List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 1985

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These hits topped the Dutch Top 40 in 1985.

Issue DateSongArtist(s)Reference
5 January"Do They Know It's Christmas?" Band Aid [1]
12 January [2]
19 January [3]
26 January"Easy Lover" Phil Collins & Philip Bailey [4]
2 February [5]
9 February [6]
16 February [7]
23 February"Shout" Tears For Fears [8]
2 March [9]
9 March [10]
16 March"This Is Not America" David Bowie & Pat Metheny Group [11]
23 March [12]
30 March"Nightshift" Commodores [13]
6 April [14]
13 April [15]
20 April"We Are the World" USA for Africa [16]
27 April [17]
4 May [18]
11 May [19]
18 May [20]
25 May [21]
1 June"Don't You (Forget About Me)" Simple Minds [22]
8 June [23]
15 June [24]
22 June"Dancing in the Dark" Bruce Springsteen [25]
29 June"19" Paul Hardcastle [26]
6 July [27]
13 July [28]
20 July"I'm on Fire"Bruce Springsteen [29]
27 July [30]
3 August [31]
10 August"Axel F" Harold Faltermeyer [32]
17 August [33]
24 August"Waarom fluister ik je naam nog" Benny Neyman [34]
31 August"Tarzan Boy" Baltimora [35]
7 September [36]
14 September"Into the Groove" Madonna [37]
21 September [38]
28 September [39]
5 October"I Got You Babe" UB40 & Chrissie Hynde [40]
12 October"Dancing in the Street"David Bowie & Mick Jagger [41]
19 October [42]
26 October"Ticket to the Tropics" Gerard Joling [43]
2 November"Only Love" Nana Mouskouri [44]
9 November [45]
16 November"(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena" Sandra [46]
23 November [47]
30 November"Take On Me" a-ha [48]
7 December"Nikita" Elton John [49]
14 December [50]
21 December [51]
28 DecemberNo Top 40 released

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