List of number one hits in New Zealand (1985)

This is a list of the number one hits in New Zealand in 1985. It is based on the official Top 40 singles and albums , which are selected on behalf of Recorded Music NZ , the New Zealand representative of IFPI . There were 15 number one singles and 12 number one albums that year.

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Singles

← 1984 ←	List of number one hits in New Zealand			1986 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 9, 1984 - January 19, 1985 6 weeks 6th Billy Ocean Caribbean Queen Keith Vincent Alexander, Leslie Sebestian Charles - January 20, 1985 - February 16, 1985 4 weeks 4th Band aid Do They Know It's Christmas? Bob Geldof , Midge Ure - February 17, 1985 - February 23, 1985 1 week (total 3) 3 Foreigner I Want to Know What Love Is Michael Leslie Jones - February 24, 1985 - March 2, 1985 1 week 1 Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA Bruce Springsteen - March 3, 1985 - March 16, 1985 2 weeks (total 3) 3 Foreigner I Want to Know What Love Is Michael Leslie Jones - March 17, 1985 - March 30, 1985 2 weeks 2 Ashford & Simpson Solid Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson - March 31, 1985 - April 20, 1985 3 weeks 3 Tears for Fears Shout Roland Orzabal , Ian Stanley - April 21, 1985 - June 8, 1985 7 weeks 7th USA for Africa We Are the World Michael Joe Jackson , Lionel B. Richie Jr. - June 9, 1985 - June 15, 1985 1 week 1 Tears for Fears Everybody Wants to Rule the World Roland Orzabal , Ian Stanley , Christopher Merrick Hughes - June 16, 1985 - July 6, 1985 3 weeks 3 Alison Moyet That Ole Devil Called Love Allan Roberts , Doris Fisher - July 7, 1985 - August 10, 1985 5 weeks 5 Paul Hardcastle 19 Music: Paul Hardcastle, Mike Oldfield ; Text: Paul Hardcastle - August 11, 1985 - September 21, 1985 6 weeks 6th Madonna Into the Groove Madonna L. Ciccone, Stephen Pate Bray - September 22, 1985 - November 2, 1985 6 weeks 6th UB40 & Chrissie Hynde I got you babe Sonny Bono - November 3, 1985 - November 16, 1985 2 weeks 2 Stevie Wonder Part-time lover Stevie Wonder - November 17, 1985 - December 14, 1985 4 weeks 4th Jennifer Rush The Power of Love Music: Gunther Mende , Candy de Rouge ; Text: Mary Susan Applegate , Jennifer Rush - December 15, 1985 - January 25, 1986 6 weeks 6th Peking Man Room That Echoes Neville John Rotherham Hall -
← 1984				→ 1986 →

Albums

← 1984 ←	List of number one hits in New Zealand			1986 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) December 16, 1984 - January 19, 1985 5 weeks 5 The Cars Heartbeat City - January 20, 1985 - February 2, 1985 2 weeks 2 Frankie Goes to Hollywood Welcome to the Pleasuredome - February 3, 1985 - February 9, 1985 1 week 1 Wham! Make it big - February 10, 1985 - February 23, 1985 2 weeks (total of 15) 15th Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA - February 24, 1985 - March 2, 1985 1 week 1 Alison Moyet Alf - March 3, 1985 - April 20, 1985 7 weeks (total of 15) 15th Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA - April 21, 1985 - April 27, 1985 1 week 1 Phil Collins No jacket required - April 28, 1985 - June 8, 1985 6 weeks (total of 15) 15th Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA - June 9, 1985 - June 29, 1985 3 weeks (total of 25) 25th Dire Straits Brothers in Arms - June 30, 1985 - July 20, 1985 3 weeks 3 Talking heads Little Creatures - July 21, 1985 - August 10, 1985 3 weeks (9 in total) 9 Madonna Like a virgin - August 11, 1985 - August 31, 1985 3 weeks 3 Billy Joel Greatest Hits Vol. I & Vol. II - September 1, 1985 - October 5, 1985 5 weeks (9 in total) 9 Madonna Like a virgin - October 6, 1985 - November 16, 1985 6 weeks 6th Bryan Adams Reckless - November 17, 1985 - December 7, 1985 3 weeks 3 ZZ top Afterburner - December 8, 1985 - February 8, 1986 9 weeks (total of 25) 25th Dire Straits Brothers in Arms -
← 1984				→ 1986 →

Web links

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See also number-one hits in 1985 in Australia , Belgium , Denmark , Germany , Finland , France , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Canada , the Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Sweden , the Switzerland , Spain , the United States and in the United Kingdom .