List of UK top 10 singles in 1986
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The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles with airplay figures and digital downloads excluded from the official chart. This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 1986, as well as songs which peaked in 1985 and 1987 but were in the top 10 in 1986. The entry date is when the song appeared in the top 10 for the first time.
140 singles were in the top ten in 1989. American boyband New Kids on the Block had the most top ten singles in 1990 with seven. "Hangin' Tough" reached number-one, where it remained for two weeks, and a further three weeks in the top ten. Other entries included "Step by Step" (number 2), "Tonight" (3) and "Cover Girl" (4). Former Neighbours actress Kylie Minogue had three top ten singles in 1990. "Tears on My Pillow" spent one week at number-one in January; "Better the Devil You Know" (2) and "Step Back in Time" (4) also reached the top ten. Madonna continued her success from the 1980s with four more top ten hits in 1989. "Vogue" was the highest entry, peaking at number-one for 1 week in April; "Dear Jessie", "Hanky Panky" and "Justify My Love" were the other singles to reach the top 10. Rapper and DJ MC Hammer had three top-ten entries, including his biggest hit and signature song, "U Can't Touch This", which peaked at number 3 in August. Adamski, Betty Boo, Cliff Richard, Happy Mondays, Snap! and The Stone Roses were among the other artists who had multiple top ten singles in 1990.
The Righteous Brothers had the best-selling single of the year with a re-recording of their 1965 hit "Unchained Melody", which spent 9 weeks in the top 10, including 4 weeks at the top spot, and sold 840,000 copies afters its appearance on the soundtrack of the film Ghost. "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinéad O'Connor was the second best-selling single of 1990, selling 600,000 and being certified platinum by the BPI. Songs by Elton John, Beats International, Englandneworder and Vanilla Ice were also in the top ten best-selling singles of the year.
Top-ten singles
- Key
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Single peaked in 1985 but charted in 1986. | |
| Single released in 1986 but peaked in 1987. | |
| (#) | Year-end top ten single position and rank |
| Entered | The date that the song first appeared in the chart. |
| Peak | Highest position that the song reached in the UK Singles Chart. |
| Entered (week starting) |
Weeks in top 10 |
Single | Artist | Peak | Peak reached (week starting) |
Weeks at peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles in 1985 | ||||||
| Singles in 1986 | ||||||
| 5 January 1986 | 6 | "The Sun Always Shines on T.V." | A-ha | 1 | 19 January 1986 | 2 |
| 5 January 1986 | 3 | "Hit That Perfect Beat" | Bronski Beat | 3 | 12 January 1986 | 1 |
| 5 January 1986 | 4 | "Saturday Love" | Cherrelle with Alexander O'Neal | 6 | 12 January 1986 | 2 |
| 5 January 1986 | 2 | "Girlie Girlie" | Sophia George | 7 | 5 January 1986 | 2 |
| 12 January 1986 | 4 | "Walk of Life" | Dire Straits | 2 | 19 January 1986 | 1 |
| 12 January 1986 | 3 | "Broken Wings" | Mr. Mister | 4 | 19 January 1986 | 1 |
| 12 January 1986 | 2 | "You Little Thief" | Feargal Sharkey | 5 | 12 January 1986 | 2 |
| 12 January 1986 | 2 | "Alice, I Want You Just for Me" | Full Force | 9 | 19 January 1986 | 1 |
| 19 January 1986 | 4 | "Only Love" | Nana Mouskouri | 2 | 26 January 1986 | 1 |
