The Year in #1 Songs - 1987

I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany

(2 consecutive weeks at #1)

November 7th 1987

Casey Kasem's American Top 40 The 80s - November 19th 2011

AT40 the 80s this week November 21st 1987


The Top 20 Singles

20 - Causing a Commotion - Madonna
19 - So Emotional - Whitney Houston
18 - Hourglass - Squeeze
17 - Don't You Want Me - Jody Watley
16 - Is This Love? - Whitesnake
15 - It's A Sin - Pet Shop Boys
14 - Shake Your Love - Debbie Gibson
13 - I Won't Forget You - Poison
12 - The One I Love - R.E.M.
11 - We'll Be Together - Sting
10 - Faith - George Michael
9  -  I've Been in Love Before - Cutting Crew
8  -  Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac
7  -  Should've Known Better - Richard Marx
6  -  Breakout - Swing Out Sister
5  -  Brilliant Disguise - Bruce Springsteen
4  -  I Think Were Alone Now - Tiffany
3  -  Heaven is a Place on Earth - Belinda Carlisle
2  -  (I've Had) The Time of My Life - Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
1  -  Mony Mony (Live) - Billy Idol
(1 Week at #1)


The Top 5 Albums

5 - Momentary Lapse of Reason - Pink Floyd
4 - Whitesnake - Whitesnake
3 - Bad - Michael Jackson
2 - Tunnel of Love - Bruce Springsteen
1 - "Dirty Dancing" - Soundtrack
(2nd of 18 non consecutive weeks at #1)

Original vs Remake #17

Our song this week is the #3 Hot 100 hit and a #1 hit in the UK in 1968,  "Mony Mony".  
The original hit the charts for Tommy James and the Shondells in the summer of '68 and topped the UK chart for 3 non consecutive weeks in August.

The most successful of the remakes came from an unlikely source in punk rocker Billy Idol.
His live version shot to the top in the fall and topped the Billboard Hot 100 for one week in November of 1987.

Original vs Remake #7

This time our original reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 February of 1969.

"Crimson & Clover" by Tommy James & The Shondells spent 2 consecutive weeks at the top




The most successful of the several remakes was done in 1982 by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, reaching #7 on the Billboard Hot 100