Top 40 Hits of Early October 1987
| 1 | MARRS | Pump Up The Volume / Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance) |
| 2 | Rick Astley | Never Gonna Give You Up |
| 3 | Michael Jackson | Bad |
| 4 | Abigail Mead & Nigel Goulding | Full Metal Jacket (I Wanna Be Your Drill Instructor) |
| 5 | Jan Hammer | Crockett's Theme |
| 6 | Cliff Richard | Some People |
| 7 | Madonna | Causing A Commotion |
| 8 | House Master Boyz & The Rude Boy Of House | House Nation |
| 9 | LL Cool J | I Need Love |
| 10 | The Sisters Of Mercy | This Corrosion |
| 11 | The Bee Gees | You Win Again |
| 12 | Karel Fialka | Hey Matthew |
| 13 | Johnny Hates Jazz | I Don't Want To Be A Hero |
| 14 | T'Pau | Heart And Soul |
| 15 | The Fat Boys & The Beach Boys | Wipeout |
| 16 | Gary Numan | Cars ('E' Reg Model) |
| 17 | Level 42 | It's Over |
| 18 | Kiss | Crazy Crazy Nights |
| 19 | Levert | Casanova |
| 20 | Bruce Springsteen | Brilliant Disguise |
| 21 | Chic | Jack Le Freak |
| 22 | Def Leppard | Pour Some Sugar On Me |
| 23 | The Communards | Tomorrow |
| 24 | Sinitta | Toy Boy |
| 25 | Shakin' Stevens | Come See About Me |
| 26 | Jonathan Butler | Lies |
| 27 | Erasure | The Circus |
| 28 | Steve Winwood | Valerie |
| 29 | Heart | Who Will You Run To |
| 30 | The Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield | What Have I Done To Deserve This |
| 31 | Mick Jagger | Let's Work |
| 32 | Black | Wonderful Life |
| 33 | ABC | The Night You Murdered Love |
| 34 | Jellybean featuring Steven Dante | The Real Thing |
| 35 | Luther Vandross | Stop To Love |
| 36 | U2 | Where The Streets Have No Name |
| 37 | Los Lobos | Come On Let's Go |
| 38 | Fleetwood Mac | Little Lies |
| 39 | The Beastie Boys | Girls / She's Crafty |
| 40 | Steve Walsh | I Found Lovin' |