List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1986

Dionne Warwick (pictured) earned her second Hot 100 number-one single with "That's What Friends Are For", which stayed at the top position for four straight weeks.

This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine Hot 100 number-one singles of 1986. The longest running number-one singles of 1986 are "That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne and Friends and "Walk Like an Egyptian" by The Bangles, which each logged four weeks at number-one. "Walk Like an Egyptian" logged two weeks at number-one in 1986 and two more weeks at number-one in 1987, summing up to four weeks at the top. 1986 is the year with the third largest number of number-one songs, with 30 songs reaching the #1 spot.

Key
Best performing single of 1986 Indicates best-performing single of 1986
Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref.
January 4 "Say You, Say Me" Lionel Richie
January 11 [1]
January 18 "That's What Friends Are For" Dionne and Friends [2]
January 25 [3]
February 1 [4]
February 8 [5]
February 15 "How Will I Know" Whitney Houston [6]
February 22 [7]
March 1 "Kyrie" Mr. Mister [8]
March 8 [9]
March 15 "Sara" Starship [10]
March 22 "These Dreams" Heart [11]
March 29 "Rock Me Amadeus" Falco [12]
April 5 [13]
April 12 [14]
April 19 "Kiss" Prince and the Revolution [15]
April 26 [16]
May 3 "Addicted to Love" Robert Palmer [17]
May 10 "West End Girls" Pet Shop Boys [18]
May 17 "Greatest Love of All" Whitney Houston [19][20]
May 24 [21][22]
May 31 [23][24]
June 7 "Live to Tell" Madonna [25][26]
June 14 "On My Own" Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald [27]
June 21 [28]
June 28 [29]
July 5 "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" Billy Ocean [30]
July 12 "Holding Back the Years" Simply Red [31]
July 19 "Invisible Touch" Genesis [32]
July 26 "Sledgehammer" Peter Gabriel [33]
August 2 "Glory of Love" Peter Cetera [34]
August 9 [35]
August 16 "Papa Don't Preach" Madonna [36]
August 23 [37]
August 30 "Higher Love" Steve Winwood [38]
September 6 "Venus" Bananarama [39]
September 13 "Take My Breath Away" Berlin [40]
September 20 "Stuck with You" Huey Lewis and the News [41]
September 27 [42]
October 4 [43]
October 11 "When I Think of You" Janet Jackson [44]
October 18 [45]
October 25 "True Colors" Cyndi Lauper [46]
November 1 [47]
November 8 "Amanda" Boston [48]
November 15 [49]
November 22 "Human" The Human League [50]
November 29 "You Give Love a Bad Name" Bon Jovi [51]
December 6 "The Next Time I Fall" Peter Cetera and Amy Grant [52]
December 13 "The Way It Is" Bruce Hornsby & the Range [53]
December 20 "Walk Like an Egyptian" The Bangles [54]
December 27 [55]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ DeKnock, Jan (1986-01-17). "Dionne Warwick Takes Comeback Trail Straight to the Top". Chicago Tribune (Tribune Company). Retrieved 2009-02-17.
  3. ↑ DeKnock, Jan (1986-01-24). "Streisand Takes 'Broadway Album' to Top". Chicago Tribune (Tribune Company). Retrieved 2009-04-19.
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  6. ↑ DeKnock, Jan (1986-02-14). "All in The Family: Dionne Warwick Toppled by Cousin Whitney Houston". Chicago Tribune (Tribune Company). Retrieved 2009-01-30.
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  9. ↑ DeKnock, Jan (1986-03-07). "Welcome to the Real World: Mr. Mister's 'Double' Gone". Chicago Tribune (Tribune Company). Retrieved 2009-09-21.
  10. ↑ DeKnock, Jan (1986-03-14). "2nd Straight Voyage to the Top of the Charts for Revitalized Starship". Chicago Tribune (Tribune Company). Retrieved 2009-09-21.
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  12. ↑ DeKnock, Jan (1986-03-28). "Falco Ends U.S. Artist Tenure at the Top". Chicago Tribune (Tribune Company). Retrieved 2009-01-30.
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  22. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1986-05-24/hot-100
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  24. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/1986-05-31/hot-100
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  29. ↑ DeKnock, Jan (1986-06-27). "Ocean's 'Sad Songs' Tops 2 Charts but Falls Short on Main Pop List". Chicago Tribune (Tribune Company). Retrieved 2009-04-19.
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  33. ↑ DeKnock, Jan (1986-07-26). "Peter Gabriel Displaces ex-group at Top". Chicago Tribune (Tribune Company). Retrieved 2009-01-30.
  34. ↑ DeKnock, Jan (1986-08-01). "'Glory of Love' Steamrolls by 'Sledgehammer' to Top". Chicago Tribune (Tribune Company). Retrieved 2009-01-30.
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  38. ↑ DeKnock, Jan (1986-08-29). "'Higher Love' Takes Briton Steve Winwood to a New Plateau on Charts". Chicago Tribune (Tribune Company). Retrieved 2009-01-30.
  39. ↑ DeKnock, Jan (1986-09-06). "After 16 Years, Bananarama Puts 'Venus' Back on Top". Chicago Tribune (Tribune Company). Retrieved 2009-01-30.
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  43. ↑ DeKnock, Jan (1986-10-03). "'Stuck' Stays to Outlast the News' 'Power of Love'". Chicago Tribune (Tribune Company). Retrieved 2009-04-19.
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