Counting down the Top 85 of '85: Singles #25 - 16

A breakdown of my top singles from 1985

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Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Tears for Fears

Weeks in Hot 100: 24

Peaked: June 8

Album: Songs From the Big Chair (Mercury)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	1
Dance	1
Adult Contemporary	2
Mainstream Rock	2

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Road to Nowhere

Talking Heads

Weeks in Hot 100: 0

Peaked: June 22

Album: Little Creatures (Sire)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	105
Mainstream Rock	25

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Head Over Heels

Tears for Fears

Weeks in Hot 100: 20

Peaked: November 9

Album: Songs From the Big Chair (Mercury)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	3
Adult Contemporary	5
Mainstream Rock	7

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Get It On

The Power Station

Weeks in Hot 100: 15

Peaked: August 3

Album: The Power Station (Capitol)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	9
Mainstream Rock	19

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Things Can Only Get Better

Howard Jones

Weeks in Hot 100: 23

Peaked: June 15

Album: Dream Into Action (Elektra)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	5
Dance	10
R&B	54
Mainstream Rock	21
Adult Contemporary	38

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Relax

Frankie Goes to Hollywood

Weeks in Hot 100: 16

Peaked: March 16

Album: Welcome to the Pleasuredome (Island)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	10
Dance	20

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Do What You Do

Jermaine Jackson

Weeks in Hot 100: 20

Peaked: January 5

Album: Dynamite (Arista)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	13
R&B	14
Adult Contemporary	1

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Fortress Around Your Heart

Sting

Weeks in Hot 100: 20

Peaked: October 26

Album: Dream of the Blue Turtles (A&M)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	8
Mainstream Rock	1
Adult Contemporary	32

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Valotte

Julian Lennon

Weeks in Hot 100: 19

Peaked: January 12

Album: Valotte (Atlantic)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	9
Mainstream Rock	2
Adult Contemporary	4

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Some Things are Better Left Unsaid

Daryl Hall & John Oates

Weeks in Hot 100: 13

Peaked: May 4

Album: Big Bam Boom (RCA)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	18
R&B	85
Adult Contemporary	17

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These are my personal top 85 singles of those that peaked on the Billboard charts in 1985.  The list is solely my opinion.  Chart information is from the US Billboard charts.  Using Joel Whitburn's book, Music Yearbook 1985, I started with the 404 singles that charted on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 chart in 1985, plus the 81 singles that only made the Bubbling Under Chart (101-110).  Note: the Bubbling Under chart was temporarily discontinued on 8/25/85.  An initial pass through that list narrowed down the 485 singles to a more manageable 107.  Then listening, ranking, and editing began.  The top 85 are presented here, in order.