An American Songwriter feature revisits four country hits that topped the charts in 1985, songs the outlet says are still fondly remembered by "elder millennials" who grew up hearing them on the radio and family stereo. The piece is a nostalgia-driven retrospective rather than breaking news, highlighting tracks that have endured on country radio for more than four decades.

The four songs each spent a week at number one on the Hot Country Songs chart during 1985, spanning artists from established stars to a soon-to-be-iconic supergroup.

– "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On" by Mel McDaniel, released 1984, hit number one in February 1985
– "Highwayman" by The Highwaymen (Nelson, Jennings, Cash and Kristofferson, before they adopted that group name), topped the chart in August 1985
– "Have Mercy" by The Judds, the last number one of 1985 and first of 1986
– "The Chair" by George Strait, reached number one in December 1985