Every song that charted in 1987

Combined ranking of all 297 songs from the rock year-end countdowns of 1987. ← Top 100 of 1987

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	Girlfriend in a Coma The Smiths	536	6	#2	–
2	With or Without You U2	467	5	#3	–
3	Dear God XTC	464	5	#1	1
4	Why Can't I Be You? The Cure	457	5	#1	1
5	Strangelove Depeche Mode	393	4	#2	–
6	Lips Like Sugar Echo and the Bunnymen	385	4	#2	–
7	Need You Tonight INXS	378	4	#5	–
8	True Faith New Order	376	4	#3	–
9	Just Like Heaven The Cure	353	4	#1	2
10	The One I Love R.E.M.	347	4	#5	–
11	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For U2	341	5	#16	–
12	No New Tale To Tell Love and Rockets	331	4	#13	–
13	It's a Sin Pet Shop Boys	322	4	#11	–
14	Alex Chilton The Replacements	316	4	#8	–
15	Hourglass Squeeze	277	4	#11	–
16	Rain in the Summertime The Alarm	276	4	#19	–
17	Never Let Me Down Again Depeche Mode	270	3	#9	–
18	Where the Streets Have No Name U2	265	3	#12	–
19	The Sweetest Thing U2	258	3	#3	–
20	I Go Crazy Flesh for Lulu	252	4	#21	–
21	The Motion of Love Gene Loves Jezebel	240	3	#15	–
22	We Close Our Eyes Oingo Boingo	227	3	#22	–
23	Seattle Public Image Ltd.	223	4	#10	–
24	Hazy Shade of Winter The Bangles	221	4	#12	–
25	It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) R.E.M.	220	3	#13	–
26	Luka Suzanne Vega	194	4	#10	–
27	Bullet the Blue Sky U2	190	3	#35	–
28	We'll Be Together Sting	186	3	#24	–
29	Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before The Smiths	186	4	#12	–
30	April Skies The Jesus and Mary Chain	185	3	#16	–
31	Sign O The Times Prince	182	3	#8	–
32	Vanishing Girl The Dukes of Stratosphear	175	3	#33	–
33	1963 New Order	173	3	#15	–
34	The Passenger Siouxsie and the Banshees	170	4	#33	–
35	Love Removal Machine The Cult	162	3	#23	–
36	Hot! Hot! Hot! The Cure	161	3	#17	–
37	La Bamba Los Lobos	159	5	#26	–
38	Behind the Wheel Depeche Mode	156	2	#19	–
39	New Direction Echo and the Bunnymen	145	3	#37	–
40	Crazy Icehouse	143	2	#28	–
41	Never Let Me Down David Bowie	143	3	#43	–
42	Always the Sun The Stranglers	142	3	#28	–
43	People Are Strange Echo and the Bunnymen	139	3	#48	–
44	We Care A Lot Faith No More	135	2	#29	–
45	All in My Mind Love and Rockets	134	3	#32	–
46	Sheila Take a Bow The Smiths	133	3	#34	–
47	This Corrosion Sisters of Mercy	133	3	#7	–
48	Alone Again Or The Damned	128	3	#36	–
49	I Wanna Live The Ramones	128	2	#34	–
50	Pop Goes the World Men Without Hats	127	3	#32	–
51	Wild Flower The Cult	126	2	#28	–
52	What Have I Done To Deserve This? Pet Shop Boys	123	2	#36	–
53	Jane's Getting Serious Jon Astley	123	4	#52	–
54	In God's Country U2	121	3	#44	–
55	Please The Bolshoi	115	2	#21	–
56	How Beautiful You Are The Cure	110	2	#20	–
57	Absolute Perfection Private Domain	110	2	#35	–
58	Sometimes Erasure	103	4	#27	–
59	Panic The Smiths	101	2	#24	–
60	Birthday The Sugarcubes	100	1	#1	1
61	Love's Taboo Cube	100	1	#1	1
62	Rules and Regulations Public Image Ltd.	100	2	#25	–
63	Australians In Europe The Fall	98	1	#2	–
64	True Faith / 1963 New Order	97	1	#4	–
65	Shoplifters of the World Unite The Smiths	97	4	#20	–
66	When Smokey Sings ABC	97	2	#50	–
67	I Lie and I Cheat Won Ton Ton	97	1	#2	–
68	Unhappy Birthday The Smiths	97	2	#41	–
69	Fight for Your Right to Party Beastie Boys	97	2	#18	–
70	Heartbreak Beat The Psychedelic Furs	96	2	#38	–
71	Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft Wedding Present	96	1	#3	–
