1987
🎂 What music raised you?
Drop your birthday and we'll rewind to your golden era — the years the songs imprinted for life.
🔙 Backtrack — 1987
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
🎬 Set the scene
1987 smelled like screen static, warm sidewalks, a Fudge Stripe cookie, and a can of Hawaiian Punch.
🎬 At the movies
📼 Saturday cartoons
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe👕 tee →
- ThunderCats👕 tee →
- G.I. Joe👕 tee →
- The Smurfs👕 tee →
- The Real Ghostbusters👕 tee →
- DuckTales👕 tee →
- Inspector Gadget
- Voltron👕 tee →
- Muppet Babies
- Alvin and the Chipmunks
Billboard Year-End Hot 100
📊 Full chart →- 1
Walk Like an EgyptianThe Bangles - 2
AloneHeart - 3
Shake You DownGregory Abbott - 4
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)Whitney Houston - 5
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us NowStarship - 6
C'est La VieRobbie Nevil - 7
Here I Go AgainWhitesnake - 8
The Way It IsBruce Hornsby & The Range - 9
ShakedownBob Seger - 10
Livin' on a PrayerBon Jovi - 11
La BambaLos Lobos - 12
Everybody Have Fun TonightWang Chung - 13
Don't Dream It's OverCrowded House - 14
AlwaysAtlantic Starr - 15
With or Without YouU2 - 16
Looking for a New LoveJody Watley - 17
Head to ToeLisa Lisa & Cult Jam - 18
I Think We're Alone NowTiffany - 19
Mony MonyBilly Idol - 20
At This MomentBilly Vera & The Beaters - 21
The Lady in RedChris de Burgh - 22Didn't We Almost Have It AllWhitney Houston
- 23
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking ForU2 - 24
I Want Your Sex, Pts. 1 & 2George Michael - 25
NotoriousDuran Duran
More from 1987
🎤 Big in 1987
🎚️ 1987 genres
🎛️ Behind the boards & the pen — 1987
The hands behind 1987 — the producers and songwriters who actually shaped that year's records. Madonna was on 4 of them.
🎬 Movies of 1987
All soundtracks →The soundtracks that scored 1987 — every song and where it played.
🎚️ Related vibes
All themes →Themed rooms that lean on the sound of 1987.
What does 1987 remind you of?
The drive, the dance, the heartbreak, the summer. Add a memory of 1987.
Community Memories
How well do you remember 1987?
7 quick questions — the songs, the artists, the year. No cheating. 😏
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🎵 1987 albums on vinyl
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