Billboard AC Chart Flashback: April 27, 1985

[johnm1120]

April 27, 1985

TW LW 2W Artist - Title (Final Peak)

01 01 02 U.S.A. For Africa - We Are the World (1)
02 03 04 DeBarge - Rhythm of the Night (1)
03 04 05 Madonna - Crazy For You (2)
04 02 01 Phil Collins - One More Night (1)
05 07 10 Sade - Smooth Operator (1)
06 06 07 Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire (6)
07 05 03 The Commodores - Nightshift (2)
08 10 13 Billy Ocean - Suddenly (1)
09 08 06 Julian Lennon - Too Late For Goodbyes (1)
10 14 19 Dan Fogelberg - Go Down Easy (6)

11 13 17 George Benson - I Just Wanna Hang Around You (7)
12 09 08 The Manhattans - You Send Me (8)
13 11 09 REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling (3)
14 21 ** Dionne Warwick & Barry Manilow - Run to Me (12)
15 20 28 Wham! - Everything She Wants (4)
16 18 22 Kool & The Gang - Fresh (5)
17 19 21 Hall & Oates - Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid (17)
18 17 16 Diana Ross - Missing You (4)
19 29 ** Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F (1)
20 12 11 Billy Joel - Keeping the Faith (3)

21 15 12 Dolly Parton - Don't Call it Love (12)
22 22 18 Kenny Rogers - Crazy (5)
23 16 15 Barbra Streisand - Emotion (14)
24 DEBUT Eric Carmen - I'm Through With Love (16)
25 23 14 Wham! Careless Whisper (1)
26 DEBUT REO Speedwagon - One Lonely Night (10)
27 28 ** Chicago - Along Comes a Woman (25)
28 24 23 Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is (3)
29 25 24 Linda Ronstadt - When I Fall in Love (24)
30 DEBUT War - Groovin' (30)


26 years ago this week, the AC chart was feeling a bit charitable as We Are the World was spending its 2nd week at #1, while DeBarge was preparing to give Diane Warren her first AC #1 as a songwriter.

The longest chart runner this week belongs to Diana Ross as "Missing You" lasted 26 weeks on the chart. Of the songs in the top 10, Dan Fogelberg had the shortest run on the chart lasting just 14 weeks.

[esoteric76]

Great list, thanks for posting. Love me some Diane Warren of any year!

[Verisimilitude]

Weird, I would have thought "Rhythm Of The Night" would have been too upbeat for AC at the time. ???

[kingofpain]

Interesting, of the top 10, I still hear all those songs on AC stations today, except for the Dan Fogelberg song (which has seemingly vanished) and of course USA for Africa which is rarely heard on radio today due to it being a charity single.

[Libra]

Apr 25, 2011 10:08:02 GMT -5 johnm1120 said:

14 21 ** Dionne Warwick & Barry Manilow - Run to Me (12)

:o Whoa, what happened there? Talk about a sudden brick wall ahead...

[johnm1120]

Pretty much. It only lasted 8 weeks in the top 30.

It's chart run:

21-14-13-13-12-12-26-30