Editing 1987 in music (section)

==Top 40 Chart hit singles==
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! <big>Song title</big> 
! <big>Artist(s)</big> 
! <big>Release date(s)</big> 
! <big>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</big>
! <big>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</big>
! <big>Highest chart position</big>
! <big>Other Chart Performance(s)</big>
|-
||"[[Alone (i-Ten song)|Alone]]" || [[Heart (band)|Heart]] || {{Date table sorting|051987}}|May 1987 || 1 || 3 || 1 (Canada, United States) || [[Alone_(i-Ten_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Always (Atlantic Starr song)|Always]]" || [[Atlantic Starr]] || {{Date table sorting|051987}}|May 1987 || 1 || 3 || 1 (Canada, United States) || 1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 1 (U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) - 1 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 2 (Canada Adult Contemporary) - 6 (South Africa) - 7 (New Zealand) - 66 (Australia)
|-
||"[[Always_on_My_Mind#Pet_Shop_Boys_version|Always on My Mind]]" || [[Pet Shop Boys]] || {{Date table sorting|111987}}|November 1987 || 4 || 1 || 1 [[Always_on_My_Mind#Charts_4|(8 countries)]] || [[Always_on_My_Mind#Charts_4|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Animal (Def Leppard song)|Animal]]" || [[Def Leppard]] || {{Date table sorting|051987}}|May 1987 || 19 || 6 || 3 (Ireland) || [[Animal_(Def_Leppard_song)#Charts|See chart performance entry]]
|-
|| "[[Another Step (Closer to You)]]" || [[Kim Wilde]] & [[Junior Giscombe|Junior]] || {{Date table sorting|031987}}|March 1987 || n/a || 6 || 6 (United Kingdom) || 88 (Australia) - 95 (Netherlands [Single Top 100])
|-
|| "[[Anyone Can Do the Heartbreak]]" || [[Anne Murray]] || {{Date table sorting|091987}}|September 1987 || 27 || n/a || 27 (United States) || 4 (Canada Adult Contemporary)
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|| "[[Are You Still in Love with Me]]" || [[Anne Murray]] || {{Date table sorting|051987}}|May 1987 || n/a || n/a || n/a || 8 (Canada Adult Contemporary) - 10 (Canada Country Tracks) - 20 (U.S. Hot Country Songs) - 33 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) 
|-
|| "[[At This Moment]]" || [[Billy Vera|Billy Vera and the Beaters]] || {{Date table sorting|011987}}|January 1987 || 1 || 97 || 1 (Canada, United States) || [[At_This_Moment#Charts|See chart performance entry]] 
|}

===Other Chart hit singles===
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*"[[¿A quién le importa?]]" – [[Alaska y Dinarama]]
*"[[Alone (Heart song)|Alone]]" - [[Heart (band)|Heart]]
*"[[Angel (Angela Winbush song)|Angel]]" – [[Angela Winbush]] (U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles)
*"[[Back in the High Life Again]]" (1986) – [[Steve Winwood]]
*"[[Bad (Michael Jackson song)|Bad]]" – [[Michael Jackson]]
*"[[Barcelona (Freddie Mercury song)|Barcelona]]" – [[Freddie Mercury]] and [[Montserrat Caballé]]
*"[[Beds Are Burning]]" – [[Midnight Oil]]
*"[[Behind the Wheel]]" – [[Depeche Mode]]
*"[[Bella Vita (David et Jonathan song)|Bella Vita]]" – [[David et Jonathan]]
*"[[Big Love (Fleetwood Mac song)|Big Love]]" – [[Fleetwood Mac]]
*"[[Big Time (Peter Gabriel song)|Big Time]]" (1986) – [[Peter Gabriel]]
