During the 1980s there were a total of 191 singles which took the UK chart number 1 spot. The most successful artist of this decade was Madonna with a total of 6 number 1 hits. The best-selling single of the decade was “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” by Band Aid.
The top 3 songs consisted of ‘Walk Like An Egyptian by The Bangles’, ‘So Macho by Sinitta’ and ‘Spirit In The Sky by Doctor & The Medics’.
The most complete music list of popular music from the year 1986 in the UK.
| # | Title - Artist |
|---|---|
| 1 | Walk Like An Egyptian - The Bangles |
| 2 | So Macho - Sinitta |
| 3 | Spirit In The Sky - Doctor & The Medics |
| 4 | Don't Leave Me This Way - Communards |
| 5 | Chain Reaction - Diana Ross |
| 6 | I Want To Wake Up With You - Boris Gardiner |
| 7 | All I Ask Of You - Cliff Richard & Sarah Brightman |
| 8 | When The Going Gets Tough - Billy Ocean |
| 9 | The Lady In Red - Chris de Burgh |
| 10 | Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel |
| 11 | Take My Breath Away - Berlin |
| 12 | Rock Me Amadeus - Falco |
| 13 | Papa Don't Preach - Madonna |
| 14 | We Don't Have To... - Jermaine Stewart |
| 15 | Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer |
| 16 | Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi |
| 17 | I Can't Wait - Nu Shooz |
| 18 | On My Own - Patti Labelle & Michael McDonald |
| 19 | You Keep Me Hangin' On - Kim Wilde |
| 20 | In The Army Now - Status Quo |
| 21 | Let's Go All The Way - Sly Fox |
| 22 | Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend) - Mel & Kim |
| 23 | Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent - Gwen Guthrie |
| 24 | How Will I Know - Whitney Houston |
| 25 | Venus - Bananarama |
| 26 | Lessons In Love - Level 42 |
| 27 | My Favourite Waste of Time - Owen Paul |
| 28 | Rain or Shine - Five Star |
| 29 | Holding Back The Years - Simply Red |
| 30 | Glory of Love - Peter Cetera |
| 31 | Breakout - Swing Out Sister |
| 32 | Happy Hour - Housemartins |
| 33 | Too Good To Be Forgotten - Amazulu |
| 34 | Word Up - Cameo |
| 35 | The Final Countdown - Europe |
| 36 | Living Doll - Cliff Richard & The Young Ones |
| 37 | Can't Get By Without You (The Second Decade Remix) - The Real Thing |
| 38 | A Different Corner - George Michael |
| 39 | A Kind Of Magic - Queen |
| 40 | Love Can't Turn Around - Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk |
| 41 | Secret Lovers - Atlantic Starr |
| 42 | True Blue - Madonna |
| 43 | Manic Monday - The Bangles |
| 44 | For America - Red Box |
| 45 | Touch Me (I Want Your Body) - Sam Fox |
| 46 | Stuck With You - Huey Lewis & The News |
| 47 | Walk Of Life - Dire Straits |
| 48 | System Addict - Five Star |
| 49 | You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon |
| 50 | (I Just) Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew |
| 51 | Wonderful World - Sam Cooke |
| 52 | Thorn in my Side - Eurythmics |
| 53 | Only Love - Nana Mouskouri |
| 54 | Can't Wait Another Minute - Five Star |
| 55 | You To Me Are Everything (Remix) - The Real Thing |
| 56 | Camouflage - Stan Ridgeway |
| 57 | Hi Ho Silver - Jim Diamond |
| 58 | What Have You Done For Me Lately - Janet Jackson |
| 59 | The Sun Always Shines On TV - A-ha |
| 60 | Every Loser Wins - Nick Berry |
| 61 | Sometimes - Erasure |
| 62 | The Edge of Heaven - Wham! |
| 63 | Dancing on the Ceiling - Lionel Richie |
| 64 | The Power Of Love / Do You Believe In Love - Huey Lewis & The News |
| 65 | The Chicken Song - Spitting Image |
| 66 | Why Can't This Be Love - Van Halen |
| 67 | True Colours - Cyndi Lauper |
| 68 | Live To Tell - Madonna |
| 69 | Always There - Marti Webb & Simon May Orchestra |
| 70 | Every Beat Of My Heart - Rod Stewart |
| 71 | Each Time You Break My Heart - Nick Kamen |
| 72 | There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) - Billy Ocean |
| 73 | French Kissin' In The USA - Debbie Harry |
| 74 | Brother Louie - Modern Talking |
| 75 | Burning Heart - Survivor |
| 76 | Hunting High and Low - A-ha |
| 77 | Living In America - James Brown |
| 78 | Walk This Way - Run DMC & Aerosmith |
| 79 | New Beginning (Mamba Seyra) - Bucks Fizz |
| 80 | Broken Wings - Mr. Mister |
| 81 | Set Me Free - Jaki Graham |
| 82 | Midas Touch - Midnight Star |
| 83 | Borderline - Madonna |
| 84 | Through The Barricades - Spandau Ballet |
| 85 | Don't Waste My Time - Paul Hardcastle |
| 86 | Roses - Haywoode |
| 87 | Bad Boy - Miami Sound Machine |
| 88 | Absolute Beginners - David Bowie |
| 89 | Eloise - Damned |
| 90 | Starting Together - Su Pollard |
| 91 | The Way It Is - Bruce Hornsby & The Range |
| 92 | Sweet Love - Anita Baker |
| 93 | In Too Deep - Genesis |
| 94 | Suburbia - Pet Shop Boys |
| 95 | Saturday Love - Alexander O'Neal feat. Cherelle |
| 96 | What's The Colour Of Money - Hollywood Beyond |
| 97 | Look Away - Big Country |
| 98 | Sing Our Own Song - UB40 |
| 99 | The Greatest Love Of All - Whitney Houston |
| 100 | Find The Time - Five Star |
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