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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other • Top 1000

Top Rock Songs of 1987

1986 <-

1987

-> 1988

Video playlist

Cover

Date

Title

Album

Comment

Video

01/1987

Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now by Starship

from No Protection

386

✫1
US

✫1
AC

16
rock

✫1
UK

[Grunt 5109]
written by Diane Warren & Albert Hammond

06/1987

La Bamba by Los Lobos

from La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

382

✫1
US

4
AC

57
country

11
rock

✫1
UK

[Slash 28336]
written by traditional

10/1987

Got My Mind Set on You by George Harrison

from Cloud Nine

372

✫1
US

✫1
AC

4
rock

2
UK

originally recorded by James Ray in 1962; produced by George Harrison & Jeff Lynne
[Dark Horse 28178]
written by Rudy Clark

10/1987

Need You Tonight by INXS

from Kick

352

✫1
US

7
dance

73
R&B

12
rock

2
UK

charted as Need You Tonight / Mediate in US dance charts
[Atlantic 89188]
written by Andrew Farriss & Michael Hutchence

05/1987

Alone by Heart

from Bad Animals

345

✫1
US

2
AC

3
rock

3
UK

[Capitol 44002]
written by Tom Kelly & Billy Steinberg

03/1987

With or Without You by U2

from The Joshua Tree

328

✫1
US

23
AC

✫1
rock

4
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #131]
[Island 7-99469]
written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr.

03/1987

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For by U2

from The Joshua Tree

306

✫1
US

16
AC

2
rock

6
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #93]
[Island 7-99430]
written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr.

05/1987

Here I Go Again by Whitesnake

from Whitesnake

273

✫1
US

4
rock

9
UK

[R]
[Geffen 28339]
written by David Coverdale & Bernie Marsden

08/1987

Little Lies by Fleetwood Mac

from Tango in the Night

263

4
US

✫1
AC

14
rock

5
UK

[Warner 28291]
written by Christine McVie & Eddy Quintela

10.

06/1987

Is This Love by Whitesnake

from Whitesnake

242

2
US

38
AC

13
rock

9
UK

[Geffen 28233]
written by David Coverdale & John Sykes

11.

03/1987

Big Love by Fleetwood Mac

from Tango in the Night

226

5
US

23
AC

7
dance

2
rock

9
UK

[Warner 28398]
written by Lindsey Buckingham

12.

11/1987

Hazy Shade of Winter by The Bangles

from Less Than Zero Motion Picture Soundtrack

224

2
US

41
rock

11
UK

[Columbia 07630]
written by Paul Simon

13.

05/1987

Shakedown by Bob Seger

from Beverly Hills Cop II: The Motion Picture Soundtrack Album

212

✫1
US

✫1
rock

88
UK

[MCA 53094]
written by Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey & Bob Seger

14.

09/1987

Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard

from Hysteria

207

2
US

25
rock

18
UK

written by Joe Elliott, Phil Collen, Steve Clark, Rick Savage & Robert John "Mutt" Lange

15.

01/1987

Don't Dream It's Over by Crowded House

from Crowded House

206

2
US

9
AC

11
rock

27
UK

[Capitol 5614]
written by Neil Finn

16.

11/1987

Everywhere by Fleetwood Mac

from Tango in the Night

205

14
US

✫1
AC

22
rock

4
UK

[Warner 28143]
written by Christine McVie

17.

10/1987

Brilliant Disguise by Bruce Springsteen

from Tunnel of Love

194

5
US

5
AC

✫1
rock

20
UK

[Columbia 07595]
written by Bruce Springsteen

18.

05/1987

Luka by Suzanne Vega

from Solitude Standing

193

3
US

3
AC

15
rock

23
UK

[A&M 2937]
written by Suzanne Vega

19.

12/1987

Devil Inside by INXS

from Kick

190

2
US

2
rock

47
UK

[Atlantic 89144]
written by Andrew Farriss & Michael Hutchence

20.

