▸ the year you arrived
1986
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You will be 40 this year — a child of the '80s.
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Your generation
Millennial
1986 belonged to
Lionel Richie
3 year-end chart hits
Top 10 of 1986
- 1
That's What Friends Are For
Dionne Warwick
- 2
Say You, Say Me (feat. Jason Aldean)
Lionel Richie
- 3
I Miss You
Klymaxx
- 4
On My Own (Single)
Michael McDonald & Patti LaBelle
- 5
Broken Wings
Mr. Mister
- 6
How Will I Know
Whitney Houston
- 7
Party All the Time
Eddie Murphy
- 8
Burning Heart
Survivor
- 9
Kyrie
Mr. Mister
- 10
Addicted to Love
Robert Palmer
The world you were born into
Top AlbumsBon Jovi — Slippery When Wet
Run-DMC — Raising Hell
Paul Simon — Graceland
At the MoviesTop Gun
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Aliens
On TVALF
Pee-wee's Playhouse
L.A. Law
In the HeadlinesChallenger disaster
Chernobyl
The Oprah Winfrey Show goes national
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