List of number-one singles of 1987 (Ireland)

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This is a list of singles which have reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart in 1987.

Contents

Week endingSongArtistRef.
3 January"Caravan of Love" The Housemartins
10 January"Reet Petite" Jackie Wilson
17 January
24 January
31 January"Jack Your Body" Steve "Silk" Hurley
7 February"I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" George Michael and Aretha Franklin
14 February
21 February
28 February"Stand by Me" Ben E. King
7 March
14 March
21 March"Everything I Own" Boy George
28 March
4 April"With or Without You" U2
11 April
18 April"The Irish Rover" The Pogues and The Dubliners
25 April
2 May"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" Starship
9 May
16 May"Hold Me Now" Johnny Logan
23 May
30 May
6 June
13 June"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"U2
20 June"I Want Your Sex"George Michael
27 June"Star Trekkin'" The Firm
4 July"It's a Sin" Pet Shop Boys
11 July
18 July"Who's That Girl" Madonna
25 July
1 August"La Bamba" Los Lobos
8 August
15 August"I Just Can't Stop Loving You" Michael Jackson featuring Siedah Garrett [1] [a]
22 August"What Have I Done to Deserve This?"Pet Shop Boys featuring Dusty Springfield
29 August"Four Track EP" Daniel O'Donnell
5 September"Where the Streets Have No Name"U2
12 September
19 September
26 September"Bad"Michael Jackson
3 October
10 October"Full Metal Jacket (I Want to be Your Drill Instructor)" Abigail Mead and Nigel Goulding
17 October"You Win Again" Bee Gees
24 October
31 October
7 November
14 November"Got My Mind Set on You" George Harrison
21 November"China in Your Hand" T'Pau
28 November
5 December"The Way You Make Me Feel"Michael Jackson
12 December"Fairytale of New York"The Pogues, featuring Kirsty MacColl
19 December
26 December

See also

Notes

  1. Irish Independent (2015) suggests that "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" was the No. 1 song the week of 22 August.

References

  1. "The top ten chart this week in 1987". Irish Independent. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2024.