Again, more great tracks were stopped by getting to number 1. Highlights include Madonna stopping herself. Her first number 1, Into The Groove, prevented a re-invigorated Holiday from reaching the top spot.
Earlier, we had seen the seemingly invincible Frankie Goes To Hollywood finally fail to score a number 1, as Welcome To The Pleasure Dome came up short against Dead Or Alive’s You Spin Me Round (Like A Record).
| Song at Number 2 | Week Ending | Song at Number 1 |
| Wham! – Last Christmas / Everything She Wants | 5 Jan 1985 | Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas |
| 12 Jan 1985 | ||
| Prince – 1999 / Little Red Corvette (re-issue) | 26 Jan 1985 | Foreigner – I Want To Know What Love Is |
| King – Love And Pride | 9 Feb 1985 | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson – I Know Him So Well |
| 16 Feb 1985 | ||
| 23 Feb 1985 | ||
| Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Welcome To The Pleasure Dome | 9 Mar 1985 | Dead Or Alive – You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) |
| 16 Mar 1985 | ||
| Alison Moyet – That Ole Devil Called Love | 23 Mar 1985 | Philip Bailey & Phil Collins – Easy Lover |
| 30 Mar 1985 | ||
| Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants To Rule The World | 20 Apr 1985 | USA For Africa – We Are The World |
| 27 Apr 1985 | ||
| Duran Duran – A View To A Kill | 25 May 1985 | Paul Hardcastle – 19 |
| 1 Jun 1985 | ||
| Marillion – Kayleigh | 15 Jun 1985 | The Crowd – You’ll Never Walk Alone |
| 29 Jun 1985 | Sister Sledge – Frankie | |
| Harold Faltermeyer – Axel F | 13 Jul 1985 | Eurythmics – There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) |
| 20 Jul 1985 | ||
| Madonna – Holiday (re-entry) | 17 Aug 1985 | Madonna – Into The Groove |
| Bonnie Tyler – Holding Out For A Hero | 21 Sep 1985 | David Bowie & Mick Jagger – Dancing In The Street |
| 28 Sep 1985 | ||
| 5 Oct 1985 | Midge Ure – If I Was | |
| A-Ha – Take On Me | 26 Oct 1985 | Jennifer Rush – The Power Of Love |
| 2 Nov 1985 | ||
| 9 Nov 1985 |