72	Is It Really So Strange The Smiths	96	2	#16	–
73	Spanish Eyes U2	95	3	#40	–
74	Big Decision That Petrol Emotion	94	1	#4	–
75	U Got The Look Prince	93	1	#3	–
76	Painted Moon The Silencers	93	2	#49	–
77	Last Night I Dreamt that Somebody Loved Me The Smiths	92	1	#5	–
78	Not My Slave Oingo Boingo	91	2	#37	–
79	My Favourite Dress Wedding Present	90	1	#6	–
80	Hope Road Anne Clark	88	1	#14	–
81	Victim of Love Erasure	87	2	#49	–
82	Motion of Love Gene Loves Jezebel	87	1	#15	–
83	A Million Miles Wedding Present	86	1	#8	–
84	The Promise When in Rome	86	1	#15	–
85	American Soviets CCCP	86	1	#16	–
86	Fourth of July X	86	2	#40	–
87	Rent Pet Shop Boys	85	1	#17	–
88	Song from the Edge of the World Siouxsie and the Banshees	85	2	#33	–
89	The Great Commandment Camoflauge	85	1	#17	–
90	I Started Something I Couldn't Finish The Smiths	85	2	#40	–
91	Hit the North Part 1 The Fall	84	1	#9	–
92	You Owe Me Some Kind of Love Chris Isaak	84	1	#18	–
93	Lots of People Elisa Waut	83	1	#6	–
94	Voyage, Voyage Desireless	83	1	#19	–
95	I Can't Believe Robert Seidler	82	1	#20	–
96	Anyone Can Make A Mistake Wedding Present	82	1	#10	–
97	Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) U2	82	1	#19	–
98	Jesus on the Payroll Thrashing Doves	81	1	#20	–
99	Preposterous Tales I, Ludicrous	80	1	#11	–
100	The Body Public Image Ltd.	80	1	#21	–
101	20 Killer Hertz Gene Loves Jezebel	79	1	#23	–
102	Right Here The Go-Betweens	79	1	#23	–
103	One Tree Hill U2	78	2	#58	–
104	Man With the Golden Heart The Stems	78	1	#24	–
105	World Shut Your Mouth Julian Cope	78	2	#45	–
106	Never Let Me Down Again / Pleasure Little Treasure Depeche Mode	77	1	#25	–
107	Schizophrenia Sonic Youth	76	1	#13	–
108	New Sensation INXS	75	1	#26	–
109	Rebel Without A Pause Public Enemy	74	1	#14	–
110	Can't Hardly Wait The Replacements	74	1	#27	–
111	Good Times INXS	74	2	#46	–
112	Slumberland Dole	74	1	#29	–
113	My Boyfriend The Cucumbers	73	1	#26	–
114	Elvis Is Everywhere Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper	71	2	#29	–
115	It's Still warm Dramarama	71	1	#32	–
116	Half a Person The Smiths	70	2	#24	–
117	Ask The Smiths	70	2	#55	–
118	Sharp As A Needle Barmy Army	68	1	#17	–
119	The Magician Secession	68	1	#35	–
120	What's My Scene Hoodoo Gurus	67	1	#31	–
121	Catch The Cure	67	1	#34	–
122	I Wanna Dance With Somebody Whitney Houston	67	1	#11	–
123	Driving Away from Home It's Immaterial	66	2	#48	–
124	Lost Continent The Comsat Angels	66	1	#37	–
125	Colombian Necktie Big Black	66	1	#18	–
126	Time Will Crawl David Bowie	65	2	#45	–
127	Time Will Tell The Twins	65	1	#38	–
128	Bizarre Love Triangle New Order	64	1	#39	–
129	Stop Killing Me The Primitives	64	1	#19	–
130	Mony Mony Billy Idol	64	1	#34	–
131	Crockett's Theme Jan Hammer	63	1	#12	–
132	Ages of You R.E.M.	63	1	#40	–
133	A Rush And A Push and the Land is Ours The Smiths	63	1	#38	–
134	That's Just The Way That It Is With Me Faith Brothers	62	1	#41	–
135	You Sexy Thing Cud	62	1	#20	–
136	Mary's Prayer Danny Wilson	62	1	#39	–
137	Pump Up the Volume M/A/R/R/S	61	3	#46	–
138	Supposed to Have Sex With You Tonio K	61	1	#43	–
139	I Wanna Be a Flintstone Screaming Blue Messiahs	60	1	#37	–
140	She Comes On Wire Train	60	1	#43	–
141	Silver And Gold U2	60	2	#50	–
142	The Boy in The Bubble Paul Simon	60	1	#13	–
143	Paint A Vulgar Picture The Smiths	60	1	#21	–
144	Skin Trade Duran Duran	60	1	#44	–
145	Down To Earth Curiosity Killed the Cat	59	1	#44	–
