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THE ARC WEEKLY TOP 40 ARCHIVES:

TOP POP SONGS OF 1985: 101-200
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101 The Goonies 'R' Good Enough

from The Goonies soundtrack 		Cyndi Lauper   6 10
102 Don't Come Around Here No More

from the LP Southern Accents		 Tom Petty
& The Heartbreakers		 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "Don't Come Around Here No More" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3		 8 10
103 Get It On (Bang A Gong) Power Station   6 10
104 Just Another Night Mick Jagger   7 10
105 Only The Young Journey   8 11
106 Relax Frankie Goes To Hollywood   7 10
107 High On You Survivor   7 10
108 Dancing In The Street

from the LP Best Of Bowie
ARC chart run: 30 - 22 - 15 - 11 - 8 - 7 - 12 - 28 - 37 - off		 Mick Jagger &
David Bowie		 Mick Jagger & David Bowie - "Dancing In The Street" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3		 7 9
109 I'm Goin' Down

from the LP Born In The U.S.A.
ARC chart run: 36 - 27 - 19 - 14 - 10 - 8 - 7 - 18 - 35 - off		 Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - "I'm Goin' Down" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3		 7 9
110 People Are People

from the LP Violator
ARC Chart Run: 39 - 34 - 27 - 24 - 22 - 19 - 39 - off		 Depeche Mode Depeche Mode - "Personal Jesus" (Single) 9 10
111 Smuggler's Blues Glenn Frey   9 9
112 You Spin Me 'Round (Like A Record) Dead Or Alive   10 10
113 The Old Man Down The Road John Fogerty   7 9
114 Jamie

from the LP Chartbusters
ARC chart run: 37 - 31 - 27 - 23 - 20 - 16 - 12 - 10 - 30 - off		 Ray Parker, Jr. Ray Parker, Jr. - "Jamie" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3		 10 10
115 You Are My Lady Freddie Jackson   10 9
116 One Of The Living

from the Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome soundtrack		 Tina Turner   9 10
117 Somebody

from the LP Reckless		 Bryan Adams   10 9
118 I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down Paul Young   9 9
119 New Attitude

from the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack 		Patti LaBelle   12 9
120 Foolish Heart

from the LP Street Talk
ARC chart run: 36 - 33 - 29 - 26 - 22 - 18 - 13 - 11 - 18 - off		 Steve Perry Steve Perry - "Foolish Heart" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3		 11 9
121 One Night Love Affair

from the LP Reckless		 Bryan Adams   10 9
122 That Was Yesterday Foreigner   10 9
123 Along Comes A Woman Chicago   10 9
124 Mr. Telephone Man New Edition   8 8
125 Just A Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody

from the LP Crazy From The Heat 		David Lee Roth David Lee Roth - "Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3		 12 9
126 Jungle Love The Time   17 9
127 Cry

from the LP The History Mix Volume 1 		Godley & Creme Godley & Creme - "Cry" (Single)
Amazon.mp3		 13 10
128 Do They Know It's Christmas

ARC chart run: 26 - 16 - 13 - 12 - 10 - off		 Band Aid Band Aid - "Do They Know It's Christmas" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3		 10 5
129 Love Light In Flight

from the The Woman In Red soundtrack
ARC chart run: 38 - 31 - 28 - 24 - 21 - 18 - 14 - 11 - 31 - off		 Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder - "Love Light In Flight" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3		 11 9
130 Understanding

from the Teachers soundtrack
ARC chart run: 33 - 24 - 22 - 17 - 14 - 12 - 11 - 31 - off		 Bob Seger
& The Silver Bullet Band		 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - "Understanding" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3		 11 8
131 19 Paul Hardcastle   12 9
132 Keeping The Faith

from the LP An Innocent Man		 Billy Joel   16 9
133 Emergency Kool & The Gang   14 9
134 Save A Prayer

from the LP Rio		 Duran Duran   12 8
135 Sunset Grill

from the LP Building The Perfect Beast		 Don Henley   14 8
135 Crazy In The Night (Barking At Airplanes) Kim Carnes   15 8
137 Love Theme From "St. Elmo's Fire" David Foster   14 8
138 Tough All Over John Cafferty &
The Beaver Brown Band		   15 8
139 One Lonely Night REO Speedwagon   15 8
140 Call To The Heart

from the LP Giuffria
ARC chart run: 40 - 35 - 29 - 24 - 19 - 15 - 13 - 24 - off		 Giuffria Giuffria - "Call To The Heart" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3		 13 8
141 And We Danced The Hooters   17 8
142 Smokin' In The Boys Room

from the LP Theater Of Pain		 Mötley Crüe   14 8
143 Neverending Story Limahl   15 8
144 Life In One Day Howard Jones   16 7
145 Just As I Am Air Supply   18 8
146 Operator Midnight Star   15 7
147 Shame The Motels   15 7
148 Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid

