Editing 1986 in music (section)

==Top 40 Chart hit singles==
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! <big>Song title</big> 
! <big>Artist(s)</big> 
! <big>Release date(s)</big> 
! <big>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</big>
! <big>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</big>
! <big>Highest chart position</big>
! <big>Other Chart Performance(s)</big>
|-
|| "[[Absolute Beginners (David Bowie song)|Absolute Beginners]]" || [[David Bowie]] || {{Date table sorting|031986}}|March 1986 || 53 || 2 || 1 (Europe, Finland, Ireland) || [[Absolute Beginners (David Bowie song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Addicted To Love (song)|Addicted To Love]]" || [[Robert Palmer]] || {{Date table sorting|011986}}|January 1986 || 1 || 5 || 1 (Australia, United States) || [[Addicted to Love (song)#Chart performance|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[All I Ask of You]]" || [[Cliff Richard]] and [[Sarah Brightman]] || {{Date table sorting|091986}}|September 1986 || n/a || 3 || 1 (Ireland, South Africa) || 24 (Australia)
|-
|| "[[All I Need Is a Miracle]]" || [[Mike + The Mechanics]] || {{Date table sorting|021986}}|February 1986 || 5 || 53 || 5 (United States) || [[All I Need Is a Miracle#Chart performance|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "All the Things She Said" || [[Simple Minds]] || {{Date table sorting|041986}}|April 1986 || 28 || 9 || 4 (Ireland) || [[All the Things She Said (Simple Minds song)|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Amanda (Boston song)|Amanda]]" || [[Boston (band)|Boston]] || {{Date table sorting|091987}}|September 1987 || 1 || 84 || 1 (Canada, United States) || [[Amanda (Boston song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]  
|}

===Other Chart hit singles===
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*"[[All Cried Out (Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam song)|All Cried Out]]" – [[Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam]] (# 8 US, # 3 US Hot Black Singles)
*"Baby Love" – [[Regina Richards]]
*"[[Bad Boy (Miami Sound Machine song)|Bad Boy]]" – [[Miami Sound Machine]]
*"[[Be Good to Yourself]]" – [[Journey (band)|Journey]]
*"Best of Both Worlds" – [[Van Halen]]
*"[[Born Yesterday (song)|Born Yesterday]]" – [[The Everly Brothers]]
*"[[Brand New Lover]]" – [[Dead or Alive (band)|Dead or Alive]]
*"[[Breakout (Swing Out Sister song)|Breakout]]" – [[Swing Out Sister]] (charted in 1987 in U.S.)
*"[[Bigmouth Strikes Again]]" – [[The Smiths]]
*"[[Big Time (Peter Gabriel song)|Big Time]]" – [[Peter Gabriel]] (also charted in the U.S. in 1987)
*"[[Bizarre Love Triangle]]" – [[New Order (band)|New Order]]
*"[[Brother Louie (Modern Talking song)|Brother Louie]]" – [[Modern Talking]]
*"[[Friends and Lovers (Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson song)|Both to Each Other]] (Friends and Lovers)" – [[Juice Newton]] and [[Eddie Rabbitt]]
*"[[Burning Heart (song)|Burning Heart]]" – [[Survivor (band)|Survivor]]
*"[[Calling America]]" – [[Electric Light Orchestra]]
*"[[Candy (Cameo song)|Candy]]" – [[Cameo (band)|Cameo]]
*"[[Can't Wait Another Minute]]" – [[Five Star]]
*"[[Capitaine abandonné]]" – [[Gold (band)|Gold]]
*"[[The Captain of Her Heart]]" – [[Double (band)|Double]] (released in 1985)
*"[[Chain Reaction (Diana Ross song)|Chain Reaction]]" – [[Diana Ross]]
*"[[Cheap Love]]" – [[Juice Newton]]
*"[[Coming Around Again (Carly Simon song)|Coming Around Again]]" – [[Carly Simon]] (released in UK in 1987)
*"[[Conga (song)|Conga]]" – [[Miami Sound Machine]]
*"[[Crush on You (The Jets song)|Crush on You]]" – [[The Jets (Minnesota band)|The Jets]]
*"Cry to Heaven" – [[Elton John]]
*"[[Dancing on the Ceiling (Lionel Richie song)|Dancing on the Ceiling]]" – [[Lionel Richie]]
*"[[Danger Zone (song)|Danger Zone]]" – [[Kenny Loggins]]
*"[[Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)]]" – [[Glass Tiger]]
*"[[Don't Stand So Close to Me '86#1986 single release|Don't Stand So Close to Me '86]]" – [[The Police]]
*"[[Dreams (Van Halen song)|Dreams]]" – [[Van Halen]]
*"[[The Edge of Heaven]]" – [[Wham!]]
