List of Adult Contemporary top 10 singles in 1985 (U.S.)
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This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1985.
Top-ten singles[edit]
| Top ten
entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in
top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles from 1984 | |||||
| December 1 | "All I Need" | Jack Wagner | 1 | January 12 | 13 |
| December 8 | "Valotte" | Julian Lennon | 4 | January 12 | 7 |
| December 15 | "When October Goes" | Barry Manilow | 6 | January 12 | 5 |
| "You're the Inspiration" | Chicago | 1 | January 26 | 11 | |
| December 22 | "Understanding" | Bob Seger | 7 | January 12 | 5 |
| Singles from 1985 | |||||
| January 5 | "Jamie" | Ray Parker Jr. | 6 | January 19 | 6 |
| January 12 | "Love Light in Flight" | Stevie Wonder | 10 | January 12 | 5 |
| January 19 | "Foolish Heart" | Steve Perry | 2 | February 9 | 8 |
| "I Want to Know What Love Is" | Foreigner | 3 | February 9 | 9 | |
| January 26 | "Careless Whisper" | George Michael | 1 | February 9 | 10 |
| "Missing You" | Diana Ross | 4 | February 23 | 9 | |
| "Make No Mistake, He's Mine" | Barbara Streisand & Kim Carnes | 8 | February 2 | 4 | |
| February 16 | "Crazy" | Kenny Rogers | 5 | February 23 | 7 |
| "Keeping the Faith" | Billy Joel | 3 | March 9 | 8 | |
| "Can't Fight This Feeling" | REO Speedwagon | 3 | March 16 | 9 | |
| February 23 | "Too Late for Goodbyes" | Julian Lennon | 1 | March 16 | 10 |
| March 2 | "One More Night" | Phil Collins | 1 | March 30 | 12 |
| "Nightshift" | Commodores | 2 | April 6 | 10 | |
| March 16 | "I Wanna Hear It from Your Lips" | Eric Carmen | 10 | March 16 | 1 |
| March 23 | "Rhythm of the Night" | DeBarge | 1 | May 4 | 10 |
| "You Send Me" | The Manhattans | 8 | April 6 | 5 | |
| March 30 | "We Are the World" | USA for Africa | 1 | April 20 | 7 |
| April 6 | "Crazy for You" | Madonna | 2 | May 4 | 10 |
| "I'm on Fire" | Bruce Springsteen | 6 | April 20 | 5 | |
| April 13 | "Smooth Operator" | Sade | 1 | May 11 | 10 |
| April 20 | "Suddenly" | Billy Ocean | 1 | May 25 | 11 |
| April 27 | "Go Down Easy" | Dan Fogelberg | 6 | May 18 | 5 |
| May 4 | "I Just Wanna Hang Around You" | George Benson | 7 | May 18 | 4 |
| May 11 | "Axel F" | Harold Faltermeyer | 1 | June 8 | 9 |
| "Everything She Wants" | Wham! | 4 | June 1 | 6 | |
| May 18 | "Fresh" | Kool & the Gang | 5 | June 1 | 5 |
| May 25 | "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" | Tears for Fears | 2 | June 29 | 9 |
| June 1 | "The Search Is Over" | Survivor | 1 | June 22 | 11 |
| "Say You're Wrong" | Julian Lennon | 6 | June 15 | 4 | |
| "One Lonely Night" | REO Speedwagon | 10 | June 1 | 2 | |
| June 15 | "Angel" | Madonna | 5 | June 29 | 5 |
| "The NeverEnding Story" | Limahl | 6 | June 29 | 5 | |
| June 22 | "Getcha Back" | The Beach Boys | 2 | July 6 | 6 |
| "Just as I Am" | Air Supply | 3 | July 27 | 9 | |
| "You Give Good Love" | Whitney Houston | 4 | July 20 | 8 | |
| June 29 | "Who's Holding Donna Now" | DeBarge | 1 | July 20 | 11 |
| July 6 | "Everytime You Go Away" | Paul Young | 1 | August 10 | 13 |
| July 13 | "Find a Way" | Amy Grant | 7 | July 20 | 4 |
| July 20 | "Possession Obsession" | Hall & Oates | 8 | July 20 | 2 |
| "Forever" | Kenny Loggins | 5 | August 17 | 6 | |
| July 27 | "Cherish" | Kool & the Gang | 1 | August 24 | 14 |
| August 3 | "Not Enough Love in the World" | Don Henley | 6 | August 17 | 5 |
| "You're Only Human (Second Wind)" | Billy Joel | 2 | August 31 | 11 | |
| August 10 | "Your Love Is King" | Sade | 8 | August 17 | 3 |
| August 17 | "Mystery Lady" | Billy Ocean | 5 | August 24 | 5 |
| "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" | Tina Turner | 3 | September 7 | 9 | |
| August 24 | "Freedom" | Wham! | 4 | September 7 | 9 |
| August 31 | "The Power of Love" | Huey Lewis & the News | 6 | September 7 | 6 |
| "Never Surrender" | Corey Hart | 8 | September 7 | 3 | |
| September 7 | "Saving All My Love for You" | Whitney Houston | 1 | October 5 | 10 |
| September 14 | "Your Secret's Safe with Me" | Michael Franks | 4 | October 5 | 7 |
| September 21 | "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" | Ronnie Milsap | 8 | September 21 | 1 |
| "Part-Time Lover" | Stevie Wonder | 1 | October 26 | 11 | |
| September 28 | "Janet" | Commodores | 8 | October 5 | 5 |
| October 5 | "Cry" | Godley & Creme | 5 | October 12 | 3 |
| October 12 | "Take On Me" | A-ha | 4 | October 19 | 6 |
| October 19 | "Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire" | David Foster | 3 | October 26 | 6 |
| "Hurts to Be in Love" | Gino Vannelli | 6 | October 26 | 3 | |
| October 26 | "Separate Lives" | Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin | 1 | November 16 | 12 |
| "Head over Heels" | Tears for Fears | 5 | November 9 | 7 | |
| November 2 | "You Are My Lady" | Freddie Jackson | 3 | November 16 | 7 |
| "You Belong to the City" | Glenn Frey | 2 | November 23 | 10 | |
| "Morning Desire" | Kenny Rogers | 8 | November 23 | 8 | |
| November 9 | "Everyday" | James Taylor | 3 | December 7 | 11 |
| November 16 | "Say You, Say Me" | Lionel Richie | 1 | December 7 | 12 |
| November 23 | "Who's Zoomin Who" | Aretha Franklin | 10 | November 23 | 1 |
| November 30 | "Broken Wings" | Mr. Mister | 3 | December 21 | 9 |
1984 peaks[edit]
| Top ten
entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in
top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 3 | "No More Lonely Nights" | Paul McCartney | 2 | November 24 | 11 |
| November 17 | "All Through the Night" | Cyndi Lauper | 4 | December 1 | 10 |
| "Sea of Love" | The Honeydrippers | 1 | December 15 | 10 | |
| December 1 | "Do What You Do" | Jermaine Jackson | 1 | December 22 | 11 |
1986 peaks[edit]
| Top ten
entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in
top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 30 | "That's What Friends Are For" | Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder | 1 | January 11 | 13 |
| December 7 | "I Miss You" | Klymaxx | 3 | January 11 | 8 |
| December 14 | "Go Home" | Stevie Wonder | 1 | January 25 | 10 |
| December 21 | "Walk of Life" | Dire Straits | 4 | January 18 | 8 |
| December 28 | "Somewhere" | Barbara Streisand | 5 | February 15 | 10 |
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