Favorite BIG #1 HITS Through the Years: 1985 Pop
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (62145)
United States
March 20, 2018 8:35am CST
I was all set to have a nice night of reading and getting everything all myLotted on a Monday....then I saw the tornado warning in Alabama. Instead of being here, I spent the evening watching James Spann cover the tornadoes. That guy is amazing in his coverage. My brother watched and became a fan almost instantly, and we both agreed that he needs to come to Louisville to teach our drama queens how to cover severe weather (right, @LoriAMoore ?). Here's the last #1 pop song on my 25-year journey of #1 songs.
1985 (Pop): One More Night - Phil Collins
Yeah, not a great selection, but look at the things that were #1 that year and you'll see this was about the only option. "We Are the World"? "Say You, Say Me"? "Like a Virgin"?? (Joan Rivers joke: "the only thing she can do like a virgin is have a baby in a stable.") "We Built This freaking sorry City"???? 
Actually, I really enjoyed the No Jacket Required album, especially "Take Me Home" (the closing song on the album). It was a little later in the 80s when it got to the point that you couldn't tell a Phil Collins solo album from a Genesis band album, though. Sad. (And all the prog-rockers are saying that Genesis "ended" with Peter Gabriel left. 
)
And, for those of you who may not remember, Phil Collins did have some hair once!
Enjoy this beautiful ballad. And thanks for reading.
One More Night
Written by Phil Collins
Recorded by Phil Collins
From No Jacket Required, 1985
#1 for two weeks
I can't wait forever:
Actually, I really enjoyed the No Jacket Required album, especially "Take Me Home" (the closing song on the album). It was a little later in the 80s when it got to the point that you couldn't tell a Phil Collins solo album from a Genesis band album, though. Sad. (And all the prog-rockers are saying that Genesis "ended" with Peter Gabriel left. )
And, for those of you who may not remember, Phil Collins did have some hair once!
Enjoy this beautiful ballad. And thanks for reading.
One More Night
Written by Phil Collins
Recorded by Phil Collins
From No Jacket Required, 1985
#1 for two weeks
I can't wait forever:
“One More Night” is a single from Phil Collins’ third solo album ‘No Jacket Required’. It was his second US number-one single and his tenth single to reach t...
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
20 Mar 18
Although I know these songs, in 1985 I was fully immersed in alternative and didn't listen to pop.
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@FourWalls (62145)
• United States
20 Mar 18
Looking at the list of #1 songs, that is most understandable. This was pretty much when I gave up on "commercial" or "mainstream" radio.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
24 Apr 18
@FourWalls - Except for "Like a Virgin," we played all those songs at the station. Needless to say, I just turned down the sound when I had to play them.
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@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Mar 18
Oh, I like this one. I had never heard this one but I do like a lot of his songs.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
24 Apr 18
It did get to where you couldn't tell the difference, which is why I prefer ABACAB from Genesis as a trio.
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