Issue date Song Artist (s) Ref. January 4 "Say You, Say Me '' Lionel Richie January 11 January 18 "That 's What Friends Are For '' Dionne and Friends January 25 February 1 February 8 February 15 "How Will I Know '' Whitney Houston February 22 March 1 "Kyrie '' Mr. Mister March 8 March 15 "Sara '' Starship March 22 "These Dreams '' Heart March 29 "Rock Me Amadeus '' Falco April 5 April 12 April 19 "Kiss '' Prince and the Revolution April 26 May 3 "Addicted to Love '' Robert Palmer May 10 "West End Girls '' Pet Shop Boys May 17 "Greatest Love of All '' Whitney Houston May 24 May 31 June 7 "Live to Tell '' Madonna June 14 "On My Own '' Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald June 21 June 28 July 5 "There 'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) '' Billy Ocean July 12 "Holding Back the Years '' Simply Red July 19 "Invisible Touch '' Genesis July 26 "Sledgehammer '' Peter Gabriel August 2 "Glory of Love '' Peter Cetera August 9 August 16 "Papa Do n't Preach '' Madonna August 23 August 30 "Higher Love '' Steve Winwood September 6 "Venus '' Bananarama September 13 "Take My Breath Away '' Berlin September 20 "Stuck with You '' Huey Lewis and the News September 27 October 4 October 11 "When I Think of You '' Janet Jackson October 18 October 25 "True Colors '' Cyndi Lauper November 1 November 8 "Amanda '' Boston November 15 November 22 "Human '' The Human League November 29 "You Give Love a Bad Name '' Bon Jovi December 6 "The Next Time I Fall '' Peter Cetera and Amy Grant December 13 "The Way It Is '' Bruce Hornsby & the Range December 20 "Walk Like an Egyptian '' The Bangles December 27
what was the number one song on august 3 1986
"Glory of Love ''