Just because you're dying to know.

[theinated]

On the week ending 13th December, 1987, the Top 50 Singles Chart looked like this (well in Australia anyway). How many of these do you know?

1. Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley
   
2. Too Much Ain't Enough Love - Jimmy Barnes
   
3. Faith - George Michael (video)
   
4. Hold Me Now - Johnny Logan
   
5. Run To Paradise - Choirboys
   
6. Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison (arcade video, poltergeists rock out version)
   
7. Need You Tonight - INXS (video)
   
8. Electric Blue - Icehouse (video)
   
9. The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
   
10. Mony Mony - Billy Idol (video)
    
11. La Bamba - Los Lobos
    
12. Bad - Michael Jackson
    
13. We'll Be Together - Sting (video)
    
14. You Win Again - Bee Gees
    
15. Hammerhead - James Reyne
    
16. Causing A Commotion - Madonna
    
17. To Her Door - Paul Kelly and The Coloured Girls
    
18. Bridge To Your Heart - Wax
    
19. My Obsession - Icehouse
    
20. Do To You - The Machinations
    
21. Beethoven (I Love To Listen To) - Eurythmics (video)
    
22. Unchain My Heart - Joe Cocker
    
23. The Right Stuff - Bryan Ferry
    
24. Old Time Rock And Roll - Bob Seger
    
25. Is This Love - Whitesnake
    
26. Locomotion - Kylie Minogue (video if you like your eyes to bleed)
    
27. Adultery - Do Re Mi (video)
    
28. Little Lies - Fleetwood Mac
    
29. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil (video) - what's weird is hearing this song on the radio at the gym nearly every other time I work out. In Hollywood.
    
30. Wishing Well - Terence Trent D'Arby (video)
    
31. Hold Your Head Up - The Party Boys (video)
    
32. Let's Dance - Chris Rea
    
33. Do You See What I See - Hunters & Collectors
    
34. Learning To Fly - Pink Floyd (video)
    
35. Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
    
36. Come On, Let's Go - Los Lobos
    
37. Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You - Glenn Medeiros
    
38. Crazy Crazy Nights - Kiss
    
39. Skeletons - Stevie Wonder (video)
    
40. Star Trekkin' - The Firm (video)
    
41. Paper In Fire - John Cougar Mellencamp
    
42. What Have I Done To Deserve This - Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield
    
43. Back In The U.S.S.R. - Billy Joel
    
44. So Emotional - Whitney Houston
    
45. Cherry Bomb - John Cougar Mellencamp
    
46. Brilliant Disguise - Bruce Springsteen
    
47. Dance Little Sister - Terence Trent D'arby
    
48. Animal - Def Leppard (video)
    
49. I Heard A Rumour - Bananarama (video)
    
50. Toy Boy - Sinitta
    
    

Funny, The Party Boys were the only band for which I couldn't find a decent link (hey Agro maybe you could help out with that one). Oh, couldn't find a link for The Firm either, but since they're a novelty band, that doesn't really matter much :-) At least the video for Star Trekkin' is on youtube. I should find videos for the others.

Oh, and in case you're wondering, why 1987? It was the oldest ARIA Top-50 Chart I just happened to have lying around that vaguely corresponded to the current date.