| LW | TW | peaks: | rock | pop |
| 1 | 1 | Magic | ▲ | 6 |  |
| The Cars |
| 5 | 2 | Distant Early Warning | 1 | |
| Rush |
| 3 | 3 | Legs | 1 | 4 | |
| ZZ Top |
| 2 | 4 | Oh Sherrie | 2 | 2 | |
| Steve Perry |
| 7 | 5 | The Heart Of Rock & Roll | 2 | 2 | |
| Huey Lewis And The News |
| 6 | 6 | Run Runaway | 5 | 11 | |
| Slade |
| 4 | 7 | I'll Wait | 1 | 10 | |
| Van Halen |
| 10 | 8 | Sister Christian | 1 | 3 | |
| Night Ranger |
| 19 | 9 | Deeper And Deeper | 3 | |
| The Fixx |
| 8 | 10 | You Can't Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want) | 7 | 9 | |
| Joe Jackson |
| 15 | 11 | So You Ran | 6 | |
| Orion The Hunter |
| 11 | 12 | Big City Nights | 11 | |
| Scorpions |
| 17 | 13 | People Are People | ▲ | 4 | |
| Depeche Mode |
| 9 | 14 | Authority Song | 7 | 11 | |
| John Cougar Mellencamp |
| 16 | 15 | I Want To Break Free | 13 | |
| Queen |
| - | 16 | 5:01am (The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking Hiking Part 10) | 12 | |
| Roger Waters |
| - | 17 | No Way Out | 1 | 21 | |
| Jefferson Starship |
| - | 18 | The Ghost In You | 12 | 30 | |
| The Psychedelic Furs |
| - | 19 | So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) | 11 | |
| R.E.M. |
| 18 | 20 | The Reflex | 18 | 1 | |
| Duran Duran |
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