UK EUROBEAT CHART-TOPPERS 1986
HE’S NUMBER ONE – Fantasy – US Spring (6 wks)
LOVE’S GONE MAD – Seventh Avenue – Record Shack (11 wks)
YOU’RE A BEAT – Eastbound Expressway – Passion (5 wks)
REFLEX ACTION – Louise Thomas – R&B Records (6 wks)
CAN’T LIVE – Suzy Q – Belgian ARS (1 wk)
REFLEX ACTION – Louise Thomas – R&B Records (2 wks)
MALE STRIPPER – Man 2 Man Meet Man Parrish – US Recca (1 wk)
HOW MANY HEARTS – Evelyn Thomas – Record Shack (1 wk)
CAN’T LIVE – Suzy Q – Belgian ARS (1 wk)
HOW MANY HEARTS – Evelyn Thomas – Record Shack (1 wk)
LANDSLIDE – Croisette – Passion (2 wks)
LOVE IN THE SHADOWS (REMIX) – EG Daily – US A&M (2 wks)
LOVE CAN’T TURN AROUND – Farley ‘Jackmaster’ Funk – London (1 wk)
NO MAN’S LAND – Seventh Avenue – Record Shack (1 wk)
KNOCK ME SENSELESS – Eastbound Expressway – Passion (4 wks)
YOU’RE GONNA SUFFER – Bertice Reading – Sublime (1 wk)
YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON – Kim Wilde – MCA Records (4 wks)
ANIMAL MAGNETISM – Darryl Pandy – Nightmare (3 wks)
WHO KNOWS WHAT EVIL – Man Two Man – Nightmare (2 wks)
EUROBEAT ARTISTS OF THE YEAR: Seventh Avenue
RUNNERS UP: Eastbound Expressway, Louise Thomas, Darryl Pandy, Man 2 Man
EUROBEAT HIT OF 1986: Seventh Avenue ‘Love’s Gone Mad’ (Record Shack)
RECORD AT NUMBER ONE FOR LONGEST: Seventh Avenue ‘Love’s Gone Mad’ (Record Shack), for 11 weeks!
EUROBEAT LABELS OF THE YEAR: 1 (–) Passion, 2 (1) Record Shack, 3= (–) London, 3= (–) Sublime
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO?: Fanfare (2 in ’85)
CAST A GIANT SHADOW: Ian Levine
80s Hi-NRG & Eurobeat 