1985

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UK Releases in 1985

Songs with multple appearances in 1985

1985 Songs

Possible 1985 Songs

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Now That's What I Call Music 6 (MP3 Download)
(Fri Jul 24)

Now - The Christmas Album (Vinyl)
(Mon Nov 11)

Now - The Christmas Tape (Cassette)
(Mon Nov 11)

Now Dance - The 12" Mixes (Cassette)
(Mon May 20)

Now Dance - The 12" Mixes (Vinyl)
(Mon May 20)

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Song	Highest UK Chart	Main	Anniversary	Millennium	Yearbook
A-Ha - The Sun Always Shines on T.V.	1				YB 1986
A-Ha - Take On Me	2		1985 A		YB 1985
Aled Jones - Walking in the Air	5
Alison Moyet - That Ole Devil Called Love	2				YB 1985
Animal Nightlife - Love is Just the Great Pretender	28				YB X 1985
Aretha Franklin - Freeway of Love	51
Aretha Franklin - Who's Zoomin' Who?	11				YB 1986
Aurra - Like I Like It	43
Bananarama - Do Not Disturb	31				YB 1985
Billy Idol - White Wedding	6			1985 M	YB 1985
Billy Ocean - Loverboy	15				YB 1985
Billy Ocean - Suddenly	4				YB X 1985
Bronski Beat - Hit That Perfect Beat	3
Bronski Beat/Marc Almond - I Feel Love/Johnny Remember Me	3				YB 1985
Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus is Comin' to Town	9
Bryan Ferry - Don't Stop the Dance	21				YB X 1985
Bryan Ferry - Slave To Love	10	5	1985 A	1985 M	YB 1985
Cherrelle/Alexander O'Neal - Saturday Love	6				YB X 1986
China Crisis - Black Man Ray	14	5			YB X 1985
Cliff Richard - She's So Beautiful	17	6
The Commentators - N-N-Nineteen Not Out	13	5
Commodores - Nightshift	3			1985 M	YB X 1985
The Communards - You Are My World	21	6
Conway Brothers - Turn It Up	11	5
The Cure - Close To Me	13	18			YB 1985,YB X 1990
The Cure - In Between Days	15				YB X 1985
The Damned - Grimly Fiendish	21				YB X 1985
The Damned - The Shadow Of Love	25	5
David Bowie/Mick Jagger - Dancing in the Street	1
David Grant/Jaki Graham - Could It Be I'm Falling in Love	5			1985 M
David Grant/Jaki Graham - Mated	20	6
Dead or Alive - In Too Deep	14	5
Dead or Alive - Lover Come Back (To Me)	11				YB X 1985
Dead or Alive - My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)	23				YB X 1985
Dire Straits - Money for Nothing	4		1985 A
Duran Duran - A View To A Kill	2	5	1985 A	1985 M
Echo & the Bunnymen - Bring On the Dancing Horses	21				YB X 1985
Elton John - Nikita	3	6	1985 A	1985 M	YB 1985
Elton John - Wrap Her Up	12				YB X 1985
Erasure - Who Needs Love Like That	10
Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)	1	6	1985 A		YB 1985
Eurythmics - Would I Lie to You?	17
Eurythmics/Aretha Franklin - Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves	9		1985 A		YB X 1985
Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart	1	6	1985 A	1985 M	YB 1985
Fine Young Cannibals - Blue	41	6
Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home	8	5	1985 A	1985 M	YB 1985
Five Star - All Fall Down	15				YB 1985
Five Star - Let Me Be the One	18				YB X 1985
Gary Moore/Phil Lynott - Out In The Fields	5	5	1985 A
Gloria Estefan/Miami Sound Machine - Conga	79				YB X 1985
Go West - Don't Look Down (The Sequel)	13				YB X 1985
Go West - We Close Our Eyes	5		1985 A	1985 M	YB 1985
Howard Jones - Life In One Day	14	5
Howard Jones - Look Mama	10				YB X 1985
Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better	6				YB 1985
Huey Lewis and the News - The Power Of Love	9		1985 A	1985 M	YB 1985
Jaki Graham - Round And Around	9	5
Jermaine Jackson - Do What You Do	6				YB X 1985
Jimmy Nail - Love Don't Live Here Anymore	3	5	1985 A	1985 M
John Lennon - Jealous Guy	65
Kate Bush - Cloudbusting	20				YB 1985
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)	1	6	1985 A	1985 M
Katrina and the Waves - Walking On Sunshine	8	5	1985 A	1985 M	YB 1985
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler	22
Kim Wilde - Rage to Love	19				YB X 1985
Kool and the Gang - Cherish	4	5		1985 M	YB 1985
Laura Branigan - Spanish Eddie	87
Level 42 - Something About You	6	6	1985 A	1985 M	YB 1985
Lionel Richie - Say You, Say Me	8				YB 1985
Loose Ends - Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)	13				YB 1985
Loose Ends - Magic Touch	16	5
Madness - Uncle Sam	21	6
Mai Tai - Body & Soul	9	6
Mai Tai - History	8	5
Marc Almond - Stories of Johnny	23
Marillion - Kayleigh	2	5	1985 A	1985 M	YB 1985
Matt Bianco - Yeh Yeh	13				YB X 1985
Midge Ure - If I Was	1	6	1985 A	1985 M	YB 1985
Mr. Mister - Broken Wings	4		1986 A		YB 1986
New Order - The Perfect Kiss	46				YB X 1985
Nick Heyward - Laura	45				YB X 1985
Nik Kershaw - Don Quixote	10				YB X 1985
Nik Kershaw - When A Heart Beats	27	6
Nik Kershaw - Wide Boy	9				YB 1985
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - So in Love	27				YB X 1985
Paul Hardcastle - 19	1		1985 A	1985 M	YB 1985
Paul Hardcastle - Just For Money	19	6
Paul Young - Everytime You Go Away	4	5			YB 1985
Paul Young - Tomb of Memories	16				YB X 1985
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls	1		1985 A	1985 M
Peter Auty - Walking in the Air	37
Phil Collins - One More Night	4	5	1985 A	1985 M
Phil Collins/Marilyn Martin - Separate Lives	4	6
Phil Collins/Philip Bailey - Easy Lover	1				YB 1985
The Pointer Sisters - Dare Me	17				YB X 1985
Propaganda - Duel	21				YB 1985
Propaganda - P-Machinery	50				YB X 1985
Queen - One Vision	7	6		1985 M	YB 1985
René & Angela - I'll Be Good	22
Rick Springfield - Celebrate Youth	80				YB X 1985
Sade - The Sweetest Taboo	31				YB 1985
Scritti Politti - The Word Girl	6	5	1985 A		YB 1985
Sharpe & Numan - Change Your Mind	17				YB X 1985
Sheila E. - The Belle of St. Mark	18				YB 1985
Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking	6	6,23	1985 A	1985 M	YB X 1985
Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)	7	5			YB 1985
Simply Red - Holding Back The Years	2	7	1986 A		YB 1986
Simply Red - Money's Too Tight (To Mention)	13	5	1985 A		YB 1985
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities In Dust	21	6			YB X 1985
Sister Sledge - Frankie	1	5			YB 1985
The Smiths - The Boy With the Thorn in His Side	23				YB X 1985
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?	16				YB 1985
Starship - We Built This City	12		1985 A
Steve Arrington - Feel So Real	5	5			YB 1985
Sting - Fortress Around Your Heart	49				YB X 1985
Sting - If You Love Somebody Set Them Free	26				YB 1985
Sting - Russians	12				YB X 1986
The Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down	6	5			YB 1985
Suzanne Vega - Marlene on the Wall	83				YB 1986
Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere	6		1985 A	1985 M
Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World	2		1985 A	1985 M	YB 1985
Tears for Fears - Head Over Heels	12				YB X 1985
Tears for Fears - I Believe (A Soulful Re-Recording)	23				YB X 1985
Tears for Fears - Suffer The Children	52				YB X 1981
Thompson Twins - Don't Mess With Doctor Dream	15				YB X 1985
Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)	3	6		1985 M	YB 1985
Toyah - Don't Fall in Love (I Said)	22				YB X 1985
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire	6	5		1985 M	YB 1985
UB40 - Don't Break My Heart	3	6		1985 M
UB40/Chrissie Hynde - I Got You Babe	1	6	1985 A		YB 1985
Wham! - I'm Your Man	1				YB X 1985
Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love for You	1		1985 A		YB 1985
Whitney Houston - You Give Good Love	93
ZZ Top - Legs	16				YB 1985
ZZ Top - Sleeping Bag	27				YB X 1985

