List of number-one singles of 1986 (Ireland)

This is a list of singles which have reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart in 1986.

Week ending	Song	Artist
4 January	Thank You Very Much Mr Eastwood	Dermot Morgan
11 January
18 January	The Sun Always Shines on T.V.	a-ha
25 January	Walk of Life	Dire Straits
1 February	Borderline	Madonna
8 February	Only Love	Nana Mouskouri
15 February	When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going	Billy Ocean
22 February
1 March	Chain Reaction	Diana Ross
8 March
15 March	Absolute Beginners	David Bowie
22 March
29 March	Living Doll	Cliff Richard and The Young Ones
5 April
12 April
19 April
26 April	Rock Me Amadeus	Falco
3 May	Look Away	Big Country
10 May	Make It Work	Christy Moore, Paul Doran and the Self Aid Band
17 May	The Chicken Song	Spitting Image
24 May
31 May	Rollin' Home	Status Quo
7 June	Holding Back the Years	Simply Red
14 June	Spirit in the Sky	Doctor and the Medics
21 June	The Edge of Heaven	Wham!
28 June	Papa Don't Preach	Madonna
5 July
12 July	The Lady in Red	Chris de Burgh
19 July
26 July
2 August
9 August
16 August
23 August
30 August	I Want to Wake Up with You	Boris Gardiner
6 September
13 September	Don't Leave Me This Way	The Communards
20 September
27 September
4 October	True Blue	Madonna
11 October
18 October	In the Army Now	Status Quo
25 October	All I Ask of You	Cliff Richard and Sarah Brightman
1 November	Take My Breath Away	Berlin
8 November
15 November
22 November
29 November	The Final Countdown	Europe
6 December
13 December	Caravan of Love	The Housemartins
20 December
27 December

• 27 Number Ones
• Most weeks at No.1 (song): "The Lady in Red" - Chris de Burgh (7)
• Most weeks at No.1 (artist): Chris de Burgh (7)
• Most No.1s: Madonna (3)