1980's Top 20 charts

January 1986

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
1		West end girls	Pet Shop Boys
2		Hit that perfect beat	Bronski Beat
3		The sun always shines on T.V.	A-HA
4		Saving all my love for you	Whitney Houston
5		Saturday love	Cherrelle & Alexander O'Neil
6		Girlie girlie	Sophia George
7		Merry Christmas everyone	Shakin' Stevens
8		Walk of life	Dire Straits
9		Walking in the air	Aled Jones
10		You little thief	Feargal Sharkey
11		Broken wings	Mr.Mister
12		Dress you up	Madonna
13		Do they know it's Christmas	Band Aid
14		I'm your man	Wham!
15		Separate lives	Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin
16		Alice I want you just for me	Full Force
17		Last Christmas	Wham!
18		Who's zoomin' who	Aretha Franklin
19		Russians	Sting
20		It's alright(Baby comn' back)	Eurythmics

 

February 1986

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
1		When the goooing gets tough, the tough gets going	Billy Ocean
2		Borderline	Madonna
3		The sun always shines on T.V.	A-HA
4		Only love	Nena Mouskouri
5		System addict	Five Star
6		Walk of life	Dire Straits
7		Living in America	James Brown
8		Eloise	Damned
9		The phantom of the opera	Sarah Brightman/Steve Harley
10		Starting together	Su Pollard
11		The captain of her heart	Double
12		How will I know	Whitney Houston
13		Suspicious minds	Fine Young Cannibals
14		Broken wings	Mr.Mister
15		Chain reaction	Diana Ross
16		Saturday love	Cherrelle & Alexander O'Neil
17		Rise	Public Image Ltd.
18		Pull up to the bumper/La vie en rose	Grace Jones
19		Burning heart	Survivor
20		Sanctify yourself	Simple Minds

 

March 1986

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
1		Chain reaction	Diana Ross
2		Manic Monday	Bangles
3		When the goooing gets tough, the tough gets going	Billy Ocean
4		Love missile F1-11	Sigue Sigue Sputnik
5		Absolute beginners	David Bowie
6		Hi ho silver	Jim Diamond
7		Starting together	Su Pollard
8		Burning heart	Survivor
9		Theme from Nwe York New York	Frank Sinatra
10		(Nothin' serious)Just buggin'	Whistle
11		How will I know	Whitney Houston
12		Living doll	Cliff Richard & the Young Ones
13		Kiss	Prince & the Revolution
14		The power of love	Huey Lewis & the News
15		Eloise	Damned
16		Don't waste my time	Paul Hardcastle
17		Move away	Culture Club
18		Kyrie	Mr.Mister
19		Digging your scene	Blow Monkeys
20		Touch me(I want your body)	Samantha Fox

 

April 1986

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
1		Living doll Cliff	Cliff Richard & the Young Ones
2		A different corner	George Michael
3		Rock me Amadeus	Falco
4		Touch me	Samantha Fox
5		A kind of magic	Queen
6		Wonderful world	Sam Cocke
7		You to me are everything	Real Thing
8		Peter gun	Art Of Noise & Duane Eddy
9		Secret lovers	Atlantic Starr
10		Train of thought	A-HA
11		Look away	Big Country
12		All the things she said	Simple Minds
13		Chain reaction	Diana Ross
14		Absolute biginners	David Bowie
15		E=MC2	Big Audio Dynamite
16		What have you done for me lately	Janet Jackson
17		Can't wait another minute	Five Star
18		Just say no	Grange Hill Cast
19		Hi ho silver	Jim Diamond
20		Kyrie	Mr.Mister

 

May 1986

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
1		Lessons in love	Level 42
2		Rock me Amadeus	Falco
3		On my own	Patti Labelle/Michael McDonald
4		The chicken song	Spitting Image
5		Live to tell	Madonna
6		What have you done for me lately	Janet Jackson
7		Sledgehammer	Peter Gabriel
8		Can't wait another minute	Five Star
9		Greatest love of all	Whitney Houston
10		A different corner	George Michael
11		Snooker loopy	Matchroom Mob With Chas & Dave
12		Spirit in the sky	Doctor & the Medics
13		I heard it through the grapevine	Marvin Gaye
14		Why can't this be love	Van Halen
15		A kind of magic	Queen
16		Just say no	Grange Hill Cast
17		There'll be sad songs(To make you cry)	Billy Ocean
18		Rolling home	Status Quo
19		Look away	Big Country
20		You and me tonight	Aurra

 

June 1986

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
1		Spirit in the sky	Doctor & the Medics
2		Holding back the years	Simply Red
3		I can't wait	Nu Shooz
4		Addicted to love	Robert Palmer
5		Sledgehammer	Peter Gabriel
6		Can't get by without you	Real Thing
7		The edge of heaven/Where did your heart go	Wham!
8		Hunting high and low	A-HA
9		Set me free	Jaki Graham
10		Everybody wants to run the world	Tears For Fears
11		Too good to be forgotten	Amazulu
12		Vienna calling	Falco
13		The chicken song	Spitting Image
14		Happy hour	Housemartins
15		On my own	Patti Labelle/Michael McDonald
16		New beginning(Mamba Seyra)	Bucks Fizz
17		Lessons in love	Level 42
18		My favourite waste of time	Owen Paul
19		Opportunities(Let's make lots of money)	Pet Shop Boys
20		Amityville(The house on the hill)	Lovebug Starski

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