Weekly Rock Top 20 for August 16, 1986 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 1 | 1 | Throwing It All Away | ▲ | 2 |
| Genesis |
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| 3 | 2 | In Your Eyes | 1 | 15 |
| Peter Gabriel |
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| 2 | 3 | Missionary Man | 1 | 14 |
| Eurythmics |
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| 11 | 4 | Split Decision | 2 |
| Steve Winwood |
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| 4 | 5 | Red Rain | 1 |
| Peter Gabriel |
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| 6 | 6 | Stuck With You | 4 | 1 |
| Huey Lewis And The News |
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| 12 | 7 | Take Me Home Tonight | 1 | 2 |
| Eddie Money |
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| 9 | 8 | Touch The Night | ▲ |
| Neil Young |
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| 7 | 9 | Rumbleseat | 3 |
| John Cougar Mellencamp |
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| 15 | 10 | Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) | ▲ | 1 |
| Glass Tiger |
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| 8 | 11 | Love Walks In | 1 | 2 |
| Van Halen |
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| 16 | 12 | Fall On Me | 5 |
| R.E.M. |
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| - | 13 | Somebody's Out There | 2 | 17 |
| Triumph |
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| 13 | 14 | Velcro Fly | 13 |
| ZZ Top |
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| - | 15 | A Matter Of Trust | 11 | 5 |
| Billy Joel |
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| 5 | 16 | The Other Side Of Life | 4 | 20 |
| The Moody Blues |
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| 14 | 17 | Built For The Future | 14 |
| The Fixx |
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| - | 18 | Reelin' And Rockin' LIVE | 10 |
| George Thorogood & The Destroyers |
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| - | 19 | Shake Me | ▲ |
| Cinderella |
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| 18 | 20 | Ivory Tower | 17 |
| Van Morrison |
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