1985 in music

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Contents 1 Events 1.1 January-March 1.2 April-June 1.3 July-September 1.4 October-December 1.5 Undated 2 Bands formed 3 Bands disbanded 4 Albums released 4.1 January 4.2 February 4.3 March 4.4 April 4.5 May 4.6 June 4.7 July 4.8 August 4.9 September 4.10 October 4.11 November 4.12 December 5 Unknown release date 6 Biggest hit singles 7 Top hits 8 Classical music 9 Opera 10 Ballet 11 Musical theater 12 Musical films 13 Births 14 Deaths 15 Awards 16 Charts 17 References 18 See also //

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January-March January 28 - Various artists, under the group name USA For Africa, including Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, Cyndi Lauper, Steve Perry, Kenny Loggins, Willie Nelson, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers, Diana Ross, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Huey Lewis, Tina Turner, Sheila E., Harry Belafonte, Lindsey Buckingham, Kim Carnes, Dionne Warwick, Waylon Jennings, Bob Geldof and Stevie Wonder, record the song "We Are the World".1 March 27 - The South African Broadcasting Corporation bans Stevie Wonder's music in response to Wonder dedicating the Oscar he had won the night before to Nelson Mandela.2 March 28 - A wax likeness of Michael Jackson is unveiled at Madame Tussaud's wax museum in London, UK.3 April-June April 1 - After months of squabbling, David Lee Roth leaves Van Halen to begin a solo career.4 April 10 - Madonna begins her very first tour, The Virgin Tour (named after her Like a Virgin album) in Seattle, Washington, USA.5 May 4 - With "La det swinge" by Bobbysocks!, Norway scores its first win at the Eurovision Song Contest, in Gothenburg, Sweden. June 11 - Madonna ends The Virgin Tour at Madison Square Garden in New York, USA.citation needed July-September July 13 - The Live Aid concert takes place in Wembley Stadium, London, UK and Philadelphia, USA. The headlining acts at the latter venue included a Led Zeppelin reunion, the first since their 1980 disbandment. 6 August 16 - On her 27th birthday, Madonna marries actor Sean Penn. (They divorce on September 14, 1989.) September 6 - Michael Jackson purchases the publishing rights for most of the Beatles' music for US$47 million, much to the dismay of Paul McCartney, whom he is bidding against. 7 September 19 - The Parents Music Resource Center's (P.M.R.C.) United States Senate hearing on rock censorship begin in Washington, D.C., USA. Heavy metal singer Dee Snider of Twisted Sister, rock star Frank Zappa and country singer John Denver testify against the P.M.R.C.citation needed September 22 - The Farm Aid concert is held in Champaign, Illinois, USA. October-December November 16 - John Farnham, formerly a teen idol in Australia (as Johnny Farnham), revives his recording career when his hit, "You're The Voice" goes to the top of the charts at #1 for seven weeks and his album Whispering Jack goes to the top of the Albums charts at #1 for a record-breaking twenty-five weeks. December 5 - The first fully digital reggae single, Wayne Smith's "(Under Me) Sleng Teng", is recorded at Prince Jammy's studio; it is the beginning of ragga style reggae.citation needed Undated Several hundreds of thousands of U.S. dollars in publishing royalties are released to the surviving members, and families of the deceased members, of the British music group, Badfinger. Two band members, Pete Ham and Tom Evans, previously committed suicide due to financial problems.citation needed Bands formed See Musical groups established in 1985 Bands disbanded See Musical groups disestablished in 1985 Albums released Contents: Top • January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December January Day Album Artist Notes 15 Centerfield John Fogerty - Nightshift Commodores - 21 Thunder in the East Loudness Japan 25 No Jacket Required