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 |