1987 Number One Song Calendar |
| red # = weekly rock chartblue # = pop chart |
| 1 | Shake You Down | 1 | 12-27-86 |
| Gregory Abbott |
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| 2 | C'est La Vie | 1 | 1-10-87 |
| Robbie Nevil |
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| 3 | At This Moment | 1 | 1-17-87 |
| Billy Vera & The Beaters |
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| 4 | Open Your Heart | 1 | 1-31-87 |
| Madonna |
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| 5 | Livin' On A Prayer | 1 | 1 | 2-07-87 |
| Bon Jovi |
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| 6 | Jacob's Ladder | 12 | 1 | 2-28-87 |
| Huey Lewis And The News |
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| 7 | Somewhere Out There | 1 | 3-07-87 |
| Linda Ronstadt And James Ingram |
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| 8 | Let's Wait Awhile | 1 | 3-14-87 |
| Janet Jackson |
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| 9 | Lean On Me | 1 | 3-21-87 |
| Club Nouveau |
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| 10 | Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now | 18 | 1 | 4-04-87 |
| Starship |
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| 11 | I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) | 1 | 4-11-87 |
| Aretha Franklin And George Michael |
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| 12 | Don't Dream It's Over | 4 | 1 | 4-18-87 |
| Crowded House |
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| 13 | Looking For A New Love | 1 | 4-25-87 |
| Jody Watley |
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| 14 | (I Just) Died In Your Arms | 4 | 1 | 5-02-87 |
| Cutting Crew |
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| 15 | La Isla Bonita | 1 | 5-16-87 |
| Madonna |
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| 16 | With Or Without You | 1 | 1 | 5-23-87 |
| U2 |
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| 17 | You Keep Me Hangin' On | 1 | 5-30-87 |
| Kim Wilde |
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| 18 | Head To Toe | 1 | 6-13-87 |
| Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam |
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| 19 | Always | 1 | 6-20-87 |
| Atlantic Starr |
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| 20 | I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) | 1 | 6-27-87 |
| Whitney Houston |
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| 21 | Alone | 1 | 1 | 7-04-87 |
| Heart |
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| 22 | Shakedown | 1 | 1 | 7-18-87 |
| Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band |
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| 23 | I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For | 1 | 1 | 7-25-87 |
| U2 |
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| 24 | Luka | 5 | 1 | 8-08-87 |
| Suzanne Vega |
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| 25 | Who's That Girl | 1 | 8-15-87 |
| Madonna |
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| 26 | La Bamba | 20 | 1 | 8-22-87 |
| Los Lobos |
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| 27 | Can't We Try | 1 | 9-05-87 |
| Dan Hill with Vonda Shepard |
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| 28 | I Just Can't Stop Loving You | 1 | 9-12-87 |
| Michael Jackson |
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| 29 | Didn't We Almost Have It All | 1 | 9-19-87 |
| Whitney Houston |
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| 30 | Here I Go Again | 2 | 1 | 9-26-87 |
| Whitesnake |
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| 31 | Lost In Emotion | 1 | 10-03-87 |
| Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam |
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| 32 | Bad | 1 | 10-10-87 |
| Michael Jackson |
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| 33 | Causing A Commotion | 1 | 10-24-87 |
| Madonna |
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| 34 | Mony Mony | 13 | 1 | 10-31-87 |
| Billy Idol |
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| 35 | I Think We're Alone Now | 1 | 11-07-87 |
| Tiffany |
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| 36 | Heaven Is A Place On Earth | 1 | 11-21-87 |
| Belinda Carlisle |
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| 37 | Faith | 1 | 11-28-87 |
| George Michael |
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| 38 | So Emotional | 1 | 12-19-87 |
| Whitney Houston |
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| 39 | The Way You Make Me Feel | 1 | 12-26-87 |
| Michael Jackson |
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