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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1985.
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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10 | Silvertone | Chris Isaak | - |
14 | New Day Rising | Hüsker Dü | - |
15 | Centerfield | John Fogerty | - |
Nightshift | Commodores | - | |
21 | King of Rock | Run-D.M.C. | - |
Real Love | Dolly Parton | - | |
Thunder in the East | Loudness | Japan | |
24 | Finder of Lost Loves | Dionne Warwick | - |
25 | Maverick | George Thorogood and the Destroyers | - |
28 | Crazy from the Heat | David Lee Roth | Covers EP |
29 | Stella | Yello | - |
? | 40-Hour Week | Alabama | - |
Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin | Hawkwind | Live 1973 | |
Night Rocker | David Hasselhoff | - | |
One Clear Moment | Linda Thompson | - | |
Strange Animal | Gowan | - | |
Tales of the New West | The Beat Farmers | - | |
Warming Up to the Ice Age | John Hiatt | - | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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4 | Secret Secrets | Joan Armatrading | - |
11 | Night Time | Killing Joke | - |
Meat Is Murder | The Smiths | - | |
The Firm | The Firm | Debut | |
12 | Vision Quest | Various Artists | Soundtrack |
14 | Rhythm of the Night | DeBarge | - |
Whitney Houston | Whitney Houston | Debut | |
15 | Vulture Culture | Alan Parsons Project | - |
18 | No Jacket Required | Phil Collins | - |
19 | The Breakfast Club | Various Artists | Soundtrack |
25 | Songs from the Big Chair | Tears for Fears | - |
26 | Disturbing the Peace | Alcatrazz | - |
28 | Ready to Strike | King Kobra | Debut |
? | Armed and Dangerous | Anthrax | EP |
VU | The Velvet Underground | Outtakes compilation | |
Beyond Appearances | Santana | - | |
Heads and Hearts | The Sound (band) | - | |
Love Bomb | The Tubes | - | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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4 | She's the Boss | Mick Jagger | US Release Feb. 19, 1985 |
Aikea-Guinea | Cocteau Twins | EP | |
Metal Heart | Accept | - | |
8 | Mars Needs Guitars! | Hoodoo Gurus | - |
The Night I Fell in Love | Luther Vandross | - | |
11 | Behind the Sun | Eric Clapton | - |
Dream into Action | Howard Jones | - | |
First and Last and Always | The Sisters of Mercy | - | |
15 | Everybody's Crazy | Michael Bolton | - |
18 | Birdy | Peter Gabriel | Soundtrack |
21 | Up on the Sun | Meat Puppets | - |
22 | Katrina and the Waves | Katrina and the Waves | - |
Scream for Help | John Paul Jones | Soundtrack | |
25 | The Power Station | The Power Station | - |
The Secret of Association | Paul Young | - | |
26 | The Right to Rock | Keel | - |
Southern Accents | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | - | |
27 | 7800° Fahrenheit | Bon Jovi | - |
Tao | Rick Springfield | - | |
29 | Bad Moon Rising | Sonic Youth | - |
Rogues Gallery | Slade | - | |
? | Equator | Uriah Heep | - |
Lost & Found | Jason & the Scorchers | - | |
Vox Humana | Kenny Loggins | - |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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1 | We Are the World | USA for Africa and Various Artists | - |
8 | Hell Awaits | Slayer | - |
15 | Horror Epics | The Exploited | - |
Love Not Money | Everything but the Girl | - | |
As the Band Turns | Atlantic Starr | - | |
22 | Around the World in a Day | Prince and the Revolution | - |
Backwaxed | Anvil | Compilation | |
23 | Two Hearts | Men at Work | - |
25 | Bonded by Blood | Exodus | Debut |
29 | Be Yourself Tonight | Eurythmics | - |
Mr. Bad Guy | Freddie Mercury | - | |
? | Across a Crowded Room | Richard Thompson | - |
Nature of the Beast | Maureen Steele | Debut | |
Only the Strong | Thor | - | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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1 | Suzanne Vega | Suzanne Vega | - |
3 | Youthquake | Dead or Alive | - |
6 | Nervous Night | The Hooters | - |
9 | Our Favourite Shop | The Style Council | titled Internationalists in US |
13 | Brother Where You Bound | Supertramp | - |
Low-Life | New Order | - | |
On a Storyteller's Night | Magnum | - | |
15 | Soldiers Under Command | Stryper | - |
Unguarded | Amy Grant | - | |
