| LW | TW | peaks: | rock | pop |
| 2 | 1 | New Year's Day | 1 |  |
| U2 |
| 4 | 2 | Photograph | 1 | 10 | |
| Def Leppard |
| 1 | 3 | Jeopardy | 1 | 2 | |
| Greg Kihn Band |
| 8 | 4 | Mr. Roboto | 4 | 1 | |
| Styx |
| 6 | 5 | She Blinded Me With Science | 5 | 2 | |
| Thomas Dolby |
| 3 | 6 | Red Skies | 3 | |
| The Fixx |
| 11 | 7 | Change Of Heart | 7 | 21 | |
| Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
| 7 | 8 | A World Of Fantasy | 1 | |
| Triumph |
| - | 9 | Your Possible Pasts | 3 | |
| Pink Floyd |
| - | 10 | Cuts Like A Knife | 2 | 9 | |
| Bryan Adams |
| 5 | 11 | Come On Eileen | 4 | 1 | |
| Dexys Midnight Runners |
| - | 12 | Not Now John | 8 | |
| Pink Floyd |
| 12 | 13 | Der Kommissar (The Commissioner) | 11 | 3 | |
| After The Fire |
| 19 | 14 | It Don't Matter To Me | 14 | |
| Phil Collins |
| 10 | 15 | Rio | 4 | 13 | |
| Duran Duran |
| - | 16 | Gimme All Your Lovin | 1 | 21 | |
| ZZ Top |
| 14 | 17 | The One Thing | 1 | 30 | |
| INXS |
| - | 18 | Reap The Wild Wind | 18 | |
| Ultravox |
| - | 19 | Art In America | 19 | |
| Art In America |
| - | 20 | I Melt With You | 13 | 10 | |
| Modern English |
| Prior Week | Next Week |