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Songs on Top 10 hit list in USA in June 1987, July 1987, etc untill BAD 25 is released

Songs on Top 10 hit list in USA in June 1987, July 1987, etc untill BAD 25 is released

Here, I am back. I was thinking of every week to post ten songs that were hits in the USA on top ten hit list back in June 1987, then July 1987, etc untill BAD 25 comes out. That way we'd be experiencing the true atmosphere of all the songs that were hits before MJ dropped DA BOMB :) What do you think guys?

So which songs were top ten in the USA in the week of 23rd of June 1987? :)
 
Songs on Top 10 hit list in USA in June 1987, July 1987, etc untill BAD 25 is released

BUMPER SNIPPET said:
Here, I am back. I was thinking of every week to post ten songs that were hits in the USA on top ten hit list back in June 1987, then July 1987, etc untill BAD 25 comes out. That way we'd be experiencing the true atmosphere of all the songs that were hits before MJ dropped DA BOMB :) What do you think guys?

So which songs were top ten in the USA in the week of 23rd of June 1987? :)
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Cool but what if we choose songs from The top 100 from USA and UK to have more variety :p
So we can have a real atmosphere from that era , just saying ;D
 
Songs on Top 10 hit list in USA in June 1987, July 1987, etc untill BAD 25 is released

Lucilla said:
Cool but what if we choose songs from The top 100 from USA and UK to have more variety :p
So we can have a real atmosphere from that era , just saying ;D
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Why not Top 265444845654452 from around the world?
 
Re:Songs on Top 10 hit list in USA in June 1987, July 1987, etc untill BAD 25 is released

BUMPER SNIPPET said:
Here, I am back. I was thinking of every week to post ten songs that were hits in the USA on top ten hit list back in June 1987, then July 1987, etc untill BAD 25 comes out. That way we'd be experiencing the true atmosphere of all the songs that were hits before MJ dropped DA BOMB :) What do you think guys?

So which songs were top ten in the USA in the week of 23rd of June 1987? :)
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Uh yea!!!!!!!! This would be great. Ok so this is not what exactly what you asked for, but I think you might find this interesting. It does give you an idea of what songs were at number one before Michael released BAD. Janet is also listed.

http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id224.htm

1987's Number Ones

(Includes the date the song reached the top of
Billboard's Hot 100, and the duration of its stay there.)​


"Shake You Down," Gregory Abbott

17 January 1987/1 week

This was Abbott's first single for CBS Records. Studying psychology at Boston University
and earning his masters at California State, Abbott did graduate work in
literature at Stanford and taught black studies at UC Berkeley. He was working
as a Wall Street researcher when investment bankers heard his music and financed
a recording studio in his home and his own label, Gramercy Park. He produced
other artists before launching his own performing career.


"At This Moment," Billy Vera and the Beaters

24 January 1987/2 weeks

Michael Weithorn, a producer of the NBC series Family Ties, went to an L.A. club
to hear a popular local band, Billy and the Beaters. After the show he persuaded
Billy Vera to let him use the song "At This Moment" on the series. Thousands of
people called radio stations to request the song, and before long it had moved
to the top of the Hot 100.

"Open Your Heart," Madonna

7 February 1987/1 week

The third # 1 from the True Blue album -- "Live To Tell" and "Papa Don't Preach" being
the other two -- was written by Gardner Cole and Peter Rafelson with Cyndi
Lauper in mind. But Madonna got her hands on it first and, with producer Patrick
Leonard, changed the arrangement to make it more rock than pop.

"Livin' On A Prayer," Bon Jovi

14 February 1987/4 weeks

When he wrote the song with fellow band member Richie Sambora, Jon Bon Jovi didn't think it
was worthy of being on the Slippery When Wet album. But producer Bruce
Fairbairn fought to include the tune. The band would be glad he did -- "Livin'
On A Prayer" became the second consecutive # 1 single for Bon Jovi, and the
biggest single off the album.

"Jacob's Ladder," Huey Lewis and the News

14 March 1987/1 week

Huey Lewis had wanted a song penned by Bruce Hornsby and brother John called "Let The Girls
Rock" for his Sports album, but the Hornsbys kept the song for
themselves. They learned their lesson, and when Huey asked to record "Jacob's
Ladder" for the Fore! album, they agreed. Lewis changed the feel of the
tune, from R&B to rock, and had another chart-topper.

"Lean On Me," Club Nouveau

21 March 1987/2 weeks

Like Bananarama's chart-topping cover of "Venus", "Lean On Me" was yet another # 1
from the Seventies that hit the top of the Hot 100 again in the Eighties. Bill
Withers, who wrote and originally recorded the tune, called to congratulate Club
Nouveau for their successful version.

