Weekly Rock Top 20 for January 4, 1986 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 4 | 1 | Stages | ▲ | 24 |
| ZZ Top |
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| 3 | 2 | Kyrie | 1 | 1 |
| Mr. Mister |
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| 1 | 3 | Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) | 1 | 1 |
| Mike + The Mechanics |
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| 9 | 4 | Day By Day | 2 | 11 |
| Hooters |
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| 2 | 5 | Give Blood | 2 |
| Pete Townshend |
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| 5 | 6 | My Hometown | 3 | 4 |
| Bruce Springsteen |
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| 11 | 7 | Life In A Northern Town | 1 | 3 |
| The Dream Academy |
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| 15 | 8 | Let Me Down Easy | 6 |
| Roger Daltrey |
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| 13 | 9 | Goodbye | ▲ | 12 |
| Night Ranger |
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| 19 | 10 | I Can't Wait | 5 | 16 |
| Stevie Nicks |
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| 14 | 11 | Manhattan Project | 4 |
| Rush |
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| 6 | 12 | Talk To Me | 1 | 2 |
| Stevie Nicks |
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| 17 | 13 | So You Want To Be A Rock & Roll Star | 7 |
| Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
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| 20 | 14 | Strength | 12 |
| The Alarm |
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| 7 | 15 | Sex As A Weapon | 4 | 25 |
| Pat Benatar |
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| - | 16 | The Hunter | ▲ |
| Dokken |
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| 16 | 17 | One Vision | 13 |
| Queen |
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| - | 18 | Beat's So Lonely | ▲ | 14 |
| Charlie Sexton |
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| - | 19 | Needles And Pins LIVE | 13 |
| Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers With Stevie Nicks |
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| 18 | 20 | Pleasure And Pain | 7 |
| Divinyls |
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