Weekly Rock Top 20 for January 3, 1987 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 2 | 1 | Big Time | ▲ | 2 |
| Peter Gabriel |
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| 4 | 2 | Livin' On A Prayer | 1 | 1 |
| Bon Jovi |
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| 10 | 3 | Smoking Gun | 2 | 28 |
| The Robert Cray Band |
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| 6 | 4 | On The Western Skyline | 2 |
| Bruce Hornsby |
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| 1 | 5 | My Baby | 1 | 24 |
| The Pretenders |
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| 12 | 6 | Don't Need A Gun | ▲ |
| Billy Idol |
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| 8 | 7 | The Best Man In The World | 3 | 28 |
| Ann Wilson |
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| 3 | 8 | It's In The Way You Use It | 1 |
| Eric Clapton |
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| 14 | 9 | Because The Night LIVE | 4 |
| Bruce Springsteen |
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| 13 | 10 | Tearing Us Apart | 7 |
| Eric Clapton With Tina Turner |
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| 18 | 11 | America | 4 |
| KBC Band |
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| 9 | 12 | Fire LIVE | 9 | 28 |
| Bruce Springsteen |
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| 5 | 13 | I Want To Make The World Turn Around | 1 |
| The Steve Miller Band |
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| 15 | 14 | Behind The Wall Of Sleep | ▲ |
| The Smithereens |
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| 11 | 15 | Back In The High Life Again | 7 | 3 |
| Steve Winwood |
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| - | 16 | Ship Of Fools (Save Me From Tomorrow) | 4 | 25 |
| World Party |
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| 19 | 17 | Working At The Factory | 14 |
| The Kinks |
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| - | 18 | I Wanna Go Back | 1 | 7 |
| Eddie Money |
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| - | 19 | Real Wild Child (Wild One) | 3 |
| Iggy Pop |
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| 7 | 20 | Cool The Engines | 3 |
| Boston |
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