AUSTRALIAN CHART BOOK’S (David Kent) TOP SINGLES FOR 1986
1-CHAIN REACTION-DIANA ROSS 2-WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH,THE TOUGH GET GOING-Billy Ocean 4-VENUS-Bananarama 5-STIMULATION-Wa Wa Nee 6-TAKE MY BREATH AWAY-Berlin 7-LIVING DOLL-Cliff Richard & The Young Ones (1959) 8-A GOOD HEART-Feargal Sharkey 9-PAPA DON'T PREACH-Madonna 10-ADDICTED TO LOVE-Robert Palmer 11-We Built This City-Starship 12-That's What Friends Are For-Dionne & Friends 13-Stuck With You-Huey Lewis & The News 14-You're The Voice-John Farnham 15-Dancing On The Ceiling-Lionel Richie 16-Manic Monday-Bangles 17-Don't Leave Me This Way-Communards 18-A Matter Of Trust-Billy Joel 19-True Colors-Cyndi Lauper 20-Hit That Perfect Beat-Bronski Beat 21-You Can Call Me Al-Paul Simon 22-How Will I Know-Whitney Houston 23-Concrete & Clay-Martin Plaza 25-Kiss-Prince 26-To Be A Lover-Billy Idol-December 27-I'm Your Man-Wham!-January 28-Two Of Hearts-Stacey Q-December 29-Greatest Love Of All-Whitney Houston-July 30-I Wanna Be A Cowboy-Boys Don't Cry-August 31-True Blue-Madonna-November 32-Invisible Touch-Genesis-July 33-Spirit In The Sky-Dr. & The Medics-August 34-The Dead Heart-Midnight Oil-September 35-West End Girls-Pet Shop Boys-June 36-I Could Make You Love Me-Wa Wa Nee-September 37-Sledgehammer-Peter Gabriel-June 38-See The Day-Dee C.Lee-February 39-Edge Of Heaven-Wham!-July 40-Broken Wings-Mr.Mister-February 41-You Little Thief-Feargal Sharkey-March 42-Sun City-Artists Against Apartheid-February 43-All I Need Is A Miracle-Mike & Mechanics-July 44-Absolute Beginners-David Bowie-April 45-Who Made Who-AC/DC-July 46-Say I'm Your No.1-Princess-January 47-Harlem Shuffle-Rolling Stones-April 48-Can't Wait To See You-Eurogliders-January 49-Love An Adventure-Pseudo Echo-March 50-(I Just Died)In Your Arms-Cutting Crew-December 51-A Different Corner-George Michael-May 52-Glory Of Love-Peter Cetera-September 53-Mad About You-Belinda Carlisle-October 54-When Tomorrow Comes-Eurythmics-August 55-Great Wall-Boom Crash Opera-June 56-Why Can't This Be Love-Van Halen-June 57-Live To Tell-Madonna-June 58-Close To Me-The Cure-February 59-Suspicious Minds-Fine Young Cannibals-April 60-Heartache All Over The World-Elton John-November 61-Higher Love-Steve Winwood-September 62-Thorn In My Side-Eurythmics-December 63-What Have You Done For Me Lately-Janet Jackson-July 64-Sara-Starship-April 65-Eloise-The Damned-May 66-Do You Wanna Be?-I'm Talking-June 67-So Much For Love-Venetians-February 68-Face The Face-Pete Townsend-February 69-You're A Friend Of Mine-Clarence Clemons & Jackson Browne-March 70-Move Away-Culture Club-May 71-Bad Moon Rising-The Reels-October 72-Walk This Way-Run DMC-November 73-Holy Word-I'm Talking-September 74-No One Is To Blame-Howard Jones-June 75-There'll Be Sad Songs(To Make You Cry)-Billy Ocean-July 76-On My Own-Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald-July 77-Russians-Sting-May 78-And She Was-Talking Heads-March 79-Don't Get Me Wrong-Pretenders-December 80-Emotion In Motion-Rick Ocasek-November 81-I Can't Wait-Nu Shooz-August 82-Kyrie-Mr.Mister-April 83-Peter Gunn-The Art Of Noise & Duane Eddy-June 84-Friends And Lovers-Carl Anderson & Gloria Loring-December 85-Oh L'Amour-Erasure-September 86-Danger Zone-Kenny Loggins-September 87-Missionary Man-Eurythmics-October 88-Love Touch(From Legal Eagles)-Rod Stewart-August 90-Wild Wild Life-Talking Heads-October 91-Don't You Love Me Anymore-Joe Cocker-September 92-Walk Of Life-Dire Straits-March 93-Whole Of The Moon-The Waterboys-March 94-Blue-Fine Young Cannibals-February 95-So Macho-Sinitta-October 96-Baby You're So Strange-Icehouse-May 97-Separate Lives (From "White Nights")-Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin-January 98-Miami Vice Theme-Jan Hammer-February 99-Oh Sheila-Ready For The World-January