Top 100 - 1985
These were officially the biggest hits from 1985
1
The Power Of Love
Jennifer Rush
2
I Know Him So Well
Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson
3
Frankie
Sister Sledge
4
19
Paul Hardcastle
5
Into The Groove
Madonna
6
Move Closer
Phyllis Nelson
7
Easy Lover
Philip Bailey With Phil Collins
8
Do They Know It's Christmas?
Band Aid
9
Dancing In The Street
David Bowie & Mick Jagger
10
Axel F
Harold Faltermeyer
11
I Want To Know What Love Is
Foreigner
12
A Good Heart
Feargal Sharkey
13
I Got You Babe
UB40 featuring Chrissie Hynde
14
Cherish
Kool & The Gang
15
Take On Me
A-ha
16
You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
Dead Or Alive
17
Love And Pride
King
18
Crazy For You
Madonna
19
Trapped
Colonel Abrams
20
There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
Eurythmics
21
Saving All My Love For You
Whitney Houston
22
Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Tears For Fears
23
I'm Your Man
Wham!
24
If I Was
Midge Ure
25
A View To A Kill
Duran Duran
26
Kayleigh
Marillion
27
Holding Out For A Hero
Bonnie Tyler
28
Solid
Ashford & Simpson
29
We Are The World
USA For Africa
30
You'll Never Walk Alone
The Crowd
31
Dancing In The Dark
Bruce Springsteen
32
Part-Time Lover
Stevie Wonder
33
Money For Nothing
Dire Straits
34
I Feel Love (Medley)
Bronski Beat & Marc Almond
35
Nikita
Elton John
36
Don't Break My Heart
UB40
37
Lean On Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)
Red Box
38
That Ole Devil Called Love
Alison Moyet
39
We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
Tina Turner
40
Tarzan Boy
Baltimora
41
1999 / Little Red Corvette
Prince
42
Last Christmas / Everything She Wants
Wham!
43
Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
44
We Close Our Eyes
Go West
45
Suddenly
Billy Ocean
46
Merry Christmas Everyone
Shakin' Stevens
47
Nightshift
The Commodores
48
Shout
Tears For Fears
49
See The Day
Dee C Lee
50
Drive
The Cars
51
Holiday
Madonna
52
Like A Virgin
Madonna
53
Something About You
Level 42
54
Rhythm Of The Night
DeBarge
55
Live Is Life
Opus
56
Material Girl
Madonna
57
White Wedding
Billy Idol
58
Running Up That Hill
Kate Bush
59
Kiss Me
Stephen 'Tin Tin' Duffy
60
Every Time You Go Away
Paul Young
61
Don't You (Forget About Me)
Simple Minds
62
St Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)
John Parr
63
I'm On Fire / Born In The USA
Bruce Springsteen
64
Love Don't Live Here Anymore
Jimmy Nail
65
Do What You Do
Jermaine Jackson
66
Gambler
Madonna
67
History
Mai Tai
68
Obsession
Animotion
69
Road To Nowhere
Talking Heads
70
Pie Jesu
Sarah Brightman & Paul Miles-Kingston
71
Separate Lives
Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin
72
Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
David Grant & Jaki Graham
73
Say I'm Your Number One
Princess
74
The Word Girl
Scritti Politti
75
Johnny Come Home
Fine Young Cannibals
76
Rebel Yell
Billy Idol
77
Ben
Marti Webb
78
Atmosphere
Russ Abbot
79
My Toot Toot
Denise La Salle
80
Feel So Real
Steve Arrington
81
Body And Soul
Mai Tai
82
Close (To The Edit)
The Art Of Noise
83
The Show
Doug E Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew
84
Ghostbusters
Ray Parker Jr
85
West End Girls
Pet Shop Boys
86
One More Night
Phil Collins
87
She Sells Sanctuary
The Cult
88
Since Yesterday
Strawberry Switchblade
89
Out In The Fields
Gary Moore & Phil Lynott
90
Run To You
Bryan Adams
91
Angel
Madonna
92
A New England
Kirsty MacColl
93
Knock On Wood / Light My Fire
Amii Stewart
94
Things Can Only Get Better
Howard Jones
95
Lavender
Marillion
96
Clouds Across The Moon
The Rah Band
97
Say You Say Me
Lionel Richie
98
We All Stand Together
Paul McCartney & The Frog Chorus
99
Alive And Kicking
Simple Minds
100
Body Rock
Maria Vidal
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