Top 500 Songs of 1985
| Rank | Artist | Song |
|---|---|---|
| 500 | Freddie Jackson | Rock Me Tonite |
| 499 | Isley, Jasper, Isley | Caravan Of Love |
| 498 | Pointer Sisters, the | Baby Come And Get It |
| 497 | Jack Wagner | Too Young |
| 496 | Video Kids | Woodpeckers In Space |
| 495 | Michael McDonald | No Lookin' Back |
| 494 | Beat Happening | Our Secret |
| 493 | Animotion | Let Him Go |
| 492 | Dead Or Alive | In Too Deep |
| 491 | Go West | Call Me |
| 490 | Mary Jane Girls, the | Wild and Crazy Love |
| 489 | Graham Parker | Weekends Too Short |
| 488 | Colonel Abrams | Trapped |
| 487 | Pat Benatar | Ooh-Ooh Song |
| 486 | Naked Raygun | Home of the Brave |
| 485 | Swans | Raping A Slave |
| 484 | Shannon | Do You Want To Get Away |
| 483 | Gowan | A Criminal Mind |
| 482 | Yngwie Malmsteen | Far Beyond The Sun |
| 481 | Donald Banks | Status Quo |
| 480 | Greg Kihn | Lucky |
| 479 | Boy Meets Girl | Oh Girl |
| 478 | Eric Carmen | I Wanna Hear It From Your Lips |
| 477 | Lone Justice | East Of Eden |
| 476 | Billy Joel | The Night Is Still Young |
| 475 | Ray Parker Jr. | Girls Are More Fun |
| 474 | Daryl Hall & John Oates | A Nite At the Apollo Love! Medley |
| 473 | Jeffrey Osborne | The Borderlines |
| 472 | Associates, the | Breakfast |
| 471 | Platinum Blonde | Situation Critical |
| 470 | Scandal | Beat Of A Heart |
| 469 | REO Speedwagon | Live Every Moment |
| 468 | Katrina & the Waves | Do You Want Crying |
| 467 | Barbara Streisand | Make No Mistake, He's Mine (feat. Kim Carnes) |
| 466 | Bronski Beat | I Feel Love |
| 465 | Gino Vanelli | Hurts To Be In Love |
| 464 | Winans, the | Let My People Go |
| 463 | Redds & the Boys | Movin' N Groovin' |
| 462 | Maze | Back In Stride |
| 461 | John Palumbo | Blowing Up Detroit |
| 460 | Lords of the New Church | Virgin |
| 459 | 10,000 Maniacs | Can't Ignore The Train |
| 458 | Camper Van Beethoven | The Day Lassie Went To the Moon |
| 457 | Kenny Loggins | Vox Humana |
| 456 | Einsturzende Neubauten | Yu Gung |
| 455 | Elton John | In Neon |
| 454 | James Taylor | Everyday |
| 453 | DeBarge | You Wear It Well |
| 452 | Amy Grant | Find A Way |
| 451 | Eurythmics | Love you Like A Ball And Chain |
| 450 | Dream Academy, the | Love Parade |
| 449 | Julian Lennon | Say You're Wrong |
| 448 | Luther Vandross | Til My Baby Comes Home |
| 447 | Cock Robin | When Your Heart Is Weak |
| 446 | Loft, the | Up The Hill Down The Slope |
| 445 | Rick Springfield | Celebrate Youth |
| 444 | Men They Couldn't Hang | Ironmasters |
| 443 | Wang Chung | Fire In The Twilight |
| 442 | Graham Parker | Break Them Down |
| 441 | Godley & Crème | Cry |
| 440 | Elton John | Wrap Her Up |
| 439 | Miles Davis | Time After Time |
| 438 | Air Supply | Just As I Am |
| 437 | Colourfield, the | Can't Get Enough Of You Baby |
| 436 | Husker Du | Every Everything |
| 435 | Gary Myrick | When Angels Kiss |
| 434 | Prefab Scout | Appetite |
| 433 | Steve Arrington | Dancing In the Key Of Life |
| 432 | John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band | Tough All Over |
