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Wham! (pictured) had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100, including the year's biggest hit, Careless Whisper.
Madonna (pictured) had five songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1985.

This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 singles of 1985. [1]

No. Title Artist(s)
1 " Careless Whisper" Wham!
2 " Like a Virgin" Madonna
3 " Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" Wham!
4 " I Want to Know What Love Is" Foreigner
5 " I Feel for You" Chaka Khan
6 " Out of Touch" Daryl Hall & John Oates
7 " Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Tears for Fears
8 " Money for Nothing" Dire Straits
9 " Crazy for You" Madonna
10 " Take On Me" a-ha
11 " Everytime You Go Away" Paul Young
12 " Easy Lover" Philip Bailey and Phil Collins
13 " Can't Fight This Feeling" REO Speedwagon
14 " We Built This City" Starship
15 " The Power of Love" Huey Lewis and the News
16 " Don't You (Forget About Me)" Simple Minds
17 " Cherish" Kool & the Gang
18 " St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" John Parr
19 " The Heat Is On" Glenn Frey
20 " We Are the World" USA for Africa
21 " Shout" Tears for Fears
22 " Part-Time Lover" Stevie Wonder
23 " Saving All My Love for You" Whitney Houston
24 " Heaven" Bryan Adams
25 " Everything She Wants" Wham!
26 " Cool It Now" New Edition
27 " Miami Vice Theme" Jan Hammer
28 " Loverboy" Billy Ocean
29 " Lovergirl" Teena Marie
30 " You Belong to the City" Glenn Frey
31 " Oh Sheila" Ready for the World
32 " Rhythm of the Night" DeBarge
33 " One More Night" Phil Collins
34 " Sea of Love" The Honeydrippers
35 " A View to a Kill" Duran Duran
36 " The Wild Boys" Duran Duran
37 " You're the Inspiration" Chicago
38 " Neutron Dance" The Pointer Sisters
39 " We Belong" Pat Benatar
40 " Nightshift" Commodores
41 " Things Can Only Get Better" Howard Jones
42 " All I Need" Jack Wagner
43 " Freeway of Love" Aretha Franklin
44 " Never Surrender" Corey Hart
45 " Sussudio" Phil Collins
46 " Strut" Sheena Easton
47 " You Give Good Love" Whitney Houston
48 " The Search Is Over" Survivor
49 " Missing You" Diana Ross
50 " Separate Lives" Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin
51 " Raspberry Beret" Prince & the Revolution
52 " Suddenly" Billy Ocean
53 " The Boys of Summer" Don Henley
54 " One Night in Bangkok" Murray Head
55 " If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" Sting
56 " Obsession" Animotion
57 " We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" Tina Turner
58 " Material Girl" Madonna
59 " Better Be Good to Me" Tina Turner
60 " Head over Heels" Tears for Fears
61 " Axel F" Harold Faltermeyer
62 " Smooth Operator" Sade
63 " In My House" Mary Jane Girls
64 " Don't Lose My Number" Phil Collins
65 " All Through the Night" Cyndi Lauper
66 " Run to You" Bryan Adams
67 " Glory Days" Bruce Springsteen
68 " Voices Carry" 'Til Tuesday
69 " Misled" Kool & the Gang
70 " Would I Lie to You?" Eurythmics
71 " Be Near Me" ABC
72 " No More Lonely Nights" Paul McCartney
73 " I Can't Hold Back" Survivor
74 " Summer of '69" Bryan Adams
75 " Walking on Sunshine" Katrina and the Waves
76 " Freedom" Wham!
77 " Too Late for Goodbyes" Julian Lennon
78 " Valotte"
79 " Some Like It Hot" The Power Station
80 " Solid" Ashford & Simpson
81 " Angel" Madonna
82 " I'm on Fire" Bruce Springsteen
83 " Method of Modern Love" Daryl Hall & John Oates
84 " Lay Your Hands on Me" Thompson Twins
85 " Who's Holding Donna Now" DeBarge
86 " Lonely Ol' Night" John Cougar Mellencamp
87 " What About Love" Heart
88 " California Girls" David Lee Roth
89 " Fresh" Kool & the Gang
90 " Do What You Do" Jermaine Jackson
91 " Jungle Love" The Time
92 " Born in the U.S.A." Bruce Springsteen
93 " Private Dancer" Tina Turner
94 " Who's Zoomin' Who?" Aretha Franklin
95 " Fortress Around Your Heart" Sting
96 " Penny Lover" Lionel Richie
97 " All She Wants to Do Is Dance" Don Henley
98 " Dress You Up" Madonna
99 " Sentimental Street" Night Ranger
100 " Sugar Walls" Sheena Easton

See also

References

  1. ^ "1985 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 52. December 28, 1985. p. T-21.