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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · August 26, 1988

40 positions ← 08/19 09/02 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
2 1 1 1 9 Monkey GEORGE MICHAEL 1
11 8 4 2 7 Perfect World HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS 2
14 9 5 3 8 Sweet Child O' Mine GUNS N' ROSES 3
13 11 6 4 8 Simply Irresistible ROBERT PALMER 4
6 4 3 5 12 I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love CHICAGO 3
7 3 2 6 11 I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That ELTON JOHN 2
15 12 9 7 8 When It's Love VAN HALEN 7
12 10 8 8 9 Fast Car TRACY CHAPMAN 8
20 16 11 9 7 Nobody's Fool KENNY LOGGINS 9
21 17 12 10 6 Another Part Of Me MICHAEL JACKSON 10
25 20 14 11 6 It Would Take A Strong Strong Man RICK ASTLEY 11
23 18 15 12 8 I'll Always Love You TAYLOR DAYNE 12
26 21 16 13 5 One Good Woman PETER CETERA 13
30 24 20 14 5 If It Isn't Love NEW EDITION 14
39 31 21 15 4 Don't Worry, Be Happy BOBBY McFERRIN 15
22 19 17 16 8 Here With Me REO SPEEDWAGON 16
- 35 26 17 3 Love Bites DEF LEPPARD 17
33 29 22 18 5 Please Don't Go Girl NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK 18
34 30 23 19 5 I Hate Myself For Loving You JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS 19
1 2 10 20 12 Roll With It STEVE WINWOOD 1
8 7 7 21 9 Love Will Save The Day WHITNEY HOUSTON 7
- 34 28 22 3 Don't Be Cruel CHEAP TRICK 22
31 27 24 23 6 I Don't Want To Be A Hero JOHNNY HATES JAZZ 23
3 5 13 24 13 Sign Your Name TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY 3
4 13 18 25 15 Hands To Heaven BREATHE 3
5 6 19 26 12 1-2-3 GLORIA ESTEFAN & MIAMI SOUND MACHINE 5
- 37 31 27 3 A Nightmare On My Street D.J. JAZZY JEFF & THE FRESH PRINCE 27
- 38 32 28 3 Fallen Angel POISON 28
- - 38 29 2 What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) INFORMATION SOCIETY 29
- 39 33 30 3 Staying Together DEBBIE GIBSON 30
10 15 27 31 14 Hold On To The Nights RICHARD MARX 2
27 25 25 32 7 All Fired Up PAT BENATAR 25
- 40 36 33 3 Forever Young ROD STEWART 33
40 36 34 34 4 Look Out Any Window BRUCE HORNSBY & THE RANGE 34
RE-ENTRY 35 6 Red Red Wine UB40 30
- - 40 36 2 True Love GLENN FREY 36
9 14 29 37 13 Make Me Lose Control ERIC CARMEN 5
DEBUT 38 1 Don't You Know What The Night Can Do? STEVE WINWOOD 38
DEBUT 39 1 Chains Of Love ERASURE 39
DEBUT 40 1 What You See Is What You Get BRENDA K. STARR 40