| Top 40 Hits of July 1986 |
| 1 |
Madonna | Papa Don't Preach |
| 2 |
Chris De Burgh | The Lady In Red |
| 3 |
Sly Fox | Let's Go All The Way |
| 4 |
Rod Stewart | Every Beat Of My Heart |
| 5 |
Owen Paul | My Favourite Waste of Time |
| 6 |
Wham! | The Edge Of Heaven |
| 7 |
UB40 | Sing Our Own Song |
| 8 |
Housemartins | Happy Hour |
| 9 |
Bananarama | Venus |
| 10 |
Stan Ridgway | Camouflage |
| 11 |
Amazulu | Too Good To Be Forgotten |
| 12 |
Real Roxanne With Hitman Howie Tee | (Bang Zoom) Let's Go |
| 13 |
Hollywood Beyond | What's The Colour Of Money |
| 14 |
Nu Shooz | I Can't Wait |
| 15 |
Haywoode | Roses |
| 16 |
Art Of Noise With Max Headroom | Paranoimia |
| 17 |
Sinitta | So Macho / Cruising |
| 18 |
Steve Winwood | Higher Love |
| 19 |
Robert Palmer | I Didn't Mean To Turn You On |
| 20 |
Bucks Fizz | New Beginning (Mamba Seyra) |
| 21 |
Claire & Friends | It's 'Orrible Being In Love (When You're 8½) |
| 22 |
Samantha Fox | Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me) |
| 23 |
Audrey Hall | Smile |
| 24 |
A-ha | Hunting High And Low |
| 25 |
Midnight Star | Headlines |
| 26 |
Furniture | Brilliant Mind |
| 27 |
Doctor & The Medics | Spirit In The Sky |
| 28 |
Five Star | Find The Time |
| 29 |
Jesus & Mary Chain | Some Candy Talking |
| 30 |
Gwen Guthrie | Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent |
| 31 |
Robert Palmer | Addicted To Love |
| 32 |
Real Thing | Can't Get By Without You (The Second Decade Remix) |
| 33 |
Cock Robin | The Promise You Made |
| 34 |
Simply Red | Holding Back The Years |
| 35 |
Queen | Friends Will Be Friends |
| 36 |
Spandau Ballet | Fight For Ourselves |
| 37 |
Katrina & The Waves | Sun Street |
| 38 |
Status Quo | Red Sky |
| 39 |
Lovebug Starski | Amityville (The House on the Hill) |
| 40 |
Lionel Richie | Dancing On The Ceiling |
