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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · October 4, 1985

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