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1
Karma Chameleon
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Last week: 1, Peak: 1, Weeks: 5
Virgin/Universal
2
Safety Dance
Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
Last week: 3, Peak: 2, Weeks: 6
WEA/Warner
3
Red Red Wine
Red Red Wine - UB40
Last week: 2, Peak: 1, Weeks: 9
Virgin/Universal
4
Union Of The Snake
Union Of The Snake - Duran Duran
Last week: 6, Peak: 3, Weeks: 5EMI
5
Islands In The Stream
Islands In The Stream - Kenny Rogers And Dolly Parton
Last week: 5, Peak: 5, Weeks: 5RCA/SonyMusic
6
Manuel Goodbye
Manuel Goodbye - Audrey Landers
Last week: 4, Peak: 3, Weeks: 9FESTIVAL
7
All Night Long
All Night Long - Lionel Richie
Last week: 10, Peak: 7, Weeks: 3POLYGRAM
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Confusion
Confusion - New Order
Last week: 7, Peak: 7, Weeks: 2EMI
9
Hot In The City
Hot In The City - Billy Idol
Last week: 8, Peak: 5, Weeks: 9FESTIVAL
10
Undercover Of The Night
Undercover Of The Night - Rolling Stones
Last week: 32, Peak: 10, Weeks: 2EMI
11
Modern Love
Modern Love - David Bowie
Last week: 11, Peak: 6, Weeks: 9EMI
12
Long Hot Summer
Long Hot Summer - Style Council
Last week: 13, Peak: 12, Weeks: 5POLYGRAM
13
Say Say Say
Say Say Say - Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney
Last week: 14, Peak: 12, Weeks: 5EMI
14
Give It Up
Give It Up - KC And The Sunshine Band
Last week: 27, Peak: 14, Weeks: 4CBS
15
Blue Monday
Blue Monday - New Order
Last week: 16, Peak: 2, Weeks: 29EMI
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Rock It
Rock It - Herbie Hancock
Peak: 16, Weeks: 1
CBS
17
Freak A Zoid
Freak A Zoid - Midnight Star
Last week: 18, Peak: 17, Weeks: 4WEA/Warner
18
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone - Coconut Rough
Last week: 19, Peak: 5, Weeks: 14
FESTIVAL
19
Perfect
Perfect - The The
Peak: 19, Weeks: 1CBS
20
Big Log
Big Log - Robert Plant
Last week: 17, Peak: 7, Weeks: 10WEA/Warner
21
Tonight I Celebrate My Love
Tonight I Celebrate My Love - Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack
Last week: 15, Peak: 11, Weeks: 6EMI
22
Putting On The Ritz
Putting On The Ritz - Taco
Last week: 9, Peak: 1, Weeks: 12RCA/SonyMusic
23
Gold
Gold - Spandau Ballet
Last week: 12, Peak: 8, Weeks: 4FESTIVAL
24
Everyday I Write The Book
Everyday I Write The Book - Elvis Costello
Last week: 20, Peak: 20, Weeks: 6RCA/SonyMusic
25
Dancing With Myself
Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol
Peak: 25, Weeks: 1FESTIVAL
26
Who's That Girl
Who's That Girl - Eurythmics
Last week: 23, Peak: 13, Weeks: 8RCA/SonyMusic
27
Tell Her About It
Tell Her About It - Billy Joel
Last week: 21, Peak: 12, Weeks: 10CBS
28
Know Your Own Heart
Know Your Own Heart - Dance Exponents
Last week: 44, Peak: 19, Weeks: 5FESTIVAL
29
Mama
Mama - Genesis
Last week: 35, Peak: 29, Weeks: 3POLYGRAM
30
Fields Of Fire
Fields Of Fire - Big Country
Last week: 29, Peak: 26, Weeks: 5POLYGRAM
31
Power And The Passion
Power And The Passion - Midnight Oil
Last week: 40, Peak: 31, Weeks: 4CBS
32
I.O.U.
I.O.U. - Freeez
Last week: 22, Peak: 4, Weeks: 14BMG
33
Uptown Girl
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
Peak: 33, Weeks: 0CBS
34
Club Tropicana
Club Tropicana - Wham!
Last week: 26, Peak: 26, Weeks: 5CBS
35
Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding - Robert Wyatt
Last week: 37, Peak: 27, Weeks: 6EMI
36
White Wedding
White Wedding - Billy Idol
Last week: 33, Peak: 5, Weeks: 22FESTIVAL
37
Don't Talk To Me About Love
Don't Talk To Me About Love - Altered Images
Last week: 25, Peak: 6, Weeks: 17CBS
38
You And Your Lover
You And Your Lover - Engelbert Humperdinck
Last week: 38, Peak: 29, Weeks: 12CBS
39
True
True - Spandau Ballet
Last week: 42, Peak: 4, Weeks: 18FESTIVAL
40
Wherever I Lay My Hat
Wherever I Lay My Hat - Paul Young
Last week: 24, Peak: 4, Weeks: 12CBS
41
Maggie
Maggie - Foster & Allen
Peak: 41, Weeks: 1RCA/SonyMusic
42
(She's) Sexy And 17
(She's) Sexy And 17 - Stray Cats
Last week: 41, Peak: 41, Weeks: 3FESTIVAL
43
Big Apple (Metro Mix)
Big Apple (Metro Mix) - Kajagoogoo
Last week: 31, Peak: 31, Weeks: 3EMI
44
Delirious
Delirious - Prince
Last week: 48, Peak: 33, Weeks: 6WEA/Warner
45
Send Me An Angel
Send Me An Angel - Real Life
Last week: 30, Peak: 1, Weeks: 19Universal
46
Uptown Girl
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
Peak: 33, Weeks: 1CBS
47
Midnight
Midnight - Hammond Gamble
Peak: 38, Weeks: 3
Liberation/Universal
48
I Am The Need
I Am The Need - Terror of Tinytown
Peak: 48, Weeks: 1UNIVERSAL
49
Wrapped Around Your Finger
Wrapped Around Your Finger - The Police
Peak: 22, Weeks: 8FESTIVAL
50
Dance On
Dance On - Dave McArtney & The Pink Flamingos
Last week: 47, Peak: 47, Weeks: 2CBS