| LW | TW | peaks: | rock | pop |
| 5 | 1 | The Way It Is | 1 | ▲ |  |
| Bruce Hornsby And The Range |
| 7 | 2 | Hip To Be Square | 8 | ▲ | |
| Huey Lewis And The News |
| 1 | 3 | The Next Time I Fall | 1 | |
| Peter Cetera With Amy Grant |
| 8 | 4 | Everybody Have Fun Tonight | 2 | |
| Wang Chung |
| 9 | 5 | The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades | 4 | ▲ | |
| Timbuk 3 |
| 12 | 6 | Walk Like An Egyptian | 1 | |
| Bangles |
| 4 | 7 | Love Will Conquer All | 4 | |
| Lionel Richie |
| 15 | 8 | To Be A Lover | 1 | 6 | |
| Billy Idol |
| 17 | 9 | Wild Wild Life | 3 | ▲ | |
| Talking Heads |
| 13 | 10 | Don't Get Me Wrong | 1 | 3 | |
| The Pretenders |
| 6 | 11 | I'll Be Over You | 2 | |
| Toto |
| 19 | 12 | Notorious | 20 | 2 | |
| Duran Duran |
| 2 | 13 | True Blue | 2 | |
| Madonna |
| 20 | 14 | Shake You Down | 1 | |
| Gregory Abbott |
| 3 | 15 | Amanda | 1 | 1 | |
| Boston |
| 18 | 16 | Welcome To The Boomtown | 6 | ▲ | |
| David & David |
| 11 | 17 | You Give Love A Bad Name | 1 | 1 | |
| Bon Jovi |
| 10 | 18 | Word Up | 10 | |
| Cameo |
| 27 | 19 | Stay The Night | 4 | 6 | |
| Benjamin Orr |
| 16 | 20 | Human | 1 | |
| The Human League |
| 29 | 21 | C'est La Vie | 1 | |
| Robbie Nevil |
| 25 | 22 | Stand By Me | 10 | |
| Ben E. King |
| 14 | 23 | Take Me Home Tonight | 1 | 2 | |
| Eddie Money |
| - | 24 | Is This Love | 19 | 5 | |
| Survivor |
| 21 | 25 | (Forever) Live And Die | 19 | 21 | |
| Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark |
| 30 | 26 | You Know I Love You... Don't You? | 19 | |
| Howard Jones |
| - | 27 | Control | 3 | |
| Janet Jackson |
| - | 28 | Land Of Confusion | 10 | 2 | |
| Genesis |
| 22 | 29 | I Didn't Mean To Turn You On | 19 | 2 | |
| Robert Palmer |
| - | 30 | Victory | 10 | |
| Kool And The Gang |
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