title: List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1986
text: # List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1986
  
  These are the number-one singles of 1986 according to the Top 100 Singles chart in Cash Box magazine.
  
  Key :
  
  | † | Indicates best-performing single of 1986 |
  | - | - |
  | Issue date | Song | Artist |
  | January 4 | "Say You, Say Me" | Lionel Richie |
  | January 11 | "Say You, Say Me" | Lionel Richie |
  | January 18 | "Say You, Say Me" | Lionel Richie |
  | January 25 | "That's What Friends Are For" | Dionne Warwick & Friends |
  | February 1 | "That's What Friends Are For" | Dionne Warwick & Friends |
  | February 8 | "That's What Friends Are For" | Dionne Warwick & Friends |
  | February 15 | "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" | Billy Ocean |
  | February 22 | "How Will I Know" | Whitney Houston |
  | March 1 | "Kyrie" | Mr. Mister |
  | March 8 | "Kyrie" | Mr. Mister |
  | March 15 | "Sara" | Starship |
  | March 22 | "These Dreams" | Heart |
  | March 29 | "Rock Me Amadeus" | Falco |
  | April 5 | "Rock Me Amadeus" | Falco |
  | April 12 | "Kiss" | Prince & Revolution |
  | April 19 | "Kiss" | Prince & Revolution |
  | April 26 | "Addicted To Love" | Robert Palmer |
  | May 3 | "Addicted To Love" | Robert Palmer |
  | May 10 | "West End Girls" | Pet Shop Boys |
  | May 17 | "Why Can't This Be Love" | Van Halen |
  | May 24 | "Greatest Love Of All" | Whitney Houston |
  | May 31 | "Greatest Love Of All" | Whitney Houston |
  | June 7 | "Live to Tell" | Madonna |
  | June 14 | "On My Own" | Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald |
  | June 21 | "On My Own" | Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald |
  | June 28 | "On My Own" | Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald |
  | July 5 | "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" | Billy Ocean |
  | July 12 | "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" | Billy Ocean |
  | July 19 | "Invisible Touch" | Genesis |
  | July 26 | "Sledgehammer" | Peter Gabriel |
  | August 2 | "Sledgehammer" | Peter Gabriel |
  | August 9 | "Glory of Love" | Peter Cetera |
  | August 16 | "Papa Don't Preach" | Madonna |
  | August 23 | "Papa Don't Preach" | Madonna |
  | August 30 | "Higher Love" † | Steve Winwood |
  | September 6 | "Higher Love" † | Steve Winwood |
  | September 13 | "Take My Breath Away" | Berlin |
  | September 20 | "Stuck with You" | Huey Lewis and the News |
  | September 27 | "Stuck with You" | Huey Lewis and the News |
  | October 4 | "Stuck with You" | Huey Lewis and the News |
  | October 11 | "When I Think Of You" | Janet Jackson |
  | October 18 | "When I Think Of You" | Janet Jackson |
  | October 25 | "Typical Male" | Tina Turner |
  | November 1 | "True Colors" | Cyndi Lauper |
  | November 8 | "Amanda" | Boston |
  | November 15 | "Amanda" | Boston |
  | November 22 | "Amanda" | Boston |
  | November 29 | "Human" | The Human League |
  | December 6 | "You Give Love A Bad Name" | Bon Jovi |
  | December 13 | "The Way It Is" | Bruce Hornsby & Range |
  | December 20 | "Walk Like an Egyptian" | The Bangles |
  | December 27 | "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" | Wang Chung |
  