These are the singles that reached number one on the Top 100 Singles chart in 1987 as published by Cash Box magazine. +KeyIndicates best-performing single of 1987
Issue date Song ArtistJanuary 3 "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" Wang ChungJanuary 10 January 17 "Shake You Down" Gregory AbbottJanuary 24 January 31 "At This Moment" Billy Vera & the BeatersFebruary 7 "Open Your Heart" MadonnaFebruary 14 "Livin' on a Prayer" Bon Jovi February 21 February 28 March 7 March 14 "Jacob's Ladder" Huey Lewis and the News March 21 "Lean On Me" Club Nouveau March 28 April 4 "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" Starship April 11 April 18 April 25 "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" Aretha Franklin & George Michael May 2 "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" Cutting Crew May 9 May 16 "With or Without You" U2 May 23 May 30 June 6 "Always" Atlantic Starr June 13 June 20 "Head to Toe" Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam June 27 July 4 "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Whitney Houston July 11 July 18 "Alone" Heart July 25 August 1 "Shakedown" Bob Seger August 8 "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" U2 August 15 August 22 "Who's That Girl" MadonnaAugust 29 "La Bamba" Los Lobos September 5 September 12 "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" Michael Jackson September 19 September 26 "Didn't We Almost Have It All" Whitney Houston October 3 "Here I Go Again" Whitesnake October 10 October 17 "Lost in Emotion" Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam October 24 "Bad" Michael Jackson October 31 November 7 "I Think We're Alone Now" TiffanyNovember 14 November 21 "Mony Mony (Live)" Billy IdolNovember 28 "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes December 5 "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" Belinda CarlisleDecember 12 "Faith" George MichaelDecember 19 December 26
See also 1987 in music List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1987 (U.S.)
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