| 431 | Black Flag | Bastard In Love |
| 430 | Dr. Know | Watch It Burn |
| 429 | Tina Turner | One Of The Living |
| 428 | Squeeze | Last Time Forever |
| 427 | Meat Puppets | Swimming Ground |
| 426 | EU | Sho Nuff Bumpin |
| 425 | Primal Scream | All Fall Down |
| 424 | Fates Warning | The Apparition |
| 423 | Power Station | Communication |
| 422 | Jesus & Mary Chain, the | The Hardest Walk |
| 421 | Natalie Cole | Dangerous |
| 420 | Damned, the | Grimly Fiendish |
| 419 | Go West | Eye To Eye |
| 418 | Jermaine Stewart | The Word Is Out |
| 417 | Tom Waits | Anywhere I Lay My Head |
| 416 | Sheena Easton | Do It For Love |
| 415 | Madness | Yesterday's Men |
| 414 | Danse Society | Say It Again |
| 413 | Frankie Goes To Hollywood | The Power Of Love |
| 412 | John Paul Jones | Bad Child |
| 411 | Olivia Newton-John | Soul Kiss |
| 410 | Temptations, the | Treat Her Like A Lady |
| 409 | King | Won't You Hold My Hand Now |
| 408 | Hooters, the | Hanging On A Heartbeat |
| 407 | ABC | Vanity Kills |
| 406 | Elton John | An Act Of War |
| 405 | Nick Heyward | Warning Sign |
| 404 | Julian Lennon | Jesse |
| 403 | dead kennedys, the | MTV Get off the Air |
| 402 | Graham Parker & the Shot | Wake Up (Next To You) |
| 401 | Weird Al Yankovic | Yoda |
| 400 | Dead Milkmen, the | Tiny Town |
| 399 | Roger Daltrey | After The Fire |
| 398 | U2 | Love Comes Tumbling |
| 397 | Laura Branigan | Spanish Eddie |
| 396 | Boomtown Rats, the | Dave |
| 395 | Daryl Hall & John Oates | Possession Obsession |
| 394 | Go West | We Close Our Eyes |
| 393 | Men At Work | Everything I Need |
| 392 | Don Henley | Not Enough Love In The World |
| 391 | Paul Young | Everything Must Change |
| 390 | Patti Labelle | Stir It Up |
| 389 | Shreikback | Nemesis |
| 388 | Eric Clapton | Forever Man |
| 387 | Descendents | Good Good Things |
| 386 | New Edition | Lost In Love |
| 385 | Skeletal Family | Promised Land |
| 384 | Megadeth | Chosen ones |
| 383 | Kenny Loggins | Forever |
| 382 | D.R.I. | Mad Man |
| 381 | John Waite | Every Step Of the Way |
| 380 | Sheila E. | The Belle of St. Mark |
| 379 | Supertramp | Cannonball |
| 378 | Anthony Red Rose | Tempo |
| 377 | Dinosaur Jr. | The Leper |
| 376 | Firm, the | Satisfaction Guaranteed |
| 375 | Mick Jagger | Hard Woman |
| 374 | Beach Boys, the | Getcha Back |
| 373 | Night Ranger | Four In The Morning (I Can't Take It Anymore) |
| 372 | Thompson Twins, the | Don't Mess With Dr. Dream |
| 371 | Giuffria | Call To The Heart |
| 370 | Cheap Trick | Tonight, Its You |
| 369 | Husker Du | Books About UFOs |
| 368 | Time, the | The Bird |
| 367 | Three Johns, the | Death of a European |
| 366 | Fine Young Cannibals | Blue |
| 365 | Beastie Boys, the | Rock Hard |
| 364 | Cars, the | Why Can't I Have You |
| 363 | Smiths, the | Shakespeare's Sister |
| 362 | Dio | Hungry for Heaven |
| 361 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | jungle Man |
| 360 | Madness | Uncle Sam |
| 359 | dead kennedys, the | Soup Is Good Food |
