| LW | TW | peaks: | rock | pop |
| 3 | 1 | White Wedding | 1 | 21 |  |
| Billy Idol |
| 1 | 2 | Gimme All Your Lovin | 1 | 21 | |
| ZZ Top |
| 6 | 3 | She's A Beauty | 1 | 9 | |
| The Tubes |
| 4 | 4 | Rock Of Ages | 1 | 12 | |
| Def Leppard |
| 2 | 5 | Cuts Like A Knife | 2 | 9 | |
| Bryan Adams |
| 10 | 6 | The One Thing | 1 | 30 | |
| INXS |
| 14 | 7 | Let's Dance | 4 | 1 | |
| David Bowie |
| 11 | 8 | Not Now John | 8 | |
| Pink Floyd |
| 9 | 9 | Why Me? | 7 | |
| Planet P |
| 5 | 10 | New Year's Day | 1 | |
| U2 |
| 7 | 11 | Overkill | 6 | 2 | |
| Men At Work |
| 16 | 12 | Got Me Under Pressure | 6 | |
| ZZ Top |
| - | 13 | Bang Your Head (Metal Health) | 13 | 29 | |
| Quiet Riot |
| 15 | 14 | Don't Pay The Ferryman | 14 | 23 | |
| Chris De Burgh |
| 17 | 15 | The Walls Came Down | 15 | |
| The Call |
| - | 16 | (She's) Sexy + 17 | 1 | 2 | |
| The Stray Cats |
| - | 17 | Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive | 13 | 14 | |
| Men At Work |
| 19 | 18 | The Hero's Return | 18 | |
| Pink Floyd |
| - | 19 | Sunday Bloody Sunday | 2 | |
| U2 |
| 13 | 20 | She Blinded Me With Science | 5 | 2 | |
| Thomas Dolby |
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