This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot Black Singles of 1985. The chart is on page 38 of the PDF.
No. Title Artist(s)1 "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)" Freddie Jackson2 "You Give Good Love" Whitney Houston3 "Missing You" Diana Ross4 "Nightshift" Commodores5 "Saving All My Love for You" Whitney Houston 6 "In My House" Mary Jane Girls7 "Freeway of Love" Aretha Franklin8 "Solid" Ashford & Simpson9 "Oh Sheila" Ready for the World10 "Gotta Get You Home Tonight" Eugene Wilde11 "(No Matter How High I Get) I'll Still be Looking Up to You" Wilton Felder and Bobby Womack12 "Hangin' on a String (Contemplating)" Loose Ends13 "Cherish" Kool & the Gang14 "Mr. Telephone Man" New Edition15 "Fresh" Kool & the Gang16 "Misled" 17 "You Are My Lady" Freddie Jackson18 "Rhythm of the Night" DeBarge19 "Operator" Midnight Star20 "Treat Her Like a Lady" The Temptations21 "Save Your Love (For #1)" René & Angela22 "I Wonder If I Take You Home" Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam23 "Til My Baby Comes Home" Luther Vandross24 "The Men All Pause" Klymaxx25 "Part-Time Lover" Stevie Wonder26 "Suddenly" Billy Ocean27 "Back in Stride" Maze28 "Who's Holding Donna Now" DeBarge29 "New Attitude" Patti LaBelle30 "Beep a Freak" The Gap Band31 "Electric Lady" Con Funk Shun32 "Smooth Operator" Sade33 "Easy Lover" Philip Bailey and Phil Collins34 "Sanctified Lady" Marvin Gaye35 "Attack Me with Your Love" Cameo36 "Be Your Man" Jesse Johnson37 "We Are the World" USA for Africa38 "I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much" Bobby Womack39 "Private Dancer" Tina Turner40 "Tonight" Ready for the World41 "All of Me For All of You" 9.942 "Rain Forest" Paul Hardcastle43 "Can You Help Me" Jesse Johnson44 "Raspberry Beret" Prince and the Revolution45 "Show Me" Glenn Jones46 "Object of My Desire" Starpoint47 "Love Light in Flight" Stevie Wonder48 "Meeting in the Ladies Room" Klymaxx49 "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" Tina Turner50 "Dare Me" The Pointer Sisters
See also 1985 in music Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1985 List of Hot Black Singles number ones of 1985
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