| 358 | Wang Chung | To Live And Die In L.A. |
| 357 | Les Rita Mitsouko | Marcia Baila |
| 356 | Culture Club | Mistake #3 |
| 355 | Depeche Mode | It's Called A Heart |
| 354 | Midnight Oil | Kosciusko |
| 353 | Corey Hart | Everything In My Heart |
| 352 | John Hunter | Tragedy |
| 351 | Philip Oakley / Giorgio Moroder | Good Bye Bad Times |
| 350 | Fat Boys, the | Fat Boys Are Back |
| 349 | Dokken | Tooth and Nail |
| 348 | Time Zone | World Destruction |
| 347 | John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band | C-I-T-Y |
| 346 | Barrington Levy | Here I Come |
| 345 | Dead Or Alive | My Heart Goes Bang |
| 344 | Grace Jones | Slave To the Rhythm |
| 343 | Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam | I Wonder If You'll Take Me Home |
| 342 | Rick Springfield | State of the Heart |
| 341 | 10,000 Maniacs | Scorpio Rising |
| 340 | Prefab Scout | Bonny |
| 339 | Prince | America |
| 338 | Bon Jovi | Only Lonely |
| 337 | Daryl Hall & John Oates | Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid |
| 336 | Alarm, the | Strength |
| 335 | REO Speedwagon | One Lonely Night |
| 334 | Meat Puppets | Up On the Sun |
| 333 | Yngwie Malmsteen | Black Star |
| 332 | General Public | Never You Done That |
| 331 | Chicago | Along Comes A Woman |
| 330 | Roger Daltrey | Under A Raging Moon |
| 329 | Wiseblood | Motor Slug |
| 328 | Descendents | Silly Girl |
| 327 | X | Burning House Of Love |
| 326 | Sting | Love Is The 7th Wave |
| 325 | Flash In The Pan | Midnight Man |
| 324 | Hoodoo Gurus | Bittersweet |
| 323 | Lou Reed | My Love Is Chemical |
| 322 | Damned, the | The Shadow Of Love |
| 321 | Squeeze | Hits Of the Year |
| 320 | Dead Or Alive | Lover Come Back To Me |
| 319 | Armoury Show, the | Castles In Spain |
| 318 | Cameo | Single Life |
| 317 | UB40 with Chrissie Hynde | I Got You Babe |
| 316 | Circle Jerks | American Heavy Metal Weekend |
| 315 | Journey | Only The Young |
| 314 | Northern Lights | Tears Are Not Enough |
| 313 | Felony | Vigilante |
| 312 | Adam Ant | Vive La Rock |
| 311 | Double Dee & Steinski | The Payoff Mix / Lesson 2 / Lesson 3 |
| 310 | Gino Vanelli | Black Cars |
| 309 | Jesus & Mary Chain, the | You Trip Me Up |
| 308 | Morris Day | The Oak Tree |
| 307 | Mick Jagger | Lucky In Love |
| 306 | Laura Branigan | Ti Amo |
| 305 | Lloyd Cole and the Commotions | Perfect Skin |
| 304 | Wayne Smith | Under Me Sleng Teng |
| 303 | LL Cool J | Dear Yvette |
| 302 | OMD | Secret |
| 301 | Husker Du | I Apologize |
| 300 | Cheech & Chong | Born Is East L.A. |
| 299 | Pogues, the | Sally MacLennane |
| 298 | Smiths, the | That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore |
| 297 | Dokken | The Hunter |
| 296 | Frankie Goes To Hollywood | Welcome To the Pleasuredome |
| 295 | Kinks, the | Living On A Thin Line |
| 294 | Marillion | Kayleigh |
| 293 | Prince | Take Me With U |
| 292 | John Fogerty | Rock And Roll Girls |
| 291 | Stryper | Soldiers Under Command |
| 290 | W.A.S.P. | Wild Child |
