1986

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	UK First Chart Appearance	UK Chart Peak	UK Now Appearances
A-Ha - Cry Wolf	30 November 1986	5	1
A-Ha - Hunting High and Low	8 June 1986	5	3
A-ha - I've Been Losing You	28 September 1986	8	4
A-ha - Train of Thought	30 March 1986	8	1
ABC - Ocean Blue	5 January 1986	51	1
Alison Moyet - Is This Love?	23 November 1986	3	3
Amazulu - Too Good to Be Forgotten	25 May 1986	5	4
Anita Baker - Sweet Love	10 August 1986	13	5
Arcadia - The Flame	13 July 1986	58	2
Arcadia - The Promise	19 January 1986	37	1
Aretha Franklin - Another Night	16 February 1986	54	1
The Art of Noise with Max Headroom - Paranoimia	21 June 1986	12	1
Atlantic Starr - Secret Lovers	2 March 1986	10	1
Aurra - You and Me Tonight	13 April 1986	12	1
The B-52's - Planet Claire	4 May 1986	12	1
Bananarama - More Than Physical	10 August 1986	41	2
Bananarama - Venus	25 May 1986	8	14
The Bangles - If She Knew What She Wants	20 April 1986	31	1
The Bangles - Manic Monday	2 February 1986	2	7
The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian	7 September 1986	3	10
Berlin - Take My Breath Away	19 October 1986	1	8
Big Audio Dynamite - C'mon Every Beatbox	5 October 1986	51	1
Big Audio Dynamite - E=MC2	16 March 1986	11	4
Big Audio Dynamite - Medicine Show	1 June 1986	29	1
Big Country - Look Away	6 April 1986	7	3
Big Country - One Great Thing	14 September 1986	19	1
Billy Bragg - Greetings To The New Brunette	2 November 1986	58	1
Billy Idol - To Be a Lover	28 September 1986	22	1
Billy Joel - A Matter of Trust	7 September 1986	52	2
Billy Ocean - Love Zone	3 August 1986	49	1
Billy Ocean - There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)	6 April 1986	12	1
Billy Ocean - When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going	19 January 1986	1	17
Black - Wonderful Life	14 September 1986	8	4
The Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene	16 February 1986	12	2
The Blow Monkeys - Wicked Ways	27 April 1986	60	1
Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer	19 October 1986	4	17
Bon Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name	3 August 1986	14	7
Boris Gardiner - I Wanna Wake Up With You	20 July 1986	1	9
Boston - Amanda	9 November 1986	84	1
Bronski Beat - C'mon! C'mon!	23 March 1986	20	1
Bruce Hornsby and the Range - The Way It Is	20 July 1986	15	4
Bruce Springsteen - War	23 November 1986	18	1
Bryan Ferry - Is Your Love Strong Enough?	29 March 1986	22	2
Bucks Fizz - New Beginning (Mamba Seyra)	1 June 1986	8	6
Buddy Holly - That'll Be the Day	14 September 1986	85	1
Cameo - Candy	23 November 1986	27	1
Cameo - Word Up!	24 August 1986	3	13
Carmel - Sally	8 June 1986	60	1
Cashflow - Mine All Mine	18 May 1986	15	2
Chaka Khan - Love of a Lifetime	6 July 1986	52	1
China Crisis - Arizona Sky	19 October 1986	47	1
Chris Rea - On the Beach	18 May 1986	57	3
Chris de Burgh - The Lady in Red	29 June 1986	1	8
Chris de Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling	30 November 1986	40	13
Cliff Richard and The Young Ones featuring Hank Marvin - Living Doll	16 March 1986	1	1
Cock Robin - The Promise You Made	18 May 1986	28	2
Cocteau Twins - Love's Easy Tears	19 October 1986	53	1
The Communards - Disenchanted	18 May 1986	29	1
The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way	17 August 1986	1	27
The Communards - So Cold the Night	23 November 1986	8	3
Culture Club - God Thank You Woman	25 May 1986	31	2
Culture Club - Move Away	9 March 1986	7	2
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry	27 April 1986	22	3
Curiosity Killed the Cat - Down to Earth	16 November 1986	3	7
Curiosity Killed the Cat - Misfit	7 September 1986	7	2
Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died in Your Arms	3 August 1986	4	13
Cyndi Lauper - True Colors	7 September 1986	12	1
Damian - The Time Warp	23 March 1986	7	3
The Damned - Eloise	2 February 1986	3	2
Daryl Hall - Dreamtime	27 July 1986	28	1
David Bowie - Absolute Beginners	9 March 1986	2	5