from the LP Big Bam Boom		 Daryl Hall & John Oates   14 7
149 Wrap Her Up

from the LP Ice On Fire		 Elton John   17 8
150 C-I-T-Y John Cafferty &
The Beaver Brown Band		   16 7
151 Say You're Wrong Julian Lennon   16 8
152 Rock Me Tonite Freddie Jackson   17 8
153 Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves Eurythmics &
Aretha Franklin		   15 8
154 Soul Kiss

from the LP Soul Kiss
ARC chart run: 38 - 30 - 26 - 19 - 15 - 13 - 30 - off		 Olivia Newton-John Olivia Newton-John - "Soul Kiss" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3		 13 7
155 There Must Be An Angel Eurythmics   17 7
156 Money Changes Everything

from the LP She's So Unusual
ARC chart run: 40 - 32 - 26 - 21 - 18 - 16 - 39 - of		 Cyndi Lauper Cyndi Lauper - "Money Changes Everything" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3		 16 7
157 A Nite At The Apollo Live! The Way
You Do The Things You Do / My Girl

from the LP Live At The Apollo With David Ruffin & Eddie Kendrick		 Daryl Hall & John Oates
with David Ruffin
& Eddie Kendrick		   17 7
158 Four In The Morning Night Ranger   15 7
159 Naughty Naughty John Parr   20 7
160 State Of The Heart Rick Springfield   19 6
161 Mystery Lady Billy Ocean   19 7
162 Object Of My Desire Starpoint   24 7
163 So In Love O.M.D.   19 6
164 Getcha Back Beach Boys   19 6
165 Every Step Of The Way John Waite   18 6
166 Tenderness

from the LP All The Rage
ARC chart run: 37 - 33 - 28 - 24 - 22 - 20 - off		 General Public General Public - "Tenderness" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3		 20 6
167 Bruce

from the LP Beautiful Feelings
ARC chart run: 40 - 36 - 29 - 27 - 22 - 19 - 37 - off		 Rick Springfield Rick Springfield - "Bruce" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3		 19 7
168 Radioactive The Firm   17 6
169 Invisible Alison Moyet   21 6
170 Take Me With U

from the LP Purple Rain
ARC chart run: 34 - 30 - 25 - 22 - 19 - 33 - off		 Prince & The Revolution
with Appolonia		 Prince - "Take Me With U" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3		 19 6
171 Forever Man Eric Clapton   21 5
172 Rock And Roll Girls John Fogerty   19 5
173 Boy In The Box Corey Hart   20 6
174 Tender Years

from the Eddie & The Cruisers soundtrack
ARC chart run: 39 - 35 - 30 - 29 - 25 - 23 - off		 John Cafferty &
The Beaver Brown Band		 John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band - "Tender Years" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3		 23 6
175 Cannonball Supertramp   22 6
176 Rockin' At Midnight The Honeydrippers   20 6
177 I Wonder If I Take You Home Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
with Full Force		   24 6
178 Mistake No. 3

from the LP Waking Up With The House On Fire
ARC chart run: 39 - 34 - 30 - 26 - 23 - 36 - off		 Culture Club Culture Club - "Mistake No. 3" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3		 23 6
179 The Belle Of St. Mark

from the LP The Glamorous Life
ARC chart run: 40 - 35 - 31 - 28 - 26 - 23 - off		 Sheila E. Sheila E. - "The Belle Of St. Mark" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3		 23 6
180 This Is Not America
[David Bowie & The Pat Metheny Group]

from The Falcon And The Snowman soundtrack
ARC chart run: 37 - 33 - 28 - 25 - 23 - off		 David Bowie &
The Pat Metheny Group		 David Bowie & The Pat Metheny Group - "This Is Not America" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3		 23 5
181 Why Can't I Have You The Cars   24 6
182 Celebrate Youth Rick Springfield   23 5
183 Til My Baby Comes Home Luther Vandross   24 5
184 No Lookin' Back Michael McDonald   23 5
185 Possession Obsession

from the LP Big Bam Boom		 Daryl Hall & John Oates   27 5
186 I Got You Babe UB40 with Chrissie Hynde   26 5
187 Running Up That Hill

from the LP Hounds Of Love
ARC chart run: 38 - 33 - 27 - 24 - off 		Kate Bush Kate Bush - "Running Up That Hill" (Single)
Amazon.mp3		 24 4
188 Vox Humana Kenny Loggins   21 5
189 Not Enough Love In The World Don Henley   26 5
190 Little By Little Robert Plant   23 4
191 Sun City Artists United Against
Apartheid		   22 5
192 Do It For Love Sheena Easton   28 4
193 In Neon

from the LP Breaking Hearts
ARC chart run: 35 - 32 - 28 - 25 - off		 Elton John Elton John - "In Neon" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3		 25 4
194 Turn Up The Radio Autograph   27 4
195 Communication Power Station   27 5
196 When Your Heart Is Weak Cock Robin   25 4
197 Find A Way Amy Grant   28 4
198 Show Some Respect

from the LP Private Dancer		 Tina Turner   27 4
199 Wake Up (Next To You) Graham Parker & The Shot   28 4
200 Girls Are More Fun Ray Parker, Jr.   29 4
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