1987 #1 songs

29 songs hit #1 in 1987. Here are the number ones, featuring their music videos:

January 17 - "SHAKE Y0U DOWN" - Gregory Abbott
January 24 - "AT THIS MOMENT" - Billy Vera and the Beaters
February 7 - "0PEN Y0UR HEART" - Mad0nna
February 14 - "LlVIN' 0N A PRAYER" - B0N J0VI
March 14 - "JACOB'S LADDER" - Huey Lewis & the News
March 21 - "LEAN 0N ME" - Club Nouveau
April 4 - "NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US NOW" - Starship
April 18 - "I KNEW Y0U WERE WAITING (FOR ME)" - Aretha Franklin and George Michael
May 2 - "(I JUST) DIED IN Y0UR ARMS" - Cutting Crew
May 16 - "WlTH 0R WlTH0UT Y0U"- UZ
June 6 - "Y0U KEEP ME HANGIN' 0N" - Kim Wilde
June 13 - "ALWAYS" - Atlantic Starr
June 20 - "HEAD TO TOE" - Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
June 27 - "I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMBODY (WH0 LOVES ME)" - Whitney Houston
July 11 - "ALONE" - Heart
August 1 - "SHAKEDOWN" - Bob Seger
August 8 - "l STlLL HAVEN'T F0UND WHAT l'M L00KlNG F0R" - UZ
August 22 - "WH0'S THAT GlRL" - Mad0nna
August 29 - "LA BAMBA" - Los Lobos
September 19 - "I JUST CAN'T STOP LOVING Y0U" - Michael Jackson with Siedah Garrett
September 26 - "DIDN'T WE ALMOST HAVE IT ALL" - Whitney Houston
October 10 - "HERE I G0 AGAIN" - Whitesnake
October 17 - "LOST IN EMOTION" - Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
October 24 - "BAD" - Michael Jackson
November 7 - "I THlNK WE'RE AL0NE N0W" - TlFFANY
November 21 - "MONY MONY" - Billy Idol
November 28 - "(I'VE HAD) THE TIME OF MY LIFE" - Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
December 5 - "HEAVEN lS A PLACE 0N EARTH" - Belinda Carlisle
December 12 - "FAITH" - George Michael

Each of these songs topped the charts in the U.S.

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[Jimmy Krabbe]

Wasn't Sweet Child O' Mine a number 1 hit in '87???

[idolwatcher0]

No, it was a #1 hit in September 1988.

[SubSlaveCD]

Heat's song, "Alone" is from 1985...NOT 1987!!!!

[idolwatcher0]

a simple verification of your statement before posting would've done you some good... You are mistaken. "Alone" is from 1987 and peaked at #1 that year too. Heart did have a ballad released in 1985, called "What About Love?", but that didn't peak at #1 on the Hot 100 chart.

[SubSlaveCD]

Yes, you're right...but, Gregory Abbott's "Shake You Down" is from 1985 and Madonna's "Open Your Hear" is from 1986....WHATEVER!!!!!

[idolwatcher0]

This video has nothing to do with when songs are first recorded or released, and everything to do with when they peaked at #1. Each of the songs in this video peaked at #1 in 1987, and this video represents these #1s in chronological order. There's no point in watching this video and posting about when a song was first released, as this video never claimed that each of these songs were released or recorded in 1987...

[quique valencia]

la reina del pop madonna te quieroooo

[bigdumbclown]

I still have no idea why Huey Lewis was so popular. All of their songs sounded the same: crappy.

[Patrick3183]

I love the 80s but I hate nasty Michael Jackson! yuck

[lafayettedad]

I forgot how sexy Madonna was this year

[1000yearsfromtoday]

at n° 1 for 5 weeks Bon Jovi in this year.

[prel91]

All good! You are providing a valuded service!

[Alyssa Jones]

Yaayyyy! my baby Michael Jackson :)

[gailynmerrill]

George Michael all the way baby!! Love ya

[David Hutchinson]

And Belinda Carlisle...love those polish girls...my goodness.

[David Hutchinson]

My God, Whitney Houston....I forgot how beautiful and talented she truly was.