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Music Charts Archive

Weekly national charts, as the trade papers printed them

R&R CHR / Top 40 · December 23, 1988

40 positions ← 12/16 01/06/89 →
3W 2W LW TW Weeks Title Artist Peak
5 2 1 1 9 Every Rose Has Its Thorn POISON 1
7 4 2 2 8 My Prerogative BOBBY BROWN 2
14 8 5 3 6 Two Hearts PHIL COLLINS 3
4 3 3 4 12 Giving You The Best That I Got ANITA BAKER 3
15 12 6 5 7 Don't Rush Me TAYLOR DAYNE 5
21 14 8 6 5 Armageddon It DEF LEPPARD 6
25 20 12 7 6 Put A Little Love In Your Heart ANNIE LENNOX & AL GREEN 7
18 15 10 8 6 Smooth Criminal MICHAEL JACKSON 8
13 11 9 9 10 In Your Room BANGLES 9
1 1 4 10 13 Look Away CHICAGO 1
19 18 15 11 7 I Remember Holding You BOYS CLUB 11
- 35 23 12 3 When I'm With You SHERIFF 12
31 24 18 13 5 The Way You Love Me KARYN WHITE 13
38 27 20 14 4 When The Children Cry WHITE LION 14
40 30 24 15 4 Born To Be My Baby BON JOVI 15
20 19 17 16 7 Silhouette KENNY G 16
35 26 21 17 4 Holding On STEVE WINWOOD 17
8 7 7 18 13 Waiting For A Star To Fall BOY MEETS GIRL 7
30 25 22 19 6 Little Liar JOAN JETT AND THE BLACKHEARTS 19
37 33 28 20 4 All This Time TIFFANY 20
- - 35 21 2 Straight Up PAULA ABDUL 21
32 28 25 22 4 Wild World MAXI PRIEST 22
11 10 14 23 10 Welcome To The Jungle GUNS N' ROSES 10
2 6 11 24 13 Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley WILL TO POWER 1
- 40 32 25 3 Walking Away INFORMATION SOCIETY 25
9 9 16 26 12 Walk On Water EDDIE MONEY 9
- - 37 27 2 Wild Thing TONE LOC 27
- 39 34 28 3 I Wanna Have Some Fun SAMANTHA FOX 28
- 36 33 29 3 Back On Holiday ROBBIE NEVIL 29
34 32 30 30 4 Ghost Town CHEAP TRICK 30
3 5 13 31 11 I Don't Want Your Love DURAN DURAN 3
10 13 19 32 12 The Promise WHEN IN ROME 10
33 31 29 33 5 Thanks For My Child CHERYL "PEPSII" RILEY 29
DEBUT 34 1 She Wants To Dance With Me RICK ASTLEY 34
- - 38 35 2 You Got It (The Right Stuff) NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK 35
16 16 26 36 10 Finish What Ya Started VAN HALEN 16
- - 40 37 2 Kiss THE ART OF NOISE featuring TOM JONES 37
6 21 31 38 14 How Can I Fall? BREATHE 3
DEBUT 39 1 The Lover In Me SHEENA EASTON 39
DEBUT 40 1 Angel Of Harlem U2 40