Top 1985 Singles Ranked
|
Rank |
Artist |
|
|
1 |
Tears for Fears |
Everybody Wants to Rule the World |
|
2 |
Propaganda |
Dr. Mabuse |
|
3 |
The Art of Noise |
Legs |
|
4 |
Madonna |
Into the Groove |
|
5 |
Book of Love |
Boy |
|
6 |
Scritti Politti |
Absolute |
|
7 |
The Smiths |
How Soon is Now |
|
8 |
Siouxsie and the Banshees |
Cities in Dust |
|
9 |
Duran Duran |
A View to a Kill |
|
10 |
New Order |
The Perfect Kiss |
|
11 |
Propaganda |
P-Machinery |
|
12 |
Doppelganger |
Communication Breakdown |
|
13 |
Prefab Sprout |
Appetite |
|
14 |
Shelia E. |
A Love Bizarre |
|
15 |
The Cure |
In Between Days |
|
16 |
Grace Jones |
Slave to the Rhythm |
|
17 |
Big Audio Dynamite |
E=MC2 |
|
18 |
a-ha |
The Sun Always Shines on TV |
|
19 |
Chris Isaak |
Livin' for Your Lover |
|
20 |
Pet Shop Boys |
West End Girls |
|
21 |
Falco |
Rock Me Amadeus [Club Remix] |
|
22 |
Yello |
Angel No |
|
23 |
Book of Love |
I Touch Roses |
|
24 |
Mary Jane Girls |
In My House |
|
25 |
Echo & The Bunnymen |
Bring on the Dancing Horses |
|
26 |
The Smiths |
Barbarism Begins at Home |
|
27 |
Del Amitri |
Deceive Yourself (In Ignorant Heaven) |
|
28 |
Howard Jones |
Things Can Only Get Better |
|
29 |
The Cure |
Push |
|
30 |
Cherrelle |
Artificial Heart |
|
31 |
Sade |
Smooth Operator |
|
32 |
Depeche Mode |
Fly on the Windscreen |
|
33 |
Rosanne Cash |
I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me |
|
34 |
The Armoury Show |
Castles in Spain |
|
35 |
The Colourfield |
Pushing Up Daisies |
|
36 |
Hoodoo Gurus |
Bittersweet |
|
37 |
Kate Bush |
Cloudbusting |
|
38 |
Paul Young |
I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down |
|
39 |
Scritti Politti |
Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) |
|
40 |
Chris Isaak |
Dancin' |
|
41 |
Strawberry Switchblade |
Jolene |
|
42 |
Atlantic Starr |
Freak-A-Ristic |
|
43 |
Tears for Fears |
Mothers Talk |
|
44 |
The Cure |
The Baby Screams |
|
45 |
The Chameleons |
Perfume Garden |
|
46 |
UB40 |
I Got You Babe |
|
47 |
New Order |
Love Vigilantes |
|
48 |
Midge Ure |
That Certain Smile |
|
49 |
Simon F |
A Million Miles from Happiness |
|
50 |
The Smiths |
Nowhere Fast |
|
51 |
Propaganda |
Frozen Faces |
|
52 |
Bryan Ferry |
Don't Stop the Dance |
|
53 |
Fetchin Bones |
Kitchen of Life |
|
54 |
New Order |
Sub-Culture |
|
55 |
a-ha |
Take on Me |
|
56 |
Tears for Fears |
Shout |
|
57 |
Chris Isaak |
Voodoo |
|
58 |
The Cure |
Close to Me |
|
59 |
Yello |
Koladi-Ola |
|
60 |
Aretha Franklin |
Freeway of Love |
|
61 |
The Rave-Ups |
Positively Lost Me |
|
62 |
Talking Heads |
Television Man |
|
63 |
Scritti Politti |
Perfect Way |
|
64 |
Kate Bush |
Running Up That Hill |
|
65 |
The Cure |
The Blood |
|
66 |
Propaganda |
The Murder of Love |
|
67 |
Sade |
Never as Good as the First Time |
|
68 |
Katrina and the Waves |
Walking on Sunshine |
|
69 |
Prefab Sprout |
When Love Breaks Down |
|
70 |
The Dream Academy |
The Love Parade |
|
71 |
The Church |
Columbus |
|
72 |
9.9 |
