Weekly Rock Top 20 for October 18, 1986 |
| LW | TW | peaks: | rock | pop |
| 4 | 1 | To Be A Lover | ▲ | 6 |
| Billy Idol |
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| 1 | 2 | Amanda | 1 | 1 |
| Boston |
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| 5 | 3 | Freedom Overspill | ▲ | 22 |
| Steve Winwood |
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| 8 | 4 | Don't Get Me Wrong | 1 | 3 |
| The Pretenders |
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| 2 | 5 | You Give Love A Bad Name | 1 | 1 |
| Bon Jovi |
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| 7 | 6 | The Way It Is | 1 | 1 |
| Bruce Hornsby And The Range |
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| 3 | 7 | Emotion In Motion | 2 | 12 |
| Ric Ocasek |
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| 9 | 8 | Hip To Be Square | ▲ | 2 |
| Huey Lewis And The News |
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| 18 | 9 | Don't Stand So Close To Me '86 | 5 |
| The Police |
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| 12 | 10 | Change In The Weather | 3 |
| John Fogerty |
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| 6 | 11 | The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades | 4 | 5 |
| Timbuk 3 |
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| 14 | 12 | What About Love | 8 | 26 |
| 'Til Tuesday |
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| 19 | 13 | That Voice Again | ▲ |
| Peter Gabriel |
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| - | 14 | We're Ready | 3 | 13 |
| Boston |
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| - | 15 | Love Is The Hero | ▲ |
| Billy Squier |
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| - | 16 | Everytime You Cry | ▲ |
| The Outfield |
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| - | 17 | It's Not You, It's Not Me | 7 |
| KBC Band |
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| 16 | 18 | This Love | 10 |
| Bad Company |
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| - | 19 | (Forever) Live And Die | ▲ | 21 |
| Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark |
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| 10 | 20 | Somebody's Out There | 2 | 17 |
| Triumph |
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