1985 Number One Singles U.S. Pop
Title / Artist / Weeks at #1:
- Like A Virgin - Madonna (4 weeks)
- I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner (2 weeks)
- Careless Whisper - Wham! (3 weeks)
- Can't Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon (3 weeks)
- One More Night - Phil Collins (2 weeks)
- We Are The World - USA for Africa (4 weeks)
- Crazy For You - Madonna (1 week)
- Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds (1 week)
- Everything She Wants - Wham! (2 weeks)
- Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears (2 weeks)
- Heaven - Bryan Adams (2 weeks)
- Sussudio - Phil Collins (1 week)
- A View To A Kill - Duran Duran (2 weeks)
- Everytime You Go Away - Paul Young (1 week)
- Shout - Tears For Fears (3 weeks)
- The Power Of Love - Huey Lewis & The News (2 weeks)
- St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) - John Parr (2 weeks)
- Money For Nothing - Dire Straits (3 weeks)
- Oh Sheila - Ready For The World (1 week)
- Take On Me - A-ha (1 week)
- Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston (1 week)
- Part-Time Lover - Stevie Wonder (1 week)
- Miami Vice Theme - Jan Hammer (1 week)
- We Built This City - Starship (2 weeks)
- Separate Lives - Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin (1 week)
- Broken Wings - Mr. Mister (2 weeks)
- Say You, Say Me - Lionel Richie (2 weeks)
1985 Number One Singles U.K.
Title / Artist / Weeks at #1:
- I Want to Know What Love Is - Foreigner (3 weeks)
- I Know Him So Well - Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson (4 weeks)
- You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) - Dead or Alive (2 weeks)
- Easy Lover - Phillip Bailey/Phil Collins (4 weeks)
- We Are The World - USA for Africa (2 weeks)
- Move Closer - Phyllis Nelson (1 week)
- 19 - Paul Hardcastle (5 weeks)
- You'll Never Walk Alone - The Crowd (2 weeks)
- Frankie - Sister Sledge (4 weeks)
- There Must Be An Angel - Eurythmics (1 week)
- Into The Groove - Madonna (4 weeks)
- I Got You Babe - UB40 & Chrissie Hynde (1 week)
- Dancing In The Street - Mick Jagger & David Bowie (4 weeks)
- If I Was - Midge Ure (1 week)
- The Power Of Love - Jennifer Rush (5 weeks)
- A Good Heart - Feargal Sharkey (2 weeks)
- I'm Your Man - Wham! (2 weeks)
- Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston (2 weeks)
- Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin' Stevens (2 weeks)
