American Top 40 1987 December 12th

Important announcement: After playing the number one song, Casey says "July 25th, 1987" This was an editing mistake on the part of Premiere Radio networks, and there was nothing I could do to fix it. Thanks, The RocketManagement.

American Top 40 with Casey Kasem aired on radio from July 4, 1970 until August 6, 1988. This recording is a rebroadcast from internet radio.

In this countdown:

A listener asks, "What producer has had the most Top 10 hits so far in the 1980's?" Casey says to men are tied at 18 hits apiece, and explains right after "Seasons Change" (at number 33) by Expose.

There are two Tommy James remakes almost back to back. In the year-end countdown they would be back-to-back. Casey keeps promoting the Top 100 songs of 1987. That was when it was still coming up, but you can get your copy now. Search for American_Top_40_1987_Top_100.

Heart is at number 27 with "There's The Girl." Casey says the roof collapsed during one of their live shows, and the drummer might have been hurt if not for his cymbals deflecting a piece of the roof. How tall WERE those cymbals anyway?

Former English Literature teacher Gordon Sumner thankfully became a musician (Sting, at number 8 with "We'll Be Together"). He taught us all what Synchronicity was way back in the summer of '83. Casey says he did it on purpose.

40: Brilliant Disguise - Bruce Springsteen
39: I Don't Mind At All - Bourgeois Tagg
38: Could've Been - Tiffany
LDD: The Rose - Bette Midler
37: True Faith - New Order
36: Hungry Eyes - Eric Carmen
35: I Want To Be Your Man - Roger
34: I Won't Forget You - Poison
33: Seasons Change - Expose
32: I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man - Prince
31: Power Of Love - Laura Brannigan
30: Crazy - Icehouse
29: I've Been In Love Before - Cutting Crew
28: Hazy Shade Of Winter - Bangles
27: There's The Girl - Heart
26: Hourglass - Squeeze
25: Mony Mony - Billy Idol
24: Animal - Def Leppard
23: I Think We're Alone Now - Tiffany
22: Candle In The Wind - Elton John
21: Skeletons - Stevie Wonder
20: I Do You - The Jets
19: That's What Love Is All About - Michael Bolton
18: Need You Tonight - INXS
17: The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
16: Cherry Bomb - John Cougar Mellencamp
15: Tell It To My Heart - Taylor Dayne
14: Dude (Looks Like A Lady) - Aerosmith
EXTRA: Betty Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
13: Valerie - Steve Winwood
12: The One I Love - R.E.M.
11: Catch Me (I'm Falling) - Pretty Poison
10: Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison
9: Don't You Want Me - Jody Watley
8: We'll Be Together - Sting
7: So Emotional - Whitney Houston
6: Shake Your Love - Debbie Gibson
5: Is This Love - Whitesnake
4: (I've Had) The Time Of My Life - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
3: Should've Known Better - Richard Marx
2: Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle
1: Faith - George Michael