| 289 | Stevie Wonder | Love Light In Flight |
| 288 | Platinum Blonde | Crying Over You |
| 287 | Eurythmics | Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves |
| 286 | Propaganda | Duel |
| 285 | Jermaine Jackson | Do What You Do |
| 284 | King | Love and Pride |
| 283 | Alison Moyet | Invisible |
| 282 | Y&T | Summertime Girls |
| 281 | Trouble Funk | Still Smokin' |
| 280 | Sade | Your Love Is King |
| 279 | Pete Townsend | Face The Face |
| 278 | Dio | Rock N Roll Children |
| 277 | GG Allin | Abuse Myself, I Wanna Die |
| 276 | OMD | So In Love |
| 275 | Tom Waits | Time |
| 274 | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | Tupelo |
| 273 | Billy Bragg | Between The Wars |
| 272 | Depeche Mode | Flexible |
| 271 | Fall, the | Cruiser's Creek |
| 270 | Mick Jagger | Just Another Night |
| 269 | Bryan Ferry | Don't Stop The Dance |
| 268 | Dinosaur Jr. | Cats In A Bowl |
| 267 | Outfield, the | Say It Isn't So |
| 266 | Smiths, the | The Boy With the Thorn in His Side |
| 265 | Whitney Houston | You Give Good Love |
| 264 | Velvet Underground, the | Foggy Notion |
| 263 | Jeff Beck & Rod Stewart | People Get Ready |
| 262 | Chaka Khan | Through The Fire |
| 261 | D.R.I. | I'd Rather be Sleeping |
| 260 | Beastie Boys, the | She's On It |
| 259 | U2 | A Sort Of Homecoming |
| 258 | Husker Du | The Girl That Lives On Heaven Hill |
| 257 | Queen | One Vision |
| 256 | Rites of Spring | For Want Of |
| 255 | Kinks, the | Do It Again |
| 254 | Big Audio Dynamite | The Bottom Line |
| 253 | Art Of Noise | Moments In Love |
| 252 | Dead Milkmen, the | Big Lizard |
| 251 | Pointer Sisters, the | Dare Me |
| 250 | Sting | Russians |
| 249 | Robert Plant | Little By Little |
| 248 | White Lion | Broken Heart |
| 247 | Eurythmics | There Must Be An Angel |
| 246 | Jesus & Mary Chain, the | Never Understand |
| 245 | New Order | Subculture |
| 244 | Pogues, the | A Pair Of Brown Eyes |
| 243 | Thompson Twins, the | Roll Over |
| 242 | Dead Milkmen, the | Takin Retards to the Zoo |
| 241 | Dokken | When Heaven Comes Down |
| 240 | Oingo Boingo | Just Another Day |
| 239 | Bryan Adams | One Night Love Affair |
| 238 | Judas Priest | Turbo Lover |
| 237 | Kool & the Gang | Emergency |
| 236 | R.E.M. | Can't Get There From Here |
| 235 | Misfits | Halloween |
| 234 | Sonic Youth | Flower |
| 233 | Kix | Midnite Dynamite |
| 232 | Bon Jovi | In & Out Of Love |
| 231 | Circle Jerks | Beverly Hills |
| 230 | Kim Carnes | Crazy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes) |
| 229 | Sheena Easton | Sugar Walls |
| 228 | Schoolly D | Gucci Time |
| 227 | Night Ranger | Sentimental Street |
| 226 | Megadeth | Mechanix |
| 225 | Zapp | Computer Love |
| 224 | David Bowie | Loving the Alien |
| 223 | John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band | Tender Years |
| 222 | Divinyls | Pleasure And Pain |
| 221 | Mary Jane Girls, the | In My House |
| 220 | Black Flag | Drinking and Driving |
| 219 | Dinosaur Jr. | Bulbs of Passion |
| 218 | Freddie Jackson | You Are My Lady |
