1987

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	UK First Chart Appearance	UK Chart Peak	UK Now Appearances
A-Ha - The Living Daylights	28 June 1987	5	2
A-Ha - Manhattan Skyline	22 February 1987	13	3
ABC - The Night You Murdered Love	30 August 1987	31	1
ABC - When Smokey Sings	31 May 1987	11	5
The Alarm - Rain in the Summertime	11 October 1987	18	1
Alexander O'Neal - Criticize	25 October 1987	4	6
Alexander O'Neal - Fake	31 May 1987	33	3
Alison Moyet - Love Letters	22 November 1987	4	1
Alison Moyet - Ordinary Girl	24 May 1987	43	1
Alison Moyet - Weak in the Presence of Beauty	1 March 1987	6	2
Aretha Franklin & George Michael - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)	31 January 1987	1	4
Atlantic Starr - Always	24 May 1987	3	1
Bananarama - I Heard a Rumour	5 July 1987	14	4
Bananarama - Love in the First Degree	4 October 1987	3	9
Bananarama - A Trick Of The Night	14 February 1987	32	2
The Bangles - Walking Down Your Street	4 January 1987	16	1
Barry White - Sho' You Right	25 October 1987	14	2
Beastie Boys - (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)	28 February 1987	11	8
Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn	24 May 1987	14	1
The Beatmasters featuring the Cookie Crew - Rok Da House	5 July 1987	5	4
The Bee Gees - You Win Again	13 September 1987	1	3
Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is a Place on Earth	6 December 1987	1	16
Ben E. King - Spanish Harlem	19 April 1987	92	1
Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - (I've Had) the Time of My Life	18 October 1987	6	19
Billy Idol - Don't Need a Gun	1 March 1987	26	1
Billy Idol - Mony Mony	27 September 1987	7	2
Billy Idol - Sweet Sixteen	7 June 1987	17	1
Black - Sweetest Smile	21 June 1987	8	2
The Blow Monkeys - It Doesn't Have to Be This Way	31 January 1987	5	4
Bon Jovi - Never Say Goodbye	9 August 1987	21	1
Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive	5 April 1987	13	2
Boogie Box High - Jive Talkin'	28 June 1987	7	6
Boy George - Everything I Own	1 March 1987	1	6
Boy George - Sold	12 July 1987	24	1
Boy George - To Be Reborn	15 November 1987	13	1
Bros - I Owe You Nothing	6 September 1987	1	2
Bros - When Will I Be Famous?	22 November 1987	2	3
Bruce Hornsby and the Range - Mandolin Rain	19 April 1987	70	1
Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise	27 September 1987	20	1
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love	6 December 1987	45	2
Bruce Willis - Respect Yourself	1 March 1987	7	1
Bruce Willis - Under the Boardwalk	24 May 1987	2	3
Bryan Ferry - The Right Stuff	4 October 1987	37	2
Cameo - Back and Forth	19 April 1987	11	1
Cher - I Found Someone	22 November 1987	5	4
Chic - Jack Le Freak	13 September 1987	19	2
Chris Isaak - Blue Hotel	8 November 1987	17	1
Chris Rea - Let's Dance	31 May 1987	12	2
The Christians - Forgotten Town	25 January 1987	22	1
The Christians - Ideal World	29 November 1987	14	2
Cliff Richard - My Pretty One	14 June 1987	6	2
Cliff Richard - Some People	23 August 1987	3	2
Climie Fisher - Love Changes (Everything)	16 August 1987	2	5
Climie Fisher - Rise To The Occasion	29 November 1987	10	2
The Communards - Never Can Say Goodbye	1 November 1987	4	5
The Communards - Tomorrow	6 September 1987	23	1
Company B - Fascinated	3 May 1987	89	6
Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over	10 May 1987	25	5
The Cure - Catch	28 June 1987	27	1
The Cure - Just Like Heaven	11 October 1987	29	1
The Cure - Why Can't I Be You?	12 April 1987	21	3
Curiosity Killed the Cat - Ordinary Day	29 March 1987	11	1
Danny Wilson - Mary's Prayer	8 March 1987	3	8
David Sylvian - Let the Happiness In	4 October 1987	66	1
Dead or Alive - Something in My House	4 January 1987	12	2
Debbie Gibson - Only in My Dreams	6 September 1987	11	1
Def Leppard - Animal	26 July 1987	6	2
Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar on Me	13 September 1987	18	2
Desireless - Voyage, Voyage	24 October 1987	5	4
Dollar - O l'Amour	20 December 1987	7	4
Donna Summer - Dinner With Gershwin	20 September 1987	13	1
Duran Duran - Meet El Presidente	19 April 1987	24	2
Duran Duran - Skin Trade	15 February 1987	22	3
