The following songs may have peaked on the Billboard Top 40 in 1985, but they made me hit the preset buttons on my car stereo quicker than you can say "We Are the World." In other words, you won't be seeing these songs on my upcoming list of the top singles of 1985.
In no particular order:
| "Radioactive" | The Firm |
| "Money Changes Everything" | Cyndi Lauper |
| "And We Danced" | Hooters |
| "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" | Paul Young |
| "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" | Cyndi Lauper |
| "The Old Man Down the Road" | John Fogerty |
| "Private Dancer" | Tina Turner |
| "We Belong" | Pat Benatar |
| "The Search is Over" | Survivor |
| "Nightshift" | Commodores |
| "Sea of Love" | The Honeydrippers |
| "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" | Tina Turner |
| "Party All the Time" | Eddie Murphy |
| "Oh Sheila" | Ready for the World |
| "Everytime You Go Away" | Paul Young |
| "I Want to Know What Love Is" | Foreigner |
| "Say You, Say Me" | Lionel Richie |
