Top 40 Hits of Late August 1987
| 1 | Rick Astley | Never Gonna Give You Up |
| 2 | Michael Jackson With Siedah Garrett | I Just Can't Stop Loving You |
| 3 | The Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield | What Have I Done To Deserve This |
| 4 | Spagna | Call Me |
| 5 | Sinitta | Toy Boy |
| 6 | Wet Wet Wet | Sweet Little Mystery |
| 7 | New Order | True Faith |
| 8 | Def Leppard | Animal |
| 9 | Pseudo Echo | Funky Town |
| 10 | Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram | Somewhere Out There |
| 11 | The Fat Boys & The Beach Boys | Wipeout |
| 12 | Los Lobos | La Bamba |
| 13 | Five Star | Whenever You're Ready |
| 14 | Prince | U Got The Look |
| 15 | Wax | Bridge To Your Heart |
| 16 | Whitney Houston | Didn't We Almost Have It All |
| 17 | Black | Wonderful Life |
| 18 | Hue & Cry | Labour Of Love |
| 19 | The Smiths | Girlfriend In A Coma |
| 20 | Madonna | Who's That Girl |
| 21 | T'Pau | Heart And Soul |
| 22 | Heart | Alone |
| 23 | Stock Aitken Waterman | Roadblock |
| 24 | Then Jerico | The Motive |
| 25 | The Cult | Wild Flower |
| 26 | Bon Jovi | Never Say Goodbye |
| 27 | Atlantic Starr | Always |
| 28 | Sherrick | Just Call |
| 29 | Cliff Richard | Some People |
| 30 | The Jesus & Mary Chain | Happy When It Rains |
| 31 | Metallica | The $5.98 EP-Garage Days Revisited |
| 32 | Squeeze | Hourglass |
| 33 | Levert | Casanova |
| 34 | The Temptations | Papa Was A Rolling Stone |
| 35 | Kim Wilde | Say You Really Want Me |
| 36 | Boogie Box High | Jive Talkin' |
| 37 | Luther Vandross | I Really Didn't Mean It |
| 38 | Bananarama | I Heard A Rumour |
| 39 | Motley Crue | Girls Girls Girls |
| 40 | Bruce Willis | Under The Boardwalk |