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Top 100 songs for January 3, 1987

This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1987 and the 1980s.

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This week’s No. 1 is “Walk Like An Egyptian” by The Bangles.

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This week’s chart highlights

First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.

1

Walk Like An Egyptian The Bangles

PEAK#1

WEEKS15

2

Everybody Have Fun Tonight Wang Chung

PEAK#2

WEEKS14

3

Notorious Duran Duran

PEAK#3

WEEKS10

4

Shake You Down Gregory Abbott

PEAK#4

WEEKS12

5

The Way It Is Bruce Hornsby & The Range

PEAK#1

WEEKS16

6

C'est La Vie Robbie Nevil

PEAK#6

WEEKS13

7

Control Janet Jackson

PEAK#7

WEEKS10

8

War Bruce Springsteen

PEAK#8

WEEKS7

9

Stand By Me Ben E. King

PEAK#4

WEEKS28

10

Don't Get Me Wrong Pretenders

PEAK#10

WEEKS13

11

To Be A Lover Billy Idol

PEAK#6

WEEKS14

12

Is This Love Survivor

PEAK#12

WEEKS11

13

Land Of Confusion Genesis

PEAK#13

WEEKS10

14

Victory Kool & The Gang

PEAK#14

WEEKS10

15

At This Moment Billy Vera & The Beaters

PEAK#15

WEEKS9

16

Love Is Forever Billy Ocean

PEAK#16

WEEKS11

17

You Know I Love You ... Don't You?Howard Jones

PEAK#17

WEEKS12

18

Someday Glass Tiger

PEAK#18

WEEKS10

19

The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades Timbuk 3

PEAK#19

WEEKS11

20

Hip To Be Square Huey Lewis & The News

PEAK#3

WEEKS12

21

The Next Time I Fall Peter Cetera With Amy Grant

PEAK#1

WEEKS16

22

Open Your Heart Madonna

PEAK#22

WEEKS5

23

All I Wanted Kansas

PEAK#23

WEEKS10

24

You Give Love A Bad Name Bon Jovi

PEAK#1

WEEKS18

25

Coming Around Again Carly Simon

PEAK#25

WEEKS10

26

Change Of Heart Cyndi Lauper

PEAK#26

WEEKS6

27

Touch Me (I Want Your Body)Samantha Fox

PEAK#27

WEEKS10

28

Falling In Love (Uh-Oh)Miami Sound Machine

PEAK#28

WEEKS10

29

You Be Illin'Run-D.M.C.

PEAK#29

WEEKS11

30

Keep Your Hands To Yourself The Georgia Satellites

PEAK#30

WEEKS7

31

Two People Tina Turner

PEAK#31

WEEKS7

32

For Tonight Nancy Martinez

PEAK#32

WEEKS14

33

PEAK#6

WEEKS17

34

This Is The Time Billy Joel

PEAK#34

WEEKS8

35

We're Ready Boston

PEAK#35

WEEKS5

36

Will You Still Love Me?Chicago

PEAK#36

WEEKS8

37

Talk To Me Chico DeBarge

PEAK#37

WEEKS9

38

Human The Human League

PEAK#1

WEEKS17

39

Love You Down Ready For The World

PEAK#39

WEEKS6

40

Stop To Love Luther Vandross

PEAK#40

WEEKS8

41

Love Will Conquer All Lionel Richie

PEAK#9

WEEKS14

42

You Got It All The Jets

PEAK#42

WEEKS8

43

Ballerina Girl Lionel Richie

PEAK#43

WEEKS5

44

Stay The Night Benjamin Orr

PEAK#44

WEEKS9

45

Goldmine The Pointer Sisters

PEAK#33

WEEKS10

46

Nobody's Fool Cinderella

PEAK#46

WEEKS9

47

Tasty Love Freddie Jackson

PEAK#41

WEEKS9

48

Livin' On A Prayer Bon Jovi

PEAK#48

WEEKS4

49

I'll Be Alright Without You Journey

PEAK#49

WEEKS5

50

Big Time Peter Gabriel

PEAK#50

WEEKS6

51

Wild Wild Life Talking Heads

PEAK#25

WEEKS18

52

Jimmy Lee Aretha Franklin

PEAK#52

WEEKS5

53

Crazay Jesse Johnson (Featuring Sly Stone)

