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“How Will I Know” by Whitney Houston

“How Will I Know” by Whitney Houston finished No. 6 on the year-end Top 100 of 1986, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year, making it one of the ten biggest hits of the year.

Year-end peakNo. 61986
Year-end charts11986
ArtistWhitney Houston20 year-end hits
Decade1980ssee the decade’s Top 100

The No. 1 song of 1986 was “That's What Friends Are For” by Dionne and Friends. Whitney Houston had 20 different songs on the year-end charts (see them all).

Play “How Will I Know”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1986 chart.

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Around it on the 1986 chart

#SongArtistListen
3I Miss YouKlymaxx▶♪
4On My OwnPatti Labelle and Michael McDonald▶♪
5Broken WingsMr. Mister▶♪
6How Will I KnowWhitney Houston▶♪
7Party All The TimeEddie Murphy▶♪
8Burning HeartSurvivor▶♪
9KyrieMr. Mister▶♪

More hits by Whitney Houston

#SongArtistYear-endListen
1I Will Always Love YouWhitney Houston1993 #1▶♪
2I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)Whitney Houston1987 #4▶♪
3Heartbreak HotelWhitney Houston1999 #4▶♪
4So EmotionalWhitney Houston1988 #6▶♪
5Greatest Love Of AllWhitney Houston1986 #11▶♪
6Exhale (Shoop Shoop)Whitney Houston1996 #14▶♪
7All The Man That I NeedWhitney Houston1991 #16▶♪
8Didn't We Almost Have It AllWhitney Houston1987 #22▶♪

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Source: Billboard’s year-end singles chart, as compiled on Wikipedia. Hey DJ 4U is an independent site, not affiliated with Billboard. Spotted an error? Tell us.