Music year 1985

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Music year 1985
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Music year 1985
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This article covers the music year 1985 .

Bruce Springsteen was one of the most successful artists . With Born in the USA he brought out the most successful album in Germany . The most successful single in Germany and Switzerland was Live Is Life by the Austrian band Opus .

Events

Popular music

Classical music

German charts

Annual hit parade

Singles position Albums
Live Is Life
Opus
Music: Ewald Pfleger, Herwig Rüdisser, Kurt Plisnier, Günter Grasmuck, Peter Niklas Gruber ; Text: Ewald Pfleger
1 Born in the USA
Bruce Springsteen
You're My Heart, You're My Soul
Modern Talking
Steve Benson
2 Private dancer
Tina Turner
Rock Me Amadeus
Falco
Music: Robert J. Bolland, Ferdinand D. Bolland ; Text: Robert J. Bolland, Ferdinand D. Bolland, Johann Hölzl
3 4630 Bochum
Herbert Grönemeyer
(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena
Sandra
Music: Michael Cretu , Hubert Kemmler , Markus Löhr; Text: Richard William Palmer-James , Hubert Kemmler
4th Like a Virgin
Madonna
We Don't Need Another Hero
Tina Turner
Graham Hamilton Lyle , Terry Britten
5 Whose Side Are You On
Matt Bianco
19
Paul Hardcastle
Music: Paul Hardcastle, Mike Oldfield ; Text: Paul Hardcastle
6th Jennifer Rush
Jennifer Rush
Tarzan Boy
Baltimora
Music: Maurizio Bassi ; Text: Naimy Hackett
7th Brothers in Arms
Dire Straits
One Night in Bangkok
Murray Head
Benny Göran Bror Andersson , Björn K. Ulvaeus , Timothy Miles Bindon Rice
8th No Jacket Required
Phil Collins
Cheri, Cheri Lady
Modern Talking
Dieter Bohlen
9 The 1st album
Modern Talking
Shout
Tears for Fears
Roland Orzabal , Ian Stanley
10 Diamond Life
Sade

Number one hits

The longest number one hit singles

Songs that spent most of the other year at number one on the charts are not listed here.

  1. Opus - Live Is Life (7 weeks)
  2. Modern Talking - You're My Heart, You're My Soul (6 weeks)
  3. Paul Hardcastle - 19 (6 weeks)

The longest number one hit albums

Albums that spent most of the time at number one on the charts during another year are not listed here.

  1. Jennifer Rush - Movin ' (14 weeks)
  2. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA (11 weeks)
  3. Sade - Diamond Life (10 weeks)

All number one hits

Charts in other countries

See also: Number One Hits 1985 in Australia , Belgium , Denmark , Germany , Finland , France , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Canada , New Zealand , the Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Sweden , Switzerland , Spain , the United States and in the UK .

Music awards

Grammy winner and artist with the most successful album of the year in Switzerland: Tina Turner (1985)

1985 Grammy Awards

Single of the year (Record of the Year):

Album of the Year:

Song of the Year:

Best New Artist:

Oscar 1985

Best Score (Original Score)

Maurice Jarre - Journey to India (A Passage to India)

Randy Newman - The Natural (The Natural)
Alex North - Under the Volcano (Under the Volcano)
John Williams - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
John Williams - People by the River (The River)

Best Score (Original Song Score)

Prince and The Revolution - Purple Rain

Kris Kristofferson - The songwriters (songwriters)
Jeff Moss - The Muppets Take Manhattan (The Muppets Take Manhattan)

Best movie song

" I Just Called to Say I Love You " from The Woman in Red (The Woman in Red) - Stevie Wonder

" Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) " from Against All Odds (Against All Odds) - Phil Collins
" Footloose " from Footloose - Kenny Loggins , Dean Pitchford
" Ghostbusters " from Ghostbusters - The Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.
" Let's Hear It for the Boy " from Footloose - Dean Pitchford , Tom Snow

Best sound mix

Mark Berger , Todd Boekelheide , Christopher Newman , Thomas Scott - Amadeus

Nick Alphin , Richard Portman , David M. Ronne , Robert Thirlwell - People on the River (The River)
Michael A. Carter , Graham V. Hartstone , Nicolas Le Messurier , John W. Mitchell - Journey to India (A Passage to India)
Michael J. Kohut , Gene S. Cantamessa , Aaron Rochin - 2010: The Year We Contact (2010)
Steve Maslow , Kevin O'Connell , Nelson Stoll , Bill Varney - The Desert Planet (Dune)

Annual leaderboards

The Dire Straits were among the most successful artists of the year

Music Express

Albums

  1. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
  2. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
  3. Sting - The Dream of the Blue Turtles
  4. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
  5. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
  6. Talking Heads - Little Creatures
  7. The Cure - The Head on the Door
  8. Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time
  9. The Style Council - Our Favorite Shop
  10. Scorpions - World Wide Live

Songs

  1. Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
  2. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
  3. Talking Heads - Road to Nowhere
  4. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
  5. Marillion - Kayleigh
  6. David Bowie & Mick Jagger - Dancing in the Street
  7. Gary Moore & Phil Lynott - Out in the Fields
  8. Paul Hardcastle - 19th
  9. USA for Africa - We Are the World
  10. A-ha - Take On Me

Eurovision Song Contest

  1. Bobbysocks - La det swinge ( Norway )NorwayNorway 
  2. Wind - For everyone ( BR Germany )Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany 
  3. Kikki Danielsson - Bra vibrationer ( Sweden )SwedenSweden 
  4. Vikki - Love Is… ( Ukraine )UkraineUkraine 
  5. Izhar Cohen - Olé, olé ( Israel )IsraelIsrael 

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