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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · October 21, 1988

40 positions ← 10/14 10/28 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
3 2 1 1 8 Groovy Kind Of Love PHIL COLLINS 1
18 8 3 2 6 Kokomo THE BEACH BOYS 2
11 7 5 3 8 Wild, Wild West THE ESCAPE CLUB 3
21 11 9 4 7 The Loco-Motion KYLIE MINOGUE 4
5 4 4 5 10 What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) INFORMATION SOCIETY 4
2 1 2 6 14 Red Red Wine UB40 1
12 9 8 7 8 Never Tear Us Apart INXS 7
23 17 12 8 5 Bad Medicine BON JOVI 8
9 6 6 9 9 Don't You Know What The Night Can Do? STEVE WINWOOD 6
20 12 11 10 7 One Moment In Time WHITNEY HOUSTON 10
13 10 10 11 9 Chains Of Love ERASURE 10
27 21 17 12 6 Another Lover GIANT STEPS 12
28 22 18 13 5 How Can I Fall? BREATHE 13
- 29 20 14 3 Kissing A Fool GEORGE MICHAEL 14
33 25 19 15 4 Desire U2 15
38 30 21 16 4 Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley WILL TO POWER 16
1 3 7 17 11 Love Bites DEF LEPPARD 1
39 32 23 18 4 Look Away CHICAGO 18
19 16 13 19 8 Don't Be Cruel BOBBY BROWN 13
17 15 14 20 11 Forever Young ROD STEWART 14
- - 31 21 2 I Don't Want Your Love DURAN DURAN 21
32 28 25 22 5 Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone) CINDERELLA 22
40 36 30 23 4 Waiting For A Star To Fall BOY MEETS GIRL 23
- 39 32 24 3 Walk On Water EDDIE MONEY 24
4 5 15 25 11 Don't Be Cruel CHEAP TRICK 4
14 13 16 26 10 True Love GLENN FREY 13
- 40 36 27 3 Giving You The Best That I Got ANITA BAKER 27
- 38 33 28 3 The Promise WHEN IN ROME 28
34 31 28 29 5 Dance Little Sister TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY 28
- 37 34 30 3 A Word In Spanish ELTON JOHN 30
8 18 22 31 16 I'll Always Love You TAYLOR DAYNE 6
- - 38 32 2 Downtown Life DARYL HALL JOHN OATES 32
29 27 27 33 7 Time And Tide BASIA 27
- - 40 34 2 Small World HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS 34
DEBUT 35 1 Domino Dancing PET SHOP BOYS 35
DEBUT 36 1 Finish What Ya Started VAN HALEN 36
6 14 24 37 13 One Good Woman PETER CETERA 4
DEBUT 38 1 Edge Of A Broken Heart VIXEN 38
DEBUT 39 1 Welcome To The Jungle GUNS N' ROSES 39
DEBUT 40 1 In Your Room BANGLES 40