David Sylvian - Taking the Veil	3 August 1986	53	1
Dead or Alive - Brand New Lover	14 September 1986	31	2
Debbie Harry - French Kissin' in the USA	9 November 1986	8	4
Dee C. Lee - Come Hell or Waters High	2 March 1986	46	1
Dexys Midnight Runners - Because of You	16 November 1986	13	1
Diana Ross - Chain Reaction	12 January 1986	1	7
Dire Straits - Walk of Life	5 January 1986	2	1
Doctor and the Medics - Spirit in the Sky	4 May 1986	1	2
Doctor and the Medics/Roy Wood - Waterloo	22 November 1986	45	1
Don Johnson - Heartbeat	5 October 1986	46	2
Double - Captain Of Her Heart	25 January 1986	8	1
Duran Duran - Notorious	26 October 1986	7	6
Eddie Murphy - Party All the Time	19 January 1986	87	2
El DeBarge - Who's Johnny	15 June 1986	60	2
Electric Light Orchestra - Calling America	23 February 1986	28	1
Elkie Brooks - No More the Fool	16 November 1986	5	1
Elton John - Cry to Heaven	23 February 1986	47	1
Elton John - Heartache All Over the World	28 September 1986	45	2
Erasure - Sometimes	12 October 1986	2	3
Europe - The Final Countdown	19 October 1986	1	19
Eurythmics - It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)	5 January 1986	12	1
Eurythmics - The Miracle of Love	23 November 1986	23	1
Eurythmics - Thorn in My Side	31 August 1986	5	4
Eurythmics - When Tomorrow Comes	8 June 1986	30	2
Everything but the Girl - Come on Home	27 July 1986	44	1
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus	16 March 1986	1	7
Falco - Vienna Calling	25 May 1986	10	2
Fine Young Cannibals - Funny How Love Is	6 April 1986	58	1
Fine Young Cannibals - Suspicious Minds	5 January 1986	8	3
Five Star - Can't Wait Another Minute	6 April 1986	7	8
Five Star - Find the Time	20 July 1986	7	1
Five Star - Rain or Shine	7 September 1986	2	6
Five Star - System Addict	5 January 1986	3	3
The Fixx - Secret Separation	22 June 1986	83	1
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Rage Hard	31 August 1986	4	3
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Warriors of the Wasteland	22 November 1986	19	1
Furniture - Brilliant Mind	1 June 1986	21	7
The Gap Band - Big Fun	7 December 1986	4	2
Gary Moore - Over The Hills And Far Away	14 December 1986	20	1
Genesis - In Too Deep	24 August 1986	19	1
Genesis - Invisible Touch	25 May 1986	15	2
Genesis - Land Of Confusion	16 November 1986	14	1
George Michael - A Different Corner	30 March 1986	1	4
Glass Tiger - Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)	5 October 1986	29	1
Go West - True Colours	23 November 1986	48	1
Grace Jones - I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You)	9 November 1986	56	2
Grace Jones - Love Is the Drug	23 February 1986	35	3
Gregory Abbott - Shake You Down	9 November 1986	6	2
Gwen Guthrie - (They Long To Be ) Close To You	11 October 1986	25	1
Gwen Guthrie - Ain't Nothin' Goin' on but the Rent	13 July 1986	5	14
Heart - Nothin' at All	29 June 1986	38	1
Heart - These Dreams	16 March 1986	8	4
Hipsway - The Honeythief	9 February 1986	17	1
Hollywood Beyond - No More Tears	14 September 1986	47	1
Hollywood Beyond - What's the Colour of Money?	29 June 1986	7	1
The Housemartins - Caravan of Love	30 November 1986	1	7
The Housemartins - Happy Hour	1 June 1986	3	6
The Housemartins - Sheep	2 March 1986	56	1
The Housemartins - Think for a Minute	28 September 1986	18	1
Howard Jones - All I Want	28 September 1986	35	1
Howard Jones - No One Is to Blame	9 March 1986	16	1
Huey Lewis and the News - Hip to Be Square	16 November 1986	41	1
Huey Lewis and the News - Stuck With You	17 August 1986	12	4
The Human League - Human	17 August 1986	8	6
Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child (Wild One)	23 November 1986	10	3
It Bites - Calling All The Heroes	29 June 1986	6	4
It's Immaterial - Driving Away from Home (Jim's Tune)	30 March 1986	18	3
It's Immaterial - Ed's Funky Diner	20 July 1986	65	1
Jaki Graham - Breaking Away	3 August 1986	16	2
Jaki Graham - Set Me Free	27 April 1986	7	3
Jaki Graham - Step Right Up	9 November 1986	15	3
