Just As I Am by Air Supply
After All by Air Supply
Never Fade Away by Air Supply
Greatest Love Of All by Whitney Houston
That's What Friends Are For by Doinne Warwick
We Are the World by USA for Africa
Whose Holding Donna Now by DeBarge
Forever Young by Alpahaville
One More Night by Phil Collins
Wake Me Up Before You Go Go by Wham

Broken Wings- Mr.Mister
Careless Whisper- WHAM!
Voices Carry- 'til Tuesday
Everytime you go away- Paul Young
Everybody wants to rule the world- Tears for Fears
Dare me- Pointer Sisters

"Raspberry Beret" Prince
"California Girls" David Lee Roth
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" Simple Minds
"Summertime Girls" Y&T
"Into The Groove" Madonna
"Carless Whisper" Wham!
"Home Sweet Home" Motley Crue
"In Between Days" The Cure
"Road To Nowhere" Talking Heads
"Be My Guy" Debbie Gibson

1985 was an awesome year.

I liked:

David Lee Roth

California Girls
Just a Gigolo

Madonna

Material Girl
Crazy for You
Angel
Into the Groove

The Cure

In Between Days
Close to Me (or was this in 1986?)

Tears for Fears

Shout
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Head over Heels

Zombies

All you Zombies
And we Danced

Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
Alison Moyet - Invisible
Nick Kershaw - The Riddle ('84 in the UK)
Steve Perry - Foolish Heart
Jim Diamond - I Should've Known Better
Whitney Houston

You Give Good Love
Saving All my Love for you

DeBarge - Rhythm of the Night
New Edition - Cool it now
Phillip Bailey and Phil Collins - Easy Lover
Mary Jane Girls - In my House
Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love is
Pat Benatar - We Belong
Jennifer Rush - The Power of Love (same as the one Celine sang in '94)

I'll think of more later.

Saint Elmo's Fire- ?


Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire - David Foster

or

St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) - John Parr

Another one I've discovered from this year was "We close our Eyes" from Go West. That song has a lot of energy.


   I had the album back then, after watching the Call Me vid, and liked it alot...

   But that's one album that definately hasn't aged well...

  Night Shift by the Commodores was a good song from '85...

Smokin in the Boys Room and Home Sweet Home - Motley Crue
Turn Up the Radio - Autograph
Election Day - Arcadia
Running Up that Hill - Kate Bush
A View to A Kill - Duran Duran

Fantastic year for music!  These are in addition to all of the great songs already mentioned  8):

Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You / How Will I Know / You Give Good Love
Valerie Dore - The Night
Tom Petty - Don't Come Around Here No More
Sting - Fortress Around Your Heart / If You Love Someone Set Them Free / Children's Crusade
Starpoint - Object Of My Desire
Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way
Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking / Don't You Forget About Me
Scrittie Politti - Perfect Way / Hynotize / Wood Beez
Sade - Is It A Crime / Sweetest Taboo
Rush - Marathon / Mystic Rhythms / The Big Money
Phil Collins - We Said Hello Goodbye / Don't Lose My Number
Miami Sound Machine - Falling In Love (Uh-Oh) / Bad Boy / Conga / Words Get In The Way
Madonna - Crazy For You
Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam - Can You Feel The Beat / All Cried Out / I Wonder If You Take Me Home
Ken Laszlo - Tonight / Everybody Is Dancing
Jesus And Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
INXS - What You Need / Listen Like Thieves
Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better / No One Is To Blame
Heart - These Dreams / What About Love / Never
Faith No More - We Care Alot
Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms / Money For Nothing / So Far Away
The Cure - Push / The Blood / In Between Days
Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night / Never Surrender
CC Catch - I Can Lose My Heart Tonight / Strangers By Night
Beastie Boys - Slow Ride / She's Crafty / Paul Revere
Alisha - Baby Talk / All Night Passion
Aha - Take On Me / Here I Stand And Face The Rain / The Sun Always Shines On TV
ABC - Be Near Me / How To Be A Millionaire

1985 is probably just about my favorite year for two reasons - because it's the first time that I have some memories (as teeny as they were) and the songs are like a cozy reminder of that. Also, because it was the peak of that cleancut mainstream sound that started shifting in 1986/'87.

