Billboard Hot 100 #1 Hits of 1987

There were 30 different songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1987. Given the artist and their respective issue dates, can you name every song?

The weeks are listed as "issue date," meaning the song was at #1 when the list was published on that Saturday

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Issue Date	#1 Hit	Artist
January 3	Walk Like An Egyptian	The Bangles
January 10	Walk Like An Egyptian	The Bangles
January 17	Shake You Down	Gregory Abbott
January 24	At This Moment	Billy Vera and the Beaters
January 31	At This Moment	Billy Vera and the Beaters
February 7	Open Your Heart	Madonna
February 14	Livin' On A Prayer	Bon Jovi
February 21
February 28
March 7
March 14	Jacob's Ladder	Huey Lewis and the News
March 21	Lean On Me	Club Nouveau
March 28	Lean On Me	Club Nouveau
April 4	Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now	Starship
April 11	Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now	Starship
April 18	I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)	Aretha Franklin & George Michael
April 25	I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)	Aretha Franklin & George Michael
May 2	(I Just) Died In Your Arms	Cutting Crew
May 9	(I Just) Died In Your Arms	Cutting Crew
May 16	With Or Without You	U2
May 23
May 30
June 6	You Keep Me Hangin' On	Kim Wilde
June 13	Always	Atlantic Starr
June 20	Head To Toe	Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
June 27	I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)	Whitney Houston
July 4	I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)	Whitney Houston
July 11	Alone	Heart
July 18
July 25
August 1	Shakedown	Bob Seger
August 8	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For	U2
August 15	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For	U2
August 22	Who's That Girl	Madonna
August 29	La Bamba	Los Lobos
September 5
September 12
September 19	I Just Can't Stop Loving You	Michael Jackson & Siedah Garrett
September 26	Didn't We Almost Have It All	Whitney Houston
October 3	Didn't We Almost Have It All	Whitney Houston
October 10	Here I Go Again	Whitesnake
October 17	Lost In Emotion	Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
October 24	Bad	Michael Jackson
October 31	Bad	Michael Jackson
November 7	I Think We're Alone Now	Tiffany
November 14	I Think We're Alone Now	Tiffany
November 21	Mony Mony	Billy Idol
November 28	(I've Had) The Time Of My Life	Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
December 5	Heaven Is A Place On Earth	Belinda Carlisle
December 12	Faith	George Michael
December 19
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