Top 100 - 1986
These were officially the biggest hits from 1986
1
Don't Leave Me This Way
The Communards
2
Chain Reaction
Diana Ross
3
I Want To Wake Up With You
Boris Gardiner
4
When The Going Gets Tough (The Tough Get Going)
Billy Ocean
5
Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From 'Top Gun')
Berlin
6
The Lady In Red
Chris De Burgh
7
Papa Don't Preach
Madonna
8
Spirit In The Sky
Doctor & The Medics
9
So Macho / Cruising
Sinitta
10
Rock Me Amadeus
Falco
11
Living Doll
Cliff Richard & The Young Ones
12
The Final Countdown
Europe
13
A Different Corner
George Michael
14
Every Loser Wins
Nick Berry
15
The Sun Always Shines On TV
A-ha
16
We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off
Jermaine Stewart
17
The Edge Of Heaven
Wham!
18
The Chicken Song
Spitting Image
19
True Blue
Madonna
20
On My Own
Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald
21
I Can't Wait
Nu Shooz
22
Walk Like An Egyptian
The Bangles
23
You Keep Me Hangin' On
Kim Wilde
24
Sledgehammer
Peter Gabriel
25
Rain Or Shine
Five Star
26
West End Girls
Pet Shop Boys
27
In The Army Now
Status Quo
28
Lessons In Love
Level 42
29
Holding Back The Years
Simply Red
30
Let's Go All The Way
Sly Fox
31
All I Ask Of You
Cliff Richard & Sarah Brightman
32
Sometimes
Erasure
33
My Favourite Waste Of Time
Owen Paul
34
Manic Monday
The Bangles
35
Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend)
Mel & Kim
36
Livin' On A Prayer
Bon Jovi
37
Walk Of Life
Dire Straits
38
A Kind Of Magic
Queen
39
Happy Hour
The Housemartins
40
Caravan Of Love
The Housemartins
41
Glory Of Love
Peter Cetera
42
Wonderful World
Sam Cooke
43
Word Up
Cameo
44
Reet Petite
Jackie Wilson
45
Touch Me (I Want Your Body)
Samantha Fox
46
Borderline
Madonna
47
You Can Call Me Al
Paul Simon
48
Addicted To Love
Robert Palmer
49
Breakout
Swing Out Sister
50
Only Love
Nana Mouskouri
51
Live To Tell
Madonna
52
Every Beat Of My Heart
Rod Stewart
53
Too Good To Be Forgotten
Amazulu
54
What Have You Done For Me Lately?
Janet Jackson
55
Starting Together
Su Pollard
56
System Addict
Five Star
57
You To Me Are Everything (The Decade Remix 76 / 86)
The Real Thing
58
(I Just) Died In Your Arms
Cutting Crew
59
Camouflage
Stan Ridgway
60
Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent
Gwen Guthrie
61
How Will I Know
Whitney Houston
62
Absolute Beginners
David Bowie
63
Thorn In My Side
Eurythmics
64
Eloise
The Damned
65
Can't Get By Without You (The Second Decade Remix)
The Real Thing
66
Venus
Bananarama
67
Hi Ho Silver
Jim Diamond
68
Saving All My Love For You
Whitney Houston
69
Brother Louie
Modern Talking
70
Can't Wait Another Minute
Five Star
71
Love Missile F1-11
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
72
The Rain
Oran 'Juice' Jones
73
Broken Wings
Mr Mister
74
Hunting High And Low
A-ha
75
Hit That Perfect Beat
Bronski Beat
76
Burning Heart
Survivor
77
Saturday Love
Cherelle With Alexander O'Neal
78
Each Time You Break My Heart
Nick Kamen
79
Love Can't Turn Around
Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk
80
Secret Lovers
Atlantic Starr
81
Why Can't This Be Love
Van Halen
82
Living In America
James Brown
83
Set Me Free
Jaki Graham
84
Anyone Can Fall In Love
Anita Dobson & The Simon May Orchestra
85
For America
Red Box
86
Sing Our Own Song
UB40
87
Walk This Way
Run-DMC / Aerosmith
88
French Kissin' In The USA
Debbie Harry
89
Calling All The Heroes
It Bites
90
The Greatest Love Of All
Whitney Houston
91
Merry Christmas Everyone
Shakin' Stevens
92
Power Of Love / Do You Believe In Love
Huey Lewis & The News
93
What's The Colour Of Money
Hollywood Beyond
94
New Beginning (Mamba Seyra)
Bucks Fizz
95
Dancing On The Ceiling
Lionel Richie
96
Suburbia
Pet Shop Boys
97
Stuck With You
Huey Lewis & The News
98
You Little Thief
Feargal Sharkey
99
Through The Barricades
Spandau Ballet
100
Open Your Heart
Madonna
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