*"[[En Rouge et Noir]]" – [[Jeanne Mas]]
*"[[Ève lève-toi]]" – [[Julie Pietri]]
*"[[Everybody Have Fun Tonight]]" – [[Wang Chung (band)|Wang Chung]]
*"[[The Final Countdown (song)|The Final Countdown]]" – [[Europe (band)|Europe]]
*"[[Flash (Stéphanie song)|Flash]]" – [[Princess Stéphanie of Monaco]]
*"[[Friends and Lovers (Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson song)|Friends and Lovers]]" – [[Gloria Loring]] and [[Carl Anderson (singer)|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]]
*"[[Girl Can't Help It (song)|Girl Can't Help It]]" – [[Journey (band)|Journey]]
*"[[Glory of Love (Peter Cetera song)|Glory of Love]]" – [[Peter Cetera]]
*"[[Go Home (song)|Go Home]]" – [[Stevie Wonder]]
*"[[Greatest Love of All]]" – [[Whitney Houston]]
*"[[Harlem Shuffle]]" – [[The Rolling Stones]]
*"[[Heartbeat (Don Johnson song)|Heartbeat]]" – [[Don Johnson]]
*"[[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]]" (1985) – [[Simply Red]] (originally released in 1985)
*"[[Human (The Human League song)|Human]]" – [[Human League]]
*"[[I Can't Wait (Nu Shooz song)|I Can't Wait]]" – [[Nu Shooz]]
*"[[(I Just) Died In Your Arms]]" – [[Cutting Crew]] (charted in 1987 in the U.S.)
*"[[I Want to Wake Up with You]]" – [[Boris Gardiner]]
*"[[If I Say Yes]]" – [[Five Star]]
*"[[If She Knew What She Wants]]" – [[The Bangles|Bangles]]
*"[[If You Leave (song)|If You Leave]]" – [[Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark]]
*"[[In the Army Now (album)|In the Army Now]]" – [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]
*"[[In Too Deep (Genesis song)|In Too Deep]]" – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] (charted in 1987 in the U.S.)
*"[[Invisible Touch (song)|Invisible Touch]]" – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
*"[[Jody (song)|Jody]]" – [[Jermaine Stewart]]
*"[[Jumpin' Jack Flash]]" – [[Aretha Franklin]]
*"[[A Kind of Magic (song)|A Kind of Magic]]" – [[Queen (band)|Queen]]
*"[[Keep Your Hands to Yourself]]" — [[The Georgia Satellites]]
*"[[The Kid's American]]" – [[Jermaine Stewart]]
*"[[Kiss (Prince song)|Kiss]]" – [[Prince (musician)|Prince and the Revolution]]
*"[[Kyrie (song)|Kyrie]]" – [[Mr. Mister]]
*"[[La Isla Bonita]]" – [[Madonna]]
*"La puerta de Alcalá" – [[Ana Belén]] and [[Víctor Manuel]]
*"[[The Lady in Red (Chris de Burgh song)|The Lady in Red]]" – [[Chris de Burgh]] (charted in 1987 in the U.S.)
