Chart 1986 Jul-Dec
1980’s Top 20 charts
July 1986
| UK | (US) | Song title | Artist |
| 1 | Papa don’t preach | Madonna | |
| 2 | My favourite waste of time | Owen Paul | |
| 3 | The edge of heaven/Where did your heart go | Wham! | |
| 4 | Happy hour | Housemartins | |
| 5 | Let’s go all the way | Sly Fox | |
| 6 | Venus | Bananarama | |
| 7 | Too good to be forgotten | Amazulu | |
| 8 | Every beat of my heart | Rod Stewart | |
| 9 | I can’t wait | Nu Shooz | |
| 10 | Sing our own song | UB40 | |
| 11 | The lady in red | Chris De Burgh | |
| 12 | New beginning(Mamba Seyra) | Bucks Fizz | |
| 13 | Bang Zoom(Let’s go go) | Real Roxanne With Hitman Howie Tee | |
| 14 | Do ya do ya(Wanna play with me) | Samantha Fox | |
| 15 | Hunting high and low | A-HA | |
| 16 | Paranoimia | Art Of Noise | |
| 17 | Camouflage | Stan Ridgway | |
| 18 | Spirit in the sky | Doctor & the Medics | |
| 19 | It’s ‘Orrible being in love(When you’re 8 1/2) | Clarie & Friends | |
| 20 | Higher love | Steve Winwood |
August 1986
| UK | (US) | Song title | Artist |
| 1 | The lady in red | Chris De Burgh | |
| 2 | So macho/Crusing | Sinitta | |
| 3 | I want to wake up with you | Boris Gardiner | |
| 4 | Camouflage | Stan Ridgway | |
| 5 | Ain’t nothing goin’ on but the rent | Gwen Gutherie | |
| 6 | Papa don’t preach | Madonna | |
| 7 | Anyone can fall in love | Anita Dobson | |
| 8 | Let’s go all the way | Sly Fox | |
| 9 | Find the time | Five Star | |
| 10 | Calling all the heroes | It Bites | |
| 11 | Every beat of my heart | Rod Stewart | |
| 12 | What’s the colour of money? | Hollywood Beyond | |
| 13 | Shout | Lulu | |
| 14 | Panic | Smiths | |
| 15 | I didn’t meant to turn you on | Robert Palmer | |
| 16 | Dancing on the ceiling | Lionel Richie | |
| 17 | Brother Louie | Modern Talking | |
| 18 | I can prove it | Phil Fearron | |
| 19 | We don’t have to take our cloths off | Jermaine Stewart | |
| 20 | Sing our own song | UB40 |
September 1986
| UK | (US) | Song title | Artist |
| 1 | Don’t leave me this way | Communards | |
| 2 | We don’t have to take our cloths off | Jermaine Stewart | |
| 3 | I want to wake up with you | Boris Gardiner | |
| 4 | Glory of love | Peter Cetera | |
| 5 | (I just) Died in your arms | Cutting Crew | |
| 6 | Rage hard | Frankie Goes To Hollywood | |
| 7 | Brother Louie | Modern Talking | |
| 8 | Word up | Cameo | |
| 9 | Holiday rap | M.C.Miker’G’ & Deejav Sven | |
| 10 | Love can’t turn around | Farley ‘Jackmaster’ Funk | |
| 11 | So macho/Crusing | Sinitta | |
| 12 | Walk this way | Run D.M.C. | |
| 13 | Thorn in my side | Eurythmics | |
| 14 | Human | Human League | |
| 15 | Rain or shine | Five Star | |
| 16 | When I think of you | Janet Jackson | |
| 17 | The lady in red | Chris De Burgh | |
| 18 | You give love a bad name | Bon Jovi | |
| 19 | Sweet freedom | Michael McDonald | |
| 20 | Ain’t nothing goin’ on but the rent | Gwen Gutherie |
October 1986
| UK | (US) | Song title | Artist |
| 1 | True blue | Madonna | |
| 2 | Rain or shine | Five Star | |
| 3 | Don’t leave me this way | Communards | |
| 4 | You can call me Al | Paul Simon | |
| 5 | Every loser wins | Nick Berry | |
| 6 | In the army now | Status Quo | |
| 7 | Word up | Cameo | |
| 8 | Thorn in my side | Eurythmics | |
| 9 | Suburbia | Pet Shop Boys | |
| 10 | I’ve been losing you | A-HA | |
| 11 | All I ask of you | Cliff Richard & Sarah Brightman | |
| 12 | Walk like an Egyptian | Bangles | |
| 13 | We don’t have to take our cloths off | Jarmine Stewart | |
| 14 | (Forever)Live and die | OMD | |
| 15 | Always there | Marti Webb | |
| 16 | Walk this way | RUN D.M.C. | |
| 17 | (I just)Died in your arms | Cutting Crew | |
| 18 | True colors | Cyndi lauper | |
| 19 | Stuck with you | Huey Lewis & the News | |
| 20 | Montego bay | Amazulu |
November 1986
| UK | (US) | Song title | Artist |
| 1 | Take my breath away | Berlin | |
| 2 | You keep me hangin’ on | Kim Wilde | |
| 3 | Walk like an Egyptian | Bangles | |
| 4 | Showing off(Get fresh at the weekend)) | Mel & Kim | |
| 5 | In the army now | Status Quo | |
| 6 | Every loser wins | Nick Berry | |
| 7 | Breakout | Swing Out Sister | |
| 8 | All I ask of you | Cliff Richard & Sarah Brightman | |
| 9 | Livin’ on a prayer | Bon Jovi | |
| 10 | The final countdown | Europe | |
| 11 | Through the barricades | Spandau Ballet | |
| 12 | Don’t give up | Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush | |
| 13 | Notorious | Duran Duran | |
| 14 | For America | Red Box | |
| 15 | Midas touch | Midnight Star | |
| 16 | True blue | Madonna | |
| 17 | Don’t get me wrong | Pretenders | |
| 18 | You can call me Al | Paul Simon | |
| 19 | Each tiime you break my heart | Nick Kamen | |
| 20 | French kissin’ in the USA | Debbie Harry |
December 1986
| UK | (US) | Song title | Artist |
| 1 | The final countdown | Europe | |
| 2 | Sometimes | Erasure | |
| 3 | Caravan of love | Housemartins | |
| 4 | The rain | Oran ‘Juice’ Jones | |
| 5 | Livin’ on a prayer | Bon Jovi | |
| 6 | Take my breath away | Berlin | |
| 7 | Open your heart | Madonna | |
| 8 | Shake you down | Gregory Abbott | |
| 9 | Reet petite | Jackie Wilson | |
| 10 | So cold the night | Communards | |
| 11 | Each tiime you break my heart | Nick Kamen | |
| 12 | French kissin’ in the USA | Debbie Harry | |
| 13 | Cry wolf | A-HA | |
| 14 | Breakout | Swing Out Sister | |
| 15 | The skye boat song | Roger Whittaker & Des O’Connor | |
| 16 | Is this love | Alison Moyet | |
| 17 | You keep me hangin’ on | Kim Wilde | |
| 18 | Showing off(Get fresh at the weekend)) | Mel & Kim | |
| 19 | Big fun | Gap Band | |
| 20 | Land of confusion | Genesis |
© BPI/ Gallup
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