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Songs yet to be sorted that appear on a Now album in 1985

Amii Stewart - Friends

Animotion - Obsession

Arcadia - Election Day

Ashford & Simpson - Solid

Baltimora - Tarzan Boy

Belouis Some - Imagination

Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out for a Hero

Cameo - Single Life

The Cars - Drive

Chaka Khan - Eye to Eye

Chaka Khan - This Is My Night

Chuck Brown/The Soul Searchers - Bustin' Loose

Colonel Abrams - Trapped

The Cool Notes - Spend The Night

The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary

Curtis Hairston - I Want Your Lovin' (Just a Little Bit)

Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You

Debarge - Rhythm of the Night

Dee C. Lee - See the Day

Divine - Walk Like a Man

The Dream Academy - Life in a Northern Town

Eddy and the Soulband - Theme from Shaft (Hot Pursuit Mix)

Elaine Paige/Barbara Dickson - I Know Him So Well

Far Corporation - Stairway To Heaven

Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome (An Alternative to Reality)

Godley and Creme - Cry

Grandmaster Flash/The Furious Five - Step Off

Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F

Jan Hammer - Miami Vice Theme

Jennifer Rush - The Power of Love

John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)

Killing Joke - Love Like Blood

King - Love & Pride

King - The Taste of Your Tears

Kirsty MacColl - A New England

Level 42 - Leaving Me Now

Lillo Thomas - Settle Down (Extended Remix)

Lisa Lisa/Cult Jam/Full Force - I Wonder If I Take You Home

Little Benny & The Masters - Who Comes to Boogie

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Lost Weekend

Maria Vidal - Body Rock

Marillion - Lavender

Pat Benatar - Love Is a Battlefield

Pat Benatar - We Belong

Phyllis Nelson - Move Closer

Power Station - Get It On (Bang A Gong)

Power Station - Some Like It Hot

Princess - Say I'm Your Number One

REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling

The Rah Band - Clouds Across the Moon

Red Box - Lean on Me (Ah-li-ayo)

Sandra - Maria Magdalena

Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy - Icing On The Cake

Stephen "Tin Tin" Duffy - Kiss Me

Strawberry Switchblade - Since Yesterday

T.C. Curtis - Should Have Known Better (12 Inch Version)

War - Groovin'