Top 40 Hits of Late December 1987
| 1 | Pet Shop Boys | Always On My Mind |
| 2 | The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl | Fairytale Of New York |
| 3 | Comic Relief Presents Mel & Kim Performed By Kim Wilde & Mel Smith | Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree |
| 4 | Rick Astley | When I Fall In Love |
| 5 | Nat 'King' Cole | When I Fall In Love |
| 6 | Alison Moyet | Love Letters |
| 7 | Belinda Carlisle | Heaven Is A Place On Earth |
| 8 | Michael Jackson | The Way You Make Me Feel |
| 9 | T'Pau | China In Your Hand |
| 10 | Simply Red | Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye |
| 11 | Shakin' Stevens | What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For |
| 12 | Wet Wet Wet | Angel Eyes |
| 13 | Jellybean featuring Elisa Fiorillo | Who Found Who |
| 14 | Johnny Hates Jazz | Turn Back The Clock |
| 15 | Madonna | The Look Of Love |
| 16 | The Proclaimers | Letter From America |
| 17 | Alexander O'Neal | Criticize |
| 18 | George Harrison | Got My Mind Set On You |
| 19 | Jellybean | Jingo |
| 20 | New Order | Touched By The Hand Of God |
| 21 | Whitney Houston | So Emotional |
| 22 | Krush | House Arrest |
| 23 | Paul McCartney | Once Upon A Long Ago |
| 24 | The Christians | Ideal World |
| 25 | Wally Jump Junior & The Criminal Element | Tighten Up (I Just Can't Stop Dancin') |
| 26 | Cher | I Found Someone |
| 27 | Level 42 | Children Say |
| 28 | Nina Simone | My Baby Just Cares For Me |
| 29 | Sinitta | GTO |
| 30 | The Communards | Never Can Say Goodbye |
| 31 | Morris Minor & The Majors | Stutter Rap (No Sleep 'Til Bedtime) |
| 32 | Kiss | Reason To Live |
| 33 | Climie Fisher | Rise To The Occasion |
| 34 | The Hooters | Satellite |
| 35 | The Smiths | Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me |
| 36 | Maxi Priest | Some Guys Have All The Luck |
| 37 | Heart | There's The Girl |
| 38 | Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes | (I've Had) The Time Of My Life |
| 39 | Cutting Crew | I've Been In Love Before |
| 40 | Five Star | Somewhere Somebody |