| 19 January 1986 | 3 | "Suspicious Minds" | Fine Young Cannibals | 8 | 26 January 1986 | 1 |
| 26 January 1986 | 7 | "When the Going Gets Touch, the Tough Get Going" (#7) | Billy Ocean | 1 | 2 February 1986 | 4 |
| 26 January 1986 | 4 | "Borderline" | Madonna | 2 | 9 February 1986 | 1 |
| 26 January 1986 | 5 | "System Addict" | Five Star | 3 | 9 February 1986 | 1 |
| 2 February 1986 | 3 | "Living in America" | James Brown | 5 | 9 February 1986 | 1 |
| 2 February 1986 | 1 | "The Phantom of the Opera" | Sarah Brightman and Steve Harley | 7 | 2 February 1986 | 1 |
| 2 February 1986 | 1 | "Sanctify Yourself" | Simple Minds | 10 | 2 February 1986 | 1 |
| 9 February 1986 | 4 | "Starting Together" | Su Pollard | 2 | 16 February 1986 | 1 |
| 9 February 1986 | 4 | "Eloise" | The Damned | 3 | 16 February 1986 | 1 |
| 9 February 1986 | 4 | "How Will I Know" | Whitney Houston | 5 | 16 February 1986 | 1 |
| 9 February 1986 | 2 | "The Captain of Her Heart" | Double | 8 | 9 February 1986 | 1 |
| 16 February 1986 | 7 | "Chain Reaction" (#5) | Diana Ross | 1 | 2 March 1986 | 3 |
| 16 February 1986 | 4 | "Burning Heart" | Survivor | 5 | 23 February 1986 | 1 |
| 23 February 1986 | 5 | "Manic Monday" | The Bangles | 2 | 9 March 1986 | 1 |
| 23 February 1986 | 4 | "Love Missile F1-11" | Sigue Sigue Sputnik | 3 | 2 March 1986 | 2 |
| 23 February 1986 | 2 | "Don't Waste My Time" | Paul Hardcastle | 8 | 23 February 1986 | 1 |
| 2 March 1986 | 3 | "Theme from New York, New York" | Frank Sinatra | 4 | 9 March 1986 | 1 |
| 9 March 1986 | 4 | "Absolute Beginners" | David Bowie | 2 | 16 March 1986 | 1 |
| 9 March 1986 | 3 | "Hi Ho Silver" | Jim Diamond | 5 | 16 March 1986 | 1 |
| 9 March 1986 | 2 | "(Nothing Serious) Just Buggin' | Whistle | 7 | 9 March 1986 | 1 |
| 9 March 1986 | 1 | "The Power of Love" / "Do You Believe in Love" | Huey Lewis and the News | 9 | 9 March 1986 | 1 |
| 16 March 1986 | 6 | "Living Doll" (#4) | Cliff Richard and The Young Ones | 1 | 23 March 1986 | 3 |
| 16 March 1986 | 2 | "Kiss" | Prince | 6 | 16 March 1986 | 1 |
| 16 March 1986 | 2 | "Move Away" | Culture Club | 7 | 16 March 1986 | 1 |
| 23 March 1986 | 4 | "Wonderful World" | Sam Cooke | 2 | 30 March 1986 | 1 |
| 23 March 1986 | 5 | "Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" | Samantha Fox | 3 | 30 March 1986 | 1 |
| 23 March 1986 | 4 | "You to Me Are Everything (The Decade Remix 76/86)" | The Real Thing | 5 | 30 March 1986 | 1 |
| 30 March 1986 | 6 | "A Different Corner" | George Michael | 1 | 13 April 1986 | 3 |
| 30 March 1986 | 8 | "Rock Me Amadeus | Falco | 1 | 4 May 1986 | 1 |
| 30 March 1986 | 6 | "A Kind of Magic" | Queen | 3 | 20 April 1986 | 1 |
| 30 March 1986 | 2 | "Peter Gunn" | Art of Noise featuring Duane Eddy | 8 | 6 April 1986 | 1 |
| 6 April 1986 | 2 | "Train of Thought" | A-ha | 8 | 13 April 1986 | 1 |
| 6 April 1986 | 1 | "Secret Lovers" | Atlantic Starr | 10 | 6 April 1986 | 1 |
| 13 April 1986 | 3 | "Look Away" | Big Country | 7 | 20 April 1986 | 1 |
| 13 April 1986 | 1 | "All the Things She Said" | Simple Minds | 9 | 13 April 1986 | 1 |
| 20 April 1986 | 5 | "Live to Tell" | Madonna | 2 | 4 May 1986 | 1 |
| 20 April 1986 | 4 | "What Have You Done for Me Lately" | Janet Jackson | 3 | 27 April 1986 | 1 |
| 20 April 1986 | 2 | "Just Say No" | Grange Hill | 5 | 20 April 1986 | 2 |
| 20 April 1986 | 4 | "Can't Wait Another Minute" | Five Star | 7 | 27 April 1986 | 2 |
| 27 April 1986 | 6 | "Lessons in Love" | Level 42 | 3 | 4 May 1986 | 3 |
| 27 April 1986 | 3 | "Greatest Love of All" | Whitney Houston | 8 | 11 May 1986 | 1 |
