1. ZZ Top – Rough Boy – 05-1986
2. Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush – Don’t Give Up – 11-1986
3. Spandau Ballet – Through The Barricades – 11-1986
4. Status Quo – In The Army Now – 10-1986
5. Mr Mister – Kyrie – 03-1986
6. Lionel Richie – Dancing On The Ceiling – 08-1986
7. Queen – A Kind Of Magic – 03-1986
8. Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer – 11-1986
9. Robert Palmer – I Didn’t Mean To Turn You On – 07-1986
10. Berlin – Take My Breath Away (‘Top Gun’) – 10-1986
11. Simply Red – Holding Back The Years – 05-1986
12. The Style Council – Have You Ever Had It Blue – 04-1986
13. Level 42 – Lessons In Love – 04-1986
Yet another year when I was spoilt for choice, although I will admit some of the also-rans are only there to remind of the diversity of music in this decade, and were NOT songs I’d ever have on a playlist.
David Bowie – Underground – 06-1986
Cutting Crew – (I Just) Died In Your Arms – 09-1986
The Damned – Eloise – 02-1986
Bon Jovi – You Give Love A Bad Name – 09-1986
Europe – The Final Countdown – 11-1986
The Police – Don’t Stand So Close To Me ’86 – 10-1986
Cindi Lauper – True Colours – 10-1986
Swing Out Sister – Breakout – 11-1986
Van Halen – Why Can’t This Be Love – 05-1986
Run-DMC/ Aerosmith – Walk This Way – 09-1986
Blow Monkeys – Digging Your Scene – 03-1986
Wham! – The Edge Of Heaven – 06-1986
George Michael – A Different Corner – 04-1986
Dire Straits – Walk Of Life – 01-1986
Billy Ocean – When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going – 01-1986
Double – The Captain Of Her Heart – 01-1986
A-ha – Cry Wolf – 12-1986
The Bangles – Manic Monday – 02-1986
Big Country – One Great Thing – 09-1986
It Bites – Calling All The Heroes – 08-1986
Janet Jackson – What Have You Done For Me Lately? – 04-1986
Mike & The Mechanics – Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) – 03-1986
Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald – On My Own – 05-1986
The Pretenders – Don’t Get Me Wrong – 10-1986
Bruce Hornsby & The Range – The Way It Is – 08-1986
Whitney Houston – The Greatest Love Of All – 05-1986
Genesis – Land Of Confusion – 11-1986
The Housemartins – Happy Hour – 06-1986
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