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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · August 19, 1988

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