1980's Top 20 charts

January 1987

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
1		Reet petite	Jackie Wilson
2		Is this love	Alison Moyet
3		Big fun	Gap Band
4		Jack your body	Steve 'Silk' Hurley
5		No more the fool	Elkie Brooks
6		Caravan of love	Housemartins
7		C'est la vie	Robbie Nevil
8		Sometimes	Erasure
9		The final countdown	Europe
10		Open your heart	Madonna
11		The rain	Oran 'Juice' Jones
12		Cry wolf	A-HA
13		Surrender	Swing Out Sister
14		Hymn to her	Pretenders
15		Shake you down	Gregory Abbott
16		It didn't matter	Style Counsil
17		I knew you were waiting(For me)	Aretha Flanklin & George Michael
18		Down to earth	Curiosity Killed the Cat
19		Livin' on a prayer	Bon Jovi
20		So cold the night	Communards

 

February 1987

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
1		I knew you were waiting(For me)	Aretha Flanklin & George Michael
2		Heartache	Pepsi & Shirlie
3		Down to earth	Curiosity Killed the Cat
4		Almaz	Randy Crawford
5		It doesn't have to be that way	Blow Monkeys
6		Male stripper	Man 2 Man Meet Man Parrish
7		Stand by me	Ben E. King
8		I love my radio	Taffy
9		When a man loves a woman	Percy Sledge
10		Jack your body	Steve 'Silk' Hurley
11		Stay out my life	Five Star
12		The music of the night/Wishing you were somehow here again	Michael Crawford / Sarah Brightman
13		Running in the family	Level 42
14		you sexy thing	Hot Chocolate
15		No more the fool	Elkie Brooks
16		C'est la vie	Robbie Nevil
17		Coming around again	Carly Simon
18		Shoplifters of the world unite	Smiths
19		Is this love	Alison Moyet
20		Once bitten twice shy	Great White

 

March 1987

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
1		Everything I own	Boy George
2		I get the sweetest feeling	Jackie Wilson
3		Liveit up	Mental As Anything
4		The great pretender	Freddie Mercury
5		Stand by me	Ben E. King
6		Respectable	Mel & Kim
7		When a man loves a woman	Percy Sledge
8		Crush on you	Jets
9		Male stripper	Man 2 Man Meet Man Parrish
10		Running in the family	Level 42
11		Weak in the presence of beauty	Alison Moyet
12		Moonright(Theme)	Al Jarreau
13		Respect yourself	Bruce Willis
14		The right thing	Simply Red
15		It doesn't have to be	Erasure
16		Down to earth	Curiosity Killed the Cat
17		Coming around again	Carly Simon
18		With or without you	U2
19		Sign 'O' the times	Prince
20		(You gotta)Fight for your right(To party)	Beastie Boys

 

April 1987

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
1		Let it be	Ferry Aid
2		La isla bonita	Madonna
3		Respectable	Mel & Kim
4		Lean on me	Club Nouveau
5		Let's wait awhile	Janet Jackson
6		With or without you	U2
7		If you let me stay	Terence Trent D'Arby
8		Can't be with you tonight	Judy Boucher
9		Ever fall in love	Fine Young Cannibals
10		Weak in the presence of beauty	Alison Moyet
11		Living in a box	Living In A Box
12		The Irish rover	Pugues & the Dubliners
13		Everything I own	Boy George
14		I get the sweetest feeling	Jackie Wilson
15		Ordenary day	Curiosity Killed the Cat
16		The Slightest touch	Five Star
17		Wanted dead or alive	Bon Jovi
18		Sign 'O' the times	Prince
19		Respect yourself	Bruce Willis
20		Big time	Peter Gabriel

 

May 1987

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
1		Nothing's gonna stop us now	Starship
2		Can't be with you tonight	Judy Boucher
3		A boy from nowhere	Tom Jones
4		Living in a box	Living In A Box
5		(Something inside)So strong	Labi Siffre
6		La isla bonita	Madonna
7		Another step(Closer to you)	Kim Wilde & Junior
8		The slightest touch	Five Star
9		Big love	Fleetwood Mac
10		Shattered dreams	Johnny Hates Jazz
11		Back and forth	Cameo
12		I wanna dance with somebody(Who loves me)	Whitney Houston
13		Lean on me	Club Nouveau
14		Incommunicado	Marillion
15		April skies	Jesus & the Mary Chain
16		To be with you again	Level 42
17		If you let me stay	Terence Trent D'Arby
18		Lil' devil	Cult
19		Boops(Here to go)	Sly And Robbie
20		Hold me now	Johnny Logan

 

June 1987

UK	(US)	Title	Artist
1		I wanna dance with somebody(Who loves me)	Whitney Houston
2		Hold me now	Johnny Logan
3		Nothing's gonna stop us now	Starship
4		I want your sex	George Michael
5		Star trekkin'	Firm
6		I still haven't found what I'm looking for	U2
7		Jack Mix II	Mirage
8		Victem of love	Erasure
9		Nothing's gonna stop us now	Samantha Fox
10		Under the boardwalk	Bruce Willis
11		Goodbye stranger	Pepsi & Shirlie
12		Shattered dreams	Johnny Hates Jazz
13		Wishing I was lucky	Wet Wet Wet
14		You're the voice	John Farnham
15		Serious	Donna Allen
16		It's a sin	Pet Shop Boys
17		When Smokey sings	ABC
18		Looking for a new love	Jody Watley
19		Is this love	Whitesnake
20		No sleep till Brooklyn	Beastie Boys

 

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