HEY DJ 4Uheydj4u.com“Money For Nothing” by Dire Straits
“Money For Nothing” by Dire Straits finished No. 8 on the year-end Top 100 of 1985, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year, making it one of the ten biggest hits of the year.
Year-end peakNo. 81985
Year-end charts11985
ArtistDire Straits3 year-end hits
Decade1980ssee the decade’s Top 100
The No. 1 song of 1985 was “Careless Whisper” by Wham!. Dire Straits had 3 different songs on the year-end charts (see them all).
Play “Money For Nothing”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1985 chart.
▶ Play it♪ Apple MusicAround it on the 1985 chart
| # | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | I Feel For You | Chaka Khan | ▶♪ |
| 6 | Out Of Touch | Daryl Hall and John Oates | ▶♪ |
| 7 | Everybody Wants To Rule The World | Tears For Fears | ▶♪ |
| 8 | Money For Nothing | Dire Straits | ▶♪ |
| 9 | Crazy For You | Madonna | ▶♪ |
| 10 | Take On Me | a-ha | ▶♪ |
| 11 | Everytime You Go Away | Paul Young | ▶♪ |
More hits by Dire Straits
| # | Song | Artist | Year-end | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walk Of Life | Dire Straits | 1986 #49 | ▶♪ |
| 2 | Sultans Of Swing | Dire Straits | 1979 #61 | ▶♪ |
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Source: Billboard’s year-end singles chart, as compiled on Wikipedia. Hey DJ 4U is an independent site, not affiliated with Billboard. Spotted an error? Tell us.