Hot Country Songs

Week of October 26, 1985

Hot Country Songs

The week’s most popular songs, ranked by audio and video streaming activity on leading digital music services, radio airplay audience impressions based on monitored airplay and sales data, all compiled by Luminate. Audience totals are derived, in part, using certain Nielsen Audio listener estimates.

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Touch A Hand,Make A Friend

The Oak Ridge Boys

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Songwriter(s):

H.Banks, R.Jackson, C.M.Hampton

Producer(s):

R.Chancey

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

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Hot Country Songs

Week of October 26, 1985

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1
- Touch A Hand,Make A Friend
  The Oak Ridge Boys
- 2
- 1
- 13
- - 2
  - 1
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

H.Banks, R.Jackson, C.M.Hampton

Producer(s):

R.Chancey

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

2
- Some Fools Never Learn
  Steve Wariner
- 3
- 2
- 14
- - 3
  - 2
  - 14

Songwriter(s):

J.S.Sherrill

Producer(s):

T.Brown, J.Bowen

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

3
- Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes
  George Jones
- 4
- 3
- 13
- - 4
  - 3
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

T.H.Seals, M.D.Barnes

Producer(s):

B.Sherrill

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

4
- Can't Keep A Good Man Down
  Alabama
- 6
- 4
- 10
- - 6
  - 4
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

B.Corbin

Producer(s):

H.Shedd, Alabama

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

5
- A Long And Lasting Love
  Crystal Gayle
- 5
- 5
- 12
- - 5
  - 5
  - 12

Songwriter(s):

M.Masser, G.Goffin

Producer(s):

M.Masser

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

6
- Hang On To Your Heart
  Exile
- 7
- 6
- 11
- - 7
  - 6
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

S.Lemaire, J.P.Pennington

Producer(s):

B.Killen

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

7
- I'll Never Stop Loving You
  Gary Morris
- 9
- 7
- 10
- - 9
  - 7
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

D.Loggins, J.D.Martin

Producer(s):

J.E.Norman

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

8
- I Wanna Say Yes
  Louise Mandrell
- 10
- 8
- 11
- - 10
  - 8
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

R.C.Bannon

Producer(s):

R.C.Bannon

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

9
- Too Much On My Heart
  The Statler Brothers
- 12
- 9
- 10
- - 12
  - 9
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

J.Fortune

Producer(s):

J.Kennedy

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/PolyGram

10
- I'm Gonna Leave You Tomorrow
  John Schneider
- 11
- 10
- 12
- - 11
  - 10
  - 12

Songwriter(s):

T.Daniels, G.Dobbins, J.Wilson

Producer(s):

J.Bowen, J.Schneider

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

11
- You Make Me Want To Make You Mine
  Juice Newton
- 1
- 1
- 15
- - 1
  - 1
  - 15

Songwriter(s):

D.Loggins

Producer(s):

R.Landis

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

12
- Angel In Your Arms
  Barbara Mandrell
- 13
- 12
- 10
- - 13
  - 12
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

C.Ivery, T.Woodford, T.Brasfield

Producer(s):

T.Collins

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

13
- I Don't Mind The Thorns (If You're The Rose)
  Lee Greenwood
- 16
- 13
- 9
- - 16
  - 13
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

J.Buckingham, L.Young

Producer(s):

J.Crutchfield

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

14
- Thing About You
  Southern Pacific
- 15
- 14
- 13
- - 15
  - 14
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

T.E.Petty

Producer(s):

J.E.Norman, Southern Pacific

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

15
- This Ain't Dallas
  Hank Williams Jr.
- 17
- 15
- 8
- - 17
  - 15
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

H.Williams,Jr.

Producer(s):

J.Bowen, H.Williams,Jr.

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curb/Warner Bros.

16
- You've Got Something On Your Mind
  Mickey Gilley
- 18
- 16
- 10
- - 18
  - 16
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

N.Wilson, R.Murrah, D.Gibson

Producer(s):

N.Wilson

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

17
- Two Old Cats Like Us
  Ray Charles
- 20
- 17
- 9
- - 20
  - 17
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

18
- Nobody Falls Like A Fool
  Earl Thomas Conley
- 22
- 18
- 7
- - 22
  - 18
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

P.McCann, M.Wright

Producer(s):

N.Larkin, E.T.Conley

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

19
- Doncha
  T.G. Sheppard
- 21
- 19
- 8
- - 21
  - 19
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

W.Aldridge

Producer(s):

