List of number-one singles of 1985 (Canada)
This is a list of the weekly Canadian RPM magazine[n 1] number one Top Singles chart of 1985.[n 2][n 3]
identifies Canadian musical acts.
Volume:Issue | Issue Date(s) | Weeks on Top | Song | Artist |
41:17-18 | 5 January - 12 January | 2 | "Do They Know It's Christmas?" | Band Aid |
41:19 | 19 January | 1 | "Like a Virgin" | Madonna |
41:20-21 | 26 January - 2 February | 2 | "Careless Whisper" | Wham! |
41:22-23 | 9 February - 16 February | 2 | "Easy Lover" | Philip Bailey with Phil Collins |
41:24-26 | 23 February - 9 March | 3 | "I Want to Know What Love Is" | Foreigner |
42:1 | 16 March | 1 | "Neutron Dance" | Pointer Sisters |
42:2 | 23 March | 1 | "One More Night" | Phil Collins |
42:3-4 | 30 March - 6 April | 2 | "Shout" | Tears for Fears |
42:5 | 13 April | 1 | "Can't Fight This Feeling" | REO Speedwagon |
42:6-7 | 20 April - 27 April | 2 | "Tears Are Not Enough" | Northern Lights |
42:8-10 | 4 May - 18 May | 3 | "We Are the World" | USA for Africa |
42:11 | 25 May | 1 | "Crazy for You" | Madonna |
42:12 | 1 June | 1 | "Don't You (Forget About Me)" | Simple Minds |
42:13 | 8 June | 1 | "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" | Tears for Fears |
42:14-15 | 15 June - 22 June | 2 | "Everything She Wants" | Wham! |
42:16 | 29 June | 1 | "A View to a Kill" | Duran Duran |
42:17-20 | 6 July - 27 July | 4 | "Never Surrender" | Corey Hart |
42:21 | 3 August | 1 | "Everytime You Go Away" | Paul Young |
42:22-23 | 10 August - 17 August | 2 | "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" | Dead Or Alive |
42:24 | 24 August | 1 | "The Power of Love" | Huey Lewis and the News |
42:25 | 31 August | 1 | "We Don't Need Another Hero" | Tina Turner |
42:26 | 7 September | 1 | "Crying Over You" | Platinum Blonde |
43:1-3 | 14 September - 28 September | 3 | "St. Elmo's Fire" | John Parr |
43:4-5 | 5 October - 12 October | 2 | "Dancing in the Street" | Mick Jagger and David Bowie |
43:6 | 19 October | 1 | "Cherish" | Kool & the Gang |
43:7 | 26 October | 1 | "Money For Nothing" | Dire Straits |
43:8-9 | 2 November - 9 November | 2 | "Part-Time Lover" | Stevie Wonder |
43:10 | 16 November | 1 | "Oh Sheila" | Ready for the World |
43:11-12 | 23 November - 30 November | 2 | "Separate Lives" | Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin |
43:13 | 7 December | 1 | "We Built This City" | Starship |
43:14 | 14 December | 1 | "Broken Wings" | Mr. Mister |
43:15-16 | 21 December - 11 January 1986 | 4 | "Say You, Say Me" | Lionel Richie |
See also
- 1985 in music
- Hot 100 number-one hits of 1985 (United States) by Billboard magazine
- Cashbox Top 100 number-one singles of 1985 by Cash Box
- RPM number-one albums of 1985
References
- Notes
- ↑ The magazine's weekly record charts were digitized by the AV Trust. The collection is archived by Library and Archives Canada here.
The PDF text search does not work unless you have additional software installed. You must view each entry on the chart for a match. - ↑ A collection of all the .pdf files cited is available here.
- ↑ On 21 March 1966, the chart became the RPM 100, as expanded to the top 100 singles.
- Citations
External links
- Read about RPM Magazine at the AV Trust
- Search RPM charts here at Library and Archives Canada
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