# 3 Top 40 Hits From 1985 That Every 80s Kid Still Knows by Heart Today

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/3-top-40-hits-from-1985-that-every-80s-kid-still-knows-by-heart-today/
- Published: 2026-10-29T00:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T01:20:16+00:00
- Original publisher: American Songwriter
- Original article: https://americansongwriter.com/3-top-40-hits-from-1985-that-every-80s-kid-still-knows-by-heart-today/
- Topics: Art, Culture

## Key points

- Three 1985 hits remain familiar to many 80s listeners.
- The songs came from the Pointer Sisters, Bryan Adams and Animotion.
- “Room to Move” was Animotion’s final hit.

## Summary

The article revisits three songs that reached the US Top 40 in 1985 and argues they remain familiar to people who grew up in the 1980s. The tracks also mark notable moments in the careers of the Pointer Sisters, Bryan Adams and Animotion.

The songs are the Pointer Sisters’ “Dare Me”, from *Contact*; Bryan Adams’ “Summer of ’69”, from *Reckless*; and Animotion’s “Let Him Go”, from their self-titled debut album. “Dare Me” was the Pointer Sisters’ final major Billboard Hot 100 hit, while Adams later said he did not expect “Summer of ’69” to become a classic. “Let Him Go” followed Animotion’s Top 10 single “Obsession”; the group’s final hit came in 1989 with “Room to Move”.

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