March 15, 1986

------DROPOUTS------
Needles And Pins - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers w/ Stevie Nicks --- 37 (2) / 2
Burning Heart - Survivor --- 2 (2) / 16
Conga - Miami Sound Machine --- 10 (2) / 16


40 --- West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys (50)
39 --- I Think It's Love - Jermaine Jackson (45)
38 --- Live Is Life - Opus (44)
29 37 --- That's What Friends Are For - Dionne & Friends: Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder    
39 36 --- I'm Not The One - The Cars
40 35 --- I Can't Wait - Stevie Nicks
33 34 --- Goodbye Is Forever - Arcadia
36 33 --- Calling America - Electric Light Orchestra
38 32 --- Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer
35 31 --- No Easy Way Out - Robert Tepper

31 30 --- Night Moves - Marilyn Martin
32 29 --- Tender Love - Force M.D.'s
18 28 --- Day By Day - Hooters
22 27 --- A Love Bizarre - Sheila E.
21 26 --- Stages - ZZ Top
15 25 --- Tarzan Boy - Baltimora
27 24 --- Another Night - Aretha Franklin
25 23 --- (How To Be A) Millionaire - ABC
16 22 --- Russians - Sting
12 21 --- When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going - Billy Ocean

23 20 --- Beat's So Lonely - Charlie Sexton
26 19 --- Manic Monday - The Bangles
09 18 --- Life In A Northern Town - The Dream Academy
08 17 --- Living In America - James Brown
24 16 --- Let's Go All The Way - Sly Fox
28 15 --- Kiss - Prince & The Revolution
20 14 --- Sanctify Yourself - Simple Minds
07 13 --- The Sweetest Taboo - Sade
19 12 --- This Could Be The Night - Loverboy
17 11 --- What You Need - INXS

13 10 --- Nikita - Elton John
10 09 --- King For A Day - Thompson Twins
06 08 --- Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) - Mike + The Mechanics
14 07 --- Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
11 06 --- R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. - John Cougar Mellencamp
03 05 --- How Will I Know - Whitney Houston    
05 04 --- Secret Lovers - Atlantic Starr
01 03 --- Kyrie - Mr. Mister    
04 02 --- These Dreams - Heart
02 01 --- Sara - Starship    


This week (at long last) marks the first Top 40 Hit for Pet Shop Boys. Also making a debut are rock band Opus.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 15-21 March 1986

01 01 CHAIN REACTION Diana Ross **
02 04 MANIC MONDAY The Bangles
03 03 LOVE MISSILE F1-11 Sigue Sigue Sputnik
04 10 THEME from 'NEW YORK, NEW YORK' Frank Sinatra
05 02 WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING Billy Ocean ****
06 16 HI HO SILVER Jim Diamond
07 14 (NOTHING SERIOUS) JUST BUGGIN' Whistle
08 -- ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS David Bowie
09 11 DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE? Huey Lewis and the News
10 06 BURNING HEART Survivor

11 05 STARTING TOGETHER Su Pollard
12 07 HOW WILL I KNOW? Whitney Houston
13 27 KISS Prince
14 13 IF YOU WERE HERE TONIGHT Alexander O'Neal
15 09 DON'T WASTE MY TIME Paul Hardcastle
16 12 HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL The Tavares
17 -- MOVE AWAY Culture Club
18 29 KYRIE Mr Mister
19 08 ELOISE The Damned
20 32 DIGGING YOUR SCENE The Blow Monkeys

21 25 SILENT RUNNING (ON DANGEROUS GROUND) Mike and the Mechanics
22 31 THE HONEYTHIEF Hipsway
23 -- NO ONE IS TO BLAME Howard Jones
24 18 HOUNDS OF LOVE Kate Bush
25 20 ONE DANCE WON'T DO Audrey Hall
26 36 ROCK ME TONIGHT (FOR OLD TIME'S SAKE) Freddie Jackson
27 -- HARLEM SHUFFLE The Rolling Stones
28 39 CALLING AMERICA E-L-O
29 38 POGUETRY IN MOTION (E.P.) The Pogues
30 17 AND SHE WAS Talking Heads

31 -- LOVE COMES QUICKLY Pet Shop Boys
32 34 ONLY LOVE Nana Mouskouri
33 24 I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU Colonel Abrams
34 40 CANDYMAN Siouxsie and the Banshees
35 19 LIVING IN AMERICA James Brown
36 15 RISE Public Image Ltd
37 21 SYSTEM ADDICT Five Star
38 RE YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING The Real Thing
39 35 LOVE IS THE DRUG Grace Jones
40 22 STRIPPED Depeche Mode

-- 23 BORDERLINE Madonna
-- 26 THE CAPTAIN OF HER HEART Double
-- 28 TURNING AWAY Shakin' Stevens
-- 30 IMAGINATION Belouis Some
-- 33 WALK OF LIFE Dire Straits
-- 37 RADIO AFRICA Latin Quarter