List of top 25 singles for 1985 in Australia

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The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting singles on the Australian Singles Charts, for the year of 1985. These were the best charting singles in Australia for 1985. The source for this year is the Kent Music Report. [1]

#TitleArtistHighest pos. reachedweeks at No. 1
1."We Are the World" USA for Africa 19
2."Angel" / "Into the Groove" Madonna 14
3."Crazy for You" Madonna 14
4."Live it Up" Mental As Anything 2
5."I Want to Know What Love Is" Foreigner 15
6."Out of Mind, Out of Sight" Models 12
7."Money for Nothing" Dire Straits 4
8."I Got You Babe" UB40 with Chrissie Hynde 13
9."I Should Have Known Better (Jim Diamond song)" Jim Diamond 11
10."Would I Lie To You?" Eurythmics 12
11."Dancing in the Street" David Bowie & Mick Jagger 12
12."Take On Me" a-ha 12
13."You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" Dead or Alive 3
14."Shout" Tears For Fears 11
15."One Night in Bangkok" Murray Head 11
16."Born in the U.S.A." Bruce Springsteen 2
17."Neutron Dance" Pointer Sisters 4
18."What You Need" INXS 2
19."Do They Know It's Christmas" Band Aid 14
20."We Don't Need Another Hero" Tina Turner 13
21."Walking on Sunshine" Katrina and the Waves 4
22."The Heat Is On" Glenn Frey 2
23."The Power of Love" Jennifer Rush 12
24."The Power of Love" Huey Lewis and the News 12
25."Like a Virgin" Madonna 15 (#1 in 1984 & 85)

These charts are calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report.

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References

  1. ↑ "Kent Music Report No 599 – 30 December 1985 > National Top 100 Singles for 1985". Kent Music Report . Retrieved 2 January 2023– via Imgur.
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