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Top Songs of 1986

  1. Day by Day - The Hooters 

  2. You Give Love A Bad Name - Bon Jovi 

  3. Dreams - Van Halen 

  4. Why Can't This Be Love - Van Halen 

  5. Shot in the Dark - Ozzy Osbourne 

  6. Graceland - Paul Simon

  7. West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys 

  8. Your Love - The Outfield 

  9. Master of Puppets - Metallica

  10. True Colors - Cyndi Lauper 

  11. These Dreams - Heart 

  12. Love Walks In - Van Halen 

  13. Burning Heart - Survivor 

  14. Cry Tough - Poison 

  15. Goodbye - Night Ranger 

  16. The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby & The Range 

  17. No One Is To Blame - Howard Jones 

  18. Shake Me - Cinderella 

  19. Best of Both Worlds - Van Halen 

  20. Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order

  21. Is This Love - Survivor 

  22. Who Wants To Live Forever - Queen

  23. Panic - The Smiths

  24. Red Rain - Peter Gabriel 

  25. Summer Nights - Van Halen 

  26. You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon

  27. This Could Be The Night - Loverboy 

  28. My Hometown - Bruce Springsteen 

  29. In My Dreams - Dokken 

  30. Don’t Get Me Wrong - The Pretenders 

  31. Walk of Life - Dire Straits 

  32. Turbo Lover - Judas Priest 

  33. Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel 

  34. Rise - Public Image Ltd.

  35. E=MC2 - Big Audio Dynamite

  36. Bigmouth Strikes Again - The Smiths

  37. Amanda - Boston 

  38. Always the Sun - The Stranglers

  39. All in My Mind - Love and Rockets

  40. Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) - Pet Shop Boys 

  41. Peace Sells - Megadeth

  42. In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel 

  43. Ask - The Smiths

  44. Love Comes Quickly - Pet Shop Boys 

  45. Nothin' At All - Heart

  46. Wasted Years - Iron Maiden

  47. Move Away - Culture Club 

  48. Higher Love - Steve Winwood 

  49. Manic Monday - The Bangles 

  50. Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads 

  51. Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) - Glass Tiger 

  52. Life in a Northern Town - Dream Academy 

  53. Left of Center - Suzanne Vega

  54. Take the Skinheads Bowling - Camper Van Beethoven

  55. Where Do The Children Go? - The Hooters 

  56. Human - The Human League 

  57. Pretty in Pink - Psychedelic Furs 

  58. So Far Away - Dire Straits

  59. Walk This Way - Run-D.M.C.

  60. Wild Wild Life - Talking Heads

  61. Dance - Ratt 

  62. Fall on Me - R.E.M. 

  63. Rain On The Scarecrow - John Cougar Mellencamp

  64. Who Made Who - AC/DC 

  65. Blood and Roses - The Smithereens 

  66. Mothers Talk - Tears for Fears 

  67. What You Need – INXS 

  68. Rat in Mi Kitchen - UB40

  69. Someday - Glass Tiger 

  70. If You Leave - OMD 

  71. Infected - The The

  72. Land Of Confusion - Genesis

  73. Still In Hollywood - Concrete Blonde

  74. The Sun Always Shines on T.V.- A-ha

  75. All Cried Out - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam

  76. Face The Day - Great White

  77. Yankee Rose - David Lee Roth 

  78. Take My Breath Away - Berlin 

  79. Strength - The Alarm

  80. Heartland - The The

  81. King For A Day - The Thompson Twins

  82. Paul Revere - Beastie Boys

  83. All the Things She Said - Simple Minds

  84. All I Need is a Miracle - Mike & The Mechanics 

  85. Listen Like Thieves - INXS

  86. Small Blue Thing - Suzanne Vega

  87. Walk Like An Egyptian - The Bangles 

  88. Understanding Jane - The Icicle Works

  89. Kyrie - Mr. Mister 

  90. Oh L'amour - Erasure

  91. A Different Corner - George Michael 

  92. Every Little Kiss - Bruce Hornsby & The Range

  93. Feel It Again - Honeymoon Suite 

  94. Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You - Stevie Nicks 

  95. Heaven in Your Eyes - Loverboy

  96. Live to Tell - Madonna 

  97. Missionary Man - Eurythmics

  98. R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. - John Cougar Mellencamp 

  99. Sometimes - Erasure

  100. Your Wildest Dreams - The Moody Blues 

  101. He's Back (The Man Behind the Mask) - Alice Cooper

  102. To Be A Lover - Billy Idol

  103. A Question of Lust - Depeche Mode

  104. Happy Hour - The Housemartins

  105. I Am By Your Side - Corey Hart 

  106. Like a Rock - Bob Seger and Silver Bullet Band 

  107. Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer 

  108. Dead Man's Party - Oingo Boingo

  109. Holding Back the Years - Simply Red 

  110. Medicine Show - Big Audio Dynamite

  111. Superman - R.E.M. 

  112. Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money 

  113. The Edge of Heaven - Wham! 

  114. Friends Will Be Friends - Queen

  115. Invisible Touch - Genesis 

  116. Sanctify Yourself - Simple Minds

  117. The Hunter - Dokken

  118. Touch Me (I Want Your Body) - Samantha Fox

  119. Absolutely Beginners - David Bowie

  120. All The King's Horses - The Firm

  121. I Wanna Be A Cowboy - Boys Don’t Cry

  122. Welcome to the Boomtown - David & David

  123. Take Me Home - Phil Collins

  124. Mad About You - Belinda Carlisle 

  125. The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades - Timbuk 3

  126. Underground - David Bowie

  127. Venus - Bananarama 

  128. Everybody Have Fun Tonight - Wang Chung

  129. Harlem Shuffle - The Rolling Stones

  130. Jungle Boy - John Eddie

  131. Sara - Starship

  132. Stripped - Depeche Mode

  133. When The Heart Rules The Mind - GTR

  134. I'm Your Man - Wham! 

  135. Tonight, Tonight, Tonight - Genesis

  136. Like No Other Night - 38 Special

  137. Keep Your Hands to Yourself - Georgia Satellites 

  138. Secret Seperation - The Fixx

  139. Throwing It All Away - Genesis 

  140. Two of Hearts - Stacey Q 

  141. Papa Don’t Preach - Madonna 

  142. Rock Me Amadeus - Falco

  143. I Didn't Mean to Turn You On - Robert Palmer

  144. Hunting High and Low - a-ha

  145. (Forever) Live and Die - OMD

  146. Don't Need a Gun - Billy Idol

  147. Tuff Enuff - The Fabulous Thunderbirds 

  148. Be Good to Yourself - Journey 

  149. Dancing on the Ceiling - Lionel Ritchie

  150. True Blue - Madonna 

  151. Stuck With You - Huey Lewis and The News

  152. The Next Time I Fall - Peter Cetera w/ Amy Grant 

  153. Breakout - Swing Out Sister

  154. Glory of Love - Peter Cetera 

  155. Hip To Be Square - Huey Lewis and The News

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