*"[[Boy Blue (Cyndi Lauper song)|Boy Blue]]" (1986) – [[Cyndi Lauper]]
*"[[Breakout (Swing Out Sister song)|Breakout]]" (1986) – [[Swing Out Sister]]
*"[[Burning Like a Flame]]" – [[Dokken]]
*"[[Brown Eyes (song)]]" – [[Johnny Hates Jazz]]
*"[[Can't Stay Away from You|Can't Stay Away From You]]" - [[Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine]]
*"[[Can't We Try]]" – [[Dan Hill]] (duet with [[Vonda Shepard]])
*"[[Can'tcha Say (You Believe in Me)]]" – [[Boston (band)|Boston]]
*"[[Catch Me (I'm Falling)]]" – [[Pretty Poison (group)|Pretty Poison]]
*"[[Causing a Commotion]]" – [[Madonna]]
*"[[C'est l'amour]]" – [[Léopold Nord & Vous]]
*"[[C'est la ouate]]" – [[Caroline Loeb]]
*"[[C'est La Vie (Robbie Nevil song)|C'est la Vie]]" – [[Robbie Nevil]]
*"[[Change of Heart (Cyndi Lauper song)|Change of Heart]]" (1986) – [[Cyndi Lauper]]
*"[[Cherry Bomb (John Mellencamp song)|Cherry Bomb]]" – [[John Mellencamp|John Cougar Mellencamp]]
*"[[China in Your Hand]]" – [[T'Pau (band)|T'Pau]] (UK)
*"[[Come Go with Me (Exposé song)|Come Go with Me]]" – [[Exposé (band)|Exposé]] (released in 1986)
*"[[Control (Janet Jackson song)|Control]]" – [[Janet Jackson]]  (released in 1986)
*"[[Crazy Crazy Nights]]" – [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]
*"[[Criticize (song)|Criticize]]" – [[Alexander O'Neal]]
*"[[Cross My Broken Heart (The Jets song)|Cross My Broken Heart]]" – [[The Jets (Minnesota band)|The Jets]]
*"[[Debo Hacerlo (song)|Debo Hacerlo]]" – [[Juan Gabriel]]
*"[[Diamonds (Herb Alpert song)|Diamonds]]" – [[Herb Alpert]]
*"[[Didn't We Almost Have It All]]" – [[Whitney Houston]]
*"[[Jungle Fever (song)|Do It Properly]]" – [[C + C Music Factory|Adonis]]
*"[[Doing It All for My Baby|Doin'It All for My Baby]]" - [[Huey Lewis & The News]]
*"[[Don't Dream It's Over]]" – [[Crowded House]]
*"[[Don't Disturb This Groove (song)|Don't Disturb This Groove]]" – [[The System (band)|The System]]
*"[[Don't Mean Nothing]]" – [[Richard Marx]]
*"[[Don't Shed a Tear]]" – [[Paul Carrack]]
*"[[Dude (Looks Like a Lady)]]" – [[Aerosmith]]
*"[[Dream Warriors (song)|Dream Warriors]]" – [[Dokken]]
*"[[Electric Blue (Icehouse song)|Electric Blue]]" – [[Icehouse (band)|Icehouse]]
*"[[Electrica Salsa]]" – [[Sven Väth|OFF]]
*"[[Ella elle l'a]]" – [[France Gall]]
*"[[Étienne (song)|Étienne]]" – [[Guesch Patti]]
*"[[Everlasting Love]]" – [[Sandra (singer)|Sandra]]
*"[[Everybody Have Fun Tonight]]" (1986) – [[Wang Chung (band)|Wang Chung]] 
*"[[Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac song)|Everywhere]]" – [[Fleetwood Mac]]
*"[[Fairytale of New York]]" – [[The Pogues]] with [[Kirsty MacColl]] (UK)
*"[[Faith (George Michael song)|Faith]]" – [[George Michael]]
*"Fake" – [[Alexander O'Neal]]<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/album/hearsay-mw0000650580  Hearsay] Fake was R&B big hit in 1987. Retrieved 23 July 2022</ref>
*"[[Force Ten (song)|Force Ten]]" – [[Rush (band)|Rush]]
*"[[Funkytown]]" – [[Pseudo Echo]] (released in 1986)
*"[[The Game (Echo & the Bunnymen song)|The Game]]" – [[Echo & the Bunnymen]]
*"[[Got My Mind Set On You]]" [[George Harrison]]
*"[[Get Lucky (Jermaine Stewart song)|Get Lucky]]" – [[Jermaine Stewart]]
