The Songs of the Top 40 from 1986 - The Complete List

[@BobbyBoca]

8 years old in 1986 and not a worry in the world , Thank you Mom And Dad for the best childhood ever. ❤

[@TheNoodle6]

I was 16 in 1986, and between music and movies, there hasn't (sadly) been another year quite as awesome as 1986! I know that I am not the only "GEN X" that wishes we could all go back, for one more summer break weekend! ❤😭

[@Joeybagofdonutts]

‘86 just graduated high school and enlisted in the military. The 80s were a great time to be alive. There will never be another like it.

[@DoSomDiff]

1987 but my real time was '86 and growing up in our time was great and I wouldn't trade it for anything. I like your handle, reminds me of Bongino 😆 🛍️ 🍩🍩

[@reginaldjohnson1637]

I agree with you.

[@sarge4455]

Joined the Army in 86 after graduation 🫡

[@Joeybagofdonutts]

@ Hooah!

[@deannaperkins754]

I just turned 18 and graduated high school. When music was still at its best!!! ❤

[@MMM-dq2cd]

Graduated in 1986. The 80s were the best. I want to go back.

[@ricksmith4782]

Me too! Prom was 6/6/86.. let’s go back!

[@marcoleon7532]

1986 was the year I graduated from high school in Venezuela, and I enjoyed most of the music included on this list. Great moments of my life.

[@deannaperkins754]

These songs bring back so much nostalgia that they bring tears to my eyes. I was 18 and graduated high school. Music was versatile across genres, and life was so damn great! Damn, times have changed, and I just want to go back in time!!! 😢

[@kevinsmith5448]

so many great songs from that year!

[@jesusislord2515]

I was 10 in 86, skating in the roller rink to this music was the greatest!

[@dirtysteve309]

I was 12...lol

[@dirtysteve309]

Praise Jesus also!

[@jesusislord2515]

@@dirtysteve309 Amen!

[@СЕРГЕЙТкаченко-з1м]

Same here

[@bradb7060]

I turned 16 in 1986. It was incredible. It was a better world.

[@talon1706]

I turned 16 in '76. Could say the same.

[@pepsiq11965]

What a great mix of genres 1986 had, actually all of the 80s unlike todays music

[@theperfectautumn8781]

Sad in that not only are these times behind us, but also how so many of these people are now gone.

[@CarmelDeery-qc9lv]

Was only 18 years old when these songs were chart toppers. The best year for the 80s music.😊

[@OtherMike5000]

*Class of 1986* 👇

[@christophertmunro4503]

R.I.P. TO ALL THE GREAT SINGERS FROM 1986 THAT ARE NO LONGER WITH US TODAY

[@joshuas4695]

I was like 5/6 years old and seems like that was yesterday. Freakin music was so fantastic

[@meteerbil2078]

Did my conscript 1986. Good time. Great music year.

[@CarmelDeery-qc9lv]

Well done making this compilation of snippits for us Love them all.😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤

[@6548ww]

I was 18 in July of 86 what a great time to be alive 💯💯💯👍

[@samfeldstein4498]

Thanks for making this. I'd love to see you do this for every year of the Billboard Hot 100

[@Aaron-in7lt]

I had forgotten about most of these! Thanks for the reminder😊

[@truthh8322]

Oh the memories. 3 wheelers, skate rinks and jam boxes

[@magicmulder]

Pet Shop Boys, OMD, Gloria Estefan - so many great artists that appeared on my radar for the first time.

[@marklittle8805]

A perfect mix of Rock, Pop and New Wave. It was the best era of music with a little that appealed to everyone.

[@robmjj]

WHOA put me in a Time Machine, some of my favorite songs ever and artist, Madonna, Janet, Peter Gabriel, the Bangles. EASILY 25-30 songs on this list that are still in heavy rotation for me today. Beautiful time in music

[@robertwhite9898]

Wow this takes me back to my younger days

[@branden3867]

Good edit. I’ll watch here for other years you do this same style.

[@ralfbecker1064]

So many of my all time favorites in 86. Mid 80ies rule!

[@fedup1480]

I can not find the words to express how I miss the 80s

[@rlp8182]

So many memories

[@Salsa_Shark]

“Rock Me Amadeus” was a phenomenon.

[@fantasyguru26]

Hearing this is like a time capsule taking me back to 15 years old. I felt like I was on top of the world. Endless energy. Juggling multiple girlfriends. Captain of my ice hockey team.

