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Top 40 Singles Top 40 Albums 20 July 1986 CHART #529 Top 40 Singles Top 40 Albums Sailing Away If You Leave True Blue Dirty Work 1 All Of Us 21 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 1 Madonna 21 Rolling Stones Last week 1 / 9 weeks Platinum / SONY Last week 13 / 8 weeks VIRGIN Last week 23 / 2 weeks WEA Last week 26 / 14 weeks Platinum / CBS Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Mo... Make 'Em Move Please Picture Book 2 Pet Shop Boys 22 Sly & Robbie 2 Pet Shop Boys 22 Simply Red Last week 7 / 4 weeks EMI Last week 23 / 4 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 5 / 13 weeks EMI Last week 14 / 14 weeks Gold / WEA I Can't Wait A Kind Of Magic Whitney Houston Fine Young Cannibals 3 Nu Shooz 23 Queen 3 Whitney Houston 23 Fine Young Cannibals Last week 11 / 5 weeks WEA Last week 36 / 13 weeks EMI Last week 3 / 51 weeks Platinum / FESTIVAL Last week 25 / 11 weeks POLYGRAM Peter Gunn Say It, Say It For The Working Class Man Island Life 4 Art of Noise 24 E.G. Daily 4 Jimmy Barnes 24 Grace Jones Last week 4 / 6 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 34 / 2 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 2 / 22 weeks Platinum / FESTIVAL Last week 24 / 17 weeks Platinum / FESTIVAL Addicted To Love Good Luck To You So Listen Like Thieves 5 Robert Palmer 25 Peking Man 5 Peter Gabriel 25 INXS Last week 2 / 9 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 20 / 9 weeks CBS Last week 1 / 4 weeks Gold / VIRGIN Last week 30 / 32 weeks Platinum / WEA Sledgehammer There'll Be Sad Songs Peking Man As The Band Turns 6 Peter Gabriel 26 Billy Ocean 6 Peking Man 26 Atlantic Starr Last week 3 / 8 weeks VIRGIN Last week - / 1 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 6 / 3 weeks Gold / CBS Last week 28 / 3 weeks FESTIVAL On My Own The Finest Invisible Touch Matt Bianco 7 Patti Labelle & Michael McDonald 27 S.O.S. Band 7 Genesis 27 Matt Bianco Last week 5 / 9 weeks WEA Last week - / 1 weeks CBS Last week 4 / 2 weeks VIRGIN Last week 20 / 5 weeks WEA You To Me Are Everything Boys Don't Cry Brothers In Arms World Machine 8 The Real Thing 28 The Cure 8 Dire Straits 28 Level 42 Last week 10 / 4 weeks POLYGRAM Last week - / 1 weeks WEA Last week 7 / 56 weeks Platinum / POLYGRAM Last week 22 / 14 weeks POLYGRAM I Wanna Be A Cowboy Prisoner Of Love Hunting High And Low Language Barrier 9 Boys Don't Cry 29 Millie Scott 9 A-ha 29 Sly & Robbie Last week 17 / 2 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 32 / 2 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 9 / 30 weeks Platinum / WEA Last week - / 1 weeks FESTIVAL Shell Shock Touch Me A Kind Of Magic Who Made Who 10 New Order 30 Samantha Fox 10 Queen 30 AC/DC Last week 9 / 4 weeks FESTIVAL Last week - / 1 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 11 / 4 weeks EMI Last week 36 / 2 weeks EMI Underground The River Measure For Measure Human Frailty 11 David Bowie 31 Total Contrast 11 Icehouse 31 Hunters & Collectors Last week 6 / 6 weeks EMI Last week 22 / 4 weeks POLYGRAM Last week 19 / 10 weeks Gold / FESTIVAL Last week 32 / 10 weeks FESTIVAL Digging Your Scene One Hit To The Body Winner In You High Priority 12 The Blow Monkeys 32 Rolling Stones 12 Patti Labelle 32 Cherrelle Last week 16 / 6 weeks RCA Last week 30 / 3 weeks CBS Last week 10 / 4 weeks WEA Last week 40 / 5 weeks CBS Invisible Touch A Different Corner Princess All Fools Day 13 Genesis 33 George Michael 13 Princess 33 The Saints Last week 8 / 6 weeks VIRGIN Last week 21 / 9 weeks CBS Last week 12 / 5 weeks CBS Last week 33 / 5 weeks FESTIVAL Vienna Calling I'll Keep On Lovin' You Falco 3 Love Over Gold 14 Falco 34 Princess 14 Falco 34 Dire Straits Last week 14 / 5 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 40 / 7 weeks CBS Last week 15 / 12 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 27 / 76 weeks Platinum / POLYGRAM Give Me Your Number What Have You Done For Me Lately Patsy Riggir Country Piece By Piece 15 Ardijah 35 Janet Jackson 15 Patsy Riggir 35 John Martyn Last week 18 / 7 weeks RCA Last week 37 / 5 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 8 / 6 weeks Gold / CBS Last week 41 / 2 weeks FESTIVAL Papa Don't Preach Clap - Clap Sound Big Canoe Crowded House 16 Madonna 36 The Klaxons 16 Tim Finn 36 Crowded House Last week - / 1 weeks WEA Last week - / 1 weeks RCA Last week 13 / 10 weeks Gold / VIRGIN Last week - / 1 weeks EMI Living Doll Great Train Robbery Riptide Making Movies 17 Cliff Richard and The Young Ones 37 Black Uhuru 17 Robert Palmer 37 Dire Straits Last week 19 / 12 weeks Gold / WEA Last week 33 / 5 weeks JAY Last week 17 / 5 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 34 / 148 weeks Platinum / POLYGRAM Live To Tell If You're Ready No Jacket Required Cars Greatest Hits 18 Madonna 38 Ruby Turner 18 Phil Collins 38 The Cars Last week 15 / 12 weeks WEA Last week 28 / 12 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 18 / 61 weeks Platinum / WEA Last week 46 / 30 weeks Platinum / WEA Greatest Love Of All All I Need Is A Miracle Pretty In Pink OST This Is The Sea 19 Whitney Houston 39 Mike & The Mechanics 19 Various 39 The Waterboys Last week 12 / 6 weeks RCA Last week 31 / 4 weeks WEA Last week 21 / 8 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 35 / 20 weeks FESTIVAL Roses Who Made Who Genesis Little Creatures 20 Haywoode 40 AC/DC 20 Genesis 40 Talking Heads Last week 25 / 4 weeks CBS Last week 44 / 2 weeks EMI Last week 16 / 74 weeks Platinum / POLYGRAM Last week 42 / 51 weeks Platinum / EMI Top 20 NZ Singles Top 10 Compilations Top 20 NZ Albums ©2013 Recorded Music New Zealand Limited. 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