# List of Billboard number-one dance singles of 1985

Billboard magazine compiled the top-performing dance singles in the United States on the Hot Dance/Disco Club Play chart and the Hot Dance/Disco 12-inch Singles Sales chart. Premiered in 1976, the Club Play chart ranked the most-played singles on dance club based on reports from a national sample of club DJs. It was the sole chart for dance music before the issue dated March 16, 1985, when the 12-inch Singles Sales chart was launched based on retail sales of physical singles across the United States. The first number one on the dance sales chart was "New Attitude"/"Axel F", a split single by Patti LaBelle and Harold Faltermeyer from Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack. However, Billboard had already compiled unpublished chart for the 12-inch singles sales chart since January 19, 1985, with "Rain Forest"/"Sound Chaser" by Paul Hardcastle as its first number one, which was retrospectively listed on Billboard.com.

## Charts history

Chart history :
| Issue date | Hot Dance/Disco Club Play | Hot Dance/Disco Club Play | Hot Dance/Disco 12-inch Singles Sales | Hot Dance/Disco 12-inch Singles Sales | Ref. |
| Issue date | Title | Artist(s) | Title | Artist(s) | Ref. |
| January 5 | "Like a Virgin" | Madonna | Not issued | Not issued | |
| January 12 | "We Are the Young" | Dan Hartman | Not issued | Not issued | |
| January 19 | "We Are the Young" | Dan Hartman | "Rain Forest" / "Sound Chaser" | Paul Hardcastle | |
| January 26 | "Loveride" | Nuance featuring Vikki Love | "Rain Forest" / "Sound Chaser" | Paul Hardcastle | |
| February 2 | "Sidewalk Talk" | Jellybean | "Rain Forest" / "Sound Chaser" | Paul Hardcastle | |
| February 9 | "Loverboy" | Billy Ocean | "Sugar Walls" | Sheena Easton | |
| February 16 | "Smalltown Boy" | Bronski Beat | "Sugar Walls" | Sheena Easton | |
| February 23 | "Sugar Walls" | Sheena Easton | "New Attitude"/ "Axel F" | Patti LaBelle/ Harold Faltermeyer | |
| March 2 | "This Is My Night" | Chaka Khan | "New Attitude"/ "Axel F" | Patti LaBelle/ Harold Faltermeyer | |
| March 9 | "New Attitude"/ "Axel F" | Patti LaBelle/ Harold Faltermeyer | "New Attitude"/ "Axel F" | Patti LaBelle/ Harold Faltermeyer | |
| March 16 | "New Attitude"/ "Axel F" | Patti LaBelle/ Harold Faltermeyer | "New Attitude"/ "Axel F" | Patti LaBelle/ Harold Faltermeyer | |
| March 23 | "Bad Habits" | Jenny Burton | "New Attitude"/ "Axel F" | Patti LaBelle/ Harold Faltermeyer | |
| March 30 | "Material Girl" | Madonna | "New Attitude"/ "Axel F" | Patti LaBelle/ Harold Faltermeyer | |
| April 6 | "In My House" | Mary Jane Girls | "New Attitude"/ "Axel F" | Patti LaBelle/ Harold Faltermeyer | |
| April 13 | "In My House" | Mary Jane Girls | "New Attitude"/ "Axel F" | Patti LaBelle/ Harold Faltermeyer | |
| April 20 | "Point of No Return" | Exposé | "We Are The World" | USA for Africa | |
| April 27 | "Point of No Return" | Exposé | "We Are The World" | USA for Africa | |
| May 4 | "Fresh" | Kool & the Gang | "We Are The World" | USA for Africa | |
| May 11 | "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" | Tears for Fears | "We Are The World" | USA for Africa | |
| May 18 | "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" | Tears for Fears | "Fresh" | Kool & the Gang | |
| May 25 | "Do You Wanna Get Away" | Shannon | "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" | Tears for Fears | |
| June 1 | "Do You Wanna Get Away" | Shannon | "I Wonder If I Take You Home" | Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force | |
| June 8 | "Call Me Mr. Telephone (Answering Service)" | Cheyne | "I Wonder If I Take You Home" | Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force | |
| June 15 | "I Wonder If I Take You Home" | Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force | "Angel"/ "Into the Groove" | Madonna | |
| June 22 | "Thinking About Your Love" | Skipworth & Turner | "Angel"/ "Into the Groove" | Madonna | |
| June 29 | "Angel"/ "Into the Groove" | Madonna | "Angel"/ "Into the Groove" | Madonna | |
| July 6 | "19" | Paul Hardcastle | "Angel"/ "Into the Groove" | Madonna | |
| July 13 | "19" | Paul Hardcastle | "Angel"/ "Into the Groove" | Madonna | |
| July 20 | "Glow" | Rick James | "19" | Paul Hardcastle | |
| July 27 | "Glow" | Rick James | "19" | Paul Hardcastle | |
| August 3 | "Freeway of Love" | Aretha Franklin | "Angel"/ "Into the Groove" | Madonna | |
| August 10 | "Freeway of Love" | Aretha Franklin | "Angel"/ "Into the Groove" | Madonna | |
| August 17 | "Freeway of Love" | Aretha Franklin | "Raspberry Beret" / "She's Always In My Hair" | Prince & the Revolution | |
| August 24 | "Shout" | Tears for Fears | "Trapped" | Colonel Abrams | |
| August 31 | "Shout" | Tears for Fears | "Trapped" | Colonel Abrams | |
| September 7 | "Trapped" | Colonel Abrams | "Shout (Remix)" | Tears for Fears | |
| September 14 | "Eight Arms to Hold You" | Goon Squad | "Shout (Remix)" | Tears for Fears | |
| September 21 | "Dare Me" | The Pointer Sisters | "Pop Life" (Remix) / "Hello" | Prince & the Revolution | |
| September 28 | "Be Near Me" | ABC | "Pop Life" (Remix) / "Hello" | Prince & the Revolution | |
| October 5 | "Be Near Me" | ABC | "Dress You Up" (Remix) | Madonna | |
| October 12 | "Oh Sheila" | Ready for the World | "Dress You Up" (Remix) | Madonna | |
| October 19 | "Fall Down (Spirit of Love)" | Tramaine | "Dress You Up" (Remix) | Madonna | |
| October 26 | "You Wear It Well" | El DeBarge with DeBarge | "Dress You Up" (Remix) | Madonna | |
| November 2 | "You Wear It Well" | El DeBarge with DeBarge | "I'll Be Good" | Rene & Angela | |
| November 9 | "You & Me" | The Flirts | "Part-Time Lover" (Remix) | Stevie Wonder | |
| November 16 | "Part-Time Lover" | Stevie Wonder | "Conga" | Miami Sound Machine | |
| November 23 | "Who's Zoomin' Who" | Aretha Franklin | "Part-Time Lover" (Remix) | Stevie Wonder | |
| November 30 | "A Love Bizarre" | Sheila E. | "I Like You" | Phyllis Nelson | |
| December 7 | "A Love Bizarre" | Sheila E. | "I Like You" | Phyllis Nelson | |
| December 14 | "I Like You" | Phyllis Nelson | "I Like You" | Phyllis Nelson | |
| December 21 | "Takes a Little Time" | Total Contrast | "I Like You" | Phyllis Nelson | |
| December 28 | "Baby Talk" | Alisha | "I Like You" | Phyllis Nelson | |