Weekly Pop Top 30 for August 22, 1987 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 5 | 1 | La Bamba | 20 | ▲ |
| Los Lobos |
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| 1 | 2 | Who's That Girl | 1 |
| Madonna |
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| 6 | 3 | Only In My Dreams | ▲ |
| Debbie Gibson |
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| 3 | 4 | Don't Mean Nothing | 3 | 3 |
| Richard Marx |
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| 9 | 5 | Can't We Try | 1 |
| Dan Hill with Vonda Shepard |
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| 7 | 6 | Rock Steady | ▲ |
| The Whispers |
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| 10 | 7 | I Just Can't Stop Loving You | 1 |
| Michael Jackson |
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| 2 | 8 | Luka | 5 | 1 |
| Suzanne Vega |
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| 4 | 9 | I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For | 1 | 1 |
| U2 |
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| 12 | 10 | Here I Go Again | 2 | 1 |
| Whitesnake |
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| 15 | 11 | When Smokey Sings | 7 |
| ABC |
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| 18 | 12 | Didn't We Almost Have It All | 1 |
| Whitney Houston |
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| 11 | 13 | Rhythm Is Gonna Get You | 2 |
| Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine |
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| 19 | 14 | Doing It All For My Baby | 6 |
| Huey Lewis And The News |
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| 13 | 15 | It's Not Over ('Til It's Over) | 12 | 13 |
| Starship |
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| 8 | 16 | Back In The High Life Again | 7 | 3 |
| Steve Winwood |
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| 21 | 17 | Touch Of Grey | 1 | 4 |
| Grateful Dead |
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| 22 | 18 | Mary's Prayer | 19 | 13 |
| Danny Wilson |
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| 16 | 19 | Living In A Box | 16 |
| Living In A Box |
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| - | 20 | Wipeout | 12 |
| Fat Boys And The Beach Boys |
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| 17 | 21 | Alone | 1 | 1 |
| Heart |
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| - | 22 | One Heartbeat | 6 |
| Smokey Robinson |
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| 14 | 23 | Heart And Soul | 3 |
| T'Pau |
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| - | 24 | U Got The Look | 2 |
| Prince |
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| - | 25 | I Heard A Rumour | 3 |
| Bananarama |
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| - | 26 | Give To Live | 1 | ▲ |
| Sammy Hagar |
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| - | 27 | Who Found Who | 12 |
| Jellybean Featuring Elisa Fiorillo |
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| 24 | 28 | Jam Tonight | 24 |
| Freddie Jackson |
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| 28 | 29 | Wot's It To Ya | 12 |
| Robbie Nevil |
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| - | 30 | I Need Love | 23 |
| LL Cool J |
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