List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 1986 explained

These hits topped the Dutch Top 40 in 1986.

Issue Date	Song	Artist(s)	Reference
4 January	"Nikita"	Elton John	^[1]
11 January			^[2]
18 January			^[3]
25 January			^[4]
1 February	"A Good Heart"	Feargal Sharkey	^[5]
8 February			^[6]
15 February	"When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going"	Billy Ocean	^[7]
22 February			^[8]
1 March			^[9]
8 March			^[10]
15 March			^[11]
22 March	"The Promise You Made"	Cock Robin	^[12]
29 March			^[13]
5 April	"Jeanny"	Falco	^[14]
12 April			^[15]
19 April	"Living Doll"	Cliff Richard & The Young Ones	^[16]
26 April			^[17]
3 May			^[18]
10 May			^[19]
17 May	"A Different Corner"	George Michael	^[20]
24 May	"Wonderful World"	Sam Cooke	^[21]
31 May			^[22]
7 June			^[23]
14 June			^[24]
21 June	"What Have You Done for Me Lately"	Janet Jackson	^[25]
28 June			^[26]
5 July			^[27]
12 July	"The Edge of Heaven"	Wham!	^[28]
19 July			^[29]
26 July			^[30]
2 August	"Holiday Rap"	MC Miker G & DJ Sven	^[31]
9 August			^[32]
16 August			^[33]
23 August	"Sing Our Own Song"	UB40	^[34]
30 August			^[35]
6 September			^[36]
13 September			^[37]
20 September	"The Way It Is"	Bruce Hornsby and the Range	^[38]
27 September	"The Final Countdown"	Europe	^[39]
4 October			^[40]
11 October			^[41]
18 October			^[42]
25 October	"Take My Breath Away"	Berlin	^[43]
1 November	"Don't Leave Me This Way"	The Communards	^[44]
8 November			^[45]
15 November			^[46]
22 November			^[47]
29 November			^[48]
6 December	"Walk Like an Egyptian"	The Bangles	^[49]
13 December			^[50]
20 December			^[51]
27 December	No Top 40 released

See also

• 1986 in music

Notes and References

1. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 1, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
2. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 2, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
3. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 3, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
4. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 4, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
5. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 5, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
6. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 6, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
7. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 7, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
8. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 8, 1986 . https://archive.today/20090621051422/http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=44685/chartid=6135 . dead . 21 June 2009 . 12 March 2009 .
9. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 9, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
10. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 10, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
11. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 11, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
12. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 12, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
13. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 13, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
14. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 14, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
15. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 15, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
16. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 16, 1986 . 12 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080108091654/http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=44685/chartid=5898 . 8 January 2008 . dead .
17. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 17, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
18. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 18, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
19. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 19, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
20. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 20, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
21. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 21, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
22. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 22, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
23. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 23, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
24. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 24, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
25. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 25, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
26. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 26, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
27. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 27, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
28. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 28, 1986 . 12 March 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080108091649/http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=44685/chartid=5736 . 8 January 2008 .
29. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 29, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
30. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 30, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
31. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 31, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
32. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 32, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
33. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 33, 1986 . 12 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080109112120/http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=44685/chartid=5738 . 9 January 2008 . dead .
34. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 34, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
35. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 35, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
36. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 36, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
37. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 37, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
38. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 38, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
39. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 39, 1986 . 12 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080109112150/http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id%3D44685/chartid%3D6065 . 9 January 2008 . dead .
40. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 40, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
41. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 41, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
42. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 42, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
43. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 43, 1986 . 12 March 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080109112156/http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=44685/chartid=6066 . 9 January 2008 .
44. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 44, 1986 . 12 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080109112255/http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=44685/chartid=6459 . 9 January 2008 . dead .
45. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 45, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
46. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 46, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
47. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 47, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
48. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 49, 1986 ('vorige week' column) . 12 March 2009.
49. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 49, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
50. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 50, 1986 . 12 March 2009.
51. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 51, 1986 . 12 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080109112245/http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id%3D44685/chartid%3D6304 . 9 January 2008 . dead .