill" – Kate Bush
"Russians" – Sting
"Saving All My Love for You" – Whitney Houston
"Say I'm Your Number One" – Princess
"Say You, Say Me" – Lionel Richie
"See the Day" – Dee C. Lee
"Separate Lives" Phil Collins with Marilyn Martin
"She's So Beautiful" – Cliff Richard
"Shout" – Tears for Fears
"So Far Away" – Dire Straits
"So In Love" – Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
"So Red The Rose" – Arcadia
"Society Is A Hole" – Sonic Youth
"Some Heads Are Gonna Roll" – Judas Priest
"Some Like It Hot" – Power Station
"Somebody" – Bryan Adams
"Something About You" – Level 42
"Spanish Eddie" – Laura Branigan
"Square Rooms" – Al Corley
"St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" – John Parr
"Shake the Disease" – Depeche Mode
"Suddenly" – Billy Ocean
"Summer of 69" – Bryan Adams
"The Sun Always Shines on TV" – a-ha
"The Super Bowl Shuffle" – 1985 Chicago Bears
"Sussudio" – Phil Collins
"Take On Me" – a-ha
"Tarzan Boy" – Baltimora
"That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" – The Smiths
"That's What Friends Are For" – Dionne Warwick (duets with Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder) (#1 in Australia, UK, and Quebec)
"There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)" – Eurythmics feat. Stevie Wonder
"This Is England" – The Clash
"This Time" – INXS
"Too Late For Goodbyes" – Julian Lennon
"Venezia" – Hombres G
"A View to a Kill" – Duran Duran
"Walk Like a Man" – Divine
"Walk of Life" – Dire Straits
"Walls Come Tumbling Down" – The Style Council
"We Are the World" – USA for Africa
"We Built This City" – Jefferson Starship
"We Close Our Eyes" – Go West
"We Don't Need Another Hero" – Tina Turner
"We Need Protection" – Picnic at the White House
"We Work The Black Seam" – Sting
"West End Girls" – Pet Shop Boys
"When Love Breaks Down" – Prefab Sprout
"The Whole Of The Moon" – The Waterboys
"Wise Up" – Amy Grant
"What You Need" – INXS
"When Love Breaks Down" – Prefab Sprout
"Who's Zoomin' Who?" – Aretha Franklin
"Working Class Man" – Jimmy Barnes
"Would I Lie To You?" – Eurythmics
"Wrap Her Up – Elton John
"You Belong to the City" – Glenn Frey
"You Give Good Love" – Whitney Houston
"You Make Me Want to Make You Mine" – Juice Newton
"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" – Dead or Alive
"Your Personal Touch" – Evelyn "Champagne" King
"You're My Heart, You're My Soul" – Modern Talking
"You're Only Human (Second Wind)" – Billy Joel
"You're the Inspiration" – Chicago
"You're The Voice" – John Farnham (#1 in Australia, South Africa, and Quebec; not released in Europe until 1987, released in USA in 1990)