The top 40 from Billboard's Hot 100, this week in 1987. Thoughts?

This Week * Last Week * Total Weeks * Title * Artist
01 * 03 * 08 * Faith * George Michael
02 * 01 * 12 * Heaven is a Place on Earth * Belinda Carlisle
03 * 04 * 12 * Should've Known Better * Richard Marx
04 * 02 * 12 * (I've Had) The Time of My Life * Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
05 * 05 * 08 * Is This Love * Whitesnake
06 * 06 * 11 * Shake Your Love * Debbie Gibson
07 * 08 * 07 * So Emotional * Whitney Houston
08 * 07 * 10 * We'll Be Together * Sting
09 * 10 * 11 * Don't You Want Me * Jody Watley
10 * 11 * 08 * Got My Mind Set on You * George Harrison
11 * 12 * 12 * Catch Me (I'm Falling) * Pretty Poison
12 * 09 * 13 * The One I Love * R.E.M.
13 * 14 * 14 * Valerie * Steve Winwood
14 * 18 * 11 * Dude (Looks Like a Lady) * Aeorsmith
15 * 21 * 10 * Tell It To My Heart * Taylor Dayne
16 * 20 * 08 * Cherry Bomb * John Cougar Mellencamp
17 * 29 * 04 * The Way You Make Me Feel * Michael Jackson
18 * 25 * 08 * Need You Tonight * INXS
19 * 24 * 15 * That's What Love Is All About * Michael Bolton
20 * 23 * 09 * I Do You * The Jets
21 * 19 * 09 * Skeletons * Stevie Wonder
22 * 27 * 06 * Candle in the Wind * Elton John
23 * 16 * 16 * I Think We're Alone Now * Tiffany
24 * 28 * 10 * Animal * Def Leppard
25 * 13 * 15 * Mony Mony * Billy Idol
26 * 15 * 13 * Hourglass * Squeeze
27 * 31 * 06 * There's the Girl * Heart
28 * 33 * 05 * Hazy Shade of Winter * Bangles
29 * 17 * 15 * I've Been in Love Before * Cutting Crew
30 * 35 * 09 * Crazy * Icehouse
31 * 34 * 08 * Power of Love * Laura Branigan
32 * 37 * 05 * I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man * Prince
33 * 39 * 03 * Seasons Change * Expose
34 * 22 * 15 * I Won't Forget You * Poison
35 * 41 * 05 * I Want to Be Your Man * Roger
36 * 43 * 06 * Hungry Eyes * Eric Carmen
37 * 40 * 08 * True Faith * New Order
38 * 52 * 03 * Could've Been * Tiffany
39 * 38 * 10 * I Don't Mind At All * Bourgeois Tagg
40 * 26 * 11 * Brilliant Disguise * Bruce Springsteen

RipHer2Shreds said:[quote]The top 40 from Billboard's Hot 100, this week in 1987. Thoughts?

This Week * Last Week * Total Weeks * Title * Artist
01 * 03 * 08 * Faith * George Michael
02 * 01 * 12 * Heaven is a Place on Earth * Belinda Carlisle
03 * 04 * 12 * Should've Known Better * Richard Marx06 * 06 * 11 * Shake Your Love * Debbie Gibson
07 * 08 * 07 * So Emotional * Whitney Houston

09 * 10 * 11 * Don't You Want Me * Jody Watley

14 * 18 * 11 * Dude (Looks Like a Lady) * Aeorsmith
15 * 21 * 10 * Tell It To My Heart * Taylor Dayne

17 * 29 * 04 * The Way You Make Me Feel * Michael Jackson
18 * 25 * 08 * Need You Tonight * INXS

21 * 19 * 09 * Skeletons * Stevie Wonder

23 * 16 * 16 * I Think We're Alone Now * Tiffany

25 * 13 * 15 * Mony Mony * Billy Idol
(WHY did he have to remake that?)


32 * 37 * 05 * I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man * Prince
33 * 39 * 03 * Seasons Change * Expose
34 * 22 * 15 * I Won't Forget You * Poison
35 * 41 * 05 * I Want to Be Your Man * Roger


I do know these ones

Some good songs back then compared 2 now

just goes to show how diverese things were back then and how consolidated they are now

paisleypark4 said:

Both of these are remakes of Tommy James & The Shondells songs. I like them both.

Skeleton's was a top ten hit? who knew?