*"[[Land of Confusion]]" – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
*"Le Sixième Jour" – [[Dalida]]
*"[[Les Bêtises]]" – [[Sabine Paturel]]
*"[[Les Démons de minuit]]" – Images
*"[[Lessons in Love (Level 42 song)|Lessons in Love]]" – [[Level 42]]
*"[[Libertine (song)|Libertine]]" – [[Mylène Farmer]]
*"[[Live to Tell]]" – [[Madonna]]
*"[[Livin' On a Prayer]]" – [[Bon Jovi]] (also in 1987)
*"[[Living in America (James Brown song)|Living In America]]" – [[James Brown]]
*"[[Living Doll (song)|Living Doll]]" – [[Cliff Richard]] and [[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]] featuring [[Hank B. Marvin]]
*"[[Locked In (song)|Locked In]]" – [[Judas Priest]]
*"Love Touch" – [[Rod Stewart]]
*"[[Love Walks In]]" – [[Van Halen]]
*"[[Mad About You (Belinda Carlisle song)|Mad About You]]" – [[Belinda Carlisle]]
*"[[Manic Monday]]" – [[The Bangles]]
*"[[Master of Puppets (song)|Master of Puppets]]" – [[Metallica]]
*"[[A Matter of Trust]]" – [[Billy Joel]]
*"Misfit" – [[Curiosity Killed the Cat]]
*"[[Modern Woman]]" – [[Billy Joel]]
*"[[Mountains (Prince song)|Mountains]]" – [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]
*"[[Move Away]]" – [[Culture Club]]
*"[[My Hometown]]" (1984) – [[Bruce Springsteen]]
*"[[Nasty (Janet Jackson song)|Nasty]]" – [[Janet Jackson]]
*"[[Never as Good as the First Time]]" – [[Sade Adu|Sade]]
*"[[The Next Time I Fall]]" – [[Peter Cetera]] and [[Amy Grant]]
*"[[Nikita (song)|Nikita]]" – [[Elton John]]
*"[[No One Is to Blame]]" (originally recorded in 1985) – [[Howard Jones (British musician)|Howard Jones]]
*"[[No Promises (Icehouse song)|No Promises]]" – [[Icehouse (band)|Icehouse]]
*"[[Nobody's Fool (Cinderella song)|Nobody's Fool]]" – [[Cinderella (band)|Cinderella]] 
*"[[Notorious (Duran Duran song)|Notorious]]" – [[Duran Duran]]
*"[[Now and Forever (You and Me)]]" – [[Anne Murray]]
*"[[Old Flame (Juice Newton song)|Old Flame]]" – [[Juice Newton]]
*"[[On My Own (Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald song)|On My Own]]" – [[Patti LaBelle]] and [[Michael McDonald (singer)|Michael McDonald]]
*"[[Open Your Heart (Madonna song)|Open Your Heart]]" – [[Madonna]]
*"[[Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)]]" – [[Pet Shop Boys]]
*"[[Ouragan (song)|Ouragan]]" – [[Princess Stéphanie of Monaco]]
*"[[Overjoyed (Stevie Wonder song)|Overjoyed]]" – [[Stevie Wonder]]
*"[[Papa Don't Preach]]" – [[Madonna]]
*"[[Peace Sells]]" – [[Megadeth]]
*"[[Point of No Return (Nu Shooz song)|Point of No Return]]" – [[Nu Shooz]]
*"Pressure Down" – [[John Farnham]]
*"[[Pretty in Pink (song)|Pretty in Pink]]" – [[The Psychedelic Furs]]
*"[[Private Number (The Jets song)|Private Number]]" – [[The Jets (Minnesota band)|The Jets]]
*"[[A Question of Lust]]" – [[Depeche Mode]]
*"[[A Question of Time]]" – [[Depeche Mode]]
*"¿A quién le importa?" – [[Alaska (singer)|Alaska]]
*"[[The Rain (Oran "Juice" Jones song)|The Rain]]" – [[Oran "Juice" Jones]]
*"[[Rain or Shine (song)|Rain or Shine]]" – [[Five Star]]
*"[[Raining Blood]]" – [[Slayer]]
*"[[Rock Me Amadeus]]" – [[Falco (musician)|Falco]]
*"[[Rough Boy]]" (1985) – [[ZZ Top]]
*"[[The Rumour (song)|The Rumour]]" – [[Jeanette Jurado]] and [[George Michael]]
*"[[Rumors (Timex Social Club song)|Rumors]]" – [[Timex Social Club]]
*"Ruthless People" – [[Mick Jagger]]
*"[[Sara (Starship song)|Sara]]" (1985) – [[Jefferson Airplane|Starship]]
*"[[Say You Really Want Me]]" – [[Kim Wilde]] (North American issue)
*"[[Schoolgirl (song)|Schoolgirl]]" – [[Kim Wilde]]
*"[[Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)]]" – [[Mel and Kim]]
*"[[Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)|Silent Running]]" (1985) – [[Mike + The Mechanics]]
*"[[Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel song)|Sledgehammer]]" – [[Peter Gabriel]]
