What was the world like in 1985?
India's #1 song of the year was Sun Sahiba Sun from Ram Teri Ganga Maili, topping Binaca Geetmala's annual countdown.
What things cost in 1985.
Gold: yearly average, 24K, approx. Petrol: Delhi pump price around mid-year, approx. Sensex: BSE year-end close. Today's figures as of late Oct 2026. For curiosity, not advice.
The world's number ones.
Every song that hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1985.
Like A Virgin · Madonna
I Want To Know What Love Is · Foreigner
Careless Whisper · Wham! Featuring George Michael
Can't Fight This Feeling · REO Speedwagon
One More Night · Phil Collins
We Are The World · USA For Africa
Crazy For You · Madonna
Don't You (Forget About Me) · Simple Minds
Everything She Wants · Wham!
Everybody Wants To Rule The World · Tears For Fears
Heaven · Bryan Adams
Sussudio · Phil Collins
A View To A Kill · Duran Duran
Everytime You Go Away · Paul Young
Shout · Tears For Fears
The Power Of Love · Huey Lewis & The News
St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) · John Parr
Money For Nothing · Dire Straits
Oh Sheila · Ready For The World
Take On Me · a-ha
Saving All My Love For You · Whitney Houston
Part-Time Lover · Stevie Wonder
Miami Vice Theme · Jan Hammer
We Built This City · Starship
Separate Lives · Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin
Broken Wings · Mr. Mister
Say You, Say Me · Lionel Richie
If you were born in 1985, none of this existed.
Ramayan airs its first episode on Doordarshan
Mahabharat begins on Doordarshan
The Berlin Wall falls
Sachin Tendulkar makes his Test debut
The World Wide Web goes public
The first text message is sent: Merry Christmas
Sushmita Sen is crowned India's first Miss Universe
Aishwarya Rai is crowned Miss World
And 28 more. Your exact day shows the full list.
The year is the trailer. Your day is the film.
The Moon and your nakshatra, the weather in your city, the front page and who shares your birthday.
Take me back to my day