Weekly Rock Top 20 for August 23, 1986 |
| LW | TW | peaks: | rock | pop |
| 1 | 1 | Throwing It All Away | ▲ | 2 |
| Genesis |
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| 2 | 2 | In Your Eyes | 1 | 15 |
| Peter Gabriel |
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| 7 | 3 | Take Me Home Tonight | 1 | 2 |
| Eddie Money |
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| 6 | 4 | Stuck With You | ▲ | 1 |
| Huey Lewis And The News |
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| 4 | 5 | Split Decision | 2 |
| Steve Winwood |
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| 13 | 6 | Somebody's Out There | 2 | 17 |
| Triumph |
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| 5 | 7 | Red Rain | 1 |
| Peter Gabriel |
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| 12 | 8 | Fall On Me | 5 |
| R.E.M. |
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| - | 9 | Wild Wild Life | 3 | 9 |
| Talking Heads |
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| 8 | 10 | Touch The Night | 8 |
| Neil Young |
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| 3 | 11 | Missionary Man | 1 | 14 |
| Eurythmics |
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| 18 | 12 | Reelin' And Rockin' LIVE | 10 |
| George Thorogood & The Destroyers |
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| 10 | 13 | Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) | 10 | 1 |
| Glass Tiger |
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| - | 14 | It's You | 6 |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
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| 15 | 15 | A Matter Of Trust | 11 | 5 |
| Billy Joel |
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| - | 16 | Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain) | ▲ |
| INXS |
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| - | 17 | Eye Of The Zombie | 3 |
| John Fogerty |
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| 11 | 18 | Love Walks In | 1 | 2 |
| Van Halen |
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| 17 | 19 | Built For The Future | 14 |
| The Fixx |
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| 16 | 20 | The Other Side Of Life | 4 | 20 |
| The Moody Blues |
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