List of top 25 singles for 1986 in Australia

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The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting singles on the Australian Singles Charts, for the year of 1986. These were the best charting singles in Australia for 1986. The source for this year is the Kent Music Report. [1]

#TitleArtistHighest pos. reachedweeks at No. 1
1."Chain Reaction" Diana Ross 13
2."When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" Billy Ocean 16
3."Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" Samantha Fox 13
4."Venus" Bananarama 17
5."Stimulation" Wa Wa Nee 2
6."Take My Breath Away" Berlin 2
7."Living Doll" Cliff Richard & The Young Ones 16
8."A Good Heart" Feargal Sharkey 12
9."Papa Don't Preach" Madonna 16
10."Addicted to Love" Robert Palmer 12
11."We Built This City" Starship 14
12."That's What Friends are For" Dionne Warwick 11
13."Stuck with You" Huey Lewis and the News 2
14."You're the Voice" John Farnham 17
15."Dancing on the Ceiling" Lionel Richie 2
16."Manic Monday" The Bangles 3
17."Don't Leave Me This Way" The Communards 2
18."A Matter of Trust" Billy Joel 3
19."True Colours" Cyndi Lauper 3
20."Hit That Perfect Beat" Bronski Beat 3
21."You Can Call Me Al" Paul Simon 2
22."How Will I Know" Whitney Houston 2
23."Concrete and Clay" Martin Plaza 2
24."Lady in Red" Chris de Burgh 3
25."Kiss" Prince & the Revolution2

These charts are calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report.

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References

  1. ↑ "National Top 100 Singles for 1986". Kent Music Report . No. 650. December 1986. Retrieved 2 January 2023– via Imgur.
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