Phil Collins - 28 Crazy from the Heat David Lee Roth Covers EP 29 Stella Yello - - Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin Hawkwind Live 1973 New Day Rising Hüsker Dü - A Sense of Wonder Van Morrison - Strange Animal Gowan - February Day Album Artist Notes 11 The Firm The Firm Debut 12 Vision Quest soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack 14 Meat Is Murder The Smiths - Whitney Houston Whitney Houston Debut 15 A Classic Case London Symphony Orchestra music of Jethro Tull 16 Seven Churches Possessed - Diamond Life Sade US 25 She's the Boss Mick Jagger - Songs from the Big Chair Tears for Fears - - Across a Crowded Room Richard Thompson - Armed and Dangerous Anthrax EP Beyond Appearances Santana - The Breakfast Club soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack King of Rock Run-D.M.C. - Maverick George Thorogood - Night Time Killing Joke - VU The Velvet Underground Outtakes compilation Vulture Culture The Alan Parsons Project - March Day Album Artist Notes 4 Aikea-Guinea Cocteau Twins EP 7 We Are the World USA for Africa - 8 The Night I Fell in Love Luther Vandross - 9 Real Love Dolly Parton - 11 Behind the Sun Eric Clapton - First and Last and Always The Sisters of Mercy - 22 Disturbing the Peace Alcatrazz - Scream for Help John Paul Jones Soundtrack 23 Dream Into Action Howard Jones - 26 Southern Accents Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - The Right to Rock Keel - 29 Rogues Gallery Slade - - Bad Moon Rising Sonic Youth - Birdy Peter Gabriel Soundtrack Equator Uriah Heep - Everybody's Crazy Michael Bolton - Horror Epics The Exploited - Lost and Found Jason & the Scorchers - Metal Heart Accept - The Power Station Power Station - Rhythm of the Night DeBarge - Stay Hard Raven - Up on the Sun Meat Puppets - April Day Album Artist Notes 1 The Secret of Association Paul Young - 2 Go West Go West - 20 7800° Fahrenheit Bon Jovi - 22 Around the World in a Day Prince and the Revolution - 23 Two Hearts Men at Work - 25 Bonded by Blood Exodus - 26 Nervous Night The Hooters - 29 Mr. Bad Guy Freddie Mercury - - Feel the Fire Overkill - Glow Rick James - Love Not Money Everything but the Girl - Only the Strong Thor - Tao Rick Springfield - May Day Album Artist Notes 9 Our Favourite Shop The Style Council titled Internationalists in US 11 Be Yourself Tonight Eurythmics - 13 Brothers in Arms Dire Straits - Low-Life New Order - On a Storyteller's Night Magnum - 15 Soldiers Under Command Stryper - Unguarded Amy Grant - 17 Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! Megadeth Debut 20 Power of the Night Savatage - Shaken 'n' Stirred Robert Plant - 29 Hellbound Warlock - 31 Hunting High and Low a-ha - - Brother Where You Bound Supertramp - The Confessor Joe Walsh - Gravity Kenny G - Le Parc Tangerine Dream - Long Way to Heaven Helix - Loose Nut Black Flag - Love Bomb The Tubes - Seven Wishes Night Ranger - Space Ritual Volume 2 Hawkwind Live 1972 Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega - The Return Bathory - Wide Awake in America U2 EP Youthquake Dead or Alive - June Day Album Artist Notes 3 Boys and Girls Bryan Ferry - The Firstborn Is Dead Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - 5 Luxury of Life Five Star - 6 Heart Heart - 10 The Beach Boys The Beach Boys - Empire Burlesque Bob Dylan - Fables of the Reconstruction R.E.M. - 14 Boy in the Box Corey Hart - 17 Crush Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Misplaced Childhood Marillion - 18 Dare to Be Stupid "Weird Al" Yankovic - 20 World Wide Live Scorpions Live 21 Despite Straight Lines Marilyn - Theatre of Pain Mötley Crüe - 27 Call of the Wild Lee Aaron - 28 Fly on the Wall AC/DC - Kids, Kids, Kids The Steels - - Backwaxed Anvil Compilation Cupid & Psyche 85 Scritti Politti - The Dream of the Blue Turtles Sting - Fear No Evil Grim Reaper - The Goonies: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack