List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1988

This is a list of singles that have peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1988.

122 songs were in the top 10 in 1988, only 113 of them peaked in 1988 (the other nine peaked in either 1987 or 1989.).

Top-ten singles

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles which peaked in 1988
Top ten
entry date
Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in
top ten
Singles from 1987
December 5 "So Emotional" Whitney Houston 1 January 9 8
December 12 "Got My Mind Set on You" George Harrison 1 January 16 8
December 26 "The Way You Make Me Feel" Michael Jackson 1 January 23 6
"Cherry Bomb" John Cougar Mellencamp 8 January 9 3
"Need You Tonight" INXS 1 January 30 8
Singles from 1988
January 9 "Tell It to My Heart" Taylor Dayne 7 January 23 4
January 16 "Could've Been" Tiffany 1 February 6 6
"Hazy Shade of Winter" The Bangles 2 February 6 5
"Candle in the Wind" Elton John 6 January 23 3
January 23 "Seasons Change" Exposé 1 February 20 6
"I Want to Be Your Man" Roger 3 February 13 5
January 30 "Hungry Eyes" Eric Carmen 4 February 13 5
February 6 "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield 2 February 20 5
"Say You Will" Foreigner 6 February 20 4
"Tunnel of Love" Bruce Springsteen 9 February 6 1
"I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" Prince 10 February 6 1
February 13 "Don't Shed a Tear" Paul Carrack 9 February 13 3
"She's Like the Wind" Patrick Swayze featuring Wendy Fraser 3 February 27 6
February 20 "Father Figure" George Michael 1 February 27 6
"Never Gonna Give You Up" Rick Astley 1 March 12 7
February 27 "I Get Weak" Belinda Carlisle 2 March 19 5
"Can't Stay Away from You" Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine 6 March 5 3
March 5 "Just Like Paradise" David Lee Roth 6 March 12 3
"Endless Summer Nights" Richard Marx 2 March 26 6
"Man in the Mirror" Michael Jackson 1 March 26 7
"I Found Someone" Cher 10 March 5 1
March 12 "Out of the Blue" Debbie Gibson 3 April 9 5
"I Want Her" Keith Sweat 5 April 2 5
March 19 "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" Billy Ocean 1 April 9 7
March 26 "Rocket 2 U" The Jets 6 April 2 4
"Hysteria" Def Leppard 10 March 26 1
April 2 "Devil Inside" INXS 2 April 16 5
"Girlfriend" Pebbles 5 April 23 5
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" Whitney Houston 1 April 23 6
April 9 "Wishing Well" Terence Trent D'Arby 1 May 7 6
April 16 "Angel" Aerosmith 3 April 30 5
"I Saw Him Standing There" Tiffany 7 April 23 3
"Some Kind of Lover" Jody Watley 10 April 16 1
April 23 "Anything for You" Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine 1 May 14 7
"Pink Cadillac" Natalie Cole 5 May 7 4
"Prove Your Love" Taylor Dayne 7 May 7 3
May 7 "Always on My Mind" Pet Shop Boys 4 May 21 4
"Shattered Dreams" Johnny Hates Jazz 2 May 14 6
"Electric Blue" Icehouse 7 May 21 3
"Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)" Samantha Fox 3 June 4 6
May 14 "One More Try" George Michael 1 May 28 7
"I Don't Want to Live Without You" Foreigner 5 May 28 4
May 21 "Wait" White Lion 8 May 21 2
"Everything Your Heart Desires" Hall & Oates 3 June 11 5
"Two Occasions" The Deele 10 May 21 1
May 28 "Together Forever" Rick Astley 1 June 18 6
"Piano in the Dark" Brenda Russell 6 June 4 2
June 4 "Foolish Beat" Debbie Gibson 1 June 25 6
"Make It Real" The Jets 4 June 25 5
June 11 "Dirty Diana" Michael Jackson 1 July 2 5
"Circle in the Sand" Belinda Carlisle 7 June 18 2
"The Valley Road" Bruce Hornsby and the Range 5 July 2 5
June 18 "The Flame" Cheap Trick 1 July 9 6
"Alphabet St." Prince 8 June 25 2
June 25 "Mercedes Boy" Pebbles 2 July 9 5
"Pour Some Sugar on Me" Def Leppard 2 July 23 7
July 2 "Nothin' but a Good Time" Poison 6 July 9 3
"New Sensation" INXS 3 July 23 5
July 9 "Hold on to the Nights" Richard Marx 1 July 23 6
"Nite and Day" Al B. Sure! 7 July 16 2
