These are the top 100 songs of 1987. Within the top 100 there are a total of 80 different bands or artists.
Madonna has the most entries with four of the top songs of 1987.
The song title is at the top in gray with the artist below in red.
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Top Songs of 1987
1
Walk Like an Egyptian
The Bangles
2
Alone
Heart
3
Shake You Down
Gregory Abbott
4
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)
5
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
Starship
6
C'est La Vie
Robbie Nevil
7
Here I Go Again
8
The Way It Is
Bruce Hornsby and the Range
9
Shakedown
10
Livin' on a Prayer
11
La Bamba
Los Lobos
12
Everybody Have Fun Tonight
Wang Chung
13
Don't Dream It's Over
Crowded House
14
Always
Atlantic Starr
15
With or Without You
16
Looking for a New Love
Jody Watley
17
Head to Toe
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
18
I Think We're Alone Now
Tiffany
19
Mony Mony
Billy Idol
20
At This Moment
Billy Vera and the Beaters
21
The Lady in Red
Chris de Burgh
22
Didn't We Almost Have It All
Whitney Houston
23
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
U2
24
I Want Your Sex
George Michael
25
Sexy EyesNotorious
26
Only in My Dreams
Debbie Gibson
27
(I've Had) The Time of My Life
Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
28
The Next Time I Fall
Peter Cetera and Amy Grant
29
Lean on Me
Club Nouveau
30
Open Your Heart
Madonna
31
Lost in Emotion
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
32
(I Just) Died In Your Arms
Cutting Crew
33
Heart and Soul
T'Pau
34
You Keep Me Hangin' On
Kim Wilde
35
Keep Your Hands to Yourself
Georgia Satellites
36
I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
Aretha Franklin and George Michael
37
Control
Janet Jackson
38
U Got the Look
39
Somewhere Out There
Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram
40
Land of Confusion
Genesis
41
Jacob's Ladder
Huey Lewis and the News
42
Who's That Girl
Madonna
43
You Got It All
The Jets
44
Touch Me (I Want Your Body)
Samantha Fox
45
I Just Can't Stop Loving You
Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett
46
Causing a Commotion
Madonna
47
In Too Deep
Genesis
48
Let's Wait Awhile
Janet Jackson
49
Hip to Be Square
Huey Lewis and the News
50
Will You Still Love Me?
Chicago
51
Little Lies
Fleetwood Mac
52
Luka
Suzanne Vega
53
I Heard A Rumour
Bananarama
54
Don't Mean Nothing
Richard Marx
55
Songbird
Kenny G
56
Carrie
Europe
57
Don't Disturb This Groove
The System
58
La Isla Bonita
Madonna
59
Bad
Michael Jackson
60
Sign o' the Times
Prince
61
Change of Heart
Cyndi Lauper
62
Come Go with Me
Exposé
63
Can't We Try
Dan Hill featuring Vonda Shepard
64
To Be a Lover
Billy Idol
65
Mandolin Rain
Bruce Hornsby and the Range
66
Breakout
Swing Out Sister
67
Stand by Me
Ben E. King
68
Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
Genesis
69
Someday
Glass Tiger
70
When Smokey Sings
ABC
71
Casanova
LeVert
72
Rhythm Is Gonna Get You
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
73
Rock Steady
The Whispers
74
Wanted Dead or Alive
Bon Jovi
75
Big Time
Peter Gabriel
76
The Finer Things
Steve Winwood
77
Let Me Be the One
Exposé
78
Is This Love
Survivor
79
Diamonds
Herb Alpert
80
Point of No Return
Exposé
81
Big Love
Fleetwood Mac
82
Midnight Blue
Lou Gramm
83
Something So Strong
Crowded House
84
Heat of the Night
85
Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You
Glenn Medeiros
86
Brilliant Disguise
Bruce Springsteen
87
Just to See Her
Smokey Robinson
88
Who Will You Run To
Heart
89
Respect Yourself
Bruce Willis
90
Cross My Broken Heart
The Jets
91
Victory
Kool & the Gang
92
Don't Get Me Wrong
The Pretenders
93
Doing It All for My Baby
Huey Lewis and the News
94
Right on Track
Breakfast Club
95
Ballerina Girl
Lionel Richie
96
Meet Me Half Way
Kenny Loggins
97
I've Been in Love Before
Cutting Crew
98
(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)
99
Funkytown
Pseudo Echo
100
Love You Down
Ready for the World