Top 40 songs this week 1985

The Top 100 Songs of 1985

100. Sheena Easton – Sugar Walls 99. Night Ranger – Sentimental Street 98. Madonna – Dress You Up 97. Don Henley – All She Wants To Do Is Dance 96. Lionel Richie – Penny Lover 95. Sting – Fortress Around Your Heart 94. Aretha Franklin – Who’s Zoomin’ Who 93. Tina Turner – Private Dancer 92. Bruce Springsteen – Born In The U.S.A. 91. Time – Jungle Love 90. Jermaine Jackson – Do What You Do 89. Kool & The Gang – Fresh 88. David Lee Roth – California Girls 87. Heart – What About Love 86. John Cougar Mellancamp – Lonely Ol’ Night 85. El DeBarge – Who’s Holding Donna Now 84. Thompson Twins – Lay Your Hands On Me 83. Hall & Oates – Method of Modern Love 82. Bruce Springsteen – I’m On Fire 81. Madonna – Angel 80. Ashford & Simpson – Solid 79. The Power Station – Some Like It Hot 78. Julian Lennon – Valotte 77. Julian Lennon – Too Late For Goodbyes 76. Wham! – Freedom 75. Katrina & The Waves – Walking On Sunshine 74. Bryan Adams – Summer of 69 73. Survivor – I Can’t Hold Back 72. Paul McCartney – No More Lonely Nights 71. ABC – Be Near Me 70. The Eurythmics – Would I Lie To You 69. Kool & The Gang – Misled 68. ‘Til Tuesday – Voices Carry 67. Bruce Springsteen – Glory Days 66. Bryan Adams – Run To You 65. Cyndi Lauper – All Through The Night 64. Phil Collins – Don’t Lose My Number 63. Mary Jane Girls – In My House 62. Sade – Smooth Operator 61. Harold Faltermeyer – Axel F 60. Tears for Fears – Head Over Heels 59. Tina Turner – Better Be Good To Me 58. Madonna – Material Girl 57. Tina Turner – We Don’t Need Another Hero [Theme from Thunderdome] 56. Animotion – Obsession 55. Sting – If You Love Somebody Set Them Free 54. Murray Head – One Night on Bangkok 53. Madonna – Material Girl 52. Billy Ocean – Suddenly 51. Prince & The Revolution – Raspberry Baret 50. Phil Collins – Seperate Lives 49. Diana Ross – Missing You 48. Survivor – The Search Is Over 47. Whitney Houston – You Give Good Love 46. Sheena Easton – Strut 45. Phil Collins – Sussudio 44. Corey Hart – Never Surrender 43. Aretha Franklin – Freeway of Love 42. Jack Wagner – All I Need 41. Howard Jones – Things Can Only Get Better 40. Commodores – Nightshift 39. Pat Benetar – We Belong 38. Pointer Sisters – Neutron Dance 37. Chicago – You’re The Inspiration 36. Duran Duran – The Wild Boys 35. Duran Duran – A View To A Kill 34. Honeydrippers – Sea of Love 33. Phil Collins – One More Night 32. El DeBarge – Rhythm of the Night 31. Ready For The World – Oh Sheila 30. Glenn Frey – You Belong To The City 29. Teena Marie – Lovergirl 28. Billy Ocean – Loverboy 27. Jan Hammer – Theme from Miami Vice 26. New Edition – Cool It Now 25. Wham! – Everything She Wants 24. Bryan Adams – Heaven 23. Whitney Houston – Saving All My Love For You 22. Stevie Wonder – Part-Time Lover 21. Tears for Fears – Shout 20. U.S.A. for Africa – We Are The World 19. Glenn Frey – The Heat Is On 18. John Parr – St. Elmo’s Fire 17. Kool & The Gang – Cherish 16. Simple Minds – Don’t You [Forget About Me] 15. Huey Lewis & The News – The Power of Love 14. Starship – We Built This City 13. REO Speedwagon – Can’t Fight This Feeling 12. Philip Bailey & Phil Collins – Easy Lover 11. Paul Young – Everytime You Go Away 10. A-Ha – Take On Me 9. Madonna – Crazy For You 8. Dire Straits – Money for Nothing 7. Tears for Fears – Everybody Wants to Rule the World 6. Hall & Oates – Out of Touch 5. Chaka Khan – I Feel For You 4. Foreigner – I Want To Know What Love Is 3. Wham! – Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go 2. Madonna – Like A Virgin

1. Wham! – Careless Whisper

1985 saw the release of several now-iconic songs, but the biggest of them all that year was power ballad The Power Of Love by Jennifer Rush.

The US singer's track, which she co-wrote, took its time to reach the summit, entering at Number 97 in June that year and hitting Number 1 in October, spending five weeks at the top. 

The Power Of Love managed the feat of passing the landmark 1 million UK sales that year, totalling 1.2 million, making it 1985's best-selling single - as revealed on new Channel 5 series Britain's Favourite 80s Songs. 

