| LW | TW | peaks: | rock | pop |
| 7 | 1 | Sister Christian | 1 | 3 |  |
| Night Ranger |
| 3 | 2 | You Might Think | 1 | ▲ | |
| The Cars |
| 6 | 3 | I'll Wait | 1 | 10 | |
| Van Halen |
| 1 | 4 | Runaway | 1 | 22 | |
| Bon Jovi |
| 4 | 5 | Leave It | 1 | 16 | |
| Yes |
| 8 | 6 | Oh Sherrie | 2 | 2 | |
| Steve Perry |
| 5 | 7 | Rock You Like A Hurricane | 3 | 17 | |
| Scorpions |
| 2 | 8 | Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now) | 2 | 1 | |
| Phil Collins |
| 10 | 9 | The Heart Of Rock & Roll | 2 | 2 | |
| Huey Lewis And The News |
| 14 | 10 | Run Runaway | 5 | 11 | |
| Slade |
| 13 | 11 | Dance Hall Days | 11 | 8 | |
| Wang Chung |
| 12 | 12 | Magic | 1 | 6 | |
| The Cars |
| 11 | 13 | Authority Song | 7 | 11 | |
| John Cougar Mellencamp |
| - | 14 | Hold Me Now | 14 | 1 | |
| Thompson Twins |
| - | 15 | Legs | 1 | 4 | |
| ZZ Top |
| - | 16 | Distant Early Warning | 1 | |
| Rush |
| - | 17 | You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want) | 7 | 9 | |
| Joe Jackson |
| - | 18 | Big City Nights | 11 | |
| Scorpions |
| 15 | 19 | Prime Time | 9 | 22 | |
| The Alan Parsons Project |
| 19 | 20 | Murder | 19 | |
| David Gilmour |
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