Invasion of Your Privacy Ratt - Love You to Pieces Lizzy Borden - Spoiled Girl Carly Simon - Steve McQueen Prefab Sprout US title: Two Wheels Good Voices Carry 'Til Tuesday - July Day Album Artist Notes 15 Little Creatures Talking Heads - - Behaviour Saga - Contact Pointer Sisters - Hold Me Laura Branigan - In Concert America Live Open Fire Y&T Live Phantasmagoria The Damned - Rough Cutt Rough Cutt - Screamin' and Bleedin' Angel Witch - Some of My Best Jokes Are Friends George Clinton - St. Elmo's Fire Soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack Who's Zoomin' Who? Aretha Franklin - August Day Album Artist Notes 5 Species Deceases Midnight Oil EP 12 Old Ways Neil Young - 15 Sacred Heart Dio - 16 Freaky Styley Red Hot Chili Peppers - Primitive Love Miami Sound Machine - 19 Scarecrow John Cougar Mellencamp - 26 The Head on the Door The Cure - - Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti Squeeze - Lovin' Every Minute of It Loverboy - Marching Out Yngwie Malmsteen - Now That's What I Call Music 5 Various Artists Compilation Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash The Pogues - Standing on the Edge Cheap Trick - World Service Spear of Destiny - September Day Album Artist Notes 2 Baggariddim UB40 - Greatest Hits - Volumes I & II Billy Joel - 9 Don't Stand Me Down Dexys Midnight Runners - 11 Falco 3 Falco - 13 In Square Circle Stevie Wonder - 16 Asylum Kiss - Hell Awaits Slayer - This Is the Sea The Waterboys - 20 Here's to Future Days Thompson Twins - Hounds of Love Kate Bush - 23 This Nation's Saving Grace The Fall - 30 Mad Not Mad Madness - Rain Dogs Tom Waits - Soul to Soul Stevie Ray Vaughan - - A Cappella Todd Rundgren - Alibi Vandenberg - Eaten Alive Diana Ross - Flip Your Wig Hüsker Dü - The Fury Gary Numan - The Heart of the Matter Kenny Rogers - How Could It Be Eddie Murphy - Knee Deep in the Hoopla Starship - The Process of Weeding Out Black Flag EP Run for Cover Gary Moore - October Day Album Artist Notes 10 Stages Triumph Live 11 Picture Book Simply Red - Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven Love and Rockets - 14 How to Be a...Zillionaire! ABC - Listen Like Thieves Inxs - Live After Death Iron Maiden Live The Singles 81>85 Depeche Mode Compilation 17 The Blasting Concept Vol. 2 Various Artists - 18 Love The Cult - 19 The Spectre Within Fates Warning - 21 Once Upon a Time Simple Minds - Original Masters Jethro Tull UK; Compilation 25 Greatest Hits The Cars Compilation 27 To Mega Therion Celtic Frost - 29 Power Windows Rush - Afterburner ZZ Top - 30 Spreading the Disease Anthrax - - Dog Eat Dog Joni Mitchell - The Dream Academy The Dream Academy - Endless Pain Kreator - Eye Dance Boney M. - Frankenchrist Dead Kennedys - The Gift Midge Ure solo debut In My Head Black Flag - Jane Wiedlin Jane Wiedlin - Midnite Dynamite Kix - Mike + The Mechanics Mike + The Mechanics - Movin' Jennifer Rush - Rescue You Joe Lynn Turner - That's Why I'm Here James Taylor - This is Big Audio Dynamite Big Audio Dynamite - Tim The Replacements - Twitch Aldo Nova - Under a Raging Moon Roger Daltrey - What Does Anything Mean? Basically The Chameleons - World Machine Level 42 - The Wrestling Album World Wrestling Federation - November Day Album Artist Notes 4 The Broadway Album Barbra Streisand - The Chronicle of the Black Sword Hawkwind - Cut the Crap The Clash - Done with Mirrors Aerosmith - Hawkwind Anthology Volume I Hawkwind Compilation 7 Biograph Bob Dylan Box Set Ice on Fire Elton John - 8 All for Love New Edition - 9 Come Out and Play Twisted Sister - Down for the Count Y&T - Fight to Survive White Lion - Night of the Crime Icon - The Last Command W.A.S.P. - Ready to Strike King Kobra - Under Lock and Key Dokken - 11 Catching Up with Depeche Mode Depeche Mode US Compilation 13 Folksinger Phranc - 15 Songs to Learn & Sing Echo & the Bunnymen Compilation Tiny Dynamine Cocteau Twins EP 16 Promise Sade UK 18 Radio LL Cool J - Riptide Robert Palmer - Rock a Little Stevie Nicks - 21 Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention Frank Zappa - 22 Easy Pieces Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Starpeace Yoko Ono - 26 Pack Up the Plantation: Live! Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Live 27 Welcome to the Real World Mr. Mister - 29 Echoes in a Shallow Bay Cocteau Twins EP 30 Who's Missing The Who Compilation - Astra Asia - Copacabana soundtrack Barry Manilow Soundtrack Delirious Nomad Armored Saint - Do You Sheena Easton - Double Trouble Live Molly Hatchet Live Manilow Barry Manilow - Misdemeanor UFO - Mud Will Be Flung Tonight Bette Midler Live Now That's What I Call Music 6 Various Artists Compilation Now - The Christmas Album Various Artists Compilation Psychocandy The Jesus and Mary Chain - Seven the Hard Way Pat Benatar - The Singles Collection Spandau Ballet Compilation Slave to the Rhythm Grace Jones - So Red the Rose Arcadia - The Wishing Chair 10,000 Maniacs - December Day Album Artist Notes 10 Fine Young Cannibals Fine Young Cannibals - - Friends Dionne Warwick - Geek! My Bloody Valentine EP Island Life Grace Jones Compilation 3-Way Tie (For Last) Minutemen - Walls of Jericho Helloween - Unknown release date Ancient Artifacts - D.I. Alternating Currents - Spyro Gyra Baggariddim - UB40 Beat Happening - Beat Happening Begegnungen II - Eno Moebius Roedelius Plank Bites - Skinny Puppy The Blasting Concept Vol. 2 - Various Artists Bo Diddley & Co. - Live - Bo Diddley Branded and Exiled - Running Wild Christmas Time - Chris Stamey Clan of Xymox - Clan of Xymox Company Of Justice - Play Dead Cuori agitati - Eros Ramazzotti A Diamond Hidden in the Mouth of a Corpse - Giorno Poetry Systems False Accusations - The Robert Cray Band Fear and Whiskey - Mekons Flaunt the Imperfection - China Crisis Fear No Evil - Grim Reaper Feargal Sharkey - Feargal Sharkey (solo debut) For The Working Class Man - Jimmy Barnes Futile Combat - Skeletal Family Garista (re-release) - zoviet*france: Hero - Clarence Clemons & the Red Bank Rockers Horse Bites Dog Cries - D.I. I Am The Night - Pantera I Don't Want to Grow Up - Descendents Into The Fire Live - Play Dead Kingdom In The Streets - Dion DiMucci Little Baggariddim EP - UB 40 Live in Carré - The Dubliners Love Hurts - Elaine Paige Machine Age Voodoo - SPK Mental Notes - Bad Manners Mayhem - Toyah (compilation) Minx - Toyah Willcox (solo debut) Mistral gagnant - Renaud No Muss...No Fuss - Donnie Iris Off the Board - Ludichrist Old Flame - Juice Newton Old Land - Cluster & Brian Eno One for the Road - April Wine One Clear Moment - Linda Thompson Salad Days (EP) - Minor Threat Say You Love Me - Jennifer Holliday Shamrock Diaries - Chris Rea Silvertone - Chris Isaak So Many Rivers - Bobby Womack Syirin Farthat - Elvy Sukaesih The Best Of Elvy Sukaeish - Elvy Sukaesih Talk about the Weather - Red Lorry Yellow Lorry Telephone Free Landslide Victory - Camper Van Beethoven Through A Window - Patrick Sky 10 from 6 - Bad Company Thursday Afternoon - Brian Eno The UB40 File - UB40 U.T.F.O.- UTFO Without Love - Black N' Blue Wonderful - Circle Jerks Zaman - Ebiet G. Ade Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest in the charts of 1985.8

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries 1 USA For Africa We Are the World 1985 UK 1 - Apr 1985, US BB 1 - Mar 1985, US CashBox 1 of 1985, Canada 1 - Apr 1985, Holland 1 - Mar 1985, Sweden 1 - Mar 1985, Sweden (alt) 1 - Apr 1985, Switzerland 1 - Apr 1985, Norway 1 - Mar 1985, Poland 1 - Mar 1983, Australia 1 of 1985, Italy 1 of 1985, Éire 1 - Apr 1985, New Zealand 1 for 7 weeks Apr 1985, Australia 1 for 9 weeks Dec 1985, Grammy in 1985, Austria 2 - Apr 1985, Germany 2 - Apr 1985, Global 4 (20 M sold) - 1985, South Africa 8 of 1985, US BB 40 of 1985, POP 71 of 1985, RIAA 