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1
Karma Chameleon
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Last week: 1, Peak: 1, Weeks: 3
Virgin/Universal
2
Red Red Wine
Red Red Wine - UB40
Last week: 2, Peak: 1, Weeks: 7Virgin/Universal
3
Union Of The Snake
Union Of The Snake - Duran Duran
Last week: 4, Peak: 3, Weeks: 3
EMI
4
Manuel Goodbye
Manuel Goodbye - Audrey Landers
Last week: 3, Peak: 3, Weeks: 7
FESTIVAL
5
Islands In The Stream
Islands In The Stream - Kenny Rogers And Dolly Parton
Last week: 10, Peak: 5, Weeks: 3RCA/SonyMusic
6
Safety Dance
Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
Last week: 5, Peak: 5, Weeks: 4WEA/Warner
7
Hot In The City
Hot In The City - Billy Idol
Last week: 7, Peak: 5, Weeks: 7FESTIVAL
8
Modern Love
Modern Love - David Bowie
Last week: 11, Peak: 6, Weeks: 7EMI
9
Gold
Gold - Spandau Ballet
Last week: 8, Peak: 8, Weeks: 2FESTIVAL
10
Putting On The Ritz
Putting On The Ritz - Taco
Last week: 6, Peak: 1, Weeks: 10RCA/SonyMusic
11
Tonight I Celebrate My Love
Tonight I Celebrate My Love - Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack
Last week: 19, Peak: 11, Weeks: 4EMI
12
Tell Her About It
Tell Her About It - Billy Joel
Last week: 13, Peak: 12, Weeks: 8CBS
13
Blue Monday
Blue Monday - New Order
Last week: 16, Peak: 2, Weeks: 27EMI
14
Long Hot Summer
Long Hot Summer - Style Council
Last week: 15, Peak: 14, Weeks: 3POLYGRAM
15
Say Say Say
Say Say Say - Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney
Last week: 12, Peak: 12, Weeks: 3EMI
16
I.O.U.
I.O.U. - Freeez
Last week: 9, Peak: 4, Weeks: 12BMG
17
Who's That Girl
Who's That Girl - Eurythmics
Last week: 20, Peak: 13, Weeks: 6RCA/SonyMusic
18
Big Log
Big Log - Robert Plant
Last week: 14, Peak: 7, Weeks: 8WEA/Warner
19
Know Your Own Heart
Know Your Own Heart - Dance Exponents
Last week: 24, Peak: 19, Weeks: 3
FESTIVAL
20
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone - Coconut Rough
Last week: 25, Peak: 5, Weeks: 12FESTIVAL
21
Wherever I Lay My Hat
Wherever I Lay My Hat - Paul Young
Last week: 18, Peak: 4, Weeks: 10CBS
22
Everyday I Write The Book
Everyday I Write The Book - Elvis Costello
Last week: 34, Peak: 22, Weeks: 4RCA/SonyMusic
23
Don't Talk To Me About Love
Don't Talk To Me About Love - Altered Images
Last week: 21, Peak: 6, Weeks: 15CBS
24
All Night Long
All Night Long - Lionel Richie
Peak: 24, Weeks: 1
POLYGRAM
25
Send Me An Angel
Send Me An Angel - Real Life
Last week: 22, Peak: 1, Weeks: 17Universal
26
Fields Of Fire
Fields Of Fire - Big Country
Last week: 26, Peak: 26, Weeks: 3POLYGRAM
27
Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding - Robert Wyatt
Last week: 32, Peak: 27, Weeks: 4EMI
28
Club Tropicana
Club Tropicana - Wham!
Last week: 27, Peak: 27, Weeks: 3CBS
29
Double Dutch
Double Dutch - Malcolm McLaren
Last week: 17, Peak: 10, Weeks: 11POLYGRAM
30
Life Begins At 40
Life Begins At 40 - Dave and the Dynamos
Last week: 28, Peak: 1, Weeks: 15
CBS
31
Dreaming In A Life
Dreaming In A Life - The Body Electric
Last week: 31, Peak: 31, Weeks: 4JAY
32
Two Hearts Beat As One
Two Hearts Beat As One - U2
Peak: 16, Weeks: 11
FESTIVAL
33
Making Love Out Of Nothing At All
Making Love Out Of Nothing At All - Air Supply
Last week: 43, Peak: 24, Weeks: 4WEA/Warner
34
White Wedding
White Wedding - Billy Idol
Last week: 42, Peak: 5, Weeks: 20FESTIVAL
35
Mama
Mama - Genesis
Peak: 35, Weeks: 1POLYGRAM
36
Suddenly Last Summer
Suddenly Last Summer - The Motels
Peak: 28, Weeks: 4EMI
37
The Man Whose Head Expanded
The Man Whose Head Expanded - The Fall
Last week: 35, Peak: 35, Weeks: 2EMI
38
Midnight
Midnight - Hammond Gamble
Peak: 38, Weeks: 2Liberation/Universal
39
Maniac
Maniac - Michael Sembello
Last week: 23, Peak: 7, Weeks: 10POLYGRAM
40
Power And The Passion
Power And The Passion - Midnight Oil
Peak: 40, Weeks: 2CBS
41
Give It Up
Give It Up - KC And The Sunshine Band
Last week: 36, Peak: 36, Weeks: 2CBS
42
(She's) Sexy And 17
(She's) Sexy And 17 - Stray Cats
Peak: 42, Weeks: 1FESTIVAL
43
Freak A Zoid
Freak A Zoid - Midnight Star
Last week: 29, Peak: 29, Weeks: 2WEA/Warner
44
Never Say Die
Never Say Die - Cliff Richard
Last week: 50, Peak: 44, Weeks: 4EMI
45
You And Your Lover
You And Your Lover - Engelbert Humperdinck
Last week: 48, Peak: 29, Weeks: 10CBS
46
Moonlight Shadow
Moonlight Shadow - Mike Oldfield And Maggie Reilly
Last week: 45, Peak: 3, Weeks: 14Virgin/Universal
47
Big Apple (Metro Mix)
Big Apple (Metro Mix) - Kajagoogoo
Peak: 47, Weeks: 1EMI
48
She Works Hard For The Money
She Works Hard For The Money - Donna Summer
Last week: 40, Peak: 23, Weeks: 16POLYGRAM
49
True
True - Spandau Ballet
Last week: 30, Peak: 4, Weeks: 16FESTIVAL
50
Unconditional Love
Unconditional Love - Donna Summer
Last week: 44, Peak: 44, Weeks: 2POLYGRAM