| Top 40 Hits of December 1987 |
| 1 |
Pet Shop Boys | Always On My Mind |
| 2 |
Rick Astley | When I Fall In Love |
| 3 |
T'Pau | China In Your Hand |
| 4 |
Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl | Fairytale of New York |
| 5 |
Michael Jackson | The Way You Make Me Feel |
| 6 |
Comic Relief presents Mel & Kim Performed By Kim Wilde & Mel Smith | Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree |
| 7 |
Alison Moyet | Love Letters |
| 8 |
Shakin' Stevens | What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For |
| 9 |
Proclaimers | Letter From America |
| 10 |
Nat 'King' Cole | When I Fall In Love |
| 11 |
Jellybean featuring Elisa Fiorillo | Who Found Who |
| 12 |
Belinda Carlisle | Heaven Is A Place On Earth |
| 13 |
Alexander O'Neal | Criticize |
| 14 |
George Harrison | Got My Mind Set On You |
| 15 |
Madonna | The Look of Love |
| 16 |
Simply Red | Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye |
| 17 |
Johnny Hates Jazz | Turn Back The Clock |
| 18 |
Wet Wet Wet | Angel Eyes (Home And Away) |
| 19 |
Paul McCartney | Once Upon A Long Ago |
| 20 |
Whitney Houston | So Emotional |
| 21 |
Communards | Never Can Say Goodbye |
| 22 |
Maxi Priest | Some Guys Have All The Luck |
| 23 |
Level 42 | Children Say |
| 24 |
Jellybean | Jingo |
| 25 |
New Order | Touched By The Hand Of God |
| 26 |
Hooters | Satellite |
| 27 |
Nina Simone | My Baby Just Cares For Me |
| 28 |
Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes | (I've Had) The Time Of My Life |
| 29 |
Anthrax | I'm The Man |
| 30 |
Five Star | Somewhere Somebody |
| 31 |
Wally Jump Jr & The Criminal Element | Tighten Up (I Just Can't Stop Dancin') |
| 32 |
Christians | Ideal World |
| 33 |
Cutting Crew | I've Been In Love Before |
| 34 |
Housemartins | Build |
| 35 |
Krush | House Arrest |
| 36 |
Sinitta | GTO |
| 37 |
Boy George | To Be Reborn |
| 38 |
Cher | I Found Someone |
| 39 |
Kiss | Reason To Live |
| 40 |
Rick Astley | Whenever You Need Somebody |
