List of number-one dance singles of 1986 (U.S.)

Last updated October 12, 2022

These are the Billboard Hot Dance/Disco Club Play and 12 Inch Singles Sales number-one hits of 1986.

Issue date	Club Play Song	Artist	12 Inch Singles Sales	Artist	Reference(s)
January 4	"Baby Talk"	Alisha	"I Like You"	Phyllis Nelson	^[1]^[2]
January 11	"Go Home"	Stevie Wonder			^[3]^[4]
January 18	"Go Home"	Stevie Wonder			^[5]^[6]
January 25	"Love's Gonna Get You"	Jocelyn Brown	"Love's Gonna Get You"	Jocelyn Brown	^[7]^[8]
February 1	"Slave to the Rhythm"	Grace Jones	"Love's Gonna Get You"	Jocelyn Brown	^[9]^[10]
February 8	"No Frills Love"	Jennifer Holliday	"Living In America"	James Brown	^[11]^[12]
February 15	Colonel Abrams (all cuts)	Colonel Abrams			^[13]^[14]
February 22	Colonel Abrams (all cuts)	Colonel Abrams			^[15]^[16]
March 1	"If You Should Ever Be Lonely"	Val Young	"Saturday Love" (Remix)	Cherrelle featuring Alexander O'Neal	^[17]^[18]
March 8					^[19]^[20]
March 15					^[21]^[22]
March 22	"I'm Not Gonna Let"	Colonel Abrams	"What Have You Done For Me Lately"	Janet Jackson	^[23]^[24]
March 29	"I Can't Wait"	Nu Shooz	"Saturday Love" (Remix)	Cherrelle featuring Alexander O'Neal	^[25]^[26]
April 5	"I Can't Wait"	Nu Shooz	"Kiss" (Remix) / "♥ or $"	Prince and the Revolution	^[27]^[28]
April 12	"Kiss"	Prince and the Revolution			^[29]^[30]
April 19	"Kiss"	Prince and the Revolution			^[31]^[32]
April 26	"Whenever You Need Somebody"	O'Chi Brown			^[33]^[34]
May 3	"West End Girls"	Pet Shop Boys			^[35]^[36]
May 10	"West End Girls"	Pet Shop Boys			^[37]^[38]
May 17	"Say It, Say It"	E. G. Daily	"On My Own"	Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald (musician)	^[39]^[40]
May 24	"What I Like"	Anthony and the Camp			^[41]^[42]
May 31					^[43]^[44]
June 7					^[45]^[46]
June 14	"Jump Back (Set Me Free)"	Dhar Braxton	"The Finest"	The S.O.S. Band	^[47]^[48]
June 21	"Jump Back (Set Me Free)"	Dhar Braxton			^[49]^[50]
June 28	"Baby Love"	Regina			^[51]^[52]
July 5	"Baby Love"	Regina	"Rumors"/ "Vicious Rumors"	Timex Social Club	^[53]^[54]
July 12	"Sledgehammer"	Peter Gabriel			^[55]^[56]
July 19	"Rumors" / "Vicious Rumors"	Timex Social Club			^[57]^[58]
July 26					^[59]^[60]
August 2			"Venus" (Remix)	Bananarama	^[61]^[62]
August 9	"Venus"	Bananarama			^[63]^[64]
August 16	"Venus"	Bananarama			^[65]^[66]
August 23	"Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent"	Gwen Guthrie	"Papa Don't Preach"	Madonna	^[67]^[68]
August 30	"Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent"	Gwen Guthrie	"Papa Don't Preach"	Madonna	^[69]^[70]
September 6	"Point of No Return"	Nu Shooz	"Two of Hearts"	Stacy Q	^[71]^[72]
September 13	"Down and Counting"	Claudja Barry	"Down and Counting"	Claudja Barry	^[73]^[74]
September 20	"When I Think of You"	Janet Jackson			^[75]^[76]
September 27					^[77]^[78]
October 4					^[79]^[80]
October 11	"Gotta See You Tonight"	Barbara Roy	"Two of Hearts"	Stacy Q	^[81]^[82]
October 18	"Gotta See You Tonight"	Barbara Roy	"Two of Hearts"	Stacy Q	^[83]^[84]
October 25	"Human"	The Human League	"Human"	The Human League	^[85]^[86]
November 1					^[87]^[88]
November 8					^[89]^[90]
November 15	"Word Up!"	Cameo			^[91]^[92]
November 22	"Don't Leave Me This Way"	The Communards			^[93]^[94]
November 29	"I Can't Turn Around"	J. M. Silk	"Brand New Lover"	Dead or Alive	^[95]^[96]
December 6	"Brand New Lover"	Dead or Alive			^[97]^[98]
December 13	"Brand New Lover"	Dead or Alive			^[99]^[100]
December 20	"Control"	Janet Jackson			^[101]^[102]
December 27	"Control"	Janet Jackson			^[103]^[104]

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[35] Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date May 3, 1986

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[61] Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date August 2, 1986

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[65] Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date August 16, 1986

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[67] Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date August 23, 1986

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[69] Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date August 30, 1986

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[93] Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date November 22, 1986

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