Top 100 songs for May 24, 1986
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1986 and the 1980s.
This week’s No. 1 is “Greatest Love Of All” by Whitney Houston. Meanwhile, “Sledgehammer” by Peter Gabriel rises from No. 76 to No. 51. 9 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Sledgehammer — Peter Gabrielup 25 places, No. 76 → No. 51
- Nasty — Janet Jacksonup 21 places, No. 74 → No. 53
- One Hit (To The Body) — The Rolling Stonesup 19 places, No. 71 → No. 52
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Tuff Enuff — The Fabulous ThunderbirdsNo. 35
- Like No Other Night — Thirty Eight SpecialNo. 37
- Where Do The Children Go — HootersNo. 38
- Your Wildest Dreams — The Moody BluesNo. 39
First-week entries
- Dreams — Van HalenNo. 55
- Like A Rock — Bob SegerNo. 56
- Mountains — Prince And The RevolutionNo. 58
- Secret Separation — The FixxNo. 77
- Headed For The Future — Neil DiamondNo. 83
- You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song) — Jeffrey OsborneNo. 84
- One Step Closer To You — Gavin ChristopherNo. 85
- Female Intuition — Mai TaiNo. 90
- Divided Hearts — Kim CarnesNo. 93
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.