| Top 40 Hits of October 1990 |
| 1 |
Maria McKee | Show Me Heaven |
| 2 |
Beautiful South | A Little Time |
| 3 |
Status Quo | The Anniversary Waltz - Part One |
| 4 |
Bobby Vinton | Blue Velvet |
| 5 |
Righteous Brothers | Unchained Melody |
| 6 |
Londonbeat | I've Been Thinking About You |
| 7 |
Technotronic | Megamix |
| 8 |
Twenty4Seven featuring Captain Hollywood | I Can't Stand It |
| 9 |
Berlin | Take My Breath Away |
| 10 |
Whitney Houston | I'm Your Baby Tonight |
| 11 |
Happy Mondays | Kinky Afro |
| 12 |
Pet Shop Boys | So Hard |
| 13 |
MC Hammer | Have You Seen Her |
| 14 |
New Kids On The Block | Let's Try Again / Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time |
| 15 |
Belinda Carlisle | (We Want) The Same Thing |
| 16 |
A-ha | Crying In The Rain |
| 17 |
Monie Love featuring True Image | It's A Shame (My Sister) |
| 18 |
Bass-O-Matic | Fascinating Rhythm |
| 19 |
Rita McNeill | Working Man |
| 20 |
Cliff Richard | From A Distance |
| 21 |
Hi Tek 3 featuring Ya Kid K | Spin That Wheel (Turtles Get Real) |
| 22 |
Deee-Lite | Groove Is In The Heart / What Is Love |
| 23 |
Aztec Camera With Mick Jones | Good Morning Britain |
| 24 |
Farm | Groovy Train |
| 25 |
Sisters Of Mercy | More |
| 26 |
Steve Miller Band | The Joker |
| 27 |
Paul Simon | The Obvious Child |
| 28 |
Kylie Minogue | Step Back In Time |
| 29 |
Innocence | Let's Push It |
| 30 |
Depeche Mode | World In My Eyes |
| 31 |
Snap! | Cult of Snap! |
| 32 |
Chimes | Heaven |
| 33 |
Public Image Ltd | Don't Ask Me |
| 34 |
Soup Dragons | Mother Universe |
| 35 |
Morrissey | Piccadilly Palare |
| 36 |
Tina Turner | Be Tender With Me Baby |
| 37 |
MC Tunes vs 808 State | Tunes Splits The Atom |
| 38 |
Roxette | Dressed For Success |
| 39 |
Cure | Close To Me |
| 40 |
Kim Appleby | Don't Worry |
