Weekly Rock Top 20 for August 24, 1985 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 3 | 1 | Lonely Ol' Night | ▲ | 5 |
| John Cougar Mellencamp |
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| 2 | 2 | And She Was | ▲ |
| Talking Heads |
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| 7 | 3 | No Lookin' Back | ▲ | 30 |
| Michael McDonald |
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| 1 | 4 | Fortress Around Your Heart | 1 | 4 |
| Sting |
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| 10 | 5 | And We Danced | 4 | 12 |
| Hooters |
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| 9 | 6 | Back In Time | 2 |
| Huey Lewis And The News |
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| 5 | 7 | Cry | 5 | 11 |
| Godley & Creme |
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| 19 | 8 | Dancing In The Street | 1 | 9 |
| Mick Jagger/David Bowie |
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| 6 | 9 | Tonight It's You | 5 |
| Cheap Trick |
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| 18 | 10 | Lovin' Every Minute Of It | 1 | 7 |
| Loverboy |
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| 14 | 11 | Kayleigh | 8 |
| Marillion |
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| 15 | 12 | Four In The Morning (I Can't Take Any More) | 5 | 16 |
| Night Ranger |
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| 11 | 13 | Head Over Heels | 11 | 2 |
| Tears For Fears |
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| 16 | 14 | So Far Away | ▲ | 10 |
| Dire Straits |
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| 13 | 15 | Every Step Of The Way | 11 | 27 |
| John Waite |
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| 12 | 16 | C-I-T-Y | 8 | 13 |
| John Cafferty And The Beaver Brown Band |
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| 4 | 17 | Smokin' In The Boys Room | 2 | 10 |
| Motley Crue |
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| - | 18 | Bad | 14 |
| U2 |
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| 20 | 19 | Sink The Pink | ▲ |
| AC/DC |
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| - | 20 | Money For Nothing | 1 | 1 |
| Dire Straits |
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