| LW | TW | peaks: | rock | pop |
| 5 | 1 | Take On Me | ▲ |  |
| A-ha |
| 1 | 2 | Money For Nothing | 1 | 1 | |
| Dire Straits |
| 7 | 3 | Oh Sheila | 1 | |
| Ready For The World |
| 6 | 4 | Fortress Around Your Heart | 1 | ▲ | |
| Sting |
| 3 | 5 | Dress You Up | 3 | |
| Madonna |
| 2 | 6 | Cherish | 1 | |
| Kool And The Gang |
| 9 | 7 | Saving All My Love For You | 3 | |
| Whitney Houston |
| 4 | 8 | Freedom | 3 | |
| Wham! |
| 18 | 9 | Part-Time Lover | 1 | |
| Stevie Wonder |
| 14 | 10 | Lonely Ol' Night | 1 | 5 | |
| John Cougar Mellencamp |
| 17 | 11 | Dancing In The Street | 1 | 9 | |
| Mick Jagger/David Bowie |
| 11 | 12 | Cry | 5 | 11 | |
| Godley & Creme |
| 8 | 13 | St. Elmo's Fire (Man In Motion) | 6 | 1 | |
| John Parr |
| 21 | 14 | Lovin' Every Minute Of It | 1 | 7 | |
| Loverboy |
| 20 | 15 | And We Danced | 4 | 12 | |
| Hooters |
| 26 | 16 | I'm Goin' Down | 4 | 9 | |
| Bruce Springsteen |
| 10 | 17 | Pop Life | 4 | |
| Prince And The Revolution |
| 24 | 18 | A Nite At The Apollo Live! The Way You Do The Things You Do/My Girl | ▲ | |
| Daryl Hall And John Oates With David Ruffin & Eddie Kendrick |
| 15 | 19 | There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart) | 9 | |
| Eurythmics |
| 12 | 20 | We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) | 1 | |
| Tina Turner |
| 13 | 21 | C-I-T-Y | 8 | 13 | |
| John Cafferty And The Beaver Brown Band |
| 28 | 22 | Four In The Morning (I Can't Take Any More) | 5 | 16 | |
| Night Ranger |
| 16 | 23 | Freeway Of Love | 2 | |
| Aretha Franklin |
| - | 24 | Head Over Heels | 11 | 2 | |
| Tears For Fears |
| 19 | 25 | Don't Lose My Number | 19 | 4 | |
| Phil Collins |
| - | 26 | Miami Vice Theme | 1 | |
| Jan Hammer |
| - | 27 | Be Near Me | 7 | |
| ABC |
| - | 28 | You Are My Lady | 9 | |
| Freddie Jackson |
| - | 29 | I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down | 12 | |
| Paul Young |
| - | 30 | Sunset Grill | 2 | 17 | |
| Don Henley |
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