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Top 100 Songs of 1986

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100
Culture Club
 - Move Away
 
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99
Billy Ocean
 - Love Zone
 
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98
Cherrelle F/Alexander O'Neal
 - Saturday Love
 
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97
Stevie Nicks
 - Talk To Me
 
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96
Rainy Davis
 - Sweetheart
 
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95
Dream Academy
 - Life In A Northern Town
 
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94
Kenny Loggins
 - Danger Zone
 
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93
Jeffrey Osborne
 - You Should Be Mine
 
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92
Run D.M.C.
 - Walk This Way
 
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91
INXS
 - What You Need
 
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90
James Brown
 - Living In America
 
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89
Nancy Martinez
 - For Tonight
 
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88
Huey Lewis & The News
 - Hip To Be Square
 
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87
Robert Palmer
 - I Didn't Mean To Turn You On
 
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86
Force M.D.'s
 - Tender Love
 
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85
Billy Joel
 - A Matter Of Trust
 
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84
Outfield
 - Your Love
 
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83
Eddie Murphy
 - Party All The Time
 
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82
Clarence Clemons
 - You're A Friend of Mine
 
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81
Bruce Hornsby And The Range
 - The Way It Is
 
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80
Survivor
 - Burning Heart
 
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79
Sheila E.
 - A Love Bizarre
 
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78
Meli'sa Morgan
 - Do Me Baby
 
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77
Phil Collins
 - Take Me Home
 
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76
Bangles
 - Walk Like An Egyptian
 
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75
Glass Tiger
 - Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone
 
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74
Eddie Money
 - Take Me Home Tonight
 
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73
Baltimora
 - Tarzan Boy
 
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Cameo
 - Word Up
 
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71
Sly Fox
 - Let's Go All The Way
 
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70
Phyllis Nelson
 - I Like You
 
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69
The Rolling Stones
 - Harlem Shuffle
 
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68
John Cougar Mellencamp
 - R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.
 
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67
Peter Cetera F/Amy Grant
 - The Next Time I Fall
 
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66
Rod Stewart
 - Love Touch
 
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65
Simply Red
 - Holding Back The Years
 
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64
Gwen Guthrie
 - Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The...
 
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63
New Edition
 - A Little Bit Of Love
 
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62
Lionel Richie
 - Love Will Conquer All
 
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61
Ben E.King
 - Stand By Me
 
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60
Miami Sound Machine
 - Bad Boys
 
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59
New Edition
 - Earth Angel
 
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Heart
 - These Dreams
 
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57
Tina Turner
 - Typical Male
 
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56
Wham
 - I'm Your Man
 
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55
Starship
 - Sara
 
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54
George Michael
 - A Different Corner
 
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Belina Carlisle
 - Mad About You
 
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OMD
 - If You Leave
 
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Van Halen
 - Why Can't This Be Love
 
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