Top 40 Hits of Late October 1986
 | 1 | Nick Berry | Every Loser Wins |
 | 2 | Status Quo | In The Army Now |
 | 3 | Madonna | True Blue |
 | 4 | Cliff Richard & Sarah Brightman | All I Ask Of You |
 | 5 | The Bangles | Walk Like An Egyptian |
 | 6 | Paul Simon | You Can Call Me Al |
 | 7 | Pet Shop Boys | Suburbia |
 | 8 | Midnight Star | Midas Touch |
 | 9 | Five Star | Rain Or Shine |
 | 10 | Boris Gardiner | You're Everything To Me |
 | 11 | The Pretenders | Don't Get Me Wrong |
 | 12 | Cyndi Lauper | True Colors |
 | 13 | The Communards | Don't Leave Me This Way |
 | 14 | Berlin | Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From 'Top Gun') |
 | 15 | Marti Webb & The Simon May Orchestra | Always There |
 | 16 | Paul Hardcastle | The Wizard |
 | 17 | The Housemartins | Think For A Minute |
 | 18 | Catherine Stock | To Have And To Hold |
 | 19 | A-ha | I've Been Losing You |
 | 20 | DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince | Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble |
 | 21 | Kim Wilde | You Keep Me Hangin' On |
 | 22 | Julian Cope | World Shut Your Mouth |
 | 23 | Eurythmics | Thorn In My Side |
 | 24 | Billy Idol | To Be A Lover |
 | 25 | Cameo | Word Up |
 | 26 | Gwen Guthrie | (They Long To Be) Close To You |
 | 27 | Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | (Forever) Live And Die |
 | 28 | Huey Lewis & The News | Stuck With You |
 | 29 | Mel & Kim | Showing Out (Get Fresh At The Weekend) |
 | 30 | Amazulu | Montego Bay |
 | 31 | Duran Duran | Notorious |
 | 32 | The Police | Don't Stand So Close To Me '86 |
 | 33 | The Stranglers | Always The Sun |
 | 34 | Bon Jovi | Livin' On A Prayer |
 | 35 | The Smiths | Ask |
 | 36 | The Mission | Stay With Me |
 | 37 | Jermaine Stewart | We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off |
 | 38 | Run-DMC / Aerosmith | Walk This Way |
 | 39 | Timex Social Club | Rumors |
 | 40 | Letitia Dean & Paul Medford | Something Outta Nothing |