| Top 40 Hits of May 1986 |
| 1 |
Spitting Image |
The Chicken Song |
| 2 |
Patti Labelle & Michael McDonald |
On My Own |
| 3 |
Falco |
Rock Me Amadeus |
| 4 |
Level 42 |
Lessons In Love |
| 5 |
Madonna |
Live To Tell |
| 6 |
Peter Gabriel |
Sledgehammer |
| 7 |
Doctor & The Medics |
Spirit In The Sky |
| 8 |
Janet Jackson |
What Have You Done For Me Lately? |
| 9 |
Matchroom Mob With Chas & Dave |
Snooker Loopy |
| 10 |
Van Halen |
Why Can't This Be Love |
| 11 |
Five Star |
Can't Wait Another Minute |
| 12 |
Whitney Houston |
The Greatest Love Of All |
| 13 |
Marvin Gaye |
I Heard It Through The Grapevine |
| 14 |
George Michael |
A Different Corner |
| 15 |
Billy Ocean |
There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) |
| 16 |
Status Quo |
Rollin' Home |
| 17 |
B-52s |
Rock Lobster |
| 18 |
Joyce Sims |
All And All |
| 19 |
Queen |
A Kind Of Magic |
| 20 |
Simply Red |
Holding Back The Years |
| 21 |
Aurra |
You And Me Tonight |
| 22 |
Robert Palmer |
Addicted To Love |
| 23 |
Jaki Graham |
Set Me Free |
| 24 |
Princess |
I'll Keep On Loving You |
| 25 |
Big Country |
Look Away |
| 26 |
Cure |
Boys Don't Cry |
| 27 |
Atlantic Starr |
Secret Lovers |
| 28 |
Grange Hill Cast |
Just Say No |
| 29 |
ZZ Top |
Rough Boy |
| 30 |
Pete Wylie |
Sinful |
| 31 |
AC / DC |
Who Made Who |
| 32 |
Force MDs |
Tender Love |
| 33 |
Dire Straits |
Your Latest Trick |
| 34 |
Cashflow |
Mine All Mine / Party Freak |
| 35 |
SOS Band |
The Finest |
| 36 |
Tears For Fears |
Everybody Wants To Run The World |
| 37 |
Simple Minds |
All The Things She Said |
| 38 |
Cliff Richard & The Young Ones |
Living Doll |
| 39 |
Nu Shooz |
I Can't Wait |
| 40 |
Real Thing |
Can't Get By Without You (The Second Decade Remix) |