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Weekly Pop Top 30 for May 17, 1986

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1 1   Greatest Love Of All  
  Whitney Houston
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7 2   Live To Tell 1  
  Madonna
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11 3   If You Leave 19  
  Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
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9 4   All I Need Is A Miracle 3  
  Mike + The Mechanics
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2 5   Take Me Home 9 2  
  Phil Collins
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10 6   On My Own 1  
  Patti LaBelle And Michael McDonald
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13 7   I Can't Wait 2  
  Nu Shooz
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4 8   Your Love 8 2  
  The Outfield
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8 9   What Have You Done For Me Lately 8  
  Janet Jackson
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12 10   Is It Love 11  
  Mr. Mister
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6 11   Bad Boy 2  
  Miami Sound Machine
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5 12   Something About You 18 5  
  Level 42
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18 13   There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) 1  
  Billy Ocean
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17 14   Nothin' At All 7 8  
  Heart
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15 15   Never As Good As The First Time 10  
  Sade
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3 16   West End Girls 1  
  Pet Shop Boys
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22 17   Crush On You 2  
  The Jets
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23 18   No One Is To Blame 10 2  
  Howard Jones
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19 19   Move Away 12  
  Culture Club
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30 20   A Different Corner 4  
  George Michael
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26 21   Be Good To Yourself 2 13  
  Journey
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14 22   Why Can't This Be Love 1 7  
  Van Halen
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24 23   Where Do The Children Go 18 20  
  Hooters
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27 24   Vienna Calling 20 18  
  Falco
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- 25   Rain On The Scarecrow 7 20  
  John Cougar Mellencamp
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- 26   Holding Back The Years 1  
  Simply Red
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- 27   Who's Johnny 4  
  El DeBarge
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20 28   Kiss 1  
  Prince And The Revolution
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16 29   Addicted To Love 1 1  
  Robert Palmer
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- 30   Tuff Enuff 3 9  
  The Fabulous Thunderbirds
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The number one song this week is Greatest Love Of All by Whitney Houston. Live To Tell by Madonna finds the runner-up spot. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark finds the third chart position this week with If You Leave.


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