NEW CHART ENTRIES : May 1986

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Singles that entered the UK charts in May 1986 (in the order of chart entry / highest position)...

(highest UK chart position in brackets)

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01 Patti Labelle & Michael McDonald - On My Own (2)
02 Cure - Boys Don't Cry (22)
03 Dire Straits - Your Latest Trick (26)
04 Saint John's College School Choir & The Band Of The Grenadier Guards - The Queen's Birthday Song (40)
05 Diana Ross & Barry Gibb - Experience (47)
06 Tavares - It Only Takes A Minute (Remix By Ben Liebrand) (46)
07 Orchestral Manouvres in the Dark - If You Leave (48)
08 Jaki Graham - Set Me Free (7)
09 Pete Wylie - Sinful! (13)
10 Public Image Ltd - Home (75)
11 Blancmange - I Can See It (Why Don't They Leave Things Alone) (71)
12 James Brown - Soul Power / It's A Man's World (78)
13 Heaven 17 & Jimmy Ruffin - Foolish Thing To Do (80)
14 Modern Nique & Larry Woo - Loves Gonna Get You (76)
15 Blow Monkeys - Wicked Ways (60)
16 Shirley Bassey - To All the Men I've Loved Before (86)
17 Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love (5)
18 Sade - Never As Good As The First Time (89)
19 Erasure - Oh L'amour (85)
20 Diana Ross & The Supremes - You Keep Me Hangin' On (91)
21 Limahl - Love In Your Eyes (80)
22 Ted Chippington - She Loves You (77)
23 Frank SInatra - Strangers In The Night (95)
24 Journey - Be Good to Yourself (90)
25 Spitting Image - The Chicken Song (1)
26 B52's - Rock Lobster / Planet Claire (12)
27 Kate Bush - The Big Sky (37)
28 Doctor & The Medics - Spirit In The Sky (1)
29 Huey Lewis & the News - The Heart Of Rock And Roll (49)
30 Hipsway - Ask The Lord (50)
31 Aretha Franklin - Freeway Of Love (51)
32 Nick Heyward - Over The Weekend (43)
33 Total Contrast - What You Gonna Do About It (63)
34 Ramones - Something To Believe In / Somebody Put Something In My Drink (69)
35 Sam Cooke - Another Saturday Night (75)
36 Cramps - What's Inside A Girl (78)
37 Joan Armatrading - Kind Words (And A Real Good Heart) (81)
38 Imagination - Sunshine (87)
39 Liverpool Football Team 1986 - Sittin' On Top of the World (50)
40 Miami Sound Machine - Bad Boy (16)
41 Jennifer Rush - Destiny (96)
42 Hazell Dean - E.S.P (Extra Sensual Persuasion) (98)
43 Ryder - Runner In The Night (98)
44 Mike Oldfield & Jon Anderson - Shine (100)
 

45 Status Quo - Rollin' Home (9)
46 Mantronix - Bassline (34)
47 Simply Red - Holding Back The Years (2)
48 Thomas & Taylor - You Can't Blame Love (53)
49 Dio - Hungry For Heaven (56)
50 Cool Notes - Into The Motion (66)
51 Talk Talk - Give It Up (59)
52 Redskins - It Can Be Done (76)
53 Cliff Richard - Born To Rock 'n' Roll (78)
54 Oliver Cheatham - S.O.S (79)
55 Everton FC - Everybody's Cheering The Blues (83)
56 Clannad - Robin Of Sherwood (80)
57 Freddie Mercury - Time (32)
58 Mike + The Mechanics - All I Need Is A Miracle (53)
59 Herts Squad & Colin Chisholm - The Hearts Song (92)
60 Black Uhuru - Great Train Robbery (62)
61 Chris de Burgh - Fire On The Water (88)
62 Brendan Shine - Loneliness (82)
63 Damned - New Rose (81)
64 Love & Money - Candybar Express (56)
65 AC_DC - Who Made Who (16)
66 Ca$hflow - Mine All Mine / Party Freak (15)
67 Rod Stewart - Love Touch (27)
68 Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait (2)
69 Real Thing - Can't Get By Without You (The Second Decade Remix '76 - '86) (6)
70 Communards - Disenchanted (29)
71 Zapp - Computer Love (64)
72 Atlantic Starr - If Your Heart Isn't In It (48)
73 Chris Rea - On The Beach (57)
74 Lovebug Starski - Amityville (The House On The Hill) (12)
75 Sly Fox - Let's Go All The Way (3)
76 Cock Robin  - The Promise You Made (28)
77 Grace Jones - Private Life (91)
78 Sandra - (I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena (87)
79 Alexander O'Neal - What's Missing (90)
80 Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Run The World (5)
81 Genesis - Invisible Touch (15)
82 Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again (26)
83 Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) (11)
84 Falco - Vienna Calling (10)
85 Culture Club - God Thank You Woman (31)
86 Dhar Braxton - Jump Back (Set Me Free) (32)
87 Janet Jackson - Nasty (19)
88 Amazulu - Too Good To Be Forgotten (5)
89 Bananarama - Venus (8)
90 Chris Paul & David Joseph - Expansions '86 (Expand Your Mind) (58)
91 Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free (M&M Mix) (47)
92 Owen Paul - My Favourite Waste Of Time (3)
93 WASP - Wild Child (71)
94 Sandie Shaw - Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken (68)
95 Rolling Stones - One Hit (To The Body) (80)
96 New York Skyy - Givin It To You (83)
97 Matt Bianco - Dancing In The Street (64)
98 Barry Manilow - I'm Your Man (96)
98 Little Richard - Great Gosh A' Mighty (62)
99 Black Lace - Viva La Mexico (79)