James Brown - Living in America	19 January 1986	5	7
Janet Jackson - What Have You Done For Me Lately	16 March 1986	3	1
Jellybean - Sidewalk Talk	1 February 1986	47	5
Jermaine Stewart - We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off	27 July 1986	2	13
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Some Candy Talking	20 July 1986	13	1
John Mellencamp - Small Town	12 January 1986	53	1
John Taylor - I Do What I Do	9 March 1986	42	1
Joyce Sims - All and All	13 April 1986	16	1
Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth	21 September 1986	19	3
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love	23 February 1986	18	1
Katrina and the Waves - Sun Street	22 June 1986	22	1
Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone	12 October 1986	45	4
Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On	19 October 1986	2	8
Level 42 - Lessons in Love	20 April 1986	3	10
Lionel Richie - Dancing on the Ceiling	20 July 1986	7	7
Lionel Richie - Love Will Conquer All	5 October 1986	45	1
Loose Ends - Slow Down	14 September 1986	27	1
Lovebug Starski - Amityville (The House on the Hill)	18 May 1986	12	1
The Lover Speaks - No More "I Love You's"	27 July 1986	58	1
Madness - (Waiting For) The Ghost Train	2 November 1986	18	1
Man 2 Man - Male Stripper	24 August 1986	4	8
Matt Bianco - Dancing in the Street	25 May 1986	64	1
Maxi Priest - Strollin' On	23 March 1986	32	1
Meat Loaf - Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries	24 August 1986	31	1
Mel and Kim - Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)	14 September 1986	3	8
Miami Sound Machine - Bad Boy	4 May 1986	16	2
Midge Ure - Call of the Wild	1 June 1986	27	1
Midnight Star - Headlines	22 June 1986	16	1
Midnight Star - Midas Touch	28 September 1986	8	4
Mike and the Mechanics - All I Need Is a Miracle	11 May 1986	53	1
Mike and the Mechanics - Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)	2 February 1986	21	1
Mint Juleps - Only Love Can Break Your Heart	2 March 1986	62	1
The Mission - Stay With Me	12 October 1986	30	1
Modern Talking - Brother Louie	10 August 1986	4	5
Mr. Mister - Is It Love	1 June 1986	87	1
Mr. Mister - Kyrie	23 February 1986	11	3
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle	9 November 1986	56	3
New Order - Shellshock	23 March 1986	28	2
New Order - State of the Nation	21 September 1986	30	1
Nick Berry - Every Loser Wins	28 September 1986	1	4
Nick Heyward - Goodbye Yesterday	6 July 1986	82	1
Nick Heyward - Over the Weekend	4 May 1986	43	2
Nick Kamen - Each Time You Break My Heart	2 November 1986	5	5
Nik Kershaw - Nobody Knows	5 October 1986	44	1
Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait	18 May 1986	2	8
Oran 'Juice' Jones - The Rain	26 October 1986	4	1
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - (Forever) Live and Die	31 August 1986	11	3
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - If You Leave	27 April 1986	48	2
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - We Love You	9 November 1986	54	1
The Outfield - Your Love	8 June 1986	83	1
Owen Paul - My Favourite Waste of Time	25 May 1986	3	6
Pat Benatar - Sex as a Weapon	9 February 1986	67	2
Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald - On My Own	3 May 1986	2	2
Patti LaBelle - Oh, People	27 July 1986	26	1
Paul Hardcastle - Don't Waste My Time	26 January 1986	8	2
Paul Hardcastle - The Wizard	5 October 1986	15	2
Paul McCartney - Only Love Remains	7 December 1986	34	1
Paul Simon - The Boy in the Bubble	30 November 1986	26	1
Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al	31 August 1986	4	10
Paul Young - Some People	23 November 1986	56	1
Paul Young - Wonderland	28 September 1986	24	1
Pet Shop Boys - Love Comes Quickly	2 March 1986	19	1
Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)	25 May 1986	11	2
Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia	28 September 1986	8	4
Pete Wylie - Sinful	27 April 1986	13	3
Peter Cetera - Glory of Love	27 July 1986	3	2
