Every song that charted in 1985

Combined ranking of all 214 songs from the rock year-end countdowns of 1985. ← Top 100 of 1985

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	Alive and Kicking Simple Minds	286	3	#1	1
2	The Perfect Kiss New Order	273	3	#2	–
3	In Between Days The Cure	266	4	#4	–
4	Take On Me a-ha	220	3	#7	–
5	Road to Nowhere Talking Heads	208	3	#2	–
6	Shake the Disease Depeche Mode	191	2	#1	1
7	Shout Tears for Fears	189	2	#5	–
8	Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds	188	2	#1	1
9	This Time INXS	182	2	#8	–
10	You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) Dead or Alive	180	2	#6	–
11	Dead Man's Party Oingo Boingo	172	2	#10	–
12	Everybody Wants to Rule the World Tears for Fears	168	2	#9	–
13	Sun City Artists United Against Apartheid	167	3	#6	–
14	Dancing in the Streets Mick Jagger & David Bowie	167	2	#5	–
15	Head Over Heels Tears for Fears	165	2	#16	–
16	Running Up That Hill Kate Bush	163	2	#4	–
17	Subculture New Order	161	3	#18	–
18	Stay Up Late Talking Heads	160	2	#14	–
19	Bring on the Dancing Horses Echo and the Bunnymen	156	3	#21	–
20	Be Near Me ABC	151	2	#18	–
21	Love Vigilantes New Order	145	2	#16	–
22	The Bottom Line Big Audio Dynamite	141	2	#15	–
23	I Got You Babe UB40	137	2	#29	–
24	World Destruction Time Zone	136	2	#18	–
25	She Sells Sanctuary The Cult	134	2	#4	–
26	So In Love Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark	132	2	#17	–
27	If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free Sting	132	2	#20	–
28	Just Another Day Oingo Boingo	128	2	#27	–
29	Weird Science Oingo Boingo	128	2	#34	–
30	Strength The Alarm	128	2	#20	–
31	Lay Your Hands on Me Thompson Twins	124	2	#22	–
32	Close to Me The Cure	123	2	#12	–
33	Slave to Love Bryan Ferry	121	2	#30	–
34	Broken Wings Mr. Mister	113	3	#22	–
35	Russians Sting	110	2	#10	–
36	Blue Kiss Jane Wiedlin	104	2	#23	–
37	Never Understand The Jesus and Mary Chain	100	1	#1	1
38	The Boy With The Thorn In His Side The Smiths	99	2	#8	–
39	Vigilante Felony	99	1	#2	–
40	Opportunities (Let's Make Lot's of Money) Pet Shop Boys	98	1	#3	–
41	Just Like Honey The Jesus and Mary Chain	98	1	#2	–
42	Things Can Only Get Better Howard Jones	98	2	#42	–
43	How Soon is Now? The Smiths	98	1	#3	–
44	Cruisers Creek The Fall	96	1	#3	–
45	Burning House of Love X	95	2	#37	–
46	A Night Like This The Cure	95	1	#6	–
47	Money for Nothing Dire Straits	93	1	#7	–
48	Nikita Elton John	93	1	#3	–
49	Aikea-Guinea Cocteau Twins	92	1	#5	–
50	Last Time Forever Squeeze	90	1	#10	–
51	Slave to the Rhythm Grace Jones	90	1	#4	–
52	Revolution Chumbawamba	90	1	#6	–
53	Viva La Rock Adam Ant	89	1	#13	–
54	Primitive Painters Felt	88	1	#7	–
55	Bad U2	87	1	#13	–
56	Castles in Spain The Armoury Show	86	2	#51	–
57	Love and Pride King	86	1	#16	–
58	Nemesis Shriekback	86	2	#54	–
59	Flexible Depeche Mode	83	1	#19	–
60	This is England The Clash	82	1	#17	–
61	Flag Day The Housemartins	82	1	#10	–
62	Love is the 7th Wave Sting	82	2	#31	–
63	A Good Heart Feargal Sharkey	80	1	#7	–
64	Ironmasters Men They Couldn't Hang	80	1	#11	–
65	One Night in Bangkok Murray Head	79	1	#24	–
66	And She Was Talking Heads	78	1	#21	–
67	You Trip Me Up The Jesus and Mary Chain	78	1	#12	–
68	Just Another Night Mick Jagger	78	1	#25	–
69	Marlene on the Wall Suzanne Vega	77	1	#8	–
70	Kosciusko Midnight Oil	77	1	#26	–
