1986
🎂 What music raised you?
Drop your birthday and we'll rewind to your golden era — the years the songs imprinted for life.
🔙 Backtrack — 1986
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
🎬 Set the scene
That 1986 feeling: Alvin and the Chipmunks in the background, an Orange Julius on the counter, a Push Pop in reach, and no one texting to ask where you were.
🎬 At the movies
📼 Saturday cartoons
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe👕 tee →
- ThunderCats👕 tee →
- G.I. Joe👕 tee →
- The Smurfs👕 tee →
- The Real Ghostbusters👕 tee →
- Inspector Gadget
- Voltron👕 tee →
- Muppet Babies
- Alvin and the Chipmunks
- Jem👕 tee →
Billboard Year-End Hot 100
📊 Full chart →- 1
That's What Friends Are ForDionne Warwick - 2
Say You, Say Me (feat. Jason Aldean)Lionel Richie - 3
I Miss YouKlymaxx - 4
On My OwnMichael McDonald & Patti LaBelle - 5
Broken WingsMr. Mister - 6
How Will I KnowWhitney Houston - 7
Party All the TimeEddie Murphy - 8
Burning HeartSurvivor - 9KyrieMr. Mister
- 10
Addicted to LoveRobert Palmer - 11
Greatest Love of AllWhitney Houston - 12
Secret LoversAtlantic Starr - 13
Friends and LoversCarl Anderson - 14
Glory of LovePeter Cetera - 15
West End GirlsPet Shop Boys - 16
There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)Billy Ocean - 17
Alive And KickingSimple Minds - 18
NeverHeart - 19
KissPrince & The Revolution - 20
Higher LoveSteve Winwood - 21
Stuck With YouHuey Lewis & The News - 22
Holding Back the YearsSimply Red - 23
SledgehammerPeter Gabriel - 24
SaraStarship - 25
Don't You Want MeThe Human League
More from 1986
🎤 Big in 1986
🎚️ 1986 genres
🎛️ Behind the boards & the pen — 1986
The hands behind 1986 — the producers and songwriters who actually shaped that year's records. Rick Rubin was on 4 of them.
🎬 Movies of 1986
All soundtracks →The soundtracks that scored 1986 — every song and where it played.
🎚️ Related vibes
All themes →Themed rooms that lean on the sound of 1986.
What does 1986 remind you of?
The drive, the dance, the heartbreak, the summer. Add a memory of 1986.
Community Memories
How well do you remember 1986?
7 quick questions — the songs, the artists, the year. No cheating. 😏
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🎵 1986 albums on vinyl
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