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Billboard Hot 100 Charts of 1985

Browse every weekly Billboard Hot 100 chart from 1985 — 52 charts in all. 27 different songs reached #1 during the year. The song that spent the most weeks at #1 during 1985 was "Like A Virgin" by Madonna (4 weeks on top). Madonna held the #1 spot for the most weeks of any artist that year.

52weekly charts
27different #1 songs
4weeks at #1 for the year's biggest song
29weeks on the chart for the year's longest-running debut

Number-one songs of 1985

Reached #1Weeks at #1SongArtist
December 22, 1984 (continued from 1984)6Like A VirginMadonna
February 2, 19852I Want To Know What Love IsForeigner
February 16, 19853Careless WhisperWham! Featuring George Michael
March 9, 19853Can't Fight This FeelingREO Speedwagon
March 30, 19852One More NightPhil Collins
April 13, 19854We Are The WorldUSA For Africa
May 11, 19851Crazy For YouMadonna
May 18, 19851Don't You (Forget About Me)Simple Minds
May 25, 19852Everything She WantsWham!
June 8, 19852Everybody Wants To Rule The WorldTears For Fears
June 22, 19852HeavenBryan Adams
July 6, 19851SussudioPhil Collins
July 13, 19852A View To A KillDuran Duran
July 27, 19851Everytime You Go AwayPaul Young
August 3, 19853ShoutTears For Fears
August 24, 19852The Power Of LoveHuey Lewis & The News
September 7, 19852St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion)John Parr
September 21, 19853Money For NothingDire Straits
October 12, 19851Oh SheilaReady For The World
October 19, 19851Take On Mea-ha
October 26, 19851Saving All My Love For YouWhitney Houston
November 2, 19851Part-Time LoverStevie Wonder
November 9, 19851Miami Vice ThemeJan Hammer
November 16, 19852We Built This CityStarship
November 30, 19851Separate LivesPhil Collins and Marilyn Martin
December 7, 19852Broken WingsMr. Mister
December 21, 19854Say You, Say MeLionel Richie

Artists with the most weeks at #1 in 1985

  1. Madonna — 5 weeks
  2. Tears For Fears — 5 weeks
  3. USA For Africa — 4 weeks
  4. Wham! Featuring George Michael — 3 weeks
  5. REO Speedwagon — 3 weeks

Longest-running hits that debuted in 1985

Weeks on chartPeakSongArtistDebuted
29#5I Miss YouKlymaxxSeptember 14, 1985
27#1Take On Mea-haJuly 13, 1985
27#10CongaMiami Sound MachineOctober 19, 1985
26#13Tarzan Boy (From "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III")BaltimoraOctober 19, 1985
25#2CherishKool & The GangJuly 6, 1985
25#7Let's Go All The WaySly FoxDecember 28, 1985
25#11Perfect WayScritti PolittiSeptember 7, 1985
24#1Everybody Wants To Rule The WorldTears For FearsMarch 16, 1985
24#1We Built This CityStarshipSeptember 7, 1985
24#4NeverHeartSeptember 14, 1985

Every chart from 1985

January 5, 1985 January 12, 1985 January 19, 1985 January 26, 1985 February 2, 1985 February 9, 1985 February 16, 1985 February 23, 1985 March 2, 1985 March 9, 1985 March 16, 1985 March 23, 1985 March 30, 1985 April 6, 1985 April 13, 1985 April 20, 1985 April 27, 1985 May 4, 1985 May 11, 1985 May 18, 1985 May 25, 1985 June 1, 1985 June 8, 1985 June 15, 1985 June 22, 1985 June 29, 1985 July 6, 1985 July 13, 1985 July 20, 1985 July 27, 1985 August 3, 1985 August 10, 1985 August 17, 1985 August 24, 1985 August 31, 1985 September 7, 1985 September 14, 1985 September 21, 1985 September 28, 1985 October 5, 1985 October 12, 1985 October 19, 1985 October 26, 1985 November 2, 1985 November 9, 1985 November 16, 1985 November 23, 1985 November 30, 1985 December 7, 1985 December 14, 1985 December 21, 1985 December 28, 1985
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