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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · August 12, 1988

40 positions ← 08/05 08/19 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
10 7 2 1 7 Monkey GEORGE MICHAEL 1
1 1 1 2 10 Roll With It STEVE WINWOOD 1
11 9 7 3 9 I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That ELTON JOHN 3
9 8 6 4 10 I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love CHICAGO 4
6 4 3 5 11 Sign Your Name TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY 3
7 6 5 6 10 1-2-3 GLORIA ESTEFAN & MIAMI SOUND MACHINE 5
12 10 8 7 7 Love Will Save The Day WHITNEY HOUSTON 7
20 14 11 8 5 Perfect World HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS 8
26 19 14 9 6 Sweet Child O' Mine GUNS N' ROSES 9
19 15 12 10 7 Fast Car TRACY CHAPMAN 10
21 16 13 11 6 Simply Irresistible ROBERT PALMER 11
23 18 15 12 6 When It's Love VAN HALEN 12
3 3 4 13 13 Hands To Heaven BREATHE 3
5 5 9 14 11 Make Me Lose Control ERIC CARMEN 5
2 2 10 15 12 Hold On To The Nights RICHARD MARX 2
31 24 20 16 5 Nobody's Fool KENNY LOGGINS 16
35 27 21 17 4 Another Part Of Me MICHAEL JACKSON 17
30 26 23 18 6 I'll Always Love You TAYLOR DAYNE 18
29 25 22 19 6 Here With Me REO SPEEDWAGON 19
38 29 25 20 4 It Would Take A Strong Strong Man RICK ASTLEY 20
- 33 26 21 3 One Good Woman PETER CETERA 21
13 11 16 22 8 Just Got Paid JOHNNY KEMP 11
22 20 19 23 8 Rag Doll AEROSMITH 19
- 38 30 24 3 If It Isn't Love NEW EDITION 24
33 30 27 25 5 All Fired Up PAT BENATAR 25
39 34 29 26 4 Missed Opportunity DARYL HALL JOHN OATES 26
40 35 31 27 4 I Don't Want To Be A Hero JOHNNY HATES JAZZ 27
4 13 18 28 14 Pour Some Sugar On Me DEF LEPPARD 1
- 39 33 29 3 Please Don't Go Girl NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK 29
- 40 34 30 3 I Hate Myself For Loving You JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS 30
- - 39 31 2 Don't Worry, Be Happy BOBBY McFERRIN 31
8 12 17 32 8 Do You Love Me THE CONTOURS 8
18 17 24 33 7 The Twist FAT BOYS 17
DEBUT 34 1 Don't Be Cruel CHEAP TRICK 34
DEBUT 35 1 Love Bites DEF LEPPARD 35
- - 40 36 2 Look Out Any Window BRUCE HORNSBY & THE RANGE 36
DEBUT 37 1 A Nightmare On My Street D.J. JAZZY JEFF & THE FRESH PRINCE 37
DEBUT 38 1 Fallen Angel POISON 38
DEBUT 39 1 Staying Together DEBBIE GIBSON 39
DEBUT 40 1 Forever Young ROD STEWART 40