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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · September 2, 1988

40 positions ← 08/26 09/09 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
9 5 3 1 9 Sweet Child O' Mine GUNS N' ROSES 1
8 4 2 2 8 Perfect World HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS 2
11 6 4 3 9 Simply Irresistible ROBERT PALMER 3
1 1 1 4 10 Monkey GEORGE MICHAEL 1
12 9 7 5 9 When It's Love VAN HALEN 5
16 11 9 6 8 Nobody's Fool KENNY LOGGINS 6
31 21 15 7 5 Don't Worry, Be Happy BOBBY McFERRIN 7
21 16 13 8 6 One Good Woman PETER CETERA 8
20 14 11 9 7 It Would Take A Strong Strong Man RICK ASTLEY 9
18 15 12 10 9 I'll Always Love You TAYLOR DAYNE 10
35 26 17 11 4 Love Bites DEF LEPPARD 11
24 20 14 12 6 If It Isn't Love NEW EDITION 12
17 12 10 13 7 Another Part Of Me MICHAEL JACKSON 10
34 28 22 14 4 Don't Be Cruel CHEAP TRICK 14
29 22 18 15 6 Please Don't Go Girl NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK 15
30 23 19 16 6 I Hate Myself For Loving You JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS 16
4 3 5 17 13 I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love CHICAGO 3
3 2 6 18 12 I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That ELTON JOHN 2
10 8 8 19 10 Fast Car TRACY CHAPMAN 8
19 17 16 20 9 Here With Me REO SPEEDWAGON 16
37 31 27 21 4 A Nightmare On My Street D.J. JAZZY JEFF & THE FRESH PRINCE 21
- - 35 22 7 Red Red Wine UB40 22
- 38 29 23 3 What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) INFORMATION SOCIETY 23
38 32 28 24 4 Fallen Angel POISON 24
39 33 30 25 4 Staying Together DEBBIE GIBSON 25
27 24 23 26 7 I Don't Want To Be A Hero JOHNNY HATES JAZZ 23
- 40 36 27 3 True Love GLENN FREY 27
40 36 33 28 4 Forever Young ROD STEWART 28
- - 38 29 2 Don't You Know What The Night Can Do? STEVE WINWOOD 29
- - 39 30 2 Chains Of Love ERASURE 30
2 10 20 31 13 Roll With It STEVE WINWOOD 1
13 18 25 32 16 Hands To Heaven BREATHE 3
DEBUT 33 1 Never Tear Us Apart INXS 33
6 19 26 34 13 1-2-3 GLORIA ESTEFAN & MIAMI SOUND MACHINE 5
- - 40 35 2 What You See Is What You Get BRENDA K. STARR 35
DEBUT 36 1 Groovy Kind Of Love PHIL COLLINS 36
7 7 21 37 10 Love Will Save The Day WHITNEY HOUSTON 7
5 13 24 38 14 Sign Your Name TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY 3
DEBUT 39 1 Don't Be Cruel BOBBY BROWN 39
DEBUT 40 1 Wild, Wild West THE ESCAPE CLUB 40