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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · October 11, 1985

40 positions ← 10/04 10/18 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
3 2 1 1 9 Take On Me A-HA 1
13 9 6 2 6 Part-Time Lover STEVIE WONDER 2
10 6 5 3 8 Saving All My Love For You WHITNEY HOUSTON 3
21 12 10 4 5 Miami Vice Theme JAN HAMMER 4
7 4 3 5 8 Oh Sheila READY FOR THE WORLD 3
8 5 4 6 9 Lonely Ol' Night JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 4
12 10 8 7 8 Fortress Around Your Heart STING 7
24 15 11 8 5 Head Over Heels TEARS FOR FEARS 8
15 11 9 9 6 I'm Goin' Down BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 9
1 1 2 10 11 Money For Nothing DIRE STRAITS 1
11 8 7 11 7 Dancing In The Street MICK JAGGER & DAVID BOWIE 7
22 18 14 12 7 Lovin' Every Minute Of It LOVERBOY 12
28 21 15 13 5 I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down PAUL YOUNG 13
26 20 16 14 6 Sunset Grill DON HENLEY 14
30 22 17 15 4 One Night Love Affair BRYAN ADAMS 15
34 25 18 16 4 We Built This City STARSHIP 16
38 26 19 17 4 You Belong To The City GLENN FREY 17
31 27 20 18 5 Be Near Me ABC 18
2 3 12 19 10 Dress You Up MADONNA 2
- 35 24 20 3 Lay Your Hands On Me THOMPSON TWINS 20
5 7 13 21 13 Cherish KOOL & THE GANG 5
- 36 29 22 3 Never HEART 22
39 31 26 23 4 And We Danced THE HOOTERS 23
29 23 21 24 6 Four In The Morning (I Can't Take Any More) NIGHT RANGER 21
- 40 34 25 3 Who's Zoomin' Who? ARETHA FRANKLIN 25
- - 36 26 2 Separate Lives PHIL COLLINS/MARILYN MARTIN 26
- 38 32 27 3 You Are My Lady FREDDIE JACKSON 27
- 37 33 28 3 Boy In The Box COREY HART 28
- - 38 29 2 Broken Wings MR. MISTER 29
40 33 30 30 4 Communication THE POWER STATION 30
- - 35 31 2 Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire (Instrumental) DAVID FOSTER 31
- - 39 32 2 One Of The Living TINA TURNER 32
4 13 22 33 13 Don't Lose My Number PHIL COLLINS 2
- - 40 34 2 So In Love ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK 34
6 14 23 35 12 Freedom WHAM! 6
27 24 25 36 6 The Way You Do The Things You Do/My Girl DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES 24
9 17 27 37 15 St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) JOHN PARR 1
DEBUT 38 1 Perfect Way SCRITTI POLITTI 38
DEBUT 39 1 The Night Is Still Young BILLY JOEL 39
DEBUT 40 1 Soul Kiss OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN 40