| 217 | Kiss | Tears Are Falling |
| 216 | Talking Heads | Television Man |
| 215 | Cult, the | Rain |
| 214 | Kate Bush | Hounds Of Love |
| 213 | Hooters, the | All You Zombies |
| 212 | Kurtis Blow | Basketball |
| 211 | Run D.M.C. | Can You Rock It Like This |
| 210 | Tom Waits | Jockey Full of Bourbon |
| 209 | Tenor Saw | Ring The Alarm |
| 208 | Bryan Ferry | Slave To Love |
| 207 | Debarge | Who's Holding Donna Now |
| 206 | Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam | Can You Feel The Beat |
| 205 | Depeche Mode | Shake the Disease |
| 204 | Husker Du | Celebrated Summer |
| 203 | Smiths, the | The Headmaster's Ritual |
| 202 | Ministry | Everyday Is Halloween |
| 201 | Don Henley | Sunset Grill |
| 200 | John W. Christensen | I Get Weird |
| 199 | Foreigner | That Was Yesterday |
| 198 | Billy Ocean | Mystery Lady |
| 197 | Cyndi Lauper | The Goonies 'R' Good Enough |
| 196 | Motels, the | Shame |
| 195 | Artists United Against Apartheid | Sun City |
| 194 | Dead Milkmen, the | Dean's Dream |
| 193 | Dinosaur Jr. | Repulsion |
| 192 | Pet Shop Boys | Opportunities (Let's Make A Lof Of Money) |
| 191 | Schoolly D | P.S.K. (What Does It Mean?) |
| 190 | Dana Dane | Nightmares |
| 189 | Honeydrippers | Rockin' At Midnight |
| 188 | Weird Al Yankovic | Like A Surgeon |
| 187 | Fine Young Cannibals | Johnny Come Home |
| 186 | Dokken | Alone Again |
| 185 | ZZ Top | Sleeping Bag |
| 184 | Ray Parker Jr. | Jamie |
| 183 | John Fogerty | The Old Man Down The Road |
| 182 | David Bowie & Pat Metheny | This Is Not America |
| 181 | Diana Ross | Missing You |
| 180 | Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin | Separate Lives |
| 179 | Anthrax | Madhouse |
| 178 | Glenn Frey | You Belong To The City |
| 177 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Catholic School Girls Rule |
| 176 | New Order | The Perfect Kiss |
| 175 | Jane Weidlin | Blue Kiss |
| 174 | Ashford & Simpson | Solid |
| 173 | Megadeth | These Boots |
| 172 | Twisted Sister | Leader of the Pack |
| 171 | Billy Joel | Keeping The Faith |
| 170 | Jan Hammer | Miami Vice Theme |
| 169 | Waterboys, the | The Whole Of The Moon |
| 168 | Clash, the | This Is England |
| 167 | Aretha Franklin | Who's Zoomin' Who |
| 166 | Huey Lewis & the News | Back In Time |
| 165 | Steve Perry | Foolish Heart |
| 164 | Kix | Cold Shower |
| 163 | Bruce Springsteen | I'm Going Down |
| 162 | Klymaxx | Meeting In The Ladies Room |
| 161 | Strafe | Set It Off |
| 160 | Kool & the Gang | Fresh |
| 159 | Sting | Fortress Around Your Heart |
| 158 | Doug E Fresh | La-Di-Da-Di |
| 157 | Bryan Adams | Somebody |
| 156 | A-Ha | The Sun Always Shines On TV |
| 155 | Pogues, the | Dirty Old Town |
| 154 | Tom Waits | Downtown Train |
| 153 | Bob Seger | Understanding |
| 152 | Ratt | You're In Love |
| 151 | Metallica | Fight Fire With Fire |
| 150 | Sonic Youth | Halloween |
| 149 | Julian Lennon | Too Late For Goodbyes |
| 148 | Dinosaur Jr. | Forget The Swan |
| 147 | Commodores, the | Night Shift |
