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