Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 12, 1985
HOT 100SINGLES
100 positions ← 10/05 10/19 →
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
1 3 5 11
★★ NO. 1 ★★1 week at No. One
MCA 52636
1
2 1 1 14
WARNER BROS. 7-28950
1
3 4 7 14
WARNER BROS. 7-29011
3
4 6 9 9
ARISTA 1-9381
4
5 10 15 6
TAMLA 1808/MOTOWN
5
6 8 10 8
RIVA 880-984-7/POLYGRAM
6
7 9 11 7
EMI-AMERICA 8288
7
8 2 2 15
DE-LITE 880 869-7/POLYGRAM
2
9 13 22 6
MCA 52666
9
10 5 6 9
SIRE 7-28919/WARNER BROS.
5
11 12 16 8
A&M 2767
11
12 14 20 6
COLUMBIA 38-05603
12
13 20 28 5
MERCURY 880 899-7/POLYGRAM
13
14 7 3 12
COLUMBIA 38-05409
3
15 19 24 8
COLUMBIA 38-05569
15
16 11 4 13
ATLANTIC 7-89536
4
17 16 18 13
POLYDOR 881 786-7/POLYGRAM
16
18 27 31 6
COLUMBIA 38-05577
18
19 23 30 8
CAMEL/MCA 52661/MCA
19
20 24 29 7
RCA 14178
20
21 30 37 5
A&M 2770
21
22 18 19 10
SCOTTI BROS. 4-05452/EPIC
18
23 28 36 8
MERCURY 880 626-7/POLYGRAM
23
24 32 39 5
MCA 52651
24
25 31 40 6
GRUNT 14170/RCA
25
26 29 34 7
GEFFEN 7-28906/WARNER BROS.
26
27 15 8 17
ATLANTIC 7-89541
1
28 33 38 10
COLUMBIA 38-05568
28
29 36 43 6
CAPITOL 5495
29
30 34 44 4
ARISTA 1-9396
30
31 17 14 14
RCA 14126
11
32 39 48 8
ATLANTIC 7-89528
32
33 38 46 5
CAPITOL 5512
33
34 37 42 6
CAPITOL 5511
34
35 41 51 3
ARISTA 9410
35
36 40 47 5
EMI-AMERICA 8287
36
37 45 — 2
Separate Lives (THEME FROM WHITE NIGHTS)PHIL COLLINS/MARILYN MARTIN
ATLANTIC 7-89498
37
38 26 17 16
CHRYSALIS 4-42876
1
39 44 54 7
A&M/VIRGIN 2746/A&M
39
40 52 — 2
CAPITOL 5518
40
41 50 66 4
RCA 14136
41
42 21 13 12
PAISLEY PARK 7-28998/WARNER BROS.
7
43 22 12 15
CAPITOL 5491
2
44 49 52 12
EPIC 34-05431
44
45 51 56 7
MCA 52633
45
46 47 49 7
GORDY 1804GF/MOTOWN
46
47 25 25 10
EMI-AMERICA 8282
25
48 54 59 4
MCA 52655
48
49 56 61 5
MCA/CONSTELLATION 52606/MCA
49
50 59 64 6
WARNER BROS. 7-28949
50
This weekLast week2 wks agoWks. on chartTitle Artist
Label
Peak
51 55 57 8
RCA 14082
51
52 72 — 2
ARISTA 1-9352
52
53 65 — 2
COLUMBIA 38-05657
53
54 63 — 2
MCA 52686
54
55 35 21 15
Invincible (THEME FROM THE LEGEND OF BILLIE JEAN)PAT BENATAR
CHRYSALIS 4-42877
10
56 64 81 3
ELEKTRA 7-69598
56
57 58 63 7
COLUMBIA 38-05571
57
58 62 68 5
ATLANTIC 7-89491
58
59 42 32 12
A&M 2758
28
60 43 23 17
ARISTA 1-9354
3
61 69 76 3
ELEKTRA 7-69621
61
62 46 27 14
COLUMBIA 38-05417
9
63 70 72 6
EMI-AMERICA 8285
63
64 68 75 3
PAISLEY PARK 7-28953/WARNER BROS.
64
65 66 70 5
RCA 14108
65
66 76 82 3
MERCURY 884 009-7/POLYGRAM
66
67 48 26 14
ELEKTRA 7-69625
16
68 53 35 16
A&M 2739
5
69 79 80 6
SIRE 7-28917/WARNER BROS.
69
70 83 84 3
WARNER BROS. 7-28899
70
71 73 78 4
GEFFEN 7-28958/WARNER BROS.
71
72 82 — 2
COLUMBIA 38-25609
72
73 67 62 19
COLUMBIA 38-04886
34
74 60 45 18
MERCURY 880 294-7/POLYGRAM
1
75 75 79 4
EPIC 34-05607
75
76 81 89 4
CBS ASSOCIATED 4-05586/EPIC
76
77 80 83 4
RCA 14181
77
78 86 91 3
CHRYSALIS VS4-42903
78
79 85 90 3
I.R.S. 52674/MCA
79
80 57 33 11
RCA 14160
22
81 61 53 19
EMI-AMERICA 8268
3
82 89 — 2
CAPITOL 5493
82
83 90 — 2
A&M 2773
83
84 NEW▶ 1
GEFFEN 7-28891/WARNER BROS.
84
85 NEW▶ 1
CAPITOL 5528
85
86 74 55 15
ELEKTRA 7-69631
19
87 NEW▶ 1
A&M 2768
87
88 NEW▶ 1
COLUMBIA 38-05625
88
89 NEW▶ 1
ATLANTIC 7-89502
89
90 78 58 20
CAPITOL 5481
10
91 71 41 13
CAPITOL 5497
21
92 88 67 9
SCOTTI BROS. 4-05579/EPIC
53
93 87 60 15
JIVE 1-9374/ARISTA
24
94 91 88 12
A&M 2764
58
95 77 50 12
WARNER BROS. 7-28960
34
96 84 65 23
COLUMBIA 38-04867
1
97 92 87 4
MOTOWN 1802
87
98 98 96 21
COLUMBIA 38-04931
40
99 97 97 6
MODERN 7-99630/ATLANTIC
81
100 94 71 9
A&M 2762
66

  Products with the greatest airplay and sales gains this week.