121, Germany 263 of the 1980s, OzNet 418, Acclaimed 1371 2 a-ha Take On Me 1985 US BB 1 - Aug 1985, Canada 1 - Aug 1985, Holland 1 - Oct 1985, Sweden (alt) 1 - Oct 1985, France 1 - May 1985, Switzerland 1 - Nov 1985, Norway 1 - Nov 1984, Poland 1 - Dec 1985, Germany 1 - Jan 1986, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Aug 1986, Scrobulate 1 of 80s, UK 2 - Sep 1985, Sweden 4 - Aug 1985, Austria 4 - Dec 1985, Italy 7 of 1986, KROQ 7 of 1985, RYM 8 of 1984, Australia 12 of 1985, US CashBox 15 of 1985, Europe 20 of the 1980s, POP 31 of 1985, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1985, US BB 36 of 1985, Germany 81 of the 1980s, Party 133 of 2007, OzNet 795, Acclaimed 2396 3 Foreigner I Want to Know What Love Is 1985 / UK 1 - Dec 1984, US BB 1 - Dec 1984, Canada 1 - Dec 1984, Sweden 1 - Dec 1984, Sweden (alt) 1 - Dec 1984, Norway 1 - Jan 1985, Poland 1 - Mar 1983, Éire 1 - Jan 1985, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks Feb 1985, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Oct 1985, Switzerland 2 - Jan 1985, Germany 4 - Jan 1985, Australia 5 of 1985, Holland 6 - Dec 1984, Austria 7 - Feb 1985, US CashBox 8 of 1985, South Africa 12 of 1985, POP 17 of 1985, US BB 34 of 1985, Europe 38 of the 1980s, OzNet 180, RYM 186 of 1984, Germany 255 of the 1980s, Rolling Stone 476, Acclaimed 659 4 Tears For Fears Shout 1985 US BB 1 - Jun 1985, Canada 1 - Feb 1985, Holland 1 - Jan 1985, Switzerland 1 - Feb 1985, Germany 1 - Jan 1985, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks Mar 1985, Australia 1 for 1 weeks Nov 1985, France 3 - Dec 1984, Poland 3 - Mar 1983, UK 4 - Dec 1984, Sweden 5 - Dec 1984, Norway 5 - Mar 1985, KROQ 5 of 1985, Austria 6 - Mar 1985, US CashBox 13 of 1985, Australia 14 of 1985, Sweden (alt) 16 - Feb 1985, South Africa 16 of 1985, Italy 20 of 1985, RYM 27 of 1984, Scrobulate 36 of 80s, Germany 104 of the 1980s, Acclaimed 974 5 Madonna Into the Groove 1985 UK 1 - Jul 1985, Holland 1 - Aug 1985, Éire 1 - Aug 1985, New Zealand 1 for 6 weeks Aug 1985, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Mar 1986, Sweden 2 - Aug 1985, Switzerland 2 - Aug 1985, Australia 2 of 1985, Italy 2 of 1985, Sweden (alt) 3 - Aug 1985, Germany 3 - Aug 1985, Norway 4 - Aug 1985, US BB 7 of 1985, Austria 7 - Sep 1985, France 9 - Aug 1985, RYM 9 of 1985, POP 13 of 1985, Poland 19 - Sep 1985, Scrobulate 73 of 80s, Party 193 of 1999, OzNet 200, Acclaimed 235, Germany 271 of the 1980s Top hits

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"A New England" - Kirsty MacColl (released in 1984) "A View to a Kill" - Duran Duran "After The Love Has Gone" - Princess "Alive and Kicking" - Simple Minds "All I Need" - Jack Wagner "Angel" - Madonna "Appetite" - Prefab Sprout "Barbados" - Models "Barbarism Begins At Home" - The Smiths "Body & Soul" - Mai Tai "Born in the U.S.A." - Bruce Springsteen "Born to Rock n' Roll" - Cliff Richard "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side" - The Smiths "The Boys of Summer" - Don Henley (released in 1984) "Broken Wings" - Mr. Mister "Brothers in Arms" -Dire Straits "Borderline" - Madonna (UK only) "Call Me" - Go West "Can't Fight This Feeling" - REO Speedwagon "Centerfield" - John Fogerty "C'était mon ami" - Dalida "Chain Reaction" - Diana Ross #1 "Children's Crusade" - Sting "Close To Me" - The Cure "Cloudbusting" - Kate Bush "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" - David Grant and Jaki Graham "Crazy for You" - Madonna "Dancing in the Street" - David Bowie and Mick Jagger "Day By Day" - Shakatak with Al Jarreau "Devuélveme a mi chica" - Hombres G "Dirty Old Town" - The Pogues "Do It for Love -Sheena Easton "Don't Break My Heart" - UB40 "Don't Come Around Here No More" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Don't Lose My Number" - Phil Collins "Don't You (Forget About Me)" - Simple Minds (released in 1984) "Dress You