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AUGUST 27, 1988

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Number
1

Don't Worry, Be Happy
Bobby McFerrin
From the album: Cocktail (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Simple Pleasures
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
5
Number
2

Don't Be Cruel
Cheap Trick
From the album: Lap of Luxury
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
5
Number
3 Up by 3

I'll Always Love You
Taylor Dayne
From the album: Tell It to My Heart
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
4

Sweet Child O' Mine
Guns N' Roses
From the album: Appetite for Destruction
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
5 Down by 2

Make Me Lose Control
Eric Carmen
From the album: The Best of Eric Carmen
Peak
3
Weeks
14
Number
6 Down by 1

Fast Car
Tracy Chapman
From the album: Tracy Chapman
Peak
2
Weeks
13
Number
7

When It's Love
Van Halen
From the album: OU812
Peak
7
Weeks
7
Number
8

I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love
Chicago
From the album: Chicago 19
Peak
3
Weeks
11
Number
9 Up by 6

Please Don't Go Girl
New Kids on the Block
From the album: Hangin' Tough
Peak
9
Weeks
5
Number
10 Up by 4

Simply Irresistible
Robert Palmer
From the album: Heavy Nova
Peak
10
Weeks
7
Number
11

The Flame
Cheap Trick
From the album: Lap of Luxury
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
12 Down by 3

Don't Blame It On That Girl
Matt Bianco
From the album: Indigo
Peak
8
Weeks
12
Number
13 Down by 3

Love Changes (Everything)
Climie Fisher
From the album: Everything
Peak
2
Weeks
16
Number
14 Up by 2

Perfect World
Huey Lewis & The News
From the album: Small World
Peak
14
Weeks
5
Number
15 Down by 2

If It Isn't Love
New Edition
From the album: Heart Break
Peak
13
Weeks
7
Number
16 Up by 1

Monkey
George Michael
From the album: Faith
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17 Up by 4

Time and Tide
Basia
From the album: Time and Tide
Peak
17
Weeks
4
Number
18 Down by 6

I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That
Elton John
From the album: Reg Strikes Back
Peak
7
Weeks
9
Number
19 Up by 10

It Would Take A Strong Strong Man
Rick Astley
From the album: Whenever You Need Somebody
Peak
19
Weeks
2
Number
20 Up by 5

Another Part Of Me
Michael Jackson
From the album: Bad
Peak
20
Weeks
3
Number
21 Down by 2

Here With Me
REO Speedwagon
From the album: The Hits
Peak
19
Weeks
3
Number
22 Down by 4

Hands to Heaven
Breathe
From the album: All That Jazz
Peak
2
Weeks
15
Number
23 Down by 3

Nobody's Fool
Kenny Loggins
From the album: Caddyshack II (Original Music Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
20
Weeks
6
Number
24 Up by 6

Love Bites
Def Leppard
From the album: Hysteria
Peak
24
Weeks
2
Number
25 Down by 3

Talkin' 'bout a Revolution
Tracy Chapman
From the album: Tracy Chapman
Peak
22
Weeks
4
Number
26 Up by 11

Red Red Wine
UB40
From the album: Labour of Love
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Up by 4

All Fired Up
Pat Benatar
From the album: Wide Awake in Dreamland
Peak
27
Weeks
2
Number
28 Down by 4

Roll With It
Steve Winwood
From the album: Roll With It
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
29 Down by 3

1-2-3
Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
From the album: Let It Loose
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
30 Up by 10

True Love
Glenn Frey
From the album: Soul Searchin'
Peak
30
Weeks
2
Number
31 Down by 4

New Sensation
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
32 Up by 2

Waiting for a Star to Fall
Boy Meets Girl
From the album: Reel Life
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
33 Down by 5

Love Will Save the Day
Whitney Houston
From the album: Whitney
Peak
23
Weeks
5
Number
34 Debut

I Hate Myself For Loving You
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
From the album: Up Your Alley
Peak
34
Weeks
1
Number
35 Down by 12

