1985 (en 1986) zijn het toppunt van de europop.
Ook Skandinavië, Oostenrijk, Zwitserland en Spanje doen mee.
Het zijn de laatste jaren waarin hitmuziek door new wave beïnvloed wordt.

BE

MURRAY HEAD one night in bangkok
JERMAINE JACKSON do what you do
MODERN TALKING you're my heart you're my soul
USA FOR AFRICA we are the world
BOBBYSOCKS let it swing
PAUL HARDCASTLE 19
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN dancing in the dark
DURAN DURAN a view to a kill
BALTIMORA tarzan boy
MADONNA into the groove
STEVIE WONDER part time lover
NANA MOUSKOURI only love
SIMPLE MINDS alive and kicking
A-HA take on me
ELTON JOHN nikita

UK

FOREIGNER i want to know what love is
ELAINE PAIGE & BARBARA DICKSON i know him so well
DEAD OR ALIVE you spin me round
PHILIP BAILEY (& PHIL COLLINS) easy lover
PHYLLIS NELSON move closer
CROWD you'll never walk alone
SISTER SLEDGE frankie
EURYTHMICS there must be an angel
UB40 & CHRISSIE HYNDE i got you babe
MICK JAGGER & DAVID BOWIE dancing in the street
MIDGE URE if i was
JENNIFER RUSH the power of love
FEARGAL SHARKEY a good heart
WHAM! i'm your man
WHITNEY HOUSTON saving all my love for you
SHAKIN' STEVENS merry christmas everyone

NL

TEARS FOR FEARS shout
DAVID BOWIE & PAT METHENY GROUP this is not america
COMMODORES nightshift
SIMPLE MINDS don't you
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN i'm on fire
HAROLD FALTERMEYER axel f
BENNY NEYMAN waarom fluister ik je naam nog
GERARD JOLING ticket to the tropics
SANDRA maria magdalena

DU

OPUS live is life
MODERN TALKING you can win if you want
FALCO rock me amadeüs
TINA TURNER we don't need another hero
MODERN TALKING cheri cheri lady

US

REO SPEEDWAGON can't fight this feeling
PHIL COLLINS one more night
MADONNA crazy for you
WHAM! everything she wants
TEARS FOR FEARS everybody wants to rule the world
BRYAN ADAMS heaven
PHIL COLLINS sussudio
PAUL YOUNG everytime you go away
HUEY LEWIS & NEWS the power of love
JOHN PARR st. elmo's fire
DIRE STRAITS money for nothing
READY FOR THE WORLD oh sheila
JAN HAMMER miami vice theme
STARSHIP we built this city
PHIL COLLINS & MARILYN MARTIN seperate lives
MR MISTER broken wings
LIONEL RICHIE say you say me

Een hele waslijst dit keer, met heel veel Amerikaanse
nummers 1 die het slechts één enkel weekje volhielden.

Hier ga ik weer met mijn favorieten ...

MURRAY HEAD one night in bangkok
MODERN TALKING you're my heart you're my soul
PAUL HARDCASTLE 19
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN dancing in the dark
MADONNA into the groove
A-HA take on me
ELTON JOHN nikita
FOREIGNER i want to know what love is
SISTER SLEDGE frankie
FEARGAL SHARKEY a good heart
WHAM! i'm your man
TEARS FOR FEARS shout
DAVID BOWIE & PAT METHENY GROUP this is not america
COMMODORES nightshift
SIMPLE MINDS don't you
HAROLD FALTERMEYER axel f
SANDRA maria magdalena
DIRE STRAITS money for nothing

(in willekeurige volgorde)

Modern Talking, ja ... kitsch mag, maar niet te veel.

Prachtig jaar

1. MURRAY HEAD one night in bangkok
2. MADONNA into the groove
3. MIDGE URE if i was
4. PHIL COLLINS one more night
5. DEAD OR ALIVE you spin me round
6. A-HA take on me
7. TEARS FOR FEARS everybody wants to rule the world
8. DAVID BOWIE & PAT METHENY GROUP this is not america
9. WHAM! i'm your man
10. FOREIGNER i want to know what love is
11. FEARGAL SHARKEY a good heart
12. MADONNA crazy for you
13. WHAM! everything she wants
14. DIRE STRAITS money for nothing
15. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN i'm on fire
16. TINA TURNER we don't need another hero
17. STARSHIP we built this city
18. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN dancing in the dark

Modern Talking 3x een nummer 1 hit

MURRAY HEAD one night in bangkok
JERMAINE JACKSON do what you do
MODERN TALKING you're my heart you're my soul
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN dancing in the dark
ELTON JOHN nikita
UB40 & CHRISSIE HYNDE i got you babe
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN i'm on fire
DIRE STRAITS money for nothing
PHIL COLLINS sussudio
A-HA take on me

Mijn 18 nr.1-hits van 1985 (inderdaad een best goed hitjaar) :

MURRAY HEAD one night in bangkok
PAUL HARDCASTLE 19
STEVIE WONDER part time lover
SIMPLE MINDS alive and kicking
A-HA take on me
ELTON JOHN nikita
SISTER SLEDGE frankie
EURYTHMICS there must be an angel
UB40 & CHRISSIE HYNDE i got you babe
MICK JAGGER & DAVID BOWIE dancing in the street
FEARGAL SHARKEY a good heart
TEARS FOR FEARS shout
DAVID BOWIE & PAT METHENY GROUP this is not america
COMMODORES nightshift
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN i'm on fire
BRYAN ADAMS heaven
PHIL COLLINS sussudio
DIRE STRAITS money for nothing

