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These are the number-one singles of 1986 according to the Top 100 Singles chart in Cash Box magazine.

Key
Indicates best-performing single of 1986
Issue date Song Artist
January 4 " Say You, Say Me" Lionel Richie
January 11
January 18
January 25 " That's What Friends Are For" Dionne Warwick & Friends
February 1
February 8
February 15 " When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" Billy Ocean
February 22 " How Will I Know" Whitney Houston
March 1 " Kyrie" Mr. Mister
March 8
March 15 " Sara" Starship
March 22 " These Dreams" Heart
March 29 " Rock Me Amadeus" Falco
April 5
April 12 " Kiss" Prince & Revolution
April 19
April 26 " Addicted To Love" Robert Palmer
May 3
May 10 " West End Girls" Pet Shop Boys
May 17 " Why Can't This Be Love" Van Halen
May 24 " Greatest Love Of All" Whitney Houston
May 31
June 7 " Live to Tell" Madonna
June 14 " On My Own" Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald
June 21
June 28
July 5 " There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" Billy Ocean
July 12
July 19 " Invisible Touch" Genesis
July 26 " Sledgehammer" Peter Gabriel
August 2
August 9 " Glory of Love" Peter Cetera
August 16 " Papa Don't Preach" Madonna
August 23
August 30 " Higher Love" † Steve Winwood
September 6
September 13 " Take My Breath Away" Berlin
September 20 " Stuck with You" Huey Lewis and the News
September 27
October 4
October 11 " When I Think Of You" Janet Jackson
October 18
October 25 " Typical Male" Tina Turner
November 1 " True Colors" Cyndi Lauper
November 8 " Amanda" Boston
November 15
November 22
November 29 " Human" The Human League
December 6 " You Give Love A Bad Name" Bon Jovi
December 13 " The Way It Is" Bruce Hornsby & Range
December 20 " Walk Like an Egyptian" The Bangles
December 27 " Everybody Have Fun Tonight" Wang Chung

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