List of number-one dance singles of 1985 (U.S.)
These are the Billboard Hot Dance/Disco Club Play and 12 Inch Singles Sales number-one hits of 1985.
Issue date | Club Play Song | Artist | 12 Inch Singles Sales | Artist | Reference(s) |
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January 5 | "Like a Virgin" | Madonna | no chart | no chart | [1] |
January 12 | "We Are the Young" | Dan Hartman | no chart | no chart | [2] |
January 19 | "Rain Forest" / "Sound Chaser" | Paul Hardcastle | [3][4] | ||
January 26 | "Loveride" | Nuance featuring Vikki Love | [5][6] | ||
February 2 | "Sidewalk Talk" | Jellybean | [7][8] | ||
February 9 | "Loverboy" | Billy Ocean | "Sugar Walls" | Sheena Easton | [9][10] |
February 16 | "Smalltown Boy" | Bronski Beat | [11][12] | ||
February 23 | "Sugar Walls" | Sheena Easton | "New Attitude"/ "Axel F" |
Patti LaBelle/ Harold Faltermeyer |
[13][14] |
March 2 | "This Is My Night" | Chaka Khan | [15][16] | ||
March 9 | "New Attitude"/ "Axel F" |
Patti LaBelle/ Harold Faltermeyer |
[17][18] | ||
March 16 | [19][20] | ||||
March 23 | "Bad Habits" | Jenny Burton | [21][22] | ||
March 30 | "Material Girl" | Madonna | [23][24] | ||
April 6 | "In My House" | Mary Jane Girls | [25][26] | ||
April 13 | [27][28] | ||||
April 20 | "Point of No Return" | Exposé | "We Are The World" | USA for Africa | [29][30] |
April 27 | [31][32] | ||||
May 4 | "Fresh" | Kool & the Gang | [33][34] | ||
May 11 | "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" | Tears for Fears | [35][36] | ||
May 18 | "Fresh" | Kool & the Gang | [37][38] | ||
May 25 | "Do You Wanna Get Away" | Shannon | "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" | Tears for Fears | [39][40] |
June 1 | "I Wonder If I Take You Home" | Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force | [41][42] | ||
June 8 | "Call Me Mr. Telephone (Answering Service)" | Cheyne | [43][44] | ||
June 15 | "I Wonder If I Take You Home" | Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force | "Angel"/ "Into the Groove" |
Madonna | [45][46] |
June 22 | "Thinking About Your Love" | Skipworth & Turner | [47][48] | ||
June 29 | "Angel"/ "Into the Groove" |
Madonna | [49][50] | ||
July 6 | "19" | Paul Hardcastle | [51][52] | ||
July 13 | [53][54] | ||||
July 20 | "Glow" | Rick James | "19" | Paul Hardcastle | [55][56] |
July 27 | [57][58] | ||||
August 3 | "Freeway of Love" | Aretha Franklin | "Angel"/ "Into the Groove" |
Madonna | [59][60] |
August 10 | [61][62] | ||||
August 17 | "Raspberry Beret" / "She's Always In My Hair" | Prince & the Revolution | [63][64] | ||
August 24 | "Shout" | Tears for Fears | "Trapped" | Colonel Abrams | [65][66] |
August 31 | [67][68] | ||||
September 7 | "Trapped" | Colonel Abrams | "Shout (Remix)" | Tears for Fears | [69][70] |
September 14 | "Eight Arms to Hold You" | Goon Squad | [71][72] | ||
September 21 | "Dare Me" | The Pointer Sisters | "Pop Life" (Remix) / "Hello" | Prince & the Revolution | [73][74] |
September 28 | "Be Near Me" | ABC | [75][76] | ||
October 5 | "Dress You Up" (Remix) | Madonna | [77][78] | ||
October 12 | "Oh Sheila" | Ready for the World | [79][80] | ||
October 19 | "Fall Down (Spirit of Love)" | Tramaine | [81][82] | ||
October 26 | "You Wear It Well" | El DeBarge with DeBarge | [83][84] | ||
November 2 | "I'll Be Good" | Rene & Angela | [85][86] | ||
November 9 | "You & Me" | The Flirts | "Part-Time Lover" (Remix) | Stevie Wonder | [87][88] |
November 16 | "Part-Time Lover" | Stevie Wonder | "Conga" | Miami Sound Machine | [89][90] |
November 23 | "Who's Zoomin' Who" | Aretha Franklin | "Part-Time Lover" (Remix) | Stevie Wonder | [91][92] |
November 30 | "A Love Bizarre" | Sheila E. | "I Like You" | Phyllis Nelson | [93][94] |
December 7 | [95][96] | ||||
December 14 | "I Like You" | Phyllis Nelson | [97][98] | ||
December 21 | "Takes a Little Time" | Total Contrast | [99][100] | ||
December 28 | "Baby Talk" | Alisha | [101][102] |
See also
- 1985 in music
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart
References
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