title: List of UK Dance Singles Chart number ones of 1987
text: # List of UK Dance Singles Chart number ones of 1987
  
  This is a list of the songs that were number one on the UK Dance Singles Chart in 1987, according to the MRIB.
  
  | Issue date | Song | Artist | Duration |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 3 January | "Mr Big Stuff" | Heavy D | 1 Week |
  | 10 January | "Jack Your Body" | Steve "Silk" Hurley | 6 weeks |
  | 21 February | "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" | George Michael & Aretha Franklin | 1 week |
  | 28 February | "Stand by Me" | Ben E. King | 6 weeks |
  | 25 April | "Living in a Box" | Living in a Box | 2 weeks |
  | 9 May | "Back and Forth" | Cameo | 1 week |
  | 16 May | "Cross the Track" | Maceo and the Macks | 1 week |
  | 23 May | "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" | Whitney Houston | 4 weeks |
  | 20 June | "Lifetime Love" | Joyce Sims | 2 weeks |
  | 4 July | "Wishing Well" | Terence Trent D'Arby | 1 week |
  | 11 July | "Always" | Atlantic Starr | 1 week |
  | 18 July | "Who's That Girl" | Madonna | 3 weeks |
  | 8 August | "Roadblock" | Stock Aitken Waterman | 2 weeks |
  | 22 August | "Never Gonna Give You Up" | Rick Astley | 3 weeks |
  | 12 September | "Pump Up the Volume" | M/A/R/R/S | 6 weeks |
  | 24 October | "The Real Thing" | Jellybean ft. Steven Dante | 1 week |
  | 31 October | "I Don't Think Man Should Sleep Alone" | Ray Parker Jr. | 1 week |
  | 7 November | "Paid In Full" | Eric B. & Rakim | 3 weeks |
  | 28 November | "Criticize" | Alexander O'Neal | 3 weeks |
  | 19 December | "The Way You Make Me Feel" | Michael Jackson | 4 Weeks |
  