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AUGUST 23, 1986

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Number
1 Up by 3

Papa Don't Preach
Madonna
From the album: True Blue
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
2 Up by 1

Mad About You
Belinda Carlisle
From the album: Belinda
Peak
2
Weeks
13
Number
3 Down by 2

Glory of Love
Peter Cetera
From the album: Solitude/Solitaire
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
4 Down by 2

Sledgehammer
Peter Gabriel
From the album: So
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
5 Up by 1

Love Touch (Theme From "Legal Eagles")
Rod Stewart
From the album: Every Beat of My Heart
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
6 Up by 3

The Captain Of Her Heart
DOUBLE
From the album: Blue
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
7 Up by 3

Holding Back the Years
Simply Red
From the album: Picture Book
Peak
7
Weeks
16
Number
8 Up by 8

Venus
Bananarama
From the album: True Confessions
Peak
8
Weeks
6
Number
9 Up by 4

Take My Breath Away
Berlin
From the album: Top Gun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Count Three & Pray
Peak
9
Weeks
8
Number
10 Up by 2

Higher Love
Steve Winwood
From the album: Back in the High Life
Peak
10
Weeks
10
Number
11 Down by 6

Right Between The Eyes
Wax
From the album: Magnetic Heaven
Peak
2
Weeks
19
Number
12 Down by 4

Invisible Touch
Genesis
From the album: Invisible Touch
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
13 Up by 1

We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off
Jermaine Stewart
From the album: Frantic Romantic
Peak
13
Weeks
11
Number
14 Up by 4

Dancing on the Ceiling
Lionel Richie
From the album: Dancing on the Ceiling
Peak
14
Weeks
6
Number
15 Down by 8

Who's Johnny? ("Short Circuit" Theme)
El DeBarge
From the album: El DeBarge
Peak
3
Weeks
18
Number
16 Up by 3

Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)
Glass Tiger
From the album: The Thin Red Line
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17 Down by 6

No One Is to Blame
Howard Jones
From the album: Dream Into Action
Peak
2
Weeks
19
Number
18 Down by 1

Words Get in the Way
Miami Sound Machine
From the album: Primitive Love
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
19 Up by 1

Danger Zone
Kenny Loggins
From the album: Top Gun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
19
Weeks
8
Number
20 Up by 1

Walk This Way
Run-D.M.C. featuring Aerosmith
From the album: Raising Hell
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
21 Up by 2

Rumors
Timex Social Club
From the album: Vicious Rumors
Peak
21
Weeks
7
Number
22 Up by 2

Friends and Lovers
Gloria Loring & Carl Anderson
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Down by 8

There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)
Billy Ocean
From the album: Love Zone
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
24 Up by 3

Stuck With You
Huey Lewis & The News
From the album: Fore!
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Up by 4

Two of Hearts
Stacey Q
From the album: Better Than Heaven
Peak
25
Weeks
4
Number
26 Down by 4

On My Own
Patti LaBelle featuring Michael McDonald
From the album: Winner in You
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
27 Up by 4

The Edge of Heaven
Wham!
From the album: Music from the Edge of Heaven
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
28 Down by 3

Twist and Shout
The Beatles
From the album: Please Please Me
Peak
25
Weeks
3
Number
29 Up by 8

When I Think of You
Janet Jackson
From the album: Control
Peak
29
Weeks
2
Number
30 Down by 4

Your Wildest Dreams
The Moody Blues
From the album: The Other Side of Life
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
31 Up by 4

Sweet Freedom (Theme From "Running Scared")
Michael McDonald
From the album: "Running Scared" Soundtrack, Sweet Freedom
Peak
31
Weeks
3
Number
32 Up by 8

I Didn't Mean to Turn You On
Robert Palmer
From the album: Riptide
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Down by 5

I Can't Wait
Nu Shooz
From the album: Poolside
Peak
9
Weeks
20
Number
34 Down by 4

Live to Tell
Madonna
From the album: True Blue
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
35 Debut

