Top 100 songs for December 5, 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 “Heaven Is A Place On Earth” by Belinda Carlisle. Meanwhile, “Could've Been” by Tiffany rises from No. 86 to No. 52. 5 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Could've Been — Tiffanyup 34 places, No. 86 → No. 52
- Seasons Change — Exposeup 18 places, No. 57 → No. 39
- Because Of You — The Cover Girlsup 17 places, No. 94 → No. 77
New to this week’s Top 10
- Is This Love — WhitesnakeNo. 5
- So Emotional — Whitney HoustonNo. 8
- The One I Love — R.E.M.No. 9
- Don't You Want Me — Jody WatleyNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Hazy Shade Of Winter — The BanglesNo. 33
- Crazy — IcehouseNo. 35
- I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man — PrinceNo. 37
- I Don't Mind At All — Bourgeois TaggNo. 38
- Seasons Change — ExposeNo. 39
- True Faith — New OrderNo. 40
First-week entries
- Tunnel Of Love — Bruce SpringsteenNo. 57
- Say You Will — ForeignerNo. 59
- In God's Country — U2No. 84
- Lover's Lane — GeorgioNo. 86
- Reason To Live — KISSNo. 98
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.