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)