Billboard Top 26 Pop Singles of 1986 - * Song went #1
*1... THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR, Dionne and Friends (Arista) (#1, Jan) *2... SAY YOU, SAY ME, Lionel Richie (Motown) (#1, Dec 1985) 3... I MISS YOU, Klymaxx (Constellation) (#5, Dec 1985) *4... ON MY OWN, Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald (MCA) (#1, June) *5... BROKEN WINGS, Mr. Mister (MCA) (#1, Dec 1985) *6... HOW WILL I KNOW, Whitney Houston (Arista) (#1, Feb) 7... PARTY ALL THE TIME, Eddie Murphy (Columbia) (#2, Dec 1985) 8... BURNING HEART, Survivor (Scotti Brothers) (#2, Feb) *9... KYRIE, Mr. Mister (MCA) (#1, March) *10.. ADDICTED TO LOVE, Robert Palmer (Island) (#1, May) *11.. GREATEST LOVE OF ALL, Whitney Houston (Arista) (#1, May) 12.. SECRET LOVERS, Atlantic Starr (A&M) (#3, March) 13.. FRIENDS AND LOVERS, Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson (USA Carrere) (#2, Sept) *14.. GLORY OF LOVE, Peter Cetera (Warner Brothers) (#1, Aug) *15.. WEST END GIRLS, The Pet Shop Boys (EMI-America) (#1, May) *16.. THERE'LL BE SAD SONGS (To Make You Cry), Billy Ocean (Jive) (#1, July) 17.. ALIVE AND KICKING, Simple Minds (Virgin) (#3, Dec 1985) 18.. NEVER, Heart (Capitol) (#4, Dec 1985) *19.. KISS, Prince and the Revolution (Paisley Park) (#1, April) *20.. HIGHER LOVE, Steve Winwood (Island) (#1, Aug) *21.. STUCK WITH YOU, Huey Lewis and the News (Chrysalis) (#1, Sept) *22.. HOLDING BACK THE YEARS, Simply Red (Elektra) (#1, July) *23.. SLEDGEHAMMER, Peter Gabriel (Geffen) (#1, July) *24.. SARA, Starship (Grunt) (#1, March) *25.. HUMAN, The Human League (Virgin) (#1, Nov) 26.. I CAN'T WAIT, Nu Shooz (Atlantic) (#3, June)
Billboard Top 26
Date: 2006-09-25 01:53 pm (UTC)*1... THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR, Dionne and Friends (Arista) (#1, Jan)
*2... SAY YOU, SAY ME, Lionel Richie (Motown) (#1, Dec 1985)
3... I MISS YOU, Klymaxx (Constellation) (#5, Dec 1985)
*4... ON MY OWN, Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald (MCA) (#1, June)
*5... BROKEN WINGS, Mr. Mister (MCA) (#1, Dec 1985)
*6... HOW WILL I KNOW, Whitney Houston (Arista) (#1, Feb)
7... PARTY ALL THE TIME, Eddie Murphy (Columbia) (#2, Dec 1985)
8... BURNING HEART, Survivor (Scotti Brothers) (#2, Feb)
*9... KYRIE, Mr. Mister (MCA) (#1, March)
*10.. ADDICTED TO LOVE, Robert Palmer (Island) (#1, May)
*11.. GREATEST LOVE OF ALL, Whitney Houston (Arista) (#1, May)
12.. SECRET LOVERS, Atlantic Starr (A&M) (#3, March)
13.. FRIENDS AND LOVERS, Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson (USA Carrere) (#2, Sept)
*14.. GLORY OF LOVE, Peter Cetera (Warner Brothers) (#1, Aug)
*15.. WEST END GIRLS, The Pet Shop Boys (EMI-America) (#1, May)
*16.. THERE'LL BE SAD SONGS (To Make You Cry), Billy Ocean (Jive) (#1, July)
17.. ALIVE AND KICKING, Simple Minds (Virgin) (#3, Dec 1985)
18.. NEVER, Heart (Capitol) (#4, Dec 1985)
*19.. KISS, Prince and the Revolution (Paisley Park) (#1, April)
*20.. HIGHER LOVE, Steve Winwood (Island) (#1, Aug)
*21.. STUCK WITH YOU, Huey Lewis and the News (Chrysalis) (#1, Sept)
*22.. HOLDING BACK THE YEARS, Simply Red (Elektra) (#1, July)
*23.. SLEDGEHAMMER, Peter Gabriel (Geffen) (#1, July)
*24.. SARA, Starship (Grunt) (#1, March)
*25.. HUMAN, The Human League (Virgin) (#1, Nov)
26.. I CAN'T WAIT, Nu Shooz (Atlantic) (#3, June)