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Song Artist Ref. 5 January "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Band Aid: 12 January 19 January 26 January "I Want to Know What Love Is" Foreigner: 2 February 9 February "I Know Him So Well" Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson: 16 February 23 February [1] 2 March 9 March 16 March "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" Dead or Alive: 23 March "Easy Lover"
Ireland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with the song "Wait Until the Weekend Comes", written by Brendan Graham, and performed by Maria Christian.The Irish participating broadcaster, Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), selected its entry through a national final.
On 5 October 1962, Elvis Presley's "She's Not You" was declared Ireland's first number one. This is a list of number-one songs as recorded by IRMA’s Top 50 Singles chart — a weekly national survey of popular songs in Ireland. It is compiled by the IRMA from single sales. The lists below show the songs that have topped the chart.
The Eurovision Song Contest 1985 was the 30th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 4 May 1985 in the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), it was presented by Lill Lindfors .
Frankie Gavin and the new De Dannan at the "Craiceann Bodhrán Festival" 2012 Platinum record awarded to De Dannan by the Irish Recorded Music Association for their 1999 album How the West Was Won. In Ireland, a recording must sell 15,000 units to be certified platinum. De Dannan (originally Dé Danann) is an Irish folk music group.
In 2016 a recording was made by an Irish band Glaslevin as a fund-raiser for Celtic F.C.'s ultras supporters group Green Brigade, and in February 2024 members of the group were being encouraged to sing the song as a gesture of support for Palestine, with a statement: "'Grace' is a song of love, hope, loss, pain, steadfastness, resistance and ...
1985 Dermot Morgan "Thank You Very Much Mr. Eastwood" 1986 The Housemartins "Caravan of Love" 1987 The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl "Fairytale of New York" 1988 Cliff Richard "Mistletoe and Wine" 1989 Band Aid "Do They Know It's Christmas?" 1990 Zig and Zag "The Christmas No.1" 1991 Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody" / "These Are the Days of Our Lives" 1992
"If I Was" is a song by Scottish musician Midge Ure. It was co-written by Ure and Danny Mitchell (of Ultravox's tour opening band Messengers) and released as the first single from Ure's debut solo studio album, The Gift (1985). The song reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for one week in September 1985. The track also reached number one in ...