UK TOP 40 - Pop Music Charts - 1986

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Date
Artist
Title
Chart
4 Jan Feargal Sharkey You Little Thief 5
11 Jan Sarah Brightman/Steve Harley The Phantom Of The Opera 7
11 Jan Dire Straits Walk Of Life 2
11 Jan Eurythmics It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back) 12
11 Jan Fine Young Cannibals Suspicious Minds 8
11 Jan Five Star System Addict 3
11 Jan King Torture 23
11 Jan Nana Mouskouri Only Love 2
18 Jan AC/DC Shake Your Foundations 24
18 Jan Alarm Spirit Of '76 22
18 Jan Kurtis Blow If I Ruled The World 24
18 Jan Lloyd Cole & Commotions Cut Me Down 38
18 Jan Grace Jones Pull Up To The Bumper (Re-Issue) / La Vie En Rose 12
18 Jan Latin Quarter Radio Africa 19
18 Jan Belouis Some Imagination (Re-Issue) 17
18 Jan Talk Talk Life's What You Make It 16
25 Jan Arcadia The Promise 37
25 Jan James Brown Living In America 5
25 Jan Clannad/Bono In A Lifetime 20
25 Jan Double The Captain Of Her Heart 8
25 Jan Audrey Hall One Dance Won't Do 20
25 Jan Whitney Houston How Will I Know 5
25 Jan Madonna Borderline (Re-Entry) 2
25 Jan Billy Ocean When The Going Gets Tough The Tough Get Going 1
25 Jan Diana Ross Chain Reaction 1
25 Jan Ruby Turner/Jonathan Butler If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) 30
1 Feb Elvis Costello Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 33
1 Feb Paul Hardcastle/Carol Kenyon Don't Waste My Time 8
1 Feb Madness Sweetest Girl 35
1 Feb Ozzy Osbourne Shot In The Dark 20
1 Feb Su Pollard Starting Together 2
1 Feb Public Image Ltd Rise 11
1 Feb Rochelle My Magic Man 27
1 Feb Simple Minds Sanctify Yourself 10
1 Feb Survivor Burning Heart 5
8 Feb Colonel Abrams I'm Not Gonna Let You Go 24
8 Feb Damned Eloise 3
8 Feb Huey Lewis & News The Power Of Love / Do You Believe In Love (Re-Issue) 9
8 Feb Shakin' Stevens Turning Away 15
8 Feb Talking Heads And She Was 17
15 Feb Bangles Manic Monday 2
15 Feb Mike & Mechanics Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) 21
15 Feb Alexander O'Neal If You Were Here Tonight 13
22 Feb Depeche Mode Stripped 15
22 Feb Jim Diamond Hi Ho Silver 5
22 Feb Hipsway The Honeythief 17
22 Feb Freddie Jackson Rock Me Tonight (For Old Time's Sake) 18
22 Feb Frank Sinatra Theme From New York New York (Re-Entry) 4
22 Feb Tavares Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel (Re-Issue) 12
1 Mar Blow Monkeys Digging Your Scene 12
1 Mar Kate Bush Hounds Of Love 18
1 Mar Electric Light Orchestra Calling America 28
1 Mar Grace Jones Love Is The Drug 35
1 Mar Mr Mister Kyrie 11
1 Mar Sigue Sigue Sputnik Love Missile F1-11 3
1 Mar Whistle (Nothin' Serious) Just Buggin' 7
8 Mar Pet Shop Boys Love Comes Quickly 19
8 Mar Pogues Poguetry In Motion EP 29
8 Mar Prince & Revolution Kiss 6
8 Mar Real Thing You To Me Are Everything (The Decade Re-Mix 76-86) 5
8 Mar Siouxsie & Banshees Candyman 34
8 Mar Stevie Wonder Overjoyed 17
15 Mar Atlantic Starr Secret Lovers 10
15 Mar David Bowie Absolute Beginners 2
15 Mar Culture Club Move Away 7
15 Mar Howard Jones No One Is To Blame 16
15 Mar Rolling Stones Harlem Shuffle 13
15 Mar Viola Wills Both Sides Now / Dare To Dream 35
22 Mar Arts Of Noise/Duane Eddy Peter Gunn 8
22 Mar Big Audio Dynamite E=MC² 11
22 Mar Sam Cooke Wonderful World (Re-Issue) 2
22 Mar Falco Rock Me Amadeus 1
22 Mar Samantha Fox Touch Me (I Want Your Body) 3
22 Mar Tippa Irie Hello Darling 22
22 Mar Janet Jackson What Have You Done For Me Lately 3
22 Mar Cliff Richard & The Young Ones Living Doll 1