The Twist (Yo, Twist!)
Fat Boys featuring Chubby Checker
From the album: Coming Back Hard Again
Peak
8
Weeks
10
Number
36 Down by 4

Make It Real
The Jets
From the album: Magic
Peak
2
Weeks
19
Number
37 Down by 2

Shattered Dreams
Johnny Hates Jazz
From the album: Turn Back the Clock
Peak
2
Weeks
24
Number
38 Debut

Don't Be Cruel
Bobby Brown
From the album: Don't Be Cruel
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 3

One More Try
George Michael
From the album: Faith
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
40 Debut

The Loco-Motion
Kylie Minogue
From the album: Kylie
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
33 Dropout

Sign Your Name
Terence Trent D'Arby
From the album: Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
Peak
14
Weeks
7
Number
38 Dropout

Hold on to the Nights
Richard Marx
From the album: Richard Marx
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
39 Dropout

Foolish Beat
Debbie Gibson
From the album: Out of the Blue
Peak
3
Weeks
18

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Date

August 27, 1988

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1 1 Bobby McFerrin – “Don't Worry, Be Happy” 1(×2) 5

2 2 Cheap Trick – “Don't Be Cruel” 1(×2) 5

6 3 Taylor Dayne – “I'll Always Love You” 3 9

4 4 Guns N' Roses – “Sweet Child O' Mine” 1(×5) 12

3 5 Eric Carmen – “Make Me Lose Control” 3 14

5 6 Tracy Chapman – “Fast Car” 2 13

7 7 Van Halen – “When It's Love” 7 7

8 8 Chicago – “I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love” 3 11

15 9 New Kids on the Block – “Please Don't Go Girl” 9 5

14 10 Robert Palmer – “Simply Irresistible” 10 7

11 11 Cheap Trick – “The Flame” 1(×3) 18

9 12 Matt Bianco – “Don't Blame It On That Girl” 8 12

10 13 Climie Fisher – “Love Changes (Everything)” 2 16

16 14 Huey Lewis & The News – “Perfect World” 14 5

13 15 New Edition – “If It Isn't Love” 13 7

17 16 George Michael – “Monkey” 16 6

21 17 Basia – “Time and Tide” 17 4

12 18 Elton John – “I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That” 7 9

29 19 Rick Astley – “It Would Take A Strong Strong Man” 19 2

25 20 Michael Jackson – “Another Part Of Me” 20 3

19 21 REO Speedwagon – “Here With Me” 19 3

18 22 Breathe – “Hands to Heaven” 2 15

20 23 Kenny Loggins – “Nobody's Fool” 20 6

30 24 Def Leppard – “Love Bites” 24 2

22 25 Tracy Chapman – “Talkin' 'bout a Revolution” 22 4

37 26 UB40 – “Red Red Wine” 26 4

31 27 Pat Benatar – “All Fired Up” 27 2

24 28 Steve Winwood – “Roll With It” 6 11

26 29 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine – “1-2-3” 8 10

40 30 Glenn Frey – “True Love” 30 2

27 31 INXS – “New Sensation” 1(×1) 16

34 32 Boy Meets Girl – “Waiting for a Star to Fall” 32 3

28 33 Whitney Houston – “Love Will Save the Day” 23 5

NE 34 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts – “I Hate Myself For Loving You” 34 1

23 35 Fat Boys ft. Chubby Checker – “The Twist (Yo, Twist!)” 8 10

32 36 The Jets – “Make It Real” 2 19

35 37 Johnny Hates Jazz – “Shattered Dreams” 2 24

NE 38 Bobby Brown – “Don't Be Cruel” 38 1

36 39 George Michael – “One More Try” 1(×2) 20

NE 40 Kylie Minogue – “The Loco-Motion” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

33 -- Terence Trent D'Arby – “Sign Your Name” 14 7

38 -- Richard Marx – “Hold on to the Nights” 14 9

39 -- Debbie Gibson – “Foolish Beat” 3 18

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