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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · December 9, 1988

40 positions ← 12/02 12/16 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
4 2 1 1 11 Look Away CHICAGO 1
12 7 5 2 7 Every Rose Has Its Thorn POISON 2
9 5 4 3 10 Giving You The Best That I Got ANITA BAKER 3
16 10 7 4 6 My Prerogative BOBBY BROWN 4
6 4 3 5 9 I Don't Want Your Love DURAN DURAN 3
1 1 2 6 11 Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley WILL TO POWER 1
10 8 8 7 11 Waiting For A Star To Fall BOY MEETS GIRL 7
30 20 14 8 4 Two Hearts PHIL COLLINS 8
11 9 9 9 10 Walk On Water EDDIE MONEY 9
14 12 11 10 8 Welcome To The Jungle GUNS N' ROSES 10
18 15 13 11 8 In Your Room BANGLES 11
29 22 15 12 5 Don't Rush Me TAYLOR DAYNE 12
13 11 10 13 10 The Promise WHEN IN ROME 10
- 33 21 14 3 Armageddon It DEF LEPPARD 14
37 26 18 15 4 Smooth Criminal MICHAEL JACKSON 15
21 17 16 16 8 Finish What Ya Started VAN HALEN 16
23 19 17 17 7 Early In The Morning ROBERT PALMER 17
32 27 19 18 5 I Remember Holding You BOYS CLUB 18
33 25 20 19 5 Silhouette KENNY G 19
40 34 25 20 4 Put A Little Love In Your Heart ANNIE LENNOX & AL GREEN 20
3 3 6 21 12 How Can I Fall? BREATHE 3
26 23 22 22 6 Spy In The House Of Love WAS (NOT WAS) 22
7 6 12 23 11 Desire U2 6
- 39 31 24 3 The Way You Love Me KARYN WHITE 24
39 36 30 25 4 Little Liar JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS 25
- - 35 26 2 Holding On STEVE WINWOOD 26
- - 38 27 2 When The Children Cry WHITE LION 27
- - 32 28 2 Wild World MAXI PRIEST 28
27 24 23 29 7 Not Just Another Girl IVAN NEVILLE 23
- - 40 30 2 Born To Be My Baby BON JOVI 30
- 40 33 31 3 Thanks For My Child CHERYL "PEPSII" RILEY 31
- - 34 32 2 Ghost Town CHEAP TRICK 32
- - 37 33 2 All This Time TIFFANY 33
31 28 27 34 5 Yeah, Yeah, Yeah JUDSON SPENCE 27
DEBUT 35 1 When I'm With You SHERIFF 35
DEBUT 36 1 Back On Holiday ROBBIE NEVIL 36
2 13 24 37 12 Bad Medicine BON JOVI 2
5 14 26 38 15 Wild, Wild West THE ESCAPE CLUB 1
DEBUT 39 1 I Wanna Have Some Fun SAMANTHA FOX 39
DEBUT 40 1 Walking Away INFORMATION SOCIETY 40