1985 saw one of the most historic events in music history, Live Aid, which was held in July as the follow-up to last year's charity single Do They Know It's Christmas? - 1984's best-selling track [and still performing well into 1985, placing 14th on the year-end chart]. Acts including Queen, U2 and The Who performed to audience estimated at 1.9 billion, raising £150 million to help famine in Ethiopia. 

The single and event inspired several more charity releases, many of which topped the Official Chart. April saw the release of We Are The World by USA For Africa, a collective of stars including Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, Diana Ross and Tina Turner. The two-week Number 1 ranks as the 35th best-seller of 1985. 

Another was David Bowie and Mick Jagger's cover of Dancing In The Street, which ranks sixth with 661,000 sales, while supergroup The Crowd - featuring Bruce Forsyth, Tony Christie and Rick Wakeman - are at 26 with a cover of football anthem You'll Never Walk Alone, released in trubute to victims of a fire at Bradford stadium in May. 

Other big singles in 1985 include Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson's duet I Know Him So Well, finishing at Number 2 [843k], while Madonna makes two appearances; at Number 3 with four-week chart-topper Into The Groove [793k] and Crazy For You at Number 16. 

Paul Hardcastle's massive five-week Number 1 smash 19 - controversial for its strong anti-war message around America's involvement in the Vietnam War - places fourth [785k], and Sister Sledge's Frankie, a track which saw them reunite with Chic's Nile Rodgers, rounds out the Top 5 [698k].

POS	TITLE	ARTIST	PEAK
1	THE POWER OF LOVE	JENNIFER RUSH	1
2	I KNOW HIM SO WELL	ELAINE PAIGE AND BARBARA DICKSON	1
3	INTO THE GROOVE	MADONNA	1
4	19	PAUL HARDCASTLE	1
5	FRANKIE	SISTER SLEDGE	1
6	DANCING IN THE STREET	DAVID BOWIE AND MICK JAGGER	1
7	MOVE CLOSER	PHYLLIS NELSON	1
8	A GOOD HEART	FEARGAL SHARKEY	1
9	TAKE ON ME	A-HA	2
10	LOVE & PRIDE	KING	2
11	I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS	FOREIGNER	1
12	EASY LOVER	PHILIP BAILEY [DUET WITH PHIL COLLINS]	1
13	AXEL F	HAROLD FALTERMEYER	2
14	DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS?	BAND AID	1
15	I GOT YOU BABE	UB40 AND CHRISSIE HYNDE	1
16	CRAZY FOR YOU	MADONNA	2
17	SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU	WHITNEY HOUSTON	1
18	SOLID	ASHFORD AND SIMPSON	3
19	YOU SPIN ME ROUND [LIKE A RECORD]	DEAD OR ALIVE	1
20	THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL [PLAYING WITH MY HEART]	EURYTHMICS	1
21	I'M YOUR MAN	WHAM!	1
22	TRAPPED	COLONEL ABRAMS	3
23	CHERISH	KOOL AND THE GANG	4
24	EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD	TEARS FOR FEARS	2
25	MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE	SHAKIN' STEVENS	1
26	YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE	THE CROWD	1
27	IF I WAS	MIDGE URE	1
28	NIKITA	ELTON JOHN	3
29	DANCING IN THE DARK	BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN	4
30	1999/LITTLE RED CORVETTE	PRINCE	2
31	HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO	BONNIE TYLER	1
32	KAYLEIGH	MARILLION	1
33	LAST CHRISTMAS/EVERYTHING SHE WANTS	WHAM!	2
34	A VIEW TO A KILL	DURAN DURAN	2
35	WE ARE THE WORLD	USA FOR AFRICA	1
36	LEAN ON ME [AH-LI-AYO]	RED BOX	3
37	PART-TIME LOVER	STEVIE WONDER	3
38	MONEY FOR NOTHING	DIRE STRAITS	4
39	DON'T BREAK MY HEART	UB40	3
40	WE CLOSE OUR EYES	GO WEST	5

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Week of September 14, 1985

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• • Huey Lewis & The News
  • 2
  • 1
  • 12

• 6

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• 8

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• • Prince And The Revolution
  • 10
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• 12

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• • The Pointer Sisters
  • 15
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  • 10

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• • Ready For The World
  • 18
  • 15
  • 7

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• • David Bowie & Mick Jagger
  • 33
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  • 3

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• • John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band
  • 34
  • 28
  • 6

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• • Daryl Hall John Oates
  • 44
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  • 3

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• • Bruce Springsteen
  • 48
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  • 2

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• • Katrina And The Waves
  • 37
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  • 8

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• • Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam With Full Force
  • 39
  • 34
  • 15

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• NEW

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• • The Power Station
  • 65
  • 52
  • 2

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• NEW

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• • El DeBarge With DeBarge
  • 66
  • 60
  • 3

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• • Bruce Springsteen
  • 45
  • 5
  • 16

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• • Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
  • 81
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  • 3

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• • The Power Station
  • 69
  • 9
  • 15

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• • Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
  • 74
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  • 5

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• • Rick Springfield
  • 64
  • 22
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