09/1987

Mony Mony by Billy Idol

from Vital Idol

189

✫1
US

27
rock

91
UK

[live]
[Chrysalis 43161]
written by Tommy James, Bo Gentry, Ritchie Cordell (as Richie Cordell) & Bobby Bloom

21.

04/1987

Where the Streets Have No Name by U2

from The Joshua Tree

187

13
US

11
rock

4
UK

[Island 7-99408]
written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr.

22.

01/1987

Mandolin Rain by Bruce Hornsby

from The Way It Is

181

4
US

✫1
AC

38
country

2
rock

70
UK

as Bruce Hornsby and The Range
[RCA 5087]
written by Bruce Hornsby & John Hornsby

23.

04/1987

Carrie by Europe

from The Final Countdown

175

3
US

36
AC

35
rock

22
UK

[Epic 34-07282]
written by Joey Tempest & Mic Michaeli

24.

10/1987

Walk the Dinosaur by Was (Not Was)

from What Up, Dog?

174

7
US

11
dance

30
alt.

10
UK

written by David Was, Don Was & Randy Jacobs

25.

05/1987

Don't Mean Nothing by Richard Marx

from Richard Marx

163

3
US

✫1
rock

78
UK

[Manhattan 50079]
written by Richard Marx & Bruce Gaitsch

26.

08/1987

Should've Known Better by Richard Marx

from Richard Marx

163

3
US

20
AC

7
rock

50
UK

[Manhattan 50083]
written by Richard Marx

27.

08/1987

Animal by Def Leppard

from Hysteria

159

19
US

5
rock

6
UK

[Polygram 888832 (Mercury)]
written by Joe Elliott, Phil Collen, Steve Clark, Rick Savage & Robert John "Mutt" Lange

28.

09/1987

Valerie by Steve Winwood

from Chronicles

153

9
US

2
AC

13
rock

19
UK

[R]
[Warner 28231 (Island)]
written by Steve Winwood & Will Jennings

29.

01/1987

Midnight Blue by Lou Gramm

from Ready or Not

143

5
US

✫1
rock

82
UK

[Atlantic 7-89304]
written by Lou Gramm & Bruce Turgon

30.

12/1987

Say You Will by Foreigner

from Inside Information

139

6
US

41
AC

✫1
rock

71
UK

[Atlantic 89169]
written by Lou Gramm & Mick Jones [Foreigner]

31.

06/1987

Who Will You Run To by Heart

from Bad Animals

139

7
US

2
rock

30
UK

[Capitol 44040]
written by Diane Warren

32.

03/1987

Heat of the Night by Bryan Adams

from Into the Fire

137

6
US

2
rock

50
UK

[A&M 2921]
written by Bryan Adams & Jim Vallance

33.

09/1987

Crazy Crazy Nights by KISS

from Crazy Nights

129

65
US

37
rock

4
UK

[Mercury 888796]
written by Paul Stanley & Adam Mitchell

34.

10/1987

Tunnel of Love by Bruce Springsteen

from Tunnel of Love

127

9
US

13
AC

✫1
rock

45
UK

[Columbia 07663]
written by Bruce Springsteen

35.

02/1987

The Finer Things by Steve Winwood

from Back in the High Life

126

8
US

✫1
AC

5
rock

[Warner 28498 (Island)]
written by Steve Winwood & Will Jennings

36.

10/1987

We'll Be Together by Sting

from …Nothing Like the Sun

124

7
US

17
dance

39
R&B

20
rock

41
UK

[A&M 2983]
written by Sting

37.

09/1987

Cherry Bomb by John Mellencamp

from The Lonesome Jubilee

120

8
US

12
AC

✫1
rock

as John Cougar Mellencamp
[Mercury 888934]
written by John Mellencamp

38.

04/1987

Day-In Day-Out by David Bowie

from Never Let Me Down

116

21
US

10
dance

3
rock

17
UK

[EMI America 8380]
written by David Bowie

39.