22 Mar Suzanne Vega Marlene On The Wall 21
29 Mar Bronski Beat Come On Come On 20
29 Mar Bryan Ferry Is Your Love Strong Enough 22
29 Mar New Order Shellshock 28
29 Mar Maxi Priest Strollin' On 32
29 Mar Queen A Kind Of Magic 3
29 Mar S.O.S. Band The Finest 17
5 Apr A-Ha Train Of Thought 8
5 Apr George Michael A Different Corner 1
5 Apr Style Council Have You Ever Had It Blue 14
5 Apr Van Halen Why Can't This Be Love 8
12 Apr Big Country Look Away 7
12 Apr Five Star Can't Wait Another Minute 7
12 Apr Force MDs Tender Love 23
12 Apr Whitney Houston Greatest Love Of All 8
12 Apr It's Immaterial Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune) 18
12 Apr Billy Ocean There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) 12
12 Apr Simple Minds All The Things She Said 9
12 Apr Belouis Some Some People 33
19 Apr Aurra You & Me Tonight 12
19 Apr Grange Hill Cast Just Say No 5
19 Apr Hear 'N Aid Stars 26
19 Apr Gary Numan This Is Love 28
19 Apr Princess I'll Keep On Loving You 16
19 Apr Joyce Sims All & All 16
19 Apr ZZ Top Rough Boy 23
26 Apr Bangles If She Knew What She Wants 31
26 Apr Depeche Mode A Question Of Lust 28
26 Apr Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer 4
26 Apr Marvin Gaye I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Re-Issue) 8
26 Apr Level 42 Lessons In Love 3
26 Apr Madonna Live To Tell 2
3 May Matchroom Mob/Chas & Dave Snooker Loopy 6
3 May Cure Boys Don't Cry 22
3 May Dire Straits Your Latest Trick 26
3 May Jaki Graham Set Me Free 7
3 May Patti Labelle/Michael McDonald On My Own 2
3 May St John's College & Band of Grenadier Guards The Queen's Birthday Song 40
3 May Pete Wylie Sinful 13
10 May B-52s Rock Lobster/Planet Claire (Re-Issue) 12
10 May Kate Bush The Big Sky 37
10 May Dr & The Medics Spirit In The Sky 1
10 May Robert Palmer Addicted To Love 5
10 May Spitting Image The Chicken Song 1
17 May Miami Sound Machine Bad Boy 16
17 May Mantronix Bassline 34
17 May Simply Red Holding Back The Years (Re-Issue) 2
17 May Status Quo Rollin' Home 9
24 May AC/DC Who Made Who 16
24 May Cashflow Mine All Mine/Party Freak 15
24 May Communards Disenchanted 29
24 May Freddie Mercury Time 32
24 May Nu Shooz I Can't Wait 2
24 May Real Thing Can't Get By Without You (The Second Decade Rex-Mix) 6
24 May Rod Stewart Love Touch 27
31 May Amazulu Too Good To Be Forgotten 5
31 May Bananarama Venus 8
31 May Dhar Braxton Jump Back (Set Me Free) 32
31 May Cock Robin The Promise You Made 28
31 May Culture Club God Thank You Woman 31
31 May Falco Vienna Calling 10
31 May Genesis Invisible Touch 15
31 May Janet Jackson Nasty 19
31 May Lovebug Starski Amityville (The House On The Hill) 12
31 May Owen Paul My Favourite Waste Of Time 3
31 May Pet Shop Boys Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) 11
31 May Sly Fox Let's Go All The Way 3
31 May Smiths Big Mouth Strikes Again 26
31 May Tears For Fears Everybody Wants To Run The World 5
7 June Big Audio Dynamite Medicine Show 29
7 June Bucks Fizz New Beginning (Mamba Seyra) 8
7 June Claire & Friends It's 'Orrible Being In Love (When You're 8½) 13
7 June Housemartins Happy Hour 3
7 June Sigue Sigue Sputnik Twenty-First Century Boy 20
7 June Midge Ure Call Of The Wild 27
7 June Suzanne Vega Left Of Center 32
14 June A-Ha Hunting High & Low 5
14 June Eurythmics When Tomorrow Comes 30
14 June Furniture Brilliant Mind 21
21 June Art Of Noise/Max Headroom Paranoimia 12
21 June Big Country The Teacher 28
21 June David Bowie Underground 21
