Global Charts
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Global Single Chart
40 years ago
the most popular tracks worldwide
according to the national single charts
dated to October 26, 1985
compiled and provided by

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week 6
Part-Time Lover - Stevie Wonder
Motown - 2 weeks at No.1
3 / 6
week 4
Take On Me - A-ha
Warner Bros.
2 / 1
week 8
Dancing In The Street - David Bowie & Mick Jagger
EMI
4 / -
week 2
The Power Of Love - Jennifer Rush
CBS
6 / 4
week 14
We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) - Tina Turner
Capitol
5 / 3
week 10
Cherish - Kool & The Gang
De-Lite
8 / 8
week 9
St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) - John Parr
Mercury / Atlantic
9 / -
week 2
Miami Vice Theme - Jan Hammer
MCA
new.JPG (991 bytes) Saving All My Love For You - Whitney Houston
Arista
7 / 5
week 9
Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
Vertigo / Warner Bros.
 

"Part-Time Lover" was released on August 24, 1985, as the lead single from Stevie Wonder's 20th studio album In Square Circle (1985). Lyrically, it tells the story of a man who is cheating on his wife with a mistress, only to find out in the end that his wife is cheating on him as well. The song featured R&B singer Luther Vandross singing the ad-libs and backing vocals, in addition to Syreeta Wright and Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind & Fire. "Part-Time Lover" topped the hitlists in the United States, Canada, Spain, Belgium, Ireland and New Zealand. Furthermore it peaked at no.3 in United Kingdom, France, and Australia.

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