R.Hall

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

20
- Lie To You For Your Love
  The Bellamy Brothers
- 23
- 20
- 7
- - 23
  - 20
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

F.Miller, D.Bellamy, H.Bellamy, J.Barry

Producer(s):

E.Gordy,Jr., J.Bowen

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curb/MCA

21
- I Wanna Hear It From You
  Eddy Raven
- 8
- 8
- 13
- - 8
  - 8
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

N.Montgomery, R.Giles

Producer(s):

P.Worley, E.Raven

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

22
- Stand Up
  Mel McDaniel
- 25
- 22
- 7
- - 25
  - 22
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

Channel, Rector, J.S.Throckmorton

Producer(s):

J.Kennedy

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

23
- The Chair
  George Strait
- 26
- 23
- 6
- - 26
  - 23
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

H.Cochran, D.Dillon

Producer(s):

J.Bowen

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

RIAA Certification: Platinum

24
- Meet Me In Montana
  Marie Osmond (With Dan Seals)
- 14
- 1
- 17
- - 14
  - 1
  - 17

Songwriter(s):

P.Davis

Producer(s):

P.Worley, K.Lehning

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

25
- Desperados Waiting For A Train
  Highwaymen
- 28
- 25
- 7
- - 28
  - 25
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

26
- Me & Paul
  Willie Nelson
- 29
- 26
- 7
- - 29
  - 26
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

W.Nelson

Producer(s):

W.Nelson

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

27
- You Make Me Feel Like A Man
  Ricky Skaggs
- 30
- 27
- 7
- - 30
  - 27
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

P.Rowan

Producer(s):

R.Skaggs

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

28
- Have Mercy
  The Judds
- 32
- 28
- 4
- - 32
  - 28
  - 4

Songwriter(s):

P.Kennerley

Producer(s):

B.Maher

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curb/RCA

29
- If The Phone Doesn't Ring,It's Me
  Jimmy Buffett
- 31
- 29
- 8
- - 31
  - 29
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

J.Buffett, W.Jennings, M.Utley

Producer(s):

J.Bowen, M.Utley, T.Brown

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

30
- Somebody Else's Fire
  Janie Fricke
- 33
- 30
- 6
- - 33
  - 30
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

M.Kennedy, P.Rose, P.Bunch

Producer(s):

B.Montgomery

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

31
- Lost In The Fifties Tonight(In The Still)
  Ronnie Milsap
- 19
- 1
- 16
- - 19
  - 1
  - 16

Songwriter(s):

M.B.Reid, T.H.Seals, F.Parris

Producer(s):

R.Milsap, T.Collins, R.Galbraith

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

32
- In Another Minute
  Jim Glaser
- 37
- 32
- 7
- - 37
  - 32
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

C.Putman, M.Kosser

Producer(s):

D.Tolle

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA/Noble Vision/MCA

33
- Betty's Bein' Bad
  Sawyer Brown
- 39
- 33
- 4
- - 39
  - 33
  - 4

Songwriter(s):

M.Chapman

Producer(s):

R.L.Scruggs

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol/Curb/Capitol

34
- Love Talks
  Ronnie McDowell
- 27
- 9
- 15
- - 27
  - 9
  - 15

Songwriter(s):

B.Jones, M.Garvin, T.Shapiro

Producer(s):

B.Killen

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

35
- Break Away
  Gail Davies
- 42
- 35
- 6
- - 42
  - 35
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

G.Nicholson, W.Holyfield

Producer(s):

G.Davies, L.Sklar

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

36
- Morning Desire
  Kenny Rogers
- 46
- 36
- 3
- - 46
  - 36
  - 3

Songwriter(s):

D.Loggins

Producer(s):

G.Martin

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

37
- Lovin' Up A Storm
  Bandana
- 44
- 37
- 7
- - 44
  - 37
  - 7

Hot Country Songs

Week of October 26, 1985

Hot Country Songs

Touch A Hand,Make A Friend

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Touch A Hand,Make A Friend

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Some Fools Never Learn

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Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes

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Can't Keep A Good Man Down

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A Long And Lasting Love

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Hang On To Your Heart

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I'll Never Stop Loving You

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I Wanna Say Yes

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Too Much On My Heart

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I'm Gonna Leave You Tomorrow

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You Make Me Want To Make You Mine

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Angel In Your Arms

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I Don't Mind The Thorns (If You're The Rose)

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Thing About You

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This Ain't Dallas

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You've Got Something On Your Mind

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Two Old Cats Like Us

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Nobody Falls Like A Fool

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