1985 Best Selling Singles
Based on Worldwide Sales
1 USA For Africa / We Are the World
2 A-Ha / Take On Me
3 Foreigner / I Want to Know What Love Is
4 Tears For Fears / Shout
5 Lionel Richie / Say You, Say Me
6 Tears For Fears / Everybody Wants to Rule the World
7 Dire Straits / Money For Nothing
8 Elton John / Nikita
9 Madonna / Crazy For You
10 Murray Head / One Night in Bangkok
11 Paul Hardcastle / 19
12 Huey Lewis & The News / The Power of Love
13 Duran Duran / A View to a Kill
14 Tina Turner / We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
15 Simple Minds / Don't You (Forget About Me)
16 Madonna / Into the Groove
17 Jennifer Rush / The Power of Love
18 Whitney Houston / Saving All My Love For You
19 Don Henley / The Boys of Summer
20 Baltimora / Tarzan Boy
21 Mr Mister / Broken Wings
22 Kool & The Gang / Cherish
23 Jefferson Starship / We Built This City
24 David Bowie & Mick Jagger / Dancing in the Street
25 Bruce Springsteen / Born in the USA
26 Wham! / I'm Your Man
27 Dead Or Alive / You Spin me 'round (Like a Record)
28 Stevie Wonder / Part-Time Lover
29 Phil Collins / One More Night
30 Simple Minds / Alive & Kicking
31 Paul Young / Every Time You Go Away
32 Sandra / (I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena
33 Madonna / Material Girl
34 Philip Bailey & Phil Collins / Easy Lover
35 Opus / Live Is Life
36 John Parr / St Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)
37 Wham! / Everything She Wants
38 Bryan Adams / Heaven
39 Harold Faltermeyer / Axel F
40 Fergal Sharkey / A Good Heart
41 The Eurythmics / There Must Be an Angel
42 Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin / Separate Lives
43 Bruce Springsteen / I'm On Fire
44 Glenn Frey / The Heat is On
45 UB40 & Chrissie Hynde / I Got You Babe
46 REO Speedwagon / Can't Fight This Feeling
47 Modern Talking / You're My Heart You're My Soul
48 Phil Collins / Sussudio
49 Ashford & Simpson / Solid
50 Billy Ocean / Loverboy
51 Bryan Adams / Summer of '69
52 The Eurythmics / Would I Lie to You?
53 The Commodores / Nightshift
54 Jim Diamond / I Should Have Known Better
55 Katrina & The Waves / Walking On Sunshine
56 Jan Hammer / Miami Vice Theme
57 The Pointer Sisters / Neutron Dance
58 Modern Talking / Cheri Cheri Lady
59 DeBarge / Rhythm of the Night
60 Kate Bush / Running Up That Hill
61 Chicago / You're the Inspiration
62 Sade / The Sweetest Taboo
63 Bruce Springsteen / Glory Days
64 Julian Lennon / Too Late For Goodbyes
65 Madonna / Angel
66 Prince / Raspberry Beret
67 Howard Jones / Things Can Only Get Better
68 David Bowie & The Pat Metheny Group / This is Not America
69 Arcadia / Election Day
70 Power Station / Some Like it Hot
71 Sting / If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
72 Tears For Fears / Head Over Heels
73 Dire Straits / So Far Away
74 Madonna / Dress You Up
75 Mick Jagger / Just Another Night
76 Talking Heads / Road to Nowhere
77 Depeche Mode / Shake the Disease
78 Marillion / Kayleigh
79 Corey Hart / Never Surrender
80 Aretha Franklin / Freeway of Love
81 Midge Ure / If I Was
82 John Cougar Mellencamp / Small Town
83 Animotion / Obsession
84 King / Love & Pride
85 Falco / Vienna Calling
86 The Thompson Twins / Lay Your Hands On Me
87 Freddie Mercury / I Was Born to Love You
88 Glenn Frey / You Belong To The City
89 Sister Sledge / Frankie
90 Bryan Adams / Run to You
91 Ready For the World / Oh Sheila
92 U2 / The Unforgettable Fire
93 Modern Talking / You Can Win If You Want
94 Godley & Creme / Cry
95 Bryan Adams & Tina Turner / It's Only Love
96 Pat Benatar / Invincible
97 Jermaine Jackson / Do What You Do
98 Dead Or Alive / Lover Come Back to Me
99 Artists United Against Apartheid / Sun City
100 Frankie Goes To Hollywood / Welcome to the Pleasure Dome
1985 Best Selling Albums
Based on Worldwide Sales
1 Dire Straits / Brothers In Arms
2 Whitney Houston / Whitney Houston
3 Phil Collins / No Jacket Required
4 Bryan Adams / Reckless
5 Tears For Fears / Songs From The Big Chair
6 Sting / The Dream Of The Blue Turtles
7 Sade / Promise
8 Foreigner / Agent Provocateur
9 Prince / Around The World In A Day
10 ZZ Top / Afterburner
11 Kate Bush / Hounds Of Love
12 The Eurythmics / Be Yourself Tonight
13 John Fogerty / Centerfield
14 USA For Africa / We Are The World
15 Heart / Heart
16 The Cure / The Head On The Door
17 A-Ha / Hunting High & Low
18 Original Soundtrack / Beverly Hills Cop
19 Talking Heads / Little Creatures
20 Simple Minds / Once Upon A Time
21 Billy Joel / Billy Joel's Greatest Hits, Volume I & Volume II
22 John Cougar Mellencamp / Scarecrow
23 The Smiths / Meat Is Murder
24 Stevie Wonder / In Square Circle
25 Bryan Ferry / Boys & Girls
26 Mick Jagger / She's The Boss
27 Marillion / Misplaced Childhood
28 Original Soundtrack / Miami Vice
29 Paul Young / The Secret Of Association
30 Tom Waits / Rain Dogs
31 Howard Jones / Dream Into Action
32 The Alan Parsons Project / Vulture Culture
33 Billy Idol / Vital Idol
34 The Scorpions / World Wide Live
35 Jesus & Mary Chain / Psychocandy
36 Iron Maiden / Live After Death
37 Elton John / Ice On Fire
38 Jennifer Rush / Movin'
39 The Pogues / Rum, Sodomy & The Lash
40 Power Station / The Power Station
41 The Thompson Twins / Here's To Future Days
42 INXS / Listen Like Thieves
43 REM / Fables Of The Reconstruction
44 AC/DC / Fly On The Wall
45 Supertramp / Brother Where You Bound
46 Motley Crue / Theatre Of Pain
47 Eric Clapton / Behind The Sun
48 Jennifer Rush / Jennifer Rush
49 The Commodores / Nightshift
50 Suzanne Vega / Suzanne Vega
51 Aretha Franklin / Who's Zoomin' Who?
52 Rush / Power Windows
53 Style Council / Our Favourite Shop
54 The Cars / The Cars' Greatest Hits
55 Dio / Sacred Heart
56 New Order / Low-Life
57 Corey Hart / Boy In The Box
58 Sisters of Mercy / First & Last & Always
59 Scritti Politti / Cupid & Psyche '85
60 Rick Springfield / Tao
61 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers / Southern Accents
62 Loverboy / Lovin' Every Minute Of It
63 The Replacements / Tim
64 Yello / Stella
65 Robert Palmer / Riptide
66 Prefab Sprout / Steve McQueen/Two Wheels Good
67 Level 42 / World Machine
68 Modern Talking / The 1st Album
69 LL Cool J / Radio
70 Modern Talking / Let's Talk About Love
71 Pete Townshend / White City - A Novel
72 The Cult / Love
73 George Benson / 20/20
74 Dead Or Alive / Youthquake
75 The Waterboys / This Is The Sea
76 Grace Jones / Slave To The Rhythm
77 Freddie Jackson / Rock Me Tonight
78 U2 / Wide Awake In America
79 Luther Vandross / The Night I Fell In Love
80 Kiss / Asylum
81 Ratt / Invasion Of Your Privacy
82 Ashford & Simpson / Solid
83 REO Speedwagon / Wheels Are Turnin'
84 Arcadia / So Red The Rose
85 Freddie Mercury / Mr Bad Guy
86 Peter Maffay / Sonne in der Nacht
87 Julio Iglesias / Libra
88 Depeche Mode / The Singles 81-85
89 Diana Ross / Eaten Alive
90 The Pointer Sisters / Contact
91 Propaganda / Secret Wish
92 WASP / The Last Command
93 Bon Jovi / 7800 Fahrenheit
94 Accept / Metal Heart
95 Fine Young Cannibals / Fine Young Cannibals
96 Bob Dylan / Empire Burlesque
97 The Firm / The Firm
98 Saga / Behaviour
99 Philip Bailey / Chinese Wall
100 Gary Moore / Run For Cover
