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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · December 16, 1988

40 positions ← 12/09 12/23 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
7 5 2 1 8 Every Rose Has Its Thorn POISON 1
10 7 4 2 7 My Prerogative BOBBY BROWN 2
5 4 3 3 11 Giving You The Best That I Got ANITA BAKER 3
2 1 1 4 12 Look Away CHICAGO 1
20 14 8 5 5 Two Hearts PHIL COLLINS 5
22 15 12 6 6 Don't Rush Me TAYLOR DAYNE 6
8 8 7 7 12 Waiting For A Star To Fall BOY MEETS GIRL 7
33 21 14 8 4 Armageddon It DEF LEPPARD 8
15 13 11 9 9 In Your Room BANGLES 9
26 18 15 10 5 Smooth Criminal MICHAEL JACKSON 10
1 2 6 11 12 Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley WILL TO POWER 1
34 25 20 12 5 Put A Little Love In Your Heart ANNIE LENNOX & AL GREEN 12
4 3 5 13 10 I Don't Want Your Love DURAN DURAN 3
12 11 10 14 9 Welcome To The Jungle GUNS N' ROSES 10
27 19 18 15 6 I Remember Holding You BOYS CLUB 15
9 9 9 16 11 Walk On Water EDDIE MONEY 9
25 20 19 17 6 Silhouette KENNY G 17
39 31 24 18 4 The Way You Love Me KARYN WHITE 18
11 10 13 19 11 The Promise WHEN IN ROME 10
- 38 27 20 3 When The Children Cry WHITE LION 20
- 35 26 21 3 Holding On STEVE WINWOOD 21
36 30 25 22 5 Little Liar JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS 22
- - 35 23 2 When I'm With You SHERIFF 23
- 40 30 24 3 Born To Be My Baby BON JOVI 24
- 32 28 25 3 Wild World MAXI PRIEST 25
17 16 16 26 9 Finish What Ya Started VAN HALEN 16
19 17 17 27 8 Early In The Morning ROBERT PALMER 17
- 37 33 28 3 All This Time TIFFANY 28
40 33 31 29 4 Thanks For My Child CHERYL "PEPSII" RILEY 29
- 34 32 30 3 Ghost Town CHEAP TRICK 30
3 6 21 31 13 How Can I Fall? BREATHE 3
- - 40 32 2 Walking Away INFORMATION SOCIETY 32
- - 36 33 2 Back On Holiday ROBBIE NEVIL 33
- - 39 34 2 I Wanna Have Some Fun SAMANTHA FOX 34
DEBUT 35 1 Straight Up PAULA ABDUL 35
23 22 22 36 7 Spy In The House Of Love WAS (NOT WAS) 22
DEBUT 37 1 Wild Thing TONE LOC 37
DEBUT 38 1 You Got It (The Right Stuff) NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK 38
6 12 23 39 12 Desire U2 6
DEBUT 40 1 Kiss THE ART OF NOISE featuring TOM JONES 40