Top Mainstream Rock Tracks Number One Hit Song's Tournament-1986

Here is 1986!

Max of 3 votes only!


February 1-"Kyrie" by Mr.Mister-1 week


February 8-"Stages" by ZZ Top-2 week


February 22-"All the King's Horses" by The Firm-4 weeks


March 22-"Addicted to Love" by Robert Palmer-2 weeks


April 5-"Why Can't This Be Love?" by Van Halen-3 weeks


April 26-"Stick Around" by Julian Lennon-3 weeks


May 17-"Like a Rock" by Bob Seger-2 weeks


May 31-"Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel-2 weeks


June 14-"Invisible Touch" by Genesis-3 weeks


July 5-"Secret Separation" by The Fixx-2 weeks


July 19-"Higher Love" by Steve Winwood-4 weeks


August 16-"Missionary Man" by Eurythmics-1 week


August 23-"Throwing It All Away" by Genesis-3 weeks


September 13-"In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel-1 week


September 20-"Take Me Home Tonight" by Eddie Money-2 weeks


October 3-"Emotion in Motion" by Ric Ocasek-1 week


October 11-"Amanda" by Boston-3 weeks


November 1-"Hip to Be Square" by Huey Lewis and the News-1 week


November 8-"Don't Get Me Wrong"by The Pretenders-3 weeks


November 29-"I Want to Make the World Turn Around" by Steve Miller Band-6 weeks

Here is a quick list of songs that have qual'd so far:

1981-
1st-Tied:
"Burnin' For You" by Blue Öyster Cult-3 votes, 23%
"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" by Police-3 votes, 23%
2nd-Tied:
"Start Me Up" by The Rolling Stones-2 votes, 15%
"You Better Bet" by The Who- 2 votes, 15%

1982-
1st:
"You Got Lucky" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-3 votes, 25%
2nd-Tied:
"Shock the Monkey" by Peter Gabriel-2 votes, 16%
"Down Under" by Men at Work-2 votes, 16%

1983:
1st-Tied:
"Hungry Like a Wolf" by Duran Duran-4 votes, 26%
"Every Breath You Take" by The Police-4 votes, 26%
2nd:
"Owner of a Lonely Heart" by Yes-3 votes, 20%

1984:
1st:
"Jump" by Van Halen-3 votes,30%
2nd-Tied:
"You Might Think" by The Cars-2 votes, 20%
"The Boys Of Summer" by Don Henley-2 votes, 20%

1985:
1st:
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds-4 votes, 33%
2nd-Tied:
"The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News-2 votes, 16%
"Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits-2 votes, 16%



Here the records of the tournament so far:

Band with the most songs qualifying: The Police with 2 songs

Band with the most 1st places: The Police with,
"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"-1981
"Every Breath You Take"-1983

Song with the most votes: Tied with 4 votes are the songs,
"Hungry Like a Wolf" by Duran Duran and
"Every Breath You Take" by The Police

Top Three Artists with the most votes in the tournament:
1st-The Police has 8 votes overall with 3 songs
2nd-Duran Duran has 4 votes overall with 1 song
2nd-Simple Minds has 4 votes overall with 1 song
3rd-Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers has 4 votes overall with 2 songs

I chose "Hip to Be Square," "Sledgehammer," and "In Your Eyes." I am really starting to grow on Peter Gabriel. Sledgehammer is on of the best songs of the 80's and has one of the greatest music videos of all time.

I chose the same three as Mason.

One day left vote! If you have not done so I highly suggest you should!

I could only decide on two votes this time around. I went with "Hip to be Square" and "Sledgehammer."

Not too familiar with this year's choices, so I just chose the ones I enjoyed the most.