Top 100 Singles of 1987 in Canada

According to RPM Magazine, the biggest song of 1987 in Canada was “La Bamba” by Los Lobos. Originally a Mexican folk song, Ritchie Valens adapted it to rock and roll scoring a hit in 1958. The 1987 biographical film La Bamba about Valens featured the Los Lobos cover.  Twelve songs from the year-end top 100 chart below involve Canadian artists which have been bolded in red. The top song from a Canadian was “Can’t Help Falling In Love” (#29) by Corey Hart, a cover of the Elvis Presley classic. The Canadian charts are an accurate reflection of Canadian tastes in music, and the Top 100 songs were determined both from radio airplay and nationwide sales data. The drawback with year-end charts is that songs charting from the end of one year through beginning of the next will have their chart performance split between the two years. More year-end and other Canadian charts can be found here.

RANK	TITLE	ARTIST
1	La Bamba	Los Lobos
2	I Wanna Dance with Somebody	Whitney Houston
3	Touch Me (I Want Your Body)	Samantha Fox
4	Lean on Me	Club Nouveau
5	Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me	Starship
6	Mony Mony	Billy Idol
7	Died In Your Arms	Cutting Crew
8	Always	Atlantic Starr
9	At This Moment	Billy Vera/Beaters
10	Nothing’s Gonna Change	Glenn Medeiros
11	Alone	Heart
12	Who’s That Girl	Madonna
13	I Want Your Sex	George Michael
14	With or Without You	U2
15	Heart and Soul	T’Pau
16	Here I Go Again	Whitesnake
17	Funkytown	Psuedo Echo
18	Shakedown	Bob Seger
19	Shake You Down	Gregory Abbott
20	Somewhere Out There	Ronstadt/Ingram
21	Head to Toe	Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
22	La Isla Bonita	Madonna
23	I Think We’re Alone Now	Tiffany
24	You Keep Me Hangin’ On	Kim Wilde
25	Walk Like an Egyptian	Bangles
26	Boom Boom	Paul Lekakis
27	C’est La Vie	Robbie Nevil
28	Livin’ on a Prayer	Bon Jovi
29	Can’t Help Falling in Love	Corey Hart
30	I Heard a Rumour	Bananarama
31	Luka	Suzanne Vega
32	Time of My Life	Medley/Warnes
33	Can’t Stop Loving You	Michael Jackson
34	Don’t Dream It’s Over	Crowded House
35	Knew You Were Waiting	G. Michael/A. Franklin
36	Heaven Is a Place	Belinda Carlisle
37	Keep Your Hands to Yourself	Georgia Satellites
38	Together	Joey Gregorash
39	Only in My Dreams	Debbie Gibson
40	Everybody Have Fun Tonight	Wang Chung
41	Looking for a New Love	Jody Watley
42	Causing a Commotion	Madonna
43	Paper in Fire	John Mellencamp
44	Didn’t We Almost Have It All	Whitney Houston
45	Faith	George Michael
46	The Final Countdown	Europe
47	When Smokey Sings	ABC
48	Try	Blue Rodeo
49	Montego Bay	Amazulu
50	Still Haven’t Found	U2
51	Wild Horses	Gino Vannelli
52	Will You Still Love Me	Chicago
53	Heat of the Night	Bryan Adams
54	Bad	Michael Jackson
55	You Give Love a Bad Name	Bon Jovi
56	The Way It Is	Bruce Hornsby
57	It’s a Sin	Pet Shop Boys
58	Stand By Me	Ben E. King
59	Lost in Emotion	Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
60	Moonlight Desires	Gowan
61	Got My Mind Set on You	George Harrison
62	Brilliant Disguise	Bruce Springsteen
63	Land of Confusion	Genesis
64	Respect Yourself	Bruce Willis
65	Something So Strong	Crowded House
66	Lessons in Love	Level 42
67	Don’t Mean Nothing	Richard Marx
68	Open Your Heart	Madonna
69	Holiday Rap	M.C. Miker “G”
70	Lady in Red	Chris deBurgh
71	Fight for Your Right	Beastie Boys
72	You’re the Voice	John Farnham
73	Let’s Wait Awhile	Janet Jackson
74	Talk Dirty to Me	Poison
75	Carrie	Europe
76	Midnight Blue	Lou Gramm
77	You Got It All	The Jets
78	Diamonds	Herb Alpert
79	Ballerina Girl	Lionel Richie
80	Pop Goes the World	Men Without Hats
81	Contact	Platinum Blonde
82	Sign ‘o’ the Times	Prince
83	Can’t We Try	Dan Hill
84	Let’s Go	Wang Chung
85	Rhythm Is Gonna Get You	Gloria Estefan
86	Everything I Own	Boy George
87	Dance Desire	Haywire
88	I’ve Been In Love Before	Cutting Crew
89	Little Lies	Fleetwood Mac
90	The One I Love	REM
91	Big Time	Peter Gabriel
92	Big Love	Fleetwood Mac
93	You’re What I Look For	Glass Tiger
94	Closer Together	The Box
95	Where the Streets Have No Name	U2
96	The Rain	Oran “Juice” Jones
97	We’ll Be Together	Sting
98	Casanova	Levert
99	Mandolin Rain	Bruce Hornsby
100	Cross My Broken Heart	The Jets