Global Charts
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Global Single Chart
40 years ago
the most popular tracks worldwide
according to the national single charts
dated to February 22, 1986
compiled and provided by

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1 / 1
week 4
When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going - Billy Ocean
Jive - 3 weeks at No.1
2 / 5
week 5
Burning Heart - Survivor
Scotti Brothers
3 / -
week 2
How Will I Know - Whitney Houston
Arista
8 / 7
week 3
Living In America - James Brown
Scotti Brothers
7 / 6
week 5
The Sun Always Shines On TV - A-ha
Warner Bros.
6 / 4
week 13
Say You, Say Me - Lionel Richie
Motown
4 / 2
week 13
I'm Your Man - Wham!
Epic / Columbia
5 / 3
week 9
That's What Friends Are For - Dionne & Friends
Arista
10 / -
week 3
Russians - Sting
A&M
9 / 10
week 9
Nikita - Elton John
Rocket / Geffen
 

"When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going" was released on November 15, 1985, as the main theme for the film The Jewel Of The Nile, starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner. The accompanying video was shot at Brixton Academy in London, and features Douglas, Turner and Danny DeVito as lip-synching backing vocalists. By the way, the saxophone solo was played by Vernon Jeffrey Smith. "When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going" went atop the hitlists in United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, and Ireland. Furthermore it peaked at the runner-up slot in the United States, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, and Finland.

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