This week in 1985
1 Easy Lover Philip Bailey with Phil Collins 2 That Ole Devil Called Love Alison Moyet 3 Pie Jesu Sarah Brightman and Paul Miles Kingston 4 Every Time You Go Away Paul Young 5 Welcome To The Pleasuredome Frankie Goes To Hollywood 6 Do What You Do Jermain e Jackson 7 Material Girl Madonna 8 We Close Our Eyes Go West 9 Kiss Me Stephen ‘Tin Tin’ Duffy 10 Wide Boy Nik Kershaw
Foreigner’s power ballad, ‘I Want To Know What Love Is’, blocked Philip Bailey and Phil Collins’ duet from reaching number one in the US, but it was a chart-topper in a number of other countries, including Canada, Ireland and the UK, where it spent four weeks on top. ‘Easy Lover’, co-written by Collins, Bailey and bass player Nathan East, came about after Collins was asked to produce Bailey’s 1984 album ‘Chinese Wall’. One of three UK number ones in the career of Phil Collins, ‘Easy Lover’ won an MTV Video Music Award and was nominated for a Grammy.