Counting down the Top 85 of '85: Singles #55 - 46

A breakdown of my top singles from 1985

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Turn Up the Radio

Autograph

Weeks in Hot 100: 19

Peaked: March 16

Album: Sign In Please (RCA)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	29
Mainstream Rock	17

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Money for Nothing

Dire Straits

Weeks in Hot 100: 22

Peaked: September 21

Album: Brothers in Arms (Warner Bros.)

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

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Walking on Sunshine

Katrina & The Waves

Weeks in Hot 100: 21

Peaked: June 22

Album: Katrina & The Waves (Capitol)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	9
Adult Contemporary	21
Dance	19
Mainstream Rock	21

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Axel F

Harold Faltermeyer

Weeks in Hot 100: 19

Peaked: June 1

Album: Beverly Hills Cop Soundtrack (MCA)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	3
Adult Contemporary	1
Dance	1
R&B	13

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I Would Die 4 U

Prince and the Revolution

Weeks in Hot 100: 15

Peaked: February 2

Album: Purple Rain (Warner Bros.)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	8
Dance	50
R&B	11

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Black Cars

Gino Vannelli

Weeks in Hot 100: 16

Peaked: June 29

Album: Black Cars (Polydor)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	42
Dance	15
Mainstream Rock	34

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This Time

INXS

Weeks in Hot 100: 6

Peaked: December 7

Album: Listen Like Thieves (Atlantic)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	81
Mainstream Rock	11

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Born in the U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

Weeks in Hot 100: 17

Peaked: January 19

Album: Born in the U.S.A. (Columbia)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	9
Mainstream Rock	8

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Lay Your Hands On Me

Thompson Twins

Weeks in Hot 100: 20

Peaked: November 23

Album: Here's to Future Days (Arista)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	6
Adult Contemporary	14
Dance	46
Mainstream Rock	14

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Don't Lose My Number

Phil Collins

Weeks in Hot 100: 18

Peaked: September 28

Album: No Jacket Required (Atlantic)

U.S. charts:
Hot 100	4
Adult Contemporary	25
Dance	39
Mainstream Rock	33

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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.