1985 in music

See also:

1984 in music,

other events of 1985,

1986 in music and the

list of 'years in music'.

Albums Released

• We are the World - USA for Africa
• Who's Zooming Who - Aretha Franklin
• No Jacket Required - Phil Collins
• Hunting High And Low - A-Ha
• Little Creatures - Talking Heads
• Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
• Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston
• Like a Virgin - Madonna
• Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
• Reckless - Brian Adams
• Telephone Free Landslide Victory - Camper Van Beethoven
• The Head on the Door - The Cure
• Frankenchrist - Dead Kennedys
• Three-Way Tie for Last - Minutemen
• Ice on Fire - Elton John
• New Day Rising - Husker Du
• Scarecrow - John Cougar Mellencamp
• Defenders of the Faith - Judas Priest
• Off The Board - Ludichrist
• Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! - Megadeth
• Songs from the Big Chair - Tears for Fears
• Diamond Life - Sade
• Cupid & Psyhe '85 - Scritti Politti
• Soul To Soul - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
• Centerfield - John Fogerty
• Hounds of Love - Kate Bush
• Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega
• Low-Life - New Order
• The Dream of the Blue Turtles - Sting
• Riptide - Robert Palmer
• Tim - The Replacements
• Fables of the Reconstruction - R.E.M.
• No Jacket Required - Phil Collins
• Around the World in a Day - Prince & the Revolution
• Rum Sodomy and the Lash - The Pogues
• Two Wheels Good - Prefab Sprout
• Radio - LL Cool J
• Heart - Heart
• Make it Big - Wham!
• Around the World in a Day - Prince
• To Mega Therion - Celtic Frost

Top Hits

• "Power of Love" - Huey Lewis & the News
• "Don't You Forget About Me" - Simple Minds
• "We Built This City" - Starship
• "Oh Sheila" - Ready for the World
• "Shout" - Tears for Fears
• "I Want to Know What Love Is" - Foreigner
• "Careless Whisper" - Wham!
• "Some Heads Are Gonna Roll" - Judas Priest
• "Crazy for You" - Madonna
• "Money for Nothing" - Dire Straits
• "Say You, Say Me" - Lionel Richie
• "We Are the World" - USA for Africa
• "Take On Me" - A-Ha
• "Born In The U.S.A." - Bruce Springsteen
• "Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore" - REO Speedwagon
• "Private Dancer" - Tina Turner

Events

• Live Aid raises funds for famine relief
• Various artists record the song "We Are The World"

Deaths

• February 11 - Heinz Eric Roemheld
• February 11 - Ulysses Simpson Kay
• December 22 - D. Boon, lead singer of The Minutemen