Songs · Billboard Hot 100
- Record Power
- 43.6
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
- Peak
- #1
- 4 weeks there · first Dec 21, 1985
- Top-ten weeks
- 9
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on chart
- 20
- November 1985 – March 1986
Ranked by Record Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a chart published by anyone else. How it works →
The run
Position by week; a gap is a spell off the chart.What it earned each artist
Record Power is the song's own figure. Power contributed is what it earned each artist's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the artist had other songs charting is split between them.
| Artist | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lionel Richie | primary | 100% | 44.2 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Dec 21, 1985 on the timeline →The #1 songs of 1985
1985 in music →Every other song that reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1985.
- Like A Virgin · Madonna
- I Want To Know What Love Is · Foreigner
- Careless Whisper · George Michael
- Can't Fight This Feeling · REO Speedwagon
- One More Night · Phil Collins
- We Are The World · USA For Africa
- Crazy For You · Madonna
- Don't You (Forget About Me) · Simple Minds
- Everything She Wants · Wham!
- Everybody Wants To Rule The World · Tears For Fears
- Heaven · Bryan Adams
- Sussudio · Phil Collins
- A View To A Kill · Duran Duran
- Everytime You Go Away · Paul Young
- Shout · Tears For Fears
- The Power Of Love · Huey Lewis & The News
- St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) · John Parr
- Money For Nothing · Dire Straits
- Oh Sheila · Ready For The World
- Take On Me · a-ha
- Saving All My Love For You · Whitney Houston
- Part-Time Lover · Stevie Wonder
- Miami Vice Theme · Jan Hammer
- We Built This City · Starship
- Separate Lives · Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin
- Broken Wings · Mr. Mister
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