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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · September 30, 1988

40 positions ← 09/23 10/07 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
5 2 1 1 8 Love Bites DEF LEPPARD 1
15 8 3 2 11 Red Red Wine UB40 2
26 16 8 3 5 Groovy Kind Of Love PHIL COLLINS 3
12 9 5 4 8 Don't Be Cruel CHEAP TRICK 4
17 12 9 5 7 What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) INFORMATION SOCIETY 5
7 5 4 6 10 One Good Woman PETER CETERA 4
4 1 2 7 9 Don't Worry, Be Happy BOBBY McFERRIN 1
8 6 6 8 13 I'll Always Love You TAYLOR DAYNE 6
24 18 13 9 6 Don't You Know What The Night Can Do? STEVE WINWOOD 9
10 7 7 10 10 If It Isn't Love NEW EDITION 7
34 26 20 11 5 Wild, Wild West THE ESCAPE CLUB 11
29 24 18 12 5 Never Tear Us Apart INXS 12
27 21 17 13 6 Chains Of Love ERASURE 13
22 19 16 14 7 True Love GLENN FREY 14
13 11 10 15 10 Please Don't Go Girl NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK 10
14 13 12 16 10 I Hate Myself For Loving You JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS 12
25 22 19 17 8 Forever Young ROD STEWART 17
- 40 28 18 3 Kokomo THE BEACH BOYS 18
33 28 22 19 5 Don't Be Cruel BOBBY BROWN 19
39 31 23 20 4 One Moment In Time WHITNEY HOUSTON 20
35 30 24 21 4 The Loco-Motion KYLIE MINOGUE 21
19 17 15 22 8 Fallen Angel POISON 15
- - 29 23 2 Bad Medicine BON JOVI 23
1 3 11 24 13 Sweet Child O' Mine GUNS N' ROSES 1
32 27 25 25 6 What You See Is What You Get BRENDA K. STARR 25
3 4 14 26 13 Simply Irresistible ROBERT PALMER 3
- 36 32 27 3 Another Lover GIANT STEPS 27
- - 36 28 2 How Can I Fall? BREATHE 28
37 33 31 29 4 Time And Tide BASIA 29
36 32 30 30 4 Superstitious EUROPE 30
6 10 21 31 12 Nobody's Fool KENNY LOGGINS 6
- - 38 32 2 Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone) CINDERELLA 32
DEBUT 33 1 Desire U2 33
- - 40 34 2 Dance Little Sister TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY 34
9 15 26 35 11 It Would Take A Strong Strong Man RICK ASTLEY 9
21 20 27 36 8 Staying Together DEBBIE GIBSON 20
- 39 37 37 3 Indestructible THE FOUR TOPS 37
DEBUT 38 1 Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley WILL TO POWER 38
DEBUT 39 1 Look Away CHICAGO 39
DEBUT 40 1 Waiting For A Star To Fall BOY MEETS GIRL 40