1985
Kool and the Gang: Cherish
Kool and the Gang’s 1985 hit Cherish from their Emergency album. Love those fake seagull sounds.
Bryan Adams: Heaven
Canadian rocker Bryan Adams hit number one in 1985 with Heaven. The video features Adams singing to an audience full of monitors in the seats. …
Phil Collins: Sussudio
I don’t understand how Sussudio could be ranked number 24 on VH1′s “40 Most Awesomely Bad Songs Ever” because it’s a great 80′s song. Phil …
Whitney Houston: Saving All My Love for You
Saving All My Love for You is actually a cover of a 1978 song that Whitney Houston recorded for her debut album. The song …
Stevie Wonder: Part Time Lover
Stevie Wonder became the first artist to have a number one hit on four different Billboard charts with a single song when Part Time Lover …
Simple Minds: Don’t You (Forget About Me)
Don’t You (Forget About Me) was made famous by it’s appearance in the hit movie The Breakfast Club (it appears on the soundtrack). The …
USA for Africa: We Are the World
A huge amount of the biggest stars in music came together in 1985 to record the Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson written We Are the …
Tears for Fears: Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Tears for Fears really did rule the world for two weeks in 1985 topping the charts with Everybody Wants to Rule the World. The …
Paul Young: Everytime You Go Away
Everytime You Go Away was originally written and released by Hall and Oates in 1980 but Paul Young had the hit with it in 1985. …
Phil Collins and Philip Bailey: Easy Lover
Phil Collins and Philip Bailey’s classic 1985 duet Easy Lover. Everyone knows who Phil Collins is, from Genesis and his 45,000 solo hits but …
Lionel Richie: Say You Say Me
Lionel Richie recorded his 1985 number one hit Say You Say Me for the movie White Nights which starred Gregory Hines and Mikhail Baryshnikov. …













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