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1
Maggie
Maggie - Foster & Allen
Last week: 1, Peak: 1, Weeks: 10RCA/SonyMusic
2
Poi E
Poi E - Patea Maori Club
Last week: 6, Peak: 2, Weeks: 3WEA/Warner
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Islands In The Stream
Islands In The Stream - Kenny Rogers And Dolly Parton
Last week: 2, Peak: 2, Weeks: 14RCA/SonyMusic
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Radio Ga Ga
Radio Ga Ga - Queen
Last week: 10, Peak: 4, Weeks: 3EMI
5
Power And The Passion
Power And The Passion - Midnight Oil
Last week: 4, Peak: 4, Weeks: 13CBS
6
Waterfront
Waterfront - Simple Minds
Last week: 3, Peak: 1, Weeks: 7Virgin/Universal
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Give It Up
Give It Up - KC And The Sunshine Band
Last week: 5, Peak: 4, Weeks: 13CBS
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Love Is A Battlefield
Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benatar
Last week: 8, Peak: 6, Weeks: 8FESTIVAL
9
Let's Stay Together
Let's Stay Together - Tina Turner
Last week: 25, Peak: 9, Weeks: 4FESTIVAL
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Break My Stride
Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder
Last week: 29, Peak: 11, Weeks: 3CBS
12
Reckless Semantics
Reckless Semantics - Australian Crawl
Last week: 13, Peak: 12, Weeks: 7EMI
13
Holiday
Holiday - Madonna
Last week: 12, Peak: 12, Weeks: 3WEA/Warner
14
Come Back And Stay
Come Back And Stay - Paul Young
Last week: 9, Peak: 1, Weeks: 8CBS
15
Freak A Zoid
Freak A Zoid - Midnight Star
Last week: 18, Peak: 3, Weeks: 13WEA/Warner
16
Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes
Last week: 16, Peak: 16, Weeks: 6WEA/Warner
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Major Tom
Major Tom - Peter Schilling
Last week: 15, Peak: 13, Weeks: 4WEA/Warner
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Burning Down Thehouse
Burning Down Thehouse - Talking Heads
Last week: 23, Peak: 5, Weeks: 7WEA/Warner
19
Victims
Victims - Culture Club
Last week: 14, Peak: 7, Weeks: 5Virgin/Universal
20
Blue Monday
Blue Monday - New Order
Last week: 11, Peak: 2, Weeks: 38EMI
21
Only You
Only You - Flying Pickets
Last week: 22, Peak: 9, Weeks: 6Virgin/Universal
22
Say It Isn't So
Say It Isn't So - Hall And Oates
Last week: 33, Peak: 18, Weeks: 5RCA/SonyMusic
23
Hey U The Rock Steady Crew
Hey U The Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew
Last week: 19, Peak: 5, Weeks: 7Virgin/Universal
24
Why Me
Why Me - Irene Cara
Last week: 38, Peak: 24, Weeks: 3CBS
25
An Innocent Man
An Innocent Man - Billy Joel
Last week: 28, Peak: 24, Weeks: 4CBS
26
The Love Cats
The Love Cats - The Cure
Last week: 31, Peak: 26, Weeks: 3Fiction/Universal
27
Dancing With Myself
Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol
Last week: 20, Peak: 9, Weeks: 10FESTIVAL
28
Bop Girl
Bop Girl - Pat Wilson
Last week: 27, Peak: 10, Weeks: 9WEA/Warner
29
All Night Long
All Night Long - Lionel Richie
Last week: 26, Peak: 4, Weeks: 12POLYGRAM
30
Twist Of Fate
Twist Of Fate - Olivia Newton-John
Last week: 30, Peak: 22, Weeks: 6FESTIVAL
31
Uptown Girl
Uptown Girl - Billy Joel
Last week: 21, Peak: 1, Weeks: 10CBS
32
Right By Your Side
Right By Your Side - Eurythmics
Last week: 17, Peak: 9, Weeks: 6RCA/SonyMusic
33
Running With The Night
Running With The Night - Lionel Richie
Peak: 33, Weeks: 1POLYGRAM
34
Cum On Feel The Noize
Cum On Feel The Noize - Quiet Riot
Last week: 39, Peak: 34, Weeks: 4CBS
35
Nobody Told Me
Nobody Told Me - John Lennon
Last week: 34, Peak: 34, Weeks: 2POLYGRAM
36
Pokarekareana
Pokarekareana - Richard Clayderman
Last week: 49, Peak: 36, Weeks: 2WEA/Warner
37
Rock It
Rock It - Herbie Hancock
Last week: 35, Peak: 7, Weeks: 10CBS
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Unconditional Love
Unconditional Love - Donna Summer
Last week: 24, Peak: 24, Weeks: 6POLYGRAM
39
Original Sin
Original Sin - INXS
Last week: 44, Peak: 33, Weeks: 5WEA/Warner
40
Fields Of Fire
Fields Of Fire - Big Country
Last week: 45, Peak: 26, Weeks: 13POLYGRAM
41
Talking In Your Sleep
Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics
Peak: 41, Weeks: 1CBS
42
Karma Chameleon
Karma Chameleon - Culture Club
Peak: 1, Weeks: 13Virgin/Universal
43
All Time High
All Time High - Rita Coolidge
Last week: 47, Peak: 26, Weeks: 6FESTIVAL
44
Strait Old Line
Strait Old Line - Split Enz
Last week: 36, Peak: 15, Weeks: 7POLYGRAM
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Confusion
Confusion - New Order
Last week: 42, Peak: 7, Weeks: 11EMI
46
Hot In The City
Hot In The City - Billy Idol
Last week: 46, Peak: 5, Weeks: 18FESTIVAL
47
In A Big Country
In A Big Country - Big Country
Last week: 37, Peak: 34, Weeks: 5POLYGRAM
48
Please Don't Make Me Cry
Please Don't Make Me Cry - UB40
Peak: 41, Weeks: 4Virgin/Universal
49
Tonight I Celebrate My Love
Tonight I Celebrate My Love - Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack
Last week: 50, Peak: 11, Weeks: 15EMI
50
She's Got Sex
She's Got Sex - Joboxers
Peak: 50, Weeks: 1RCA/SonyMusic