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DECEMBER 31, 1988

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Number
1

Look Away
Chicago
From the album: Chicago 19
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
14
Number
2 Up by 1

Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Poison
From the album: Open Up and Say... Ahh!
Peak
2
Weeks
10
Number
3 Down by 1

Two Hearts
Phil Collins
From the album: Buster: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
2
Weeks
7
Number
4 Up by 1

My Prerogative
Bobby Brown
From the album: Don't Be Cruel
Peak
4
Weeks
11
Number
5 Up by 1

Smooth Criminal
Michael Jackson
From the album: Bad
Peak
5
Weeks
7
Number
6 Up by 1

When The Children Cry
White Lion
From the album: Pride
Peak
6
Weeks
8
Number
7 Down by 3

Ghost Town
Cheap Trick
From the album: Lap of Luxury
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
8 Up by 2

When I'm With You
Sheriff
From the album: Sheriff
Peak
8
Weeks
6
Number
9 Up by 2

Baby Can I Hold You
Tracy Chapman
From the album: Tracy Chapman
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
10 Down by 2

Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby)
Will To Power
From the album: Will To Power
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
11 Down by 2

Waiting for a Star to Fall
Boy Meets Girl
From the album: Reel Life
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
12 Up by 8

You Got It (The Right Stuff)
New Kids on the Block
From the album: Hangin' Tough
Peak
12
Weeks
4
Number
13 Up by 3

A Little Respect
Erasure
From the album: The Innocents
Peak
13
Weeks
7
Number
14 Down by 2

Giving You the Best That I Got
Anita Baker
From the album: Giving You the Best That I Got
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
15 Down by 2

Put a Little Love in Your Heart
Annie Lennox & Al Green
From the album: Scrooged (Original Motion Picture Score)
Peak
13
Weeks
6
Number
16 Up by 3

Don't Rush Me
Taylor Dayne
From the album: Tell It to My Heart
Peak
16
Weeks
4
Number
17 Up by 10

What I Am
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
From the album: Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars
Peak
17
Weeks
4
Number
18 Up by 7

Armageddon It
Def Leppard
From the album: Hysteria
Peak
18
Weeks
3
Number
19 Up by 10

Born To Be My Baby
Bon Jovi
From the album: New Jersey
Peak
19
Weeks
3
Number
20 Down by 5

Forever Young
Alphaville
From the album: Forever Young
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
21 Down by 7

How Can I Fall?
Breathe
From the album: All That Jazz
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
22 Down by 4

Don't Worry, Be Happy
Bobby McFerrin
From the album: Cocktail (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Simple Pleasures
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
23 Down by 6

A Groovy Kind of Love
Phil Collins
From the album: Buster: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
24 Down by 2

The Loco-Motion
Kylie Minogue
From the album: Kylie
Peak
3
Weeks
19
Number
25 Down by 1

Kokomo
The Beach Boys
From the album: "Cocktail" Soundtrack
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
26 Down by 3

Red Red Wine
UB40
From the album: Labour of Love
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
27 Debut

The Way You Love Me
Karyn White
From the album: Karyn White
Peak
27
Weeks
1
Number
28 Debut

All This Time
Tiffany
From the album: Hold An Old Friend's Hand
Peak
28
Weeks
1
Number
29 Down by 8

Welcome to the Jungle
Guns N' Roses
From the album: Appetite for Destruction
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
30 Debut

The Lover in Me
Sheena Easton
From the album: The Lover in Me
Peak
30
Weeks
1
Number
31 Down by 3

Bad Medicine
Bon Jovi
From the album: New Jersey
Peak
2
Weeks
15
Number
32 Down by 6

In Your Room
The Bangles
From the album: Everything
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
33 Debut

Angel of Harlem
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
33
Weeks
1
Number
34 Debut

Wild Thing
Tone Loc
From the album: Lōc-ed After Dark
Peak
34
Weeks
1
Number
35 Down by 5

Take Me to Your Heart
Rick Astley
From the album: Hold Me in Your Arms
Peak
24
Weeks
6
Number
36 Down by 3

The Promise
WHEN IN ROME
From the album: When in Rome
Peak
18
Weeks
15
Number
37 Debut

Straight Up
Paula Abdul
From the album: Forever Your Girl
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Down by 6