PEAK#53

WEEKS11

54

I Need Your Loving The Human League

PEAK#54

WEEKS5

55

Caught Up In The Rapture Anita Baker

PEAK#55

WEEKS6

56

Heartache Away Don Johnson

PEAK#56

WEEKS7

57

True Blue Madonna

PEAK#3

WEEKS14

58

PEAK#1

WEEKS15

59

Take Me Home Tonight Eddie Money

PEAK#4

WEEKS21

60

Can't Help Falling In Love Corey Hart

PEAK#60

WEEKS4

61

French Kissin Debbie Harry

PEAK#61

WEEKS7

62

Facts Of Love Jeff Lorber & Karyn White

PEAK#62

WEEKS5

63

Brand New Lover Dead Or Alive

PEAK#63

WEEKS6

64

I'll Be Over You Toto

PEAK#11

WEEKS19

65

I Wanna Go Back Eddie Money

PEAK#65

WEEKS3

66

The Best Man In The World Ann Wilson

PEAK#66

WEEKS6

67

Somewhere Out There (From "An American Tail")Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram

PEAK#67

WEEKS3

68

(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)Beastie Boys

PEAK#68

WEEKS3

69

(Forever) Live And Die Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

PEAK#19

WEEKS15

70

I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect For You)Grace Jones

PEAK#70

WEEKS6

71

The Rain Oran 'Juice' Jones

PEAK#9

WEEKS17

72

Girlfriend Bobby Brown

PEAK#72

WEEKS3

73

We Connect Stacey Q

PEAK#73

WEEKS4

74

Some People Paul Young

PEAK#65

WEEKS8

75

Goin' To The Bank Commodores

PEAK#65

WEEKS10

76

Suburbia Pet Shop Boys

PEAK#76

WEEKS5

77

Without Your Love Toto

PEAK#77

WEEKS2

78

Welcome To The Boomtown David & David

PEAK#37

WEEKS14

79

I Didn't Mean To Turn You On Robert Palmer

PEAK#2

WEEKS21

80

PEAK#80

WEEKS2

81

True To You Ric Ocasek

PEAK#81

WEEKS3

82

Graceland Paul Simon

PEAK#82

WEEKS5

83

This Is The World Calling Bob Geldof

PEAK#83

WEEKS4

84

All Cried Out Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam With Full Force Featuring Paul Anthony & Bow Legged Lou

PEAK#8

WEEKS24

85

Foolish Pride Daryl Hall

PEAK#33

WEEKS12

86

Emotion In Motion Ric Ocasek

PEAK#15

WEEKS18

87

Don't Leave Me This Way The Communards

PEAK#87

WEEKS2

88

Miami Bob Seger

PEAK#70

WEEKS8

89

Blame It On The Radio John Parr

PEAK#88

WEEKS4

90

Someone El DeBarge

PEAK#90

WEEKS2

91

Dancin' In My Sleep Secret Ties

PEAK#91

WEEKS4

92

(I Know) I'm Losing You Uptown

PEAK#92

WEEKS2

93

A Trick Of The Night Bananarama

PEAK#93

WEEKS2

94

Nail It To The Wall Stacy Lattisaw

PEAK#48

WEEKS12

95

Thorn In My Side Eurythmics

PEAK#68

WEEKS8

96

If I Say Yes Five Star

PEAK#96

WEEKS2

97

True Colors Cyndi Lauper

PEAK#1

WEEKS19

98

Sweet Love Anita Baker

PEAK#8

WEEKS21

99

Freedom Overspill Steve Winwood

PEAK#20

WEEKS15

100

Every Beat Of My Heart Rod Stewart

PEAK#83

WEEKS6