"Take on Me" is a song by Norwegian pop band a-ha. Written by the band members, the song was produced by Alan Tarney for the group's first studio album Hunting High and Low , released in 1985. The...  [more]

"Oh Sheila" is a 1985 single by Ready for the World. The song went to number one on the Hot 100, the Hot Black Singles and the Hot Dance Club Play charts. It was the first of two chart toppers for...  [more]

"Money for Nothing" is a song recorded by British group Dire Straits, which first appeared on their 1985 album Brothers in Arms and subsequently became an international hit when released as a...  [more]

"St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" is a song recorded by John Parr. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on 7 September 1985 and peaked at number six in the UK, Parr's home country. The song...  [more]

"The Power of Love" is the title of a 1985 single by Huey Lewis and the News written for and featured in the 1985 blockbuster film Back to the Future . It gave the band their first number-one hit...  [more]

"Shout" is a song by the British band Tears for Fears. Written by Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley and sung by Orzabal (with Curt Smith duetting on the chorus), it was the band's eighth single...  [more]

"Everytime You Go Away" is a song written by Daryl Hall and covered by Paul Young in 1985 (see 1985 in music). The original appeared on Hall & Oates's 1980 album, Voices, although it was not...  [more]

"A View to a Kill" is the thirteenth single by Duran Duran, released in May 1985. It was a stand-alone single, created for the James Bond movie A View to a Kill , and it remains the only James Bond...  [more]

"Sussudio" is a pop song by Phil Collins, released as a single in February 1985. The song is also the first track on Collins' third album, No Jacket Required, released in January of the same year....  [more]

"Heaven" is a power ballad written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance and performed by Bryan Adams. The song first appeared on the A Night in Heaven soundtrack album in 1983 and was later included on...  [more]