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1
Waterfront
Waterfront - Simple Minds
Last week: 2, Peak: 1, Weeks: 4
Virgin/Universal
2
Come Back And Stay
Come Back And Stay - Paul Young
Last week: 1, Peak: 1, Weeks: 5
CBS
3
Maggie
Maggie - Foster & Allen
Last week: 11, Peak: 3, Weeks: 7RCA/SonyMusic
4
Islands In The Stream
Islands In The Stream - Kenny Rogers And Dolly Parton
Last week: 5, Peak: 2, Weeks: 11RCA/SonyMusic
5
Burning Down Thehouse
Burning Down Thehouse - Talking Heads
Last week: 10, Peak: 5, Weeks: 4WEA/Warner
6
Love Is A Battlefield
Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benatar
Last week: 8, Peak: 6, Weeks: 5FESTIVAL
7
Victims
Victims - Culture Club
Last week: 25, Peak: 7, Weeks: 2Virgin/Universal
8
Give It Up
Give It Up - KC And The Sunshine Band
Last week: 4, Peak: 4, Weeks: 10CBS
9
Right By Your Side
Right By Your Side - Eurythmics
Last week: 12, Peak: 9, Weeks: 3RCA/SonyMusic
10
Hey U The Rock Steady Crew
Hey U The Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew
Last week: 19, Peak: 5, Weeks: 4Virgin/Universal
11
Uptown Girl
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
Last week: 3, Peak: 1, Weeks: 7CBS
13
Major Tom
Major Tom - Peter Schilling
Peak: 13, Weeks: 1
WEA/Warner
14
Power And The Passion
Power And The Passion - Midnight Oil
Last week: 6, Peak: 6, Weeks: 10CBS
15
Only You
Only You - Flying Pickets
Last week: 9, Peak: 9, Weeks: 3Virgin/Universal
16
Dancing With Myself
Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol
Last week: 16, Peak: 9, Weeks: 7
FESTIVAL
17
All Night Long
All Night Long - Lionel Richie
Last week: 7, Peak: 4, Weeks: 9POLYGRAM
18
Strait Old Line
Strait Old Line - Split Enz
Last week: 15, Peak: 15, Weeks: 4
POLYGRAM
19
Freak A Zoid
Freak A Zoid - Midnight Star
Last week: 13, Peak: 3, Weeks: 10WEA/Warner
20
Bop Girl
Bop Girl - Pat Wilson
Last week: 18, Peak: 10, Weeks: 6WEA/Warner
21
Say It Isn't So
Say It Isn't So - Hall And Oates
Last week: 28, Peak: 21, Weeks: 2RCA/SonyMusic
22
Twist Of Fate
Twist Of Fate - Olivia Newton-John
Last week: 34, Peak: 22, Weeks: 3FESTIVAL
23
Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes
Last week: 23, Peak: 23, Weeks: 3WEA/Warner
24
Reckless Semantics
Reckless Semantics - Australian Crawl
Last week: 27, Peak: 24, Weeks: 4EMI
25
Karma Chameleon
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Last week: 22, Peak: 1, Weeks: 11Virgin/Universal
26
Rock It
Rock It - Herbie Hancock
Last week: 14, Peak: 7, Weeks: 7CBS
27
An Innocent Man
An Innocent Man - Billy Joel
Peak: 27, Weeks: 1CBS
28
Who's That Girl
Who's That Girl - Eurythmics
Last week: 30, Peak: 13, Weeks: 14RCA/SonyMusic
29
Blue Monday
Blue Monday - New Order
Last week: 21, Peak: 2, Weeks: 35EMI
30
4 Ad
4 Ad - Bauhaus
Peak: 30, Weeks: 1Virgin/Universal
31
Tonight I Celebrate My Love
Tonight I Celebrate My Love - Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack
Last week: 32, Peak: 11, Weeks: 12EMI
32
Safety Dance
Safety Dance - Men Without Hats
Last week: 37, Peak: 2, Weeks: 12WEA/Warner
33
Union Of The Snake
Union Of The Snake - Duran Duran
Last week: 33, Peak: 3, Weeks: 11EMI
34
In A Big Country
In A Big Country - Big Country
Last week: 44, Peak: 34, Weeks: 3POLYGRAM
35
Long Hot Summer
Long Hot Summer - Style Council
Last week: 36, Peak: 12, Weeks: 11POLYGRAM
36
2000 Miles
2000 Miles - Pretenders
Last week: 38, Peak: 36, Weeks: 3WEA/Warner
37
All Time High
All Time High - Rita Coolidge
Last week: 26, Peak: 26, Weeks: 3FESTIVAL
38
Say Say Say
Say Say Say - Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney
Last week: 39, Peak: 10, Weeks: 11EMI
39
Manuel Goodbye
Manuel Goodbye - Audrey Landers
Last week: 29, Peak: 3, Weeks: 15
FESTIVAL
40
Hot In The City
Hot In The City - Billy Idol
Last week: 24, Peak: 5, Weeks: 15FESTIVAL
41
Original Sin
Original Sin - INXS
Last week: 40, Peak: 40, Weeks: 2WEA/Warner
42
Confusion
Confusion - New Order
Last week: 20, Peak: 7, Weeks: 8EMI
43
Fields Of Fire
Fields Of Fire - Big Country
Last week: 43, Peak: 26, Weeks: 10POLYGRAM
45
Let's Stay Together
Let's Stay Together - Tina Turner
Peak: 45, Weeks: 1FESTIVAL
46
Putting On The Ritz
Putting On The Ritz - Taco
Last week: 48, Peak: 1, Weeks: 18
RCA/SonyMusic
47
Undercover Of The Night
Undercover Of The Night - Rolling Stones
Last week: 31, Peak: 10, Weeks: 8EMI
48
Cum On Feel The Noize
Cum On Feel The Noize - Quiet Riot
Peak: 48, Weeks: 1CBS
49
Life Begins At 40
Life Begins At 40 - Dave and the Dynamos
Peak: 1, Weeks: 21
CBS
50
It's So High
It's So High - Matt Fretton
Peak: 50, Weeks: 1FESTIVAL