*"[[Hazy Shade of Winter]]" – [[The Bangles]]
*"[[Head to Toe (Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam song)|Head to Toe]]" – [[Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam]]
*"[[Heart and Soul (T'Pau song)|Heart and Soul]]" – [[T'Pau (band)|T'Pau]]
*"[[Heartbreak Beat]]" – [[The Psychedelic Furs]]
*"[[Heat of the Night]]" – [[Bryan Adams]]
*"[[Heaven Is a Place on Earth]]" – [[Belinda Carlisle]]
*"[[Here I Go Again]]" – [[Whitesnake]]
*"[[Hey Matthew]]" – [[Karel Fialka]] (India)
*"[[Hold Me Now (Johnny Logan song)|Hold Me Now]]" – [[Johnny Logan (singer)|Johnny Logan]]
*"[[Hysteria (Def Leppard song)|Hysteria]]" – [[Def Leppard]]
*"[[I Found Someone]]" – [[Cher]]
*"[[I Get Weak]]" (1986) – [[Belinda Carlisle]]
*"[[I Just Can't Stop Loving You]]" – [[Michael Jackson]] and [[Siedah Garrett]]
*"[[(I Just) Died in Your Arms]]" – [[Cutting Crew]]
*"[[I Knew You Were Waiting for Me]]" – [[Aretha Franklin]] and [[George Michael]]
*"[[I Know What I Like]]" - [[Huey Lewis & The News]]
*"[[I Need Love]]" – [[LL Cool J]]
*"[[I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For]]" – [[U2]]
*"[[I Think We're Alone Now (song)|I Think We're Alone Now]]" – [[Tiffany Darwish|Tiffany]]
*"[[I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)]]" – [[Whitney Houston]]
*"[[I Want You So Bad]]" – [[Heart (band)|Heart]]
*"[[I Want Your Sex]]" (1986) – [[George Michael]]
*"[[Im Nin'Alu]]" – [[Ofra Haza]]
*"[[In Too Deep (Genesis song)|In Too Deep]] (1986) – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
*"[[The Irish Rover]]" – [[The Pogues]] & [[The Dubliners]] (Ireland)
*"[[Is This Love (Whitesnake song)|Is This Love]]" – [[Whitesnake]]
*"[[No Protection (Starship album)|It's Not Over 'Til It's Over]]" - [[Starship (band)|Starship]]
*"[[It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)]]" – [[R.E.M.]]
*"[[(I've Had) The Time of My Life]]" – [[Bill Medley]] & [[Jennifer Warnes]]
*"[[Jacob's Ladder (Huey Lewis and the News song)|Jacob's Ladder]]" (1986) – [[Huey Lewis and the News]]
*"[[Je ne veux pas]]" – [[Céline Dion]] (Canada)
*"[[Joe le taxi]]" – [[Vanessa Paradis]]
*"Just Gets Better With Time" – [[The Whispers]]{{Citation needed|date=April 2020|reason=If it's a significant song, but not significant enough to have a Wikipedia article, then it needs a reliable source stating that it was a significant song of 1987}}
*"[[Just to See Her]]" – [[Smokey Robinson]]
*"[[Kolé séré]]" – [[Jocelyne Béroard]] & [[Philippe Lavil]]
*"[[Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye|Kiss Him Goodbye]]" – [[The Nylons]]
*"[[Là-bas (song)|Là-bas]]" – [[Jean-Jacques Goldman]] and Sirima
*"[[La Bamba (song)|La Bamba]]" – [[Los Lobos]]
*"[[The Lady in Red (Chris de Burgh song)|The Lady in Red]]" – [[Chris DeBurgh]]
*"[[Land of Confusion|Land Of Confusion]]" - Genesis
*"[[Lean on Me (song)|Lean on Me]]" – [[Club Nouveau]]
*"[[Let's Go! (Wang Chung song)|Let's Go!]]"  (1986) – [[Wang Chung (band)|Wang Chung]]
*"[[Let Me Be the One (Exposé song)|Let Me Be the One]]" – [[Exposé (band)|Exposé]]
*"[[Let's Wait Awhile]]" – [[Janet Jackson]]
*"[[Lies (Jonathan Butler song)|Lies]]" – [[Jonathan Butler]]
*"[[Lips Like Sugar]]" – [[Echo & the Bunnymen]]
*"[[Little Lies]]" – [[Fleetwood Mac]]
