List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1985

These are the singles that reached number one on the Top 100 Singles chart in 1985 as published by Cashbox magazine.

Key

†	Indicates best-performing single of 1985

Issue date	Song	Artist
January 5	"Like a Virgin"	Madonna
January 12
January 19
January 26
February 2	"I Want to Know What Love Is"	Foreigner
February 9	"Easy Lover"	Philip Bailey and Phil Collins
February 16	"Careless Whisper"	Wham! featuring George Michael
February 23
March 2
March 9	"Can't Fight This Feeling"	REO Speedwagon
March 16
March 23
March 30	"Material Girl"	Madonna
April 6	"One More Night"	Phil Collins
April 13	"We Are the World" †	USA for Africa
April 20
April 27
May 4
May 11
May 18	"Don't You (Forget About Me)"	Simple Minds
May 25
June 1	"Everything She Wants"	Wham!
June 8	"Everybody Wants to Rule the World"	Tears for Fears
June 15
June 22	"Heaven"	Bryan Adams
June 29	"Sussudio"	Phil Collins
July 6
July 13	"A View to a Kill"	Duran Duran
July 20	"Raspberry Beret"	Prince and The Revolution
July 27	"Everytime You Go Away"	Paul Young
August 3
August 10	"Shout"	Tears for Fears
August 17
August 24	"The Power of Love"	Huey Lewis and the News
August 31
September 7	"St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)"	John Parr
September 14
September 21	"Money for Nothing"	Dire Straits
September 28
October 5
October 12
October 19	"Take On Me"	a-ha
October 26
November 2	"Part-Time Lover"	Stevie Wonder
November 9	"Miami Vice Theme"	Jan Hammer
November 16	"We Built This City"	Starship
November 23
November 30	"Separate Lives"	Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin
December 7	"Broken Wings"	Mr. Mister
December 14
December 21	"Say You, Say Me"	Lionel Richie
December 28

See also

• 1985 in music
• List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1985 (U.S.)

References

• http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/randypny4/cashbox/1985.html
• http://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1985.html
• MusicSeek.info at the Wayback Machine (archived 2006-06-14)