This is a list of singles which have reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart in 1985.
Week ending Song ArtistRef. 5 January "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Band Aid 12 January 19 January 26 January "I Want to Know What Love Is" Foreigner 2 February 9 February "I Know Him So Well" Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson 16 February 23 February 2 March 9 March 16 March "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" Dead or Alive 23 March "Easy Lover" Philip Bailey and Phil Collins 30 March 23 March "Show Some Concern" The Concerned 30 March 6 April 13 April "We Are the World" USA for Africa 20 April 27 April 4 May 11 May "The Unforgettable Fire" U2 18 May 25 May "19" Paul Hardcastle 1 June 8 June "I'm on Fire" / "Born in the U.S.A." Bruce Springsteen 15 June 22 June "You'll Never Walk Alone" The Crowd 29 June "Frankie" Sister Sledge 6 July 13 July 20 July 27 July "Axel F" Harold Faltermeyer 3 August "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)" Eurythmics 10 August "Into the Groove" Madonna 17 August 24 August 31 August "I Got You Babe" UB40 with Chrissie Hynde 7 September 14 September "Dancing in the Street" David Bowie and Mick Jagger 21 September 28 September "Holding Out for a Hero" Bonnie Tyler 5 October "Part-Time Lover" Stevie Wonder 12 October "If I Was" Midge Ure 19 October "The Power of Love" Jennifer Rush 26 October 2 November 9 November 16 November "Nikita" Elton John 23 November "A Good Heart" Feargal Sharkey 30 November 7 December "I'm Your Man" Wham! 14 December "Separate Lives" Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin 21 December "Saving All My Love for You" Whitney Houston 28 December "Thank You Very Much Mr. Eastwood" Dermot Morgan
26 Number Ones Most weeks at No.1 (song): "I Know Him so Well" - Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson (5) Most weeks at No.1 (artist): Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson (5) Most No.1s: Phil Collins (2 shared No.1s) NOTE: There were 4 Various Artist No. 1s this year (Band Aid, The Concerned, USA for Africa and The Crowd)
See also 1985 in music Irish Singles Chart List of artists who reached number one in Ireland
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