17 | Brothers in Arms | Dire Straits | - |
20 | Shaken 'n' Stirred | Robert Plant | - |
7 Wishes | Night Ranger | - | |
Power of the Night | Savatage | - | |
Wide Awake in America | U2 | EP | |
What Does Anything Mean? Basically | The Chameleons | - | |
21 | The Confessor | Joe Walsh | - |
Glow | Rick James | - | |
27 | The Return…… | Bathory | - |
29 | Hellbound | Warlock | - |
? | Loose Nut | Black Flag | - |
Fear No Evil | Grim Reaper | - | |
Space Ritual | Hawkwind | Live 1972 | |
Gravity | Kenny G | - | |
The Ballad of Sally Rose | Emmylou Harris | - | |
Le Parc | Tangerine Dream | - | |
More Places Forever | David Thomas | - | |
Music for "The Knee Plays" | David Byrne | Soundtrack | |
Theodore and Friends | The Adventures | - | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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1 | Greatest Hits Volume I & II | Billy Joel | Compilation |
Fly on the Wall | AC/DC | - | |
Clan of Xymox | Clan of Xymox | - | |
Extractions | Dif Juz | - | |
Return to Waterloo | Ray Davies | - | |
3 | Patti | Patti LaBelle | - |
8 | Back to the Future | Various Artists | Soundtrack |
Flash | Jeff Beck | - | |
9 | Who's Zoomin' Who? | Aretha Franklin | - |
12 | Love You to Pieces | Lizzy Borden | - |
Tales of Terror | Hallows Eve | - | |
22 | Luxury of Life | Five Star | - |
Standing on the Edge | Cheap Trick | - | |
26 | Mask of Smiles | John Waite | - |
29 | Profiles | Nick Mason and Rick Fenn | - |
? | Ain't Love Grand! | X | - |
Contact | Pointer Sisters | - | |
The Fire Still Burns | Russ Ballard | - | |
Hold Me | Laura Branigan | - | |
In Concert | America | Live | |
Phantasmagoria | The Damned | - | |
Salad Days | Minor Threat | EP | |
St. Elmo's Fire | Various Artists | Soundtrack | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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5 | Now That's What I Call Music 5 | Various Artists | Compilation |
Rum Sodomy & the Lash | The Pogues | - | |
8 | Midnite Dynamite | Kix | - |
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force | Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam | - | |
12 | Sacred Heart | Dio | - |
Old Ways | Neil Young | - | |
16 | Freaky Styley | Red Hot Chili Peppers | - |
I Am the Night | Pantera | - | |
19 | Marching Out | Yngwie Malmsteen | - |
The Family | The Family | - | |
Scarecrow | John Cougar Mellencamp | - | |
26 | Romance 1600 | Sheila E. | - |
30 | The Head on the Door | The Cure | - |
? | Primitive Love | Miami Sound Machine | - |
Screamin' 'n' Bleedin' | Angel Witch | - | |
Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti | Squeeze | - | |
Lovin' Every Minute of It | Loverboy | - | |
No Lookin' Back | Michael McDonald | - | |
The Rose of England | Nick Lowe | - | |
World Service | Spear of Destiny | - | |
Day | Album | Artist | Notes |
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9 | The Long Play | Sandra | - |
Club Ninja | Blue Öyster Cult | - | |
Fine Young Cannibals | Fine Young Cannibals | - | |
16 | Fight to Survive | White Lion | Debut/Japan |
31 | A Classic Case | London Symphony Orchestra | music of Jethro Tull |
? | 10 from 6 | Bad Company | Compilation |
3-Way Tie (For Last) | Minutemen | - | |
Friends | Dionne Warwick | - | |
Geek! | My Bloody Valentine | EP | |
Island Life | Grace Jones | Compilation |
The following songs achieved the highest in the charts of 1985. [13]
# | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart Entries |
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1 | Tears for Fears | "Shout" | 1984 | ![]() | US BB 1 – Jun 1985, Canada 1 – Feb 1985, Netherlands 1 – Jan 1985, Switzerland 1 – Feb 1985, Germany 1 – Jan 1985, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks Mar 1985, Australia 1 for 1 weeks Nov 1985, France 3 – Dec 1984, Poland 3 – Mar 1985, UK 4 – Dec 1984, Sweden 5 – Dec 1984, Norway 5 – Mar 1985, KROQ 5 of 1985, Austria 6 – Mar 1985, US CashBox 13 of 1985, Australia 14 of 1985, Sweden (alt) 16 – Feb 1985, South Africa 16 of 1985, Italy 20 of 1985, RYM 27 of 1984, Scrobulate 36 of 80s, Germany 104 of the 1980s, Acclaimed 974 |