You Can Call Me Al
Paul Simon
From the album: Graceland
Peak
35
Weeks
1
Number
36 Up by 2

Baby Love
Regina
From the album: Curiosity
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Debut

Sweet Love
Anita Baker
From the album: Rapture
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Down by 6

A Different Corner
George Michael
From the album: Music from the Edge of Heaven
Peak
2
Weeks
20
Number
39 Debut

Lonely is the Night
Air Supply
From the album: Hearts in Motion
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

A Kind of Magic
Queen
From the album: A Kind of Magic
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
33 Dropout

Secret Separation
The Fixx
From the album: Walkabout
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
34 Dropout

Bad Boy
Miami Sound Machine
From the album: Primitive Love
Peak
8
Weeks
19
Number
36 Dropout

I Want to Wake Up With You
Boris Gardiner
From the album: Everything to Me
Peak
36
Weeks
2
Number
39 Dropout

Greatest Love of All
Whitney Houston
From the album: Whitney Houston
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
20

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Date

August 23, 1986

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4 1 Madonna – “Papa Don't Preach” 1(×1) 7

3 2 Belinda Carlisle – “Mad About You” 2 13

1 3 Peter Cetera – “Glory of Love” 1(×1) 9

2 4 Peter Gabriel – “Sledgehammer” 1(×1) 14

6 5 Rod Stewart – “Love Touch (Theme From "Legal Eagles")” 5 13

9 6 DOUBLE – “The Captain Of Her Heart” 6 11

10 7 Simply Red – “Holding Back the Years” 7 16

16 8 Bananarama – “Venus” 8 6

13 9 Berlin – “Take My Breath Away” 9 8

12 10 Steve Winwood – “Higher Love” 10 10

5 11 Wax – “Right Between The Eyes” 2 19

8 12 Genesis – “Invisible Touch” 1(×2) 14

14 13 Jermaine Stewart – “We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off” 13 11

18 14 Lionel Richie – “Dancing on the Ceiling” 14 6

7 15 El DeBarge – “Who's Johnny? ("Short Circuit" Theme)” 3 18

19 16 Glass Tiger – “Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)” 16 6

11 17 Howard Jones – “No One Is to Blame” 2 19

17 18 Miami Sound Machine – “Words Get in the Way” 17 9

20 19 Kenny Loggins – “Danger Zone” 19 8

21 20 Run-D.M.C. ft. Aerosmith – “Walk This Way” 20 5

23 21 Timex Social Club – “Rumors” 21 7

24 22 Gloria Loring & Carl Anderson – “Friends and Lovers” 22 5

15 23 Billy Ocean – “There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)” 1(×1) 15

27 24 Huey Lewis & The News – “Stuck With You” 24 4

29 25 Stacey Q – “Two of Hearts” 25 4

22 26 Patti LaBelle ft. Michael McDonald – “On My Own” 1(×1) 16

31 27 Wham! – “The Edge of Heaven” 27 5

25 28 The Beatles – “Twist and Shout” 25 3

37 29 Janet Jackson – “When I Think of You” 29 2

26 30 The Moody Blues – “Your Wildest Dreams” 9 16

35 31 Michael McDonald – “Sweet Freedom (Theme From "Running Scared")” 31 3

40 32 Robert Palmer – “I Didn't Mean to Turn You On” 32 2

28 33 Nu Shooz – “I Can't Wait” 9 20

30 34 Madonna – “Live to Tell” 1(×1) 18

NE 35 Paul Simon – “You Can Call Me Al” 35 1

38 36 Regina – “Baby Love” 36 4

NE 37 Anita Baker – “Sweet Love” 37 1

32 38 George Michael – “A Different Corner” 2 20

NE 39 Air Supply – “Lonely is the Night” 39 1

NE 40 Queen – “A Kind of Magic” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

33 -- The Fixx – “Secret Separation” 16 11

34 -- Miami Sound Machine – “Bad Boy” 8 19

36 -- Boris Gardiner – “I Want to Wake Up With You” 36 2

39 -- Whitney Houston – “Greatest Love of All” 1(×4) 20

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