ANT PEEL'S ALTERNATIVE / INDEPENDENT TOP 41 BEST SONGS (OCTOBER 1985)

Compiled by myself (Ant Peel) by choosing the best songs from the UK weekly Top 100 Singles Charts...

ANT PEEL'S ALTERNATIVE / INDEPENDENT TOP 41 BEST SONGS (OCTOBER 1985)

41. MATT BIANCO - YEH YEH

40. BRILLIANT - IT'S A MAN'S MAN'S WORLD

39. READY FOR THE WORLD - OH SHEILA

38. KING - TASTE OF YOUR TEARS

37. MADNESS - UNCLE SAM

36. ROBERT PALMER - DISCIPLINE OF LOVE

35. EIGHTH WONDER - STAY WITH ME

34. THOMPSON TWINS - KING FOR A DAY

33. ELTON JOHN - NIKITA

32. UB40 - DON'T BREAK MY HEART

31. TINA TURNER - ONE OF THE LIVING

30. THE LONG RYDERS - LOOKING FOR LEWIS AND CLARK

29. ZZ TOP - SLEEPING BAG

28. W.A.S.P. - BLIND IN TEXAS

27. THE ADVENTURERS - TWO RIVERS

26. ASWAD - BUBBLING

25. THE COMMUNARDS - YOU ARE MY WORLD

24. PRINCE - POP LIFE

23. RUSH - THE BIG MONEY

22. JAN HAMMER - MIAMI VICE THEME

21. ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK - LA FEMME ACCIDENT

20. SADE - THE SWEETEST TABOO

19. A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS - WHO'S THAT GIRL (SHE'S GOT IT)

18. DIRE STRAITS - BROTHERS IN ARMS

17. FEARGEL SHARKEY - A GOOD HEART

16. ARCADIA - ELECTION DAY

15. R.E.M. - WENDELL GEE

14. TEARS FOR FEARS - I BELIEVE

13. THE CULT - RAIN

12. THE WATERBOYS - THE WHOLE OF THE MOON

11. PAT BENATAR - INVINCIBLE

10. THE CARS - HEARTBEAT CITY

9. SIMPLE MINDS - ALIVE AND KICKING

8. THE CLASH - THIS IS ENGLAND

7. GRACE JONES - SLAVE TO THE RHYTHM

6. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - BRING ON THE DANCING HORSES

5. THE SMITHS - THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE

4. THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN - JUST LIKE HONEY

3. SIOUXIE AND THE BANSHEES - CITIES IN DUST

2. TALKING HEADS - ROAD TO NOWHERE

1. KATE BUSH - CLOUDBUSTING