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer	20 April 1986	4	8
Peter Gabriel/Kate Bush - Don't Give Up	1 November 1986	9	2
The Police - Don't Stand So Close to Me '86	5 October 1986	24	3
Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong	5 October 1986	10	3
Pretenders - Hymn to Her	7 December 1986	8	2
Prince/The Revolution - Kiss	8 March 1986	6	1
Public Image Ltd - Rise	26 January 1986	11	3
Queen - A Kind of Magic	23 March 1986	3	8
Queen - Who Wants to Live Forever	21 September 1986	24	2
Randy Crawford - Almaz	16 November 1986	4	2
The Real Roxanne with Hitman Howie Tee - (Bang Zoom) Let's Go Go	22 June 1986	11	1
The Real Thing - You to Me Are Everything (The Decade Remix '76-'86)	2 March 1986	5	1
Red Box - For America	12 October 1986	10	4
Robbie Nevil - C'est La Vie	30 November 1986	3	3
Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love	10 May 1986	5	15
Robert Palmer - I Didn't Mean To Turn You On	13 July 1986	9	2
The Rolling Stones - Harlem Shuffle	9 March 1986	13	1
Ruby Turner featuring Jonathan Butler - If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)	19 January 1986	30	1
Run DMC/Aerosmith - Walk This Way	31 August 1986	8	20
The S.O.S. Band - The Finest	23 March 1986	17	2
Sade - Is It a Crime	5 January 1986	49	1
Sade - Never as Good as the First Time	27 April 1986	89	1
Samantha Fox - Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)	22 June 1986	10	1
Samantha Fox - Touch Me (I Want Your Body)	16 March 1986	3	3
Sandie Shaw - Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?	25 May 1986	68	1
Sheila E. - A Love Bizarre	26 January 1986	76	3
Sigue Sigue Sputnik - 21st Century Boy	1 June 1986	20	2
Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11	23 February 1986	3	3
Simple Minds - All the Things She Said	6 April 1986	9	3
Simple Minds - Ghostdancing	9 November 1986	13	1
Simple Minds - Sanctify Yourself	26 January 1986	10	2
Simply Red - Jericho	2 March 1986	53	1
Sinitta - So Macho	2 March 1986	2	13
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Candyman	2 March 1986	34	1
Sly Fox - Let's Go All the Way	18 May 1986	3	9
The Smiths - Ask	26 October 1986	14	1
The Smiths - Panic	27 July 1986	11	2
Spandau Ballet - Fight for Ourselves	20 July 1986	15	2
Spandau Ballet - Through the Barricades	2 November 1986	6	3
Stacey Q - Two of Hearts	28 September 1986	87	2
Stan Ridgway - Camouflage	29 June 1986	4	2
Status Quo - In The Army Now	28 September 1986	2	5
Steve Winwood - Higher Love	15 June 1986	13	8
Sting - Moon Over Bourbon Street	9 February 1986	44	1
The Stranglers - Always the Sun	12 October 1986	29	1
The Style Council - Have You Ever Had It Blue	30 March 1986	14	1
Suzanne Vega - Small Blue Thing	12 January 1986	65	1
Suzanne Vega/Joe Jackson - Left Of Center	7 June 1986	32	1
Swing Out Sister - Breakout	12 October 1986	4	8
Taffy - I Love My Radio	23 November 1986	6	2
Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It	12 January 1986	16	5
Talk Talk - Living in Another World	9 March 1986	48	2
Talking Heads - And She Was	2 February 1986	17	1
Teddy Pendergrass with Whitney Houston - Hold Me	12 January 1986	44	1
Timex Social Club - Rumors	7 September 1986	13	2
Tina Turner - Two People	2 November 1986	43	2
Tina Turner - Typical Male	17 August 1986	33	2
UB40 - All I Want to Do	21 September 1986	41	1
UB40 - Sing Our Own Song	6 July 1986	5	6
Ultravox - Same Old Story	21 September 1986	31	1
Vesta Williams - Once Bitten Twice Shy	7 December 1986	14	2
Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight	19 October 1986	76	3
The Ward Brothers - Cross That Bridge	21 December 1986	32	1
Wax - Right Between the Eyes	6 April 1986	60	1
Wham! - The Edge of Heaven	15 June 1986	1	3
Whistle - Just Buggin'	23 February 1986	7	2
Whitney Houston - Greatest Love of All	6 April 1986	8	3
Whitney Houston - How Will I Know	19 January 1986	5	8
Yello - Goldrush	27 July 1986	54	1
ZZ Top - Stages	9 February 1986	43	1
ZZ Top - Rough Boy	13 April 1986	23	2

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