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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R AOR Tracks · December 20, 1985

60 positions ← 12/13 01/03/86 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
7 5 3 1 9 Silent Running MIKE + THE MECHANICS 1
3 1 1 2 7 Talk To Me STEVIE NICKS 1
4 2 2 3 8 Face The Face PETE TOWNSHEND 2
22 15 5 4 8 Stages ZZ TOP 4
23 13 7 5 6 Kyrie MR. MISTER 5
53 26 13 6 4 My Hometown BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 6
16 14 12 7 10 Strength THE ALARM 7
2 4 4 8 9 Tonight She Comes THE CARS 1
26 20 15 9 5 I Can't Wait STEVIE NICKS 9
24 21 18 10 10 Life In A Northern Town THE DREAM ACADEMY 10
20 19 16 11 6 Give Blood PETE TOWNSHEND 11
11 11 11 12 9 Burning Heart SURVIVOR 11
5 6 6 13 6 Sex As A Weapon PAT BENATAR 5
10 8 10 14 8 Can't Stop Rockin' ZZ TOP 8
19 18 17 15 9 Manhattan Project RUSH 15
8 7 9 16 8 Go ASIA 7
- 42 22 17 3 Day By Day THE HOOTERS 17
17 17 19 18 8 Pleasure And Pain DIVINYLS 17
1 3 8 19 11 Alive And Kicking SIMPLE MINDS 1
50 29 21 20 4 So You Want To Be A Rock & Roll Star TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS 20
37 34 24 21 5 Let Me Down Easy ROGER DALTREY 21
40 31 23 22 4 One Vision QUEEN 22
12 12 14 23 10 To Live And Die In L.A. WANG CHUNG 12
35 32 26 24 6 Goodbye NIGHT RANGER 24
31 30 27 25 8 Sara STARSHIP 25
- - 47 26 2 Sanctify Yourself SIMPLE MINDS 26
55 38 30 27 4 Needles And Pins TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS with STEVIE NICKS 27
54 45 37 28 5 Silent Night BON JOVI 28
6 9 20 29 17 Small Town JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 1
57 50 38 30 4 Shela AEROSMITH 30
51 41 35 31 4 The Hunter DOKKEN 31
36 35 32 32 5 Leader Of The Pack TWISTED SISTER 32
43 43 41 33 7 Justice And Independence '85 JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 33
41 40 40 34 7 Beat's So Lonely CHARLIE SEXTON 34
- 53 45 35 3 Russians STING 35
39 37 42 36 8 Rough Boy ZZ TOP 36
- - 48 37 2 Christmas Time BRYAN ADAMS 37
25 24 29 38 8 Good Friends JONI MITCHELL 24
21 28 39 39 10 You're A Friend Of Mine CLARENCE CLEMONS & JACKSON BROWNE 14
- - 57 40 2 Ride Across The River DIRE STRAITS 40
- 58 51 41 3 Too Late ASIA 41
15 16 25 42 8 Change It STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN 15
- 60 53 43 3 Your Love THE OUTFIELD 43
18 25 31 44 28 Walk Of Life DIRE STRAITS 6
46 44 44 45 13 It's Only Love BRYAN ADAMS/TINA TURNER 21
- - 55 46 2 My Mistake PHANTOM, ROCKER & SLICK 46
28 33 36 47 6 Spies Like Us PAUL McCARTNEY 28
27 27 33 48 13 Dangerous LOVERBOY 27
9 10 28 49 11 Sleeping Bag ZZ TOP 1
47 46 50 50 16 Rain On The Scarecrow JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 33
- 51 46 51 3 Don't Bring Me Down TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS 46
- - 60 52 2 Le Bel Age (The Best Years) PAT BENATAR 52
14 22 34 53 12 The Big Money RUSH 5
13 23 43 54 12 This Time INXS 8
DEBUT 55 1 What You Need INXS 55
- - 58 56 2 Bouree JETHRO TULL with THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 56
DEBUT 57 1 King For A Day THOMPSON TWINS 57
49 48 49 58 7 The Whole Of The Moon WATERBOYS 48
38 47 52 59 9 Territories RUSH 36
DEBUT 60 1 Easier Said Than Done JON ANDERSON 60