In this year, Top Of The Pops began to feature the Top 40.
These are the new chart entries in 1985 that did not peak in the Top 40.
Numbers in brackets are the entry position / peak position. If there is only one number, the song peaked at its entry position.
SOUTH BANK ORCHESTRA: "Dempsey & Makepeace" (#99)
I-LEVEL: "In the Sand" (#98/#93)
WHODINI: "Freaks Come Out At Night" (#97)
THE BANGLES: "Hero Takes A Fall" (#96)
JOAN ARMATRADING: "Temptation" (#86/#65)
MAZE feat FRANKIE BEVERLY: "Back In Stride" (#79)
MATT BIANCO: "More Than I Can Bear" (#75/#50)
TINA TURNER: "I Cant Stand The Rain" (#74/#57)
HAZELL DEAN: "No Fool (For Love)" (#67/#41)
THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN: "Never Understand" (#52/#47)
WORKING WEEK: "Inner City Blues" (#100/#93)
JENNY BURTON: "Bad Habits" (#98/#68)
VISION: "Tears Idle Tears" (#97/#92)
SPACE: "Magic Fly" [1985] (#96/#88)
MARY JANE GIRLS: "In My House" (#90/#77)
THE RAMONES: "Howling At The Moon" / "Chasing The Night" (#89/#85)
MONOCHROME SET: "Jacob's Ladder" (#86/#81)
UB40: "I'm Not Fooled" / "The Pillow" (#79)
ERIC CLAPTON: "Forever Man" (#77/#51)
JULIAN LENNON: "Say You're Wrong" (#75)
OLLIE & JERRY: "Electric Boogaloo" (#72/#57)
THE KANE GANG: "Gun Law" (#68/#53)
THE SISTERS OF MERCY: "No Time To Cry" (#63)
CONSORT: "Miss Marple Theme" (#100/#95)
ALIEN SEX FIEND: "Ignore The Machine" (#99)
PAUL QUINN: "Ain't That Always The Way" (#98)
RUN DMC: "King Of Rock" (#94/#80)
SPELT LIKE THIS: "Contract Of The Heart" (#91)
VICIOUS PINK: "Fetish" / "Spooky" (#89/#87)
LOTUS EATERS: "It Hurts" (#87)
DIONNE WARWICK & BARRY MANILOW: "Run To Me" (#86)
ALVIN STARDUST: "Got A Little Heartache" (#84/#55)
SIMON MAY: "EastEnders" (#83/#76)
GARY NUMAN & THE TUBEWAY ARMY: 1979-79 Volume 3 (#76)
KURTIS BLOW: "Party Time" [1985] (#67)
GRANDMASTER MELLE MEL & THE FURIOUS FIVE: "Pump Me Up" (#61/#45)
THE FLYING PICKETS: "Only the Lonely" (#98/#79)
AMII STEWART: "That Loving Feeling" (#95)
THE TEMPTATIONS: "My Love Is True (Truly For You)" (#90/#84)
BOOTHILL FOOT TAPPERS: "Jealousy" (#85/#77)
GARY NUMAN & THE TUBEWAY ARMY: 1978-79 Vol 2 (#82)
EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL: "When All's Well" (#81/#77)
STRAWBERRY SWITCHBLADE: "Let Her Go" (#75/#59)
CASHMERE: "We Need Love" (#72/#52)
MEAT LOAF: "Piece Of The Action" (#64/#47)
MAN PARRISH: "Boogie Down (Bronx)" (#63/#56)
SLADE: "Mysterious Mizster Jones (#61/#50)
LEGEAR: "Crashin' Down" (#99/#93)
FAITH BROTHERS: "The Country Of The Blind" (#98/#63)
HAYWOODE: "Roses" (#97/#65)
NARADA MICHAEL WALDEN & PATTI AUSTIN: "Gimme Gimme Gimme" (#94/#87)
TOY DOLLS: "She Goes To Finos" (#93)
MAGNUM: "Just Like An Arrow" (#90/#83)
SAL SOLO: "Music And You" (#89/#52)
BELOUIS SOME: "Imagination" (#88/#50)
RICHARD JON SMITH: "The ABC Of Kissing" (#87/#77)
SMILEY CULTURE: "Cockney Translation" (#85/#71)
THE POGUES: "Pair Of Brown Eyes" (#78/#72)
KILLING JOKE: "Kings And Queens" (#67/#58)
COCTEAU TWINS: "Aikea-Guinea" (#44/#41)
AGNETHA FALTSKOG: "I Won't Let You Go" (#100/#84) [YouTube (Offiical audio)]
JUDIE TZUKE: "I'll Be The One" (#98)
THE VILLAGE PEOPLE: "New York City" (#97) [YouTube (Official video)]
SHEENA EASTON: "Sugar Walls" (#95) [YouTube (Official video)
MIDNIGHT STAR: "Curious" (#92) [YouTube (Official audio)]
TOM PETTY: "Don't Come Around Here No More" (#89/#50) [YouTube (Official video)]
JAMES INGRAM: "It's Your Night" (#82)
LOS LOBOS: "Don't Worry Baby" (#74/#57) [YouTube (Official video)]
ROSE ROYCE: "Love Me Right Now" (#67/#60)
MADY MESPLE & DANIELLE MILLET: "Flower Duet from 'Lakme'" (#66/#47)
WAR: "Groovin'" (#55/#43)
There were no new entries this week that did not peak in the Top 40