Offhand, I love "Take on Me", any Phil Collins, "We Built This City" by Starship, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Tears For Fears, "I Wanna Know What Love is" by Foreigner, "Material Girl, "Rhythm of the Night" by Debarge "High on You" by Survivor, "How Will I Know" by Whitney Houston, "Power of Love" by Huey...and tons more.

My favourite song of the 80s came out in 1985:  'Close My Eyes' by Paul Janz

Some of my favorites from 1985 -

Take On Me - a-ha
Everytime You Go Away - Paul Young
Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
Power of Love - Huey Lewis and the News
Crazy For You - Madonna
Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears For Fears
Raspberry Beret - Prince and the Revolution
Never Surrender - Corey Hart
Find a Way - Amy Grant

And a whole bunch I can't remember at the moment.

Some of my favorites from 1985 -
Power of Love - Huey Lewis and the News




Good songs.  I believe Jennifer Rush released "Power of Love" in 1985 too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEI2rXVcUh8

Good songs.  I believe Jennifer Rush released "Power of Love" in 1985 too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEI2rXVcUh8




She did yes, but it never charted in North America until 1986.  Strangely enough, the cover version that Air Supply did was the first one to chart in North America

Wow.  What is the best version?  I know there were several remakes.

Wow.  What is the best version?  I know there were several remakes.


Personally, I think Air Supply (theirs was in 1985) had the best one becuase they were the only men brave enough tot ake on the song.  All the other versions I know of were sung by women.  Laura Branigan's 1987 version was the first to see the US Top 40 and Celine Dion took it all the way to #1 in the 90s

I will check it out.

Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero (From Mad Max - Beyond Thunderdome)

I will check it out.

Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero (From Mad Max - Beyond Thunderdome)


Oh, yes! I LOVE this song!  :)

Nobody's said "Take On Me"? :O

In no paticular order......

Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears
Never - Heart
Perfect Way - Scritti Politti
Kyrie - Mr. Mister
Can't Get There From Here - R.E.M.
After The Fire - Roger Daltrey
Lavander - Marillion
We Close Our Eyes - Go West
She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult
How Soon Is Now - The Smiths
Goonies 'R' Good Enough - Cyndi Lauper
Election Day - Arcadia
When Your Heart Is Weak - Cock Robin
Life In A Northern Town - Dream Academy

That's all I can think of at the moment......

I will check it out.

Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero (From Mad Max - Beyond Thunderdome)


Oh, yes! I LOVE this song!  :)


Right on, me too. :)

Like I said there were SO MANY good songs that year, so I probably forgot to mention it, but there's something about "Thunderdome" that I always liked. It's got such a unique sound (sort of a midtempo pop ballad with a dark side). It's like going on an adventure just listening to it..and when I was 4, obviously I didn't know what the movie was about or even that it existed lol.

My uncle put it on a mixtape back in the day (the long version on the soundtrack too) and it always gave me goosebumps, especially towards the end.

In no paticular order......

She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult


Great song!  Didn't know it was from 1985 though

1985 was an outstanding year for music. I like pretty much every song listed so far 8)

Animotion - Obsession

Bowling For Soup's "1985", though that's from a few years ago  :D

Nobody's said "Take On Me"? :O


   "Take On Me" is too obvious.  People are supposed to like that song and marvel over the vid...

  I liked Kyrie by Mr. Mister, These Dreams by Heart, and Bastards of Young by the Replacements...

  Oh, and We Don't Need Another Hero by Tina Turner because I was a Mad Max fanatic...

   "Take On Me" is too obvious.  People are supposed to like that song and marvel over the vid...

   I liked Kyrie by Mr. Mister, These Dreams by Heart, and Bastards of Young by the Replacements...

   Oh, and We Don't Need Another Hero by Tina Turner because I was a Mad Max fanatic...




Good songs.  Any fans of Bon Jovi's "In And Out Of Love?"