09/1987

Hysteria by Def Leppard

from Hysteria

115

10
US

9
rock

26
UK

written by Joe Elliott, Phil Collen, Steve Clark, Rick Savage & Robert John "Mutt" Lange

40.

05/1987

Something So Strong by Crowded House

from Crowded House

115

7
US

13
AC

10
rock

95
UK

[Capitol 5695]
written by Neil Finn & Mitchell Froom

41.

08/1987

Hourglass by Squeeze

from Babylon and On

114

15
US

45
AC

22
rock

16
UK

[A&M 2967]
written by Chris Difford & Glenn Tilbrook

42.

09/1987

The One I Love by R.E.M.

from Document

114

9
US

2
rock

51
UK

[MCA 53204]
written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe

43.

07/1987

Touch of Grey by Grateful Dead

from In the Dark

112

9
US

15
AC

✫1
rock

[Arista 9606]
written by Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter

44.

08/1987

Paper in Fire by John Mellencamp

from The Lonesome Jubilee

110

9
US

✫1
rock

86
UK

as John Cougar Mellencamp
written by John Mellencamp

45.

10/1987

Don't Shed a Tear by Paul Carrack

from One Good Reason

109

9
US

36
AC

5
rock

60
UK

[Chrysalis 43164]
written by Rich Friedman & Eddie Schwartz

46.

11/1987

When We Was Fab by George Harrison

from Cloud Nine

102

23
US

10
AC

2
rock

25
UK

produced by George Harrison & Jeff Lynne
[Dark Horse 28131]
written by George Harrison & Jeff Lynne

47.

05/1987

Incommunicado by Marillion

from Clutching at Straws

102

24
rock

6
UK

written by Fish, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly, Ian Mosley & Pete Trewavas

48.

05/1987

Girls, Girls, Girls by Mötley Crüe

from Girls, Girls, Girls

102

12
US

20
rock

26
UK

[Elektra 7-69465]
written by Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee & Mick Mars

49.

12/1987

One Step Up by Bruce Springsteen

from Tunnel of Love

100

13
US

3
AC

2
rock

[Columbia 07726]
written by Bruce Springsteen

50.

03/1987

Sweet Sixteen by Billy Idol

from Whiplash Smile

20
US

26
rock

17
UK

[Chrysalis 43114]
written by Billy Idol

51.

06/1987

It's Not Over Til It's Over by Starship

from No Protection

9
US

9
rock

86
UK

[RCA 5225]
written by Robbie Nevil, John Van Tongeren & Phil Galdston

52.

01/1987

Rock the Night by Europe

from The Final Countdown

30
US

22
rock

12
UK

[Epic 34-07091]
written by Joey Tempest

53.

09/1987

Come On, Let's Go by Los Lobos

from La Bamba: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

21
US

35
AC

33
rock

18
UK

[Slash 28186]
written by Ritchie Valens

54.

11/1987

There's the Girl by Heart

from Bad Animals

12
US

16
rock

34
UK

[Capitol 44089]
written by Nancy Wilson [rock musician] & Holly Knight

55.

08/1987

Dude (Looks Like a Lady) by Aerosmith

from Permanent Vacation

14
US

41
dance

4
rock

45
UK

[Geffen 28240]
written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry & Desmond Child

56.

12/1987

(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay by Michael Bolton

from The Hunger

11
US

19
AC

58
R&B

12
rock

77
UK

[Columbia 07680]
written by Otis Redding & Steve Cropper

57.

04/1987

Seven Wonders by Fleetwood Mac

from Tango in the Night

19
US

13
AC

2
rock

56
UK

[Warner 28317]
written by Sandy Stewart [musician] & Stevie Nicks

58.

02/1987

Come as You Are by Peter Wolf

from Come as You Are

15
US

49
dance

✫1
rock

[EMI 8350]
written by Peter Wolf & Tim Mayer (as Timothy S. Mayer)

59.

