Weekly Rock Top 20 for October 4, 1986 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 6 | 1 | Amanda | ▲ | 1 |
| Boston |
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| 2 | 2 | Emotion In Motion | ▲ | 12 |
| Ric Ocasek |
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| 1 | 3 | You Give Love A Bad Name | 1 | 1 |
| Bon Jovi |
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| 9 | 4 | The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades | ▲ | 5 |
| Timbuk 3 |
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| 3 | 5 | Eye Of The Zombie | 3 |
| John Fogerty |
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| 8 | 6 | Welcome To The Boomtown | ▲ | 16 |
| David & David |
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| 5 | 7 | Freedom Overspill | 3 | 22 |
| Steve Winwood |
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| 4 | 8 | Wild Wild Life | 3 | 9 |
| Talking Heads |
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| 11 | 9 | Somebody's Out There | 2 | 17 |
| Triumph |
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| 15 | 10 | The Way It Is | 1 | 1 |
| Bruce Hornsby And The Range |
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| - | 11 | To Be A Lover | 1 | 6 |
| Billy Idol |
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| 17 | 12 | Hip To Be Square | 8 | 2 |
| Huey Lewis And The News |
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| 13 | 13 | Goin' Crazy! | ▲ |
| David Lee Roth |
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| 12 | 14 | Jacob's Ladder | 12 | 1 |
| Huey Lewis And The News |
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| 7 | 15 | Take Me Home Tonight | 1 | 2 |
| Eddie Money |
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| - | 16 | Love Is The Hero | 15 |
| Billy Squier |
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| 16 | 17 | Boyz Are Gonna Rock | 16 |
| Vinnie Vincent Invasion |
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| - | 18 | Change In The Weather | 3 |
| John Fogerty |
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| - | 19 | What About Love | 8 | 26 |
| 'Til Tuesday |
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| - | 20 | Don't Get Me Wrong | 1 | 3 |
| The Pretenders |
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