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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · September 27, 1985

40 positions ← 09/20 10/04 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
2 1 1 1 9 Money For Nothing DIRE STRAITS 1
11 8 3 2 7 Take On Me A-HA 2
9 4 2 3 8 Dress You Up MADONNA 2
16 12 7 4 6 Oh Sheila READY FOR THE WORLD 4
14 11 8 5 7 Lonely Ol' Night JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 5
19 15 10 6 6 Saving All My Love For You WHITNEY HOUSTON 6
5 5 5 7 11 Cherish KOOL & THE GANG 5
20 14 11 8 5 Dancing In The Street MICK JAGGER & DAVID BOWIE 8
31 19 13 9 4 Part-Time Lover STEVIE WONDER 9
22 17 12 10 6 Fortress Around Your Heart STING 10
33 24 15 11 4 I'm Goin' Down BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 11
- 31 21 12 3 Miami Vice Theme JAN HAMMER 12
3 2 4 13 11 Don't Lose My Number PHIL COLLINS 2
7 6 6 14 10 Freedom WHAM! 6
- 34 24 15 3 Head Over Heels TEARS FOR FEARS 15
21 18 16 16 8 Cry GODLEY & CREME 16
1 3 9 17 13 St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) JOHN PARR 1
32 26 22 18 5 Lovin' Every Minute Of It LOVERBOY 18
23 20 18 19 7 C-I-T-Y JOHN CAFFERTY/BEAVER BROWN BAND 18
40 35 26 20 4 Sunset Grill DON HENLEY 20
- 36 28 21 3 I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down PAUL YOUNG 21
- - 30 22 2 One Night Love Affair BRYAN ADAMS 22
38 32 29 23 4 Four In The Morning (I Can't Take Any More) NIGHT RANGER 23
36 30 27 24 4 The Way You Do The Things You Do/My Girl DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES 24
- - 34 25 2 We Built This City STARSHIP 25
- - 38 26 2 You Belong To The City GLENN FREY 26
- 40 31 27 3 Be Near Me ABC 27
6 7 14 28 10 Pop Life PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION 6
8 10 19 29 14 The Power Of Love HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS 1
4 9 17 30 12 We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) TINA TURNER 3
- - 39 31 2 And We Danced THE HOOTERS 31
13 13 20 32 11 Dare Me POINTER SISTERS 13
- - 40 33 2 Communication THE POWER STATION 33
26 23 23 34 7 Every Step Of The Way JOHN WAITE 23
DEBUT 35 1 Lay Your Hands On Me THOMPSON TWINS 35
DEBUT 36 1 Never HEART 36
DEBUT 37 1 Boy In The Box COREY HART 37
DEBUT 38 1 You Are My Lady FREDDIE JACKSON 38
10 16 25 39 12 Invincible PAT BENATAR 10
DEBUT 40 1 Who's Zoomin' Who? ARETHA FRANKLIN 40