Top 100 songs for October 17, 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.
This week’s No. 1 is “Lost In Emotion” by Lisa Lisa And Cult Jam. Meanwhile, “Shake Your Love” by Debbie Gibson rises from No. 70 to No. 51. 7 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Shake Your Love — Debbie Gibsonup 19 places, No. 70 → No. 51
- Tell It To My Heart(Dub) — Taylor Dayneup 17 places, No. 92 → No. 75
- We'll Be Together — Stingup 16 places, No. 59 → No. 43
New to this week’s Top 10
- Causing A Commotion — MadonnaNo. 5
New to this week’s Top 40
- Should've Known Better — Richard MarxNo. 28
- The One I Love — R.E.M.No. 30
- I Won't Forget You — PoisonNo. 31
- Come On, Let's Go — Los LobosNo. 34
- Hourglass — SqueezeNo. 40
First-week entries
- Skeletons — Stevie WonderNo. 66
- I Do You — The JetsNo. 74
- Special Way — Kool & The GangNo. 88
- So The Story Goes — Living In A BoxNo. 89
- Crazy World — Big TroubleNo. 90
- Motortown — The Kane GangNo. 93
- Crazy — IcehouseNo. 95
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.