Any thing by Wham
I Feel For You-Chaka Khan
Shout-Tears For Fears
Oh Sheila-Ready For The World
One More Night-Phil Collins
Separate Lives-  "          " and Marilyn Martin
Strut-Sheena Easton
In My House-Mary Jane Girls
Walking On Sunshine-Katrina And The Waves
Summer Of '69-Bryan Adams
Lonely Ol Night-John Cougar Mellencamp
Small Town-      "                            "

There are a lot of good songs from '85. I just might have to burn a CD.  :)

Any thing by Wham
I Feel For You-Chaka Khan
Shout-Tears For Fears
Oh Sheila-Ready For The World
One More Night-Phil Collins
Separate Lives-  "           " and Marilyn Martin
Strut-Sheena Easton
In My House-Mary Jane Girls
Walking On Sunshine-Katrina And The Waves
Summer Of '69-Bryan Adams
Lonely Ol Night-John Cougar Mellencamp
Small Town-      "                             "

There are a lot of good songs from '85. I just might have to burn a CD.  :)




Small Town by John Cougar Mellencamp?  Good one from 1985

Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart

Feargal Sharkey - You Little Thief (OK, so this wasn't released until January 1986...but it's 1985 to me)

Talking Heads - Slippery People

Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere

Henk, thanks for resurrecting this good topic.  I like Feargal Sharkey's "A Good Heart."  I didnt know his other song, but it pretty good. 

Here are a few more 1985 favs of mine:

Lift Up - Diamonds Never Made A Lady   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76e8G0j-DyA

Sting - Love Is The Seventh Wave     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvkxle5M2E4

Mariana - Talk About Love    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yebY9UabTG4

Stevie Wonder - Go Home   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa6Zx-Lcdy0

Guilty pleasure!  :D

Guilty pleasure!  :D


Hahaha.  No need to feel guilty - everyone loves this one.  As a kid, I loved this song.  I think it is one of only a handful of Italo songs to become hits in the US.  I never saw the video before.


Freestyle - Don't Stop The Rock    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfXKkNo7YZ8

Hahaha.  No need to feel guilty - everyone loves this one.  As a kid, I loved this song.  I think it is one of only a handful of Italo songs to become hits in the US.   I never saw the video before.


Not many songs from Italy hit British shores either (not until Black Box and their various spin-offs later that decade)...

This was massive in Europe, only hitting here (albeit in a slightly different mix) when the British holidaymakers returned that summer...

Charlie Sexton - Beat's So Lonely
Squeeze - Last Time Forever
Adam Ant - Vive Le Rock
Julian Lennon - Stick Around
Pat Benatar - Sex As A Weapon
Wall of Voodoo - Far Side Of Crazy
Marillion - Kayleigh
Phantom Rocker and Slick - Men Without Shame
Charlie Sexton - Impressed

1985 was such a vast year for good music. I like the Whitney, Feargal Sharkey and Debarge votes so far.

I'll just add 2 from my fave groups...

Five Star - All Fall Down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1rLhhKnQ5o

The Jets - Curiosity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD6yu_bQayo

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0S020yJbcdI630ARxujzbkF/SIG=141om56qd/EXP=1221115657/**http%3A//a1259.g.akamai.net/f/1259/5586/1d/images.art.com/images/-/The-Breakfast-Club-Photograph-C10103950.jpeg

Don't You Forget About Me -- Simple Minds

this was a good year for music.

Shout -- Tears For Fears
Would I Lie to You? -- Eurythmics

Just As I Am by Air Supply
After All by Air Supply
Never Fade Away by Air Supply


So pretty much Air Supply's 1985 self-titled album then? :D

Another 1985 song I love is called 'It Must Be Heaven' by Mercy Mercy.  I believe this is a German group, and was a popular single there, but I do know that it was also a minor hit in Canada

1985 was such a vast year for good music. I like the Whitney, Feargal Sharkey and Debarge votes so far.

I'll just add 2 from my fave groups...

