| LW | TW | peaks: | rock | pop |
| 5 | 1 | I'll Wait | 1 | 10 |  |
| Van Halen |
| 4 | 2 | The Heart Of Rock & Roll | 2 | ▲ | |
| Huey Lewis And The News |
| 10 | 3 | Magic | 1 | 6 | |
| The Cars |
| 2 | 4 | Oh Sherrie | 2 | 2 | |
| Steve Perry |
| 9 | 5 | Run Runaway | 5 | 11 | |
| Slade |
| 1 | 6 | Sister Christian | 1 | 3 | |
| Night Ranger |
| 6 | 7 | Distant Early Warning | 1 | |
| Rush |
| 8 | 8 | Legs | 1 | 4 | |
| ZZ Top |
| 3 | 9 | You Might Think | 1 | 2 | |
| The Cars |
| 7 | 10 | Authority Song | 7 | 11 | |
| John Cougar Mellencamp |
| 13 | 11 | You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want) | 7 | 9 | |
| Joe Jackson |
| 11 | 12 | Runaway | 1 | 22 | |
| Bon Jovi |
| 16 | 13 | Big City Nights | 11 | |
| Scorpions |
| 12 | 14 | Rock You Like A Hurricane | 3 | 17 | |
| Scorpions |
| 14 | 15 | What Is Love? | 14 | 26 | |
| Howard Jones |
| - | 16 | A Whiter Shade Of Pale | 13 | |
| Hagar, Schon, Aaronson, Shrieve |
| 20 | 17 | Hold Me Now | 14 | 1 | |
| Thompson Twins |
| - | 18 | People Are People | 13 | 4 | |
| Depeche Mode |
| 18 | 19 | Dance Hall Days | 11 | 8 | |
| Wang Chung |
| 17 | 20 | It's My Life | 17 | 24 | |
| Talk Talk |
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