May 1986... 30 years ago! What was happening in the music world:
There were five Saturdays in March. '66, so there the charts came out 5 times. And 3 different songs made it to #1. Starting with Addicted To Love" by Robert Palmer, for one week. Then "West End Girls" from The Pet Shop Boys, also for one week. Finally Whitney Houston's "Greatest Love Of All" settled in for the last three weeks
Here's the Top 10 songs of the month, based on average chart position over the 5 weeks:
- Song - Artist - May Ave
- Greatest Love Of All - Whitney Houston - 2.6
- West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys - 4.6
- What Have You Done For Me Lately - Janet Jackson - 6.2
- Live To Tell - Madonna - 6.8
- If You Leave - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - 8.0
- Why Can t This Be Love - Van Halen - 8.6
- On My Own - Patti LaBelle - 9.2
- Take Me Home - Phil Collins - 9.6
- Bad Boy - Miami Sound Machine - 10.2
- Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer - 10.8
Twenty (20) songs made their chart debuts. Listed below with their peak position during the month:
- Song - Artist - May Peak
- Crush On You - The Jets - 11
- There ll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) - Billy Ocean - 13
- A Different Corner - George Michael - 15
- Nothin At All - Heart - 17
- No One Is To Blame - Howard Jones - 19
- Holding Back The Years - Simply Red - 22
- I Wanna Be A Cowboy - Boys Don t Cry - 23
- Who s Johnny ("Short Circuit" Theme) - El DeBarge - 25
- Rain On The Scarecrow - John Mellencamp - 26
- Mothers Talk - Tears For Fears - 27
- All The Things She Said - Simple Minds - 28
- Vienna Calling - Falco - 29
- Tuff Enuff - The Fabulous Thunderbirds - 31
- Your Wildest Dreams - The Moody Blues - 32
- Like No Other Night - Thirty Eight Special - 33
- The Love Parade - The Dream Academy - 37
- Where Do The Children Go - Hooters - 38
- Like A Rock - Bob Seger - 38
- Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel - 39
- When The Heart Rules The Mind - GTR - 40
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