| 146 | John Cougar Mellencamp | Lonely Ol' Night |
| 145 | Misfits | She |
| 144 | Paul Young | I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down |
| 143 | Limahl | Neverending Story |
| 142 | Survivor | High On You |
| 141 | R.E.M. | Driver 8 |
| 140 | Loverboy | Lovin' Every Minute Of It |
| 139 | Minor Threat | Salad Days |
| 138 | Cyndi Lauper | Money Changes Everything |
| 137 | Arcadia | Election Day |
| 136 | Firm, the | Radioactive |
| 135 | Megadeth | Killing Is My Business And Business Is Good! |
| 134 | Rick Springfield | Bruce |
| 133 | Madonna | Angel |
| 132 | Starpoint | Object of My Desire |
| 131 | Run D.M.C. | You Talk Too Much |
| 130 | Thompson Twins, the | King For A Day |
| 129 | Corey Hart | Boy In the Box |
| 128 | Bronski Beat | Smalltown Boy |
| 127 | Love & Rockets | Ball Of Confusion |
| 126 | Ramones, the | Bonzo Goes To Bitburg |
| 125 | Oingo Boingo | Weird Science |
| 124 | Kool & the Gang | Misled |
| 123 | ABC | Be Near Me |
| 122 | George Thorogood & the Destroyers | I Drink Alone |
| 121 | Husker Du | Makes No Sense At All |
| 120 | Prince | Pop Life |
| 119 | Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | Don't Come Around Here No More |
| 118 | Teena Marie | Lovergirl |
| 117 | Hooters, the | And We Danced |
| 116 | Autograph | Turn Up The Radio |
| 115 | U.S.A. For Africa | We Are The World |
| 114 | Glenn Frey | Smuggler's Blues |
| 113 | Howard Jones | Life In One Day |
| 112 | Twisted Sister | Come Out And Play |
| 111 | Billy Ocean | Suddenly |
| 110 | Honeydrippers | Sea Of Love |
| 109 | Cure, the | A Night Like This |
| 108 | Klymaxx | I Miss You |
| 107 | Bryan Adams | Heaven |
| 106 | Echo & the Bunnymen | Bring On The Dancing Horses |
| 105 | Cars, the | Tonight She Comes |
| 104 | Phil Collins | One More Night |
| 103 | David Lee Roth | Just A Gigolo |
| 102 | Talking Heads | Stay Up Late |
| 101 | Doug E Fresh | The Show |
| 100 | Leonard Cohen | Hallelujah |
| 99 | Dream Academy, the | Life In A Northern Town |
| 98 | Aretha Franklin | Freeway Of Love |
| 97 | Midnight Star | Operator |
| 96 | John Parr | Naughty Naughty |
| 95 | Whitney Houston | Saving All My Love For You |
| 94 | Replacements, the | Bastards of Young |
| 93 | Bruce Springsteen | I'm On Fire |
| 92 | Phil Collins & Philip Bailey | Easy Lover |
| 91 | Power Station | Get It On (Bang A Gong) |
| 90 | Pat Benatar | We Belong |
| 89 | Harold Faltermeyer | Axel F |
| 88 | Patti Labelle | New Attitude |
| 87 | Madonna | Dress You Up |
| 86 | Billy Joel | You're Only Human (Second Wind) |
| 85 | Mick Jagger & David Bowie | Dancing In The Streets |
| 84 | Tina Turner | Private Dancer |
| 83 | Sonic Youth | Death Valley '69 |
| 82 | Duran Duran | A View To A Kill |
| 81 | Wham! | Everything She Wants |
| 80 | John Fogerty | Centerfield |
| 79 | Ratt | Lay It Down |
| 78 | Sting | If You Love Somebody Set Them Free |
| 77 | Thompson Twins, the | Lay Your Hands On Me |
| 76 | Daryl Hall & John Oates | Method Of Modern Love |
| 75 | Huey Lewis & the News | The Power Of Love |
