1986 in Music - Notable Hits

Notable Hits

• "You Keep Me Hangin' On" – Kim Wilde
• "Addicted To Love" – Robert Palmer
• "All I Ask of You" – Cliff Richard and Sarah Brightman
• "All I Need Is a Miracle" – Mike + The Mechanics
• "All The Things She Said" – Simple Minds
• "Amanda" – Boston
• "Baby Love" – Regina Richards
• "Bad Boy" – Miami Sound Machine
• "Best of Both Worlds" – Van Halen
• "Breakout" – Swing Out Sister
• "Bigmouth Strikes Again"- The Smiths
• "Big Time" – Peter Gabriel
• "Bizarre Love Triangle" – New Order
• "Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)" – Juice Newton and Eddie Rabbitt
• "Calling America" – Electric Light Orchestra
• "Can't Wait Another Minute" – Five Star
• "Candy" – Cameo
• "Capitaine abandonné" – Gold
• "Captain of Her Heart" – Double (released in 1985)
• "Chain Reaction" – Diana Ross
• "Cheap Love" – Juice Newton
• "Coming Around Again" – Carly Simon(released in UK in 1987)
• "Conga" – Miami Sound Machine
• "Crush On You" – The Jets
• "Dancing in the Dark" – The Shadows
• "Dancing on the Ceiling" – Lionel Richie
• "Danger Zone" – Kenny Loggins
• "Digging Your Scene" – The Blow Monkeys
• "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" – Glass Tiger
• "Don't Stand So Close to Me '86" – The Police
• "Dreams" – Van Halen
• "Dreamtime" – Daryl Hall
• "The Edge of Heaven – Wham!
• "En Rouge et Noir" – Jeanne Mas
• "Ève lève-toi" – Julie Pietri
• "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" – Wang Chung
• "The Final Countdown" – Europe
• "Flash" – Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
• "For America" – Jackson Browne
• "For America" – Red Box
• "Freedom Overspill" – Steve Winwood
• "Friends and Lovers" – Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson
  • also recorded as "Both to Each Other" by country music artists Juice Newton and Eddie Rabbitt
• "French Kissin' In The USA" – Debbie Harry
• "Glory Of Love" – Peter Cetera
• "Go Home" – Stevie Wonder
• "The Greatest Love of All" – Whitney Houston
• "Harlem Shuffle" – Rolling Stones
• "Heartache All Over The World" – Elton John
• "Heartbeat" – Don Johnson
• "Hey, You!" – Divine
• "He's Back (The Man Behind The Mask)" – Alice Cooper
• "Higher Love" – Steve Winwood
• "Hip to Be Square" – Huey Lewis and the News
• "Holding Back the Years" – Simply Red (originally released in 1985, but flopped)
• "How Will I Know" – Whitney Houston
• "Hymn To Her" – The Pretenders
• "I Can Prove It" – Phil Fearon
• "I Want to Wake Up with You" – Boris Gardiner
• "Is It a Crime?" – Sade
• "Jumpin' Jack Flash" – Aretha Franklin
• "A Kind Of Magic" – Queen
• "Kiss" – Prince and the Revolution
• "Kyrie" – Mr. Mister
• "Invisible Touch" – Genesis
• "If She Knew What She Wants" – The Bangles
• "In Too Deep – Genesis
• "La puerta de Alcalá" – Ana Belén and Víctor Manuel
• "The Lady in Red" – Chris de Burgh
• "Land of Confusion" – Genesis
• "Le Sixième Jour" – Dalida
• "Les Bêtises" – Sabine Paturel
• "Les Démons de minuit" – Images
• "Libertine" – Mylène Farmer
• "Little Baby" – Divine
• "Live to Tell" – Madonna
• "Living In America" – James Brown
• "Living Doll" – Cliff Richard and The Young Ones featuring Hank B. Marvin
• "Livin' On a Prayer – Bon Jovi
• "Locked In" – Judas Priest
• "Love Touch" – Rod Stewart
• "Love Walks In" – Van Halen
• "Lessons in Love" – Level 42
• "Mad About You" – Belinda Carlisle
• "Manic Monday" – The Bangles
• "Master of Puppets" – Metallica
