Top 40 Hits of Early August 1986
| 1 | Chris De Burgh | The Lady In Red |
| 2 | Madonna | Papa Don't Preach |
| 3 | Boris Gardiner | I Want To Wake Up With You |
| 4 | Stan Ridgway | Camouflage |
| 5 | Sly Fox | Let's Go All The Way |
| 6 | Rod Stewart | Every Beat Of My Heart |
| 7 | Five Star | Find The Time |
| 8 | Hollywood Beyond | What's The Colour Of Money |
| 9 | Gwen Guthrie | Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent |
| 10 | Robert Palmer | I Didn't Mean To Turn You On |
| 11 | Sinitta | So Macho / Cruising |
| 12 | The Smiths | Panic |
| 13 | UB40 | Sing Our Own Song |
| 14 | Haywoode | Roses |
| 15 | Lulu | Shout |
| 16 | Spandau Ballet | Fight For Ourselves |
| 17 | Anita Dobson & The Simon May Orchestra | Anyone Can Fall In Love |
| 18 | It Bites | Calling All The Heroes |
| 19 | Audrey Hall | Smile |
| 20 | Owen Paul | My Favourite Waste Of Time |
| 21 | Status Quo | Red Sky |
| 22 | The Jesus & Mary Chain | Some Candy Talking |
| 23 | Lionel Richie | Dancing On The Ceiling |
| 24 | Bananarama | Venus |
| 25 | Steve Winwood | Higher Love |
| 26 | Katrina & The Waves | Sun Street |
| 27 | The Housemartins | Happy Hour |
| 28 | Paul McCartney | Press |
| 29 | Phil Fearon | I Can Prove It |
| 30 | Amazulu | Too Good To Be Forgotten |
| 31 | Real Roxanne With Hitman Howie Tee | (Bang Zoom) Let's Go |
| 32 | Patti LaBelle | Oh People |
| 33 | Wham! | The Edge Of Heaven |
| 34 | The Real Thing | Can You Feel The Force? |
| 35 | Bruce Hornsby & The Range | The Way It Is |
| 36 | Art Of Noise With Max Headroom | Paranoimia |
| 37 | Cock Robin | The Promise You Made |
| 38 | Jaki Graham | Breaking Away |
| 39 | Claire & Friends | It's 'Orrible Being In Love (When You're 8½) |
| 40 | Furniture | Brilliant Mind |