User:The Emperah/sandbox/Music/Charts/List of the highest-ranking songs on the Hot 100 by a non-American act in 1985
Chart history[edit]
| Peak position | |
| † | Highest-ranking song by a non-American act in the Billboard Year-End list |
| Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | H100P | Ref(s) |
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| January 5 | "The Wild Boys" | Duran Duran  
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2 | |
| January 12 | 3 | |||
| January 19 | "Easy Lover" | Phillip Bailey and Phil Collins
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5 | |
| January 26 | 4 | |||
| February 2 | 2 | |||
| February 9 | ||||
| February 16 | "Careless Whisper" † | Wham! featuring George Michael
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1 | |
| February 23 | ||||
| March 2 | ||||
| March 9 | 2 | |||
| March 16 | "One More Night" | Phil Collins
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5 | |
| March 23 | 3 | |||
| March 30 | 1 | |||
| April 6 | ||||
| April 13 | 2 | |||
| April 20 | 4 | |||
| April 27 | "Don't You (Forget About Me)" | Simple Minds 
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5 | |
| May 4 | 4 | |||
| May 11 | 3 | |||
| May 18 | 1 | |||
| May 25 | "Everything She Wants" | Wham!
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| June 1 | ||||
| June 8 | "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" | Tears for Fears
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| June 15 | ||||
| June 22 | "Heaven" | Bryan Adams 
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| June 29 | ||||
| July 6 | "Sussudio" | Phil Collins
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| July 13 | "A View to a Kill" | Duran Duran
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| July 20 | ||||
| July 27 | "Everytime You Go Away" | Paul Young
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| August 3 | "Shout" | Tears for Fears
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| August 10 | ||||
| August 17 | ||||
| August 24 | 2 | |||
| August 31 | "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" | John Parr
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| September 7 | 1 | |||
| September 14 | ||||
| September 21 | "Money for Nothing" | Dire Straits
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| September 28 | ||||
| October 5 | ||||
| October 12 | 2 | |||
| October 19 | "Take On Me" | A-ha 
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1 | |
| October 26 | 3 | |||
| November 2 | "Head Over Heels" | Tears for Fears
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4 | |
| November 9 | 3 | |||
| November 16 | 4 | |||
| November 23 | "Separate Lives" | Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin
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3 | |
| November 30 | 1 | |||
| December 7 | 2 | |||
| December 14 | ||||
| December 21 | "Alive and Kicking" | Simple Minds
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4 | |
| December 28 | 3 |