Top 100 songs for August 10, 1985
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1985 and the 1980s.
This week’s No. 1 is “Shout” by Tears For Fears. Meanwhile, “Oh Sheila” by Ready For The World rises from No. 85 to No. 61. 6 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Oh Sheila — Ready For The Worldup 24 places, No. 85 → No. 61
- There Must Be An Angel — Eurythmicsup 16 places, No. 64 → No. 48
- Money For Nothing — Dire Straitsup 15 places, No. 43 → No. 28
New to this week’s Top 10
- Freeway Of Love — Aretha FranklinNo. 8
New to this week’s Top 40
- Money For Nothing — Dire StraitsNo. 28
- Shame — The MotelsNo. 40
First-week entries
- Every Step Of The Way — John WaiteNo. 62
- C-I-T-Y — John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown BandNo. 65
- And We Danced — HootersNo. 72
- Power Of Love (You Are My Lady) — Air SupplyNo. 84
- Running Back — UrgentNo. 88
- Fright Night — The J. Geils BandNo. 93
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.