1987 Top Hits

Scroll to your birthday week to find the top song in 1987!

† Indicates best-performing single of 1987
No. Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref.
617 January 3 “Walk Like an Egyptian“† The Bangles [1]
January 10 [2][3]
618 January 17 “Shake You Down” Gregory Abbott [4][5]
619 January 24 “At This Moment” Billy Vera and the Beaters [6][7]
January 31 [8][9]
620 February 7 “Open Your Heart” Madonna [10][11]
621 February 14 “Livin’ on a Prayer” Bon Jovi [12][13]
February 21 [14][15]
February 28 [16][17]
March 7 [18][19]
622 March 14 “Jacob’s Ladder” Huey Lewis and the News [20][21]
623 March 21 “Lean on Me” Club Nouveau [22][23]
March 28 [24][25]
624 April 4 “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” Starship [26][27]
April 11 [28][29]
625 April 18 “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” Aretha Franklin and George Michael [30][31]
April 25 [32]
626 May 2 “(I Just) Died in Your Arms” Cutting Crew [33][34]
May 9 [35][36]
627 May 16 “With or Without You” U2 [37][38]
May 23 [39][40]
May 30 [41][42]
628 June 6 “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” Kim Wilde [43][44]
629 June 13 “Always” Atlantic Starr [45][46][47]
630 June 20 “Head to Toe” Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam [48][49][50]
631 June 27 “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)” Whitney Houston [51][52][53]
July 4 [54][55][56]
632 July 11 “Alone” Heart [57][58][59]
July 18 [60][61]
July 25 [62][63]
633 August 1 “Shakedown” Bob Seger [64][65]
634 August 8 “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” U2 [66][67]
August 15 [68][69]
635 August 22 “Who’s That Girl” Madonna [70][71]
636 August 29 “La Bamba” Los Lobos [72][73]
September 5 [74][75]
September 12 [76][77]
637 September 19 “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett [78][79]
638 September 26 “Didn’t We Almost Have It All” Whitney Houston [80][81]
October 3 [82][83]
639 October 10 “Here I Go Again” Whitesnake [84][85]
640 October 17 “Lost in Emotion” Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam [86][87]
641 October 24 “Bad” Michael Jackson [88][89]
October 31 [90][91]
642 November 7 “I Think We’re Alone Now” Tiffany [92][93]
November 14 [94][95]
643 November 21 “Mony Mony” Billy Idol [96][97]
644 November 28 “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes [98][99]
645 December 5 “Heaven Is a Place on Earth” Belinda Carlisle [100][101]
646 December 12 “Faith” George Michael [102][103]
December 19 [104][105]
December 26 [106][107]