Top Songs of 1986 | #1s Official UK Singles Chart

This video presents all songs that hit number one on the Official UK Singles Chart in 1986, listed chronologically.

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[gonzaaragon]

Pet shop boys, Aha😍george michael 😍 billy ocean, etcccc, missing the times😢 many singers died😢 others inactive

[molinalong]

Number one in 🇺🇸 in 1986

Higher love
Greatest of all love
True blue
Walk an Egyptian
Sledgehammer

[jorgem.salinasramirez]

Great songs that year. Madonna huge success. Besame the quien of pop.

[suhasmohan]

Who likes -PET SHOP BOYS AND MADONNA ????(I love them both even though I was born in 2007 )and when I say my Classmates I love 80's english they say

[Agnethatheredhairkid]

Love 'A Different Corner' and 'True Blue'.

[molinalong]

Born year :

Lady Gaga
Drake
Naya Rivera
Lizzy Caplan
Christina Perri
Ellie Golding

Dead year :

Desi Aranz
Ted knight
Donna Reed
Broderick Crawford

[carolaynstewartraitt]

Shakin Stevens lo adoro!! Es uno de mis cantantes favoritos aunque mi canción favorita del 86 es "Too Good To Be Forgotten" de Amazulu 🙂

[wmbrown]

Now for the "other" #1's that failed to top the "official" charts in 1986. Amazingly, only one record topped the NME charts only; the remainder were all unique to Melody Maker. And so without further adieu:
- "Only Love" by Nana Mouskouri
#1 on Melody Maker for 1 week - 08 February 1986
(Blocked "officially" by "The Sun Always Shines On T.V."; was also kept at #2 on NME; the Greek songstress' only single to make #1 on any UK chart)
- "Absolute Beginners" by David Bowie
#1 on NME for 1 week - 29 March 1986
(Blocked "officially" by "Chain Reaction"; likewise peaked at #2 on Melody Maker; the reverse situation of all other "other" #1's in this year)
- "What Have You Done For Me Lately?" by Janet Jackson
#1 on Melody Maker for 1 week - 10 May 1986
(Blocked "officially" by "A Different Corner, " plus "Rock Me Amadeus"; NME also saw this go no further up than #3)
- "On My Own" by Patti LaBelle And Michael McDonald
#1 on Melody Maker for 1 week - 17 May 1986
(Blocked "officially" by "The Chicken Song"; also got no higher than #2 on NME)
- "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel
#1 on Melody Maker for 2 weeks - 31 May-07 June 1986
(Blocked "officially" by "The Chicken Song, " then "Spirit In The Sky"; plus "On My Own, " "Lessons In Love" by Level 42, and two future Melody Maker #1's; finished at #2 on NME)
- "Holding Back The Years" by Simply Red
#1 on Melody Maker for 1 week - 14 June 1986
(Blocked "officially" by "Spirit In The Sky"; also peaked as high as #2 on NME)
- "I Can't Wait" by Nu Shooz
#1 on Melody Maker for 1 week - 21 June 1986
(Blocked "officially" by "The Edge Of Heaven"; likewise #2 on NME)
- "Sometimes" by Erasure
#1 on Melody Maker for 1 week - 13 December 1986
(Blocked "officially" by "The Final Countdown"; like most of these "other" toppers, this petered out at #2 on NME)

Notice how many Melody Maker-only #1's in this year also topped U.S. Billboard's Hot 100 . . .

Conversely, here are those "official" #1's that failed to make either of the "other" charts:
- "Rock Me Amadeus" (Melody Maker - #2)
- "Spirit In The Sky" (Melody Maker - #2)
- "The Final Countdown" (Melody Maker - #2)

[molinalong]

Born in 🇺🇸in 1986

Lady Gaga
Lauren Conrad
Christina Perri
Lindsay Lohan
Naya Rivera

[molinalong]

Alive in 1986:

Michael Landon
Donna Summer
Telly Savalas

[molinalong]

Fifty in nineteen eighty six:

Michael Landon
Marlo Thomas
Mary Tyler Moore
Alan Alda
Burt Reynolds
Robert Redford

[molinalong]

Zero in 1986:

Justin bieber
Rihanna
Dua Lipa
Doja cat

[tomservo]

Comparison and contrast with the U.S. charts--their peak position, plus trivia...any song not listed didn't chart

WEST END GIRLS # 1 for 1 week May 10, 1986
THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV # 20
WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING # 2
CHAIN REACTION # 66 (remix--original #95 in 1985)
LIVING DOLL # 30 in 1959 (original)
A DIFFERENT CORNER # 7
ROCK ME AMADEUS # 1 for 3 weeks March 29/April 5-12, 1986
SPIRIT IN THE SKY # 69 (#3 for Norman Greenbaum in 1970)
THE EDGE OF HEAVEN # 10
WHERE DID YOUR HEART GO # 50 (A-side release)
PAPA DON'T PREACH # 1 for 2 weeks August 16-23, 1986
THE LADY IN RED # 3 (1987)
DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY # 40 (1987--#1 Dance/Disco--#1 in 1977 for Thelma Houston)
TRUE BLUE # 3
TAKE MY BREATH AWAY # 1 for 1 week September 13, 1986
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN # 8 (1987)
REET PETEET (THE SWEETEST GIRL IN TOWN) # 62 (1957)

[molinalong]

Female celebrities are zero in 1986:

Dua lipa
Doja cat
Hilary duff
Ariana grande
Taylor swift

[Darwaxion]

Most of the UK number 1s are more stupid than the US number 1s... The US people have a more decent taste... and the British had bands like the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Queen but the US cared more about them!