Erasure - The Circus	27 September 1987	6	1
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full	1 November 1987	15	2
Europe - Rock the Night	25 January 1987	12	1
Eurythmics - Beethoven (I Love to Listen to)	18 October 1987	25	3
Eurythmics - Missionary Man	22 February 1987	31	1
Exposé - Point of No Return	19 July 1987	83	4
The Fall - There's a Ghost in My House	3 May 1987	30	1
The Fat Boys and the Beach Boys - Wipeout	16 August 1987	2	4
Ferry Aid - Let It Be	29 March 1987	1	1
Fine Young Cannibals - Ever Fallen in Love	15 March 1987	9	2
The Firm - Star Trekkin'	31 May 1987	1	1
Five Star - The Slightest Touch	12 April 1987	4	2
Five Star - Stay Out of My Life	1 February 1987	9	3
Five Star - Whenever You're Ready	16 August 1987	11	1
Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies	6 September 1987	5	2
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Watching the Wildlife	1 March 1987	28	1
Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé - Barcelona	1 November 1987	2	4
Freddie Mercury - The Great Pretender	1 March 1987	4	2
George Michael - Faith	18 October 1987	2	7
George Michael - I Want Your Sex	7 June 1987	3	1
Heart - Alone	24 May 1987	3	11
The Hooters - Satellite	15 November 1987	22	1
Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing (Ben Liebrand Remix)	11 January 1987	10	2
The Housemartins - Build	15 November 1987	15	1
Hue and Cry - Labour of Love	7 June 1987	6	6
INXS - Need You Tonight	18 October 1987	2	3
Iggy Pop - Shades	22 February 1987	87	1
Jack 'n' Chill - The Jack That House Built	31 May 1987	6	1
The Jackson Five - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus	29 November 1987	84	1
The Jackson Sisters - I Believe in Miracles	14 June 1987	72	1
Jan Hammer - Crockett's Theme	13 September 1987	2	6
Jellybean featuring Elisa Fiorillo - Who Found Who	22 November 1987	10	3
Jellybean & Steven Dante - The Real Thing	20 September 1987	13	1
The Jesus and Mary Chain - April Skies	26 April 1987	8	1
Jody Watley - Looking for a New Love	3 May 1987	13	3
Joe Cocker - Unchain My Heart	1 November 1987	17	2
John Farnham - You're the Voice	12 April 1987	6	6
Johnny Hates Jazz - I Don't Want to Be a Hero	23 August 1987	11	2
Johnny Hates Jazz - Shattered Dreams	22 March 1987	5	5
Johnny Hates Jazz - Turn Back the Clock	15 November 1987	12	3
Johnny Logan - Hold Me Now	17 May 1987	2	5
Judy Boucher - Can't Be With You Tonight	22 March 1987	2	1
Karel Fialka - Hey Matthew	30 August 1987	9	3
Kenny G - Songbird	28 June 1987	22	1
Kim Wilde - Say You Really Want Me	2 August 1987	29	1
Kim Wilde/Junior - Another Step (Closer to You)	29 March 1987	6	1
Kiss - Crazy Crazy Nights	27 September 1987	4	12
Krush - House Arrest	22 November 1987	3	6
LL Cool J - I Need Love	30 August 1987	8	5
Labi Siffre - (Something Inside) So Strong	22 March 1987	4	6
Laura Branigan - Shattered Glass	26 July 1987	78	4
Level 42 - It's Over	6 September 1987	10	2
Level 42 - Running in the Family	8 February 1987	6	5
Level 42 - To Be With You Again	19 April 1987	10	1
Living in a Box - Living in a Box	29 March 1987	5	5
Los Lobos - La Bamba	12 July 1987	1	10
M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up the Volume	30 August 1987	1	10
Maceo and the Macks - Cross the Tracks (We Better Go Back)	9 May 1987	54	1
Marillion - Incommunicado	17 May 1987	6	2
Marillion - Sugar Mice	19 July 1987	22	2
Maxi Priest - Some Guys Have All the Luck	18 October 1987	12	1
Mel & Kim - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree	29 November 1987	3	4
Mel and Kim - F.L.M.	5 July 1987	7	1
Mel and Kim - Respectable	1 March 1987	1	12
Mental As Anything - Live It Up	18 January 1987	3	1
Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel	29 November 1987	3	1
The Mission - Wasteland	11 January 1987	11	1
Morris Minor and the Majors - Stutter Rap (No Sleep Till Bedtime)	6 December 1987	4	1
Natalie Cole - I Live for Your Love	22 November 1987	23	1
New Order - Touched by the Hand of God	13 December 1987	20	2
New Order - True Faith	26 July 1987	4	5
Nick Kamen - Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever	22 February 1987	16	2
Patsy Cline - Crazy	22 March 1987	14	11
