Top 100 songs for November 1, 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 “True Colors” by Cyndi Lauper. Meanwhile, “Is This Love” by Survivor rises from No. 74 to No. 55. 11 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Is This Love — Survivorup 19 places, No. 74 → No. 55
- Shake You Down — Gregory Abbottup 16 places, No. 63 → No. 47
- Walk Like An Egyptian — The Banglesup 12 places, No. 48 → No. 36
New to this week’s Top 10
- True Blue — MadonnaNo. 6
- Take Me Home Tonight — Eddie MoneyNo. 9
New to this week’s Top 40
- Walk Like An Egyptian — The BanglesNo. 36
- (Forever) Live And Die — Orchestral Manoeuvres In The DarkNo. 37
- What About Love — 'Til TuesdayNo. 38
- Stand By Me — Ben E. KingNo. 39
- Don't Get Me Wrong — PretendersNo. 40
First-week entries
- Notorious — Duran DuranNo. 56
- Land Of Confusion — GenesisNo. 64
- Victory — Kool & The GangNo. 72
- Control — Janet JacksonNo. 73
- All I Wanted — KansasNo. 81
- Someday — Glass TigerNo. 82
- Goldmine — The Pointer SistersNo. 84
- Touch Me (I Want Your Body) — Samantha FoxNo. 93
- Falling In Love (Uh-Oh) — Miami Sound MachineNo. 94
- Coming Around Again — Carly SimonNo. 97
- Goin' To The Bank — CommodoresNo. 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.
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