List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1987

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits of 1987. The longest running number-one singles of 1987 are "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi and "Faith" by George Michael which each logged four weeks at number one. "Faith" attained three weeks at number one and one week at the top in 1988, equaling four weeks at the top.

Bon Jovi (pictured) earned their second Hot 100 number-one single with "Livin' on a Prayer", which stayed at the top position for four straight weeks.

That year, 16 acts earned their first number one song, such as Gregory Abbott, Billy Vera and the Beaters, Club Nouveau, Cutting Crew, U2, Kim Wilde, Atlantic Starr, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Bob Seger, Los Lobos, Siedah Garrett, Whitesnake, Tiffany, Billy Idol, Bill Medley, and Belinda Carlisle. Madonna, George Michael, U2, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Whitney Houston, and Michael Jackson were the only acts to hit number one more than once, with each of them hitting twice.

Key
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]
618 January 17 "Shake You Down" Gregory Abbott [3]
619 January 24 "At This Moment" Billy Vera and the Beaters [4]
January 31 [5]
620 February 7 "Open Your Heart" Madonna [6]
621 February 14 "Livin' on a Prayer" Bon Jovi [7]
February 21 [8]
February 28 [9]
March 7 [10]
622 March 14 "Jacob's Ladder" Huey Lewis and the News [11]
623 March 21 "Lean on Me" Club Nouveau [12]
March 28 [13]
624 April 4 "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" Starship [14]
April 11 [15]
625 April 18 "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" Aretha Franklin and George Michael [16]
April 25
626 May 2 "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" Cutting Crew [17]
May 9 [18]
627 May 16 "With or Without You" U2 [19]
May 23 [20]
May 30 [21]
628 June 6 "You Keep Me Hangin' On" Kim Wilde [22]
629 June 13 "Always" Atlantic Starr [23][24]
630 June 20 "Head to Toe" Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam [25][26]
631 June 27 "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Whitney Houston [27][28]
July 4 [29][30]
632 July 11 "Alone" Heart [31][32]
July 18 [33]
July 25 [34]
633 August 1 "Shakedown" Bob Seger [35]
634 August 8 "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" U2 [36]
August 15 [37]
635 August 22 "Who's That Girl" Madonna [38]
636 August 29 "La Bamba" Los Lobos [39]
September 5 [40]
September 12 [41]
637 September 19 "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett [42]
638 September 26 "Didn't We Almost Have It All" Whitney Houston [43]
October 3 [44]
639 October 10 "Here I Go Again" Whitesnake [45]
640 October 17 "Lost in Emotion" Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam [46]
641 October 24 "Bad" Michael Jackson [47]
October 31 [48]
642 November 7 "I Think We're Alone Now" Tiffany [49]
November 14 [50]
643 November 21 "Mony Mony" Billy Idol [51]
644 November 28 "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes [52]
645 December 5 "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" Belinda Carlisle [53]
646 December 12 "Faith" George Michael [54]
December 19 [55]
December 26 [56]

See also

References
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  5. DeKnock, Jan (1987-01-30). "For Billy Vera & The Beaters, Another Winning 'Moment'". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
  6. DeKnock, Jan (1987-02-06). "'Open Your Heart' Puts Madonna Back on Top, For Now". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
  7. DeKnock, Jan (1987-02-13). "Hit Trick--Bon Jovi Scores Twice in Heavy Metal Coup". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
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  10. DeKnock, Jan (1987-03-06). "Beastie Boys Shove Past Bon Jovi for No. 1 Album". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
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  16. DeKnock, Jan (1987-04-17). "Aretha Franklin Hits No. 1 Again After 20-Year Hiatus". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
  17. DeKnock, Jan (1987-05-01). "Britain's Cutting Crew Hits the Top Single's Spot". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
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  21. DeKnock, Jan (1987-05-29). "U2 Clings to Top-of-the-Heap Status With Another Double". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
  22. DeKnock, Jan (1987-06-05). "Kim Wilde's 'Hanging On' Remakes Its Way to the Top". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
  23. DeKnock, Jan (1987-06-12). "Heavy-Metal Motley Crue Charges Charts with 'Girls'". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
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  34. DeKnock, Jan (1987-07-24). "Heart's 'Alone' Still Stands Alone on Top of Singles' Heap". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
  35. DeKnock, Jan (1987-07-31). "'Shakedown' Takes Seger to Top of Chart for First Time". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
  36. DeKnock, Jan (1987-08-07). "U2 Can Stop Looking as Song Makes No. 1". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
  37. DeKnock, Jan (1987-08-14). "U2 Hangs on to Top Spot But Other Acts Close Behind". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
  38. DeKnock, Jan (1987-08-22). "Madonna Soars to Top of the Charts for the Sixth Time". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
  39. DeKnock, Jan (1987-08-28). "Movie Propels 'La Bamba' to the Top of the Charts". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
  40. DeKnock, Jan (1987-09-04). "Chart Stars Ready to Bow to Jackson". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
  41. DeKnock, Jan (1987-09-11). "'La Bamba' Blitz Delays Michael Jackson's Run at No. 1". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
  42. DeKnock, Jan (1987-09-18). "Short Week Keeps Jackson's 'Bad' off the Album Chart". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
  43. DeKnock, Jan (1987-09-25). "Good News for 'Bad' Album But Bad for Its First Single". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
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  45. DeKnock, Jan (1987-10-09). "Whitesnake Finally Slips into Top Spot". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
  46. DeKnock, Jan (1987-10-17). "'Lost in Emotion' Finds Its Way to No. 1". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
  47. DeKnock, Jan (1987-10-23). "Bruce Springsteen's 'Tunnel' Faces Test". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
  48. DeKnock, Jan (1987-10-30). "Jackson's 'Bad' is Doing Very, Very Well". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
  49. DeKnock, Jan (1987-11-06). "'Tunnel of Love' Bumps 'Bad' From the Top of Album List". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
  50. DeKnock, Jan (1987-11-13). "'Dirty Dancing' Kicks 'Tunnel' off the Top". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
  51. DeKnock, Jan (1987-11-21). "Another Shondells Remake Takes Over as the No. 1 Single". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
  52. DeKnock, Jan (1987-11-28). "Ex-Righteous Brother Has Time of His Life Back at No. 1". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
  53. DeKnock, Jan (1987-12-04). "Chart Watching". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
  54. DeKnock, Jan (1987-12-12). "George Michael's 'Faith' Doubles This Week". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
  55. DeKnock, Jan (1987-12-18). "George Michael Keeps the 'Faith' at No. 1". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. Retrieved 2009-02-02.
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Additional sources
  • Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (ISBN 0-8230-7677-6)
  • Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (ISBN 0-89820-180-2)
  • Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties (ISBN 0-89820-079-2)
  • Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.
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