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Top 100 Songs of 1986

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Level 42
 - Something About You
 
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49
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
 - Can You Feel The Beat
 
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48
Bon Jovi
 - You Give Love A Bad Name
 
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47
DeBarge
 - Who's Johnny El
 
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46
Genesis
 - Invisible Touch
 
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Mike And The Mechanics
 - All I Need Is A Miracle
 
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Lionel Richie
 - Say You Say Me
 
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Jermaine Stewart
 - We Don't Have To Take Our Clot...
 
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Boston
 - Amanda
 
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Atlantic
 - Baby Love Regina
 
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40
Berlin
 - Take My Breath Away
 
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Huey Lewis & The News
 - Stuck WIth You
 
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Steve Winwood
 - Higher Love
 
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Bangles
 - Manic Monday
 
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36
Mr. Mister
 - Kyrie
 
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35
Robert Palmer
 - Addicted To Love
 
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Billy Ocean
 - When The Going Gets Tough
 
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Sade
 - The Sweetest Taboo
 
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Madonna
 - True Blue
 
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Peter Cetera
 - Glory Of Love
 
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30
Gregory Abbott
 - Shake You Down
 
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Oran "Juice" Jones
 - The Rain
 
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28
Klymaxx
 - I Miss You
 
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Lionel Richie
 - Dancing On The Ceiling
 
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Peter Gabriel
 - Sledgehammer
 
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Human League
 - Human
 
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The Jets
 - Crush On You
 
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Timex Social Club
 - Rumors
 
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Pet Shop Boys
 - West End Girls
 
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Billy Ocean
 - There'll Be Sad Songs
 
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Janet Jackson
 - When I Think Of You
 
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Miami Sound Machine
 - Words Get In The Way
 
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Dionne & Friends
 - That's What Friends Are For
 
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Janet Jackson
 - Nasty
 
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Bananarama
 - Venus
 
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Nu Shooz
 - I Can't Wait
 
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Janet Jackson
 - What Have You Done For Me Late...
 
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Cyndi Lauper
 - True Colors
 
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Falco
 - Rock Me Amadeus
 
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Anita Baker
 - Sweet Love
 
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Madonna
 - Live To Tell
 
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Gloria Loring F/Carl Anderson
 - Friends and Lovers
 
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Stacey Q
 - Two Of Hearts
 
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Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
 - All Cried Out
 
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Whitney Houston
 - How Will I Know
 
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Madonna
 - Papa Don't Preach
 
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Atlantic Starr
 - Secret Lovers
 
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Prince
 - Kiss
 
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Whitney Houston
 - The Greatest Love Of All
 
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Patti LaBelle F/Michael McDona...
 - On My Own
 
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