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OCTOBER 22, 1988

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Number
1 Up by 2

Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby)
Will To Power
From the album: Will To Power
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
2

A Groovy Kind of Love
Phil Collins
From the album: Buster: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
3 Down by 2

Kokomo
The Beach Boys
From the album: "Cocktail" Soundtrack
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
8
Number
4 Up by 2

The Loco-Motion
Kylie Minogue
From the album: Kylie
Peak
4
Weeks
9
Number
5 Down by 1

Bad Medicine
Bon Jovi
From the album: New Jersey
Peak
4
Weeks
5
Number
6 Up by 2

True Love
Glenn Frey
From the album: Soul Searchin'
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
7 Down by 2

Don't Worry, Be Happy
Bobby McFerrin
From the album: Cocktail (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Simple Pleasures
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
8 Up by 1

Wild, Wild West
The Escape Club
From the album: Wild Wild West
Peak
8
Weeks
8
Number
9 Up by 2

Waiting for a Star to Fall
Boy Meets Girl
From the album: Reel Life
Peak
9
Weeks
11
Number
10 Down by 3

Red Red Wine
UB40
From the album: Labour of Love
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
11 Down by 1

First Time
Robin Beck
From the album: Trouble or Nothin'
Peak
10
Weeks
7
Number
12 Up by 11

Forever Young
Rod Stewart
From the album: Out of Order
Peak
12
Weeks
4
Number
13 Down by 1

Sweet Child o' Mine
Guns N' Roses
From the album: Appetite for Destruction
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
14 Up by 3

One Moment in Time
Whitney Houston
From the album: 1988 Summer Olympics Album: One Moment in Time
Peak
5
Weeks
7
Number
15 Down by 2

I'll Always Love You
Taylor Dayne
From the album: Tell It to My Heart
Peak
2
Weeks
17
Number
16 Up by 4

How Can I Fall?
Breathe
From the album: All That Jazz
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17 Down by 3

Touchy!
a-ha
From the album: Stay on These Roads
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
18 Down by 2

Don't Be Cruel
Cheap Trick
From the album: Lap of Luxury
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
13
Number
19 Down by 4

Love Bites
Def Leppard
From the album: Hysteria
Peak
6
Weeks
10
Number
20 Down by 1

Chains of Love
Erasure
From the album: The Innocents
Peak
19
Weeks
5
Number
21

Never Tear Us Apart
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
20
Weeks
7
Number
22 Up by 5

Baby Can I Hold You
Tracy Chapman
From the album: Tracy Chapman
Peak
22
Weeks
3
Number
23 Down by 5

What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)
Information Society
From the album: Information Society
Peak
15
Weeks
8
Number
24 Down by 2

Don't Be Cruel
Bobby Brown
From the album: Don't Be Cruel
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
25

The Promise
WHEN IN ROME
From the album: When in Rome
Peak
25
Weeks
5
Number
26 Up by 3

Look Away
Chicago
From the album: Chicago 19
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Down by 3

Simply Irresistible
Robert Palmer
From the album: Heavy Nova
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
28 Down by 2

The Flame
Cheap Trick
From the album: Lap of Luxury
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
29 Up by 2

Desire
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
29
Weeks
2
Number
30 Up by 9

Another Lover
Giant Steps
From the album: The Book of Pride
Peak
30
Weeks
2
Number
31 Up by 3

Domino Dancing
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Introspective
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Down by 4

Make Me Lose Control
Eric Carmen
From the album: The Best of Eric Carmen
Peak
3
Weeks
22
Number
33 Debut

Forever Young
Alphaville
From the album: Forever Young
Peak
33
Weeks
1
Number
34 Debut

Kissing a Fool
George Michael
From the album: Faith
Peak
34
Weeks
1
Number
35 Debut

Ghost Town
Cheap Trick
From the album: Lap of Luxury
Peak
35
Weeks
1
Number
36 Up by 1

