Top 100 Hits of 1985/Top 100 Songs of 1985
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 chart for 1985. Rankings are based on an inverse-point system based on a title's performance (ex. a single on the Billboard Hot 100 would be given one point for a week spent at position 100, two points for a week spent at position ninety-nine, etc. up to 100 points for each week spent at number one). Artists appearing on the chart include REO Speedwagon, Wham!, Madonna, Foreigner, Stevie Wonder, Tears for Fears, Duran Duran, Chicago, Phil Collins, Don Henley, Tina Turner, Cyndi Lauper, Bruce Springsteen, and more. Chart © by Billboard, a part of Penske Media Corporation. All Rights Reserved. NOTE: links go to Apple Music, and you'll also find a link at the bottom of the song or the album the song is on to purchase it from iTunes.
Example:
- 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