ARC Weekly Top 40 number-one hits of 1986 (U.S.)
These are the ARC Weekly Top 40 number 1 hits of 1986 (see 1986 in music)
Issue Date |
Song |
Artist |
January 4 |
Party All the Time |
Eddie Murphy |
January 11 |
That's What Friends Are For |
Dionne and Friends |
January 18 |
That's What Friends Are For |
Dionne and Friends |
January 25 |
That's What Friends Are For |
Dionne and Friends |
February 1 |
That's What Friends Are For |
Dionne and Friends |
February 8 |
When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going |
Billy Ocean |
February 15 |
How Will I Know |
Whitney Houston |
February 22 |
How Will I Know |
Whitney Houston |
March 1 |
Kyrie |
Mr. Mister |
March 8 |
Kyrie |
Mr. Mister |
March 15 |
Sara |
Starship |
March 22 |
These Dreams |
Heart |
March 29 |
Rock Me Amadeus |
Falco |
April 5 |
Rock Me Amadeus |
Falco |
April 12 |
Kiss |
Prince and the Revolution |
April 19 |
Kiss |
Prince and the Revolution |
April 26 |
Addicted to Love |
Robert Palmer |
May 3 |
West End Girls |
Pet Shop Boys |
May 10 |
West End Girls |
Pet Shop Boys |
May 17 |
Greatest Love of All |
Whitney Houston |
May 24 |
Greatest Love of All |
Whitney Houston |
May 31 |
Live to Tell |
Madonna |
June 7 |
Live to Tell |
Madonna |
June 14 |
On My Own |
Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald |
June 21 |
On My Own |
Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald |
June 28 |
On My Own |
Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald |
July 5 |
There'll Be Sad Songs (to Make You Cry) |
Billy Ocean |
July 12 |
Holding Back the Years |
Simply Red |
July 19 |
Invisible Touch |
Genesis |
July 26 |
Sledgehammer |
Peter Gabriel |
August 2 |
Glory of Love |
Peter Cetera |
August 9 |
Papa Don't Preach |
Madonna |
August 16 |
Papa Don't Preach |
Madonna |
August 23 |
Papa Don't Preach |
Madonna |
August 30 |
Higher Love |
Steve Winwood |
September 6 |
Venus |
Bananarama |
September 13 |
Take My Breath Away |
Berlin |
September 20 |
Stuck With You |
Huey Lewis & the News |
September 27 |
Stuck With You |
Huey Lewis & the News |
October 4 |
When I Think of You |
Janet Jackson |
October 11 |
When I Think of You |
Janet Jackson |
October 18 |
Typical Male |
Tina Turner |
October 25 |
True Colors |
Cyndi Lauper |
November 1 |
True Colors |
Cyndi Lauper |
November 8 |
Amanda |
Boston |
November 15 |
Amanda |
Boston |
November 22 |
Human |
Human League |
November 29 |
You Give Love a Bad Name |
Bon Jovi |
December 6 |
The Next Time I Fall |
Peter Cetera with Amy Grant |
December 13 |
The Way It Is |
Bruce Hornsby & the Range |
December 20 |
Walk Like an Egyptian |
The Bangles |
December 27 |
Walk Like an Egyptian |
The Bangles |