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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · November 1, 1985

40 positions ← 10/25 11/08 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
2 2 1 1 9 Part-Time Lover STEVIE WONDER 1
4 3 2 2 8 Miami Vice Theme JAN HAMMER 2
8 5 3 3 8 Head Over Heels TEARS FOR FEARS 3
16 10 5 4 7 We Built This City STARSHIP 4
17 9 6 5 7 You Belong To The City GLENN FREY 5
26 18 10 6 5 Separate Lives PHIL COLLINS/MARILYN MARTIN 6
29 23 13 7 5 Broken Wings MR. MISTER 7
20 16 11 8 6 Lay Your Hands On Me THOMPSON TWINS 8
1 1 4 9 12 Take On Me A-HA 1
18 15 12 10 8 Be Near Me ABC 10
22 19 14 11 6 Never HEART 11
15 11 9 12 7 One Night Love Affair BRYAN ADAMS 9
3 4 7 13 11 Saving All My Love For You WHITNEY HOUSTON 3
25 20 17 14 6 Who's Zoomin' Who? ARETHA FRANKLIN 14
27 24 20 15 6 You Are My Lady FREDDIE JACKSON 15
32 28 22 16 5 One Of The Living TINA TURNER 16
7 6 8 17 11 Fortress Around Your Heart STING 6
31 27 24 18 5 Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire (Instrumental) DAVID FOSTER 18
- 35 29 19 3 Sleeping Bag ZZ TOP 19
12 12 16 20 10 Lovin' Every Minute Of It LOVERBOY 12
- - 33 21 2 Election Day ARCADIA 21
38 33 30 22 4 Perfect Way SCRITTI POLITTI 22
- 38 32 23 3 Alive And Kicking SIMPLE MINDS 23
34 30 27 24 5 So In Love ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK 24
5 7 18 25 11 Oh Sheila READY FOR THE WORLD 3
13 13 15 26 8 I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down PAUL YOUNG 13
28 25 25 27 6 Boy In The Box COREY HART 25
23 21 21 28 7 And We Danced THE HOOTERS 21
40 34 31 29 4 Soul Kiss OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN 29
14 14 19 30 9 Sunset Grill DON HENLEY 14
- 37 34 31 3 Girls Are More Fun RAY PARKER JR. 31
6 8 23 32 12 Lonely Ol' Night JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 4
- 40 36 33 3 Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves EURYTHMICS & ARETHA FRANKLIN 33
- - 39 34 2 Wrap Her Up ELTON JOHN 34
- - 40 35 2 I Miss You KLYMAXX 35
39 36 35 36 4 The Night Is Still Young BILLY JOEL 35
DEBUT 37 1 Say You, Say Me LIONEL RICHIE 37
DEBUT 38 1 Small Town JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 38
DEBUT 39 1 Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) KATE BUSH 39
DEBUT 40 1 Party All The Time EDDIE MURPHY 40