The most successful singles of all time on the Australian charts first entering the Top 100 during 1985. All ongoing success from 1986 onwards has been included.
| 1. WE ARE THE WORLD USA For Africa (HP: #1 – WEEKS IN TOP 100: 26) |
| 2. RUNNING UP THAT HILL (DEAL WITH GOD) Kate Bush (HP: #1 – WEEKS: 46) |
| 3. ANGEL / INTO THE GROOVE Madonna (HP: #1 – WEEKS: 27) |
| 4. THE POWER OF LOVE Jennifer Rush (HP: #1 – WEEKS: 29) |
| 5. WE BUILT THIS CITY Starship (HP: #1 – WEEKS: 26) |
| 6. CRAZY FOR YOU Madonna (HP: #1 – WEEKS: 23) |
| 7. SPECIES DECEASES (EP) (featuring “HERCULES”) Midnight Oil (HP: #1 – WEEKS: 20) |
| 8. I GOT YOU BABE UB40 with Chrissie Hynde (HP: #1 – WEEKS: 20) |
| 9. LIVE IT UP Mental As Anything (HP: #2 – WEEKS: 23) |
| 10. A GOOD HEART Feargal Sharkey (HP: #1 – WEEKS: 26) |
| 11. YOU SPIN ME ROUND (LIKE A RECORD) Dead Or Alive (HP: #3 – WEEKS: 47) *includes ’96 remix |
| 12. OUT OF MIND OUT OF SIGHT Models (HP: #1 – WEEKS: 23) |
| 13. TAKE ON ME a-ha (HP: #1 – WEEKS: 24) |
| 14. MONEY FOR NOTHING Dire Straits (HP: #4 – WEEKS: 32) |
| 15. DANCING IN THE STREET David Bowie & Mick Jagger (HP: #1 – WEEKS: 18) |
| 16. WOULD I LIE TO YOU Eurythmics (HP: #1 – WEEKS: 21) |
| 17. WHAT YOU NEED INXS (HP: #2 – WEEKS: 22) |
| 18. SAY YOU, SAY ME Lionel Richie (HP: #3 – WEEKS: 27) |
| 19. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER Jim Diamond (HP: #1 – WEEKS: 23) |
| 20. WE DON’T NEED ANOTHER HERO (THUNDERDOME) Tina Turner (HP: #1 – WEEKS: 17) |
| 21. THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR Dionne Warwick & Friends (HP: #1 – WEEKS: 25) |
| 22. SHOUT Tears For Fears (HP: #1 – WEEKS: 22) |
| 23. ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK Murray Head (HP: #1 – WEEKS: 22) |
| 24. POWER OF LOVE Huey Lewis And The News (HP: #1 – WEEKS: 22) |
| 25. I’M YOUR MAN Wham! (HP: #3 – WEEKS: 17) |
| 26. NIKITA Elton John (HP: #3 – WEEKS: 18) |
| 27. THE HEAT IS ON Glenn Frey (HP: #2 – WEEKS: 19) |
| 28. NEUTRON DANCE Pointer Sisters (HP: #4 – WEEKS: 21) |
| 29. DON’T GO Pseudo Echo (HP: #4 – WEEKS: 19) |
| 30. PART TIME LOVER Stevie Wonder (HP: #3 – WEEKS: 19) |
| 31. WALKING ON SUNSHINE Katrina And The Waves (HP: #4 – WEEKS: 21) |
| 32. BARBADOS Models (HP: #2 – WEEKS: 19) |
| 33. THERE MUST BE AN ANGEL (PLAYING WITH MY HEART) Eurythmics (HP: #3 – WEEKS: 17) |
| 34. ONE MORE NIGHT Phil Collins (HP: #2 – WEEKS: 15) |
| 35. CAN’T FIGHT THIS FEELING REO Speedwagon (HP: #2 – WEEKS: 21) |
| 36. BORN IN THE U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen (HP: #2 – WEEKS: 24) |
| 37. HOW WILL I KNOW Whitney Houston (HP: #2 – WEEKS: 29) |
| 38. I’D DIE TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT Jimmy Barnes (HP: #7 – WEEKS: 26) *includes 2014 version featuring Diesel |
| 39. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD Tears For Fears (HP: #2 – WEEKS: 30) |
| 40. 50 YEARS Uncanny X-Men (HP: #4 – WEEKS: 20) |
| 41. WORKING CLASS MAN Jimmy Barnes (HP: #4 – WEEKS: 18) |
| 42. THE BOYS OF SUMMER Don Henley (HP: #3 – WEEKS: 19) |
| 43. ENDLESS ROAD Time Bandits (HP: #5 – WEEKS: 24) |
| 44. SOME LIKE IT HOT The Power Station (HP: #4 – WEEKS: 20) |
| 45. AND WE DANCED The Hooters (HP: #6 – WEEKS: 22) |
| 46. MAN OVERBOARD Do Re Mi (HP: #5 – WEEKS: 18) |
| 47. BROKEN WINGS Mr. Mister (HP: #4 – WEEKS: 19) |
| 48. LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN The Dream Academy (HP: #4 – WEEKS: 18) |
