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This is a list of singles which have reached number one on the
Irish Singles Chart
in 1987.
Contents
See also
Notes
References
Week ending
Song
Artist
Ref.
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
27 Number Ones
Most weeks at No.1 (song): "Hold Me Now" - Johnny Logan, "You Win Again" - The Bee Gees (4)
Most weeks at No.1 (artist): U2 (6)
Most No.1s: U2, Michael Jackson (3)
See also
1987 in music
Irish Singles Chart
List of artists who reached number one in Ireland
Notes
↑
Irish Independent
(2015) suggests that "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" was the No. 1 song the week of 22 August.
References
↑
"The top ten chart this week in 1987"
.
Irish Independent
. 22 August 2015
. Retrieved
16 June
2024
.
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