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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · May 9, 1986

40 positions ← 05/02 05/16 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
9 5 4 1 7 Greatest Love Of All WHITNEY HOUSTON 1
4 3 2 2 9 Why Can't This Be Love VAN HALEN 2
5 4 3 3 8 Take Me Home PHIL COLLINS 3
2 1 1 4 10 West End Girls PET SHOP BOYS 1
20 12 7 5 6 Live To Tell MADONNA 5
11 8 6 6 8 If You Leave ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK 6
7 6 5 7 10 Your Love THE OUTFIELD 5
13 9 8 8 8 What Have You Done For Me Lately JANET JACKSON 8
19 13 11 9 7 All I Need Is A Miracle MIKE + THE MECHANICS 9
22 14 12 10 7 Is It Love MR. MISTER 10
27 19 15 11 6 I Can't Wait NU SHOOZ 11
21 16 13 12 8 Something About You LEVEL 42 12
26 20 16 13 6 Be Good To Yourself JOURNEY 13
32 24 18 14 5 On My Own PATTI LaBELLE & MICHAEL McDONALD 14
12 10 9 15 9 Bad Boy MIAMI SOUND MACHINE 9
30 23 20 16 5 Move Away CULTURE CLUB 16
39 34 22 17 4 No One Is To Blame HOWARD JONES 17
24 21 19 18 7 Rough Boy ZZ TOP 18
1 2 10 19 12 Addicted To Love ROBERT PALMER 1
- 35 26 20 3 There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) BILLY OCEAN 20
29 25 21 21 6 Never As Good As The First Time SADE 21
36 31 24 22 5 Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight STARSHIP 22
- 37 27 23 3 Nothin' At All HEART 23
- 38 30 24 3 A Different Corner GEORGE MICHAEL 24
38 33 28 25 4 Mothers Talk TEARS FOR FEARS 25
- 40 34 26 3 Crush On You THE JETS 26
40 36 31 27 4 All The Things She Said SIMPLE MINDS 27
6 7 14 28 9 Harlem Shuffle THE ROLLING STONES 6
3 11 17 29 12 Kiss PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION 1
- - 37 30 2 I Wanna Be A Cowboy BOYS DON'T CRY 30
DEBUT 31 1 Holding Back The Years SIMPLY RED 31
34 32 32 32 5 Stick Around JULIAN LENNON 32
- - 39 33 2 Rain On The Scarecrow JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 33
DEBUT 34 1 Vienna Calling FALCO 34
- - 40 35 2 Where Do The Children Go THE HOOTERS 35
8 15 23 36 13 Manic Monday BANGLES 5
DEBUT 37 1 Who's Johnny EL DeBARGE 37
31 29 29 38 6 Feel It Again HONEYMOON SUITE 29
DEBUT 39 1 Like No Other Night THIRTY EIGHT SPECIAL 39
10 17 33 40 14 What You Need INXS 3