These are the ones I still like from the list:

01 * 03 * 08 * Faith * George Michael
02 * 01 * 12 * Heaven is a Place on Earth * Belinda Carlisle
03 * 04 * 12 * Should've Known Better * Richard Marx
05 * 05 * 08 * Is This Love * Whitesnake
06 * 06 * 11 * Shake Your Love * Debbie Gibson
07 * 08 * 07 * So Emotional * Whitney Houston (probably my fave of hers)
08 * 07 * 10 * We'll Be Together * Sting
09 * 10 * 11 * Don't You Want Me * Jody Watley
10 * 11 * 08 * Got My Mind Set on You * George Harrison
11 * 12 * 12 * Catch Me (I'm Falling) * Pretty Poison
12 * 09 * 13 * The One I Love * R.E.M.
15 * 21 * 10 * Tell It To My Heart * Taylor Dayne
16 * 20 * 08 * Cherry Bomb * John Cougar Mellencamp
17 * 29 * 04 * The Way You Make Me Feel * Michael Jackson
18 * 25 * 08 * Need You Tonight * INXS
21 * 19 * 09 * Skeletons * Stevie Wonder
23 * 16 * 16 * I Think We're Alone Now * Tiffany
24 * 28 * 10 * Animal * Def Leppard
25 * 13 * 15 * Mony Mony * Billy Idol
26 * 15 * 13 * Hourglass * Squeeze
28 * 33 * 05 * Hazy Shade of Winter * Bangles (love it more than the original)
32 * 37 * 05 * I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man * Prince
33 * 39 * 03 * Seasons Change * Expose
35 * 41 * 05 * I Want to Be Your Man * Roger
37 * 40 * 08 * True Faith * New Order
40 * 26 * 11 * Brilliant Disguise * Bruce Springsteen

Faith and need you tonight were constantly on the radio whenever it was on at home and I remember loving them, though I was 4. I remember hearing mj's bad all the time too, mostly from people's tape players and at concerts. There's even a home video of my parents at a party and they were blasting faith and dancing to it with friends lolll
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RipHer2Shreds said:

I know...shudda left Mony Mony alone. The Shondells did it way better.

I DIDNT KNOW Tiffany remade that Oh shit now I gotta find the original..LAWD

sosgemini said:

no i beleive it peaked at 19, the 09 is its weeks on the chart.

I was a little over 8 months old then.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I was not even alive in December 12, 1987.

But I do love several of the songs on the list: Faith, The Way You Make Me Feel, etc.

sosgemini said:

I believe it was a number one R&B hit. Najee can u back me up on this?

daPrettyman said:

Yes, #1 for 2 weeks R&B. Lastdecember is right - peaked #19 Hot 100.



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Good times, good times...

alphastreet said:

They were. I would get especially annoyed when they'd play Faith without the Freedom organ intro (which they did often).

RipHer2Shreds said:

These were the only ones worth it. Funny how most of the artists i singled out have lasted 20 years later and have gone onto legend status.

RipHer2Shreds said:

SOME OF MY FAVORITES.....

and I was only 1 month and a week old!

bboy87 said:

Man, that makes me feel old. I remember these songs getting airplay like it was yesterday. Man, those were the days.

Those were the jams of my pre-teens. I remember them in heavy rotation. Memories of sitting next to the radio to record these tunes on my Maxell tape (yall kids don't know nothin' about that). Good times! Jody, George Michael, New Order, Inxs and the REAL pop princesses Debbie Gibson and Tiffany! That was some real good music

16 * 20 * 08 * Cherry Bomb * John Cougar Mellencamp

This song is 20 years old? Dang, now I feel old.

I hear ya. I had already graduated high school and business school, was unemployed during this era, and had already been bashing Shitney for two years.
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vainandy said:

Time sure flies, doesn't it, Andy?

It sure does. Now that I think about it and add up the years, some of these grown ass men in their 20's that I've slept with, I'm old enough to be their father. Hell, now I feel like Prince.

Among the many great pop songs on this list . . .

Thank you for making me feel old . Great memories.

RipHer2Shreds said:

I wonder what's going to make Elton re-release that song this decade. He only has a couple more years to go...

lastdecember said:

I dunno, diverse? How many of those artists in the top 20 are nonwhite?

AlexdeParis said:

Maybe it's because that's the version I know best, but I only like that live version. Odd given that the original is from Goodbye Yellowbrick Road, and I think that's his best album by far.

RipHer2Shreds said:

I dig all those.

I had no idea "crazy" by Icehouse made top 40? I love that song. Also "valerie"? Was this a remix, as that song came out in the early 80's? Great song, but 1987? And I agree with ripher2shreds, that live version of "candle in the wind" is awesome.

Number seventeen is my all time favourite song ever.