All of Me for All of You |
|
73 |
Emmylou Harris |
Bad News |
|
74 |
Kate Bush |
The Morning Fog |
|
75 |
The Smiths |
Well I Wonder |
|
76 |
Prefab Sprout |
Bonny |
|
77 |
Godley and Creme |
Cry |
|
78 |
Propaganda |
Duel |
|
79 |
Alexander O'Neal |
Innocent |
|
80 |
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam |
I Wonder If I Take You Home |
|
81 |
Strawberry Switchblade |
Since Yesterday |
|
82 |
Big Audio Dynamite |
Medicine Show |
|
83 |
Madonna |
Dress You Up |
|
84 |
Rosanne Cash |
Hold On |
|
85 |
Loose Ends |
Hangin' on a String (Contemplating) |
|
86 |
Midge Ure |
If I Was |
|
87 |
Propaganda |
Dream Within a Dream |
|
88 |
Tina Turner |
One of the Living |
|
89 |
Oingo Boingo |
Stay |
|
90 |
Dolly Parton |
Think About Love |
|
91 |
Joan Armatrading |
Temptation |
|
92 |
The Smiths |
The Headmaster Ritual |
|
93 |
Tears for Fears |
Head Over Heels |
|
94 |
Talking Heads |
And She Was |
|
95 |
Yello |
Oh, Yeah |
|
96 |
René & Angela |
I'll Be Good |
|
97 |
Prefab Sprout |
Goodbye Lucille |
|
98 |
Killing Joke |
Eighties |
|
99 |
APB |
So Many Broken Hearts |
|
100 |
Falco |
Nothing Sweeter Than Arabia |
|
101 |
Tina Turner |
We Don't Need Another Hero |
|
102 |
Eurythmics |
Would I Lie to You |
|
103 |
Cherrelle and Alexander O'Neal |
Saturday Love |
|
104 |
Go West |
Eye to Eye |
|
105 |
Yello |
Vicious Games |
|
106 |
The Adventures |
Send My Heart [Across the Sea Mix] |
|
107 |
Wham! |
Everything She Wants |
|
108 |
Chris Isaak |
Back on Your Side |
|
109 |
The Judds |
Love is Alive |
|
110 |
Golden Palominos Featuring Michael Stipe |
Boy (Go) |
|
111 |
Joan Armatrading |
One Night |
|
112 |
Cameo |
Attack Me with Your Love |
|
113 |
Scritti Politti |
Hypnotize |
|
114 |
Dire Straits |
Walk of Life |
|
115 |
Whitney Houston |
Thinking About You |
|
116 |
Shriekback |
Nemesis |
|
117 |
New Order |
Sooner Than You Think |
|
118 |
Aretha Franklin |
Who's Zoomin' Who |
|
119 |
Malcolm McLaren |
Eiffel Tower |
|
120 |
Chris Isaak |
Tears |
|
121 |
Sade |
The Sweetest Taboo |
|
122 |
ABC |
Vanity Kills |
|
123 |
Yello |
Desert Inn |
|
124 |
Simple Minds |
Don't You Forget About Me |
|
125 |
INXS |
Shine Like It Does |
|
126 |
U2 |
The Unforgettable Fire |
|
127 |
The Lucy Show |
Come Back to the Living |
|
128 |
Dolly Parton |
Don't Call It Love |
|
129 |
Big Audio Dynamite |
The Bottom Line |
|
130 |
John Cougar Mellencamp |
R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (A Salute To 60's Rock) |
|
131 |
Hoodoo Gurus |
Death-Defying |
|
132 |
George Clinton |
Double Oh-Oh |
|
133 |
R.E.M. |
Driver 8 |
|
134 |
Simply Red |
Holding Back the Years |
|
135 |
Cherrelle |
You Look Good to Me |
|
136 |
Suzanne Vega |
Marlene on the Wall |
|
137 |
Lone Justice |
Sweet, Sweet Baby (I'm Falling) |
|
138 |
New Order |
This Time of Night |
|
139 |
Sting |
Russians |
|
140 |
Dolly Parton |
Tie Our Love (In a Double Knot) |
|
141 |
George Clinton |
Bullet Proof |
|
142 |
Chris Isaak |
Unhappiness |
|
143 |
The Chameleons |
P.S. Goodbye |