21 June Haywoode Roses (Re-Issue) 11
21 June Queen Friends Will Be Friends 14
21 June Wham! The Edge Of Heaven / Where Did Your Hearts Go 1
28 June Billy Bragg Levi Stubbs Tears 29
28 June Samantha Fox Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me) 10
28 June Madonna Papa Don't Preach 1
28 June Midnight Star Headlines 16
28 June Gary Numan I Can't Stop 27
28 June Real Roxanne with Hitman Howie Tee Bang Zoom (Let's Go Go) 11
28 June Sinitta So Macho / Cruising (Re-Entry) 2
28 June Steve Winwood Higher Love 13
5 July Audrey Hall Smile 14
5 July Katrina & Waves Sun Street 22
5 July Princess Tell Me Tomorrow 34
5 July Stan Ridgway Camouflage 4
12 July Chris De Burgh The Lady In Red 1
12 July Hollywood Beyond What's The Colour Of Money 7
12 July It Bites Calling All The Heroes 6
12 July Rod Stewart Every Beat Of My Heart 2
12 July UB40 Sing Our Own Song 5
19 July Gwen Guthrie Ain't Nothing Goin' On But The Rent 5
19 July Lulu Shout 8
19 July Robert Palmer I Didn't Mean To Turn You On 9
26 July Five Star Find The Time 7
26 July Boris Gardiner I Want To Wake Up With You 1
26 July Jesus & Mary Chain Some Candy Talking 13
26 July Paul McCartney Press 25
26 July Lionel Richie Dancing On The Ceiling 7
26 July Spandau Ballet Fight For Ourselves 15
26 July Status Quo Red Sky 19
30 July Galaxy feat. Phil Fearon Wait Until Tonight (My Love) 20
2 Aug Peter Cetera Glory Of Love 3
2 Aug Phil Fearon I Can Prove It 8
2 Aug Daryl Hall Dreamtime 28
2 Aug Bruce Hornsby & Range The Way It Is 15
2 Aug Patti Labelle Oh People 26
2 Aug Real Thing Can You Feel The Force ('86 Re-Mix) 24
2 Aug Smiths Panic 11
9 Aug Bon Jovi You Give Love A Bad Name 14
9 Aug Anita Dobson Anyone Can Fall In Love 4
9 Aug Dr & The Medics Burn 29
9 Aug Jaki Graham Breaking Away 16
9 Aug Janet Jackson When I Think Of You 10
9 Aug Jermaine Stewart We Don't Have To... 2
9 Aug The The Heartland 29
16 Aug Cutting Crew (I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight 4
16 Aug Modern Talking Brother Louie 4
16 Aug Prince & Revolution Girls & Boys 11
23 Aug Communards Don't Leave Me This Way 1
23 Aug Depeche Mode A Question Of Time 17
23 Aug Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk Love Can't Turn Around 10
23 Aug Human League Human 8
23 Aug Huey Lewis & News Stuck With You 12
23 Aug Psychedelic Furs Pretty In Pink 18
23 Aug Stranglers Nice In Nice 30
23 Aug Tina Turner Typical Male 33
30 Aug Cameo Word Up 3
30 Aug Genesis In Too Deep 19
30 Aug Meat Loaf/John Parr Rock 'N' Roll Mercenaries 31
6 Sept Eurythmics Thorn In My Side 5
6 Sept Samantha Fox Hold On Tight 26
6 Sept Frankie Goes To Hollywood Rage Hard 4
6 Sept Iron Maiden Wasted Years 18
6 Sept Michael McDonald Sweet Freedom 12
6 Sept MC Miker 'G' & Deejay Sven Holiday Rap 6
6 Sept Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (Forever) Love & Die 11
6 Sept Run DMC Walk This Way 8
10 Sept Paul Young Come Back & Stay 4
13 Sept Amazulu Montego Bay 16
13 Sept Bangles Walk Like An Egyptian 3
13 Sept Five Star Rain Or Shine 2
13 Sept Paul Simon You Can Call Me Al 4
13 Sept Timex Social Club Rumors 13
20 Sept BB & Q Band (I'm A) Dreamer 35
20 Sept Big Country One Great Thing 19
20 Sept Dead Or Alive Brand New Lover 31
20 Sept Cyndi Lauper True Colors 12
20 Sept Loose Ends Slow Down 27
20 Sept Mel & Kim Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend) 3
20 Sept Marti Webb Always There 13
27 Sept Julian Cope World Shut Your Mouth 19
27 Sept New Order State Of The Nation 30
27 Sept Queen Who Wants To Live Forever 24
