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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · October 18, 1985

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