"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now," Starship

4 April 1987/2 weeks

Producer Narada Michael Walden paid tribute to Phil Spector with a "wall of sound" cut of this
song written by Diane Warren and Albert Hammond for the soundtrack of the film
Mannequin. The filmmakers initially considered teaming Patti LaBelle and
Michael McDonald (who had a # 1 duet with "On My Own"), but the song ended up
with Starship (and features a duet by band members Mickey Thomas and Grace
Slick).It was Starship's third # 1, following "We Built This City" and
"Sara."

"I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)," Aretha Franklin & George Michael

18 April 1987/2 weeks

Narada Michael Walden became the eighth producer in the rock era to have back-to-back # 1's
with this song, written by Dennis Morgan, who had twenty # 1's to his credit --
all of them Country & Western -- and a British songwriter named Simon
Climie. It was Clive Davis who brought Aretha Franklin and George Michael
together to sing it as a duet.

"(I Just) Died In Your Arms," Cutting Crew

2 May 1987/2 weeks

Nick Van Eede got the title for the song after making love to his girlfriend. He jotted it
down on a notepad. Later, when he and guitarist Kevin Macmichael formed the band
Cutting Crew, the song was written -- and became the first # 1 not only for the
band but also for their label, Virgin Records.

"With Or Without You," U2

16 May 1987/3 weeks

Signed by Island Records in 1980 after the label's exec, Bill Stewart, saw U2 perform in a small
Dublin venue, the band had become one of the biggest live draws in rock by the
mid-Eighties. But a concert promoter in Denver, Colorado told lead singer Bono
they still didn't have a breakthrough hit. That changed when "With Or Without
You" hit the top of the Hot 100.

"You Keep Me Hangin' On," Kim Wilde

6 June 1987/1 week

This was the third 1987 chart-topper that had been a # 1 before. (The other two: "Venus" and
"Lean On Me"). "You Keep Me Hangin' On" was a hit for the Supremes in 1966.
Several previous remakes of the song made it to the Hot 100, done by Vanilla
Fudge (1968), Wilson Pickett (1969), and Jackie DeShannon (1970); but it was
British pop singer Kim Wilde who took it back to the top of the
chart.

"Always," Atlantic Starr

13 June 1987/1 week

Atlantic Starr was signed by A&M Records in 1978, but the nine-member group split into two
factions in 1983, and A&M dropped them, freezing their royalties. The Lewis
brothers -- Jonathan, David and Wayne -- with percussionist Joe Phillips and a
new vocalist, Barbara Weathers, signed with Warner Bros., and had this # 1 hit,
written by the Lewis brothers, off their first album for that
label.

"Head To Toe," Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam

20 June 1987/1 week

Hell's Kitchen resident Lisa Velez hung out at a Manhattan nightclub called the Fun House,
hoping to be discovered, just like Madonna had been at the same club some years
earlier. And it was there that Mike Hughes, a member of Full Force, spotted her.
Written and produced by Full Force, this song was Cult Jam's first of two
chart-toppers.

"I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)," Whitney Houston

27 June 1987/2 weeks

This was Houston's fourth # 1, written by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam, who had
also penned another of the chart-toppers, "How Will I Know," and who were also
A&M recording artists (Boy Meets Girl). Produced by Narada Michael Walden,
the song was the first single off Houston's second album (and Walden's third # 1
for 1987).

"Alone," Heart

11 July 1987/3 weeks

Heart's second # 1 was written by the same team that was responsible for two previous
chart-toppers, Madonna's "Like A Virgin" and Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors" --
Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly. They'd written it five years earlier, and
recorded it as i-Ten for Epic Records. At Steinberg's insistence, the song's
chorus was rewritten and then submitted to Heart.

"Shakedown," Bob Seger

1 August 1987/1 week

Glenn Frey had a huge hit with the song "The Heat Is On" from the Beverly Hills Cop
soundtrack, and he was the first choice to record "Shakedown" from the sequel's
soundtrack. But Frey didn't like the tune crafted by Harold Faltermeyer and
Keith Forsey, so he passed. Bob Seger was second choice; he kept the chorus as
written but changed the rest of the lyrics.

"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," U2

8 August 1987/2 weeks

The second single from The Joshua Tree album, this song, like the first -- "With Or
Without You" -- soared to the top of the chart. 1987 was a watershed year for U2
-- their first # 1 songs, their first album to go to # 1 in the US, and a
Time Magazine cover story.

"Who's That Girl," Madonna

22 August 1987/1 week

Madonna's sixth # 1, giving her more chart-toppers than anyone else in the 1980s. This song was
co-written by Madonna with Patrick Leonard, who had penned "Live To Tell,"
another of Madonna's # 1's, and appeared on the soundtrack for the artist's
third feature film, Who's That Girl.

