Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 with the song "", composed by Helge Engelbrecht, with lyrics by Jacob Jonia, and performed by Anne-Cathrine Herdorf supported by the group Bandjo. The Danish participating broadcaster, (DR), organised the 1987 in order to select its entry for the contest.
(DR) held the 1987 on 28 February at 20:15 CEST, hosted by Jørgen de Mylius at the Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen. Ten songs took part with the winner being decided by voting from five regional juries in two rounds. Firstly the five lowest-placed songs were eliminated without full voting being revealed, then the remaining five were voted on again to give the winner. Other participants included past and future Danish representatives Dario Campeotto, Tommy Seebach, Birthe Kjær and Kirsten Siggaard of Hot Eyes.
The national final was also broadcast in Greenland's KNR-TV on a delayed broadcast in 14 March.
On the night of the final Herdorf performed 19th in the running order, following and preceding eventual contest winners . At the close of voting the song had received 83 points, placing Denmark joint 5th (with the ) of the 22 entries. The Danish jury awarded its 12 points to .