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1
Waterfront
Waterfront - Simple Minds
Last week: 1, Peak: 1, Weeks: 5
Virgin/Universal
2
Maggie
Maggie - Foster & Allen
Last week: 3, Peak: 2, Weeks: 8
RCA/SonyMusic
3
Poi E
Poi E - Patea Maori Club
Peak: 3, Weeks: 1
WEA/Warner
4
Islands In The Stream
Islands In The Stream - Kenny Rogers And Dolly Parton
Last week: 4, Peak: 2, Weeks: 12RCA/SonyMusic
5
Come Back And Stay
Come Back And Stay - Paul Young
Last week: 2, Peak: 1, Weeks: 6
CBS
7
Give It Up
Give It Up - KC And The Sunshine Band
Last week: 8, Peak: 4, Weeks: 11CBS
8
Love Is A Battlefield
Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benatar
Last week: 6, Peak: 6, Weeks: 6FESTIVAL
9
Blue Monday
Blue Monday - New Order
Last week: 29, Peak: 2, Weeks: 36EMI
10
Power And The Passion
Power And The Passion - Midnight Oil
Last week: 14, Peak: 6, Weeks: 11CBS
11
Hey U The Rock Steady Crew
Hey U The Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew
Last week: 10, Peak: 5, Weeks: 5Virgin/Universal
12
Reckless Semantics
Reckless Semantics - Australian Crawl
Last week: 24, Peak: 12, Weeks: 5EMI
13
Freak A Zoid
Freak A Zoid - Midnight Star
Last week: 19, Peak: 3, Weeks: 11WEA/Warner
14
Uptown Girl
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
Last week: 11, Peak: 1, Weeks: 8CBS
15
Burning Down Thehouse
Burning Down Thehouse - Talking Heads
Last week: 5, Peak: 5, Weeks: 5WEA/Warner
16
Dancing With Myself
Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol
Last week: 16, Peak: 9, Weeks: 8FESTIVAL
17
Major Tom
Major Tom - Peter Schilling
Last week: 13, Peak: 13, Weeks: 2WEA/Warner
18
Say It Isn't So
Say It Isn't So - Hall And Oates
Last week: 21, Peak: 18, Weeks: 3RCA/SonyMusic
19
Bop Girl
Bop Girl - Pat Wilson
Last week: 20, Peak: 10, Weeks: 7WEA/Warner
20
Only You
Only You - Flying Pickets
Last week: 15, Peak: 9, Weeks: 4Virgin/Universal
21
Victims
Victims - Culture Club
Last week: 7, Peak: 7, Weeks: 3Virgin/Universal
22
Right By Your Side
Right By Your Side - Eurythmics
Last week: 9, Peak: 9, Weeks: 4RCA/SonyMusic
23
Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes
Last week: 23, Peak: 23, Weeks: 4WEA/Warner
24
An Innocent Man
An Innocent Man - Billy Joel
Last week: 27, Peak: 24, Weeks: 2CBS
25
Twist Of Fate
Twist Of Fate - Olivia Newton-John
Last week: 22, Peak: 22, Weeks: 4FESTIVAL
26
Rock It
Rock It - Herbie Hancock
Last week: 26, Peak: 7, Weeks: 8CBS
27
All Night Long
All Night Long - Lionel Richie
Last week: 17, Peak: 4, Weeks: 10POLYGRAM
28
Why Me
Why Me - Irene Cara
Peak: 28, Weeks: 1CBS
29
All Time High
All Time High - Rita Coolidge
Last week: 37, Peak: 26, Weeks: 4FESTIVAL
30
The Love Cats
The Love Cats - The Cure
Peak: 30, Weeks: 1Fiction/Universal
31
Let's Stay Together
Let's Stay Together - Tina Turner
Last week: 45, Peak: 31, Weeks: 2FESTIVAL
32
Karma Chameleon
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Last week: 25, Peak: 1, Weeks: 12Virgin/Universal
33
Original Sin
Original Sin - INXS
Last week: 41, Peak: 33, Weeks: 3WEA/Warner
34
Cum On Feel The Noize
Cum On Feel The Noize - Quiet Riot
Last week: 48, Peak: 34, Weeks: 2CBS
35
Who's That Girl
Who's That Girl - Eurythmics
Last week: 28, Peak: 13, Weeks: 15RCA/SonyMusic
36
Tonight I Celebrate My Love
Tonight I Celebrate My Love - Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack
Last week: 31, Peak: 11, Weeks: 13EMI
37
Holiday
Holiday - Madonna
Peak: 37, Weeks: 1WEA/Warner
38
Say Say Say
Say Say Say - Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney
Last week: 38, Peak: 10, Weeks: 12EMI
39
Radio Ga Ga
Radio Ga Ga - Queen
Peak: 39, Weeks: 1EMI
40
Confusion
Confusion - New Order
Last week: 42, Peak: 7, Weeks: 9EMI
41
Unconditional Love
Unconditional Love - Donna Summer
Peak: 41, Weeks: 4
POLYGRAM
42
Manuel Goodbye
Manuel Goodbye - Audrey Landers
Last week: 39, Peak: 3, Weeks: 16
FESTIVAL
43
Break My Stride
Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder
Peak: 43, Weeks: 1CBS
44
Hot In The City
Hot In The City - Billy Idol
Last week: 40, Peak: 5, Weeks: 16FESTIVAL
45
Strait Old Line
Strait Old Line - Split Enz
Last week: 18, Peak: 15, Weeks: 5POLYGRAM
46
Union Of The Snake
Union Of The Snake - Duran Duran
Last week: 33, Peak: 3, Weeks: 12EMI
47
4 Ad
4 Ad - Bauhaus
Last week: 30, Peak: 30, Weeks: 2Virgin/Universal
48
Please Don't Make Me Cry
Please Don't Make Me Cry - UB40
Peak: 41, Weeks: 3Virgin/Universal
49
Fields Of Fire
Fields Of Fire - Big Country
Last week: 43, Peak: 26, Weeks: 11POLYGRAM
50
Long Hot Summer
Long Hot Summer - Style Council
Last week: 35, Peak: 12, Weeks: 12POLYGRAM