|
144 |
Luther Vandross |
It's Over Now |
|
145 |
The Style Council |
The Lodgers |
|
146 |
Pat Benatar |
Invincible |
|
147 |
R.E.M. |
Can't Get There from Here |
|
148 |
Chris Isaak |
The Lonely Ones |
|
149 |
Jesse Johnson's Revue |
Be Your Man |
|
150 |
Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers |
Real Love |
|
151 |
Sly Fox |
Let's Go All the Way |
|
152 |
The Style Council |
Shout to the Top! |
|
153 |
Falco |
Jeanny (Part 1) |
|
154 |
Propaganda |
The Chase |
|
155 |
The Jets |
Crush on You |
|
156 |
Natalie Cole |
Dangerous |
|
157 |
The Knitters |
Silver Wings |
|
158 |
Lone Justice |
After the Flood |
|
159 |
John Cougar Mellencamp |
Small Town |
|
160 |
The Colourfield |
Can't Get Enough of You Baby |
|
161 |
Talking Heads |
Road to Nowhere |
|
162 |
Orchestral Maoevers in the Dark |
So in Love |
|
163 |
The Style Council |
Boy Who Cried Wolf |
|
164 |
Dire Straits |
Money for Nothing |
|
165 |
Prince & The Revolution |
Raspberry Beret |
|
166 |
Suzanne Vega |
Undertow |
|
167 |
Paul Hardcastle |
19 |
|
168 |
Bananarama |
Do Not Disturb |
|
169 |
Malcolm McLaren |
Swamp Thing |
|
170 |
The Motels |
Shame |
|
171 |
ABC |
Be Near Me |
|
172 |
Orchestral Maoevers in the Dark |
Secret |
|
173 |
The Cure |
A Night Like This |
|
174 |
ABC |
Fear of the World |
|
175 |
Propaganda |
Sorry for Laughing |
|
176 |
Gladys Knight & The Pips |
My Time |
|
177 |
Grace Jones |
The Fashion Show |
|
178 |
Prince & The Revolution |
Pop Life |
|
179 |
Orchestral Maoevers in the Dark |
La Femme Accident |
|
180 |
Simple Minds |
All The Things She Said |
|
181 |
ABC |
How to Be a Millionaire |
|
182 |
Pat Benatar |
Le Bel Age |
|
183 |
Marti Jones |
(If I Could) Walk Away |
|
184 |
Chris Isaak |
Talk to Me |
|
185 |
Whitney Houston |
How Will I Know |
|
186 |
Kate Bush |
And Dream of Sheep |
|
187 |
Eurythmics |
Better to Have Lost in Love (Than Never to Have Loved at All) |
|
188 |
Grace Jones |
Jones the Rhythm |
|
189 |
Jane Siberry |
The Taxi Ride |
|
190 |
Belouis Some |
Imagination |
|
191 |
Suzanne Vega |
The Queen and the Soldier |
|
192 |
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers |
Don't Come Around Here No More |
|
193 |
The Style Council |
Homebreakers |
|
194 |
Orchestral Manoevers in the Dark |
Hold You |
|
195 |
Simple Minds |
Alive and Kicking |
|
196 |
Scritti Politti |
Word Girl (Flesh and Blood) |
|
197 |
a-ha |
Train of Thought |
|
198 |
The Dream Academy |
Life in a Northern Town |
|
199 |
The Coolies |
Scarborough Fair |
|
200 |
Eurythmics |
There Must Be an Angel (Playing With My Heart) |
|
201 |
Prefab Sprout |
Hallelujah |
|
202 |
Propaganda |
Jewel |
|
203 |
Chris Isaak |
Pretty Girls Don't Cry |
|
204 |
The Lucy Show |
The Twister |
|
205 |
Suzanne Vega |
Neighborhood Girls |
|
206 |
Howard Jones |
Like to Get to Know You Well |
|
207 |
Grace Jones |
Ladies and Gentlemen: Miss Grace Jones |
|
208 |
a-ha |
The Blue Sky |
|
209 |
Patti Labelle |
New Attitude |
|
210 |
Sade |
Maureen |
|
