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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · May 16, 1986

40 positions ← 05/09 05/23 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
5 4 1 1 8 Greatest Love Of All WHITNEY HOUSTON 1
12 7 5 2 7 Live To Tell MADONNA 2
8 6 6 3 9 If You Leave ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK 3
4 3 3 4 9 Take Me Home PHIL COLLINS 3
13 11 9 5 8 All I Need Is A Miracle MIKE + THE MECHANICS 5
3 2 2 6 10 Why Can't This Be Love VAN HALEN 2
14 12 10 7 8 Is It Love MR. MISTER 7
24 18 14 8 6 On My Own PATTI LaBELLE & MICHAEL McDONALD 8
19 15 11 9 7 I Can't Wait NU SHOOZ 9
20 16 13 10 7 Be Good To Yourself JOURNEY 10
16 13 12 11 9 Something About You LEVEL 42 11
1 1 4 12 11 West End Girls PET SHOP BOYS 1
34 22 17 13 5 No One Is To Blame HOWARD JONES 13
23 20 16 14 6 Move Away CULTURE CLUB 14
9 8 8 15 9 What Have You Done For Me Lately JANET JACKSON 8
35 26 20 16 4 There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) BILLY OCEAN 16
6 5 7 17 11 Your Love THE OUTFIELD 5
10 9 15 18 10 Bad Boy MIAMI SOUND MACHINE 9
37 27 23 19 4 Nothin' At All HEART 19
38 30 24 20 4 A Different Corner GEORGE MICHAEL 20
40 34 26 21 4 Crush On You THE JETS 21
21 19 18 22 8 Rough Boy ZZ TOP 18
31 24 22 23 6 Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight STARSHIP 22
33 28 25 24 5 Mothers Talk TEARS FOR FEARS 24
36 31 27 25 5 All The Things She Said SIMPLE MINDS 25
- 37 30 26 3 I Wanna Be A Cowboy BOYS DON'T CRY 26
- - 31 27 2 Holding Back The Years SIMPLY RED 27
2 10 19 28 13 Addicted To Love ROBERT PALMER 1
- - 34 29 2 Vienna Calling FALCO 29
- 39 33 30 3 Rain On The Scarecrow JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 30
- - 37 31 2 Who's Johnny EL DeBARGE 31
25 21 21 32 7 Never As Good As The First Time SADE 21
- - 39 33 2 Like No Other Night THIRTY EIGHT SPECIAL 33
- 40 35 34 3 Where Do The Children Go THE HOOTERS 34
7 14 28 35 10 Harlem Shuffle THE ROLLING STONES 6
DEBUT 36 1 The Love Parade THE DREAM ACADEMY 36
DEBUT 37 1 Tuff Enuff THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS 37
11 17 29 38 13 Kiss PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION 1
DEBUT 39 1 Your Wildest Dreams THE MOODY BLUES 39
DEBUT 40 1 When The Heart Rules The Mind GTR 40