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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · September 6, 1985

40 positions ← 08/30 09/13 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
2 2 2 1 10 St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) JOHN PARR 1
14 7 5 2 6 Money For Nothing DIRE STRAITS 2
8 6 4 3 8 Don't Lose My Number PHIL COLLINS 3
3 3 3 4 9 We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) TINA TURNER 3
13 12 9 5 8 Cherish KOOL & THE GANG 5
10 8 7 6 7 Pop Life PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION 6
11 10 8 7 7 Freedom WHAM! 7
1 1 1 8 11 The Power Of Love HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS 1
24 16 12 9 5 Dress You Up MADONNA 9
12 11 10 10 9 Invincible PAT BENATAR 10
37 25 17 11 4 Take On Me A-HA 11
4 4 6 12 10 Summer Of '69 BRYAN ADAMS 4
21 17 14 13 8 Dare Me POINTER SISTERS 13
33 20 18 14 4 Lonely Ol' Night JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 14
9 9 11 15 9 You're Only Human (Second Wind) BILLY JOEL 9
- 33 22 16 3 Oh Sheila READY FOR THE WORLD 16
5 5 13 17 11 Freeway Of Love ARETHA FRANKLIN 5
23 18 16 18 7 Smokin' In The Boys Room MOTLEY CRUE 16
- 37 23 19 3 Saving All My Love For You WHITNEY HOUSTON 19
- - 29 20 2 Dancing In The Street MICK JAGGER & DAVID BOWIE 20
36 29 24 21 5 Cry GODLEY & CREME 21
- 39 27 22 3 Fortress Around Your Heart STING 22
40 34 26 23 4 C-I-T-Y JOHN CAFFERTY/BEAVER BROWN BAND 23
26 21 20 24 6 Shame THE MOTELS 20
34 28 25 25 5 There Must Be An Angel EURYTHMICS 25
39 36 28 26 4 Every Step Of The Way JOHN WAITE 26
17 15 15 27 8 Life In One Day HOWARD JONES 15
7 13 19 28 13 Never Surrender COREY HART 3
38 35 30 29 5 No Lookin' Back MICHAEL McDONALD 29
6 14 21 30 12 Shout TEARS FOR FEARS 1
DEBUT 31 1 Part-Time Lover STEVIE WONDER 31
- - 35 32 2 Lovin' Every Minute Of It LOVERBOY 32
DEBUT 33 1 I'm Goin' Down BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 33
35 32 31 34 5 Do You Want Crying KATRINA AND THE WAVES 31
- - 40 35 2 I Got You Babe UB40 35
DEBUT 36 1 The Way You Do The Things You Do/My Girl DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES 36
- 40 37 37 3 Spanish Eddie LAURA BRANIGAN 37
DEBUT 38 1 Four In The Morning (I Can't Take Any More) NIGHT RANGER 38
16 19 32 39 13 What About Love? HEART 14
DEBUT 40 1 Sunset Grill DON HENLEY 40