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 |