Top 40 Hits of August 1986
| 1 | Chris De Burgh | The Lady In Red |
| 2 | Boris Gardiner | I Want To Wake Up With You |
| 3 | Madonna | Papa Don't Preach |
| 4 | Sinitta | So Macho / Cruising |
| 5 | Stan Ridgway | Camouflage |
| 6 | Gwen Guthrie | Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Rent |
| 7 | Sly Fox | Let's Go All The Way |
| 8 | Anita Dobson & The Simon May Orchestra | Anyone Can Fall In Love |
| 9 | Five Star | Find The Time |
| 10 | Rod Stewart | Every Beat Of My Heart |
| 11 | Hollywood Beyond | What's The Colour Of Money |
| 12 | It Bites | Calling All The Heroes |
| 13 | Lulu | Shout |
| 14 | The Smiths | Panic |
| 15 | Lionel Richie | Dancing On The Ceiling |
| 16 | Robert Palmer | I Didn't Mean To Turn You On |
| 17 | Phil Fearon | I Can Prove It |
| 18 | UB40 | Sing Our Own Song |
| 19 | Spandau Ballet | Fight For Ourselves |
| 20 | Haywoode | Roses |
| 21 | Modern Talking | Brother Louie |
| 22 | Jermaine Stewart | We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off |
| 23 | Status Quo | Red Sky |
| 24 | Audrey Hall | Smile |
| 25 | Peter Cetera | Glory Of Love |
| 26 | Prince & The Revolution | Girls And Boys |
| 27 | Jaki Graham | Breaking Away |
| 28 | Bruce Hornsby & The Range | The Way It Is |
| 29 | Owen Paul | My Favourite Waste Of Time |
| 30 | Janet Jackson | When I Think Of You |
| 31 | Paul McCartney | Press |
| 32 | The Jesus & Mary Chain | Some Candy Talking |
| 33 | Patti LaBelle | Oh People |
| 34 | The Communards | Don't Leave Me This Way |
| 35 | Katrina & The Waves | Sun Street |
| 36 | The Real Thing | Can You Feel The Force? |
| 37 | The Housemartins | Happy Hour |
| 38 | Steve Winwood | Higher Love |
| 39 | Bananarama | Venus |
| 40 | The Human League | Human |