This is a list of singles which have reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart in 1987.
Week ending Song ArtistRef. 3 January "Caravan of Love" The Housemartins 10 January "Reet Petite" Jackie Wilson 17 January 24 January 31 January "Jack Your Body" Steve "Silk" Hurley 7 February "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" George Michael and Aretha Franklin 14 February 21 February 28 February "Stand by Me" Ben E. King 7 March 14 March 21 March "Everything I Own" Boy George 28 March 4 April "With or Without You" U2 11 April 18 April "The Irish Rover" The Pogues and The Dubliners 25 April 2 May "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" Starship 9 May 16 May "Hold Me Now" Johnny Logan 23 May 30 May 6 June 13 June "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" U2 20 June "I Want Your Sex" George Michael 27 June "Star Trekkin'" The Firm 4 July "It's a Sin" Pet Shop Boys 11 July 18 July "Who's That Girl" Madonna 25 July 1 August "La Bamba" Los Lobos 8 August 15 August "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" Michael Jackson featuring Siedah Garrett 22 August "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" Pet Shop Boys featuring Dusty Springfield 29 August "Four Track EP" Daniel O'Donnell 5 September "Where the Streets Have No Name" U2 12 September 19 September 26 September "Bad" Michael Jackson 3 October 10 October "Full Metal Jacket (I Want to be Your Drill Instructor)" Abigail Mead and Nigel Goulding 17 October "You Win Again" Bee Gees 24 October 31 October 7 November 14 November "Got My Mind Set on You" George Harrison 21 November "China in Your Hand" T'Pau 28 November 5 December "The Way You Make Me Feel" Michael Jackson 12 December "Fairytale of New York" The Pogues, featuring Kirsty MacColl 19 December 26 December
27 Number Ones Most weeks at No.1 (song): "Hold Me Now" - Johnny Logan, "You Win Again" - The Bee Gees (4) Most weeks at No.1 (artist): U2 (6) Most No.1s: U2, Michael Jackson (3)
See also 1987 in music Irish Singles Chart List of artists who reached number one in Ireland
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