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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · May 23, 1986

40 positions ← 05/16 05/30 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
7 5 2 1 8 Live To Tell MADONNA 1
4 1 1 2 9 Greatest Love Of All WHITNEY HOUSTON 1
11 9 5 3 9 All I Need Is A Miracle MIKE + THE MECHANICS 3
18 14 8 4 7 On My Own PATTI LaBELLE & MICHAEL McDONALD 4
6 6 3 5 10 If You Leave ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK 3
15 11 9 6 8 I Can't Wait NU SHOOZ 6
12 10 7 7 9 Is It Love MR. MISTER 7
16 13 10 8 8 Be Good To Yourself JOURNEY 8
13 12 11 9 10 Something About You LEVEL 42 9
22 17 13 10 6 No One Is To Blame HOWARD JONES 10
26 20 16 11 5 There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) BILLY OCEAN 11
20 16 14 12 7 Move Away CULTURE CLUB 12
27 23 19 13 5 Nothin' At All HEART 13
3 3 4 14 10 Take Me Home PHIL COLLINS 3
30 24 20 15 5 A Different Corner GEORGE MICHAEL 15
34 26 21 16 5 Crush On You THE JETS 16
2 2 6 17 11 Why Can't This Be Love VAN HALEN 2
1 4 12 18 12 West End Girls PET SHOP BOYS 1
8 8 15 19 10 What Have You Done For Me Lately JANET JACKSON 8
- 31 27 20 3 Holding Back The Years SIMPLY RED 20
37 30 26 21 4 I Wanna Be A Cowboy BOYS DON'T CRY 21
5 7 17 22 12 Your Love THE OUTFIELD 5
- 34 29 23 3 Vienna Calling FALCO 23
28 25 24 24 6 Mothers Talk TEARS FOR FEARS 24
- 37 31 25 3 Who's Johnny EL DeBARGE 25
31 27 25 26 6 All The Things She Said SIMPLE MINDS 25
9 15 18 27 11 Bad Boy MIAMI SOUND MACHINE 9
39 33 30 28 4 Rain On The Scarecrow JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP 28
- 39 33 29 3 Like No Other Night THIRTY EIGHT SPECIAL 29
10 19 28 30 14 Addicted To Love ROBERT PALMER 1
- - 37 31 2 Tuff Enuff THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS 31
- - 39 32 2 Your Wildest Dreams THE MOODY BLUES 32
- - 36 33 2 The Love Parade THE DREAM ACADEMY 33
19 18 22 34 9 Rough Boy ZZ TOP 18
24 22 23 35 7 Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight STARSHIP 22
40 35 34 36 4 Where Do The Children Go THE HOOTERS 34
- - 40 37 2 When The Heart Rules The Mind GTR 37
DEBUT 38 1 Danger Zone KENNY LOGGINS 38
DEBUT 39 1 Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight MODELS 39
DEBUT 40 1 Sledgehammer PETER GABRIEL 40