MURRAY HEAD one night in bangkok
PAUL HARDCASTLE 19
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN dancing in the dark
DURAN DURAN a view to a kill
MADONNA into the groove
SIMPLE MINDS alive and kicking
A-HA take on me
DEAD OR ALIVE you spin me round
EURYTHMICS there must be an angel
MICK JAGGER & DAVID BOWIE dancing in the street
FEARGAL SHARKEY a good heart
TEARS FOR FEARS shout
DAVID BOWIE & PAT METHENY GROUP this is not america
SIMPLE MINDS don't you
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN i'm on fire
FALCO rock me amadeüs
TEARS FOR FEARS everybody wants to rule the world
READY FOR THE WORLD oh sheila

Mijn top-10:

1. MIDGE URE if i was
2. SIMPLE MINDS alive and kicking
3, JENNIFER RUSH the power of love
4. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN i'm on fire
5. JOHN PARR st. elmo's fire
6. HUEY LEWIS & NEWS the power of love
7. CROWD you'll never walk alone
8. BALTIMORA tarzan boy
9. A-HA take on me
10. BOBBYSOCKS let it swing

1. DEAD OR ALIVE you spin me round
2. TEARS FOR FEARS shout
3. A-HA take on me
4. BALTIMORA tarzan boy
5. TEARS FOR FEARS everybody wants to rule the world
6. MURRAY HEAD one night in bangkok
7. SIMPLE MINDS don't you
8. MADONNA into the groove
9. DAVID BOWIE & PAT METHENY GROUP this is not america
10. DIRE STRAITS money for nothing

Hmm: het was toch de bedoeling dat je 18 tracks uitzocht die je in willekeurige volgorde kon neerzetten? Nu zie ik bijna alleen maar een top 10.....

1. PAUL HARDCASTLE 19
2. DAVID BOWIE & PAT METHENY GROUP this is not america
3. JAN HAMMER miami vice theme
4. TEARS FOR FEARS shout
5. MURRAY HEAD one night in bangkok
6. SIMPLE MINDS alive and kicking
7. HUEY LEWIS & NEWS the power of love
8. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN dancing in the dark
9. FEARGAL SHARKEY a good heart
10. SIMPLE MINDS don't you
11. READY FOR THE WORLD oh sheila
12. BALTIMORA tarzan boy
13. HAROLD FALTERMEYER axel f
14. SANDRA maria magdalena
15. FALCO rock me amadeüs
16. MADONNA into the groove
17. JOHN PARR st. elmo's fire
18. COMMODORES nightshift

Ik vind het niet erg, zolang we de vijver waaruit gevist mag worden,
maar blijven respecteren ... namelijk het startlijstje met nummer 1 hits ...

favoriete tiental

Bruce Springsteen - I'm on Fire
Commodores - Nightshift
David Bowie & Pat Metheny Group - This is Not America
Huey Lewis & the News - The Power of Love
Jan Hammer - Miami Vice Theme
Midge Ure - If I Was
Murray Head - One Night in Bangkok
Paul Hardcastle - 19
Sister Sledge - Frankie
Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero

1. A-HA take on me 5*
2. MICK JAGGER & DAVID BOWIE dancing in the street 4,5*
3. SIMPLE MINDS don't you 4*
4. DEAD OR ALIVE you spin me round
5. MADONNA into the groove
6. DURAN DURAN a view to a kill
7. EURYTHMICS there must be an angel 3,5*
8. TEARS FOR FEARS everybody wants to rule the world
9. SIMPLE MINDS alive and kicking
10. MADONNA crazy for you 3*

1. DURAN DURAN a view to a kill
2. SIMPLE MINDS don't you
3. A-HA take on me
4. DIRE STRAITS money for nothing
5. WHAM! everything she wants
6. SIMPLE MINDS alive and kicking
7. COMMODORES nightshift
8. ELTON JOHN nikita
9. PAUL YOUNG everytime you go away
10. HUEY LEWIS & NEWS the power of love

1 DURAN DURAN a view to a kill
2 DEAD OR ALIVE you spin me round
3 MIDGE URE if i was
4 SIMPLE MINDS alive and kicking
5 A-HA take on me

FOREIGNER i want to know what love is
EURYTHMICS there must be an angel
MICK JAGGER & DAVID BOWIE dancing in the street
WHITNEY HOUSTON saving all my love for you
TEARS FOR FEARS shout
SIMPLE MINDS don't you
MODERN TALKING you can win if you want
FALCO rock me amadeüs
DIRE STRAITS money for nothing
TINA TURNER we don't need another hero

In willekeurige volgorde:

MURRAY HEAD one night in bangkok
MODERN TALKING you're my heart you're my soul
BOBBYSOCKS let it swing
SIMPLE MINDS alive and kicking
A-HA take on me
ELAINE PAIGE & BARBARA DICKSON i know him so well
DEAD OR ALIVE you spin me round
EURYTHMICS there must be an angel
MIDGE URE if i was
FEARGAL SHARKEY a good heart
DAVID BOWIE & PAT METHENY GROUP this is not america
SIMPLE MINDS don't you
SANDRA maria magdalena
OPUS live is life
FALCO rock me amadeüs
TINA TURNER we don't need another hero
PHIL COLLINS one more night
WHAM! everything she wants

RESERVE:

BRYAN ADAMS heaven
PHIL COLLINS sussudio
PAUL YOUNG everytime you go away

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN dancing in the dark
STEVIE WONDER part time lover
EURYTHMICS there must be an angel
MICK JAGGER & DAVID BOWIE dancing in the street
FEARGAL SHARKEY a good heart
TEARS FOR FEARS shout
DAVID BOWIE & PAT METHENY GROUP this is not america
COMMODORES nightshift
SIMPLE MINDS don't you
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN i'm on fire
OPUS live is life
TEARS FOR FEARS everybody wants to rule the world
JOHN PARR st. elmo's fire
DIRE STRAITS money for nothing