Top 40 Hits of Early May 1986
| 1 | Falco | Rock Me Amadeus |
| 2 | George Michael | A Different Corner |
| 3 | Madonna | Live To Tell |
| 4 | Janet Jackson | What Have You Done For Me Lately? |
| 5 | Level 42 | Lessons In Love |
| 6 | Five Star | Can't Wait Another Minute |
| 7 | Queen | A Kind Of Magic |
| 8 | Grange Hill Cast | Just Say No |
| 9 | Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald | On My Own |
| 10 | Marvin Gaye | I Heard It Through The Grapevine |
| 11 | Whitney Houston | The Greatest Love Of All |
| 12 | Big Country | Look Away |
| 13 | Aurra | You And Me Tonight |
| 14 | Atlantic Starr | Secret Lovers |
| 15 | Cliff Richard & The Young Ones | Living Doll |
| 16 | Simple Minds | All The Things She Said |
| 17 | Samantha Fox | Touch Me (I Want Your Body) |
| 18 | The SOS Band | The Finest |
| 19 | Princess | I'll Keep On Loving You |
| 20 | Peter Gabriel | Sledgehammer |
| 21 | Sam Cooke | Wonderful World |
| 22 | Joyce Sims | All And All |
| 23 | The Real Thing | You To Me Are Everything (The Decade Remix 76 / 86) |
| 24 | Van Halen | Why Can't This Be Love |
| 25 | Spitting Image | The Chicken Song |
| 26 | It's Immaterial | Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune) |
| 27 | Suzanne Vega | Marlene On The Wall |
| 28 | Hear 'N' Aid | Stars |
| 29 | A-ha | Train Of Thought |
| 30 | Billy Ocean | There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) |
| 31 | The Cure | Boys Don't Cry |
| 32 | Depeche Mode | A Question Of Lust |
| 33 | Dire Straits | Your Latest Trick |
| 34 | Maxi Priest | Strollin' On |
| 35 | Big Audio Dynamite | E=MC2 |
| 36 | Force MDs | Tender Love |
| 37 | Belouis Some | Some People |
| 38 | ZZ Top | Rough Boy |
| 39 | Art Of Noise featuring Duane Eddy | Peter Gunn |
| 40 | The Bangles | If She Knew What She Wants |