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Year-end countdown · 91X · 1985

91X Top 91 Songs of 1985

The year-end countdown for 1985 from 91X in San Diego, CA / Tijuana ranks 91 songs, with “Don't You (Forget About Me)” by Simple Minds at number one. The list features 64 different artists; Talking Heads has the most entries with four songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Don't You (Forget About Me) Simple Minds 125 #1
2 The Perfect Kiss New Order 43 #2
3 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 106 #1
4 Running Up That Hill Kate Bush 83 #2
5 Alive and Kicking Simple Minds 46 #1
6 A Night Like This The Cure 9 #6
7 Money for Nothing Dire Straits 116 #7
8 Shout Tears for Fears 70 #5
9 Shake the Disease Depeche Mode 38 #1
10 Last Time Forever Squeeze 2 #10
11 This Time INXS 25 #8
12 In Between Days The Cure 81 #3
13 Bad U2 78 #5
14 Stay Up Late Talking Heads 38 #14
15 You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) Dead or Alive 36 #6
16 Head Over Heels Tears for Fears 42 #16
17 This is England The Clash 2 #17
18 Be Near Me ABC 16 #18
19 Dead Man's Party Oingo Boingo 65 #1
20 Strength The Alarm 33 #20
21 And She Was Talking Heads 81 #21
22 Lay Your Hands on Me Thompson Twins 11 #22
23 Everybody Wants to Rule the World Tears for Fears 90 #1
24 Love Vigilantes New Order 46 #1
25 Fortress Around Your Heart Sting 11 #25
26 Broken Wings Mr. Mister 4 #22
27 Just Another Day Oingo Boingo 15 #27
28 Voices Carry Til Tuesday 36 #28
29 I Got You Babe UB40 6 #29
30 Slave to Love Bryan Ferry 27 #30
31 Love is the 7th Wave Sting 2 #31
32 Roll Over Thompson Twins 1 #32
33 Can't Get There From Here R.E.M. 32 #33
34 Weird Science Oingo Boingo 32 #34
35 All You Zombies The Hooters 10 #35
36 Master and Servant Depeche Mode 44 #5
37 Burning House of Love X 10 #37
38 Take On Me a-ha 46 #2
39 Everyday is Halloween Ministry 33 #6
40 Hits of the Year Squeeze 2 #40
41 The Whole of the Moon The Waterboys 51 #14
42 Things Can Only Get Better Howard Jones 22 #42
43 The Bottom Line Big Audio Dynamite 27 #15
44 And We Danced The Hooters 11 #44
45 World Destruction Time Zone 31 #17
46 Driver 8 R.E.M. 51 #46
47 If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free Sting 9 #20
48 Road to Nowhere Talking Heads 36 #2
49 So In Love Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 16 #17
50 Tenderness General Public 47 #1
51 Castles in Spain The Armoury Show 2 #51
52 To Live and Die in L.A. Wang Chung 6 #52
53 Dancing the Streets David Bowie and Mick Jagger 1 #53
54 When Angels Kiss Gary Myrick 1 #54
55 Life in One Day Howard Jones 2 #55
56 Russians Sting 2 #10
57 A Sort of Homecoming U2 21 #57
58 Tonight She Comes The Cars 3 #58
59 Subculture New Order 9 #18
60 Nemesis Shriekback 21 #11
61 Television Man Talking Heads 1 #61
62 Pleasure And Pain The Divinyls 22 #43
63 Would I Lie To You? Eurythmics 34 #61
64 Ball of Confusion Love and Rockets 41 #19
65 Can't Get Enough of You Baby The Colourfield 8 #65
66 Don't Lose My Number Phil Collins 2 #66
67 Raging Moon Roger Daltry 1 #67
68 Bittersweet Hoodoo Gurus 16 #58
69 Don't Come Around Here No More Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 39 #69
70 Blue Kiss Jane Wiedlin 2 #23
71 Walk of Life Dire Straits 52 #71
72 Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid 8 #16
73 Gratitude Danny Elfman 7 #73
74 My Love is Chemical Lou Reed 1 #74
75 Never You Done That General Public 7 #75
76 Hanging on a Heartbeat The Hooters 1 #76
77 Bang a Gong (Get It On) Power Station 3 #66
78 Face the Face Pete Townshend 2 #68
79 Trapped Colonel Abrams 1 #79
80 Walking On Sunshine Katrina and the Waves 20 #1
81 Sun City Artists United Against Apartheid 5 #6
82 Don't Stop Dance Bryan Ferry 1 #82
83 Love Comes Tumbling U2 2 #83
84 What You Need INXS 65 #7
85 Lucky in Love Mick Jagger 1 #85
86 Virgin Lords of the New Church 1 #86
87 When Love Breaks Down Prefab Sprout 3 #87
88 Ways to Be Wicked Lone Justice 3 #88
89 Silent Run Mike + The Mechanics 1 #89
90 Bad Child John Paul Jones 1 #90
91 Weekends Too Graham Parker 1 #91

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91X Top 91 Songs of 1985 was broadcast by 91X (San Diego, CA / Tijuana). Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

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