Counting down the Top 85 of '85: Singles #5 - 1

A breakdown of my top singles from 1985

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Voices Carry

'Til Tuesday

Weeks in Hot 100: 21

Peaked: July 13

Album: Voices Carry (Epic)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	8
Mainstream Rock	14

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Can't Get There from Here

R.E.M.

Weeks in Hot 100: 0

Peaked: August 17

Album: Fables of the Reconstruction (I.R.S.)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	110
Mainstream Rock	14

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Don't You (Forget About Me)

Simple Minds

Weeks in Hot 100: 22

Peaked: May 18

Album: The Breakfast Club Soundtrack (A&M)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	1
Dance	9
Mainstream Rock	1
Adult Contemporary	36

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Would I Lie to You?

Eurythmics

Weeks in Hot 100: 19

Peaked: July 13

Album: Be Yourself Tonight (RCA)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	5
Dance	5
Mainstream Rock	2

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Everything She Wants

Wham!

Weeks in Hot 100: 20

Peaked: May 25

Album: Make It Big (Columbia)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	1
Dance	7
R&B	12
Adult Contemporary	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.

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