| 4 May 1986 | 6 | "On My Own" | Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald | 2 | 11 May 1986 | 3 |
| 4 May 1986 | 2 | "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" | Marvin Gaye | 8 | 4 May 1986 | 1 |
| 11 May 1986 | 4 | "The Chicken Song" | Spitting Image | 1 | 11 May 1986 | 3 |
| 11 May 1986 | 6 | "Sledgehammer" | Peter Gabriel | 4 | 18 May 1986 | 4 |
| 18 May 1986 | 7 | "Spirit in the Sky" | Doctor and the Medics | 1 | 1 June 1986 | 3 |
| 18 May 1986 | 2 | "Snooker Loopy" | Chas & Dave with Steve Davis, Dennis Taylor, Willie Thorne, Terry Griffiths and Tony Meo A.K.A. The Matchroom Mob | 6 | 18 May 1986 | 1 |
| 18 May 1986 | 2 | "Why Can't This Be Love" | Van Halen | 8 | 18 May 1986 | 2 |
| 18 May 1986 | 1 | "Rollin' Home" | Status Quo | 9 | 18 May 1986 | 1 |
| 25 May 1986 | 5 | "Holding Back the Years" | Simply Red | 2 | 1 June 1986 | 2 |
| 25 May 1986 | 5 | "Addicted to Love" | Robert Palmer | 5 | 8 June 1986 | 1 |
| 25 May 1986 | 3 | "Set Me Free" | Jaki Graham | 7 | 8 June 1986 | 1 |
| 1 June 1986 | 6 | "I Can't Wait" | Nu Shooz | 2 | 22 June 1986 | 1 |
| 1 June 1986 | 2 | "Everybody Wants to Run the World" | Tears For Fears | 5 | 1 June 1986 | 1 |
| 8 June 1986 | 2 | "Can't Get By Without You (The Second Decade Remix)" | The Real Thing | 6 | 8 June 1986 | 1 |
| 8 June 1986 | 2 | "Vienna Calling" | Falco | 10 | 8 June 1986 | 2 |
| 15 June 1986 | 5 | "The Edge of Heaven" | Wham! | 1 | 22 June 1986 | 2 |
| 15 June 1986 | 3 | "Hunting High and Low" | A-ha | 5 | 15 June 1986 | 1 |
| 15 June 1986 | 5 | "Too Good to Be Forgotten" | Amazulu | 5 | 22 June 1986 | 2 |
| 22 June 1986 | 5 | "Happy Hour" | The Housemartins | 3 | 22 June 1986 | 2 |
| 22 June 1986 | 5 | "My Favourite Waste of Time" | Owen Paul | 3 | 6 July 1986 | 1 |
| 22 June 1986 | 3 | "New Beginning (Mamba Seyra)" | Bucks Fizz | 8 | 22 June 1986 | 2 |
| 29 June 1986 | 7 | "Papa Don't Preach" (#8) | Madonna | 1 | 6 July 1986 | 3 |
| 29 June 1986 | 4 | "Venus" | Bananarama | 8 | 6 July 1986 | 2 |
| 6 July 1986 | 5 | "Let's Go All the Way" | Sly Fox | 3 | 13 July 1986 | 2 |
| 6 July 1986 | 1 | "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)" | Samantha Fox | 10 | 6 July 1986 | 1 |
| 13 July 1986 | 8 | "The Lady in Red" (#6) | Chris de Burgh | 1 | 27 July 1986 | 3 |
| 13 July 1986 | 4 | "Every Beat of My Heart" | Rod Stewart | 2 | 13 July 1986 | 1 |
| 13 July 1986 | 3 | "Sing Our Own Song" | UB40 | 5 | 20 July 1986 | 1 |
| 20 July 1986 | 5 | "Camouflage" | Stan Ridgway | 4 | 3 August 1986 | 1 |
| 20 July 1986 | 3 | "What's the Colour of Money?" | Hollywood Beyond | 7 | 27 July 1986 | 1 |
| 27 July 1986 | 7 | "So Macho" / "Cruising" (#10) | Sinitta | 2 | 3 August 1986 | 2 |
| 27 July 1986 | 3 | "Find the Time" | Five Star | 7 | 3 August 1986 | 1 |
| 27 July 1986 | 2 | "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" | Robert Palmer | 9 | 27 July 1986 | 1 |
| 3 August 1986 | 8 | "I Wanna Wake Up with You" (#3) | Boris Gardiner | 1 | 17 August 1986 | 3 |
Entries by artist
The following table shows artists who achieved multiple top 10 entries in 1987, including songs that reached their peak in 1986 or 1988. The figures include both main artists and featured artists, while appearances on ensemble charity records are also counted for each artist.
| Artist | Number of Top 10 singles |
|---|---|
See also
References
- ↑ "The Official UK Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
External links
- 1986 singles chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)