The best alternative songs of 1986

Combined from every 1986 year-end radio countdown

  1. 1PanicThe Smiths
  2. 2AskThe Smiths
  3. 3Bigmouth Strikes AgainThe Smiths
  4. 4SledgehammerPeter Gabriel
  5. 5Wild Wild LifeTalking Heads
  6. 6Don't Get Me WrongThe Pretenders
  7. 7Bizarre Love TriangleNew Order
  8. 8Blood and RosesThe Smithereens
  9. 9Walk Like an EgyptianThe Bangles
  10. 10What You NeedINXS