The History Of Jop Part 8 aka It started with a little kiss, like this

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Away from the Hip-Hop Wars the Pazz and Jop poll moves smoothly onward to 1986 - some great singles here but very few names that had not previously appeared in P&J. You get NINE ticks from these 25 tracks.


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1985: The Joptimised Version

1. Into The Groove (45 votes)
2. How Soon Is Now? (40 votes)
3. Raspberry Beret (37 votes)
4. Running Up That Hill (35)
5. Walking On Sunshine (24)
6. The Boys Of Summer (23)
7. Money For Nothing (22)
8. And She Was (21)
9. Smooth Operator (19)
10. I Wonder If I Take You Home (18)

Surprising mass support for VER STRAITS there!

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Billboard Top 26

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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)