[@ericthuemmel5275]

Addicted to Love hit #1 on May 3rd, 1986.

[@antonellocalegari5930]

Some of these songs were released in summer and fall 1985.

[@geeskin5750]

Yes, a lot of these songs give me more of a 85 vibe

[@ZACohea]

This is true, but they charted in 86.

[@TheRedDevil_NC]

A real hodgepodge of greatness.

[@qtheband751]

So many great songs. Love to see a post-DLR Van Halen charting three times.

[@teddyfreddie4739]

Good stuff!!!! 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲

[@QVAlfista]

I will hands down argue that 1986 was THE BEST YEAR OF MUSIC in modern times! Look at the sheer volume of hits and the dynamic range of the music! And this is the shittier list! Doesn't include all the great "Hair Metal" from that year and other groups like "Scritti Politti" - "Perfect Way" and "Swingout Sister" HELLO?!?!? "Breakout" charted in Sept '86! and so many more! OMG, the soundtrack of my life! And it was the BEST YEAR OF MY LIFE also! I was 18 and 19 years old in the Navy from San Diego to Hawaii to Australia, Philippines, China, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Thailand! so so SO many fond memories connected to so many of these hits! I can say exactly where I was when I heard them! Epiphany! I'm gonna do a video "1986 The Best Year of My Life featuring the best soundtrack of my life!"

[@CarmelDeery-qc9lv]

You are spot on,fully agree.very memorable year for me. Ah the memories.........😂😊❤

[@6548ww]

Back when music was real ❤️

[@Gorilla_grunt]

Back when music was fun. it wasn’t shitty manufactured crap like it is now. And the music stretched across so many genres. music today just sucks

[@d.julian8337]

Yes, its was tubular. Very Rad...🍷😎

[@Kty27-65]

👏👏👏🙌

[@QVAlfista]

@@d.julian8337 "Tubular" and "Rad" are EARLY '80s like '82, STOP tryin' to be a sarcastic buzzkill!

[@blue.mooded]

Dem kann ich nicht so richtig zustimmen, auch heute gibt es ne Menge tolle Musik, die läuft bloß nicht im Mainstream Radio; Dropkick Murphys, Interrupters, Baboon Show, Blackberry Smoke und und und. Auch "alte Helden" sind noch aktiv: Bruce Springsteen, Judas Priest, sogar Paul Young. Man muss seine Niesche nur suchen, es ist nicht so, dass nur "Plastic" unterwegs ist...

[@guitarman3968]

I disagree. 1986 was a horrible year for music. Hardly any rock. It’s mostly dance “music”. 🤮

[@WineSippingCowboy]

I Do What I Do. John Taylor. Not Jonathan Taylor. Phil Collins appeared again. No One Is to Blame. Written by and sung by Howard Jones. Piano and synthesizers by him. Produced by Phil Collins. Drums by him. Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone. Bryan Adams is the guest singer. 9:40. Dreamtime. You mean in 1986, not 1988. In Your Eyes. Paula Cole on the female vocals. Take Me Home Tonight. Late Rinnie Spector on guest vocals. Good 👍 otherwise.

[@Tony-f5s9s]

*Ronnie Spector

[@WineSippingCowboy]

@Tony-f5s9s Right ✅ My cellphone 📱 acted up again. I put the right name, but it misspelled again. 😖

[@Tony-f5s9s]

@@WineSippingCowboy lol. It happens. Leave it up to the cellphone to screw up all of the proofreading that you had put into this. 😂

[@markthatcher4853]

Real music 🎶 ❤

[@jozefhubacek4518]

So many great singers died, l still have vinyl records from this era too, vinyl, records brink me better memories, but l still havent Phill Collins Invisible touch and Peter Gabriels So.

[@WineSippingCowboy]

Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦. I happened to be there. Expo 86. Little Mountain Sound was the happening studio 🎙. Bon Jovi was there recording Slippery When Wet 💦. That album was released in the same year. Glass Tiger recorded in the house 🏠 of Jim Vallance part of the time in 1985. GT released Thin Red Line in 1986. Both albums did great 👍

[@AlbertC-u3l]

Damn we didn’t know how good we had it 🥹😭

[@merlinp380]

Proper music back then

[@talikamurray1388]

THEY SHOULD OF PUT SONGS FROM 1986-1987..I MISSED WHEN MUSIC WAS FULL OF HAPPINESS JOY AND FULL OF LIFE👌💯👏👍

[@earthsciteach]

I had a realization while watching this. That nostalgic, kind of sad feeling I get when hearing these songs is born out of the girls in high school that I wanted to but didn't bang.

