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The Best Of 1985

The Rest Of 1985
The Playlist

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51 THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR Dionne Warwick and Friends

52 NEUTRON DANCE The Pointer Sisters

53 ENDLESS ROAD Time Bandits

54 PART-TIME LOVER Stevie Wonder

55 EASY LOVER Philip Bailey / Phil Collins

56 TONIGHT SHE COMES The Cars

57 FREEWAY OF LOVE Aretha Franklin

58 THE HEAT IS ON Glenn Frey

59 THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER Howard Jones

60 WOULD I LIE TO YOU? Eurythmics

61 WE DON’T NEED ANOTHER HERO (THUNDERDOME) Tina Turner

62 SISTERS ARE DOIN’ IT FOR THEMSELVES Eurythmics / Aretha Franklin

63 LIKE, WOW – WIPEOUT Hoodoo Gurus

64 WHO NEEDS LOVE (LIKE THAT) Erasure

65 SOLID Ashford & Simpson

66 HEAVEN Bryan Adams

67 INVINCIBLE Pat Benatar

68 FORTRESS AROUND YOUR HEART Sting

69 RAGE TO LOVE Kim Wilde

70 SUSSUDIO Phil Collins

71 CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU Eurogliders

72 WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys

73 ELECTION DAY Arcadia

74 CALL ME Go West

75 THIS TIME INXS

76 KISS ME Stephen ‘Tin Tin’ Duffy

77 TRUST ME I'm Talking

78 AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE Princess

79 HEAD OVER HEELS Tears For Fears

80 JOHNNY COME HOME Fine Young Cannibals

81 A GOOD HEART Feargal Sharkey

82 IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY SET THEM FREE Sting

83 GOONIES R GOOD ENOUGH Cyndi Lauper

84 SOMEONE FOR ME Whitney Houston

85 SEPARATE LIVES Phil Collins / Marilyn Martin

86 PARTY ALL THE TIME Eddie Murphy

87 THE BOYS OF SUMMER Don Henley

88 SUMMER OF 69 Bryan Adams

89 SPANISH EDDIE Laura Branigan

90 CAN’T FIGHT THIS FEELING REO Speedwagon

91 I WAS BORN TO LOVE YOU Freddie Mercury

92 MONEY’S TOO TIGHT TO MENTION Simply Red

93 THE WHOLE OF THE MOON The Waterboys

94 RUNNING UP THAT HILL (A DEAL WITH GOD) Kate Bush

95 SOUNDS OF THEN (THIS IS AUSTRALIA) Ganggajang

96 WE WILL TOGETHER Eurogliders

97 LEAN ON ME (AH-LI-AYO) Red Box

98 SAY YOU’RE WRONG Julian Lennon

99 NO FOOL (FOR LOVE) Hazell Dean

100 MISLED Kool & The Gang

101 (I’LL NEVER BE) MARIA MAGDALENA Sandra

102 BREAK DOWN THE WALLS Full Marks

103 SUB-CULTURE New Order

104 WIDE BOY Nik Kershaw

105 LOVERBOY Billy Ocean

106 SAY YOU, SAY ME Lionel Richie

107 STIR IT UP Patti Labelle

108 IF I WAS Midge Ure

109 LISTEN TO THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN VOICE Time Bandits

110 LIFE IN ONE DAY Howard Jones

111 HISTORY Mai Tai

112 IMAGINATION Belouis Some

113 CLOSE TO ME The Cure

114 ANGEL Madonna

115 VOICES CARRY ’Til Tuesday

116 SPEAK NO EVIL Dragon

117 DON QUIXOTE Nik Kershaw

118 BITTERSWEET Hoodoo Gurus

119 SHAKE THE DISEASE Depeche Mode

120 LOOK MAMA Howard Jones

121 DON'T MESS WITH DOCTOR DREAM Thompson Twins

122 COLOUR MY LOVE Fun Fun

123 ALONG COMES A WOMAN Chicago

124 YOU’RE ONLY HUMAN (SECOND WIND) Billy Joel

125 LEAVING ME NOW Level 42

126 SUDDENLY Billy Ocean

127 20/20 George Benson

128 PLAYING TO WIN Little River Band

129 WHAT YOU NEED INXS

130 OBJECT OF MY DESIRE Starpoint

131 S.O.S./FIRE IN THE SKY Deodato

132 SOMETHING THAT YOU SAID Kids In The Kitchen

133 SOME LIKE IT HOT Power Station

