| Top 40 Hits of September 1987 |
| 1 |
Rick Astley | Never Gonna Give You Up |
| 2 |
M / A / R / R / S | Pump Up The Volume / Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance) |
| 3 |
Fat Boys & The Beach Boys | Wipeout |
| 4 |
Cliff Richard | Some People |
| 5 |
T'Pau | Heart And Soul |
| 6 |
Madonna | Causing A Commotion |
| 7 |
U2 | Where The Streets Have No Name |
| 8 |
Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield | What Have I Done To Deserve This |
| 9 |
Michael Jackson | Bad |
| 10 |
Sinitta | Toy Boy |
| 11 |
House Master Boyz & The Rude Boy Of House | House Nation |
| 12 |
Levert | Casanova |
| 13 |
Level 42 | It's Over |
| 14 |
Johnny Hates Jazz | I Don't Want To Be A Hero |
| 15 |
Black | Wonderful Life |
| 16 |
Karel Fialka | Hey Matthew |
| 17 |
Wet Wet Wet | Sweet Little Mystery |
| 18 |
Jan Hammer | Crockett's Theme |
| 19 |
Wax | Bridge To Your Heart |
| 20 |
LL Cool J | I Need Love |
| 21 |
Jonathan Butler | Lies |
| 22 |
Housemartins | Me And The Farmer |
| 23 |
Abigail Mead & Nigel Goulding | Full Metal Jacket (I Wanna Be Your Drill Instructor) |
| 24 |
Spagna | Call Me |
| 25 |
Squeeze | Hourglass |
| 26 |
Prince | U Got The Look |
| 27 |
Communards | Tomorrow |
| 28 |
Def Leppard | Pour Some Sugar On Me |
| 29 |
Luther Vandross | Stop To Love |
| 30 |
Then Jerico | The Motive |
| 31 |
Chic | Jack Le Freak |
| 32 |
Gary Numan | Cars ('E' Reg Model) |
| 33 |
Michael Jackson With Siedah Garrett | I Just Can't Stop Loving You |
| 34 |
Pseudo Echo | Funky Town |
| 35 |
Whitney Houston | Didn't We Almost Have It All |
| 36 |
Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram | Somewhere Out There |
| 37 |
Sisters Of Mercy | This Corrosion |
| 38 |
ABC | The Night You Murdered Love |
| 39 |
David Bowie | Never Let Me Down |
| 40 |
Five Star | Whenever You're Ready |