• "A Matter of Trust" – Billy Joel
• "Modern Woman" – Billy Joel
• "Moonlight Shadow" – The Shadows
• "Mountains" – Prince
• "Move Away" – Culture Club
• "My Hometown" – Bruce Springsteen
• "Nasty" – Janet Jackson
• "Never as Good as the First Time" – Sade
• "The Next Time I Fall" – Peter Cetera and Amy Grant
• "Nikita" – Elton John
• "No Lies" – Noiseworks
• "No One Is To Blame" – Howard Jones
• "No More I Love You's" – The Lover Speaks
• "Notorious" – Duran Duran
• "Old Flame" – Juice Newton
• "On My Own" – Patti Labelle & Michael McDonald
• "Open Your Heart" – Madonna
• "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" – Pet Shop Boys
• "Ouragan" – Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
• "Overjoyed" – Stevie Wonder
• "Papa Don't Preach" – Madonna
• "Parce que je ne t'aime plus" – Dalida
• "Peace Sells" - Megadeth
• "Pressure Down" – John Farnham
• "Pretty in Pink" – The Psychedelic Furs
• "Private Number" – The Jets
• "A Question of Lust" – Depeche Mode
• "A Question of Time" – Depeche Mode
• "¿A quién le importa?" – Alaska
• "Raining Blood" – Slayer
• "Rain or Shine" – Five Star
• "Rock Me Amadeus" – Falco
• "Rough Boy" – ZZ Top
• "Ruthless People" – Mick Jagger
• "Sara" – Starship
• "Say You Really Want Me" – Kim Wilde (North American issue)
• "Schoolgirl" – Kim Wilde
• "Set Me Free" – Jaki Graham
• "Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)" – Mel and Kim
• "Silent Running" – Mike + The Mechanics
• "Sing Our Own Song" – UB40
• "Sledgehammer" – Peter Gabriel
• "Slice of Heaven" – Dave Dobbyn
• "Slow Rivers" – Cliff Richard and Elton John
• "Small Town" – John Cougar Mellencamp
• "So Far, So Good" – Sheena Easton
• "Sometimes" – Erasure
• "Somewhere" – Barbra Streisand
• "Stay For Awhile" – Amy Grant
• "Stimulation" – Wa Wa Nee
• "Stripped" – Depeche Mode
• "Stuck with You" – Huey Lewis and the News
• "Sweet Freedom" – Michael McDonald
• "The Sweetest Taboo" – Sade
• "System Addict" – Five Star
• "Take Me Home Tonight" – Eddie Money
• "Take My Breath Away" – Berlin
• "Taken In" – Mike + The Mechanics
• "That Was Then, This Is Now" – The Monkees
• "Tender Love" – Force MD's
• "That's What Friends Are For" – Dionne Warwick (duets with Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder)
• "The Themes from 'EastEnders' and 'Howards Way'" – The Shadows
• "Teenage Frankenstein" – Alice Cooper
• "(There's Gonna Be) A Showdown" – The Johnnys
• "Throw Your Arms Around Me" – Hunters + Collectors
• "Throwing It All Away" – Genesis
• "Thorn in My Side" – Eurythmics
• "Turbo Lover" – Judas Priest
• "True Blue"- Madonna
• "True Colors" – Cyndi Lauper
• "Twist and Shout" - The Beatles
• "Two People – Tina Turner
• "Two Of Hearts" – Stacey Q
• "Typical Male" – Tina Turner
• "Venus" – Bananarama
• "Walk Like an Egyptian" – The Bangles
• "Walk This Way" – Run DMC featuring Aerosmith
• "War" – Bruce Springsteen
• "The Way It Is" – Bruce Hornsby and the Range
• "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" – Jermaine Stewart
• "What Have You Done for Me Lately" – Janet Jackson
• "What You Need" – INXS
• "When I Think of You" – Janet Jackson
• "Why Can't This Be Love" – Van Halen
• "Word Up!"- Cameo
• "Words Get in the Way" – Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
• "You Can Call Me Al" – Paul Simon
• "You Give Love a Bad Name" – Bon Jovi
• "You Got It All" – The Jets
• "Your Love" – The Outfield
• "Your Wildest Dreams" – The Moody Blues