134 EMERGENCY Kool & The Gang

135 BLUE Fine Young Cannibals

136 FACE TO FACE Real Life

137 SATURDAY LOVE Alexander O’Neal & Cherrelle

138 SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM Grace Jones

139 FOOLS WAY Geisha

140 JESSE Julian Lennon

141 AXEL F Harold Faltemeyer

142 WHO’S ZOOMIN’ WHO Aretha Franklin

143 LET’S GO TOGETHER Change

144 YOU GIVE GOOD LOVE Whitney Houston

145 ONE OF THE LIVING Tina Turner

146 HOUSE OF CARDS Ganggajang

147 BORDERLINES Jeffrey Osborne

148 LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN Dream Academy

149 PLEASURE AND PAIN Divinyls

150 DO NOT DISTURB Bananarama

151 LOVERGIRL Teena Marie

152 CHERISH Kool & The Gang

153 SHAME The Motels

154 NO PROMISES Icehouse

155 LOVE IS THE SEVENTH WAVE Sting

156 LOVE LIKE BLOOD Killing Joke

157 ROAD TO NOWHERE Talking Heads

158 WRAP HER UP Elton John featuring George Michael

159 ALL YOU ZOMBIES The Hooters

160 YOU GOT ME GOING AGAIN Machinations

161 ALL FALL DOWN Five Star

162 BABY, COME AND GET IT The Pointer Sisters

163 TRAPPED Colonel Abrams

164 THE LODGERS The Style Council

165 WHAT ABOUT LOVE Heart

166 THE TASTE OF YOUR TEARS King

167 THINKING ABOUT YOUR LOVE Skipworth & Turner

168 THE PERFECT KISS New Order

169 BARBADOS Models

170 BURNING HEART Survivor

171 NEVER SURRENDER Corey Hart

172 LOVE THEME FROM ST ELMO’S FIRE David Foster

173 MY HEART GOES BANG (GET ME TO THE DOCTOR) Dead Or Alive

174 ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS DANCE Don Henley

175 SEE THE DAY Dee C. Lee

176 GETTING CLOSER Haywoode

177 LOST WEEKEND Lloyd Cole & The Commotions

178 CRAZY IN THE NIGHT (BARKING AT AIRPLANES) Kim Carnes

179 WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME Frankie Goes To Hollywood

180 LIVING ON VIDEO Trans X

181 EATEN ALIVE Diana Ross

182 GET IT ON (BANG A GONG) The Power Station

183 TAKE ME HOME Phil Collins

184 NIGHTSHIFT Commodores

185 THE HEAVEN I NEED The Three Degrees

186 ALREADY YESTERDAY The Church

187 CONTRACT OF THE HEART Spelt Like This

188 ROUND AND ROUND Jaki Graham

189 ONE MORE NIGHT Phil Collins

190 WALKING ON THE CHINESE WALL Philip Bailey

191 SLAVE TO LOVE Bryan Ferry

192 BROKEN WINGS Mr Mister

193 HOW SOON IS NOW? The Smiths

194 THE CITY OF SOUL Eurogliders

195 CALIFORNIA GIRLS David Lee Roth

196 LONELY OL’ NIGHT John Cougar Mellencamp

197 THE WORD GIRL Scritti Politti

198 HEAVENLY ACTION Erasure

199 FRANKIE Sister Sledge

200 ROSES Haywoode

201 IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT Sandra

202 SINGING IN THE SHOWER Solid Citizens

203 LEAD THE WAY I’m Talking

204 THIS IS MY NIGHT Chaka Khan

205 THINKING ABOUT YOU Whitney Houston

206 PAISLEY PARK Prince & The Revolution

207 TURN UP THE RADIO Autograph

208 I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER Jim Diamond

209 EVERYTHING I NEED Men At Work

210 DON’T STOP THE DANCE Bryan Ferry

211 WHENEVER YOU NEED SOMEBODY O’Chi Brown

212 I GOT YOU BABE UB40 featuring Chrissie Hynde

213 MOVE CLOSER Phyllis Nelson

214 IN MY HOUSE Mary Jane Girls

215 COLD FEVER Models

216 POP LIFE Prince & The Revolution

217 THE SWEETEST TABOO Sade

218 SO IN LOVE OMD

219 NIKITA Elton John

220 LIVE IT UP Mental As Anything

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