"La Bamba," Los Lobos

29 August 1987/3 weeks

The day after "La Bamba" peaked at # 22 on the Hot 100 -- 2 February 1959 -- Ritchie Valens
was killed in the plane crash that also claimed the life of Buddy Holly. The
1987 biopic about Valens was called La Bamba, and screenwriter Luis
Valdez pegged Los Lobos to perform the title song, originally an old Mexican
marriage tune known for generations.

"I Just Can't Stop Loving You," Michael Jackson & Siedah Garrett

19 September 1987/1 week

Barbara Streisand was Jackson's first choice for a duet partner, but she turned him
down. Siedah Garrett had won a spot in Quincy Jones's vocal group Deco, and sang
on the Fast Forward soundtrack. She also wrote "Man In The Mirror" for
Jackson's Bad album. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" was the first single
released from that album, which entered the charts at # 1.

"Didn't We Almost Have It All," Whitney Houston

26 September 1987/2 weeks

A single off the album Whitney, this was not only Houston's fifth # 1, but also the fifth
chart-topper for songwriter Michael Masser, who collaborated with lyricist Will
Jennings on the tune. Houston was the first female artist ever to have an album
debut at # 1.

"Here I Go Again," Whitesnake

10 October 1987/1 week

"Here I Go Again" hit the UK charts in 1982, but its parent album, Saints and
Sinners was not released in the U.S. Band leader David Coverdale
re-recorded it at the behest of a Geffen Records executive, and it was put on
the Whitesnake LP, an album long in the making due to a change in band
personnel and Coverdale's lengthy recuperation from surgery to repair a deviated
septum.

"Lost In Emotion," Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam

17 October 1987/1 week

This was Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam's second chart-topper from their sophomore album, Spanish
Fly. Where the first, "Head To Toe," was a tribute to the Supremes, "Lost In
Emotion" was a combination of a pair of Mary Wells songs, "Two Lovers" and "You
Beat Me To The Punch."

"Bad," Michael Jackson

24 October 1987/2 weeks

The video for this song was directed by Martin Scorsese, and first shown in a half-hour
special on CBS the same day the Bad album was released -- 31 August 1987.
"Bad" entered the Hot 100 at the # 40 spot and reached the top five weeks later,
making it the fastest rising chart-topper since "We Are The
World."

"I Think We're Alone Now," Tiffany

7 November 1987/ 2 weeks

MCA never intended to release this song as a single from Tiffany's debut album. But Lou
Simon, a program director at KCPX in Salt Lake City, listened to the album and
knew the tune was a potential hit. When MCA learned of the reaction to the song
from KCPX listeners, it did an about-face, and "I Think We're Alone Now" became
a nationwide hit -- for the second time; Tommy James and the Shondells took it
to # 4 in 1967.

"Mony, Mony," Billy Idol

21 November 1987/1 week

Like the previous chart-topper, "Mony Mony" was originally recorded by Tommy James and
the Shondells; this was the first time in Billboard history that two
remakes of songs originally recorded by the same artist became back-to-back #
1's. Ritchie Cordell, who was sole writer of "I Think We're Alone Now,"
collaborated with Tommy James, Bobby Bloom and Bo Gentry to pen "Mony Mony." The
name was derived from a sign atop the Mutual of New York
building.

"{I've Had) The Time Of My Life," Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes

28 November 1987/1 week

Though Medley was reluctant to do another soundtrack song -- he'd been disappointed by the
failure of his duet with Gladys Knight, "Loving On Borrowed Time," for the
Cobra soundtrack -- he finally relented when he learned he'd be singing
with Jennifer Warnes. This was Medley's third # 1, Warnes's second -- and all
were duets. It had been 22 years since Medley's first # 1 (as a member of the
Righteous Brothers), "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," which gave the artist
the longest span of # 1 singles in the rock era.

"Heaven Is A Place On Earth," Belinda Carlisle

5 December 1987/1 week

When the Go-Gos split up in 1985, Carlisle immediately went to work on a solo album.
Belinda was released in 1986 and produced the hit "Mad About You," which
peaked at US# 3. The songwriting team of Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley wrote
songs for Carlisle's second album, including this one. Michelle Phillips of the
Mamas and the Papas was one of the backing vocalists.

"Faith," George Michael

12 December 1987/4 weeks

The first release from Michael's first solo album was "I Want Your Sex"; the fact that
many radio stations refused to play the controversial song kept it from topping
the Hot 100. (It peaked at # 2). So "Faith" -- the album's title track -- became
Michael's first # 1 as a solo artist.


