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1
Poi E
Poi E - Patea Maori Club
Last week: 2, Peak: 1, Weeks: 6
WEA/Warner
2
Maggie
Maggie - Foster & Allen
Last week: 1, Peak: 1, Weeks: 13
RCA/SonyMusic
3
Break My Stride
Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder
Last week: 4, Peak: 3, Weeks: 6CBS
4
Let's Stay Together
Let's Stay Together - Tina Turner
Last week: 5, Peak: 4, Weeks: 7FESTIVAL
5
Rebel Yell
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
Last week: 41, Peak: 5, Weeks: 2FESTIVAL
6
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Last week: 3, Peak: 1, Weeks: 18RTC
Apple
7
Islands In The Stream
Islands In The Stream - Kenny Rogers And Dolly Parton
Last week: 9, Peak: 2, Weeks: 17RCA/SonyMusic
8
Radio Ga Ga
Radio Ga Ga - Queen
Last week: 6, Peak: 4, Weeks: 6EMI
9
Joanna
Joanna - Kool & The Gang
Peak: 9, Weeks: 1
POLYGRAM
10
Ceremony
Ceremony - New Order
Last week: 7, Peak: 7, Weeks: 3EMI
11
Power And The Passion
Power And The Passion - Midnight Oil
Last week: 10, Peak: 4, Weeks: 16CBS
12
Reckless Semantics
Reckless Semantics - Australian Crawl
Last week: 8, Peak: 8, Weeks: 10EMI
13
Relax
Relax - Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Last week: 11, Peak: 10, Weeks: 3FESTIVAL
14
Holiday
Holiday - Madonna
Last week: 14, Peak: 7, Weeks: 6
WEA/Warner
15
99 Luftballoons
99 Luftballoons - Nena
Peak: 15, Weeks: 1CBS
16
Blue Monday
Blue Monday - New Order
Last week: 13, Peak: 2, Weeks: 41EMI
17
Victims
Victims - Culture Club
Last week: 24, Peak: 7, Weeks: 8Virgin/Universal
18
Confusion
Confusion - New Order
Last week: 44, Peak: 7, Weeks: 14EMI
19
Killing Moon
Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen
Last week: 15, Peak: 15, Weeks: 3WEA/Warner
20
Talking In Your Sleep
Talking In Your Sleep - The Romantics
Last week: 21, Peak: 20, Weeks: 4CBS
21
Burning Down Thehouse
Burning Down Thehouse - Talking Heads
Last week: 17, Peak: 5, Weeks: 10WEA/Warner
22
Original Sin
Original Sin - INXS
Last week: 31, Peak: 22, Weeks: 8WEA/Warner
24
An Innocent Man
An Innocent Man - Billy Joel
Last week: 26, Peak: 24, Weeks: 7CBS
25
Waterfront
Waterfront - Simple Minds
Last week: 19, Peak: 1, Weeks: 10Virgin/Universal
26
Pokarekareana
Pokarekareana - Richard Clayderman
Last week: 40, Peak: 26, Weeks: 5WEA/Warner
27
Love Is A Battlefield
Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benatar
Last week: 16, Peak: 6, Weeks: 11FESTIVAL
28
Jump
Jump - Van Halen
Peak: 28, Weeks: 1WEA/Warner
29
Politics Of Dancing
Politics Of Dancing - Re-Flex
Last week: 12, Peak: 12, Weeks: 2EMI
30
Give It Up
Give It Up - KC And The Sunshine Band
Last week: 22, Peak: 4, Weeks: 16CBS
31
It's Your Turn
It's Your Turn - Delegation
Last week: 25, Peak: 25, Weeks: 3CBS
32
Major Tom
Major Tom - Peter Schilling
Last week: 23, Peak: 13, Weeks: 7WEA/Warner
33
Freak A Zoid
Freak A Zoid - Midnight Star
Last week: 27, Peak: 3, Weeks: 16WEA/Warner
34
Come Back And Stay
Come Back And Stay - Paul Young
Last week: 18, Peak: 1, Weeks: 11CBS
35
Hold Me Now
Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins
Last week: 47, Peak: 35, Weeks: 3FESTIVAL
36
Why Me
Why Me - Irene Cara
Last week: 28, Peak: 24, Weeks: 6CBS
37
The Love Cats
The Love Cats - The Cure
Last week: 33, Peak: 23, Weeks: 6Fiction/Universal
38
Dancing With Myself
Dancing With Myself - Billy Idol
Last week: 38, Peak: 9, Weeks: 13FESTIVAL
40
Kiss The Bride
Kiss The Bride - Elton John
Last week: 35, Peak: 32, Weeks: 3POLYGRAM
41
Nobody Told Me
Nobody Told Me - John Lennon
Last week: 37, Peak: 34, Weeks: 5POLYGRAM
42
Hey U The Rock Steady Crew
Hey U The Rock Steady Crew - Rock Steady Crew
Last week: 30, Peak: 5, Weeks: 10Virgin/Universal
43
Queensryche
Queensryche - Queensryche
Last week: 36, Peak: 36, Weeks: 2EMI
44
Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Yes
Last week: 29, Peak: 16, Weeks: 9WEA/Warner
45
White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)
White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) - Grandmaster & Melle Mel
Peak: 45, Weeks: 1RCA/SonyMusic
46
All Night Long
All Night Long - Lionel Richie
Last week: 48, Peak: 4, Weeks: 15POLYGRAM
47
Running With The Night
Running With The Night - Lionel Richie
Last week: 42, Peak: 33, Weeks: 4POLYGRAM
48
I Still Can't Get Over Loving You
I Still Can't Get Over Loving You - Ray Parker Jnr
Peak: 48, Weeks: 1FESTIVAL
49
This Woman
This Woman - Kenny Rogers
Peak: 49, Weeks: 1RCA/SonyMusic
50
Right By Your Side
Right By Your Side - Eurythmics
Last week: 34, Peak: 9, Weeks: 9RCA/SonyMusic