This is a list of the number one hits in New Zealand in 1987. It is based on the official Top 40 singles and albums , which are selected on behalf of Recorded Music NZ , the New Zealand representative of IFPI . There were 16 number one singles and 12 number one albums that year.
Singles
← 1986 ←
New Zealand List of number one hits in New Zealand
1988 →
Period
Where. total
Interpreter
Title Author (s)
Additional Information
(Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information)
November 30, 1986 - January 17, 1987 7 weeks
7th
Run DMC feat. Aerosmith
Walk This Way
-
January 18, 1987 - January 31, 1987 2 weeks
2
Gwen Guthrie
Ain't Nothing Going On but the Rent
-
February 1, 1987 - February 28, 1987 4 weeks
4th
Jimmy Barnes feat. INXS
Good Times
-
March 1, 1987 - March 7, 1987 1 week
1
Cameo
Word Up!
-
March 8, 1987 - April 18, 1987 6 weeks
6th
Pseudo echo
Funkytown
-
April 19, 1987 - May 2, 1987 2 weeks
2
Crowded House
Don't Dream It's Over
-
May 3, 1987 - June 13, 1987 6 weeks
6th
Club Nouveau
Lean on Me
-
June 14, 1987 - June 20, 1987 1 week
1
Bon Jovi
Livin 'on a prayer
-
June 21, 1987 - June 27, 1987 1 week
1
Iggy Pop
Real Wild Child (Wild One)
-
June 28, 1987 - July 25, 1987 4 weeks
4th
Whitney Houston
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)
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July 26, 1987 - August 29, 1987 5 weeks
5
Mel & Kim
Respectable
-
August 30, 1987 - October 17, 1987 7 weeks
7th
Los Lobos
La Bamba
-
October 18, 1987 - October 24, 1987 1 week
1
Tex Pistol
Game of Love
-
October 25, 1987 - November 7, 1987 2 weeks (4 in total)
4th
Midnight Oil
Beds are burning
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November 8, 1987 - November 21, 1987 2 weeks
2
U2
Where the Streets Have No Name
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November 22, 1987 - December 5, 1987 2 weeks (4 in total)
4th
Midnight Oil
Beds are burning
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December 6, 1987 - January 23, 1988 7 weeks
7th
George Michael
Faith
-
← 1986
→ 1988 →
Albums
← 1986 ←
New Zealand List of number one hits in New Zealand
1988 →
Period
Where. total
Interpreter
title
Additional Information
(Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information)
December 21, 1986 - January 17, 1987 4 weeks
4th
The Police
Every Breath You Take - The Singles
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January 18, 1987 - March 28, 1987 10 weeks
10
Eurythmics
Revenge
-
March 29, 1987 - April 4, 1987 1 week (8 in total)
8th
U2
The Joshua Tree
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April 5, 1987 - May 2, 1987 4 weeks
4th
Pseudo echo
Funky Town
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May 3, 1987 - May 16, 1987 2 weeks (8 in total)
8th
U2
The Joshua Tree
-
May 17, 1987 - May 30, 1987 2 weeks
2
Alison Moyet
Raindancing
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May 31, 1987 - July 4, 1987 5 weeks (8 in total)
8th
Bon Jovi
Slippery When Wet
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July 5, 1987 - July 18, 1987 2 weeks
2
Whitney Houston
Whitney
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July 19, 1987 - August 1, 1987 2 weeks (8 in total)
8th
Bon Jovi
Slippery When Wet
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August 2, 1987 - August 15, 1987 2 weeks
2
Suzanne Vega
Solitude standing
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August 16, 1987 - September 19, 1987 5 weeks (8 in total)
8th
U2
The Joshua Tree
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September 20, 1987 - September 26, 1987 1 week (8 in total)
8th
Bon Jovi
Slippery When Wet
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September 27, 1987 - October 10, 1987 2 weeks
2
Michael Jackson
bath
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October 11, 1987 - October 17, 1987 1 week
1
Chris Rea
Dancing with Strangers
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October 18, 1987 - November 21, 1987 5 weeks (total 11)
11
Midnight Oil
Diesel and Dust
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November 22, 1987 - December 5, 1987 2 weeks (6 in total)
6th
Pink Floyd
A Momentary Lapse of Reason
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December 6, 1987 - December 12, 1987 1 week (total 11)
11
Midnight Oil
Diesel and Dust
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December 13, 1987 - December 19, 1987 1 week (6 in total)
6th
Pink Floyd
A Momentary Lapse of Reason
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December 20, 1987 - January 23, 1988 5 weeks (total 11)
11
Midnight Oil
Diesel and Dust
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← 1986
→ 1988 →
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See also number-one hits in 1987 in Australia , Belgium , Denmark , Germany , Finland , France , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Canada , the Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Sweden , the Switzerland , Spain , the United States and in the United Kingdom .
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