Weekly Rock Top 20 for January 25, 1986 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 4 | 1 | Life In A Northern Town | ▲ | 3 |
| The Dream Academy |
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| 3 | 2 | Day By Day | ▲ | 11 |
| Hooters |
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| 1 | 3 | Kyrie | 1 | 1 |
| Mr. Mister |
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| 6 | 4 | Manhattan Project | ▲ |
| Rush |
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| 2 | 5 | Stages | 1 | 24 |
| ZZ Top |
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| 5 | 6 | I Can't Wait | 5 | 16 |
| Stevie Nicks |
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| 9 | 7 | What You Need | 2 | 2 |
| INXS |
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| 16 | 8 | Sanctify Yourself | 2 | 10 |
| Simple Minds |
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| - | 9 | All The Kings Horses | 1 |
| The Firm |
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| 15 | 10 | Stereotomy | 6 |
| The Alan Parsons Project |
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| 12 | 11 | Russians | ▲ | 15 |
| Sting |
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| 7 | 12 | So You Want To Be A Rock & Roll Star | 7 |
| Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers |
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| 20 | 13 | In Between Days (Without You) | ▲ |
| The Cure |
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| - | 14 | These Dreams | 1 | 1 |
| Heart |
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| - | 15 | She Sells Sanctuary | 12 |
| The Cult |
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| - | 16 | Lying | 5 |
| Peter Frampton |
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| - | 17 | Sara | 9 | 1 |
| Starship |
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| 17 | 18 | Bring On The Dancing Horses | 16 |
| Echo & The Bunnymen |
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| - | 19 | Too Late | ▲ |
| Asia |
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| - | 20 | The Sun Always Shines On T.V. | ▲ |
| A-ha |
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