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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · January 24, 1986

40 positions ← 01/17 01/31 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
4 2 1 1 10 That's What Friends Are For DIONNE & FRIENDS 1
10 5 2 2 11 Burning Heart SURVIVOR 2
11 8 5 3 8 I'm Your Man WHAM! 3
18 14 8 4 7 When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going BILLY OCEAN 4
5 3 3 5 10 Talk To Me STEVIE NICKS 3
24 17 9 6 6 How Will I Know WHITNEY HOUSTON 6
14 10 7 7 7 My Hometown BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 7
35 21 14 8 5 Kyrie MR. MISTER 8
15 13 10 9 9 Spies Like Us PAUL McCARTNEY 9
17 15 11 10 8 Go Home STEVIE WONDER 10
1 1 4 11 12 Say You, Say Me LIONEL RICHIE 1
33 23 15 12 5 Living In America JAMES BROWN 12
32 24 16 13 6 Life In A Northern Town THE DREAM ACADEMY 13
28 20 17 14 7 Conga MIAMI SOUND MACHINE 14
- 34 24 15 3 Sara STARSHIP 15
36 30 22 16 5 The Sweetest Taboo SADE 16
7 6 6 17 11 Walk Of Life DIRE STRAITS 6
40 32 25 18 4 Silent Running MIKE + THE MECHANICS 18
22 19 18 19 7 Sidewalk Talk JELLYBEAN 18
34 31 26 20 6 The Sun Always Shines On T.V. A-HA 20
25 22 21 21 8 Goodbye NIGHT RANGER 21
- 37 32 22 3 A Love Bizarre SHEILA E. 22
2 4 12 23 14 Alive And Kicking SIMPLE MINDS 2
3 7 13 24 12 Party All The Time EDDIE MURPHY 3
9 12 20 25 13 I Miss You KLYMAXX 9
39 36 33 26 4 Tarzan Boy BALTIMORA 26
- - 36 27 2 King For A Day THOMPSON TWINS 27
- - 37 28 2 These Dreams HEART 28
31 29 28 29 7 Everything In My Heart COREY HART 28
6 9 19 30 11 Tonight She Comes THE CARS 6
- 40 35 31 3 He'll Never Love You (Like I Do) FREDDIE JACKSON 31
- - 40 32 2 Stages ZZ TOP 32
DEBUT 33 1 Secret Lovers ATLANTIC STARR 33
DEBUT 34 1 Russians STING 34
8 11 23 35 12 Small Town JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 4
- - 39 36 2 Day By Day THE HOOTERS 36
16 18 30 37 11 You're A Friend Of Mine CLARENCE CLEMONS & JACKSON BROWNE 16
DEBUT 38 1 Nikita ELTON JOHN 38
12 16 27 39 9 It's Only Love BRYAN ADAMS/TINA TURNER 12
- 39 38 40 3 Go ASIA 38