08/1987

You Are the Girl by The Cars

from Door to Door

17
US

12
AC

2
rock

[Elektra 69446]
written by Ric Ocasek

60.

06/1987

Good Times by INXS & Jimmy Barnes

from The Lost Boys: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

47
US

3
rock

18
UK

[Atlantic 89237]
written by George Young & Harry Vanda

61.

03/1987

Never Say Goodbye by Bon Jovi

from Slippery When Wet

28
US

11
rock

21
UK

[US chart position is for Hot 100 Airplay charts]
[album cut]
written by Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora

62.

09/1987

Hey Matthew by Karel Fialka

from Human Animal

29
alt.

9
UK

written by Karel Fialka

63.

08/1987

Crazy by Icehouse

from Man of Colours

14
US

10
rock

74
UK

[Chrysalis 43156]
written by Iva Davies, Bob Kretschmer (as Robert Kretschmer) & Andy Qunta

64.

04/1987

Jammin' Me by Tom Petty

from Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)

18
US

✫1
rock

written by Tom Petty, Bob Dylan & Mike Campbell

65.

10/1987

Rain in the Summertime by The Alarm

from Eye of the Hurricane

71
US

27
dance

6
rock

18
UK

written by Mike Peters, Eddie MacDonald, Dave Sharp & Nigel Twist

66.

06/1987

Give to Live by Sammy Hagar

from I Never Said Goodbye

23
US

✫1
rock

78
UK

produced by Sammy Hager & Eddie Van Halen
[Geffen 7-28314]
written by Sammy Hagar

67.

01/1987

That Ain't Love by REO Speedwagon

from Life as We Know It

16
US

5
rock

[Epic 34-06656]
written by Kevin Cronin

68.

05/1987

Lil' Devil by The Cult

from Electric

34
rock

11
UK

written by Ian Astbury & Billy Duffy

69.

08/1987

Never Let Me Down by David Bowie

from Never Let Me Down

27
US

17
dance

15
rock

34
UK

[EMI America 43031]
written by David Bowie & Carlos Alomar

70.

10/1987

I Don't Mind at All by Bourgeois Tagg

from YoYo

38
US

5
AC

8
rock

35
UK

produced by Todd Rundgren
[Island 99409]
written by Brent Bourgeois & Lyle Workman

71.

11/1987

Give Me All Your Love by Whitesnake

from Whitesnake

48
US

22
rock

18
UK

written by David Coverdale & John Sykes

72.

03/1987

Still of the Night by Whitesnake

from Whitesnake

79
US

18
rock

16
UK

[Geffen 28331]
written by David Coverdale & John Sykes

73.

05/1987

Hearts on Fire by Bryan Adams

from Into the Fire

26
US

3
rock

57
UK

[A&M 2948]
written by Bryan Adams & Jim Vallance

74.

01/1987

Can'tcha Say (You Believe in Me) by Boston

from Third Stage

20
US

7
rock

82
UK

aka Can'tcha Say/Still in Love
written by Gary Green, Tom Scholz & Brad Delp

75.

10/1987

Love Will Find a Way by Yes

from Big Generator

30
US

✫1
rock

73
UK

[Atco 99449]
written by Trevor Rabin

76.

09/1987

Rag Doll by Aerosmith

from Permanent Vacation

17
US

12
rock

[Geffen 27915]
written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jim Vallance & Holly Knight

77.

09/1987

Let's Work by Mick Jagger

from Primitive Cool

39
US

32
dance

7
rock

31
UK

co-produced by David A. Stewart
[Columbia 07306]
written by Mick Jagger & Dave Stewart [David Allan Stewart]

78.

08/1987

Satellite by The Hooters

from One Way Home

61
US

13
rock

22
UK

[Columbia 07607]
written by Rob Hyman, Eric Bazilian & Rick Chertoff

79.