71	Sally Maclennane The Pogues	76	1	#13	–
72	Would I Lie To You? Eurythmics	76	2	#61	–
73	Sussudio Phil Collins	76	1	#27	–
74	Good Bye Bad Times Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder	75	1	#28	–
75	Death Of The European Three Johns	74	1	#14	–
76	Fortress Around Your Heart Sting	74	1	#25	–
77	Brand New Friend Lloyd Cole and the Commotions	73	1	#9	–
78	Blowing Up Detroit John Palumbo	73	1	#30	–
79	Go Out And Get 'Em Boy Wedding Present	72	1	#15	–
80	Perfect Way Scritti Politti	71	1	#32	–
81	Voices Carry Til Tuesday	70	1	#28	–
82	A Sort of Homecoming U2	70	2	#57	–
83	Life in One Day Howard Jones	69	2	#55	–
84	Tonight She Comes The Cars	68	2	#58	–
85	All That Ever Mattered Shop Assistants	68	1	#17	–
86	Election Day Arcadia	67	1	#36	–
87	Hits of the Year Squeeze	66	2	#40	–
88	Roll Over Thompson Twins	66	1	#32	–
89	A View to a Kill Duran Duran	65	1	#38	–
90	Can't Get There From Here R.E.M.	65	1	#33	–
91	Move Me The Woodentops	64	1	#19	–
92	It's Called a Heart Depeche Mode	64	1	#40	–
93	All You Zombies The Hooters	63	1	#35	–
94	A Pair Of Brown Eyes The Pogues	62	1	#20	–
95	Some Like It Hot Power Station	62	1	#42	–
96	Master and Servant Depeche Mode	62	1	#36	–
97	My Heart Goes Bang Dead or Alive	61	1	#43	–
98	What You Need INXS	60	2	#53	–
99	It's Only Love Bryan Adams and Tina Turner	60	1	#13	–
100	Everyday is Halloween Ministry	58	1	#39	–
101	V2 That Petrol Emotion	58	1	#22	–
102	Say It Again Danse Society	58	1	#46	–
103	The Sweetest Taboo Sade	57	1	#14	–
104	Secret Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark	56	1	#48	–
105	The Whole of the Moon The Waterboys	56	1	#41	–
106	Spoilt Victorian Child The Fall	56	1	#23	–
107	Bang a Gong (Get It On) Power Station	56	2	#66	–
108	King for a Day Thompson Twins	55	1	#49	–
109	Vienna Calling Falco	54	1	#50	–
110	Sunrise New Order	54	1	#24	–
111	Say I'm Your Number One Princess	53	1	#15	–
112	Face the Face Pete Townshend	53	2	#68	–
113	And We Danced The Hooters	53	1	#44	–
114	Won't You Hold My Hand Now King	52	1	#52	–
115	I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day The Pogues	52	1	#25	–
116	Gratitude Danny Elfman	51	2	#73	–
117	Driver 8 R.E.M.	51	1	#46	–
118	Cloudbusting Kate Bush	50	1	#16	–
119	L.A. Rain Rose of Avalanche	50	1	#26	–
120	Vanity Kills ABC	50	1	#55	–
121	Communication Power Station	48	1	#57	–
122	The Bryan Adamix Bryan Adams	47	1	#17	–
123	Tenderness General Public	46	1	#50	–
124	Hymn From A Village James	46	1	#28	–
125	Lover Come Back to Me Dead or Alive	46	1	#59	–
126	Never You Done That General Public	46	2	#75	–
127	Fire in the Twilight Wang Chung	45	1	#60	–
128	The Headmaster Ritual The Smiths	44	1	#29	–
129	To Live and Die in L.A. Wang Chung	44	1	#52	–
130	The Power of Love Huey Lewis and the News	43	1	#18	–
131	Dancing the Streets David Bowie and Mick Jagger	43	1	#53	–
132	The Sun Always Shines On Tv a-ha	42	1	#63	–
133	Motor City Age Of Chance	42	1	#30	–
134	When Angels Kiss Gary Myrick	42	1	#54	–
135	Part Time Lover Stevie Wonder	40	1	#19	–
136	That Joke isn't funny anymore The Smiths	40	1	#31	–
137	Sanctify Yourself Simple Minds	38	1	#67	–
138	Meat is Murder The Smiths	38	1	#32	–
139	Don't Lose My Number Phil Collins	37	2	#66	–
140	Sunday Bloody Sunday U2	37	1	#20	–
141	Don't Mess With Dr. Dream Thompson Twins	36	1	#69	–
142	Gut Of The Quantifier The Fall	36	1	#33	–
