In 1985, RPM magazine published a chart for top-performing singles in the adult contemporary category in Canada. The chart, entitled Adult Contemporary, undergone numerous name changes throughout its existence, becoming Adult Contemporary in August 1984 until the magazine's final publication in November 2000. In 1985, thirty-five individual songs topped the chart, which contained 30 positions and is based on record sales and adult contemporary radio station playlist submissions.
In RPM'''s first issue for 1985, the first adult contemporary number-one was a cover version of the 1950s hit "Sea of Love" by the short-lived supergroup The Honeydrippers, led by former Led Zeppelin members Robert Plant and Jimmy Page. After two weeks, "Sea of Love" would eventually be knocked off the top by Jermaine Jackson's "Do What You Do", which topped the chart for two weeks. "Do What You Do" would then be dethroned by Jack Wagner's "All I Need", which topped the chart the first week of February. A week later, "Careless Whisper" by Wham! would top the adult contemporary chart for the rest of February 1985, a week after the single topped the Canadian top 40 chart for two consecutive weeks. Wham! would have a second number-one adult contemporary hit with "Everything She Wants", which topped the chart for the week of June 8. Two artists would also have two number-one adult contemporary hits each for 1985, first with Phil Collins, with "One More Night" and "Separate Lives" (a duet with Marilyn Martin, from the White Nights'' soundtrack), and Stevie Wonder, with "Love Light in Flight" and "Part-Time Lover". Two Canadian acts would have at least one number-one adult contemporary hit for 1985, first with charity supergroup the Northern Lights with the single "Tears Are Not Enough" which topped the chart the week of May 11, followed by Corey Hart with "Never Surrender" the week of July 20. The final number-one on the chart for 1985 was Lionel Richie's "Say You, Say Me", which reached number-one on the final weeks of December.
Chart history
+Issue dateTitleArtist(s) "Sea of Love" The Honeydrippers "Do What You Do" Jermaine Jackson "All I Need" Jack Wagner "Careless Whisper" Wham! "Love Light in Flight" Stevie Wonder "You're the Inspiration" Chicago "Crazy" Kenny Rogers "Hang On to Your Love" Sade "Missing You" Diana Ross "Too Late for Goodbyes" Julian Lennon "One More Night" Phil Collins "Too Late for Goodbyes" Julian Lennon "Tears Are Not Enough" The Northern Lights "We Are the World" USA for Africa "Rhythm of the Night" DeBarge "Everything She Wants" Wham! "One Night in Bangkok" Murray Head "Suddenly" Billy Ocean "Axel F" Harold Faltermeyer "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Tears for Fears "Never Surrender" Corey Hart "The Search Is Over" Survivor "Everytime You Go Away" Paul Young "Just As I Am" Air Supply "Find a Way" Amy Grant "Forever" Kenny Loggins "Not Enough Love in the World" Don Henley "You're Only Human (Second Wind)" Billy Joel "Cherish" Kool & the Gang "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" Tina Turner "Saving All My Love for You" Whitney Houston "Cry" Godley & Creme "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" John Parr "Part-Time Lover" Stevie Wonder "Separate Lives" Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin "Say You, Say Me" Lionel Richie
References
External links Search RPM charts collection at Library and Archives Canada