04/1987

Why Can't I Be You? by The Cure

from Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me

54
US

27
dance

21
UK

written by Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Boris Williams & Lol Tolhurst (as Laurence Tolhurst)

80.

02/1987

Love Removal Machine by The Cult

from Electric

15
rock

18
UK

written by Ian Astbury & Billy Duffy

81.

03/1987

Endless Nights by Eddie Money

from Can't Hold Back

21
US

10
rock

[Columbia 07035]
written by John Cesario, Michele Collyer & Steve Mullen

82.

12/1987

I Need a Man by Eurythmics

from Savage

46
US

32
rock

26
UK

[RCA 5361]
written by Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart [David Allan Stewart]

83.

10/1987

Just Like Heaven by The Cure

from Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me

40
US

28
dance

29
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #483]
[Elektra 69443]
written by Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Boris Williams & Lol Tolhurst (as Laurence Tolhurst)

84.

11/1987

I Say Nothing by Voice of the Beehive

from Let it Bee

11
alt.

22
UK

[R]
written by Tracey Bryn Belland & Mike Jones [guitarist]

85.

12/1987

In God's Country by U2

from The Joshua Tree

44
US

6
rock

48
UK

[R]
[Island 7-99385]
written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr.

86.

09/1987

On the Turning Away by Pink Floyd

from A Momentary Lapse of Reason

81
US

✫1
rock

55
UK

[Columbia 07660]
written by David Gilmour & Anthony Moore

87.

08/1987

Victim of Love by Bryan Adams

from Into the Fire

32
US

10
rock

68
UK

[A&M 2964]
written by Bryan Adams & Jim Vallance

88.

09/1987

Boys Night Out by Timothy B. Schmit

from Timothy B.

25
US

17
rock

[MCA 53137]
written by Timothy B. Schmit, Will Jennings & Bruce Gaitsch

89.

10/1987

Rhythm of Love by Yes

from Big Generator

40
US

2
rock

[Atco 99419]
written by Jon Anderson, Tony Kaye, Trevor Rabin & Chris Squire

90.

02/1987

I'm No Angel by The Gregg Allman Band

from I'm No Angel

49
US

✫1
rock

written by Tony Colton & Phil Palmer

91.

08/1987

Wildflower by The Cult

from Electric

39
rock

24
UK

written by Ian Astbury & Billy Duffy

92.

09/1987

I've Been in Love Before by Cutting Crew

from Broadcast

50
rock

24
UK

[R]
[Atco 99425 (Virgin)]
written by Nick Van Eede

93.

11/1987

I Started Something I Couldn't Finish by The Smiths

from Strangeways, Here We Come

23
UK

written by Johnny Marr & Morrissey

94.

11/1987

Reason to Live by KISS

from Crazy Nights

64
US

34
rock

33
UK

[Mercury 870022]
written by Paul Stanley & Desmond Child

95.

03/1987

One for the Mockingbird by Cutting Crew

from Broadcast

38
US

29
rock

52
UK

[Atco 99464 (Virgin)]
written by Nick Van Eede

96.

06/1987

Since You've Been Gone by The Outfield

from Bangin'

31
US

11
rock

[Columbia 07170]
written by John Spinks

97.

05/1987

Time Will Crawl by David Bowie

from Never Let Me Down

7
rock

33
UK

written by David Bowie

98.

06/1987

These Times Are Hard for Lovers by John Waite

from Rover's Return

53
US

6
rock

77
UK

[EMI America 43018]
written by Desmond Child & John Waite

99.

03/1987

Get That Love by Thompson Twins

from Close to the Bone

31
US

66
UK

[Arista 1-9577]
written by Tom Bailey & Alannah Currie

100.

06/1987

Back to Paradise by 38 Special

from Flashback: The Best of 38 Special

41
US

4
rock

[from the movie Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise]
[A&M 2955]
written by Bryan Adams, Pat Benatar (as Pat Giraldo) & Jim Vallance

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