“I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” by Whitney Houston
“I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” by Whitney Houston finished No. 4 on the year-end Top 100 of 1987, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year, making it one of the ten biggest hits of the year.
Year-end peakNo. 41987
Year-end charts11987
ArtistWhitney Houston20 year-end hits
Decade1980ssee the decade’s Top 100
The No. 1 song of 1987 was “Walk Like An Egyptian” by The Bangles. Whitney Houston had 20 different songs on the year-end charts (see them all).
Play “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1987 chart.
▶ Play it♪ Apple MusicAround it on the 1987 chart
| # | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walk Like An Egyptian | The Bangles | ▶♪ |
| 2 | Alone | Heart | ▶♪ |
| 3 | Shake You Down | Gregory Abbott | ▶♪ |
| 4 | I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) | Whitney Houston | ▶♪ |
| 5 | Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now | Starship | ▶♪ |
| 6 | C'est La Vie | Robbie Nevil | ▶♪ |
| 7 | Here I Go Again | Whitesnake | ▶♪ |
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Source: Billboard’s year-end singles chart, as compiled on Wikipedia. Hey DJ 4U is an independent site, not affiliated with Billboard. Spotted an error? Tell us.
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