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