List of number one hits in Australia (1987)

This list of number-one hits in Australia in 1987 . Basis are the top 50 of the Australian charts of ARIA . There were 15 number one singles and 10 number one albums that year.

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Singles

← 1986 ←	List of number one hits in Australia			1988 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 22, 1986 - February 8, 1987 7 weeks 7th Pseudo echo Funkytown Steven Phillip Greenberg - February 9, 1987 - February 15, 1987 1 week (total 2) 2 The Bangles Walk Like an Egyptian Liam Hillard Sternberg - February 14, 1987 - February 22, 1987 2 weeks (total 2) 2 Kim Wilde You Keep Me Hangin 'On Edward J. Holland Jr., Lamont Herbert Dozier, Brian Holland - February 23, 1987 - March 1, 1987 1 week (total 2) 2 The Bangles Walk Like an Egyptian Liam Hillard Sternberg - March 2, 1987 - March 8, 1987 1 week (total 2) 2 Kim Wilde You Keep Me Hangin 'On Edward J. Holland Jr., Lamont Herbert Dozier, Brian Holland - March 9, 1987 - March 15, 1987 1 week 1 Boris Gardiner I Want to Wake Up with You Ben Peters - March 16, 1987 - April 12, 1987 4 weeks 4th Aretha Franklin & George Michael I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) Simon Climie , Dennis Morgan - April 13, 1987 - May 17, 1987 5 weeks 5 Paul Lekakis Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room) Riccardo Angelo Ballerini, Michele Chieregato, Stefano Montin, Thomas Beecher Hooker, Roberto Turatti - May 18, 1987 - June 14, 1987 4 weeks 4th Dave Dobbyn feat. Herbs Slice of Heaven Dave Joseph Dobbyn - June 15, 1987 - July 19, 1987 5 weeks 5 Whitney Houston I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) George Robert Merrill, Shannon Rubicam - July 20, 1987 - July 27, 1987 1 week 1 Mel & Kim Respectable Pete Waterman, Matthew James Aitken, Mike Stock - July 28, 1987 - August 9, 1987 2 weeks 2 The Party Boys He's Gonna Step on You Again Christos Demetriou, John Theodore Kongos - August 10, 1987 - September 27, 1987 7 weeks 7th Kylie Minogue The Loco-Motion Gerry Goffin , Carole King - September 28, 1987 - November 15, 1987 7 weeks 7th Los Lobos La Bamba Trad .; Text: Ritchie Valens - November 16, 1987 - November 22, 1987 1 week 1 Icehouse Electric Blue Iva Davies , John William Oates - November 23, 1987 - November 29, 1987 1 week 1 Jimmy Barnes Too Much Ain't Enough Love James Dixon Barnes, Jonathan Cain, Neal Joseph Schon , Anthony Paul Brock, Randolph Lynch Jackson - November 30, 1987 - January 17, 1988 7 weeks 7th Rick Astley Never Gonna Give You Up Pete Waterman, Matthew James Aitken, Mike Stock -
← 1986				→ 1988 →

Albums

← 1986 ←	List of number one hits in Australia			1988 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) November 17, 1986 - January 11, 1987 8 weeks (total of 25) 25th John Farnham Whispering Jack - January 12, 1987 - January 25, 1987 2 weeks 2 ( Various artists ) Summer '87 - January 26, 1987 - April 5, 1987 10 weeks (total of 25) 25th John Farnham Whispering Jack - April 6, 1987 - April 19, 1987 2 weeks 2 Paul Simon Graceland - April 20, 1987 - May 3, 1987 2 weeks (total of 25) 25th John Farnham Whispering Jack - May 4, 1987 - May 10, 1987 1 week 1 ( Various artists ) 87 hits out - May 11, 1987 - June 7, 1987 4 weeks (total of 25) 25th John Farnham Whispering Jack - June 8, 1987 - June 14, 1987 1 week 1 Crowded House Crowded House - June 15, 1987 - June 21, 1987 1 week (total of 25) 25th John Farnham Whispering Jack - June 22, 1987 - July 12, 1987 3 weeks 3 Whitney Houston Whitney - July 13, 1987 - August 23, 1987 6 weeks 6th Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet - August 24, 1987 - October 4, 1987 6 weeks 6th Midnight Oil Diesel and Dust - October 5, 1987 - December 20, 1987 11 weeks 11 Icehouse Man of Colors - December 21, 1987 - January 24, 1988 5 weeks 5 Jimmy Barnes Freight Train Heart -
← 1986				→ 1988 →

literature

• Australian Chart Book by David Kent

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• ARIA Top 50 Singles Charts / ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart
• Australian charts with archive

See also: Number one hits in 1987 in Belgium , Denmark , Germany , Finland , France , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Canada , New Zealand , the Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Sweden , Switzerland , Spain , the United States and im United Kingdom .