146	The Kiss The Cure	59	1	#38	–
147	Big Rock Candy Mountain Motorcycle Boy	58	1	#22	–
148	Day In, Day out David Bowie	58	1	#46	–
149	Ahead Wire	57	2	#55	–
150	It Doesn't Have to Be Erasure	57	1	#47	–
151	Sweet And Tender Hooligan The Smiths	56	1	#23	–
152	Pleasure Little Treasure Depeche Mode	56	1	#45	–
153	Touched by the Hand of God New Order	54	1	#47	–
154	The Right Stuff Bryan Ferry	54	4	#76	–
155	See How We Are X	54	1	#43	–
156	La Isla Bonita Madonna	53	1	#15	–
157	Death Of A Disco Dancer The Smiths	52	1	#25	–
158	Beautiful Imbalance Thrashing Doves	52	1	#52	–
159	Ship of Fools World Party	52	1	#45	–
160	The Great Commandment Camouflage	51	1	#50	–
161	Big Time Peter Gabriel	50	1	#16	–
162	Athlete Cured The Fall	50	1	#26	–
163	Lazy Love and Rockets	50	1	#51	–
164	Lessons In Love Level 42	50	1	#54	–
165	Shock The Psychedelic Furs	50	1	#55	–
166	No Stars Figures on a Beach	49	1	#47	–
167	Trip Through Your Wires U2	49	2	#64	–
168	Open and Revolving Public Image Ltd.	49	1	#52	–
169	Sanity Killing Joke	48	2	#60	–
170	Paid In Full Eric B & Rakim	48	1	#27	–
171	Radio Heart Gary Numan	48	2	#74	–
172	Private Revolution World Party	48	1	#57	–
173	Suspicion Gene Loves Jezebel	47	1	#49	–
174	I Heard a Rumour Bananarama	47	1	#57	–
175	Kick INXS	47	1	#54	–
176	Who's That Girl Madonna	47	1	#17	–
177	I Love The Things You Do To Me Ballam & the Angel	46	1	#58	–
178	Brighter The Railway Children	46	1	#28	–
179	From Head to Toe Elvis Costello & the Attractions	46	1	#55	–
180	Animal Magic Belouis Some	46	2	#57	–
181	Mony Mony (Live) Billy Idol	46	1	#59	–
182	Heroine The Edge & Sinéad O'Connor	45	1	#59	–
183	Glad I'm Not a Kennedy Shona Laing	45	1	#56	–
184	I Won't Share You The Smiths	44	1	#29	–
185	Elevator Man Oingo Boingo	44	1	#61	–
186	Living in a Box Living in a Box	43	1	#61	–
187	One More Time The Cure	43	1	#58	–
188	I Don't Wanna The Call	43	1	#53	–
189	She The Colourfield	42	1	#62	–
190	Understanding Jane Icicle Works	42	1	#63	–
191	My Foolish Heart Bhundu Boys	42	1	#30	–
192	Burning Sky Uptones	42	1	#63	–
193	Sweet 16 Billy Idol	41	1	#64	–
194	Living in a Dream Pseudo Echo	40	1	#65	–
195	If I Was Your Girlfriend Prince	40	1	#19	–
196	Getting Nowhere Fast Wedding Present	40	1	#31	–
197	Deep & Wide & Tall Aztec Camera	40	1	#61	–
198	Where Has Everybody Gone Chrissy Hynde	40	1	#65	–
199	In the River The Call	40	1	#56	–
200	You Are the Girl The Cars	39	1	#66	–
201	Angels Don't Cry The Psychedelic Furs	39	1	#66	–
202	Get That Love Thompson Twins	38	1	#67	–
203	Happy When It Rains The Jesus and Mary Chain	38	3	#76	–
204	Arizona Sky China Crisis	37	2	#73	–
205	Temple of the Lord The Saints	37	1	#68	–
206	Desire Gene Loves Jezebel	36	1	#69	–
207	Blow Up James Taylor Quartet	36	1	#33	–
208	Mirror People Love and Rockets	36	1	#65	–
209	Meet El Presidente Duran Duran	36	1	#70	–
210	Weak in the Presence of Beauty Alison Moyet	35	1	#66	–
211	Dragnet Art of Noise	35	1	#70	–
212	Contradiction Lions and Ghosts	35	1	#71	–
213	Finest Worksong R.E.M.	34	1	#67	–
214	Wonderful Life Black	33	1	#72	–
215	World Where You Live Crowded House	33	1	#62	–
216	Frans Hals McCarthy	32	1	#35	–
217	Infected The The	32	2	#87	–
218	Military Drums Hubert KaH	30	1	#75	–
219	Running in the Family Level 42	30	1	#22	–
220	I Know You Got Soul Eric B & Rakim	30	1	#36	–
221	Shattered Dreams Johnny Hates Jazz	29	1	#76	–
222	20 Killer Hurts Gene Loves Jezebel	29	1	#72	–
