| LW | TW | peaks: | rock | pop |
| 3 | 1 | Magic | 1 | 6 |  |
| The Cars |
| 4 | 2 | Oh Sherrie | 2 | ▲ | |
| Steve Perry |
| 8 | 3 | Legs | 1 | 4 | |
| ZZ Top |
| 1 | 4 | I'll Wait | 1 | 10 | |
| Van Halen |
| 7 | 5 | Distant Early Warning | 1 | |
| Rush |
| 5 | 6 | Run Runaway | 5 | 11 | |
| Slade |
| 2 | 7 | The Heart Of Rock & Roll | 2 | 2 | |
| Huey Lewis And The News |
| 11 | 8 | You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want) | 7 | 9 | |
| Joe Jackson |
| 10 | 9 | Authority Song | 7 | 11 | |
| John Cougar Mellencamp |
| 6 | 10 | Sister Christian | 1 | 3 | |
| Night Ranger |
| 13 | 11 | Big City Nights | 11 | |
| Scorpions |
| 9 | 12 | You Might Think | 1 | 2 | |
| The Cars |
| 16 | 13 | A Whiter Shade Of Pale | 13 | |
| Hagar, Schon, Aaronson, Shrieve |
| 15 | 14 | What Is Love? | 14 | 26 | |
| Howard Jones |
| - | 15 | So You Ran | 6 | |
| Orion The Hunter |
| - | 16 | I Want To Break Free | 13 | |
| Queen |
| 18 | 17 | People Are People | 13 | 4 | |
| Depeche Mode |
| - | 18 | The Reflex | 18 | 1 | |
| Duran Duran |
| - | 19 | Deeper And Deeper | 3 | |
| The Fixx |
| - | 20 | One In A Million | 20 | |
| The Romantics |
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