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1
Harlem Shuffle
Harlem Shuffle - Rolling Stones
Last week: 3, Peak: 1, Weeks: 4
CBS
2
Kiss
Kiss - Prince
Last week: 11, Peak: 2, Weeks: 3WEA/Warner
3
Rock Me Amadeus
Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
Last week: 1, Peak: 1, Weeks: 12
FESTIVAL
4
I Miss You
I Miss You - Klymaxx
Last week: 2, Peak: 2, Weeks: 7WEA/Warner
5
Eight Arms To Hold You
Eight Arms To Hold You - Goon Squad
Last week: 8, Peak: 5, Weeks: 3CBS
6
Absolute Beginners
Absolute Beginners - David Bowie
Last week: 4, Peak: 4, Weeks: 6Parlophone/Warner
7
After The Love Has Gone
After The Love Has Gone - Princess
Last week: 6, Peak: 6, Weeks: 5CBS
8
Manic Monday
Manic Monday - The Bangles
Last week: 26, Peak: 8, Weeks: 3FESTIVAL
9
Chain Reaction
Chain Reaction - Diana Ross
Last week: 28, Peak: 9, Weeks: 3EMI
10
Something About You
Something About You - Level 42
Last week: 15, Peak: 10, Weeks: 6POLYGRAM
11
Love Comes Quickly
Love Comes Quickly - Pet Shop Boys
Last week: 12, Peak: 11, Weeks: 2EMI
12
Saturday Love
Saturday Love - Cherelle & Alexander O'Neal
Peak: 12, Weeks: 1
CBS
13
Secret Lovers
Secret Lovers - Atlantic Star
Peak: 13, Weeks: 1FESTIVAL
14
Conga
Conga - Gloria Estefan
Last week: 5, Peak: 2, Weeks: 8CBS
15
Living In America
Living In America - James Brown
Last week: 10, Peak: 5, Weeks: 6CBS
16
Suspicious Minds
Suspicious Minds - Fine Young Cannibals
Last week: 22, Peak: 16, Weeks: 2POLYGRAM
17
Didn't You Kill My Brother
Didn't You Kill My Brother - Alexei Sayle
Last week: 7, Peak: 5, Weeks: 8CBS
18
West End Girls
West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
Last week: 9, Peak: 1, Weeks: 11EMI
19
Alice, I Want You Just For Me
Alice, I Want You Just For Me - Full Force
Last week: 24, Peak: 19, Weeks: 6CBS
20
When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Gets Going
When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Gets Going - Billy Ocean
Last week: 14, Peak: 3, Weeks: 8FESTIVAL
21
Whole Of The Moon
Whole Of The Moon - The Waterboys
Last week: 21, Peak: 20, Weeks: 10
FESTIVAL
22
Move Away
Move Away - Culture Club
Last week: 29, Peak: 22, Weeks: 3Virgin/Universal
23
It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back)
It's Alright (Baby's Coming Back) - Eurythmics
Last week: 25, Peak: 18, Weeks: 6RCA/SonyMusic
24
Don't Waste My Time
Don't Waste My Time - Paul Hardcastle
Peak: 24, Weeks: 1FESTIVAL
25
Life's What You Make It
Life's What You Make It - Talk Talk
Last week: 18, Peak: 11, Weeks: 11EMI
26
Eloise
Eloise - The Damned
Last week: 19, Peak: 19, Weeks: 4WEA/Warner
27
Love Missile F1-11
Love Missile F1-11 - Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Peak: 27, Weeks: 1EMI
28
Russians
Russians - Sting
Last week: 35, Peak: 26, Weeks: 4FESTIVAL
29
Brothers In Arms
Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
Last week: 23, Peak: 5, Weeks: 9POLYGRAM
30
Rock In The Usa / Under The Boardwalk
Rock In The Usa / Under The Boardwalk - John Cougar Mellencamp
Peak: 30, Weeks: 1POLYGRAM
31
A Good Heart
A Good Heart - Feargal Sharkey
Last week: 13, Peak: 3, Weeks: 13Virgin/Universal
32
Baby You're So Strange
Baby You're So Strange - Icehouse
Peak: 32, Weeks: 1FESTIVAL
33
Getting Closer
Getting Closer - Haywoode
Last week: 17, Peak: 5, Weeks: 10CBS
34
Beats So Lonely
Beats So Lonely - Charlie Sexton
Peak: 34, Weeks: 1WEA/Warner
35
Pull Up To The Bumper
Pull Up To The Bumper - Grace Jones
Last week: 20, Peak: 13, Weeks: 6FESTIVAL
36
Rise
Rise - Public Image Ltd
Last week: 37, Peak: 29, Weeks: 4Virgin/Universal
37
A Kind Of Magic
A Kind Of Magic - Queen
Peak: 37, Weeks: 1EMI
38
The Bottom Line
The Bottom Line - Big Audio Dynamite
Last week: 49, Peak: 38, Weeks: 2CBS
39
The Captain Of Her Heart
The Captain Of Her Heart - Double
Last week: 40, Peak: 39, Weeks: 3POLYGRAM
40
Sara
Sara - Starship
Last week: 16, Peak: 16, Weeks: 6RCA/SonyMusic
41
Kyrie
Kyrie - Mr Mister
Last week: 30, Peak: 30, Weeks: 4RCA/SonyMusic
42
Curiosity
Curiosity - The Jets
Peak: 42, Weeks: 1WEA/Warner
43
Sidewalk Talk
Sidewalk Talk - Jellybean
Last week: 34, Peak: 34, Weeks: 3EMI
44
You're My Last Chance
You're My Last Chance - 52nd Street
Peak: 44, Weeks: 1Virgin/Universal
45
Why Can't This Be Love
Why Can't This Be Love - Van Halen
Peak: 45, Weeks: 1WEA/Warner
46
Imagination
Imagination - Belouis Some
Last week: 38, Peak: 38, Weeks: 3EMI
47
System Addict
System Addict - Five Star
Last week: 42, Peak: 42, Weeks: 2RCA/SonyMusic
48
No Thunder No Fire No Rain
No Thunder No Fire No Rain - Tim Finn
Peak: 48, Weeks: 1
Periscope/EMI
49
You Little Thief
You Little Thief - Feargal Sharkey
Last week: 46, Peak: 46, Weeks: 3Virgin/Universal
50
I Like You
I Like You - Phyllis Nelson
Last week: 31, Peak: 17, Weeks: 10RCA/SonyMusic