| 49. ST. ELMO’S FIRE (MAN IN MOTION) John Parr (HP: #4 – WEEKS: 19) |
| 50. RHYTHM OF THE NIGHT DeBarge (HP: #5 – WEEKS: 17) |
| 51. TOO YOUNG FOR PROMISES Koo De Tah (HP: #6 – WEEKS: 27) |
| 52. LOVERBOY Billy Ocean (HP: #7 – WEEKS: 23) |
| 53. MATERIAL GIRL Madonna (HP: #4 – WEEKS: 16) |
| 54. CHERISH Kool And The Gang (HP: #8 – WEEKS: 24) |
| 55. MOVE CLOSER Phyllis Nelson (HP: #15 – WEEKS: 32) |
| 56. CLOSE TO ME The Cure (HP: #7 – WEEKS: 27) *includes Remix version |
| 57. A VIEW TO A KILL Duran Duran (HP: #6 – WEEKS: 14) |
| 58. CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU Eurogliders (HP: #8 – WEEKS: 21) |
| 59. HEAVEN Bryan Adams (HP: #12 – WEEKS: 23) |
| 60. DON’T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) Simple Minds (HP: #6 – WEEKS: 19) |
| 61. SAY I’M YOUR NUMBER ONE Princess (HP: #8 – WEEKS: 21) |
| 62. PLEASURE AND PAIN Divinyls (HP: #11 – WEEKS: 25) |
| 63. AXEL F. Harold Faltermeyer (HP: #6 – WEEKS: 18) |
| 64. WE WILL TOGETHER Eurogliders (HP: #7 – WEEKS: 19) |
| 65. WE CLOSE OUR EYES Go West (HP: #8 – WEEKS: 18) |
| 66. SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU Whitney Houston (HP: #20 – WEEKS: 30) |
| 67. SUSSUDIO Phil Collins (HP: #8 – WEEKS: 18) |
| 68. STRUT Sheena Easton (HP: #13 – WEEKS: 21) |
| 69. LIKE WOW-WIPEOUT Hoodoo Gurus (HP: #15 – WEEKS: 22) |
| 70. NIGHTSHIFT Commodores (HP: #8 – WEEKS: 18) |
| 71. YOU’RE ONLY HUMAN (SECOND WIND) Billy Joel (HP: #6 – WEEKS: 16) |
| 72. FREEWAY OF LOVE Aretha Franklin (HP: #6 – WEEKS: 15) |
| 73. ALL YOU ZOMBIES The Hooters (HP: #8 – WEEKS: 17) |
| 74. SUMMER OF ’69 Bryan Adams (HP: #14 – WEEKS: 25) |
| 75. TRUST ME I’m Talking (HP: #10 – WEEKS: 16) |
| 76. OBSESSION Animotion (HP: #12 – WEEKS: 20) |
| 77. CRAZY IN THE NIGHT (BARKING AT AIRPLANES) Kim Carnes (HP: #21 – WEEKS: 30) |
| 78. DRESS YOU UP Madonna (HP: #5 – WEEKS: 14) |
| 79. I KNOW HIM SO WELL Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson (HP: #21 – WEEKS: 26) |
| 80. FRANKIE Sister Sledge (HP: #10 – WEEKS: 16) |
| 81. CALIFORNIA GIRLS David Lee Roth (HP: #6 – WEEKS: 17) |
| 82. SISTERS ARE DOIN’ IT FOR THEMSELVES Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin (HP: #15 – WEEKS: 15) |
| 83. IF I WAS Midge Ure (HP: #10 – WEEKS: 15) |
| 84. LOVE THEME FROM “ST. ELMO’S FIRE” David Foster (HP: #22 – WEEKS: 33) |
| 85. I’M ON FIRE Bruce Springsteen (HP: #12 – WEEKS: 18) |
| 86. LOVE AND PRIDE King (HP: #8 – WEEKS: 15) |
| 87. SEPARATE LIVES Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin (HP: #14 – WEEKS: 21) |
| 88. THE GOONIES ‘R’ GOOD ENOUGH Cyndi Lauper (HP: #8 – WEEKS: 13) |
| 89. YOU’RE SO STRONG Mental As Anything (HP: #11 – WEEKS: 18) |
| 90. WIDE BOY Nik Kershaw (HP: #7 – WEEKS: 16) |
| 91. CALL ME Go West (HP: #12 – WEEKS: 16) |
| 92. (BILLY) DON’T LOSE MY NUMBER Phil Collins (HP: #10 – WEEKS: 16) |
| 93. THE BELLE OF ST. MARK Sheila E. (HP: #16 – WEEKS: 17) |
| 94. DARE ME Pointer Sisters (HP: #10 – WEEKS: 15) |
| 95. JOHNNY COME HOME Fine Young Cannibals (HP: #14 – WEEKS: 22) |
| 96. ROAD TO NOWHERE Talking Heads (HP: #16 – WEEKS: 18) |
| 97. CURRENT STAND Kids In The Kitchen (HP: #12 – WEEKS: 19) |
| 98. ELECTION DAY Arcadia (HP: #13 – WEEKS: 13) |
| 99. THE OLD MAN DOWN THE ROAD John Fogerty (HP: #10 – WEEKS: 17) |
| 100. 19 Paul Hardcastle (HP: #10 – WEEKS: 15) |
100 Songs 