223	Got My Mind Set On You George Harrison	29	2	#25	–
224	(I Got A) Catholic Block Sonic Youth	28	1	#37	–
225	Heart Pet Shop Boys	28	1	#73	–
226	Instant Club Hit Dead Milkmen	27	1	#67	–
227	All Come True World Party	27	1	#78	–
228	Don't Be Scared The Fixx	27	2	#85	–
229	Pain Oingo Boingo	27	1	#79	–
230	Bury Me Deep in Love Triffids	27	1	#23	–
231	Funkytown Pseudo Echo	26	1	#79	–
232	This Wheel's on Fire Siouxsie and the Banshees	26	1	#80	–
233	You're Gonna Get Yours Public Enemy	26	1	#38	–
234	Rollercoaster Echo and the Bunnymen	26	1	#75	–
235	Before Too Long Paul Kelly & the Messengers	25	1	#80	–
236	Good Times Hoodoo Gurus	25	1	#69	–
237	No Memory Scarlet Fantastic	25	1	#76	–
238	The Blue Chair Elvis Costello	25	1	#81	–
239	Kill Surf City The Jesus and Mary Chain	24	1	#39	–
240	Devil Inside INXS	24	1	#77	–
241	Praying Mantis Don Dixon	24	1	#82	–
242	4 Times More Elisa Waut	23	1	#24	–
243	Strap Me In The Cars	23	1	#71	–
244	Hit The North The Fall	23	1	#78	–
245	Do The Dance Trance-Dance	23	1	#83	–
246	We Love You Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark	22	1	#84	–
247	Siamese Twist Flesh for Lulu	22	1	#85	–
248	Sacred Depeche Mode	21	1	#80	–
249	Nine Million Rainy Days The Jesus and Mary Chain	20	1	#41	–
250	Certain Things are Likely K.T.P.	20	1	#81	–
251	The Underwater Boys Shriekback	20	1	#86	–
252	Don't Kill the Animals Nena Hagen and Lene Lovich	19	1	#82	–
253	Hey Rocky Boris Badenov	19	1	#87	–
254	87 and Cry David Bowie	19	1	#88	–
255	L Dopa Big Black	18	1	#42	–
256	Bed of Lies Cruzados	16	1	#91	–
257	Testify Peter Tosh	15	1	#78	–
258	Don't Break My Heart UB40	15	1	#91	–
259	Oh Yeah Yello	14	1	#79	–
260	Living Daylights a-ha	14	1	#92	–
261	Walk With an Erection The Swinging Erudites	14	2	#80	–
262	Love For Sale Talking Heads	14	1	#93	–
263	22 Going On 23 Butthole Surfers	14	1	#44	–
264	The River The Call	13	1	#93	–
265	Throw Away Mick Jagger	13	1	#94	–
266	Heart and Soul T'Pau	13	1	#88	–
267	Anything, Anything (I'll Give You) Dramarama	12	1	#95	–
268	Boom Boom (Let's Go Back To My Room) Paul Lekakis	11	1	#95	–
269	Trust Me to Open My Mouth Squeeze	11	1	#96	–
270	Mystify INXS	11	1	#82	–
271	Sinful Pete Wylie	10	1	#96	–
272	Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before The Smiths	10	1	#28	–
273	The Game Echo and the Bunnymen	10	1	#83	–
274	Tears The Chameleons UK	9	1	#97	–
275	Walkin' Down Your Street The Bangles	9	1	#98	–
276	The Right Thing Simply Red	9	1	#92	–
277	Lucky Charm Hard Core	8	1	#98	–
278	Lil' Devil The Cult	8	1	#99	–
279	Considering A Move To Memphis Colorblind James Experience	8	1	#47	–
280	Heroine The Edge	8	1	#85	–
281	Don't Need That Much Private Domain	7	1	#100	–
282	Mandinka Sinéad O'Connor	7	1	#94	–
283	Don't Be Mad, Get Even Elisa Waut	7	1	#29	–
284	Tragic Comedy The Immaculate Fools	7	1	#100	–
285	Breaking Hands Gun Club	6	1	#48	–
286	Ball of Confusion Love and Rockets	6	1	#102	–
287	I See Red The Silencers	5	1	#103	–
288	The Things I Do for Money The Northern Pikes	4	1	#88	–
289	Rok Da House Beatmasters	4	1	#49	–
290	Don't Let's Start They Might Be Giants	4	1	#97	–
291	I Can't Reach You Nathalie Archangel	4	1	#103	–
292	I Knew You Were Waiting For Me Aretha Franklin & George Michael	3	1	#30	–
293	Let's Work Mick Jagger	3	1	#104	–
294	Daddy's Coming Home Walk the Moon	3	1	#105	–
295	Talulah Gosh Talulah Gosh	2	1	#50	–
296	I'm Supposed To Have Sex With You Tonio K	2	2	#100	–
297	Grass XTC	1	1	#91	–