Casey Kasem's American Top 40 The 80s - October 29th 2011

AT40 the 80s this week October 25th 1986


The Top 20 Singles

20 - Heaven in Your Eyes - Loverboy
19 - Girl Can't Help It - Journey
18 - The Rain - Oran "Juice" Jones
17 - Word Up - Cameo
16 - You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi
15 - Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money
14 - Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone) - Glass Tiger
13 - True Blue - Madonna
12 - A Matter of Trust - Billy Joel
11 - Two of Hearts - Stacey Q
10 - Sweet Love - Anita Baker
9  -  Human - The Human League
8  -  All Cried Out - Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam w/Full Force
7  -  Throwing it All Away - Genesis
6  -  Amanda - Boston
5  -  Heartbeat - Don Johnson
4  -  I Didn't Mean To Turn You On - Robert Palmer
3  -  When I Think of You- Janet Jackson
2  -  Typical Male - Tina Turner
1  -  True Colors - Cyndi Lauper
(2 consecutive weeks at #1)



The Top Ten Albums


10 - The Bridge - Billy Joel
9  -  True Blue - Madonna
8  -  Raising Hell - Run DMC
7  -  Back in the Highlife - Steve Winwood
6  -  Break Every Rule - Tina Turner
5  -  Dancing on the Ceiling - Lionel Richie
4  -  Top Gun - Soundtrack
3  -  Third Stage - Boston
2  -  Fore! - Huey Lewis and the News
1  -  Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi
(8 non consecutive weeks at #1)

This is, to date, Bon Jovi's biggest selling album with over 12 million copies sold in the US alone and over 28 million worldwide.   This was the bestselling album of 1987 and yielded 2 #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 in "You Give Love a Bad Name" (1 week) and "Livin' On a Prayer" (4weeks).  A third single "Wanted Dead or Alive" peaked at #7.  This is also the band's best selling album in the UK but only made it to #6 on the the UK album chart.
The album did court some controversy with the original album cover (below) that was rejected by the label but used as the album sleeve inside the now famous rain cover.