Billboard Hot 100 #1 Hits of 1986

There were 30 different songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1986. Given the artist and their respective issue dates, can you name every song?

The weeks are listed as "issue date," meaning the song was at #1 when the list was published on that Saturday

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Issue Date	#1 Hit	Artist
January 4	Say You, Say Me	Lionel Richie
January 11	Say You, Say Me	Lionel Richie
January 18	That's What Friends Are For	Dionne & Friends
January 25
February 1
February 8
February 15	How Will I Know	Whitney Houston
February 22	How Will I Know	Whitney Houston
March 1	Kyrie	Mr. Mister
March 8	Kyrie	Mr. Mister
March 15	Sara	Starship
March 22	These Dreams	Heart
March 29	Rock Me Amadeus	Falco
April 5
April 12
April 19	Kiss	Prince and the Revolution
April 26	Kiss	Prince and the Revolution
May 3	Addicted To Love	Robert Palmer
May 10	West End Girls	Pet Shop Boys
May 17	Greatest Love Of All	Whitney Houston
May 24
May 31
June 7	Live To Tell	Madonna
June 14	On My Own	Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald
June 21
June 28
July 5	There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)	Billy Ocean
July 12	Holding Back The Years	Simply Red
July 19	Invisible Touch	Genesis
July 26	Sledgehammer	Peter Gabriel
August 2	Glory Of Love	Peter Cetera
August 9	Glory Of Love	Peter Cetera
August 16	Papa Don't Preach	Madonna
August 23	Papa Don't Preach	Madonna
August 30	Higher Love	Steve Winwood
September 6	Venus	Bananarama
September 13	Take My Breath Away	Berlin
September 20	Stuck With You	Huey Lewis and the News
September 27
October 4
October 11	When I Think Of You	Janet Jackson
October 18	When I Think Of You	Janet Jackson
October 25	True Colors	Cyndi Lauper
November 1	True Colors	Cyndi Lauper
November 8	Amanda	Boston
November 15	Amanda	Boston
November 22	Human	The Human League
November 29	You Give Love A Bad Name	Bon Jovi
December 6	The Next Time I Fall	Peter Cetera & Amy Grant
December 13	The Way It Is	Bruce Hornsby & The Range
December 20	Walk Like An Egyptian	The Bangles
December 27	Walk Like An Egyptian	The Bangles