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Annual Chart · Aired 4 Jan 1986

1985 Year-End Chart

40 songs · #1: You're My Heart, You're My Soul by Modern Talking
🎤 Singer of the Year
1. Bruce Springsteen
2. Phil Collins
3. Stevie Wonder
4. Nik Kershaw
5. Bryan Adams
🎙️ Female Singer of the Year
1. Madonna
2. Tina Turner
3. Jennifer Rush
4. Bonnie Tyler
5. Cyndi Lauper
🎸 Band of the Year
1. Modern Talking
2. Dire Straits
3. Tears for Fears
4. Duran Duran
5. Wham!
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1985's year-end chart ranks 40 songs. The top spot went to You're My Heart, You're My Soul by Modern Talking, followed by We Are the World by USA for Africa and The Power of Love by Jennifer Rush. Bruce Springsteen was named Singer of the Year, Madonna Female Singer of the Year and Modern Talking Band of the Year.

The 1985 year-end chart
PosSongArtist
1 You're My Heart, You're My Soul Modern Talking
2 We Are the World USA for Africa
3 The Power of Love Jennifer Rush
4 There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart) Eurythmics
5 Into the Groove Madonna
6 Tarzan Boy Baltimore
7 A View to a Kill Duran Duran
8 Nikita Elton John
9 Part-Time Lover Stevie Wonder
10 Kayleigh Marillion
11 Like a Virgin Madonna
12 Private Dancer Tina Turner
13 Born in the U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen
14 Do They Know It's Christmas? Band-Aid
15 Money for Nothing Dire Straits
16 Forever Young Alphaville
17 I Want to Know What Love Is Foreigner
18 Everything She Wants Wham!
19 Dancing in the Street David Bowie and Mick Jagger
20 Dress You Up Madonna
21 So Far Away Dire Straits
22 Last Christmas Wham!
23 Sounds Like a Melody Alphaville
24 19 Paul Hardcastle
25 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Tears for Fears
26 White Wedding Billy Idol
27 Material Girl Madonna
28 That Was Yesterday Foreigner
29 We Don't Need Another Hero (Thundersome) Tina Turner
30 Holding Out for a Hero Bonnie Tyler
31 You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) Dead or Alive
32 One Night in Bangkok Murray Head
33 I'm on Fire Bruce Springsteen
34 One More Night Phil Collins
35 This Is Not America David Bowie and Pat Metheny Group
36 Fortress Around Your Heart Sting
37 Shake the Disease Depeche Mode
38 The Riddle Nik Kershaw
39 My Toot Toot Denise LaSalle
40 When the Rain Begins to Fall Jermaine Jackson and Pia Zdora