*"[[Livin' on a Prayer]]" – [[Bon Jovi]] (released in 1986)
*"[[Lo Mejor de Tu Vida]]" – [[Julio Iglesias]]
*"[[Looking for a New Love]]" – [[Jody Watley]]
*"[[Lost in Emotion]]" – [[Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam]]
*"[[Love Bites (Def Leppard song)|Love Bites]]" – [[Def Leppard]] (charted in 1988)
*"[[Love Will Find a Way (Yes song)|Love Will Find a Way]]" – [[Yes (band)|Yes]]
*"[[Love You Down]]" – [[Ready for the World]]
*"[[Luka (song)|Luka]]" – [[Suzanne Vega]]
*"[[Mandolin Rain]]" (1986) – [[Bruce Hornsby|Bruce Hornsby and The Range]]
*"[[Midnight Blue (Lou Gramm song)|Midnight Blue]]" – [[Lou Gramm]]
*"[[Midnight Man (Sandra song)|Midnight Man]]" – [[Sandra (singer)|Sandra]]
*"[[Mony Mony]]" – [[Billy Idol]]
*"Move Out" – [[Nancy Martinez]]{{Citation needed|date=April 2020|reason=If it's a significant song, but not significant enough to have a Wikipedia article, then it needs a reliable source stating that it was a significant song of 1987}}
*"[[My Arms Keep Missing You]]" – [[Rick Astley]]
*"[[Need You Tonight]]" – [[INXS]]
*"[[Never Gonna Give You Up]]" – [[Rick Astley]]
*"[[Never Let Me Down Again]]" – [[Depeche Mode]]
*"[[Never Say Goodbye (Bon Jovi song)|Never Say Goodbye]]" (1986) – [[Bon Jovi]]
*"[[New Sensation]]" – INXS
*"[[Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You]]" – [[Glenn Medeiros]] (USA release)
*"[[Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now]]" – [[Jefferson Airplane|Starship]]
*"[[One Heartbeat (song)|One Heartbeat]]" – [[Smokey Robinson]]
*"[[The One I Love (R.E.M. song)|The One I love]]" – [[R.E.M.]]
*"[[Only in My Dreams]]" – [[Deborah Gibson|Debbie Gibson]]
*"[[Open Your Heart (Madonna song)|Open Your Heart]]" – [[Madonna]] (released in 1986)
*"[[Out of the Blue (Debbie Gibson song)|Out of the Blue]]" – [[Debbie Gibson]]
*"[[Paper in Fire]]" – [[John Mellencamp|John Cougar Mellencamp]]
*"[[People Are Strange]]" – [[Echo & the Bunnymen]]
*"[[The Pleasure Principle (song)|The Pleasure Principle]]" (1986) – [[Janet Jackson]]
*"[[Point of No Return (Exposé song)|Point of No Return]]" – [[Exposé (band)|Exposé]]
*"[[Pour Some Sugar on Me]]" – [[Def Leppard]]
*"[[The Power of Love (Jennifer Rush song)|The Power of Love]]" – [[Laura Branigan]]
*"[[Pump Up the Volume (song)|Pump Up The Volume]]" – [[MARRS]]
*"[[Rag Doll (Aerosmith song)|Rag Doll]]" – [[Aerosmith]]
*"[[Rent (song)|Rent]]" – [[Pet Shop Boys]]
*"[[Respect Yourself]]" – [[Bruce Willis]]
*"[[Rhythm Is Gonna Get You]]" – [[Gloria Estefan|Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine]]
*"[[Rhythm of Love (Yes song)|Rhythm of Love]]" – [[Yes (band)|Yes]]
*"[[Rock Steady (The Whispers song)|Rock Steady]]" – [[The Whispers]]
*"[[Rocket (Def Leppard song)|Rocket]]" – [[Def Leppard]]
*"[[Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree]]" – [[Mel Smith|Mel]] & [[Kim Wilde|Kim]]
*"[[Sans contrefaçon]]" – [[Mylène Farmer]]
*"[[Say It Again (Jermaine Stewart song)|Say It Again]]" – [[Jermaine Stewart]]
*"[[Say You Really Want Me]]" – [[Kim Wilde]]
*"[[Seven Wonders (song)|Seven Wonders]]" - [[Fleetwood Mac]]
*"[[Shakedown (Bob Seger song)|Shakedown]]" – [[Bob Seger]]
*"[[Should've Known Better (Richard Marx song)|Should've Known Better]]" - [[Richard Marx]]