211 |
Lone Justice |
Ways to Be Wicked |
|
212 |
The Sisters of Mercy |
Black Planet |
|
213 |
Chris Isaak |
Funeral in the Rain |
|
214 |
Go West |
We Close Our Eyes |
|
215 |
X |
Burning House of Love |
|
216 |
Beastie Boys |
She's on It |
|
217 |
The Coolies |
The Sounds of Silence |
|
218 |
Golden Palominos Featuring Bob Mould |
Omaha |
|
219 |
Lone Justice |
East of Eden |
|
220 |
Simple Minds |
Sanctify Yourself |
|
221 |
Chris Isaak |
Another Idea |
|
222 |
Grace Jones |
Don't Cry -- It's Only the Rhythm |
|
223 |
The Time |
Grace |
|
224 |
Paul Young |
Everytime You Go Away |
|
225 |
Sade |
Is It a Crime |
|
226 |
Tears for Fears |
Listen |
|
227 |
Minimal Compact |
Shouts and Kisses |
|
228 |
Grace Jones |
The Crossing (Ooh the Action...) |
|
229 |
Anna Domino |
Sixteen Tons |
|
230 |
The Waterboys |
The Whole of the Moon |
|
231 |
The Thompson Twins |
Lay Your Hands on Me |
|
232 |
Propaganda |
The Last Word (Strength to Dream) |
|
233 |
Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin |
Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves |
|
234 |
INXS |
This Time |
|
235 |
The Family |
High Fashion |
|
236 |
Eurythmics |
It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back) |
|
237 |
Mr. Mister |
Kyrie |
|
238 |
Scritti Politti |
Don't Work That Hard |
|
239 |
a-ha |
Living a Boy's Adventure Tale |
|
240 |
Lone Justice |
Don't Toss Us Away |
|
241 |
Alexander O'Neal and Cherrelle |
Never Knew Love Like This |
|
242 |
Rosanne Cash |
Second to No One |
|
243 |
Prefab Sprout |
Faron |
|
244 |
Del Amitri |
Cease Fire |
|
245 |
The Family |
The Screams of Passion |
|
246 |
Killing Joke |
Love Like Blood |
|
247 |
Howard Jones |
Life in One Day |
|
248 |
Everything But the Girl |
Kid |
|
249 |
Oingo Boingo |
Just Another Day |
|
250 |
Del Amitri |
Heard Through a Wall |
|
251 |
The Church |
Roman |
|
252 |
Kate Bush |
Hounds of Love |
|
253 |
Yello |
Desire |
|
254 |
a-ha |
Love Is Reason |
|
255 |
Scritti Politti |
Small Talk |
|
256 |
Hoodoo Gurus |
Show Some Emotion |
|
257 |
The Colourfield |
Take |
|
258 |
The Cure |
Kyoto Song |
|
259 |
John Cougar Mellencamp |
Between a Laugh and a Tear |
|
260 |
INXS |
Good + Bad Times |
|
261 |
Eurythmics and Elvis Costello |
Adrian |
|
262 |
The Dream Academy |
In Places on the Run |
|
263 |
Talking Heads |
The Lady Don't Mind |
|
264 |
Sting |
If You Love Somebody Set Them Free |
|
265 |
Rosanne Cash |
Never Be You |
|
266 |
Eurythmics |
Here Comes That Sinking Feeling |
|
267 |
Hoodoo Gurus |
The Other Side of Paradise |
|
268 |
Heart |
These Dreams |
|
269 |
The Damned |
Is It a Dream |
|
270 |
The Judds |
Cry Myself to Sleep |
|
271 |
Eurythmics |
Conditioned Soul |
|
272 |
The Chameleons |
Singing Rule Britannia |
|
273 |
The Damned |
Eloise |
|
274 |
Menudo |
Hold Me |
|
275 |
Jane Siberry |
One More Colour |
|
276 |
Lone Justice |
Wait 'Til We Get Home |
|
277 |
The Cure |
Sinking |
|
278 |
a-ha |
I Dream Myself Alive |
|
279 |
Anna Domino |
Take That |
|
280 |
