Billboard magazine compiled the top-performing dance singles in the United States on the Hot Dance/Disco Club Play chart and the Hot Dance/Disco 12-inch Singles Sales chart. Premiered in 1976, the Club Play chart ranked the most-played singles on dance club based on reports from a national sample of club DJs. The 12-inch Singles Sales chart was launched in 1985 to compile the best-selling dance singles based on retail sales across the United States. The word "disco" was removed from the title of the section of both charts beginning on September 19, 1987. Billboard retitled the section Hot Dance Music on October 24, 1987."Hot Dance." Billboard, vol. 99, no. 38. September 19, 1987, p 34."Hot Dance Music." Billboard, vol. 99, no. 43. October 24, 1987, p 36.
Charts history +Issue dateHot Dance/Disco Club PlayHot Dance/Disco 12-inch Singles SalesTitleArtist(s)TitleArtist(s)January 3"Control"Janet Jackson"Brand New Lover"Dead or AliveHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date January 3, 1987January 10"Musique Non Stop"KraftwerkHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date January 10, 1987January 17"Someone like You"SylvesterHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date January 17, 1987January 24"Come Go with Me"ExposéHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date January 24, 1987January 31"Someone like You"SylvesterHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date January 31, 1987February 7"C'est La Vie"Robbie NevilHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date February 7, 1987February 14"Open Your Heart"Madonna"We Connect"(Remix)Stacy QHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date February 14, 1987February 21"Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)"/"System"Mel and KimHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date February 21, 1987February 28"One Look (One Look Was Enough)"Paul Parker"Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)"/"System"Mel and KimHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date February 28, 1987March 7"Fascinated"Company BHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date March 7, 1987March 14"Fascinated"Company BHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date March 14, 1987March 21Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date March 21, 1987March 28Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date March 28, 1987April 4"Looking for a New Love"Jody WatleyHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date April 4, 1987April 11"Lean on Me"Club NouveauHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date April 11, 1987April 18"Lean on Me"Club NouveauHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date April 18, 1987April 25"The Telephone Call"Kraftwerk"Looking for a New Love"Jody WatleyHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date April 25, 1987May 2"Sign 'O' The Times"PrinceHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date May 2, 1987May 9"Certain Things Are Likely"KTPHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date May 9, 1987May 16"La Isla Bonita" (Remix)MadonnaHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date May 16, 1987May 23"Something in My House" (Remix)Dead Or AliveHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date May 23, 1987May 30"Head to Toe"Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam"Head to Toe"Lisa Lisa and Cult JamHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date May 30, 1987June 6"The Pleasure Principle"Janet JacksonHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date June 6, 1987June 13Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date June 13, 1987June 20"Diamonds"Herb AlpertHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date June 20, 1987June 27Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date June 27, 1987July 4"Respectable"Mel and Kim"Diamonds" (Remix)Herb AlpertHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date July 4, 1987July 11"In Love with Love"Debbie HarryHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date July 11, 1987July 18"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"Whitney Houston"Funky Town" (Remix)Pseudo EchoHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date July 18, 1987July 25"Respectable"Mel and KimHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date July 25, 1987August 1"Strangelove"Depeche Mode"I Want Your Sex" / "Hard Day"George MichaelHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date August 1, 1987August 8"Insecurity"Stacy QHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date August 8, 1987August 15"I Want Your Sex" / "Hard Day"George MichaelHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date August 15, 1987August 22"Tina Cherry"GeorgioHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date August 22, 1987August 29"When Smokey Sings"/"Chicago"ABC"Fake"Alexander O'NealHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date August 29, 1987September 5"Who Found Who"Jellybean Featuring Elisa FiorilloHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date September 5, 1987September 12"How Soon We Forget"Colonel AbramsHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date September 12, 1987September 19"Dreamin'" (Remix)Will To PowerHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date September 19, 1987September 26"Catch Me (I'm Falling)"Pretty PoisonHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date September 26, 1987October 3"Victim of Love"Erasure"Casanova"LeVertHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date October 3, 1987October 10"Don't You Want Me"Jody Watley"Full Circle" (Remix)Company BHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date October 10, 1987October 17Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date October 17, 1987October 24"The Real Thing"Jellybean featuring Steven Dante"Causing a Commotion" (Remix)MadonnaHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date October 24, 1987October 31"Causing a Commotion"Madonna"Bad" (Remix)Michael JacksonHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date October 31, 1987November 7"Bad"Michael JacksonHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date November 7, 1987November 14Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date November 14, 1987November 21"System of Survival"Earth, Wind & FireHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date November 21, 1987November 28Hot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date November 28, 1987December 5"Shake Your Love" (Remix)Debbie GibsonHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date December 5, 1987December 12"Pump Up the Volume"M|A|R|R|SHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date December 12, 1987December 19"System of Survival" (Remix)Earth, Wind & FireHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date December 19, 1987December 26"So Emotional"Whitney HoustonHot Dance Club Songs, Billboard.com, issue date December 26, 1987
See also 1987 in music List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1987
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