Top 100 Singles of 1986 in Canada

According to RPM Magazine, the biggest song of 1986 in Canada was Jennifer Rush’s “The Power of Love” which was covered by Celine Dion later in 1993. The top Canadian song of 1986 was Glass Tiger’s “Don’t Forget Me (When I’m Gone)”, the 4th biggest single of the year. Eight songs from the year-end top 100 chart below involve Canadian artists which have been bolded in red. The Canadian charts are an accurate reflection of Canadian tastes in music, and the Top 100 songs were determined both from radio airplay and nationwide sales data. The drawback with year-end charts is that songs charting from the end of one year through beginning of the next will have their chart performance split between the two years. More year-end and other Canadian charts can be found here.

RANK	TITLE	ARTIST
1	The Power of Love	Jennifer Rush
2	Live to Tell	Madonna
3	The Lady in Red	Chris deBurgh
4	Don’t Forget Me	Glass Tiger
5	Spirit in the Sky	Doctor & The Medics
6	On My Own	P. Labelle/M. McDonald
7	Sledgehammer	Peter Gabriel
8	Friends and Lovers	G. Loring/C. Anderson
9	I Can’t Wait	Nu Shooz
10	That’s What Friends Are For	Dionne & Friends
11	Rumours	Timex Social Club
12	Nikita	Elton John
13	Papa Don’t Preach	Madonna
14	When the Going Gets Tough	Billy Ocean
15	Who’s Johnny	El DeBarge
16	Glory of Love	Peter Cetera
17	How Will I Know	Whitney Houston
18	We Don’t Have to Take…	Jermaine Stewart
19	True Colours	Cyndi Lauper
20	The Greatest Love of All	Whitney Houston
21	Stuck With You	Huey Lewis & The News
22	Rock Me Amadeus	Falco
23	Take My Breath Away	Berlin
24	Conga	Miami Sound Machine
25	West End Girls	Pet Shop Boys
26	Kyrie	Mister Mister
27	A Different Corner	George Michael
28	Human	Human League
29	Mad About You	Belinda Carlisle
30	Sara	Starship
31	Two of Hearts	Stacey Q
32	Let’s Go All the Way	Sly Fox
33	There’ll Be Sad Songs	Billy Ocean
34	I Miss You	Klymaxx
35	Higher Love	Steve Winwood
36	Addicted to Love	Robert Palmer
37	True Blue	Madonna
38	Manic Monday	The Bangles
39	Amanda	Boston
40	Say You, Say Me	Lionel Richie
41	Bop	Dan Seals
42	Dancing on the Ceiling	Lionel Richie
43	Venus	Bananarama
44	The Next Time I Fall	Peter Cetera
45	Secret Lovers	Atlantic Starr
46	Party All the Time	Eddie Murphy
47	No One Is to Blame	Howard Jones
48	Harlem Shuffle	Rolling Stones
49	If You Leave	OMD
50	Holding Back the Years	Simply Red
51	A Good Heart	Feargal Sharky
52	Invisible Touch	Genesis
53	What Have You Done For Me…	Janet Jackson
54	Walk This Way	Run D.M.C.
55	Everything In My Heart	Corey Hart
56	Living in America	James Brown
57	Kiss	Prince
58	When I Think of You	Janet Jackson
59	Danger Zone	Kenny Loggins
60	These Dreams	Heart
61	Tarzan Boy	Baltimora
62	Love Touch	Rod Stewart
63	Life in a Northern Town	Dream Academy
64	Rock in the USA	John Cougar Melllencamp
65	I’m Your Man	Wham
66	Nasty	Janet Jackson
67	Crush on You	The Jets
68	Stand By Me	Ben E. King
69	Twist and Shout	The Beatles
70	Words Get in the Way	Miami Sound Machine
71	Tender Love	Force MDs
72	Bad Boy	Miami Sound Machine
73	The Captain of Her Heart	Double
74	The Way It Is	Bruce Hornsby & The Range
75	I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On	Robert Palmer
76	Broken Wings	Mister Mister
77	Silent Running	Mike & The Mechanics
78	Live Is Life	Opus
79	Something About You	Level 42
80	Heartbeat	Don Johnson
81	How Many (Rivers to Cross)	Luba
82	All I Need Is a Miracle	Mike & The Mechanics
83	Patio Lanterns	Kim Mitchell
84	Peter Gunn	Art Of Noise
85	Now and Forever	Anne Murray
86	Move Away	Culture Club
87	To Be a Lover	Billy Idol
88	You Give Love a Bad Name	Bon Jovi
89	I Am By Your Side	Corey Hart
90	Someday	Glass Tiger
91	Typical Male	Tina Turner
92	The Edge of Heaven	Wham
93	Missionary Man	Eurythmics
94	Vienna Calling	Falco
95	The Sun Always Shines on TV	a-ha
96	(Forever) Live and Die	OMD
97	You Can Call Me Al	Paul Simon
98	Throwing It All Away	Genesis
99	I’ll Be Over You	Toto
100	April Fool	Chalk Circle