*"[[Slice of Heaven]]" – [[Dave Dobbyn]]
*"[[Slow Rivers]]" – [[Cliff Richard]] and [[Elton John]]
*"Small Town" (1985) – [[John Cougar Mellencamp]]
*"So Far, So Good" – [[Sheena Easton]]
*"[[Something About You (Level 42 song)|Something About You]]" (1985) – [[Level 42]]
*"[[Sometimes (Erasure song)|Sometimes]]" – [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]]
*"Somewhere" – [[Barbra Streisand]]
*"[[Stripped (song)|Stripped]]" – [[Depeche Mode]]
*"[[Stuck with You]]" – [[Huey Lewis and the News]]
*"[[Suburbia (song)|Suburbia]]" – [[Pet Shop Boys]]
*"[[Sweet Freedom (Michael McDonald song)|Sweet Freedom]]" – [[Michael McDonald (singer)|Michael McDonald]]
*"[[Sweet Love (Anita Baker song)|Sweet Love]]" – [[Anita Baker]]
*"[[The Sweetest Taboo]]" (1985) – [[Sade Adu|Sade]]
*"System Addict" – [[Five Star]]
*"[[Take Me Home Tonight (song)|Take Me Home Tonight]]" – [[Eddie Money]]
*"[[Take My Breath Away]]" – [[Berlin (band)|Berlin]]
*"[[Taken In]]" – [[Mike + The Mechanics]]
*"[[Teenage Frankenstein]]" – [[Alice Cooper]]
*"[[Tender Love]]" – Force MD's
*"[[That Was Then, This Is Now (song)|That Was Then, This Is Now]]" – [[The Monkees]]
*"[[That's What Friends Are For]]" – [[Dionne Warwick]] (duets with [[Elton John]], [[Gladys Knight]] and [[Stevie Wonder]])
*"The Themes from '[[EastEnders]]' and '[[Howards Way]]'" – [[The Shadows]]
*"(There's Gonna Be) A Showdown" – [[The Johnnys]]
*"[[These Dreams]]" (1985) – [[Heart (band)|Heart]]
*"[[Thorn in My Side]]" – [[Eurythmics]]
*"Throw Your Arms Around Me" – [[Hunters & Collectors]]
*"[[Throwing It All Away]]" – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
*"[[Turbo Lover]]" – [[Judas Priest]]
*"[[True Blue (Madonna song)|True Blue]]"- [[Madonna]]
*"[[True Colors (Cyndi Lauper song)|True Colors]]" –  [[Cyndi Lauper]]
*"[[Twist and Shout#The Beatles' version|Twist and Shout]]" – [[The Beatles]]
*"[[Two People (song)|Two People]]" – [[Tina Turner]]
*"[[Two of Hearts (song)|Two of Hearts]]" – [[Stacey Q]]
*"[[Typical Male]]" – [[Tina Turner]]
*"[[Venus (Shocking Blue song)|Venus]]" – [[Bananarama]]
*"[[Voyage, voyage]]" – [[Desireless]]
*"[[Walk Like an Egyptian]]" – [[The Bangles]] (also in 1987)
*"[[Walk This Way]]" – [[Run DMC]] featuring [[Aerosmith]]
*"[[War (Edwin Starr song)|War]]" – [[Bruce Springsteen]]
*"[[Wasted Years]]" – [[Iron Maiden]]
*"[[The Way It Is (Bruce Hornsby and the Range song)|The Way It Is]]" – [[Bruce Hornsby and the Range]]
*"[[We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off]]" – [[Jermaine Stewart]]
*"[[Welcome Home (Sanitarium)]]" – [[Metallica]]
*"[[We're Ready]]" (recorded 1981) – [[Boston (band)|Boston]]
*"[[What Have You Done for Me Lately]]" – [[Janet Jackson]]
*"[[What You Need (INXS song)|What You Need]]" – [[INXS]]
*"[[Greatest Hits (Rick Astley album)|When You Gonna]]" – [[Rick Astley]]
*"[[When I Think of You]]" – [[Janet Jackson]]
*"[[Who's Johnny]]" – [[El DeBarge]]
*"[[Who Made Who (song)|Who Made Who]]" – [[AC/DC]]
*"[[Why Can't This Be Love]]" – [[Van Halen]]
*"[[Word Up! (song)|Word Up!]]"- [[Cameo (band)|Cameo]]
*"[[Words Get in the Way]]" – [[Gloria Estefan]] and [[Miami Sound Machine]]
*"[[You Can Call Me Al]]" – [[Paul Simon]]
*"[[You Give Love a Bad Name]]" – [[Bon Jovi]]
*"[[You Got It All (The Jets song)|You Got It All]]" – [[The Jets (Minnesota band)|The Jets]] (also in 1987)
*"[[You Keep Me Hangin' On]]" – [[Kim Wilde]] (charted in the U.S. in 1987)
*"[[Your Love (The Outfield song)|Your Love]]" – [[The Outfield]]
*"[[Your Wildest Dreams]]" – [[The Moody Blues]]
*"[[You're the Voice]]" – [[John Farnham]] (#1 in Australia, South Africa, and Quebec; not released in Europe until 1987, released in USA in 1990)
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