List of number-one singles of 1985 (Ireland)

This is a list of singles which have reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart in 1985.

Week ending	Song	Artist	Ref.
5 January	"Do They Know It's Christmas?"	Band Aid
12 January
19 January
26 January	"I Want to Know What Love Is"	Foreigner
2 February
9 February	"I Know Him So Well"	Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson
16 February
23 February			[1]
2 March
9 March
16 March	"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"	Dead or Alive
23 March	"Easy Lover"	Philip Bailey and Phil Collins
30 March
23 March	"Show Some Concern"	The Concerned	[nb 1]
30 March			[nb 2]
6 April
13 April	"We are the World"	USA for Africa
20 April
27 April
4 May
11 May	"The Unforgettable Fire"	U2
18 May
25 May	"19"	Paul Hardcastle
1 June
8 June	"I'm on Fire" / "Born in the U.S.A."	Bruce Springsteen
15 June
22 June	"You'll Never Walk Alone"	The Crowd
29 June	"Frankie"	Sister Sledge
6 July
13 July
20 July
27 July	"Axel F"	Harold Faltermeyer
3 August	"There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)"	Eurythmics
10 August	"Into the Groove"	Madonna
17 August
24 August
31 August	"I Got You Babe"	UB40 with Chrissie Hynde
7 September
14 September	"Dancing in the Street"	David Bowie and Mick Jagger
21 September
28 September	"Holding Out for a Hero"	Bonnie Tyler
5 October	"Part-Time Lover"	Stevie Wonder
12 October	"If I Was"	Midge Ure
19 October	"The Power of Love"	Jennifer Rush
26 October
2 November
9 November
16 November	"Nikita"	Elton John
23 November	"A Good Heart"	Feargal Sharkey
30 November
7 December	"I'm Your Man"	Wham!
14 December	"Separate Lives"	Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin
21 December	"Saving All My Love for You"	Whitney Houston
28 December	"Thank You Very Much Mr. Eastwood"	Dermot Morgan

• 26 Number Ones
• Most weeks at No.1 (song): "I Know Him so Well" - Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson (5)
• Most weeks at No.1 (artist): Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson (5)
• Most No.1s: Phil Collins (2 shared No.1s)
• NOTE: There were 4 Various Artist No. 1s this year (Band Aid, The Concerned, USA for Africa and The Crowd)

See also

• 1985 in music
• Irish Singles Chart
• List of artists who reached number one in Ireland

Notes

1. Two records were listed as number one this week
2. Two records were listed as number one this week

References

1. "Top 10 chart this week in 1985: The number one hit ABBA never recorded". Irish Independent. 20 February 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2024.