| LW | TW | peaks: | rock | pop |
| 1 | 1 | Paper In Fire | ▲ | 8 |  |
| John Cougar Mellencamp |
| 2 | 2 | Hell In A Bucket | ▲ | |
| Grateful Dead |
| 7 | 3 | Jane's Getting Serious | ▲ | |
| Jon Astley |
| 5 | 4 | Rock Me | ▲ | |
| Great White |
| 4 | 5 | Women | 2 | |
| Def Leppard |
| 14 | 6 | You Are The Girl | 2 | 22 | |
| The Cars |
| 3 | 7 | Johnny B | 3 | |
| Hooters |
| 6 | 8 | Touch Of Grey | 1 | 4 | |
| Grateful Dead |
| 8 | 9 | Where The Streets Have No Name | 7 | 11 | |
| U2 |
| 16 | 10 | Ghost On The Beach | 7 | |
| The Insiders |
| - | 11 | Learning To Fly | 1 | |
| Pink Floyd |
| 18 | 12 | Never Let Me Down | ▲ | 29 | |
| David Bowie |
| 20 | 13 | Where Has Everybody Gone | ▲ | |
| The Pretenders |
| - | 14 | Animal | 3 | 11 | |
| Def Leppard |
| - | 15 | Dude (Looks Like A Lady) | 1 | 8 | |
| Aerosmith |
| - | 16 | Darling It Hurts | ▲ | |
| Paul Kelly & The Messengers |
| 17 | 17 | Lips Like Sugar | 12 | |
| Echo & The Bunnymen |
| - | 18 | When Push Comes To Shove | ▲ | |
| Grateful Dead |
| - | 19 | Should've Known Better | ▲ | 2 | |
| Richard Marx |
| - | 20 | I've Been In Love Before | ▲ | 6 | |
| Cutting Crew |
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