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List of Billboard number-one dance singles of 1985

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Billboard magazine compiled the top-performing dance singles in the United States on the Hot Dance/Disco Club Play chart and the Hot Dance/Disco 12-inch Singles Sales chart. Premiered in 1976, the Club Play chart ranked the most-played singles on dance club based on reports from a national sample of club DJs. It was the sole chart for dance music before the issue dated March 16, 1985, when the 12-inch Singles Sales chart was launched based on retail sales of physical singles across the United States. The first number one on the dance sales chart was "New Attitude"/"Axel F", a split single by Patti LaBelle and Harold Faltermeyer from Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack.[1] However, Billboard had already compiled unpublished chart for the 12-inch singles sales chart since January 19, 1985, with "Rain Forest"/"Sound Chaser" by Paul Hardcastle as its first number one, which was retrospectively listed on Billboard.com.

Charts history

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Chart history
Issue date Hot Dance/Disco Club Play Hot Dance/Disco 12-inch Singles Sales Ref.
Title Artist(s) Title Artist(s)
January 5 "Like a Virgin" Madonna Not issued [2]
January 12 "We Are the Young" Dan Hartman [3]
January 19 "Rain Forest" / "Sound Chaser" Paul Hardcastle [4][5]
January 26 "Loveride" Nuance featuring Vikki Love [6][7]
February 2 "Sidewalk Talk" Jellybean [8][9]
February 9 "Loverboy" Billy Ocean "Sugar Walls" Sheena Easton [10][11]
February 16 "Smalltown Boy" Bronski Beat [12][13]
February 23 "Sugar Walls" Sheena Easton "New Attitude"/
"Axel F" 		Patti LaBelle/
Harold Faltermeyer 		[14][15]
March 2 "This Is My Night" Chaka Khan [16][17]
March 9 "New Attitude"/
"Axel F" 		Patti LaBelle/
Harold Faltermeyer 		[18][19]
March 16 [20][21]
March 23 "Bad Habits" Jenny Burton [22][23]
March 30 "Material Girl" Madonna [24][25]
April 6 "In My House" Mary Jane Girls [26][27]
April 13 [28][29]
April 20 "Point of No Return" Exposé "We Are The World" USA for Africa [30][31]
April 27 [32][33]
May 4 "Fresh" Kool & the Gang [34][35]
May 11 "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Tears for Fears [36][37]
May 18 "Fresh" Kool & the Gang [38][39]
May 25 "Do You Wanna Get Away" Shannon "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" Tears for Fears [40][41]
June 1 "I Wonder If I Take You Home" Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force [42][43]
June 8 "Call Me Mr. Telephone (Answering Service)" Cheyne [44][45]
June 15 "I Wonder If I Take You Home" Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force "Angel"/
"Into the Groove" 		Madonna [46][47]
June 22 "Thinking About Your Love" Skipworth & Turner [48][49]
June 29 "Angel"/
"Into the Groove" 		Madonna [50][51]
July 6 "19" Paul Hardcastle [52][53]
July 13 [54][55]
July 20 "Glow" Rick James "19" Paul Hardcastle [56][57]
July 27 [58][59]
August 3 "Freeway of Love" Aretha Franklin "Angel"/
"Into the Groove" 		Madonna [60][61]
August 10 [62][63]
August 17 "Raspberry Beret" / "She's Always In My Hair" Prince & the Revolution [64][65]
August 24 "Shout" Tears for Fears "Trapped" Colonel Abrams [66][67]
August 31 [68][69]
September 7 "Trapped" Colonel Abrams "Shout (Remix)" Tears for Fears [70][71]
September 14 "Eight Arms to Hold You" Goon Squad [72][73]
September 21 "Dare Me" The Pointer Sisters "Pop Life" (Remix) / "Hello" Prince & the Revolution [74][75]
September 28 "Be Near Me" ABC [76][77]
October 5 "Dress You Up" (Remix) Madonna [78][79]
October 12 "Oh Sheila" Ready for the World [80][81]
October 19 "Fall Down (Spirit of Love)" Tramaine [82][83]
October 26 "You Wear It Well" El DeBarge with DeBarge [84][85]
November 2 "I'll Be Good" Rene & Angela [86][87]
November 9 "You & Me" The Flirts "Part-Time Lover" (Remix) Stevie Wonder [88][89]
November 16 "Part-Time Lover" Stevie Wonder "Conga" Miami Sound Machine [90][91]
November 23 "Who's Zoomin' Who" Aretha Franklin "Part-Time Lover" (Remix) Stevie Wonder [92][93]
November 30 "A Love Bizarre" Sheila E. "I Like You" Phyllis Nelson [94][95]
December 7 [96][97]
December 14 "I Like You" Phyllis Nelson [98][99]
December 21 "Takes a Little Time" Total Contrast [100][101]
December 28 "Baby Talk" Alisha [102][103]

See also

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References

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