1985 - Hits from Coventina's Collection

[Coventina]

Listed in order of their appearance on Billboard's Hot 100 for the year:

1. Like A Virgin - Madonna
2. Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears
3. Crazy for You - Madonna
4. Take On Me - a-Ha
5. Don't You (Forget About Me) - Simple Minds
6. Shout - Tears for Fears
7. Things Can Only Get Better - Howard Jones
8. Raspberry Beret - Prince
9. One Night in Bangcock - Murry Head
10. Obsession - Animotion
11. Material Girl - Madonna
12. Head Over Heels - Tears for Fears
13. Smooth Operator - Sade
14. All Through the Night - Cyndi Lauper
15. Voices Carry - 'Til Tuesday
16. Would I Lie to You? - Eurythmics
17. Be Near Me - ABC
18. Walking On Sunshine - Katrina and the Waves
19. Angel - Madonna
20. Lay Your Hands On Me - Thompson Twins

Lots of great tunes in there!

[Rob H.]

1. I was in high school in 1985 and listening to a lot of music

but (please don't hate me) I'd change the station whenever Madonna came on. (Seriously, it used to crack up my then-girlfriend to watch how quickly I'd switch over to something else.) Her music was really big at the time but I never got into it. The rest of the list, though? I especially like "One Night in Bangkok," "Shout" and "Don't You (Forget About Me)," the last mostly for it's connection to The Breakfast Club.

Apropos of nothing, I have a friend who thought for years that Aimee Mann of 'Til Tuesday was singing, "Goin' downtown, it's so scary" instead of "Keep it down now, voices carry" until I heard him singing along one day and burst out laughing. I still give him grief about that one.

[Coventina]

3. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

That has to be one of the all-time BEST mis-heard song lyrics!!!

It ranks right up there with the sister of a friend of mine who thought Steve Winwood's "Bring Me A Higher Love" was "Give Me an Iron Lung."

Shows you how old we are, kids nowadays have probably never even heard of iron lungs!

[Rob H.]

5. "Give Me an Iron Lung," LOL

I'm going to be hearing it that way from now on.

[MissMillie]

2. sweet to see 'Til Tuesday on that list

Aimee Mann is one of my favorite songwriters.

[Coventina]

4. She is super gifted.

An amazing talent and it's sad that she hasn't had more commercial success.