These hits topped the Dutch Top 40 in 1985.
Issue DateSongArtist(s)Reference5 January"Do They Know It's Christmas?"Band Aid12 January19 January 26 January"Easy Lover"Phil Collins & Philip Bailey2 February9 February16 February 23 February"Shout"Tears For Fears2 March 9 March 16 March"This Is Not America"David Bowie & Pat Metheny Group23 March30 March"Nightshift"Commodores6 April13 April20 April"We Are the World"USA for Africa27 April4 May11 May18 May25 May1 June"Don't You (Forget About Me)"Simple Minds8 June15 June22 June"Dancing in the Dark"Bruce Springsteen29 June"19"Paul Hardcastle6 July13 July20 July"I'm on Fire"Bruce Springsteen27 July3 August10 August"Axel F"Harold Faltermeyer17 August24 August"Waarom fluister ik je naam nog"Benny Neyman31 August"Tarzan Boy"Baltimora7 September14 September"Into the Groove"Madonna21 September28 September5 October"I Got You Babe"UB40 & Chrissie Hynde12 October"Dancing in the Street"David Bowie & Mick Jagger19 October26 October"Ticket to the Tropics"Gerard Joling2 November"Only Love"Nana Mouskouri9 November16 November"(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena"Sandra23 November30 November"Take On Me"a-ha7 December"Nikita"Elton John14 December21 December28 DecemberNo Top 40 released
See also 1985 in music
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