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- Dec 21, 2015
- 9 min
This Week In 1985: December 22, 1985
Regular readers will be aware of my obsession with one-hit wonders and that extends to two-hit wonders as well — those acts that score...

- Dec 14, 2015
- 2 min
This Week In 1985: December 15, 1985
It's hard enough to catch lightning in a bottle once, but to repeat the feat is nigh on impossible, as a pair of singers discovered this...

- Dec 7, 2015
- 5 min
This Week In 1985: December 8, 1985
This week in 1985, something happened on the Australian singles chart that had never happened before: a new release debuted at number 1....

- Nov 30, 2015
- 6 min
This Week In 1985: December 1, 1985
It wouldn't almost have been Christmas, would it? What else could explain the rush of big releases onto the ARIA singles chart this week...

- Nov 23, 2015
- 4 min
This Week In 1985: November 24, 1985
It must be pretty frustrating for artists that record the original version of a song when someone else comes along, does a pretty...

- Nov 16, 2015
- 5 min
This Week In 1985: November 17, 1985
It's not always a good idea when characters from TV series release spin-off singles. Scratch that — it's pretty much always a terrible...

- Nov 9, 2015
- 3 min
This Week In 1985: November 10, 1985
Earlier in 1985, Scottish sweetheart Sheena Easton had sexed up her girl-next-door image and emerged as one of the year's raunchiest...

- Nov 2, 2015
- 5 min
This Week In 1985: November 3, 1985
I was doing some reading up on the band that had the highest debut on the ARIA singles chart this week in 1985, and I came across an...

- Oct 26, 2015
- 4 min
This Week In 1985: October 27, 1985
A couple of months ago, we saw the ARIA singles chart with the highest number of new entries for all of 1985. By contrast, this week that...

- Oct 19, 2015
- 4 min
This Week In 1985: October 20, 1985
Unlike songs themselves, song titles are not protected by copyright, which is why we've seen multiple songs called "Heaven", "Around The...

- Oct 12, 2015
- 6 min
This Week In 1985: October 13, 1985
It's very rare that I like every new entry on any given ARIA top 50 singles chart, but that was the case this week in 1985 — and it's...

- Oct 5, 2015
- 4 min
This Week In 1985: October 6, 1985
There are certain songs that have been covered to death. Songs like "Yesterday", "Unchained Melody" and "Over The Rainbow". I always...

- Sep 28, 2015
- 6 min
This Week In 1985: September 29, 1985
I'm sure it's happened on several occasions, but the ARIA singles chart this week in 1985 was notable for featuring the simultaneous...

- Sep 21, 2015
- 4 min
This Week In 1985: September 22, 1985
Saxaphone solos, key changes, keytars... there are some things that will forever be associated with '80s music. Add to that list the...

- Sep 14, 2015
- 4 min
This Week In 1985: September 15, 1985
If you ever needed any proof that Australian music was in a pretty healthy state in the mid-'80s, you need look no further than the ARIA...

- Sep 7, 2015
- 5 min
This Week In 1985: September 8, 1985
I've been in one-hit wonder mode again for the past week as I finally prepare to tackle the 1HWs from the 2000s — so it's only...

- Aug 31, 2015
- 4 min
This Week In 1985: September 1, 1985
From "Xanadu" to "On Our Own", the '80s were packed with outstanding soundtrack hits — and this week in 1985, one of the all-time best...

- Aug 24, 2015
- 6 min
This Week In 1985: August 25, 1985
Nine new entries! This week in 1985 saw the highest number of debuts on the ARIA singles chart for that entire year. Together with the...

- Aug 17, 2015
- 5 min
This Week In 1985: August 18, 1985
Remember when MTV actually played music videos? The channel might now focus on reality shows about teen mothers and drunken skanks from...

- Aug 10, 2015
- 3 min
This Week In 1985: August 11, 1985
It's something we've seen on my chart recaps time and time again — later singles from a big album not being able to manage chart...