Top 100 songs for July 5, 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 “There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)” by Billy Ocean. Meanwhile, “Venus” by Bananarama rises from No. 89 to No. 57. 9 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Venus — Bananaramaup 32 places, No. 89 → No. 57
- Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From "Top Gun") — Berlinup 21 places, No. 77 → No. 56
- Taken In — Mike + The Mechanicsup 21 places, No. 85 → No. 64
New to this week’s Top 10
- Danger Zone — Kenny LogginsNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Papa Don't Preach — MadonnaNo. 35
- Take It Easy — Andy TaylorNo. 38
- Higher Love — Steve WinwoodNo. 40
First-week entries
- The Edge Of Heaven — Wham!No. 47
- Yankee Rose — David Lee RothNo. 72
- Friends And Lovers — Carl Anderson & Gloria LoringNo. 77
- Man Size Love (From "Running Scared") — KlymaxxNo. 85
- That Was Then, This Is Now — The MonkeesNo. 88
- No Promises — IcehouseNo. 95
- Before I Go — StarshipNo. 96
- Point Of No Return — Nu ShoozNo. 97
- Do You Remember Me? — Jermaine JacksonNo. 98
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.