Top 40 Hits of Mid October 1986
| 1 | Madonna | True Blue |
| 2 | Nick Berry | Every Loser Wins |
| 3 | Five Star | Rain Or Shine |
| 4 | Paul Simon | You Can Call Me Al |
| 5 | The Communards | Don't Leave Me This Way |
| 6 | Status Quo | In The Army Now |
| 7 | Cliff Richard & Sarah Brightman | All I Ask Of You |
| 8 | Pet Shop Boys | Suburbia |
| 9 | The Bangles | Walk Like An Egyptian |
| 10 | Cameo | Word Up |
| 11 | Eurythmics | Thorn In My Side |
| 12 | A-ha | I've Been Losing You |
| 13 | Cyndi Lauper | True Colors |
| 14 | Marti Webb & The Simon May Orchestra | Always There |
| 15 | Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | (Forever) Live And Die |
| 16 | Jermaine Stewart | We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off |
| 17 | Midnight Star | Midas Touch |
| 18 | Amazulu | Montego Bay |
| 19 | Huey Lewis & The News | Stuck With You |
| 20 | Run-DMC / Aerosmith | Walk This Way |
| 21 | Boris Gardiner | You're Everything To Me |
| 22 | Cutting Crew | (I Just) Died In Your Arms |
| 23 | Julian Cope | World Shut Your Mouth |
| 24 | Paul Hardcastle | The Wizard |
| 25 | The Pretenders | Don't Get Me Wrong |
| 26 | Timex Social Club | Rumors |
| 27 | The Police | Don't Stand So Close To Me '86 |
| 28 | Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk | Love Can't Turn Around |
| 29 | Paul Young | Wonderland |
| 30 | The Housemartins | Think For A Minute |
| 31 | Sinitta | So Macho / Cruising |
| 32 | Billy Idol | To Be A Lover |
| 33 | Peter Cetera | Glory Of Love |
| 34 | DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince | Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble |
| 35 | Michael McDonald | Sweet Freedom |
| 36 | Boris Gardiner | I Want To Wake Up With You |
| 37 | Loose Ends | Slow Down |
| 38 | Genesis | In Too Deep |
| 39 | Gwen Guthrie | (They Long To Be) Close To You |
| 40 | Queen | Who Wants To Live Forever |