Episode 597: Close but No cigar … No. 2 Hits of 1986 – Part 1

Our “Close But No Cigar” series celebrates the hits from 1986 that reached No. 2 on the Billboard Chart in the U.S. but got no further. Songs by the Bangles, John Mellencamp, Survivor and more.

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