Counting down the Top 85 of '85: Singles #45 - 36

A breakdown of my top singles from 1985

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Method of Modern Love

Daryl Hall & John Oates

Weeks in Hot 100: 19

Peaked: February 16

Album: Big Bam Boom (RCA)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	5
Adult Contemporary	18
Dance	15
R&B	21
Mainstream Rock	42

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Freeway of Love

Aretha Franklin

Weeks in Hot 100: 19

Peaked: August 31

Album: Who's Zoomin' Who (Arista)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	3
Adult Contemporary	11
Dance	1
R&B	1

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St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)

John Parr

Weeks in Hot 100: 22

Peaked: September 7

Album: St. Elmo's Fire Soundtrack (Atlantic)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	1
Adult Contemporary	16
Mainstream Rock	2

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What About Love?

Heart

Weeks in Hot 100: 21

Peaked: August 24

Album: Heart (Capitol)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	10
Mainstream Rock	3

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A View to a Kill

Duran Duran

Weeks in Hot 100: 17

Peaked: July 13

Album: A View to a Kill Soundtrack (Capitol)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	1
Mainstream Rock	42

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Love is the Seventh Wave

Sting

Weeks in Hot 100: 13

Peaked: December 28

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

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	17
Adult Contemporary	20
Mainstream Rock	19

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You're the Inspiration

Chicago

Weeks in Hot 100: 22

Peaked: January 19

Album: Chicago 17 (Warner Bros.)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	3
Adult Contemporary	1

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Easy Lover

Philip Bailey with Phil Collins

Weeks in Hot 100: 23

Peaked: February 2

Album: Chinese Wall (Columbia)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	2
Adult Contemporary	15
Dance	7
R&B	3
Mainstream Rock	5

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Sun City

Artists United Against Apartheid

Weeks in Hot 100: 13

Peaked: December 14

Album: Sun City (EMI)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	38
Dance	48
R&B	21
Mainstream Rock	41

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Love Light in Flight

Stevie Wonder

Weeks in Hot 100: 16

Peaked: February 2

Album: The Woman in Red Soundtrack (Motown)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	17
Adult Contemporary	10
Dance	6
R&B	4

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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.