This is a list of the European Hot 100 Singles and European Top 100 Albums number ones of 1985, as published by Eurotipsheet magazine (renamed Music & Media in April 1986).
Chart history + Key Indicates best-performing single and album of 1985
Issue date Song Artist Album Artist 7 January "Ghostbusters" Ray Parker Jr. Private Dancer Tina Turner 14 January "I Just Called to Say I Love You" Stevie Wonder Welcome to the Pleasuredome Frankie Goes to Hollywood 21 January "Ghostbusters" Ray Parker Jr. Make It Big Wham! 28 January Arena Duran Duran 4 February "Like a Virgin" Madonna 11 February Welcome to the Pleasuredome Frankie Goes to Hollywood 18 February Diamond Life Sade 25 February 4 March 11 March "Easy Lover" Philip Bailey and Phil Collins 18 March No Jacket Required Phil Collins 25 March 1 April 8 April 15 April 22 April "We Are the World" USA for Africa 29 April 6 May 13 May 20 May 27 May 3 June 10 June Brothers in Arms Dire Straits 17 June 24 June 1 July "Live Is Life" Opus 8 July 15 July 22 July "A View to a Kill" Duran Duran 29 July "Live Is Life" Opus 5 August 12 August 19 August "Tarzan Boy" Baltimora 26 August 2 September 9 September 16 September 23 September 30 September Like a Virgin Madonna 7 October Brothers in Arms Dire Straits 14 October "Into the Groove" Madonna 21 October "Part-Time Lover" Stevie Wonder 28 October 4 November 11 November 18 November Like a Virgin Madonna 25 November "Take On Me" A-ha Brothers in Arms Dire Straits 2 December 9 December 16 December Promise Sade 23 December 30 December colspan="5"
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