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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · January 3, 1986

40 positions ← 12/20/85 01/10 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
2 1 1 1 9 Say You, Say Me LIONEL RICHIE 1
5 4 2 2 11 Alive And Kicking SIMPLE MINDS 2
4 3 3 3 9 Party All The Time EDDIE MURPHY 3
16 9 5 4 7 That's What Friends Are For DIONNE & FRIENDS 4
15 13 8 5 7 Talk To Me STEVIE NICKS 5
12 8 6 6 8 Tonight She Comes THE CARS 6
13 11 7 7 8 Walk Of Life DIRE STRAITS 7
8 5 4 8 9 Small Town JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 4
11 10 9 9 10 I Miss You KLYMAXX 9
18 15 11 10 8 Burning Heart SURVIVOR 10
26 17 12 11 5 I'm Your Man WHAM! 11
24 18 14 12 6 It's Only Love BRYAN ADAMS/TINA TURNER 12
1 2 10 13 13 Broken Wings MR. MISTER 1
37 26 20 14 4 My Hometown BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 14
27 23 19 15 6 Spies Like Us PAUL McCARTNEY 15
21 19 17 16 8 You're A Friend Of Mine CLARENCE CLEMONS & JACKSON BROWNE 16
29 24 21 17 5 Go Home STEVIE WONDER 17
36 28 23 18 4 When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going BILLY OCEAN 18
3 6 13 19 13 Separate Lives PHIL COLLINS/MARILYN MARTIN 1
7 7 15 20 11 Sleeping Bag ZZ TOP 7
19 16 18 21 7 Love Is The Seventh Wave STING 16
33 30 26 22 4 Sidewalk Talk JELLYBEAN 22
32 27 24 23 5 Everybody Dance TA MARA & THE SEEN 23
- 38 31 24 3 How Will I Know WHITNEY HOUSTON 24
31 29 27 25 5 Goodbye NIGHT RANGER 25
34 31 28 26 5 Face The Face PETE TOWNSHEND 26
35 32 29 27 4 Sex As A Weapon PAT BENATAR 27
40 37 32 28 4 Conga MIAMI SOUND MACHINE 28
10 14 22 29 12 Perfect Way SCRITTI POLITTI 10
6 12 16 30 10 Election Day ARCADIA 6
38 35 33 31 4 Everything In My Heart COREY HART 31
- 40 37 32 3 Life In A Northern Town THE DREAM ACADEMY 32
- - 38 33 2 Living In America JAMES BROWN 33
- 39 36 34 3 The Sun Always Shines On T.V. A-HA 34
- - 40 35 2 Kyrie MR. MISTER 35
- - 39 36 2 The Sweetest Taboo SADE 36
20 20 25 37 8 Emergency KOOL & THE GANG 20
9 21 30 38 14 Never HEART 4
DEBUT 39 1 Tarzan Boy BALTIMORA 39
DEBUT 40 1 Silent Running MIKE + THE MECHANICS 40