From synth-pop to stadium rock, these number one hits from 1986 still hit hard. Get into the most iconic songs that shaped the music of a generation.

1986 saw a mammoth 21 singles hit Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart - the biggest of them all that year was The Communards' Don't Leave Me This Way. The pop duo's cover of the 70s disco ...

Mainly it’s the hair. When one looks back to 1986 (the year our paper was born), one inevitably conjures images of mullets, hard-to-hold hair seemingly sprayed with industrial-strength ...

1986 had its fair share of bright pop songs. This is not one of them – but for all its bleakness it’s still awesome. And, with a recent Black Mirror episode taking its title from its ‘Hang ...