List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1986

This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine Hot 100 number-one singles of 1986. The longest running number-one singles of 1986 are "That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne and Friends and "Walk Like an Egyptian" by The Bangles, which each logged four weeks at number-one. "Walk Like an Egyptian" logged two weeks at number-one in 1986 and two more weeks at number-one in 1987, summing up to four weeks at the top. "Say You, Say Me" by Lionel Richie concluded another four week run that began in 1985. 1986 is the year with the third largest number of number-one songs, with 30 songs reaching the #1 spot.

Dionne Warwick (pictured with Pat Nixon) aged 45 earned her second Hot 100 number-one single with "That's What Friends Are For", which stayed at the top position for four straight weeks.

That year, 20 acts earned their first number one song, such as Heart, Falco, Robert Palmer, Pet Shop Boys, Simply Red, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Steve Winwood, Bananarama, Berlin, Janet Jackson, Boston, Bon Jovi, Amy Grant, Bruce Hornsby & the Range, and The Bangles. Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle, Michael McDonald, and Peter Cetera, already having hit number one with Gladys Knight & the Pips, Labelle, The Doobie Brothers, and Chicago, respectively, also earn their first number one songs as solo acts. Whitney Houston, Madonna, and Peter Cetera were the only acts to earn more than one number one song, with each of them hitting the top twice.

Key
Indicates best-performing single of 1986
No. Issue date[1] Song Artist(s)
587 January 4 "Say You, Say Me" Lionel Richie
January 11
588 January 18 "That's What Friends Are For" Dionne and Friends
January 25
February 1
February 8
589 February 15 "How Will I Know" Whitney Houston
February 22
590 March 1 "Kyrie" Mr. Mister
March 8
591 March 15 "Sara" Starship
592 March 22 "These Dreams" Heart
593 March 29 "Rock Me Amadeus" Falco
April 5
April 12
594 April 19 "Kiss" Prince and the Revolution
April 26
595 May 3 "Addicted to Love" Robert Palmer
596 May 10 "West End Girls" Pet Shop Boys
597 May 17 "Greatest Love of All" Whitney Houston
May 24
May 31
598 June 7 "Live to Tell" Madonna
599 June 14 "On My Own" Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald
June 21
June 28
600 July 5 "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" Billy Ocean
601 July 12 "Holding Back the Years" Simply Red
602 July 19 "Invisible Touch" Genesis
603 July 26 "Sledgehammer" Peter Gabriel
604 August 2 "Glory of Love" Peter Cetera
August 9
605 August 16 "Papa Don't Preach" Madonna
August 23
606 August 30 "Higher Love" Steve Winwood
607 September 6 "Venus" Bananarama
608 September 13 "Take My Breath Away" Berlin
609 September 20 "Stuck with You" Huey Lewis and the News
September 27
October 4
610 October 11 "When I Think of You" Janet Jackson
October 18
611 October 25 "True Colors" Cyndi Lauper
November 1
612 November 8 "Amanda" Boston
November 15
613 November 22 "Human" The Human League
614 November 29 "You Give Love a Bad Name" Bon Jovi
615 December 6 "The Next Time I Fall" Peter Cetera and Amy Grant
616 December 13 "The Way It Is" Bruce Hornsby & the Range
617 December 20 "Walk Like an Egyptian" The Bangles
December 27

See also

References
  1. "Billboard Charts Archive: Hot 100 – 1986 Archive". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 3, 2019. Retrieved October 3, 2019.

Additional sources
  • Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
  • Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
  • Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties (ISBN 0-89820-079-2)
  • Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.
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