143	Black Cars Gino Vanelli	36	1	#70	–
144	Television Man Talking Heads	34	1	#61	–
145	A Hundred Words The Beloved	34	1	#34	–
146	How To Be A Millionaire ABC	34	1	#72	–
147	Pleasure And Pain The Divinyls	33	1	#62	–
148	Johnny Come Home Fine Young Cannibals	33	1	#73	–
149	Tupelo Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	32	1	#35	–
150	Walking On Sunshine Katrina and the Waves	31	2	#80	–
151	Ball of Confusion Love and Rockets	31	1	#64	–
152	Marian Sisters of Mercy	30	1	#36	–
153	Can't Get Enough of You Baby The Colourfield	30	1	#65	–
154	Loving the Alien David Bowie	29	1	#77	–
155	I'm In Pittsburg And It's Raining Vibes	28	1	#37	–
156	Raging Moon Roger Daltry	27	1	#67	–
157	Bittersweet Hoodoo Gurus	26	1	#68	–
158	Universal Radio Nina Hagen	26	1	#80	–
159	Faron Young Prefab Sprout	26	1	#38	–
160	Don't Come Around Here No More Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	25	1	#69	–
161	The Love Parade The Dream Academy	25	1	#81	–
162	Radioactive The Firm	24	1	#82	–
163	Couldn't Get Ahead The Fall	24	1	#39	–
164	Eye to Eye Go West	23	1	#83	–
165	Fool Yourself Forever Dirk Blanchart	23	1	#24	–
166	Walk of Life Dire Straits	23	1	#71	–
167	Break Them Down Graham Parker	22	1	#84	–
168	Between The Wars Billy Bragg	22	1	#40	–
169	Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid	22	1	#72	–
170	Tarzan Boy Baltimora	22	1	#85	–
171	Born in East LA Cheech Marin	21	1	#86	–
172	Always Alone The Popgun	20	1	#25	–
173	Well I Wonder The Smiths	20	1	#41	–
174	My Love is Chemical Lou Reed	20	1	#74	–
175	Raspberry Beret Prince	20	1	#87	–
176	Perfect Skin Lloyd Cole and the Commotions	19	1	#88	–
177	L.A. The Fall	18	1	#42	–
178	Hanging on a Heartbeat The Hooters	18	1	#76	–
179	In Too Deep Dead or Alive	17	1	#90	–
180	Holding Back The Years Simply Red	17	1	#26	–
181	Some Kind Of Stranger Sisters of Mercy	16	1	#43	–
182	America Prince	16	1	#91	–
183	Trapped Colonel Abrams	14	1	#79	–
184	Colleen Living Daylights	14	1	#93	–
185	It Happens Primal Scream	14	1	#44	–
186	Dave Boomtown Rats	13	1	#94	–
187	Love You Like a Ball & Chain Eurythmics	12	1	#95	–
188	Face Up New Order	12	1	#45	–
189	Cities in Dust Siouxsie and the Banshees	11	1	#96	–
190	Don't Stop Dance Bryan Ferry	11	1	#82	–
191	Que Te Quiero Katrina and the Waves	10	1	#28	–
192	Makes No Sense At All Husker Du	10	1	#46	–
193	Love Comes Tumbling U2	10	1	#83	–
194	The Wind Of Change Robert Wyatt	8	1	#47	–
195	Lucky in Love Mick Jagger	8	1	#85	–
196	Midnight Man Flash and the Pan	7	1	#100	–
197	P-Machinery Propaganda	7	1	#29	–
198	Virgin Lords of the New Church	7	1	#86	–
199	Warning Sign Nick Heyward	7	1	#101	–
200	Well Well Well The Woodentops	6	1	#48	–
201	This is Not America David Bowie	6	1	#102	–
202	When Love Breaks Down Prefab Sprout	5	1	#87	–
203	19 Paul Hardcastle	5	1	#103	–
204	Ways to Be Wicked Lone Justice	4	1	#88	–
205	Like One Thousand Violins One Thousand Violins	4	1	#49	–
206	An Act of War Elton John	4	1	#104	–
207	Elle adore le noir pour sortir le soir TC Matic	3	1	#30	–
208	Silent Run Mike + The Mechanics	3	1	#89	–
209	East of Eden Lone Justice	3	1	#105	–
210	Bad Child John Paul Jones	2	1	#90	–
211	All Day Long Shop Assistants	2	1	#50	–
212	Kat Box Beach Living Daylights	2	1	#106	–
213	Weekends Too Graham Parker	1	1	#91	–
214	Woodpeckers in Space Video Kids	1	1	#107	–