1986
Stevie Nicks: Talk to Me
Stevie Nicks’ Talk to Me from her Rock a Little album. The former Fleetwood Mac member hit number 4 with this pop rocker in …
Simply Red: Holding Back the Years
Simply Red’s video for Holding Back the Years. The video was filmed in Whitby, England. The song is the band’s most successful single …
Billy Ocean: There’ll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)
Billy Ocean had a penchant for writing songs with impossibly long titles like There’ll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry). The song reached …
Janet Jackson: When I Think of You
Janet Jackson was only 20 years old in 1986 when When I Think of You topped the charts. The video is designed to look …
Whitney Houston: Greatest Love of All
Whitney Houston made it famous but George Benson actually recorded Greatest Love of All first in 1977. 19 years later Whitney would make it …
Lionel Richie: Dancing on the Ceiling
Oh what a feeling… when we’re dancing on the ceiling. The song was Lionel Richie’s biggest hit from his Dancing on the Ceiling album …
Steve Winwood: Higher Love
Higher Love was Steve Winwood’s first #1 solo hit in 1986. The song won Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Best Male …
The Human League: Human
The Human League turned to all star producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis to write their hit Human. The video has sort of an …
Simple Minds: Alive and Kicking
Alive and Kicking from Simple Minds’ Once Upon a Time album. The song reached #3 in 1986. Did you know: vocalist Jim Kerr …
Pet Shop Boys: West End Girls
West End Girls was Pet Shop Boys’ first hit song. The video features the guys actually walking through London’s West End.
Wang Chung: Everybody Have Fun Tonight
Everybody have fun tonight! Everybody Wang Chung tonight! Wang Chung hit #2 in 1986 with the party anthem that many feel is one of …