Up" - Madonna "Duel" - Propaganda "E=MC²" - Big Audio Dynamite "Eighties" - Killing Joke "Éthiopie" - Chanteurs sans Frontières "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" - Tears for Fears "Everything She Wants" - Wham! (released in 1984) "Everytime You Go Away" - Paul Young "Find A Way" - Amy Grant "Faron Young" - Prefab Sprout "Fortress Around Your Heart" - Sting "Frankie" - Sister Sledge "Freeway of Love" - Aretha Franklin "Gambler" - Madonna "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme" - Narada Michael Walden and Patti Austin "Glory Days" - Bruce Springsteen "(Gotta Be) Wrong Way To Love" - Dynamic Hepnotics "Head Over Heels" - Tears for Fears "Heart User" - Cliff Richard "The Heat Is On" - Glenn Frey "Heaven" - Bryan Adams "History" - Mai Tai "Hold Me" - Menudo "Home Sweet Home - Motley Crue "Hounds of Love" - Kate Bush "How Soon Is Now?" - The Smiths "Hurt" - Juice Newton "I Love Her All The Time" - Sonic Youth "I Was Born to Love You" - Freddie Mercury "If Ever You're In My Arms Again" - Peabo Bryson "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" - Sting "I'm Goin' Down" - Bruce Springsteen "I'm On Fire" - Bruce Springsteen "In Between Days" - The Cure "Into the Groove" - Madonna "Indianapolis" - Menudo "Invincible" - Pat Benatar "I Want to Know What Love Is" - Foreigner "It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)" - Eurythmics "It's in Every One of Us" - Cliff Richard "Je te donne" - Jean-Jacques Goldman and Michael Jones "Jealous Guy" - John Lennon "Johnny Come Home" - Fine Young Cannibals "Johnny, Johnny" - Jeanne Mas "Just Like Honey" - The Jesus and Mary Chain "Kayleigh" - Marillion "Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain)" - INXS "Lay Your Hands On Me" - Thompson Twins "Le temps d'aimer" - Dalida "Le Vénitien de Levallois" - Dalida "Lean on Me (ah-li-ayo)" - Red Box "Let's Go Crazy/Take Me With U" - Prince and the Revolution "Listen Like Thieves" - INXS "Life in a Northern Town" - The Dream Academy "Like A Virgin" - Madonna (released in 1984) "Live Is Life" - Opus "Living on My Own" - Freddie Mercury "Love Is the Seventh Wave" - Sting "The Love Parade" - The Dream Academy "Love Like Blood" - Killing Joke "Lover Why" - Century "Lovergirl" - Teena Marie (released in 1984) "Loverboy" - Billy Ocean "Madhouse" - Anthrax "Marcia baila" - Rita Mitsouko "Mated" - David Grant and Jaki Graham "Miami Vice Theme" - Jan Hammer "Material Girl" - Madonna "Meat Is Murder" - The Smiths "Merry Christmas Everyone" - Shakin' Stevens "Money for Nothing" - Dire Straits "Mothers Talk" - Tears For Fears "Move Closer" - Phyllis Nelson "Nightshift" - The Commodores "Ni tú ni nadie" - Alaska y Dinarama "19" - Paul Hardcastle "Never Surrender" - Corey Hart "Oh Sheila" - Ready for the World "One Lonely Night" - REO Speedwagon "One More Night" - Phil Collins "One Night in Bangkok" - Murray Head "One Vision" - Queen "Only the Young" - Journey "Out Of Mind Out Of Sight" - Models #1 "Party All the Time" - Eddie Murphy "Part-Time Lover" - Stevie Wonder "Piece By Piece" - The Tubes "Private Dancer" - Tina Turner "The Power of Love" - Huey Lewis and the News "Rage to Love" - Kim Wilde "Raspberry Beret" - Prince and the Revolution "Reviens-moi" - Dalida "Running Up That Hill" - Kate Bush "Russians (song)" - Sting "Saving All My Love for You" - Whitney Houston "Say I'm Your Number One" - Princess "Say You, Say Me" - Lionel Richie "See the Day" - Dee C. Lee "Separate Lives" Phil Collins with Marilyn Martin "She's So Beautiful" - Cliff Richard "Shout" - Tears for Fears "So far away" - Dire Straits "So In Love" - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark "So Red The Rose" - Arcadia "Society Is A Hole" - Sonic Youth "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll" - Judas Priest "Some Like It Hot" - Power Station "Somebody" - Bryan Adams "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" - Elton