[@MzCoffee123]

I was 11 for half the year and 12 for the other half. Good times.

[@fuadliner]

Tahun 1985-1986, lagu lagu yg paling top, lionel L, Madonna, Stevie W, ...

[@karimkarim-je5mp]

I LOVE

[@tomflake1486]

Nothing from Master of Puppets? I want a recount. 😂

[@sshza2143]

not sure if these poppers🤭were ready for 'damage incorporated'🤘💀🤘🍻😁✌😎

[@KNT588]

and nothing from "The Final Countdown" 😂

[@HANGIN_in_PERRYDISE]

that’s the garbage that turned me into a hardcore punk STILL AM

[@nathanelder5285]

Is there any argument that 1986 was not the absolute best year for music?

[@talikamurray1388]

I DEFINITELY WOULD DISAGREE

[@paolafaoro5394]

A thorough 1986 collection when Device "Hanging on a Heart Attack" was in the list 👍🎶

[@A.M.D.G.228]

Device 22B3

[@ramcharger1978]

1986 was the best year for Pop Music for the 1980’s. As for Metal, that would be 1987.

[@cassandraduran9056]

I was 14 girl in 1986

[@JoeyP322]

“Bye-Bye” by Janice was a great tune

[@sabacat]

What country was this? Most of these weren't the US top 40 for '86.

[@lordstanleyjr2015]

Must be UK

[@marklittle8805]

​@@lordstanleyjr2015it was the US. The UK was far more popular and New Wave influenced

[@chemicalrecoveryfellowship1721]

The year of Peter Gabriel and Robert Palmer(Gone too soon.)

[@KNT588]

where is "The Final Countdown"? 🤔

[@CleberFernandesgonçalves]

👏💯❤️

[@lukei6255]

What country is this from?

[@marklittle8805]

USA

[@cassandraduran9056]

I was 14 1986

[@talikamurray1388]

I WAS 9 GOING ON 10 IN JUNE

[@christopherlussier4383]

👍👍👍👍💯

[@DragonlordXV]

a lot of them are from 1985

[@patricknichols4670]

Interesting to look back. A couple of classics (nu shooz, sade, fabulous tbirds, sledgehammer)...and a lot of turds.

[@slimsantilli4476]

VH ❤

[@Revbone450]

Surprised "How Will I Know" from Whitney Houston wasn't on here.

[@theresecallahan8548]

What about !989?

[@CatraVU]

Thats what i’m saying!

[@Rick2178]

No 1989?

[@mrtelevision]

@@Rick2178 He just started 1989 a few hours ago. I think this was an older video that got removed by KZbin and he reuploaded it.

[@Rick2178]

@ awesome! 1989 was definitely a transition to to the 90s and not just time wise, but the music started becoming less “80s” in 89. Didn’t see as much of a change in 99, 09 and 19. A lot of it all basically the same lol

[@WasKammer]

No Queen's songs in 1986? 😂

[@Игорь-е9р2п]

А где kraftwerk? Dan harrow?

[@dvldog_]

I turned 11 in the fall of 86 and there's only about 10-15 songs (no, I didn't count exactly) on this list that I'd ever want to listen to again. Sorry, '80s songs are either great or absolute crap. There's no in-between and there's more of the latter than the former.

[@timothystacks7284]

Europe final countdown 1986.

[@kurtzimmerman1637]

peter gabriel sledgehammer was #1in the summer.. knocked genesis invisible touch out of 1st place.

[@DavidM-e6q]

I think most of these songs are terrible but i really enjoyed the 80s and other tunes of course.

[@italoblu]

No-no-notorious!

[@ButterCookie1984]

Subbed. I wanna go back.❤

[@andresgarrido2778]

Te falto Laura Branigan...

[@beckykrubsack6079]

8th grade

[@mattgiguere5638]

There is some crappy bands here😮 what were we doing 😮? Cokaine ?. Yes

[@GreatOvation]

86 was a crappy year for music

[@michaelpatton7065]

OMG....THIS is the WORST top 40 I've ever seen or heard.....UCK !!!

[@marklittle8805]

How old are you and name an era that had as much variety as the mid 80's

[@michaelpatton7065]

@marklittle8805 Easy...The mid 60's - mid 70's !!!!

[@micke6949]

So boring🤮

[@tiny5500]

Horrid

[@ericchapman5975]

The absolute worse year for music ever .