1985 in British music

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This is a summary of 1985 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

[edit] Charts

Position	Song Title	Artist	Highest Position
1	The Power Of Love	Jennifer Rush	1
2	I Know Him So Well	Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson	1
3	Into the Groove	Madonna	1
4	19	Paul Hardcastle	1
5	Frankie	Sister Sledge	1
6	Dancing in the Street	David Bowie & Mick Jagger	1
7	Move Closer	Phyllis Nelson	1
8	A Good Heart	Feargal Sharkey	1
9	Take On Me	a-ha	2
10	Love & Pride	King	2
11	I Want to Know What Love Is	Foreigner	1
12	Easy Lover	Philip Bailey & Phil Collins	1
13	Axel F	Harold Faltermeyer	2
14	Do They Know It's Christmas?	Band Aid	1
15	I Got You Babe	UB40 with Chrissie Hynde	1
16	Crazy for You	Madonna	2
17	Saving All My Love for You	Whitney Houston	1
18	Solid	Ashford & Simpson	3
19	You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)	Dead or Alive	1
20	There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)	The Eurythmics	1
21	I'm Your Man	Wham!	1
22	Trapped	Colonel Abrams	3
23	Cherish	Kool & the Gang	4
24	Everybody Wants To Rule The World	Tears for Fears	2
25	Merry Christmas Everyone	Shakin' Stevens	1
26	You'll Never Walk Alone	The Crowd	1
27	If I Was	Midge Ure	1
28	Nikita	Elton John	3
29	Dancing in the Dark	Bruce Springsteen	4
30	1999/Little Red Corvette	Prince	2
31	Holding Out For A Hero	Bonnie Tyler	2
32	Kayleigh	Marillion	2
33	Last Christmas	Wham!	6
34	A View to a Kill	Duran Duran	2
35	We Are the World	USA for Africa	1
36	Lean On Me (Ah-Li-Ayo)	Red Box	3
37	Part-Time Lover	Stevie Wonder	3
38	Money For Nothing	Dire Straits	4
39	Don't Break My Heart	UB40	3
40	We Close Our Eyes	Go West	5

The 1985 BRIT Awards winners were:

Best British comedy recording: Neil (also known as Nigel Planer) - "Hole In My Shoe"
Best British producer: Trevor Horn
Best classical recording: Antonio Vivaldi's - "The Four Seasons"
Best international artist: Prince and the Revolution
Best soundtrack: "Purple Rain"
British album: Sade - "Diamond Life"
British female solo artist: Alison Moyet
British group: Wham!
British male solo artist: Paul Young
British single: Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "Relax"
British Video: Duran Duran - "The Wild Boys"
Outstanding contribution: The Police
Special Award: Bob Geldof and Midge Ure