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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · May 2, 1986

40 positions ← 04/25 05/09 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
3 2 1 1 9 West End Girls PET SHOP BOYS 1
6 4 3 2 8 Why Can't This Be Love VAN HALEN 2
8 5 4 3 7 Take Me Home PHIL COLLINS 3
15 9 5 4 6 Greatest Love Of All WHITNEY HOUSTON 4
12 7 6 5 9 Your Love THE OUTFIELD 5
19 11 8 6 7 If You Leave ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK 6
29 20 12 7 5 Live To Tell MADONNA 7
17 13 9 8 7 What Have You Done For Me Lately JANET JACKSON 8
14 12 10 9 8 Bad Boy MIAMI SOUND MACHINE 9
2 1 2 10 11 Addicted To Love ROBERT PALMER 1
22 19 13 11 6 All I Need Is A Miracle MIKE + THE MECHANICS 11
26 22 14 12 6 Is It Love MR. MISTER 12
24 21 16 13 7 Something About You LEVEL 42 13
7 6 7 14 8 Harlem Shuffle THE ROLLING STONES 6
31 27 19 15 5 I Can't Wait NU SHOOZ 15
34 26 20 16 5 Be Good To Yourself JOURNEY 16
1 3 11 17 11 Kiss PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION 1
39 32 24 18 4 On My Own PATTI LaBELLE & MICHAEL McDONALD 18
30 24 21 19 6 Rough Boy ZZ TOP 19
36 30 23 20 4 Move Away CULTURE CLUB 20
32 29 25 21 5 Never As Good As The First Time SADE 21
- 39 34 22 3 No One Is To Blame HOWARD JONES 22
5 8 15 23 12 Manic Monday BANGLES 5
40 36 31 24 4 Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight STARSHIP 24
20 18 18 25 8 American Storm BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND 18
- - 35 26 2 There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) BILLY OCEAN 26
- - 37 27 2 Nothin' At All HEART 27
- 38 33 28 3 Mothers Talk TEARS FOR FEARS 28
33 31 29 29 5 Feel It Again HONEYMOON SUITE 29
- - 38 30 2 A Different Corner GEORGE MICHAEL 30
- 40 36 31 3 All The Things She Said SIMPLE MINDS 31
37 34 32 32 4 Stick Around JULIAN LENNON 32
4 10 17 33 13 What You Need INXS 3
- - 40 34 2 Crush On You THE JETS 34
11 15 22 35 13 Let's Go All The Way SLY FOX 8
13 14 26 36 10 I Think It's Love JERMAINE JACKSON 13
DEBUT 37 1 I Wanna Be A Cowboy BOYS DON'T CRY 37
16 16 27 38 9 So Far Away DIRE STRAITS 16
DEBUT 39 1 Rain On The Scarecrow JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 39
DEBUT 40 1 Where Do The Children Go THE HOOTERS 40