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Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987

The year-end countdown for 1987 from Live 105 in San Francisco, CA ranks 105 songs, with “Love's Taboo” by Cube at number one. The list features 96 different artists; U2 has the most entries with three songs. Position 53 is missing from the source list.

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1 Love's Taboo Cube 7 #1
2 Strangelove Depeche Mode 58 #2
3 The Sweetest Thing U2 27 #3
4 True Faith / 1963 New Order 1 #4
5 The One I Love R.E.M. 91 #5
6 Lips Like Sugar Echo and the Bunnymen 60 #2
7 With or Without You U2 123 #3
8 Dear God XTC 76 #1
9 Why Can't I Be You? The Cure 54 #1
10 Need You Tonight INXS 52 #5
11 It's a Sin Pet Shop Boys 22 #11
12 Girlfriend in a Coma The Smiths 57 #2
13 Alex Chilton The Replacements 46 #8
14 Hope Road Anne Clark 5 #14
15 Motion of Love Gene Loves Jezebel 4 #15
16 American Soviets CCCP 2 #16
17 The Great Commandment Camoflauge 1 #17
18 You Owe Me Some Kind of Love Chris Isaak 9 #18
19 Voyage, Voyage Desireless 2 #19
20 I Can't Believe Robert Seidler 1 #20
21 I Go Crazy Flesh for Lulu 22 #21
22 April Skies The Jesus and Mary Chain 20 #16
23 Right Here The Go-Betweens 1 #23
24 Man With the Golden Heart The Stems 1 #24
25 Never Let Me Down Again / Pleasure Little Treasure Depeche Mode 1 #25
26 Luka Suzanne Vega 25 #10
27 No New Tale To Tell Love and Rockets 47 #13
28 Always the Sun The Stranglers 27 #16
29 Slumberland Dole 2 #29
30 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2 69 #16
31 Rain in the Summertime The Alarm 36 #19
32 La Bamba Los Lobos 5 #26
33 We Close Our Eyes Oingo Boingo 14 #22
34 I Wanna Live The Ramones 2 #34
35 The Magician Secession 6 #16
36 Sign O The Times Prince 30 #8
37 Lost Continent The Comsat Angels 1 #37
38 Time Will Tell The Twins 4 #38
39 Hourglass Squeeze 7 #11
40 Ages of You R.E.M. 2 #40
41 That's Just The Way That It Is With Me Faith Brothers 1 #41
42 Just Like Heaven The Cure 82 #1
43 She Comes On Wire Train 1 #43
44 Down To Earth Curiosity Killed the Cat 1 #44
45 World Shut Your Mouth Julian Cope 23 #45
46 Day In, Day out David Bowie 3 #46
47 It Doesn't Have to Be Erasure 2 #47
48 People Are Strange Echo and the Bunnymen 33 #20
49 Painted Moon The Silencers 2 #49
50 When Smokey Sings ABC 4 #50
51 Vanishing Girl The Dukes of Stratosphear 5 #33
52 Beautiful Imbalance Thrashing Doves 2 #52
54 Lessons In Love Level 42 3 #15
55 Ahead Wire 2 #55
56 The Passenger Siouxsie and the Banshees 10 #33
57 I Heard a Rumour Bananarama 1 #57
58 I Love The Things You Do To Me Ballam & the Angel 1 #58
59 Heroine The Edge & Sinéad O'Connor 1 #59
60 Sanity Killing Joke 2 #60
61 Living in a Box Living in a Box 3 #61
62 She The Colourfield 1 #62
63 Burning Sky Uptones 1 #63
64 Unhappy Birthday The Smiths 4 #41
65 Where Has Everybody Gone Chrissy Hynde 1 #65
66 Angels Don't Cry The Psychedelic Furs 2 #66
67 Get That Love Thompson Twins 1 #67
68 Temple of the Lord The Saints 1 #68
69 Jane's Getting Serious Jon Astley 12 #52
70 Dragnet Art of Noise 1 #70
71 Please The Bolshoi 3 #21
72 Wonderful Life Black 5 #72
73 This Corrosion Sisters of Mercy 34 #7
74 Radio Heart Gary Numan 3 #74
75 Military Drums Hubert KaH 2 #75
76 Shattered Dreams Johnny Hates Jazz 2 #76
77 Sometimes Erasure 15 #27
78 All Come True World Party 3 #78
79 Funkytown Pseudo Echo 1 #79
80 Before Too Long Paul Kelly & the Messengers 1 #80
81 The Blue Chair Elvis Costello 1 #81
82 Praying Mantis Don Dixon 3 #82
83 Do The Dance Trance-Dance 1 #83
84 Pop Goes the World Men Without Hats 4 #32
85 Don't Be Scared The Fixx 2 #85
86 The Underwater Boys Shriekback 1 #86
87 Hey Rocky Boris Badenov 1 #87
88 Driving Away from Home It's Immaterial 5 #48
89 Song from the Edge of the World Siouxsie and the Banshees 3 #33
90 Arizona Sky China Crisis 5 #73
91 Don't Break My Heart UB40 3 #91
92 Living Daylights a-ha 1 #92
93 The River The Call 1 #93
94 Seattle Public Image Ltd. 13 #10
95 Boom Boom (Let's Go Back To My Room) Paul Lekakis 1 #95
96 Sinful Pete Wylie 2 #96
97 Tears The Chameleons UK 3 #66
98 Lucky Charm Hard Core 1 #98
99 The Right Stuff Bryan Ferry 5 #76
100 Tragic Comedy The Immaculate Fools 1 #100
101 Alone Again Or The Damned 27 #36
102 Hazy Shade of Winter The Bangles 15 #12
103 I Can't Reach You Nathalie Archangel 1 #103
104 Let's Work Mick Jagger 1 #104
105 Animal Magic Belouis Some 2 #57
105.3 I'm Supposed To Have Sex With You Tonio K 2 #100

Position 53 is missing from the source list.

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About this countdown

Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1987 was broadcast by Live 105 (San Francisco, CA). Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

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