Five Star - All Fall Down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1rLhhKnQ5o

The Jets - Curiosity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD6yu_bQayo



Both are good pop groups!    In '85 as a kid, I loved Phil Collins' No Jacket Required.  My favorite track is not Take Me Home or Don't Lose My Number, it is...

We Said Hello Goodbye

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txh4rzNxiUA

Running Up That Hill/ Cloudbusting/ Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush
How Soon Is Now/ The Boy With The Thorn In His Side - The Smiths
Glory Days/ I'm On Fire - Bruce Springsteen
Material Girl - Madonna
Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston
There Must Be An Angel - Eurythmics
Sally MacLennane - The Pogues
Yesterday's Men - Madness

Smokin in the Boys Room and Home Sweet Home - Motley Crue
Turn Up the Radio - Autograph
Election Day - Arcadia
Running Up that Hill - Kate Bush
A View to A Kill - Duran Duran



good selection! i like them all!

Singles and/or b-sides released in 1985 (no remixes/alternate versions/live versions of a-sides/7" or 12" only, no EPs marketed as such)
(in hodge-podge order)

OMD: So In Love
Depeche Mode: Shake the Disease & Fly on the Windscreen (b-side of "It's Called a Heart")
Erasure: Who Needs Love Like That & March on Down the Line (b-side of "Heavenly Action")
The Cure: In Between Days & A Few Hours After This
The Cure: Close to Me & A Man Inside My Mouth
The Smiths: How Soon is Now & Well I Wonder & Oscillate Wildly
The Smiths: That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
The Smiths: The Boy with the Thorn in his Side & Asleep & Rubber Ring
The Smiths: Shakespeare's Sister & What She Said & Stretch Out and Wait
New Order: The Perfect Kiss
New Order: Sub-Culture
Cabaret Voltaire: I Want You
Cabaret Voltaire: James Brown/Bad Self
Shriekback: Nemesis
Shriekback: Fish Below the Ice
Talking Heads: Road to Nowhere & Give Me Back My Name
Talking Heads: And She Was
Yello: Vicious Games
The Waterboys: The Whole of the Moon
Tears for Fears: Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Tears for Fears: Head Over Heels
Front 242: No Shuffle
Dream Academy: Life in a Northern Town
The Cars: Heartbeat City
Simple Minds: Alive & Kicking
Simple Minds: Don't You (Forget About Me) (Forsey/Schiff)
Kate Bush: Running Up That Hill & Under the Ivy
Kate Bush: Cloudbusting
Eurythmics: Julia
Einsturzende Neubauten: Yu Gung & Das Schaben!
Siouxsie and the Banshees: Cities in Dust
Paul Hardcastle: 19
ZZ Top: Sleeping Bag
Talk Talk: Life's What You Make It
Thompson Twins: Lay Your Hands on Me
Feargal Sharkey: A Good Heart
Severed Heads: Goodbye Tonsils
Severed Heads: Stretcher
ABC: Be Near Me
ABC: How to be a Millionaire
Prince & The Revolution: Raspberry Beret
Cyndi Lauper: Time After Time
Dire Straits: Money for Nothing
Howard Jones: Things Can Only Get Better
Howard Jones: No One Is to Blame
King: Love & Pride (U.S. release)
Blancmange: What's Your Problem
Paul Haig: Heaven Help You Now
Malcolm McLaren: Madame Butterfly
A-Ha: Take On Me
David Bowie: Loving the Alien

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Broken Wings- Mr.Mister
Careless Whisper- WHAM!
Voices Carry- 'til Tuesday
Everytime you go away- Paul Young
Everybody wants to rule the world- Tears for Fears
Dare me- Pointer Sisters


Great set.. I love em all especially Paul Young.. Yummy :-*

I liked many of these songs, even though i always thought that 1985 was the "down" year for music in the 80's...just goes to show, if this was the down year, how great the others were.

Ill add Springsteen's I'm On Fire and

Eurythmics - There Must Be An Angel

I also liked the late Dan Fogelberg's " Go Down easy"

Ratt "Lay It Down"  8)

Ratt "Lay It Down"  8)


  Yay!  Invasion of Your Privacy = great hair..! 8)