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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · December 20, 1985

40 positions ← 12/13 01/03/86 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
3 2 1 1 8 Say You, Say Me LIONEL RICHIE 1
6 5 4 2 10 Alive And Kicking SIMPLE MINDS 2
7 4 3 3 8 Party All The Time EDDIE MURPHY 3
12 8 5 4 8 Small Town JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 4
20 16 9 5 6 That's What Friends Are For DIONNE & FRIENDS 5
16 12 8 6 7 Tonight She Comes THE CARS 6
18 13 11 7 7 Walk Of Life DIRE STRAITS 7
19 15 13 8 6 Talk To Me STEVIE NICKS 8
13 11 10 9 9 I Miss You KLYMAXX 9
2 1 2 10 12 Broken Wings MR. MISTER 1
21 18 15 11 7 Burning Heart SURVIVOR 11
36 26 17 12 4 I'm Your Man WHAM! 12
1 3 6 13 12 Separate Lives PHIL COLLINS/MARILYN MARTIN 1
28 24 18 14 5 It's Only Love BRYAN ADAMS/TINA TURNER 14
9 7 7 15 10 Sleeping Bag ZZ TOP 7
8 6 12 16 9 Election Day ARCADIA 6
24 21 19 17 7 You're A Friend Of Mine CLARENCE CLEMONS & JACKSON BROWNE 17
22 19 16 18 6 Love Is The Seventh Wave STING 16
35 27 23 19 5 Spies Like Us PAUL McCARTNEY 19
- 37 26 20 3 My Hometown BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 20
38 29 24 21 4 Go Home STEVIE WONDER 21
11 10 14 22 11 Perfect Way SCRITTI POLITTI 10
- 36 28 23 3 When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going BILLY OCEAN 23
39 32 27 24 4 Everybody Dance TA MARA & THE SEEN 24
23 20 20 25 7 Emergency KOOL & THE GANG 20
- 33 30 26 3 Sidewalk Talk JELLYBEAN 26
37 31 29 27 4 Goodbye NIGHT RANGER 27
40 34 31 28 4 Face The Face PETE TOWNSHEND 28
- 35 32 29 3 Sex As A Weapon PAT BENATAR 29
4 9 21 30 13 Never HEART 4
- - 38 31 2 How Will I Know WHITNEY HOUSTON 31
- 40 37 32 3 Conga MIAMI SOUND MACHINE 32
- 38 35 33 3 Everything In My Heart COREY HART 33
15 14 22 34 9 Wrap Her Up ELTON JOHN 14
- 39 36 35 3 Object Of My Desire STARPOINT 35
- - 39 36 2 The Sun Always Shines On T.V. A-HA 36
- - 40 37 2 Life In A Northern Town THE DREAM ACADEMY 37
DEBUT 38 1 Living In America JAMES BROWN 38
DEBUT 39 1 The Sweetest Taboo SADE 39
DEBUT 40 1 Kyrie MR. MISTER 40