Top 100 Hits of 1985/Top 100 Songs of 1985
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 chart for 1985. Chart © by Billboard, a part of MRC Media and Info, a division of MRC. All Rights Reserved. For detailed information on how Billboard compiled the charts, see the Wikipedia article "Billboard Hot 100".
- 1. Careless Whisper - Wham!
- 2. Like a Virgin - Madonna
- 3. Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go - Wham!
- 4. I Want to Know What Love Is - Foreigner
- 5. I Feel for You - Chaka Khan
- 6. Out of Touch - Daryl Hall and John Oates
- 7. Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears For Fears
- 8. Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
- 9. Crazy for You - Madonna
- 10. Take On Me - A-Ha
- 11. Everytime You Go Away - Paul Young
- 12. Easy Lover - Phil Collins and Philip Bailey
- 13. Can't Fight This Feeling - REO Speedwagon
- 14. We Built This City - Starship
- 15. The Power of Love - Huey Lewis and The News
- 16. Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
- 17. Cherish - Kool and The Gang
- 18. St. Elmos Fire (Man In Motion) - John Parr
- 19. The Heat Is On - Glenn Frey
- 20. We Are the World - U.S.A. For Africa
- 21. Shout - Tears For Fears
- 22. Part-Time Lover - Stevie Wonder
- 23. Saving All My Love for You - Whitney Houston
- 24. Heaven - Bryan Adams
- 25. Everything She Wants - Wham!
- 26. Cool It Now - New Edition
- 27. Miami Vice Theme - Jan Hammer
- 28. Loverboy - Billy Ocean
- 29. Lovergirl - Teena Marie
- 30. You Belong to the City - Glenn Frey
- 31. Oh Sheila - Ready For The World
- 32. Rhythm of the Night - Debarge
- 33. One More Night - Phil Collins
- 34. Sea of Love - The Honeydrippers
- 35. A View to a Kill - Duran Duran
- 36. The Wild Boys - Duran Duran
- 37. You're the Inspiration - Chicago
- 38. Neutron Dance - The Pointer Sisters
- 39. We Belong - Pat Benatar
- 40. Nightshift - The Commodores
- 41. Things Can Only Get Better - Howard Jones
- 42. All I Need - Jack Wagner
- 43. Freeway of Love - Aretha Franklin
- 44. Never Surrender - Corey Hart
- 45. Sussudio - Phil Collins
- 46. Strut - Sheena Easton
- 47. You Give Good Love - Whitney Houston
- 48. The Search Is Over - Survivor
- 49. Missing You - Diana Ross
- 50. Separate Lives - Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin
- 51. Raspberry Beret - Prince and The Revolution
- 52. Suddenly - Billy Ocean
- 53. The Boys of Summer - Don Henley
- 54. One Night In Bangkok - Murray Head
- 55. If You Love Somebody Set Them Free - Sting
- 56. Obsession - Animotion
- 57. We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) - Tina Turner
- 58. Material Girl - Madonna
- 59. Better Be Good to Me - Tina Turner
- 60. Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears
- 61. Axel F - Harold Faltermeyer
- 62. Smooth Operator - Sade
- 63. In My House - Mary Jane Girls
- 64. Don't Lose My Number - Phil Collins
- 65. All Through the Night - Cyndi Lauper
- 66. Run to You - Bryan Adams
- 67. Glory Days - Bruce Springsteen
- 68. Voices Carry - 'Til Tuesday
- 69. Misled - Kool and The Gang
- 70. Would I Lie to You? - The Eurythmics
- 71. Be Near Me - ABC
- 72. No More Lonely Nights - Paul McCartney
- 73. I Can't Hold Back - Survivor
- 74. Summer Of '69 - Bryan Adams
- 75. Walking On Sunshine - Katrina and The Waves
- 76. Freedom - Wham!
- 77. Too Late for Goodbyes - Julian Lennon
- 78. Valotte - Julian Lennon
- 79. Some Like It Hot - The Power Station
- 80. Solid - Ashford and Simpson
- 81. Angel - Madonna
- 82. I'm On Fire - Bruce Springsteen
- 83. Method of Modern Love - Daryl Hall and John Oates
- 84. Lay Your Hands On Me - The Thompson Twins
- 85. Who's Holding Donna Now? - Debarge
- 86. Lonely Ol' Night - John Cougar Mellencamp
- 87. What About Love - Heart
- 88. California Girls - David Lee Roth
- 89. Fresh - Kool and The Gang
- 90. Do What You Do - Jermaine Jackson
- 91. Jungle Love - The Time
- 92. Born In the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
- 93. Private Dancer - Tina Turner
- 94. Who's Zoomin' Who? - Aretha Franklin
- 95. Fortress Around Your Heart - Sting
- 96. Penny Lover - Lionel Richie
- 97. All She Wants to Do Is Dance - Don Henley
- 98. Dress You Up - Madonna
- 99. Sentimental Street - Night Ranger
- 100. Sugar Walls - Sheena Easton