Giving You the Best That I Got
Anita Baker
From the album: Giving You the Best That I Got
Peak
36
Weeks
4
Number
37 Down by 4

When It's Love
Van Halen
From the album: OU812
Peak
7
Weeks
15
Number
38 Down by 3

Love Changes (Everything)
Climie Fisher
From the album: Everything
Peak
2
Weeks
24
Number
39 Debut

My Prerogative
Bobby Brown
From the album: Don't Be Cruel
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 4

Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
From the album: Tracy Chapman
Peak
2
Weeks
21

Dropouts

Number
30 Dropout

Don't You Know What the Night Can Do?
Steve Winwood
From the album: Roll With It
Peak
30
Weeks
2
Number
32 Dropout

Please Don't Go Girl
New Kids on the Block
From the album: Hangin' Tough
Peak
6
Weeks
12
Number
38 Dropout

You Came
Kim Wilde
From the album: Close
Peak
32
Weeks
5
Number
40 Dropout

A Word in Spanish
Elton John
From the album: Reg Strikes Back
Peak
40
Weeks
1

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Date

October 22, 1988

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3 1 Will To Power – “Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby)” 1(×1) 8

2 2 Phil Collins – “A Groovy Kind of Love” 1(×1) 8

1 3 The Beach Boys – “Kokomo” 1(×1) 8

6 4 Kylie Minogue – “The Loco-Motion” 4 9

4 5 Bon Jovi – “Bad Medicine” 4 5

8 6 Glenn Frey – “True Love” 6 10

5 7 Bobby McFerrin – “Don't Worry, Be Happy” 1(×6) 13

9 8 The Escape Club – “Wild, Wild West” 8 8

11 9 Boy Meets Girl – “Waiting for a Star to Fall” 9 11

7 10 UB40 – “Red Red Wine” 1(×1) 12

10 11 Robin Beck – “First Time” 10 7

23 12 Rod Stewart – “Forever Young” 12 4

12 13 Guns N' Roses – “Sweet Child o' Mine” 1(×5) 20

17 14 Whitney Houston – “One Moment in Time” 5 7

13 15 Taylor Dayne – “I'll Always Love You” 2 17

20 16 Breathe – “How Can I Fall?” 16 6

14 17 a-ha – “Touchy!” 12 8

16 18 Cheap Trick – “Don't Be Cruel” 1(×2) 13

15 19 Def Leppard – “Love Bites” 6 10

19 20 Erasure – “Chains of Love” 19 5

21 21 INXS – “Never Tear Us Apart” 20 7

27 22 Tracy Chapman – “Baby Can I Hold You” 22 3

18 23 Information Society – “What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)” 15 8

22 24 Bobby Brown – “Don't Be Cruel” 11 9

25 25 WHEN IN ROME – “The Promise” 25 5

29 26 Chicago – “Look Away” 26 4

24 27 Robert Palmer – “Simply Irresistible” 4 15

26 28 Cheap Trick – “The Flame” 1(×3) 26

31 29 U2 – “Desire” 29 2

39 30 Giant Steps – “Another Lover” 30 2

34 31 Pet Shop Boys – “Domino Dancing” 31 2

28 32 Eric Carmen – “Make Me Lose Control” 3 22

NE 33 Alphaville – “Forever Young” 33 1

NE 34 George Michael – “Kissing a Fool” 34 1

NE 35 Cheap Trick – “Ghost Town” 35 1

37 36 Anita Baker – “Giving You the Best That I Got” 36 4

33 37 Van Halen – “When It's Love” 7 15

35 38 Climie Fisher – “Love Changes (Everything)” 2 24

NE 39 Bobby Brown – “My Prerogative” 39 1

36 40 Tracy Chapman – “Fast Car” 2 21

DROPOUTS:

30 -- Steve Winwood – “Don't You Know What the Night Can Do?” 30 2

32 -- New Kids on the Block – “Please Don't Go Girl” 6 12

38 -- Kim Wilde – “You Came” 32 5

40 -- Elton John – “A Word in Spanish” 40 1

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