This Month In Music - March 1986

March 1986...  30 years ago!  What was happening in the music world:

There were five Saturdays in March '86, so there the charts came out 5 times. Four different songs topped the charts: Mr. Mister topped the first two weeks with Kyrie, before giving way to Starship 's Sara, Heart's These Dreams and Falco's Rock Me Amadeus.  

Here's the Top 10 songs of the month, based on average chart position over the 4 weeks:

• Song - Artist -  Mar-Ave
• Sara - Starship - 3.2
• These Dreams - Heart - 3.8
• Secret Lovers - Atlantic Starr - 4.8
• Kyrie - Mr. Mister - 5.2
• How Will I Know - Whitney Houston - 8.0
• R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. (A Salute to 60 s Rock) - John Mellencamp - 8.6
• King For A Day - Thompson Twins - 10.2
• Rock Me Amadeus - Falco - 11.0
• Nikita - Elton John - 11.2
• Silent Running - Mike and The Mechanics - 13.0

Twenty-Three (23) songs made their chart debuts.  Listed below with their peak position during the month:

• Song - Artist - Peak (March)
• Kiss - Prince And The Revolution - 5
• Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer - 13
• Tender Love - Force M.D. s - 16
• West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys - 19
• Harlem Shuffle - The Rolling Stones - 20
• Calling America - Electric Light Orchestra - 21
• No Easy Way Out - Robert Tepper - 22
• I Can t Wait - Stevie Nicks - 23
• Why Can t This Be Love - Van Halen - 24
• I Think It s Love - Jermaine Jackson - 26
• What Have You Done For Me Lately - Janet Jackson - 28
• So Far Away - Dire Straits - 29
• Your Love - The Outfield - 30
• Overjoyed - Stevie Wonder - 31
• I m Not The One - The Cars - 32
• Live Is Life - Opus - 32
• Goodbye Is Forever - Arcadia - 33
• American Storm - Bob Seger - 36
• Needles And Pins - Tom Petty - 37
• Take Me Home - Phil Collins - 37
• Bad Boy - Miami Sound Machine - 38
• For America - Jackson Browne - 39
• Saturday Love - Cherrelle With Alexander O Neal - 40