There were some cracking number ones in 1986. Pet Shop Boys debut, West End Girls is a modern classic. Neil Tennant moves from writer for Smash Hits to writer of smash hits.
Another classic is The Housemartins’ Caravan of Love. But, that’s not to say that everything in the garden was rosy, oh no. For a kick off, in this year we had the turgid Lady in Red by the toe curlingly awful Chris De Burgh. And even worse, for at least Chris is a musician, we also saw Nick Berry, Nick Berry! going to number one with Every Loser Wins. Pfft!!!
| Artist | Title | Topping out date |
| Pet Shop Boys | West End Girls | January 11 1986 |
| a-ha | The Sun Always Shines On TV | January 25 1986 |
| Billy Ocean | When The Going Gets Tough… | February 8 1986 |
| Diana Ross | Chain Reaction | March 8 1986 |
| Cliff Richard & the Young Ones | Living Doll | March 29 1986 |
| George Michael | A Different Corner | April 19 1986 |
| Falco | Rock Me Amadeus | May 10 1986 |
| Spitting Image | The Chicken Song | May 17 1986 |
| Doctor and the Medics | Spirit in the Sky | June 7 1986 |
| Wham! | The Edge of Heaven | June 28 1986 |
| Madonna | Papa Don’t Preach | July 12 1986 |
| Chris De Burgh | The Lady in Red | August 2 1986 |
| Boris Gardiner | I Want to Wake Up with You | August 23 1986 |
| The Communards | Don’t Leave Me This Way | September 13 1986 |
| Madonna | True Blue | October 11 1986 |
| Nick Berry | Every Loser Wins | October 18 1986 |
| Berlin | Take My Breath Away | November 8 1986 |
| Europe | The Final Countdown | December 6 1986 |
| The Housemartins | Caravan of Love | December 20 1986 |
| Jackie Wilson | Reet Petite | December 27 1986 |
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