List of number one hits in Australia (1985)

This list includes all of the number one hits in Australia in 1985 . Basis are the top 50 of the Australian charts of ARIA . There were 18 number one singles and 9 number one albums that year.

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Singles

← 1984 ←	List of number one hits in Australia			1986 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 10, 1984 - January 13, 1985 5 weeks 5 Madonna Like a Virgin Thomas F. Kelly , Billy Steinberg - January 14, 1985 - February 10, 1985 4 weeks 4th Band aid Do They Know It's Christmas? Bob Geldof , Midge Ure - February 11, 1985 - March 17, 1985 5 weeks 5 Foreigner I Want to Know What Love Is Michael Leslie Jones - March 18, 1985 - March 24, 1985 1 week 1 Murray Head One Night in Bangkok Benny Göran Bror Andersson , Björn K. Ulvaeus , Timothy Miles Bindon Rice - March 25, 1985 - March 31, 1985 1 week 1 Tears for Fears Shout Roland Orzabal , Ian Stanley - April 1, 1985 - April 7, 1985 1 week 1 Jim Diamond I Should Have Known Better James Diamond , Graham Hamilton Lyle - April 8, 1985 - June 9, 1985 9 weeks 9 USA for Africa We Are the World Michael Joe Jackson , Lionel B. Richie Jr. - June 10, 1985 - June 24, 1985 2 weeks 2 Eurythmics Would I Lie to You? Annie Lennox , David Allan Stewart - June 25, 1985 - July 21, 1985 4 weeks 4th Madonna Into the Groove Madonna L. Ciccone, Stephen Pate Bray - July 22, 1985 - August 18, 1985 4 weeks 4th Madonna Crazy for You John Bettis, Jon Lind - August 19, 1985 - September 8, 1985 3 weeks 3 Tina Turner We Don't Need Another Hero Graham Hamilton Lyle , Terry Britten - September 9, 1985 - September 22, 1985 2 weeks 2 Models Out of Mind, Out of Sight James Randall Freud - September 23, 1985 - October 6, 1985 2 weeks 2 Huey Lewis & the News The Power of Love Huey Lewis , John V. Colla , Christopher John Hayes - October 7, 1985 - October 20, 1985 2 weeks 2 Mick Jagger & David Bowie Dancing in the Street William Stevenson, Marvin P. Gaye , Ivy George Hunter - October 21, 1985 - November 10, 1985 3 weeks 3 UB40 feat. Chrissie Hynde I got you babe Sonny Bono - November 11, 1985 - November 24, 1985 2 weeks 2 Aha Take on Me Magne Furuholmen , Morten Harket , Pål Waaktaar-Savoy - November 25, 1985 - December 1, 1985 1 week (total 2) 2 Jennifer Rush The Power of Love Music: Gunther Mende , Candy de Rouge ; Text: Mary Susan Applegate , Jennifer Rush - December 2, 1985 - December 8, 1985 1 week (6 in total) 6th Midnight Oil Species Deceases ( EP ) Peter Robert Garrett , Peter Thomas John Gifford, James Paul Mogine, Robert George Hirst, Martin Magnus Rotsey - December 9, 1985 - December 15, 1985 1 week (total 2) 2 Jennifer Rush The Power of Love Music: Gunther Mende, Candy de Rouge; Text: Mary Susan Applegate, Jennifer Rush - December 16, 1985 - January 19, 1986 5 weeks (6 in total) 6th Midnight Oil Species Deceases (EP) Peter Robert Garrett, Peter Thomas John Gifford, James Paul Mogine, Robert George Hirst, Martin Magnus Rotsey -
← 1984				→ 1986 →

Albums

← 1984 ←	List of number one hits in Australia			1986 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) December 3, 1984 - February 3, 1985 9 weeks 9 ( Various artists ) Choose 1985 - February 4, 1985 - February 17, 1985 2 weeks 2 Wham! Make it big - February 18, 1985 - March 3, 1985 2 weeks (8 in total) 8th Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA - March 4, 1985 - March 31, 1985 4 weeks 4th ( Various artists ) 1985 Comes Alive - April 1, 1985 - May 5, 1985 5 weeks (8 in total) 8th Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA - May 6, 1985 - May 26, 1985 3 weeks 3 Phil Collins No jacket required - May 27, 1985 - June 30, 1985 5 weeks (34 in total) 34 Dire Straits Brothers in Arms - July 1, 1985 - July 28, 1985 4 weeks 4th Eurythmics Be Yourself Tonight - July 29, 1985 - October 13, 1985 11 weeks (34 in total) 34 Dire Straits Brothers in Arms - October 14, 1985 - October 27, 1985 2 weeks 2 INXS Listen Like Thieves - October 28, 1985 - December 15, 1985 7 weeks (34 in total) 34 Dire Straits Brothers in Arms - December 16, 1985 - February 2, 1986 7 weeks 7th Jimmy Barnes For the Working Class Man -
← 1984				→ 1986 →

literature

• Australian Chart Book by David Kent

See also: Number one hits in 1985 in Belgium , Denmark , Germany , Finland , France , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Canada , New Zealand , the Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Sweden , Switzerland , Spain , the United States and im United Kingdom .