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1
Karma Chameleon
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Last week: 1, Peak: 1, Weeks: 6
Virgin/Universal
2
Safety Dance
Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
Last week: 2, Peak: 2, Weeks: 7WEA/Warner
3
Islands In The Stream
Islands In The Stream - Kenny Rogers And Dolly Parton
Last week: 5, Peak: 3, Weeks: 6
RCA/SonyMusic
4
Manuel Goodbye
Manuel Goodbye - Audrey Landers
Last week: 6, Peak: 3, Weeks: 10
FESTIVAL
5
Union Of The Snake
Union Of The Snake - Duran Duran
Last week: 4, Peak: 3, Weeks: 6
EMI
6
Red Red Wine
Red Red Wine - UB40
Last week: 3, Peak: 1, Weeks: 10Virgin/Universal
7
All Night Long
All Night Long - Lionel Richie
Last week: 7, Peak: 7, Weeks: 4POLYGRAM
8
Uptown Girl
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
Last week: 46, Peak: 8, Weeks: 2CBS
9
Give It Up
Give It Up - KC And The Sunshine Band
Last week: 14, Peak: 9, Weeks: 5CBS
10
Freak A Zoid
Freak A Zoid - Midnight Star
Last week: 17, Peak: 10, Weeks: 5WEA/Warner
11
Modern Love
Modern Love - David Bowie
Last week: 11, Peak: 6, Weeks: 10EMI
12
Undercover Of The Night
Undercover Of The Night - Rolling Stones
Last week: 10, Peak: 10, Weeks: 3EMI
13
Confusion
Confusion - New Order
Last week: 8, Peak: 7, Weeks: 3EMI
14
Blue Monday
Blue Monday - New Order
Last week: 15, Peak: 2, Weeks: 30EMI
15
Rock It
Rock It - Herbie Hancock
Last week: 16, Peak: 15, Weeks: 2CBS
16
Say Say Say
Say Say Say - Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney
Last week: 13, Peak: 12, Weeks: 6EMI
17
Long Hot Summer
Long Hot Summer - Style Council
Last week: 12, Peak: 12, Weeks: 6POLYGRAM
18
Hot In The City
Hot In The City - Billy Idol
Last week: 9, Peak: 5, Weeks: 10FESTIVAL
19
Dancing With Myself
Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol
Last week: 25, Peak: 19, Weeks: 2FESTIVAL
20
Bop Girl
Bop Girl - Pat Wilson
Peak: 20, Weeks: 1
WEA/Warner
21
Big Log
Big Log - Robert Plant
Last week: 20, Peak: 7, Weeks: 11WEA/Warner
22
Tonight I Celebrate My Love
Tonight I Celebrate My Love - Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack
Last week: 21, Peak: 11, Weeks: 7EMI
23
I.O.U.
I.O.U. - Freeez
Last week: 32, Peak: 4, Weeks: 15BMG
24
Everyday I Write The Book
Everyday I Write The Book - Elvis Costello
Last week: 24, Peak: 20, Weeks: 7RCA/SonyMusic
25
Putting On The Ritz
Putting On The Ritz - Taco
Last week: 22, Peak: 1, Weeks: 13RCA/SonyMusic
26
Gold
Gold - Spandau Ballet
Last week: 23, Peak: 8, Weeks: 5FESTIVAL
27
Club Tropicana
Club Tropicana - Wham!
Last week: 34, Peak: 26, Weeks: 6CBS
28
Tell Her About It
Tell Her About It - Billy Joel
Last week: 27, Peak: 12, Weeks: 11CBS
29
Dance On
Dance On - Dave McArtney & The Pink Flamingos
Last week: 50, Peak: 29, Weeks: 3
CBS
30
Mama
Mama - Genesis
Last week: 29, Peak: 29, Weeks: 4POLYGRAM
31
Maggie
Maggie - Foster & Allen
Last week: 41, Peak: 31, Weeks: 2RCA/SonyMusic
32
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone - Coconut Rough
Last week: 18, Peak: 5, Weeks: 15FESTIVAL
33
Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding - Robert Wyatt
Last week: 35, Peak: 27, Weeks: 7EMI
34
Power And The Passion
Power And The Passion - Midnight Oil
Last week: 31, Peak: 31, Weeks: 5CBS
35
Fields Of Fire
Fields Of Fire - Big Country
Last week: 30, Peak: 26, Weeks: 6POLYGRAM
36
Who's That Girl
Who's That Girl - Eurythmics
Last week: 26, Peak: 13, Weeks: 9RCA/SonyMusic
37
Perfect
Perfect - The The
Last week: 19, Peak: 19, Weeks: 2CBS
38
Wherever I Lay My Hat
Wherever I Lay My Hat - Paul Young
Last week: 40, Peak: 4, Weeks: 13CBS
39
Making Love Out Of Nothing At All
Making Love Out Of Nothing At All - Air Supply
Peak: 24, Weeks: 6
WEA/Warner
40
Life Begins At 40
Life Begins At 40 - Dave and the Dynamos
Peak: 1, Weeks: 17CBS
41
Don't Forget To Dance
Don't Forget To Dance - The Kinks
Peak: 38, Weeks: 4FESTIVAL
42
(She's) Sexy And 17
(She's) Sexy And 17 - Stray Cats
Last week: 42, Peak: 41, Weeks: 4FESTIVAL
43
Don't Talk To Me About Love
Don't Talk To Me About Love - Altered Images
Last week: 37, Peak: 6, Weeks: 18CBS
44
Popcorn Love
Popcorn Love - New Edition
Peak: 44, Weeks: 1POLYGRAM
45
White Wedding
White Wedding - Billy Idol
Last week: 36, Peak: 5, Weeks: 23FESTIVAL
46
Never Say Die
Never Say Die - Cliff Richard
Peak: 44, Weeks: 6EMI
47
Suddenly Last Summer
Suddenly Last Summer - The Motels
Peak: 28, Weeks: 6EMI
48
Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence
Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence - Ruichi Sakamoto
Peak: 48, Weeks: 1Virgin/Universal
49
Is It Love
Is It Love - Gang of Four
Peak: 49, Weeks: 1EMI
50
Big Apple (Metro Mix)
Big Apple (Metro Mix) - Kajagoogoo
Last week: 43, Peak: 31, Weeks: 4EMI