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Top 40 Singles Top 40 Albums 05 April 1987 CHART #563 Top 40 Singles Top 40 Albums Funky Town Kiss Funkytown Dancing On The Ceiling 1 Pseudo Echo 21 Age of Chance 1 Pseudo Echo 21 Lionel Richie Last week 1 / 6 weeks EMI Last week 23 / 2 weeks VIRGIN Last week 4 / 2 weeks EMI Last week 16 / 23 weeks Platinum / RCA I Wanna Wake Up With You The Rain The Joshua Tree Kev's Back 2 Boris Gardiner 22 Oran 'Juice' Jones 2 U2 22 Kevin Bloody Wilson Last week 5 / 13 weeks RCA Last week 34 / 7 weeks CBS Last week 1 / 2 weeks Gold / FESTIVAL Last week 23 / 12 weeks Gold / CBS Don't Dream Its Over Control Graceland Word Up 3 Crowded House 23 Janet Jackson 3 Paul Simon 23 Cameo Last week 7 / 5 weeks EMI Last week 16 / 4 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 2 / 24 weeks Platinum / WEA Last week 13 / 3 weeks POLYGRAM Everything I Own You're The Voice Men And Women True Blue 4 Boy George 24 John Farnham 4 Simply Red 24 Madonna Last week - / 1 weeks VIRGIN Last week 21 / 14 weeks RCA Last week - / 1 weeks WEA Last week 30 / 36 weeks Platinum / WEA I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) Love Removal Machine Revenge Count Three And Pray 5 George Michael & Aretha Franklin 25 The Cult 5 Eurythmics 25 Berlin Last week 3 / 5 weeks CBS Last week - / 1 weeks VIRGIN Last week 3 / 32 weeks Platinum / RCA Last week - / 1 weeks POLYGRAM C'est La Vie We Gotta Get Out Of This Place Crowded House Whiplash Smile 6 Robbie Nevil 26 The Angels 6 Crowded House 26 Billy Idol Last week 2 / 6 weeks EMI Last week 25 / 4 weeks FESTIVAL Last week - / 5 weeks EMI Last week 26 / 13 weeks Platinum / FESTIVAL Is This Love Don't Need A Gun Genesis Every Breath You Take - Singles 7 Alison Moyet 27 Billy Idol 7 Genesis 27 The Police Last week 8 / 9 weeks CBS Last week 38 / 4 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 5 / 108 weeks Platinum / POLYGRAM Last week 21 / 14 weeks Platinum / FESTIVAL Good Times Let's Go Women Hold Up Half The Sky Shake You Down 8 Jimmy Barnes & INXS 28 Wang Chung 8 Ruby Turner 28 Gregory Abbott Last week 4 / 13 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 19 / 5 weeks WEA Last week 6 / 6 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 39 / 6 weeks CBS Close To You Crazay Afterburner Rockbird 9 Gwen Guthrie 29 Jesse Johnson 9 ZZ Top 29 Debbie Harry Last week 11 / 4 weeks POLYGRAM Last week 22 / 3 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 8 / 30 weeks Platinum / WEA Last week 22 / 3 weeks WEA Showing Out Keep Your Hands To Yourself Club Mix Ep Moonlight Shadows 10 Mel & Kim 30 Georgia Satellites 10 ZZ Top 30 The Shadows Last week 15 / 2 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 24 / 4 weeks WEA Last week 9 / 4 weeks WEA Last week 14 / 15 weeks Gold / EMI Word Up You Keep Me Hangin' On Whispering Jack Warehouse: Songs & Stories 11 Cameo 31 Kim Wilde 11 John Farnham 31 Husker Du Last week 6 / 7 weeks POLYGRAM Last week 12 / 13 weeks WEA Last week 18 / 8 weeks BMG Last week - / 1 weeks WEA French Kissin' Greetings To The New Brunette Invisible Touch Control 12 Debbie Harry 32 Billy Bragg 12 Genesis 32 Janet Jackson Last week 14 / 10 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 9 / 7 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 12 / 36 weeks Platinum / VIRGIN Last week 25 / 26 weeks Gold / FESTIVAL Shake You Down Velcro Fly For The Working Class Man True Colours 13 Gregory Abbott 33 ZZ Top 13 Jimmy Barnes 33 Cyndi Lauper Last week 13 / 11 weeks CBS Last week 20 / 6 weeks WEA Last week 7 / 38 weeks Platinum / FESTIVAL Last week 28 / 24 weeks Platinum / CBS Bye Baby Victory Eliminator Brothers In Arms 14 Ruby Turner 34 Kool & The Gang 14 ZZ Top 34 Dire Straits Last week 10 / 10 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 29 / 6 weeks POLYGRAM Last week 11 / 101 weeks Platinum / WEA Last week 35 / 90 weeks Platinum / POLYGRAM Brand New Lover Like Flames Talking With The Taxman Licensed To Ill 15 Dead or Alive 35 Berlin 15 Billy Bragg 35 Beastie Boys Last week 26 / 6 weeks CBS Last week 31 / 5 weeks POLYGRAM Last week 15 / 5 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 37 / 6 weeks CBS Don't Give Up Land Of Confusion So Picture Book 16 Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush 36 Genesis 16 Peter Gabriel 36 Simply Red Last week 17 / 7 weeks VIRGIN Last week 28 / 10 weeks VIRGIN Last week 19 / 33 weeks Platinum / VIRGIN Last week 48 / 41 weeks Platinum / WEA The Right Thing Hungry Town The Whole Story Gossip 17 Simply Red 37 Big Pig 17 Kate Bush 37 Paul Kelly And The Coloured Girls Last week 27 / 3 weeks WEA Last week 30 / 6 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 10 / 12 weeks Gold / EMI Last week 40 / 2 weeks FESTIVAL The Dead Heart Bizarre Love Triangle Get Close Infected 18 Midnight Oil 38 New Order 18 The Pretenders 38 The The Last week 18 / 8 weeks CBS Last week 32 / 6 weeks EMI Last week 17 / 17 weeks Gold / WEA Last week 44 / 15 weeks CBS The Great Pretender Elvisly Yours Rapture On The Beach 19 Freddie Mercury 39 Johnnys 19 Anita Baker 39 Chris Rea Last week - / 1 weeks EMI Last week - / 1 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 20 / 7 weeks WEA Last week 42 / 29 weeks Platinum / POLYGRAM Pressure Down Walk Like An Egyptian Aretha George Thorogood Live 20 John Farnham 40 The Bangles 20 Aretha Franklin 40 George Thorogood Last week 37 / 4 weeks RCA Last week 33 / 17 weeks FESTIVAL Last week 24 / 4 weeks RCA Last week 40 / 29 weeks EMI Top 20 NZ Singles Top 10 Compilations Top 20 NZ Albums ©2013 Recorded Music New Zealand Limited. 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