Top 100 songs for November 21, 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 “Mony Mony” by Billy Idol. Meanwhile, “I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man” by Prince rises from No. 81 to No. 56. 7 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man — Princeup 25 places, No. 81 → No. 56
- I Want To Be Your Man — Rogerup 22 places, No. 88 → No. 66
- Criticize — Alexander O'Nealup 20 places, No. 97 → No. 77
New to this week’s Top 10
- I've Been In Love Before — Cutting CrewNo. 9
- Faith — George MichaelNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Animal — Def LeppardNo. 36
- Need You Tonight — INXSNo. 38
First-week entries
- The Way You Make Me Feel — Michael JacksonNo. 44
- Push It — Salt-N-PepaNo. 76
- I Can't Help It — BananaramaNo. 78
- I Found Someone — CherNo. 79
- Can't Stay Away From You — Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound MachineNo. 89
- Don't Tell Me The Time — Martha DavisNo. 93
- You And Me Tonight — DejaNo. 94
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.