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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R Adult Contemporary · May 2, 1986

30 positions ← 04/25 05/09 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
4 2 1 1 7 Greatest Love Of All WHITNEY HOUSTON 1
11 5 3 2 8 Holding Back The Years SIMPLY RED 2
16 11 5 3 5 On My Own PATTI LaBELLE & MICHAEL McDONALD 3
10 8 4 4 6 Never As Good As The First Time SADE 4
19 14 8 5 4 Live To Tell MADONNA 5
1 1 2 6 7 Take Me Home PHIL COLLINS 1
8 6 6 7 8 Call Me DENNIS DeYOUNG 6
15 13 11 8 7 Bad Boy MIAMI SOUND MACHINE 8
30 19 12 9 4 There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) BILLY OCEAN 9
5 4 7 10 9 So Far Away DIRE STRAITS 4
20 16 14 11 5 Something About You LEVEL 42 11
21 18 16 12 4 Move Away CULTURE CLUB 12
3 3 9 13 10 I Think It's Love JERMAINE JACKSON 3
9 9 10 14 7 Manic Monday BANGLES 9
- 26 18 15 3 Your Wildest Dreams THE MOODY BLUES 15
- 25 19 16 3 No One Is To Blame HOWARD JONES 16
29 24 21 17 4 All I Need Is A Miracle MIKE + THE MECHANICS 17
- - 23 18 2 A Different Corner GEORGE MICHAEL 18
6 7 13 19 10 Whisper In The Dark DIONNE WARWICK 6
23 21 20 20 5 If You Leave ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK 20
2 10 15 21 12 Tender Love FORCE M.D.'S 1
- - 25 22 2 If Your Heart Isn't In It ATLANTIC STARR 22
7 12 17 23 11 Overjoyed STEVIE WONDER 1
12 15 22 24 14 These Dreams HEART 1
- - 30 25 2 The Love Parade THE DREAM ACADEMY 25
- - 29 26 2 The Heart Is So Willing STEPHEN BISHOP 26
13 17 24 27 14 Secret Lovers ATLANTIC STARR 1
DEBUT 28 1 Headed For The Future NEIL DIAMOND 28
DEBUT 29 1 West End Girls PET SHOP BOYS 29
DEBUT 30 1 A Fine Mess THE TEMPTATIONS 30