| Top 40 Hits of January 1987 |
| 1 |
Jackie Wilson | Reet Petite |
| 2 |
Steve 'Silk' Hurley | Jack Your Body |
| 3 |
Alison Moyet | Is This Love |
| 4 |
Elkie Brooks | No More The Fool |
| 5 |
Robbie Nevil | C'est La Vie |
| 6 |
Gap Band | Big Fun |
| 7 |
Housemartins | Caravan of Love |
| 8 |
Swing Out Sister | Surrender |
| 9 |
Pretenders | Hymn to Her |
| 10 |
Erasure | Sometimes |
| 11 |
George Michael & Aretha Franklin | I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) |
| 12 |
Oran 'Juice' Jones | The Rain |
| 13 |
Madonna | Open Your Heart |
| 14 |
Europe | The Final Countdown |
| 15 |
A-ha | Cry Wolf |
| 16 |
Iggy Pop | Real Wild Child (Wild One) |
| 17 |
Style Council | It Didn't Matter |
| 18 |
Curiosity Killed The Cat | Down To Earth |
| 19 |
Mission | Wasteland |
| 20 |
Gregory Abbott | Shake You Down |
| 21 |
UB40 | Rat In Mi Kitchen |
| 22 |
Dead Or Alive | Something In My House |
| 23 |
Lionel Richie | Ballerina Girl |
| 24 |
Pepsi & Shirlie | Heartache |
| 25 |
Genesis | Land Of Confusion |
| 26 |
Randy Crawford | Almaz |
| 27 |
Siouxsie & The Banshees | This Wheel's On Fire |
| 28 |
Communards | So Cold The Night |
| 29 |
Bon Jovi | Livin' On A Prayer |
| 30 |
Bangles | Walking Down Your Street |
| 31 |
Gary Moore | Over The Hills And Far Away |
| 32 |
Taffy | I Love My Radio |
| 33 |
Raze | Jack The Groove |
| 34 |
Jaki Graham | Step Right Up |
| 35 |
Freeez | IOU |
| 36 |
Berlin | Take My Breath Away (Love Theme From 'Top Gun') |
| 37 |
Status Quo | Dreamin' |
| 38 |
Vesta Williams | Once Bitten Twice Shy |
| 39 |
Paul Simon | The Boy In The Bubble |
| 40 |
Hot Chocolate | You Sexy Thing |