John "Something About You" - Level 42 "Spanish Eddie" - Laura Branigan "Square Rooms" - Al Corley "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" - John Parr "Shake the Disease" - Depeche Mode "Suddenly" - Billy Ocean "Summer of 69" - Bryan Adams "The Super Bowl Shuffle" - 1985 Chicago Bears "Sussudio" - Phil Collins "System Addict" - Five Star "Take On Me" - a-ha (released in 1984) "Tarzan Boy" - Baltimora "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" - The Smiths "That's What Friends Are For" - Dionne Warwick (duets with Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder) (#1 in Australia, UK, and Quebec) "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)" - Eurythmics feat. Stevie Wonder "The Big Money" - Rush "The Big Sky" - Kate Bush "The Sun Always Shines on TV" - a-ha "The Whole Of The Moon" - The Waterboys "This Is England" - The Clash "This Time" - INXS "Venezia" - Hombres G "Walk Like a Man" - Divine "Walk of Life (Dire Straits song)" - Dire Straits "Walls Come Tumbling Down" - The Style Council "We Are the World" - USA for Africa "We Built This City" - Jefferson Starship "We Close Our Eyes" - Go West "We Need Protection" - Picnic at the White House "We Work The Black Seam" - Sting "West End Girls" - Pet Shop Boys "When Love Breaks Down" - Prefab Sprout (released in 1984) "Wise Up" - Amy Grant "What You Need" - INXS "When Love Breaks Down" - Prefab Sprout "When the Rain Begins to Fall" - Pia Zadora and Jermaine Jackson "Who's Zoomin' Who?" - Aretha Franklin "Working Class Man" - Jimmy Barnes "Would I Lie To You?" - Eurythmics "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)" - Dead or Alive "You Give Good Love" - Whitney Houston "You Make Me Want to Make You Mine" - Juice Newton "You're Only Human (Second Wind)" - Billy Joel "You're The Voice" - John Farnham (#1 in Australia, UK, and Quebec; not released in the rest of North America until 1990) Classical music John Adams - The Chairman Dances Mario Davidovsky - Capriccio for Two Pianos Peter Maxwell Davies - Orkney Wedding, With Sunrise Henri Dutilleux - L'arbre des Songes violin concerto Lorenzo Ferrero Canzoni d'amore (song cycle) Empty Stage My Rock Jacques Hétu - Missa pro trecentisimo anno Nicholas Jackson - Organ Sonata Witold Lutosławski Chain 2 Chain 3 John Rutter - Requiem Alfred Schnittke - String Trio Isabel Soveral - Fragmentos Joan Tower - Piano Concerto Robert Ward - Raleigh Divertimento Opera Dominick Argento - Casanova's Homecoming Lorenzo Ferrero Mare nostro Salvatore Giuliano Night Philip Glass and Robert Moran - The Juniper Tree Hans Werner Henze - The English Cat Dorothy Rudd Moore - Frederick Douglass Ballet Lorenzo Ferrero Lotus Eaters The Miracle Musical theater Big River - Broadway, New York, USA production Dames at Sea - off Broadway revival The King and I (Rodgers & Hammerstein) - Broadway revival Me and My Girl (Noel Gay) - London, UK revival Les Misérables - London production The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Broadway production Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Saul Chaplin, Gene de Paul and Johnny Mercer) - London production Singin' in the Rain - Broadway production Song and Dance - Broadway production Musical films A Chorus Line That's Dancing! Births January 18 - Simone Simons, symphonic metal singrr February 20 - Yulia Volkova, Russian singer, (t.A.T.u.) April 3 - Leona Lewis, singer May 10 - Ashley Poole, singer (Dream) May 22 - Vangie Tang, singer June 15 - Nadine Coyle (Girls Aloud) July 9 - Hee Ah Lee, handicapped pianist July 17 - Tom Fletcher (McFLY) August 1 - Dina, singer August 3 - Holly Blake-Arnstein, singer (Dream) September 23 - Diana Ortiz, singer (Dream) October 15 - Nicola Roberts (Girls Aloud) October 22 - Zac Hanson (Hanson) October 25 - Ciara, singer December 10 - Raven-Symoné, actress and singer December 23 - Harry Judd (McFLY) December 29 - Alexa Ray Joel, singer-songwriter and pianist Deaths January 3 - Lucien Cailliet, clarinetist, conductor, arranger and composer, 87 January 4 - Lovro von Matačić, Croatian conductor, 85 January 10 - Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer, 78 January 25 - Paul J. Smith, composer, 78 February 7 - Matt Monro, English singer, 54 (liver cancer) February 11 - Heinz Eric Roemheld, American composer, 83 February 12 - Leslie Sarony, English singer, comedian and songwriter, 87 February 18 Willy Alberti, Dutch singer, 58 (liver cancer) Gábor Darvas, composer and musicologist, 74 February 22 - Efrem Zimbalist, violinist, 94 February 28 - David Byron, vocalist of Uriah Heep, 38 (alcohol-related) March 1 - Eugene List, American classical pianist, 66 March 16 - Roger Sessions, American composer, 88 March 23 - Zoot Sims, jazz saxophonist, 59 March 31 - Jeanine Deckers, known as The Singing Nun, 51 (suicide) May 2 - Bridget D'Oyly Carte, opera impresario, 77 May 8 - Karl Marx, composer and conductor, 87 May 19 - Hilding Rosenberg, composer, 92 July 23 - Kay Kyser, US bandleader, 80 July 30 - Peter Knight, conductor, arranger and composer, 68 August 11 - Nick Ceroli, jazz drummer, 45 August 24 - Paul Creston, American composer, 78 September 6 - Little Brother Montgomery, jazz and blues pianist and singer, 79 September 11 - William Alwyn, English composer, 79 September 18 - Ed Lewis, jazz trumpeter, 76 October 6 - Nelson Riddle, US conductor, composer and arranger October 11 - Tex Williams, US country singer, 68 October 14 - Emil Gilels, pianist, 68 October 18 - Stefan Askenase, pianist, 94 October 20 - Boris Lisanevich, dancer, 80 October 21 - Ricky Wilson, founding member of The B-52's, 32 (AIDS) October 22 - Viorica Ursuleac, operatic soprano, 91 November 15 - Seán Ryan, Irish fiddler and whistler December 12 - Ian Stewart (The Rolling Stones), 42 (heart attack)9 December 22 - D. Boon (27), lead singer of Minutemen (car accident) December 31 - Ricky Nelson (45), singer, former teen idol (plane crash) 10 date unknown - Rodolfo Arizaga, Argentinian composer Awards Eurovision Song Contest 1985 27th Japan Record Awards Charts Billboard (USA) Main article: Hot 100 number-one hits of 1985 (United States) References ^ unattributed (undated). "We Are The World by U.S.A. For Africa". Songfacts. http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1560. Retrieved 2008-04-18. ^ Associated Press (March 27, 1985). "Stevie Wonder Music Banned in South Africa". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F00E4DD1438F934A15750C0A963948260. Retrieved 2008-07-15. ^ Unattributed (2005). "Michael Jackson, 1985". Michael Jackson in the Early 1980's. http://www.mj-in-the-early-80s.com/1985.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-15. ^ Dan Halen (undated). "Chronology". Archived from the original on 2009-10-21. http://www.webcitation.org/5khD6jYpx. Retrieved 2008-07-15. ^ Madonnatribe (undated). "The Virgin Tour". http://www.ultimatemadonna.com/the_virgin_tour/. Retrieved 2008-07-15. ^ mdh (1995). "Live Aid Programme". http://www.herald.co.uk/local_info/live_aid.html#prog. Retrieved 2008-07-15. ^ MJ Cafe (2008). "When did Michael buy the Beatles' songs?". http://www.mjcafe.net/the%20legend%20speeches%20&%20faq/b4.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-15. ^ Hawtin, Steve (2007). "Songs from the Year 1985". Steve Hawtin/TsorT. http://tsort.info/music/yr1985.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-13. ^ Ray Connelly (2003). "Stu". Out-Take Limited. http://www.out-take.co.uk/ot/ray_connelly.php. Retrieved 2008-07-15. ^ unattributed (1987). "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Ricky Nelson". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/ricky-nelson. Retrieved 2008-07-15. See also Hot 100 number-one hits of 1985 (United States) Record labels established in 1985