1986 Number One Song Calendar |
| red # = weekly rock chartblue # = pop chart |
| 1 | That's What Friends Are For | 1 | 1-04-86 |
| Dionne And Friends Featuring Elton John Gladys Knight And Stevie Wonder |
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| 2 | When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going | 1 | 1-25-86 |
| Billy Ocean |
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| 3 | The Sweetest Taboo | 1 | 2-08-86 |
| Sade |
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| 4 | Kyrie | 1 | 1 | 2-15-86 |
| Mr. Mister |
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| 5 | How Will I Know | 1 | 2-22-86 |
| Whitney Houston |
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| 6 | Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) | 1 | 1 | 3-01-86 |
| Mike + The Mechanics |
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| 7 | Sara | 9 | 1 | 3-08-86 |
| Starship |
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| 8 | These Dreams | 1 | 1 | 3-15-86 |
| Heart |
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| 9 | Rock Me Amadeus | 1 | 3-22-86 |
| Falco |
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| 10 | Kiss | 1 | 4-05-86 |
| Prince And The Revolution |
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| 11 | Addicted To Love | 1 | 1 | 4-12-86 |
| Robert Palmer |
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| 12 | West End Girls | 1 | 4-19-86 |
| Pet Shop Boys |
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| 13 | Greatest Love Of All | 1 | 5-03-86 |
| Whitney Houston |
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| 14 | Live To Tell | 1 | 5-24-86 |
| Madonna |
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| 15 | On My Own | 1 | 5-31-86 |
| Patti LaBelle And Michael McDonald |
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| 16 | There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) | 1 | 6-14-86 |
| Billy Ocean |
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| 17 | Holding Back The Years | 1 | 6-21-86 |
| Simply Red |
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| 18 | Sledgehammer | 1 | 1 | 7-12-86 |
| Peter Gabriel |
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| 19 | Glory Of Love | 1 | 7-26-86 |
| Peter Cetera |
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| 20 | Papa Don't Preach | 1 | 8-02-86 |
| Madonna |
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| 21 | Higher Love | 1 | 1 | 8-23-86 |
| Steve Winwood |
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| 22 | Dancing On The Ceiling | 1 | 8-30-86 |
| Lionel Richie |
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| 23 | Take My Breath Away | 1 | 9-06-86 |
| Berlin |
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| 24 | Words Get In The Way | 1 | 9-13-86 |
| Miami Sound Machine |
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| 25 | Stuck With You | 4 | 1 | 9-20-86 |
| Huey Lewis And The News |
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| 26 | Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) | 10 | 1 | 9-27-86 |
| Glass Tiger |
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| 27 | When I Think Of You | 1 | 10-04-86 |
| Janet Jackson |
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| 28 | True Colors | 1 | 10-18-86 |
| Cyndi Lauper |
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| 29 | Human | 1 | 11-01-86 |
| The Human League |
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| 30 | You Give Love A Bad Name | 1 | 1 | 11-08-86 |
| Bon Jovi |
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| 31 | Amanda | 1 | 1 | 11-15-86 |
| Boston |
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| 32 | The Next Time I Fall | 1 | 11-22-86 |
| Peter Cetera With Amy Grant |
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| 33 | The Way It Is | 1 | 1 | 11-29-86 |
| Bruce Hornsby And The Range |
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| 34 | Walk Like An Egyptian | 1 | 12-06-86 |
| Bangles |
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| 35 | Shake You Down | 1 | 12-27-86 |
| Gregory Abbott |
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