List of number one hits in Italy (1987)

This list of number one hits is based on the charts of the Italian music magazine Musica e dischi in 1987. There were 14 number one singles and albums that year.

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Singles

← 1986 ←	List of number one hits in Italy  (M&D)			1988 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) 1st - 3rd Week 3 weeks (4 in total) 4th Spandau Ballet Through the Barricades Gary Kemp - 4th-6th Week 3 weeks (6 in total) 6th Europe The Final Countdown Joey Tempest - 7-13 Week 7 weeks 7th Morandi / Ruggeri / Tozzi Si può dare di più Giancarlo Bigazzi , Umberto Tozzi , Raffaele Riefoli After winning the Sanremo Festival in 1987 , the song hit the top of the charts straight away. 14.-15. Week 2 weeks 2 OFF Electrica Salsa Luca Anzilotti, Michael Münzing - 16.-18. Week 3 weeks 3 Nick Came Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever Ivy Jo Hunter, Stevie Wonder The song is a cover of the four-tops song of the same name . 19. – 20. Week 2 weeks 2 Boy George Everything I Own David Gates With a cover version of the song by Bread , included on Boy George's debut album, the British singer reached the top of the Italian charts for the first time. 21-22 Week 2 weeks (6 in total) 6th Ferry Aid Let It Be Lennon / McCartney The charity song collected donations for the relatives of the victims of a ferry accident . 23–24 Week 2 weeks 2 Whitney Houston I Wanna Dance with Somebody George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam - 25.-28. Week 4 weeks (6 in total) 6th Ferry Aid Let It Be Lennon / McCartney - 29.- 39. Week 11 weeks 11 Madonna Who's That Girl Madonna, Patrick Leonard - 40-44 Week 5 weeks 5 Michael Jackson Bad Michael Jackson - 45–47 Week 3 weeks 3 George Michael Faith George Michael - 48th week 1 week (total 3) 3 Los Lobos La Bamba Ritchie Valens Los Lobos landed a world hit with their cover version of the Mexican folk song, which forms the title song of the 1987 film of the same name . 49th week 1 week 1 Rick Astley Never Gonna Give You Up Stock Aitken Waterman Astley's first single from his debut album immediately took him to the top of the charts. 50–51 Week 2 weeks (total 5) 5 M / A / R / R / S Pump Up the Volume Steve Young, Martyn Young - 52nd week 1987 - 1st week 1988 3 weeks (total 3) 3 Los Lobos La Bamba Ritchie Valens -
← 1986				→ 1988 →

Albums

← 1986 ←	List of number one albums in Italy  (M&D)			1988 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) 47th week 1986 - 2nd week 1987 8 weeks (9 in total) 9 Spandau Ballet Through the Barricades The album went straight to number one and the title track rose to the top of the single charts a little later. 3rd to 5th Week 3 weeks (total of 20) 20th Madonna True blue - 6th week 1 week (9 in total) 9 Spandau Ballet Through the Barricades - 7th week 1 week 1 Various artists Sanremo '87 One of the two published compilations for the Sanremo Festival 1987 went straight to number one. 8-11 Week 4 weeks 4th Whitney Houston Whitney Houston - 12-13 Week 2 weeks 2 Simply Red Men and Women - 14-22 Week 9 weeks 9 Vasco Rossi C'è chi dice no After the number one success of the live album Va bene, va bene so in 1984, the rock musician achieved number one for the first time with a studio album, the eighth of his career. 23rd week 1 week 1 U2 The Joshua Tree - 24.-28. Week 5 weeks 5 Whitney Houston Whitney - 29-36 Week 8 weeks 8th Zucchero Blues - 37-42 Week 6 weeks 6th Michael Jackson bath - 43rd week 1 week 1 Bruce Springsteen Tunnel of love - 44–45 Week 2 weeks (total 7) 7th Sting Nothing Like the Sun - 46th week 1 week (total 2) 2 Eros Ramazzotti In certi momenti - 47. – 49. Week 3 weeks (total 7) 7th Sting Nothing Like the Sun - 50th week 1 week 1 Madonna You can dance - 51–52. Week 2 weeks (total 7) 7th Sting Nothing Like the Sun -
← 1986				→ 1988 →

Web links

• Chart archive of Musica e dischi (paid subscription access)

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