Top 40 Songs Of The Year 1986 in Pop Music
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Nov 1985

Jan 1986

1

1

1

That's What Friends Are For

Dionne And Friends

Apr 1986

May 1986

1

1

2

Greatest Love Of All

Whitney Houston

Sep 1986

Dec 1986

1

1

3

Walk Like An Egyptian

Bangles

Apr 1986

Jun 1986

1

1

4

Holding Back The Years

Simply Red

Mar 1986

Apr 1986

1

1

5

West End Girls

Pet Shop Boys

Jul 1986

Aug 1986

1

1

6

Papa Don't Preach

Madonna

Apr 1986

Jul 1986

1

1

1

7

Sledgehammer

Peter Gabriel

Jan 1986

Mar 1986

1

1

8

Rock Me Amadeus

Falco

Dec 1985

Jan 1986

2

1

9

When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going

Billy Ocean

Mar 1986

Jun 1986

1

1

10

On My Own

Patti LaBelle And Michael McDonald

Dec 1985

Feb 1986

1

1

1

11

Kyrie

Mr. Mister

Aug 1986

Oct 1986

1

1

12

When I Think Of You

Janet Jackson

Jun 1986

Jul 1986

1

1

13

Glory Of Love

Peter Cetera

Oct 1986

Dec 1986

2

2

14

Everybody Have Fun Tonight

Wang Chung

Apr 1986

May 1986

1

1

15

Live To Tell

Madonna

Jun 1986

Aug 1986

1

1

1

16

Higher Love

Steve Winwood

Sep 1986

Oct 1986

1

1

17

True Colors

Cyndi Lauper

Jul 1986

Sep 1986

2

1

18

Dancing On The Ceiling

Lionel Richie

Feb 1986

Apr 1986

1

1

1

19

Addicted To Love

Robert Palmer

May 1986

Jul 1986

1

2

1

20

Invisible Touch

Genesis

Nov 1986

Dec 1986

2

2

20

21

Notorious

Duran Duran

Jan 1986

Mar 1986

1

1

1

22

These Dreams

Heart

Nov 1985

Mar 1986

6

1

1

23

Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)

Mike + The Mechanics

May 1986

Jul 1986

2

2

18

24

Danger Zone

Kenny Loggins

Jun 1986

Sep 1986

1

1

25

Take My Breath Away

Berlin

Nov 1985

Jan 1986

2

2

9

26

Burning Heart

Survivor

Apr 1986

Jun 1986

1

1

27

There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)

Billy Ocean

Feb 1986

Apr 1986

1

1

28

Kiss

Prince

Sep 1985

Mar 1986

2

2

5

29

R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.

John Cougar Mellencamp

Nov 1985

Feb 1986

5

1

30

The Sweetest Taboo

Sade

Jan 1986

Apr 1986

5

2

2

31

What You Need

INXS

Jun 1986

Sep 1986

5

1

32

Words Get In The Way

Miami Sound Machine

Sep 1986