*"[[Sign o' the Times (song)|Sign o' the Times]]" – [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]
*"[[Skin Trade (song)|Skin Trade]]" - [[Duran Duran]]
*"[[So Emotional]]" – [[Whitney Houston]]
*"[[(Something Inside) So Strong]]" – [[Labi Siffre]] (UK)
*"[[Something So Strong]]" – [[Crowded House]]
*"[[Somewhere Out There (James Horner song)|Somewhere Out There]]" – [[Linda Ronstadt]] and [[James Ingram]]
*"[[Songbird (Kenny G composition)|Songbird]]" – [[Kenny G]]
*"[[Star Trekkin'|Star Trekkin]]" – [[The Firm (novelty band)|The Firm]]
*"[[Stone Love (song)|Stone Love]]" – [[Kool & the Gang]]
*"[[Strangelove (song)|Strangelove]]" – [[Depeche Mode]]
*"[[Strap Me In]]" - [[The Cars]]
*"[[Surrender (Swing Out Sister song)|Surrender]]" (1986) – [[Swing Out Sister]]
*"[[Sweet Child o' Mine]]" – [[Guns N' Roses]] (charted in 1988)
*"[[There's The Girl]]"  – [[Heart (band)|Heart]]
*"[[Throwing It All Away]]" – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
*"[[Time Stand Still (song)|Time Stand Still]]" – [[Rush (band)|Rush]]
*"[[Tonight, Tonight, Tonight]]" – [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
*"[[Touch Me (I Want Your Body)]]" – [[Samantha Fox]]
*"[[Touch of Grey]]" – [[Grateful Dead]]
*"[[Tristana (song)|Tristana]]" – [[Mylène Farmer]]
*"[[Tunnel of Love (Bruce Springsteen song)|Tunnel Of Love]]" - [[Bruce Springsteen]]
*"[[Twilight World]]" – [[Swing Out Sister]]
*"[[Twistin' the Night Away|Twistin'The Night Away]]" - [[Rod Stewart]]
*"[[U Got the Look]]" – [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] and [[Sheena Easton]]
*"[[Une autre histoire]]" – [[Gérard Blanc]]
*"[[Valerie (Steve Winwood song)|Valerie]]" (1982) – [[Steve Winwood]]
*"[[Wait (White Lion song)|Wait]]" – [[White Lion]]
*"[[Walking Down Your Street]]" – [[The Bangles]]
*"[[Walking in the Air]] (Theme from '[[The Snowman]]')" – [[The Shadows]]
*"[[Wanted Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi song)|Wanted Dead or Alive]]" (1986) – [[Bon Jovi]]
*"[[War (Edwin Starr song)|War]]" – [[Bruce Springsteen|Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band]]
*"[[The Way It Is (Bruce Hornsby and the Range song)|The Way It Is]]" – [[Bruce Hornsby|Bruce Hornsby and the Range]]
*"[[We Connect]]" – [[Stacey Q.]]
*"[[Welcome to the Jungle]]" – [[Guns N' Roses]]
*"[[What You Get Is What You See]]" – [[Tina Turner]]
*"[[What's Going On (song)|What's Going On]]" – [[Cyndi Lauper]]
*"[[Whenever You Need Somebody (song)|Whenever You Need Somebody]]" – [[Rick Astley]]
*"[[Where the Streets Have No Name]]" – [[U2]]
*"[[Who Will You Run To]]" - [[Heart (band)|Heart]]
*"[[Who's That Girl (Madonna song)|Who's That Girl]]" – [[Madonna]]
*"[[Why Can't I Be You?]]" – [[The Cure]]
*"[[With or Without You]]" – [[U2]]
*"[[Wonderful Life (Black song)|Wonderful Life]]" – [[Black (English band)|Black]]
*"[[Y Tú También Llorarás]]" – [[José Luis Rodríguez (singer)|José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma"]] 
*"[[Yaka dansé]]" – [[Raft (band)|Raft]]
*"[[You Are the Girl|You Are The Girl]]" - [[The Cars]]
*"[[You Keep Me Hanging On]]" – [[Kim Wilde]]
*"[[You're the Voice]]" – [[John Farnham]]
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