Top 40 Trends

Every song, artist & show from Casey Kasem’s American Top 40 and Casey’s Top 40.

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American Top 40 — August 2, 1986

Host: Casey Kasem Songs on show: 42 Non-chart: 2

The August 2, 1986 American Top 40, hosted by Casey Kasem, included 42 songs. #1 was Glory of Love by Peter Cetera. 7 songs debuted this week. 4 songs were in their final week on the chart. Also on the show: 2 Long Distance Dedications (Whenever I Call You Friend, I Wanna Be A Cowboy) .

On this show

  1. 40
    Man Size Love Klymaxx
    Week 1 of 8 · Peaks #15
  2. 39
    Hanging On A Heart Attack Device
    Week 1 of 4 · Peaks #35
  3. 38
    Taken In Mike & The Mechanics
    Week 1 of 5 · Peaks #32
  4. 37
    No One Is To Blame Howard Jones
    Week 14 of 14 · Peak #4
  5. 36
    That Was Then, This Is Now Mickey Dolenz & Peter Tork
    Week 1 of 3 · Peaks #21
  6. 35
    Rumbleseat John Cougar Mellencamp
    Week 1 of 4 · Peaks #28
  7. 34
    Yankee Rose David Lee Roth
    Week 2 of 8 · Peaks #16
  8. 33
    Words Get In The Way Miami Sound Machine
    Week 2 of 13 · Peaks #5
  9. 32
    When The Heart Rules The Mind GTR
    Week 10 of 10 · Peak #14
  10. 31
    Friends And Lovers Gloria Loring & Carl Anderson
    Week 1 of 14 · Peaks #2
  11. 30
    Baby Love Regina
    Week 3 of 12 · Peaks #10
  12. 29
    There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) Billy Ocean
    Week 14 of 14 · Peak #1
  13. 28
    One Step Closer To You Gavin Christopher
    Week 4 of 7 · Peaks #22
  14. LDD
    Whenever I Call You Friend Kenny Loggins with Stevie Nicks
  15. 27
    Who’s Johnny El DeBarge
    Week 12 of 13 · Peak #3
  16. 26
    All The Love In The World Outfield
    Week 4 of 7 · Peaks #19
  17. 25
    Secret Sensation Fixx
    Week 1 of 1 · Peaks #25
  18. 24
    Take It Easy Andy Taylor
    Week 5 of 7 · Peaks #24
  19. 23
    Take My Breath Away Berlin
    Week 3 of 13 · Peaks #1
  20. 22
    Holding Back The Years Simply Red
    Week 13 of 14 · Peak #1
  21. 21
    Suzanne Journey
    Week 4 of 7 · Peaks #17
  22. 20
    Your Wildest Dreams Moody Blues
    Week 11 of 12 · Peak #9
  23. 19
    Dancing On The Ceiling Lionel Richie
    Week 3 of 14 · Peaks #2
  24. 18
    Sweet Freedom (Theme From 'Running Scared') Michael McDonald
    Week 4 of 13 · Peaks #7
  25. 17
    You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song) Jeffrey Osborne
    Week 4 of 8 · Peaks #13
  26. 16
    The Edge Of Heaven Wham
    Week 3 of 8 · Peaks #10
  27. 15
    Venus Bananarama
    Week 3 of 12 · Peaks #1
  28. 14
    Digging Your Scene Blow Monkeys
    Week 8 of 10 · Peaks #14
  29. 13
    Rumours Timex Social Club
    Week 3 of 6 · Peaks #8
  30. 12
    Higher Love Steve Winwood
    Week 5 of 14 · Peaks #1
  31. 11
    Modern Woman Billy Joel
    Week 7 of 9 · Peak #10
  32. 10
    Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) Pet Shop Boys
    Week 7 of 9 · Peaks #10
  33. 9
    We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off Jermaine Stewart
    Week 6 of 11 · Peaks #5
  34. 8
    Nasty Janet Jackson
    Week 9 of 11 · Peak #3
  35. 7
    Love Touch (Theme From 'Legal Eagles') Rod Stewart
    Week 8 of 12 · Peaks #6
  36. LDD
    I Wanna Be A Cowboy Boys Don't Cry
  37. 6
    Mad About You Belinda Carlisle
    Week 7 of 14 · Peaks #3
  38. 5
    Invisible Touch Genesis
    Week 9 of 12 · Peak #1
  39. 4
    Papa Don't Preach Madonna
    Week 5 of 12 · Peaks #1
  40. 3
    Danger Zone Kenny Loggins
    Week 9 of 13 · Peak #2
  41. 2
    Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel
    Week 10 of 14 · Peak #1
  42. 1
    Glory of Love Peter Cetera
    Week 7 of 14 · Peaks #1

Debuts

Final week on chart

Chart history