1987's Top 50 in the
UK

* Number One songs


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Rick Astley, T'Pau, Pet Shop
Boys​


1. "Never Gonna
Give You Up," Rick Astley*

2. "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now," Starship*

3. "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)," Whitney Houston*

4. "You Win Again," The Bee Gees*

5. "China In
Your Hand," T'Pau*

6. "Respectable," Mel & Kim*

7. "Stand By Me," Ben E. King*

8. "It's A Sin," The Pet Shop Boys*

9. "Star Trekkin'," The Firm*

10. "Pump Up The Volume," M/A/R/R/S*

11. "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)," Aretha Franklin & George Michael*

12. "Under The Boardwalk," Bruce Willis

13. "Let It Be," Ferry Aid*

14. "Always On My Mind," The Pet Shop Boys*

15. "Got My Mind Set On You," George Harrison

16. "Can't Be Without You Tonight," Judy Boucher

17. "La Isla Bonita," Madonna*

18. "La Bamba," Los Lobos*

19. "Hold Me Now," Johnny Logan

20. "Who's That Girl?" Madonna*

21. "Everything I Own," Boy George*

22. "Down To Earth," Curiosity Killed The Cat

23. "When A Man Loves A Woman," Percy Sledge

24. "Heartache," Pepsi & Shirley

25. "Always," Atlantic Starr

26. "Whenever You Need Somebody," Rick Astley

27. "Toy Boy," Sinitta

28. "I Get The Sweetest Feeling," Jackie Wilson

29. "Faith," George Michael

30. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You," Michael Jackson & Siedah Garrett*

31. "Live It Up," Mental As Anything

32. "Love In The First Degree," Bananarama

33. "Crockett's Theme," Jan Hammer

34. "Alone," Heart

35. "Wipe Out," The Fat Boys & The Beach Boys

36. "Call Me," Spagna

37. "Let's Wait Awhile," Janet Jackson

38. "Jack Your Body," Steve 'Silk' Hurley*

39. "The Great Pretender," Freddie Mercury

40. "Male Stripper," Man 2 Man meet Man Parrish

41. "Lean On Me," Club Nouveau

42. "What Have I Done To Deserve This?" The Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield

43. "Some People," Cliff Richard

44. "A Boy From =Nowhere," Tom Jones

45. "With Or Without You," U2

46. "Wishing Well," Terence Trent D'Arby

47. "Heart and Soul," T'Pau

48. "Fairytale Of New York," The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl

49. "I Want To Be Your Drill Instructor," Abigail Mead & Nigel Goulding

50. "My Arms Keep Missing You," Rick Astley
 
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Re: Songs on Top 10 hit list in USA in June 1987, July 1987, etc untill BAD 25 is released

Wow, so many great hits that year.
Thank you Windy09 :)
 
Re: Songs on Top 10 hit list in USA in June 1987, July 1987, etc untill BAD 25 is released

Ok, here we go then :)


Number ones from January to May 1987

January 1987:

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February 1987:

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February-March 1987:

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March 1987:

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April 1987:

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May 1987:

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Ok, I've changed my mind, I think that top ten per week would be too much, so I will keep on posting number ones for each month weekly.

So, as we are in June here's the top n°1 in June 1987:

31 May- 6 June 1987:

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13 June 1987:

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I'll keep up posting the number ones for each week. Next number one will be revealed on June the 20th. :)
 
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thank you. i dont if i'm being biased. but these songs are good .some became classics. but they have this sound,when once your hear one of these songs you know right away they are from the 80's, you know they are old.but with most mj's songs, they sound so fresh....it is really awesome. he made his songs timeless
 
peru94 said:
thank you. i dont if i'm being biased. but these songs are good .some became classics. but they have this sound,when once your hear one of these songs you know right away they are from the 80's, you know they are old.but with most mj's songs, they sound so fresh....it is really awesome. he made his songs timeless
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There are no MJ songs posted here :) But I agree the sonsgs of the time (80's) are good
 
This thread is a great idea. I LOVE the 80s, so here is our little time machine to fly back to that great decade.

But I agree with Lucilla that why not include the UK as well? And if someone wants to include the hits in Germany, France etc, why not? It's cool to get a feel of the musical atmosphere at the time.

And since Kim Wilde was mentioned with Keep Me Hanging On, a bit of a sidenote for those too young to remember: at some of the Bad Tour concerts she was the warm-up act.
 
respect77 said:
This thread is a great idea. I LOVE the 80s, so here is our little time machine to fly back to that great decade.

But I agree with Lucilla that why not include the UK as well? And if someone wants to include the hits in Germany, France etc, why not? It's cool to get a feel of the musical atmosphere at the time.

And since Kim Wilde was mentioned with Keep Me Hanging On, a bit of a sidenote for those too young to remember: at some of the Bad Tour concerts she was the warm-up act.
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I was tempted to include top tens from other countries, but first I was afraid to flood the thread with youtube videos and second, Michael Jackson was American. So in a way it is a little tribute to him :)


p.s. Also, I had already created an 80s thread, but didn't want this thread to be a copy. So if you wanna post hits from the 80s in general here's the link :)

http://www.mjjcommunity.com/forum/threads/117768-The-Magic-amp-The-Madness-Of-The-80s
 
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