1980's Top 20 charts

July 1985

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
1		Frankie	Sister Sledge
2		Axel F	Harold Faltermeyer
3		Crazy for you	Madonna
4		Cherish	Kool & the Gang
5		I'm on fire/Born in the U.S.A.	Bruce Springsteen
6		There must be an angel(Playing with my heart)	Eurythmics
7		My toot toot	Denise La Salle
8		Ben	Marti Webb
9		Johnny come home	Fine Young Cannibals
10		Live is life	Opus
11		History	Mai Tai
12		Suddenly	Billy Ocean
13		head over heels	Tears For Fears
14		Round and round	Jaki Graham
15		Kayleigh	Marillion
16		Into the groove	Madonna
17		You'll never walk alone	The Crowd
18		Turn it up	Conway Brothers
19		Money's too tight(To mention)	Simply Red
20		Living on video	Trans-X

 

August 1985

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
no.1		Into the groove	Madonna
2		We don't need another hero(Thunderdome)	Tina Turner
3		Money for nothing	Dire Straits
4		There must be an angel(Playing with my heart)	Eurythmics
5		I got you babe	UB 40 Feat. Chrissie Hynde
6		Holiday	Madonna
7		White wedding	Billy Idol
8		Running up that hill	Kate Bush
9		Drive	Cars
10		Live is life	Opus
11		Cherish	Kool & the Gang
12		Say I'm your no.1	Princess
13		Frankie	Sister Sledge
14		Axel F	Harold Faltermeyer
15		Don Quixote	Nik Kershaw
16		Tarzan Boy	Baltimora
17		Excitable	Amazulu
18		Living on video	Trans-X
19		Alone with you	King
20		Round and round	Jaki Graham

 

September 1985

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
1		Dancing in the street	David Bowie & Mick Jagger
2		Holding out for a hero	Bonnie Tyler
3		Tarzan boy	Baltimora
4		I got you babe	UB 40 Feat. Chrissie Hynde
5		Part time lover	Stevie Wonder
6		Body and soul	Mai Tai
7		Into the groove	Madonna
8		Knock on wood/Light my fire	Amii Stewart
9		Drive	Cars
10		Lavender	Marillion
11		Running up that hill	Kate Bush
12		Say I'm your no.1	Princess
13		If I was	Midge Ure
14		Angel	Madonna
15		Alone without you	King
16		The power of love	Huey Lewis & the News
17		Money for nothing	Dire Straits
18		Lean on me(Ah-Li-Ayo)	Red Box
19		Body rock	Maria Videl
20		I can dream about you	Dan Hartman

 

October 1985

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
1		The power of love	Jennifer Rush
2		If I was	Midge Ure
3		Trapped	Colonel Abrams
4		Lean on me(Ah-Li-Ayo)	Red box
5		Rebel yell	Billy Idol
6		Take on me	A-Ha
7		St.Elmo's fire(Man in motion)	John Parr
8		Dancing in the street	David Bowie & Mick Jagger
9		Holding out for a hero	Bonnie Tyler
10		Alive & kicking	Simple Minds
11		Angel	Madonna
12		Gambler	Madonna
13		Miami Vice theme	Jan Hammer
14		Lavender	Marillion
15		Body rock	Maria Vidal
16		The power of love	Huey Lewis & the News
17		Slave to the rhythm	Grace Jones
18		Nikita	Elton John
19		Single life	Cameo
20		The lodgers	Style Council

 

November 1985

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
1		The power of love	Jennifer Rush
2		A good heart	Feargal Sharkey
3		Take on me	A-HA
4		Nikita	Elton John
5		Don't break my heart	UB40
6		Something about you	Level 42
7		Trapped	Colonel Abrams
8		I'm your man	Wham!
9		Road to nowhere	Talking Heads
10		One vision	Queen
11		Gambler	Madonna
12		Sisters are doin' it for themselves	Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin
13		Stairway to heaven	Far Corporation
14		St.Elmo's fire(Man in motion)	John Parr
15		The show	Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew
16		The taste of your tears	King
17		Election day	Arcadia
18		Alive and kicking	Simple Minds
19		See the day	Dee C. Lee
20		Miami Vice theme	Jan Hammer

 

December 1985

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
1		Saving all my love for you	Whitney Houston
2		I'm your man	Wham!
3		See the day	Dee C. Lee
4		Separate lives	Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin
5		Do they know it's Christmas	Band Aid
6		Merry Christmas everyone	Shakin'' Stevens
7		Dress you up	Madonna
8		West end girls	Pet Shop Boys
9		A good heart	Feargal Sharkey
10		Say you, say me	Lionel Richie
11		The show	Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew
12		We built this city	Starship
13		Last Christmas	Wham!
14		Santa Claus is comin' to town/My home town	Bruce Springsteen
15		Don't break my heart	UB40
16		Don't look down-The sequel	Go West
17		Walking in the air	Aled Jones
18		Road to nowhere	Talking Heads
19		Spies like us	Paul McCartney
20		Hit that perfect beat	Bronski Beat

 

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