Stevie Wonder |
Part-Time Lover |
|
281 |
UB40 |
Don't Break My Heart |
|
282 |
Hoodoo Gurus |
Hayride to Hell |
|
283 |
Jason & The Scorchers |
Shop It Around |
|
284 |
Howard Jones |
No One Is to Blame |
|
285 |
Marti Jones |
Talk to Me |
|
286 |
John Cougar Mellencamp |
The Face of the Nation |
|
287 |
Hoodoo Gurus |
Mars Needs Guitars |
|
288 |
Cheap Trick |
Tonight It's You |
|
289 |
George Strait |
The Chair |
|
290 |
The Church |
Disenchanted |
|
291 |
Golden Palominos Featuring Michael Stipe |
Clustering Train |
|
292 |
The Dream Academy |
Bound to Be |
|
293 |
Kate Bush |
The Big Sky |
|
294 |
Oingo Boingo |
Weird Science |
|
295 |
Talking Heads |
Stay up Late |
|
296 |
Lone Justice |
Pass It On |
|
297 |
Mr. Mister |
Broken Wings |
|
298 |
Stevie Nicks |
I Can't Wait |
|
299 |
The Chameleons |
Return of the Roughnecks |
|
300 |
Tears for Fears |
Broken |
|
301 |
The Church |
Already Yesterday |
|
302 |
Oingo Boingo |
Dead Man's Party |
|
303 |
The Style Council |
Walls Come Tumbling Down |
|
304 |
Rosanne Cash |
Halfway House |
|
305 |
Pat Benatar |
Sex As a Weapon |
|
306 |
Eurythmics |
I Love You Like a Ball and Chain |
|
307 |
René & Angela |
Save Your Love (For #1) |
|
308 |
John Cougar Mellencamp |
Lonely Ol' Night |
|
309 |
Chris Isaak |
Gone Ridin' |
|
310 |
The Church |
Youth Worshipper |
|
311 |
Hoodoo Gurus |
Like Wow-Wipeout! |
|
312 |
ABC |
A to Z |
|
313 |
LL Cool J |
Dear Yvette |
|
314 |
Lone Justice |
Soap, Soup and Salvation |
|
315 |
Kate Bush |
Mother Stands for Comfort |
|
316 |
Howard Jones |
Look Mama |
|
317 |
Bryan Ferry |
Sensation |
|
318 |
Tin Tin |
Kiss Me |
|
319 |
Marvin Gaye |
Sanctified Lady |
|
320 |
Kenny G. & Kashif |
Love on the Rise |
|
321 |
Madonna |
Angel |
|
322 |
LL Cool J |
Rock the Bells |
|
323 |
Kate Bush |
Watching You Without Me |
|
324 |
Alexander O'Neal |
If You Were Here Tonight |
|
325 |
Heart |
Never |
|
326 |
Minimal Compact |
Raging Souls |
|
327 |
Stephanie Mills |
Stand Back |
|
328 |
Evelyn "Champagne" King |
High Horse |
|
329 |
Chris Isaak |
Western Stars |
|
330 |
The Family |
Yes |
|
331 |
Stevie Wonder |
Overjoyed |
|
332 |
Sade |
War of the Hearts |
|
333 |
Everything But the Girl |
Are You Trying to Be Funny? |
|
334 |
The Replacements |
Kiss Me on the Bus |
|
335 |
The Smiths |
Asleep |
|
336 |
The Damned |
Grimly Fiendish |
|
337 |
The Powerstation |
Get It on (Bang a Gong) |
|
338 |
Jason & The Scorchers |
White Lies |
|
339 |
Suzanne Vega |
Cracking |
|
340 |
Tackhead |
What's My Mission Now |
|
341 |
The Church |
Night of Light |
|
342 |
Rosanne Cash |
Pink Bedroom |
|
343 |
Cherrelle |
High Priority |
|
344 |
Anna Domino |
Rhythm |
|
345 |
Heart |
What About Love |
|
346 |
Marti Jones |
Show and Tell |
|
347 |
10,000 Maniacs |
Can't Ignore the Train |
|
348 |
The Moody Blues |
Your Wildest Dreams |
|
349 |
Kate Bush |
Waking the Witch |
|
350 |
Madonna |
Crazy for You |
|
351 |
Orchestral Maoevers in the Dark |
Crush |
|
352 |
Stevie Wonder |
Go Home |