27 Sept Ultravox Same Old Story 31
4 Oct A-Ha I've Been Losing You 8
4 Oct Nick Berry Every Loser Wins 1
4 Oct Boris Gardiner You're Every Thing To Me 11
4 Oct Housemartins Think For A Minute 18
4 Oct Billy Idol To Be A Lover 22
4 Oct Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble 21
4 Oct Howard Jones All I Want 35
4 Oct Madonna True Blue 1
4 Oct Midnight Star Midas Touch 8
4 Oct Pet Shop Boys Suburbia 8
4 Oct Cliff Richard & Sarah Brightman All I Ask Of You 3
4 Oct Status Quo In The Army Now 2
4 Oct Paul Young Wonderland 24
11 Oct Gwen Guthrie (They Long To Be) Close To You 25
11 Oct Paul Hardcastle The Wizard 15
11 Oct Police Don't Stand So Close To Me '86 (Re-Mix) 24
11 Oct Pretenders Don't Get Me Wrong 10
18 Oct Glass Tiger Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) 29
18 Oct Mission Stay With Me 30
18 Oct Catherine Stock To Have & To Hold 17
18 Oct Stranglers Always The Sun 30
25 Oct Berlin Take My Breath Away 1
25 Oct Bon Jovi Livin' On A Prayer 4
25 Oct Cutting Crew I've Been In Love Before 31
25 Oct Letitia Dean/Paul Medford Something Outa Nothing 12
25 Oct Erasure Sometimes 2
25 Oct Red Box For America 10
25 Oct Swing Out Sister Breakout 4
25 Oct Kim Wilde You Keep Me Hangin' On 2
1 Nov Duran Duran Notorious 7
1 Nov Europe The Final Countdown 1
1 Nov Peter Gabriel/Kate Bush Don't Give Up 9
1 Nov Bob Geldof This Is The World Calling 25
1 Nov Prince & Revolution Anotherloverholenyohead 36
1 Nov Smiths Ask 14
1 Nov Shakin' Stevens Because I Love You 14
8 Nov Kate Bush Experiment IV 23
8 Nov Nick Kamen Each Time You Break My Heart 5
8 Nov Madness (Waiting For) The Ghost Train 18
8 Nov Spandau Ballet Through The Barricades 6
8 Nov Roger Whittaker/Des O'Connor The Skye Boat Song 10
15 Nov Anita Baker Sweet Love 13
15 Nov Jaki Graham Step Right Up 15
15 Nov Deborah Harry French Kissin' In The USA 8
15 Nov Oran 'Juice' Jones The Rain 4
15 Nov Simple Minds Ghostdancing 13
15 Nov We've Got A Fuzzbox & We're Gonna Use It Love Is The Slug 31
22 Nov Gregory Abbott Shake You Down 6
22 Nov Elkie Brooks No More The Fool 5
22 Nov Damned Anything 32
22 Nov Dexy's Midnight Runners Because Of You 13
22 Nov Five Star Is I Say Yes 15
22 Nov Frankie Goes To Hollywood Warriors (Of The Wasteland) 19
22 Nov Genesis Land Of Confusion 14
22 Nov Iron Maiden Stranger In A Strange Land 22
22 Nov Ultravox All Fall Down 30
29 Nov George Benson Shiver 19
29 Nov Cameo Candy 27
29 Nov Communards So Cold The Night 8
29 Nov Randy Crawford Almaz 4
29 Nov Eurythmics The Miracle Of Love 23
29 Nov Ray Moore O' My Father Had A Rabbit 24
29 Nov Alison Moyet Is This Love? 3
29 Nov Bruce Springsteen War 18
29 Nov Jackie Wilson Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl In Town) (Re-Issue) 1
6 Dec A-Ha Cry Wolf 5
6 Dec Housemartins Caravan Of Love 1
6 Dec Spitting Image Santa Claus Is On The Dole / First Atheist Tabernacle Choir 22
6 Dec Status Quo Dreamin' 15
13 Dec Curiosity Killed The Cat Down To Earth 3
13 Dec Chris De Burgh A Spaceman Came Travelling/The Ballroom Of Romance 40
13 Dec Gap Band Big Fun 4
13 Dec Paul McCartney Only Love Remains 34
13 Dec Madonna Open Your Heart 4
13 Dec Iggy Pop Real Wild Child (Wild One) 10
13 Dec Pretenders Hymn To Her 8
13 Dec Paul Simon The Boy In The Bubble 26
20 Dec Kool & Gang Victory (Re-Entry) 30
20 Dec Gary Moore Over The Hills & Far Away 20
20 Dec Robbie Nevil C'est La Vie 3
20 Dec Lionel Richie Ballerina Girl / Deep River Woman 17
20 Dec Vesta Williams Once Bitten Twice Shy 14