| 74 | Scritti Politti | Perfect Way |
| 73 | Bryan Adams | Run To You |
| 72 | Tears For Fears | Head Over Heels |
| 71 | New Order | Love Vigilantes |
| 70 | Tina Turner | We Don't Need Another Hero |
| 69 | Don Henley | All She Wants To Do Is Dance |
| 68 | Mike & the Mechanics | Silent Running |
| 67 | Survivor | The Search Is Over |
| 66 | Eurythmics | Would I Lie To You? |
| 65 | Heart | What About Love |
| 64 | Phil Collins | Billy, Don't Lose My Number |
| 63 | Time, the | Jungle Love |
| 62 | Twisted Sister | Burn In Hell |
| 61 | Kool & the Gang | Cherish |
| 60 | Starship | We Built This City |
| 59 | Glenn Frey | The Heat Is On |
| 58 | Oingo Boingo | Dead Man's Party |
| 57 | Power Station | Some Like It Hot |
| 56 | Eddie Murphy | Party All The Time |
| 55 | Motley Crue | Home Sweet Home |
| 54 | Stevie Wonder | Part-Time Lover |
| 53 | Wham! | Freedom |
| 52 | Misfits | Where Eagles Dare |
| 51 | Talking Heads | And She Was |
| 50 | Howard Jones | Things Can Only Get Better |
| 49 | Madonna | Crazy For You |
| 48 | Pat Benatar | Invincible |
| 47 | Simple Minds | Alive & Kicking |
| 46 | David Lee Roth | California Girls |
| 45 | Pointer Sisters, the | Neutron Dance |
| 44 | REO Speedwagon | Can't Fight This Feeling |
| 43 | Dire Straits | Walk Of Life |
| 42 | Chicago | You're The Inspiration |
| 41 | Bruce Springsteen | Glory Days |
| 40 | Paul Young | Everytime You Go Away |
| 39 | Billy Ocean | Lover Boy |
| 38 | John Parr | St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) |
| 37 | Mr. Mister | Broken Wings |
| 36 | Paul Hardcastle | 19 |
| 35 | Tears For Fears | Shout |
| 34 | Debarge | Rhythm Of The Night |
| 33 | Whitney Houston | How Will I Know |
| 32 | Lionel Richie | Say You, Say Me |
| 31 | Madonna | Material Girl |
| 30 | Til Tuesday | Voices Carry |
| 29 | New Edition | Mr. Telephone Man |
| 28 | Sade | Smooth Operator |
| 27 | Jesus & Mary Chain, the | Just Like Honey |
| 26 | INXS | What You Need |
| 25 | Corey Hart | Never Surrender |
| 24 | Prince | Raspberry Beret |
| 23 | Run D.M.C. | King Of Rock |
| 22 | Jack Wagner | All I Need |
| 21 | Tears For Fears | Everbody Wants To Rule The World |
| 20 | Dead Or Alive | You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) |
| 19 | Katrina & the Waves | Walkin' On Sunshine |
| 18 | Heart | Never |
| 17 | LL Cool J | I Can't Live Without My Radio |
| 16 | Metallica | For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| 15 | Foreigner | I Want To Know What Love Is |
| 14 | Duran Duran | Wild Boys |
| 13 | Talking Heads | Road To Nowhere |
| 12 | Smiths, the | How Soon Is Now? |
| 11 | Kate Bush | Running Up That Hill |
| 10 | Motley Crue | Smokin' In The Boys Room |
| 9 | Bryan Adams | Summer of '69 |
| 8 | Phil Collins | Sussudio |
| 7 | Cure, the | Inbetween Days |
| 6 | A-Ha | Take On Me |
| 5 | Dire Straits | Money For Nothing |
| 4 | George Michael | Careless Whisper |
| 3 | Madonna | Into The Groove |
| 2 | Simple Minds | Don't You (Forget About Me) |
| 1 | Ready for the World | Oh Sheila |