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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · January 31, 1986

40 positions ← 01/24 02/07 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
14 8 4 1 8 When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going BILLY OCEAN 1
17 9 6 2 7 How Will I Know WHITNEY HOUSTON 2
5 2 2 3 12 Burning Heart SURVIVOR 2
2 1 1 4 11 That's What Friends Are For DIONNE & FRIENDS 1
8 5 3 5 9 I'm Your Man WHAM! 3
21 14 8 6 6 Kyrie MR. MISTER 6
23 15 12 7 6 Living In America JAMES BROWN 7
24 16 13 8 7 Life In A Northern Town THE DREAM ACADEMY 8
34 24 15 9 4 Sara STARSHIP 9
10 7 7 10 8 My Hometown BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 7
13 10 9 11 10 Spies Like Us PAUL McCARTNEY 9
30 22 16 12 6 The Sweetest Taboo SADE 12
20 17 14 13 8 Conga MIAMI SOUND MACHINE 13
32 25 18 14 5 Silent Running MIKE + THE MECHANICS 14
3 3 5 15 11 Talk To Me STEVIE NICKS 3
15 11 10 16 9 Go Home STEVIE WONDER 10
37 32 22 17 4 A Love Bizarre SHEILA E. 17
31 26 20 18 7 The Sun Always Shines On T.V. A-HA 18
1 4 11 19 13 Say You, Say Me LIONEL RICHIE 1
- 36 27 20 3 King For A Day THOMPSON TWINS 20
- 37 28 21 3 These Dreams HEART 21
6 6 17 22 12 Walk Of Life DIRE STRAITS 6
36 33 26 23 5 Tarzan Boy BALTIMORA 23
- - 33 24 2 Secret Lovers ATLANTIC STARR 24
- - 34 25 2 Russians STING 25
- 40 32 26 3 Stages ZZ TOP 26
40 35 31 27 4 He'll Never Love You (Like I Do) FREDDIE JACKSON 27
- - 38 28 2 Nikita ELTON JOHN 28
- 39 36 29 3 Day By Day THE HOOTERS 29
DEBUT 30 1 Another Night ARETHA FRANKLIN 30
12 20 25 31 14 I Miss You KLYMAXX 9
19 18 19 32 8 Sidewalk Talk JELLYBEAN 18
22 21 21 33 9 Goodbye NIGHT RANGER 21
4 12 23 34 15 Alive And Kicking SIMPLE MINDS 2
DEBUT 35 1 This Could Be The Night LOVERBOY 35
DEBUT 36 1 R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. (A Salute To 60's Rock) JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 36
DEBUT 37 1 Sanctify Yourself SIMPLE MINDS 37
7 13 24 38 13 Party All The Time EDDIE MURPHY 3
DEBUT 39 1 (How To Be A) Millionaire ABC 39
DEBUT 40 1 Night Moves MARILYN MARTIN 40