Paul McCartney - Once Upon a Long Ago	22 November 1987	10	3
Paul Simon - Graceland	19 April 1987	98	3
Pepsi & Shirlie - Goodbye Stranger	24 May 1987	9	1
Pepsi & Shirlie - Heartache	11 January 1987	2	5
Pet Shop Boys - Always on My Mind	6 December 1987	1	6
Pet Shop Boys - It's a Sin	21 June 1987	1	6
Pet Shop Boys - Rent	18 October 1987	8	2
Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done to Deserve This?	22 August 1987	2	1
The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York	29 November 1987	2	12
Pretenders - If There Was a Man	15 August 1987	49	1
The Proclaimers - Letter From America	1 November 1987	3	3
Pseudo Echo - Funkytown	12 July 1987	8	1
R.E.M. - It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)	5 September 1987	39	1
R.E.M. - The One I Love	22 November 1987	16	1
Ray Parker Jr. - I Don't Think That Man Should Sleep Alone	27 September 1987	13	1
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up	2 August 1987	1	22
Rick Astley - When I Fall in Love	6 December 1987	2	3
Rick Astley - Whenever You Need Somebody	25 October 1987	3	1
Ritchie Valens - La Bamba	26 July 1987	49	2
Rosie Vela - Magic Smile	4 January 1987	27	1
Samantha Fox - Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now	24 May 1987	8	1
Sandra - Everlasting Love	18 October 1987	45	1
Scarlet Fantastic - No Memory	20 September 1987	24	1
Simply Red - Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	22 November 1987	11	1
Simply Red - The Right Thing	8 February 1987	11	3
Sinitta - Toy Boy	19 July 1987	4	3
Siouxsie and the Banshees - This Wheel's on Fire	11 January 1987	14	2
The Sisters of Mercy - This Corrosion	27 September 1987	7	2
Sly and Robbie/Shinehead - Boops (Here To Go)	4 April 1987	12	2
Spagna - Call Me	5 July 1987	2	3
Spandau Ballet - How Many Lies?	8 February 1987	34	1
Spear of Destiny - Never Take Me Alive	29 March 1987	14	1
Squeeze - Hourglass	2 August 1987	16	4
Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now	29 March 1987	1	7
Steve "Silk" Hurley - Jack Your Body	4 January 1987	1	4
Steve Winwood - Back in the High Life Again	11 January 1987	53	1
Steve Winwood - Valerie ('87 Remix)	13 September 1987	19	4
Sting - We'll Be Together	1 November 1987	41	2
Stock, Aitken & Waterman - Roadblock	19 July 1987	13	1
The Style Council - Wanted	25 October 1987	20	1
The Sugarcubes - Birthday	11 October 1987	65	1
Suzanne Vega - Luka	17 May 1987	23	2
Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner	12 July 1987	58	1
Swing Out Sister - Surrender	4 January 1987	7	2
Swing Out Sister - Twilight World	12 April 1987	32	1
T'Pau - China in Your Hand	18 October 1987	1	19
T'Pau - Heart and Soul	26 July 1987	4	2
Terence Trent D'Arby - Dance Little Sister	4 October 1987	20	3
Terence Trent D'Arby - If You Let Me Stay	1 March 1987	7	5
Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well	14 June 1987	4	2
Then Jerico - The Motive	12 July 1987	18	1
Tina Turner - Break Every Rule	31 May 1987	43	1
Tina Turner - What You Get Is What You See	8 March 1987	30	2
Tom Jones - A Boy from Nowhere	29 March 1987	2	1
Transvision Vamp - Revolution Baby	6 September 1987	30	1
U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For	31 May 1987	6	1
U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name	6 September 1987	4	3
U2 - With or Without You	22 March 1987	4	9
UB40 - Rat In Mi Kitchen	11 January 1987	12	2
Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London	12 April 1987	87	1
Was (Not Was) - Walk the Dinosaur	27 September 1987	10	6
Wax - Bridge to Your Heart	12 July 1987	12	3
Westworld - Sonic Boom Boy	15 February 1987	11	4
Wet Wet Wet - Angel Eyes (Home and Away)	29 November 1987	5	3
Wet Wet Wet - Sweet Little Mystery	19 July 1987	5	3
Wet Wet Wet - Wishing I Was Lucky	22 March 1987	6	3
Whitesnake - Here I Go Again (USA Remix)	25 October 1987	9	1
Whitesnake - Is This Love	31 May 1987	9	5
Whitney Houston - Didn't We Almost Have It All	16 August 1987	14	1
Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)	17 May 1987	1	21
Whitney Houston - So Emotional	8 November 1987	5	3

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