1986 in British music cover of the disco song "Don't Leave Me This Way". The band included singer Jimmy Somerville who had previously enjoyed success with Bronski Beat, and later started a solo career. The Christmas number one single was something of a surprise, a re-issue of Jackie Wilson's 1957 single "Reet Petite". Wilson had died in 1984, but the song been re-issued after being used in a television advert for Levi's, with a new video made of a Claymation version of Wilson. Having first been released 29 years earlier, it broke the record for the longest time between a single being released and
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 A oil rig in the North Sea. The winning entry was "Romeo," composed and performed by Ketil Stokkan. Stokkan performed fourth on the night of the contest, following France and preceding the United Kingdom. At the close of the voting the song had received 44 points, placing 12th in a field of 20 competing countries. Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 Norway played host to the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, so the country was automatically entered into the final in Bergen. The Norwegian national final to select their entry, the "Melodi Grand Prix 1986", was held on 22 March