The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting singles on the Australian Singles Charts, for the year of 1987. These were the best charting singles in Australia for 1987. The source for this year is the Kent Music Report, known in 1987 as the "Australian Music Report".[1]
| Title | Artist | Highest pos. reached | weeks at No. 1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Locomotion" | 1 | 7 | ||
| 2. | "La Bamba" | 1 | 7 | ||
| 3. | "Old Time Rock and Roll" | 3 | |||
| 4. | "Slice of Heaven" | 1 | 4 | ||
| 5. | "Respectable" | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6. | "You Keep Me Hangin' On" | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7. | "Walk Like an Egyptian" | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8. | "Electric Blue" | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9. | "Boom Boom (Let's Go Back to My Room)" | 1 | 5 | ||
| 10. | "The Final Countdown" | 2 | |||
| 11. | "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" | 1 | 5 | ||
| 12. | "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" | 3 | |||
| 13. | "Suddenly" | 2 | |||
| 14. | "He's Gonna Step on You Again" | 1 | 2 | ||
| 15. | "I Wanna Wake Up With You" | 1 | 1 | ||
| 16. | "Pressure Down" | 4 | |||
| 17. | "Livin' on a Prayer" | 3 | |||
| 18. | "Crazy" | 4 | |||
| 19. | "Funkytown" | 1 | 7 (pkd #1 in 1986 & 87) | ||
| 20. | "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" | 1 | 4 | ||
| 21. | "Beds Are Burning" | 6 | |||
| 22. | "Bad" | 4 | |||
| 23. | "Good Times" | 2 | |||
| 24. | "Star Trekkin'" | 3 | |||
| 25. | "What's My Scene" | 3 |
These charts are calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report.