2 | USA for Africa | "We Are the World" | 1985 | ![]() | UK 1 – Apr 1985, US BB 1 – Mar 1985, US CashBox 1 of 1985, Canada 1 – Apr 1985, Netherlands 1 – Mar 1985, Sweden 1 – Mar 1985, Sweden (alt) 1 – Apr 1985, Switzerland 1 – Apr 1985, Norway 1 – Mar 1985, Poland 1 – Mar 1985, Australia 1 of 1985, Italy 1 of 1985, Republic of Ireland 1 – Apr 1985, New Zealand 1 for 7 weeks Apr 1985, Australia 1 for 9 weeks Dec 1985, Grammy in 1985, Austria 2 – Apr 1985, Germany 2 – Apr 1985, Global 4 (20 M sold) – 1985, South Africa 8 of 1985, US BB 40 of 1985, POP 71 of 1985, RIAA 121, Germany 263 of the 1980s, OzNet 418, Acclaimed 1371 |
3 | a-ha | "Take On Me" | 1984 | ![]() | US BB 1 – Aug 1985, Canada 1 – Aug 1985, Netherlands 1 – Oct 1985, Sweden (alt) 1 – Oct 1985, France 1 – May 1985, Switzerland 1 – Nov 1985, Norway 1 – Nov 1984, Poland 1 – Dec 1985, Germany 1 – Jan 1986, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Aug 1986, Scrobulate 1 of 80s, UK 2 – Sep 1985, Sweden 4 – Aug 1985, Austria 4 – Dec 1985, Italy 7 of 1986, KROQ 7 of 1985, RYM 8 of 1984, Australia 12 of 1985, US CashBox 15 of 1985, Europe 20 of the 1980s, POP 31 of 1985, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1985, US BB 36 of 1985, Germany 81 of the 1980s, Party 133 of 2007, OzNet 795, Acclaimed 2396 |
4 | Foreigner | "I Want to Know What Love Is" | 1984 | ![]() ![]() | UK 1 – Dec 1984, US BB 1 – Dec 1984, Canada 1 – Dec 1984, Sweden 1 – Dec 1984, Sweden (alt) 1 – Dec 1984, Norway 1 – Jan 1985, Poland 1 – Mar 1985, Republic of Ireland 1 – Jan 1985, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks Feb 1985, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Oct 1985, Switzerland 2 – Jan 1985, Germany 4 – Jan 1985, Australia 5 of 1985, Netherlands 6 – Dec 1984, Austria 7 – Feb 1985, US CashBox 8 of 1985, South Africa 12 of 1985, POP 17 of 1985, US BB 34 of 1985, Europe 38 of the 1980s, OzNet 180, RYM 186 of 1984, Germany 255 of the 1980s, Rolling Stone 476, Acclaimed 659 |
5 | Madonna | "Material Girl" | 1985 | ![]() | UK 1 – Jul 1985, Netherlands 1 – Aug 1985, Republic of Ireland 1 – Aug 1985, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks Aug 1985, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Mar 1986, Sweden 2 – Aug 1985, Switzerland 2 – Aug 1985, Australia 2 of 1985, Italy 2 of 1985, Sweden (alt) 3 – Aug 1985, Germany 3 – Aug 1985, Norway 4 – Aug 1985, US BB 7 of 1985, Austria 7 – Sep 1985, France 9 – Aug 1985, RYM 9 of 1985, POP 13 of 1985, Poland 19 – Sep 1985, Scrobulate 73 of 80s, Party 193 of 1999, OzNet 200, Acclaimed 235, Germany 271 of the 1980s |
Song title | Artist(s) | Release date(s) | US | UK | Highest chart position | Other Chart Performance(s) |
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"19" | Paul Hardcastle | April 1985 | 15 | 1 | (12 countries) | See chart performance entry |
"Alive and Kicking" | Simple Minds | September 1985 | 3 | 7 | 1 (Italy) | See chart performance entry |
"All I Need" | Jack Wagner | January 1985 | 2 | n/a | 2 (United States) | 1 (Canada RPM Adult Contemporary) – 1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) – 2 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) – 3 (Canada) – 93 (Australia) |
"And We Danced" | The Hooters | August 1985 | 21 | n/a | 6 (Australia) | 9 (New Zealand) – 72 (West Germany) |
"Angel" | Madonna | April 1985 | 5 | 5 | 1 (Australia) | See chart performance entry |
Song title | Artist(s) | Release date(s) | Other Chart Performance(s) |
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"Love Like Blood" | Killing Joke | September 1985 | See chart performance entry |
"The Boy with the Thorn in His Side" | The Smiths | September 1985 | 15 (Ireland) – 23 (UK Singles Chart) |
"You Don't Miss Your Water" | The Triffids | August 1985 | n/a |
" King of Rock" | Run-DMC | January 1985 | 8 (US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles) – 14 (US Billboard Hot Black Singles) – 40 (US Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles) – 80 (UK Singles Charts) |
"Makes No Sense at All" | Hüsker Dü | August 1985 | 2 (UK Indie Chart) |
"Oh Yeah" | Yello | July 1985 | 8 (Australia) – 36 (US Billboard Dance Club Songs) – 47 (Germany) – 51 (US Billboard Hot 100 Charts) |
"Vicious Games" | Yello | February 1985 | 5 (Switzerland) – 8 (US Billboard Dance Club Singles) – 15 (Germany) – 60 (Australia) |