# List of Billboard number-one dance singles of 1986

Billboard magazine compiled the top-performing dance singles in the United States on the Hot Dance/Disco Club Play chart and the Hot Dance/Disco 12-inch Singles Sales chart. Premiered in 1976, the Club Play chart ranked the most-played singles on dance club based on reports from a national sample of club DJs. The 12-inch Singles Sales chart was launched in 1985 to compile the best-selling dance singles based on retail sales across the United States.

## Charts history

Chart history :
| Issue date | Hot Dance/Disco Club Play | Hot Dance/Disco Club Play | Hot Dance/Disco 12-inch Singles Sales | Hot Dance/Disco 12-inch Singles Sales | Ref. |
| Issue date | Title | Artist(s) | Title | Artist(s) | Ref. |
| January 4 | "Baby Talk" | Alisha | "I Like You" | Phyllis Nelson | |
| January 11 | "Go Home" | Stevie Wonder | "I Like You" | Phyllis Nelson | |
| January 18 | "Go Home" | Stevie Wonder | "I Like You" | Phyllis Nelson | |
| January 25 | "Love's Gonna Get You" | Jocelyn Brown | "Love's Gonna Get You" | Jocelyn Brown | |
| February 1 | "Slave to the Rhythm" | Grace Jones | "Love's Gonna Get You" | Jocelyn Brown | |
| February 8 | "No Frills Love" | Jennifer Holliday | "Living In America" | James Brown | |
| February 15 | Colonel Abrams (all cuts) | Colonel Abrams | "Living In America" | James Brown | |
| February 22 | Colonel Abrams (all cuts) | Colonel Abrams | "Living In America" | James Brown | |
| March 1 | "If You Should Ever Be Lonely" | Val Young | "Saturday Love" (Remix) | Cherrelle featuring Alexander O'Neal | |
| March 8 | "If You Should Ever Be Lonely" | Val Young | "Saturday Love" (Remix) | Cherrelle featuring Alexander O'Neal | |
| March 15 | "If You Should Ever Be Lonely" | Val Young | "Saturday Love" (Remix) | Cherrelle featuring Alexander O'Neal | |
| March 22 | "I'm Not Gonna Let You" | Colonel Abrams | "What Have You Done For Me Lately" | Janet Jackson | |
| March 29 | "I Can't Wait" | Nu Shooz | "Saturday Love" (Remix) | Cherrelle featuring Alexander O'Neal | |
| April 5 | "I Can't Wait" | Nu Shooz | "Kiss" (Remix) / "♥ or $" | Prince and the Revolution | |
| April 12 | "Kiss" | Prince and the Revolution | "Kiss" (Remix) / "♥ or $" | Prince and the Revolution | |
| April 19 | "Kiss" | Prince and the Revolution | "Kiss" (Remix) / "♥ or $" | Prince and the Revolution | |
| April 26 | "Whenever You Need Somebody" | O'Chi Brown | "Kiss" (Remix) / "♥ or $" | Prince and the Revolution | |
| May 3 | "West End Girls" | Pet Shop Boys | "Kiss" (Remix) / "♥ or $" | Prince and the Revolution | |
| May 10 | "West End Girls" | Pet Shop Boys | "Kiss" (Remix) / "♥ or $" | Prince and the Revolution | |
| May 17 | "Say It, Say It" | E. G. Daily | "On My Own" | Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald (musician) | |
| May 24 | "What I Like" | Anthony and the Camp | "On My Own" | Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald (musician) | |
| May 31 | "What I Like" | Anthony and the Camp | "On My Own" | Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald (musician) | |
| June 7 | "What I Like" | Anthony and the Camp | "On My Own" | Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald (musician) | |
| June 14 | "Jump Back (Set Me Free)" | Dhar Braxton | "The Finest" | The S.O.S. Band | |
| June 21 | "Jump Back (Set Me Free)" | Dhar Braxton | "The Finest" | The S.O.S. Band | |
| June 28 | "Baby Love" | Regina | "The Finest" | The S.O.S. Band | |
| July 5 | "Baby Love" | Regina | "Rumors"/ "Vicious Rumors" | Timex Social Club | |
| July 12 | "Sledgehammer" | Peter Gabriel | "Rumors"/ "Vicious Rumors" | Timex Social Club | |
| July 19 | "Rumors" / "Vicious Rumors" | Timex Social Club | "Rumors"/ "Vicious Rumors" | Timex Social Club | |
| July 26 | "Rumors" / "Vicious Rumors" | Timex Social Club | "Rumors"/ "Vicious Rumors" | Timex Social Club | |
| August 2 | "Rumors" / "Vicious Rumors" | Timex Social Club | "Venus" (Remix) | Bananarama | |
| August 9 | "Venus" | Bananarama | "Venus" (Remix) | Bananarama | |
| August 16 | "Venus" | Bananarama | "Venus" (Remix) | Bananarama | |
| August 23 | "Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent" | Gwen Guthrie | "Papa Don't Preach" | Madonna | |
| August 30 | "Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent" | Gwen Guthrie | "Papa Don't Preach" | Madonna | |
| September 6 | "Point of No Return" | Nu Shooz | "Two of Hearts" | Stacy Q | |
| September 13 | "Down and Counting" | Claudja Barry | "Down and Counting" | Claudja Barry | |
| September 20 | "When I Think of You" | Janet Jackson | "Down and Counting" | Claudja Barry | |
| September 27 | "When I Think of You" | Janet Jackson | "Down and Counting" | Claudja Barry | |
| October 4 | "When I Think of You" | Janet Jackson | "Down and Counting" | Claudja Barry | |
| October 11 | "Gotta See You Tonight" | Barbara Roy | "Two of Hearts" | Stacy Q | |
| October 18 | "Gotta See You Tonight" | Barbara Roy | "Two of Hearts" | Stacy Q | |
| October 25 | "Human" | The Human League | "Human" | The Human League | |
| November 1 | "Human" | The Human League | "Human" | The Human League | |
| November 8 | "Human" | The Human League | "Human" | The Human League | |
| November 15 | "Word Up!" | Cameo | "Human" | The Human League | |
| November 22 | "Don't Leave Me This Way" | The Communards | "Human" | The Human League | |
| November 29 | "I Can't Turn Around" | J. M. Silk | "Brand New Lover" | Dead or Alive | |
| December 6 | "Brand New Lover" | Dead or Alive | "Brand New Lover" | Dead or Alive | |
| December 13 | "Brand New Lover" | Dead or Alive | "Brand New Lover" | Dead or Alive | |
| December 20 | "Control" | Janet Jackson | "Brand New Lover" | Dead or Alive | |
| December 27 | "Control" | Janet Jackson | "Brand New Lover" | Dead or Alive | |