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