List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1980s
1987 (Australian Music Report/ARIA Charts)
Other hits Songs peaking at number two included "Good Times" by Jimmy Barnes and INXS, "The Final Countdown" by Europe, "I Want Your Sex" by George Michael, and "Suddenly" by Angry Anderson.

List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1980s

Section Title: 1987 (Australian Music Report/ARIA Charts)
Table Section Text: Other hits Songs peaking at number two included "Good Times" by Jimmy Barnes and INXS, "The Final Countdown" by Europe, "I Want Your Sex" by George Michael, and "Suddenly" by Angry Anderson.

Date	Artist	Single	Weeks at number one

5 January	Pseudo Echo Australia	"Funkytown"	7 weeks

12 January

19 January

26 January

2 February

9 February	The Bangles	"Walk Like an Egyptian"	2 weeks

16 February	Kim Wilde	"You Keep Me Hangin' On"	2 weeks

23 February	The Bangles	"Walk Like an Egyptian"	2 weeks

2 March	Kim Wilde	"You Keep Me Hangin' On"	2 weeks

9 March	Boris Gardiner	"I Wanna Wake Up with You"	1 week

16 March	George Michael and Aretha Franklin	"I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"	4 weeks

23 March

30 March

6 April

13 April	Paul Lekakis	"Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)"	5 weeks

20 April

27 April

4 May

11 May

18 May	Dave Dobbyn with Herbs	"Slice of Heaven"	4 weeks

25 May

1 June

8 June

15 June	Whitney Houston	"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"	5 weeks

22 June

29 June

6 July

13 July

20 July	Mel and Kim	"Respectable"	1 week

27 July	The Party Boys Australia	"He's Gonna Step on You Again"	2 weeks

3 August

10 August	Kylie Minogue Australia	"Locomotion"	7 weeks

17 August

24 August

31 August

7 September

14 September

21 September

28 September	Los Lobos	"La Bamba"	7 weeks

5 October

12 October

19 October

26 October

2 November

9 November

16 November	Icehouse Australia	"Electric Blue"	1 week

23 November	Jimmy Barnes Australia	"Too Much Ain't Enough Love"	1 week

30 November	Rick Astley	"Never Gonna Give You Up"	7 weeks

7 December

14 December

21 December

28 December

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