List of number one hits in Australia (1986)

This list of number-one hits in Australia in 1986 . Basis are the top 50 of the Australian charts of ARIA . There were 15 number one singles and 10 number one albums that year.

Singles • Albums • Hit parades of the year • Bottom of page

Singles

← 1985 ←	List of number one hits in Australia			1987 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 16, 1985 - January 19, 1986 5 weeks (6 in total) 6th Midnight Oil Species Deceases ( EP ) Peter Robert Garrett , Peter Thomas John Gifford, James Paul Mogine, Robert George Hirst, Martin Magnus Rotsey - January 20, 1986 - February 2, 1986 2 weeks 2 Starship We Built This City Bernie Taupin , Martin George Page, Dennis Lambert, Peter F. Wolf - February 3, 1986 - February 16, 1986 2 weeks 2 Whitney Houston Saving All My Love for You Gerald Goffin , Michael Masser - February 17, 1986 - March 2, 1986 2 weeks 2 Feargal Sharkey A Good Heart Maria Luisa McKee - March 3, 1986 - March 9, 1986 1 week 1 Dionne Warwick feat. Gladys Knight , Elton John & Stevie Wonder That's What Friends Are For Burt F. Bacharach , Carole Bayer - March 10, 1986 - April 20, 1986 6 weeks 6th Billy Ocean When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going Wayne Anton Brathwaite, Barry James Eastmond, Robert John Lange , Leslie Sebastian Charles - April 21, 1986 - May 11, 1986 3 weeks 3 Diana Ross Chain Reaction Barry Alan Gibb , Maurice Ernest Gibb , Robin Hugh Gibb - May 12, 1986 - June 22, 1986 6 weeks 6th Cliff Richard & The Young Ones Living Doll Lionel Beard - June 23, 1986 - July 6, 1986 2 weeks 2 Robert Palmer Addicted to Love Robert Allan Palmer - July 7, 1986 - July 13, 1986 1 week (total 3) 3 Samantha Fox Touch Me (I Want Your Body) Jon Astrop, Mark Shreeve, Peter Brian Harris - July 14, 1986 - July 20, 1986 1 week 1 Whitney Houston Greatest Love of All Michael Masser , Linda Creed - July 21, 1986 - August 3, 1986 2 weeks (total 3) 3 Samantha Fox Touch Me (I Want Your Body) Jon Astrop, Mark Shreeve, Peter Brian Harris - August 4, 1986 - September 14, 1986 6 weeks 6th Madonna Dad Don't Preach Brian Elliot - September 15, 1986 - November 2, 1986 7 weeks 7th Bananarama Venus Robert HJ van Leeuwen - November 3, 1986 - December 21, 1986 7 weeks 7th John Farnham You're the Voice Anthony Adrian Mendi Qunta, Maggie Ryder, Keith Stuart Brian Reid , Christopher Hamlet Thompson - December 22, 1986 - February 8, 1987 7 weeks 7th Pseudo echo Funkytown Steven Phillip Greenberg -
← 1985				→ 1987 →

Albums

← 1985 ←	List of number one hits in Australia			1987 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) December 16, 1985 - February 2, 1986 7 weeks 7th Jimmy Barnes For the Working Class Man - February 3, 1986 - April 20, 1986 11 weeks (34 in total) 34 Dire Straits Brothers in Arms - April 21, 1986 - May 11, 1986 3 weeks 3 Sting The Dream of the Blue Turtles - May 12, 1986 - June 1, 1986 3 weeks 3 ( Various artists ) 1986 Way to Go - June 2, 1986 - August 3, 1986 9 weeks (total 11) 11 Whitney Houston Whitney Houston - August 4, 1986 - August 17, 1986 2 weeks 2 Madonna True blue - August 18, 1986 - August 31, 1986 2 weeks (total 11) 11 Whitney Houston Whitney Houston - September 1, 1986 - September 28, 1986 4 weeks 4th ( Various artists ) 1986 Just for Kicks - September 29, 1986 - October 26, 1986 4 weeks 4th Cyndi Lauper True Colors - October 27, 1986 - November 16, 1986 3 weeks 3 Paul Simon Graceland - November 17, 1986 - January 11, 1987 8 weeks (total of 25) 25th John Farnham Whispering Jack -
← 1985				→ 1987 →

literature

• Australian Chart Book by David Kent

See also: Number one hits in 1986 in Belgium , Denmark , Germany , Finland , France , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Canada , New Zealand , the Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Sweden , Switzerland , Spain , the United States and im United Kingdom .