List of Billboard number-one dance singles of 1985

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Billboard magazine compiled the top-performing dance singles in the United States on the Hot Dance/Disco Club Play chart and the Hot Dance/Disco 12-inch Singles Sales chart. Premiered in 1976, the Club Play chart ranked the most-played singles on dance club based on reports from a national sample of club DJs. It was the sole chart for dance music before the issue dated March 16, 1985, when the 12-inch Singles Sales chart was launched based on retail sales of physical singles across the United States. The first number one on the dance sales chart was "New Attitude"/"Axel F", a split single by Patti LaBelle and Harold Faltermeyer from Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack. [1] However, Billboard had already compiled unpublished chart for the 12-inch singles sales chart since January 19, 1985, with "Rain Forest"/"Sound Chaser" by Paul Hardcastle as its first number one, which was retrospectively listed on Billboard.com.

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Charts history

Chart history
Issue date Hot Dance/Disco Club Play Hot Dance/Disco 12-inch Singles Sales Ref.
TitleArtist(s)TitleArtist(s)
January 5"Like a Virgin" Madonna Not issued [2]
January 12"We Are the Young" Dan Hartman [3]
January 19"Rain Forest" / "Sound Chaser" Paul Hardcastle [4] [5]
January 26"Loveride" Nuance featuring Vikki Love [6] [7]
February 2"Sidewalk Talk" Jellybean [8] [9]
February 9"Loverboy" Billy Ocean "Sugar Walls" Sheena Easton [10] [11]
February 16"Smalltown Boy" Bronski Beat [12] [13]
February 23"Sugar Walls" Sheena Easton "New Attitude"/
"Axel F"		 Patti LaBelle/
Harold Faltermeyer 		[14] [15]
March 2"This Is My Night" Chaka Khan [16] [17]
March 9"New Attitude"/
"Axel F"		 Patti LaBelle/
Harold Faltermeyer 		[18] [19]
March 16 [20] [21]
March 23"Bad Habits" Jenny Burton [22] [23]
March 30"Material Girl"Madonna [24] [25]
April 6"In My House" Mary Jane Girls [26] [27]
April 13 [28] [29]
April 20"Point of No Return" Exposé "We Are The World" USA for Africa [30] [31]
April 27 [32] [33]
May 4"Fresh" Kool & the Gang [34] [35]
May 11"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Tears for Fears [36] [37]
May 18"Fresh" Kool & the Gang [38] [39]
May 25"Do You Wanna Get Away" Shannon "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Tears for Fears [40] [41]
June 1"I Wonder If I Take You Home" Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force [42] [43]
June 8"Call Me Mr. Telephone (Answering Service)" Cheyne [44] [45]
June 15"I Wonder If I Take You Home" Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force "Angel"/
"Into the Groove"		 Madonna [46] [47]
June 22"Thinking About Your Love" Skipworth & Turner [48] [49]
June 29"Angel"/
"Into the Groove"		Madonna [50] [51]
July 6"19" Paul Hardcastle [52] [53]
July 13 [54] [55]
July 20"Glow" Rick James "19" Paul Hardcastle [56] [57]
July 27 [58] [59]
August 3"Freeway of Love" Aretha Franklin "Angel"/
"Into the Groove"		Madonna [60] [61]
August 10 [62] [63]
August 17"Raspberry Beret" / "She's Always In My Hair" Prince & the Revolution [64] [65]
August 24"Shout"Tears for Fears"Trapped" Colonel Abrams [66] [67]
August 31 [68] [69]
September 7"Trapped" Colonel Abrams "Shout (Remix)"Tears for Fears [70] [71]
September 14"Eight Arms to Hold You" Goon Squad [72] [73]
September 21"Dare Me" The Pointer Sisters "Pop Life" (Remix) / "Hello"Prince & the Revolution [74] [75]
September 28"Be Near Me" ABC [76] [77]
October 5"Dress You Up" (Remix)Madonna [78] [79]
October 12"Oh Sheila" Ready for the World [80] [81]
October 19"Fall Down (Spirit of Love)" Tramaine [82] [83]
October 26"You Wear It Well" El DeBarge with DeBarge [84] [85]
November 2"I'll Be Good" Rene & Angela [86] [87]
November 9"You & Me" The Flirts "Part-Time Lover" (Remix) Stevie Wonder [88] [89]
November 16"Part-Time Lover" Stevie Wonder "Conga" Miami Sound Machine [90] [91]
November 23"Who's Zoomin' Who"Aretha Franklin"Part-Time Lover" (Remix)Stevie Wonder [92] [93]
November 30"A Love Bizarre" Sheila E. "I Like You" Phyllis Nelson [94] [95]
December 7 [96] [97]
December 14"I Like You" Phyllis Nelson [98] [99]
December 21"Takes a Little Time" Total Contrast [100] [101]
December 28"Baby Talk" Alisha [102] [103]

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