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1
Karma Chameleon
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Peak: 1, Weeks: 1
Virgin/Universal
2
Red Red Wine
Red Red Wine - UB40
Last week: 1, Peak: 1, Weeks: 5
Virgin/Universal
3
Manuel Goodbye
Manuel Goodbye - Audrey Landers
Last week: 3, Peak: 3, Weeks: 5
FESTIVAL
4
Putting On The Ritz
Putting On The Ritz - Taco
Last week: 2, Peak: 1, Weeks: 8RCA/SonyMusic
5
Hot In The City
Hot In The City - Billy Idol
Last week: 6, Peak: 5, Weeks: 5
FESTIVAL
6
Modern Love
Modern Love - David Bowie
Last week: 9, Peak: 6, Weeks: 5EMI
7
Maniac
Maniac - Michael Sembello
Last week: 8, Peak: 7, Weeks: 8POLYGRAM
8
Wherever I Lay My Hat
Wherever I Lay My Hat - Paul Young
Last week: 4, Peak: 4, Weeks: 8CBS
9
Islands In The Stream
Islands In The Stream - Kenny Rogers And Dolly Parton
Peak: 9, Weeks: 1RCA/SonyMusic
10
I.O.U.
I.O.U. - Freeez
Last week: 5, Peak: 4, Weeks: 10BMG
11
Don't Talk To Me About Love
Don't Talk To Me About Love - Altered Images
Last week: 12, Peak: 6, Weeks: 13CBS
12
Big Log
Big Log - Robert Plant
Last week: 10, Peak: 7, Weeks: 6WEA/Warner
13
Send Me An Angel
Send Me An Angel - Real Life
Last week: 7, Peak: 1, Weeks: 15Universal
14
Long Hot Summer
Long Hot Summer - Style Council
Peak: 14, Weeks: 1POLYGRAM
15
Tell Her About It
Tell Her About It - Billy Joel
Last week: 15, Peak: 15, Weeks: 6CBS
16
Blue Monday
Blue Monday - New Order
Last week: 17, Peak: 2, Weeks: 25EMI
17
Who's That Girl
Who's That Girl - Eurythmics
Last week: 13, Peak: 13, Weeks: 4RCA/SonyMusic
18
Double Dutch
Double Dutch - Malcolm McLaren
Last week: 19, Peak: 10, Weeks: 9POLYGRAM
19
Union Of The Snake
Union Of The Snake - Duran Duran
Peak: 19, Weeks: 1EMI
20
Safety Dance
Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
Last week: 11, Peak: 11, Weeks: 2WEA/Warner
21
Tonight I Celebrate My Love
Tonight I Celebrate My Love - Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack
Last week: 26, Peak: 21, Weeks: 2EMI
22
Know Your Own Heart
Know Your Own Heart - Dance Exponents
Peak: 22, Weeks: 1
FESTIVAL
23
Life Begins At 40
Life Begins At 40 - Dave and the Dynamos
Last week: 16, Peak: 1, Weeks: 13CBS
24
Making Love Out Of Nothing At All
Making Love Out Of Nothing At All - Air Supply
Peak: 24, Weeks: 2
WEA/Warner
25
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone - Coconut Rough
Last week: 20, Peak: 5, Weeks: 10FESTIVAL
26
Wrapped Around Your Finger
Wrapped Around Your Finger - The Police
Last week: 22, Peak: 22, Weeks: 6FESTIVAL
27
Club Tropicana
Club Tropicana - Wham!
Peak: 27, Weeks: 1CBS
28
Moonlight Shadow
Moonlight Shadow - Mike Oldfield And Maggie Reilly
Last week: 18, Peak: 3, Weeks: 12Virgin/Universal
29
Flashdance
Flashdance - Irene Cara
Last week: 25, Peak: 1, Weeks: 15POLYGRAM
30
Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding - Robert Wyatt
Last week: 33, Peak: 30, Weeks: 2EMI
31
Juicy Fruit
Juicy Fruit - Mtume
Last week: 40, Peak: 31, Weeks: 5CBS
32
Say Say Say
Say Say Say - Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney
Peak: 32, Weeks: 1EMI
33
Human Nature
Human Nature - Michael Jackson
Last week: 39, Peak: 33, Weeks: 5CBS
34
Nobodys Diary
Nobodys Diary - Yazoo
Last week: 21, Peak: 14, Weeks: 10RCA/SonyMusic
35
1999
1999 - Prince
Last week: 27, Peak: 4, Weeks: 13WEA/Warner
36
Suddenly Last Summer
Suddenly Last Summer - The Motels
Last week: 28, Peak: 28, Weeks: 3EMI
37
Radio We Are Not Kidding
Radio We Are Not Kidding - E.C.F.
Last week: 14, Peak: 14, Weeks: 2XXX
38
Dreaming In A Life
Dreaming In A Life - The Body Electric
Last week: 43, Peak: 38, Weeks: 2JAY
39
You And Your Lover
You And Your Lover - Engelbert Humperdinck
Last week: 29, Peak: 29, Weeks: 8CBS
40
Promises, Promises
Promises, Promises - Naked Eyes
Last week: 30, Peak: 15, Weeks: 9EMI
41
True
True - Spandau Ballet
Last week: 23, Peak: 4, Weeks: 14FESTIVAL
42
Two Hearts Beat As One
Two Hearts Beat As One - U2
Last week: 36, Peak: 16, Weeks: 10FESTIVAL
43
Delirious
Delirious - Prince
Last week: 34, Peak: 34, Weeks: 3WEA/Warner
44
Waiting For A Train
Waiting For A Train - Flash & The Pan
Peak: 26, Weeks: 7EMI
45
Everyday I Write The Book
Everyday I Write The Book - Elvis Costello
Last week: 35, Peak: 35, Weeks: 2RCA/SonyMusic
46
Sweet Dreams Are (Made Of This)
Sweet Dreams Are (Made Of This) - Eurythmics
Last week: 41, Peak: 2, Weeks: 17RCA/SonyMusic
47
Midnight
Midnight - Hammond Gamble
Peak: 47, Weeks: 1Liberation/Universal
48
Never Say Die
Never Say Die - Cliff Richard
Last week: 48, Peak: 48, Weeks: 2EMI
49
White Wedding
White Wedding - Billy Idol
Last week: 31, Peak: 5, Weeks: 18FESTIVAL
50
Power And The Passion
Power And The Passion - Midnight Oil
Peak: 50, Weeks: 1CBS