Forever Young
Rod Stewart
From the album: Out of Order
Peak
9
Weeks
14
Number
39 Down by 4

Sweet Child o' Mine
Guns N' Roses
From the album: Appetite for Destruction
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
40 Debut

Twist and Shout
Salt-N-Pepa
From the album: A Salt with a Deadly Pepa
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
31 Dropout

Mistletoe and Wine
Cliff Richard
From the album: Private Collection: 1979–1988
Peak
31
Weeks
1
Number
34 Dropout

Desire
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
36 Dropout

Driving Home For Christmas
Chris Rea
From the album: The Works
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Dropout

Kissing a Fool
George Michael
From the album: Faith
Peak
18
Weeks
10
Number
38 Dropout

Wild, Wild West
The Escape Club
From the album: Wild Wild West
Peak
8
Weeks
17
Number
39 Dropout

Don't Be Cruel
Cheap Trick
From the album: Lap of Luxury
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
40 Dropout

Shake for the Sheik
Escape Club
From the album: Wild Wild West
Peak
40
Weeks
1

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Date

December 31, 1988

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1 1 Chicago – “Look Away” 1(×4) 14

3 2 Poison – “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” 2 10

2 3 Phil Collins – “Two Hearts” 2 7

5 4 Bobby Brown – “My Prerogative” 4 11

6 5 Michael Jackson – “Smooth Criminal” 5 7

7 6 White Lion – “When The Children Cry” 6 8

4 7 Cheap Trick – “Ghost Town” 1(×1) 11

10 8 Sheriff – “When I'm With You” 8 6

11 9 Tracy Chapman – “Baby Can I Hold You” 1(×1) 13

8 10 Will To Power – “Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby)” 1(×4) 18

9 11 Boy Meets Girl – “Waiting for a Star to Fall” 1(×1) 21

20 12 New Kids on the Block – “You Got It (The Right Stuff)” 12 4

16 13 Erasure – “A Little Respect” 13 7

12 14 Anita Baker – “Giving You the Best That I Got” 4 14

13 15 Annie Lennox & Al Green – “Put a Little Love in Your Heart” 13 6

19 16 Taylor Dayne – “Don't Rush Me” 16 4

27 17 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – “What I Am” 17 4

25 18 Def Leppard – “Armageddon It” 18 3

29 19 Bon Jovi – “Born To Be My Baby” 19 3

15 20 Alphaville – “Forever Young” 10 11

14 21 Breathe – “How Can I Fall?” 5 16

18 22 Bobby McFerrin – “Don't Worry, Be Happy” 1(×6) 23

17 23 Phil Collins – “A Groovy Kind of Love” 1(×1) 18

22 24 Kylie Minogue – “The Loco-Motion” 3 19

24 25 The Beach Boys – “Kokomo” 1(×1) 18

23 26 UB40 – “Red Red Wine” 1(×1) 22

NE 27 Karyn White – “The Way You Love Me” 27 1

NE 28 Tiffany – “All This Time” 28 1

21 29 Guns N' Roses – “Welcome to the Jungle” 18 8

NE 30 Sheena Easton – “The Lover in Me” 30 1

28 31 Bon Jovi – “Bad Medicine” 2 15

26 32 The Bangles – “In Your Room” 26 4

NE 33 U2 – “Angel of Harlem” 33 1

NE 34 Tone Loc – “Wild Thing” 34 1

30 35 Rick Astley – “Take Me to Your Heart” 24 6

33 36 WHEN IN ROME – “The Promise” 18 15

NE 37 Paula Abdul – “Straight Up” 37 1

32 38 Rod Stewart – “Forever Young” 9 14

35 39 Guns N' Roses – “Sweet Child o' Mine” 1(×5) 30

NE 40 Salt-N-Pepa – “Twist and Shout” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

31 -- Cliff Richard – “Mistletoe and Wine” 31 1

34 -- U2 – “Desire” 16 11

36 -- Chris Rea – “Driving Home For Christmas” 36 1

37 -- George Michael – “Kissing a Fool” 18 10

38 -- The Escape Club – “Wild, Wild West” 8 17

39 -- Cheap Trick – “Don't Be Cruel” 1(×2) 22

40 -- Escape Club – “Shake for the Sheik” 40 1

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DECEMBER 31, 1988

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