July 16 "Roll with It" Steve Winwood 1 July 30 7
"Hands to Heaven" Breathe 2 August 6 6
"Make Me Lose Control" Eric Carmen 3 August 13 6
July 23 "Sign Your Name" Terence Trent D'Arby 4 August 13 5
"Rush Hour" Jane Wiedlin 9 July 30 2
July 30 "1-2-3" Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine 3 August 20 5
"I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" Elton John 2 August 27 6
August 6 "I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love" Chicago 3 August 27 5
"Monkey" George Michael 1 August 27 6
August 13 "Just Got Paid" Johnny Kemp 10 August 13 1
August 20 "Sweet Child o' Mine" Guns N' Roses 1 September 10 7
"Fast Car" Tracy Chapman 6 August 27 4
August 27 "Simply Irresistible" Robert Palmer 2 September 10 6
"Perfect World" Huey Lewis and the News 3 September 10 5
"Love Will Save the Day" Whitney Houston 9 August 27 1
September 3 "When It's Love" Van Halen 5 September 10 3
"If It Isn't Love" New Edition 7 September 17 4
"I'll Always Love You" Taylor Dayne 3 September 24 6
September 10 "Don't Worry, Be Happy" Bobby McFerrin 1 September 24 6
"Nobody's Fool" Kenny Loggins 8 September 17 3
September 17 "Love Bites" Def Leppard 1 October 8 6
"It Would Take a Strong Strong Man" Rick Astley 10 September 17 1
September 24 "One Good Woman" Peter Cetera 4 October 1 3
"Don't Be Cruel" Cheap Trick 4 October 8 5
October 1 "Red Red Wine" UB40 1 October 15 6
"I Hate Myself for Loving You" Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 8 October 1 3
"What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)" Information Society 3 October 22 6
October 8 "A Groovy Kind of Love" Phil Collins 1 October 22 6
"Please Don't Go Girl" New Kids on the Block 10 October 8 1
October 15 "Don't You Know What the Night Can Do?" Steve Winwood 6 October 29 3
"Don't Be Cruel" Bobby Brown 8 October 15 2
"Wild, Wild West" The Escape Club 1 November 12 7
October 22 "Kokomo" The Beach Boys 1 November 5 5
"The Loco-Motion" Kylie Minogue 3 November 12 6
October 29 "Never Tear Us Apart" INXS 7 November 5 3
"One Moment in Time" Whitney Houston 5 November 12 4
"Bad Medicine" Bon Jovi 1 November 19 6
November 5 "Desire" U2 3 November 26 5
November 12 "Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley" Will to Power 1 December 3 6
"Kissing a Fool" George Michael 5 November 26 4
November 19 "How Can I Fall?" Breathe 3 December 3 5
"Look Away" Chicago 1 December 10 8
November 26 "I Don't Want Your Love" Duran Duran 4 December 3 4
"Giving You the Best That I Got" Anita Baker 3 December 17 7
December 3 "Waiting for a Star to Fall" Boy Meets Girl 5 December 17 6
"Every Rose Has Its Thorn" Poison 1 December 24 8
December 10 "Welcome to the Jungle" Guns N' Roses 7 December 24 4
"Walk on Water" Eddie Money 9 December 24 4

1987 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1988 which peaked in 1987
Top ten
entry date
Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in
top ten
November 21 "Faith" George Michael 1 December 12 9
November 28 "Shake Your Love" Debbie Gibson 4 December 19 7
December 5 "Is This Love" Whitesnake 2 December 19 7
"Don't You Want Me" Jody Watley 6 December 19 6
December 19 "Catch Me (I'm Falling)" Pretty Poison 8 December 19 3

1989 peaks

List of Billboard Hot 100 top ten singles in 1988 which peaked in 1989
Top ten
entry date
Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in
top ten
December 10 "My Prerogative" Bobby Brown 1 January 14 7
December 24 "Two Hearts" Phil Collins 1 January 21 7
"In Your Room" The Bangles 5 January 7 4
"Don't Rush Me" Taylor Dayne 2 January 21 7

See also

References

    General sources

    • Whitburn, Joel (2012). Pop Annual, 1955–2011 (8th ed.). Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-194-2.
    • Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties (ISBN 0-89820-079-2)
    • Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.
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