This is a list of the German Media Control Top100 Singles Chart number-ones of 1987.
| Indicates best-performing single and album of 1987[1] [2] |
| Song | Artist | Album | Artist | ||
| 5 January | "Walk Like an Egyptian" | "Träumen mit Engelbert" | Engelbert | ||
| 12 January | |||||
| 19 January | "Showing Out (Get Fresh at the Weekend)" | "Break Every Rule" | Tina Turner | ||
| 26 January | |||||
| 2 February | "The House of Blue Light" | Deep Purple | |||
| 9 February | "Reality" | Richard Sanderson | |||
| 16 February | |||||
| 23 February | "Definite 1964 - 1986" | Joe Cocker | |||
| 2 March | |||||
| 9 March | "Heart Over Mind" | Jennifer Rush | |||
| 16 March | "Stay" | Pierre Cosso & Bonnie Bianco | |||
| 23 March | |||||
| 30 March | |||||
| 6 April | |||||
| 13 April | "Respectable" | Mel and Kim | |||
| 20 April | |||||
| 27 April | "You're the Voice" | John Farnham | |||
| 4 May | |||||
| 11 May | "La Isla Bonita" | bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan="6" | "The Joshua Tree" | U2 | |
| 18 May | |||||
| 25 May | |||||
| 1 June | |||||
| 8 June | |||||
| 15 June | "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" | Whitney Houston | |||
| 22 June | "Whitney" | Whitney Houston | |||
| 29 June | |||||
| 6 July | |||||
| 13 July | |||||
| 20 July | "It's a Sin" | Pet Shop Boys | |||
| 27 July | |||||
| 3 August | |||||
| 10 August | |||||
| 17 August | |||||
| 24 August | |||||
| 31 August | bgcolor=#FFFF99 rowspan="5" | "Voyage Voyage" | Desireless | ||
| 7 September | "Who's That Girl" | Soundtrack / Madonna | |||
| 14 September | "Bad" | Michael Jackson | |||
| 21 September | |||||
| 28 September | |||||
| 5 October | "Never Gonna Give You Up" | Rick Astley | |||
| 12 October | |||||
| 19 October | |||||
| 26 October | "You Win Again" | "E.S.P." | Bee Gees | ||
| 2 November | |||||
| 9 November | |||||
| 16 November | |||||
| 23 November | |||||
| 30 November | |||||
| 7 December | "Whenever You Need Somebody" | Rick Astley | |||
| 14 December | |||||
| 21 December | "Misteriosa Venezia" | Rondo Veneziano | |||
| 28 December | |||||