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NOVEMBER 19, 1988

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Number
1 Up by 1

Waiting for a Star to Fall
Boy Meets Girl
From the album: Reel Life
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
15
Number
2 Down by 1

Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby)
Will To Power
From the album: Will To Power
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
3 Up by 4

Baby Can I Hold You
Tracy Chapman
From the album: Tracy Chapman
Peak
3
Weeks
7
Number
4 Down by 1

A Groovy Kind of Love
Phil Collins
From the album: Buster: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
5 Up by 1

How Can I Fall?
Breathe
From the album: All That Jazz
Peak
5
Weeks
10
Number
6 Up by 2

Look Away
Chicago
From the album: Chicago 19
Peak
6
Weeks
8
Number
7 Down by 3

Bad Medicine
Bon Jovi
From the album: New Jersey
Peak
2
Weeks
9
Number
8 Down by 3

The Loco-Motion
Kylie Minogue
From the album: Kylie
Peak
3
Weeks
13
Number
9 Up by 5

Ghost Town
Cheap Trick
From the album: Lap of Luxury
Peak
9
Weeks
5
Number
10 Down by 1

Don't Worry, Be Happy
Bobby McFerrin
From the album: Cocktail (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Simple Pleasures
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
11

Forever Young
Alphaville
From the album: Forever Young
Peak
10
Weeks
5
Number
12 Up by 9

Giving You the Best That I Got
Anita Baker
From the album: Giving You the Best That I Got
Peak
12
Weeks
8
Number
13 Down by 1

Forever Young
Rod Stewart
From the album: Out of Order
Peak
9
Weeks
8
Number
14 Down by 4

Kokomo
The Beach Boys
From the album: "Cocktail" Soundtrack
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
15 Down by 2

Red Red Wine
UB40
From the album: Labour of Love
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
16 Up by 2

Domino Dancing
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Introspective
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
17 Up by 5

My Prerogative
Bobby Brown
From the album: Don't Be Cruel
Peak
17
Weeks
5
Number
18 Up by 9

The Promise
WHEN IN ROME
From the album: When in Rome
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
19 Down by 3

Desire
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
16
Weeks
6
Number
20

Kissing a Fool
George Michael
From the album: Faith
Peak
18
Weeks
5
Number
21 Down by 2

Sweet Child o' Mine
Guns N' Roses
From the album: Appetite for Destruction
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
22 Down by 7

Wild, Wild West
The Escape Club
From the album: Wild Wild West
Peak
8
Weeks
12
Number
23 Down by 6

True Love
Glenn Frey
From the album: Soul Searchin'
Peak
6
Weeks
14
Number
24 Down by 1

First Time
Robin Beck
From the album: Trouble or Nothin'
Peak
10
Weeks
11
Number
25 Up by 7

Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Poison
From the album: Open Up and Say... Ahh!
Peak
25
Weeks
4
Number
26 Up by 2

I Don't Want Your Love
Duran Duran
From the album: Big Thing
Peak
26
Weeks
3
Number
27 Down by 3

One Moment in Time
Whitney Houston
From the album: 1988 Summer Olympics Album: One Moment in Time
Peak
5
Weeks
11
Number
28 Down by 3

Don't Be Cruel
Cheap Trick
From the album: Lap of Luxury
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
29 Down by 3

I'll Always Love You
Taylor Dayne
From the album: Tell It to My Heart
Peak
2
Weeks
21
Number
30 Debut

Smooth Criminal
Michael Jackson
From the album: Bad
Peak
30
Weeks
1
Number
31 Down by 2

Never Tear Us Apart
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
20
Weeks
11
Number
32 Down by 2

Love Bites
Def Leppard
From the album: Hysteria
Peak
6
Weeks
14
Number
33 Debut

Two Hearts
Phil Collins
From the album: Buster: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
33
Weeks
1
Number
34 Up by 4

Welcome to the Jungle
Guns N' Roses
From the album: Appetite for Destruction
Peak
34
Weeks
2
Number
35 Up by 5

When The Children Cry
White Lion
From the album: Pride
Peak
35
Weeks
2
Number
36 Down by 2

The Flame
Cheap Trick
From the album: Lap of Luxury
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
30
Number
37

I Believe In You
Stryper
From the album: In God We Trust
Peak
37
Weeks
3
Number
38 Down by 5

What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)
Information Society
From the album: Information Society
Peak
15
Weeks
12
Number
39 Down by 8

Touchy!
a-ha
From the album: Stay on These Roads
Peak
12
Weeks
12
Number
40 Debut

A Little Respect
Erasure
From the album: The Innocents
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

Don't Be Cruel
Bobby Brown
From the album: Don't Be Cruel
Peak
11
Weeks
12
Number
36 Dropout

Another Lover
Giant Steps
From the album: The Book of Pride
Peak
28
Weeks
5
Number
39 Dropout

Chains of Love
Erasure
From the album: The Innocents
Peak
19
Weeks
8

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Date

November 19, 1988

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2 1 Boy Meets Girl – “Waiting for a Star to Fall” 1(×1) 15

1 2 Will To Power – “Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby)” 1(×4) 12

7 3 Tracy Chapman – “Baby Can I Hold You” 3 7

3 4 Phil Collins – “A Groovy Kind of Love” 1(×1) 12

6 5 Breathe – “How Can I Fall?” 5 10

8 6 Chicago – “Look Away” 6 8

4 7 Bon Jovi – “Bad Medicine” 2 9

5 8 Kylie Minogue – “The Loco-Motion” 3 13

14 9 Cheap Trick – “Ghost Town” 9 5

9 10 Bobby McFerrin – “Don't Worry, Be Happy” 1(×6) 17

11 11 Alphaville – “Forever Young” 10 5

21 12 Anita Baker – “Giving You the Best That I Got” 12 8

12 13 Rod Stewart – “Forever Young” 9 8

10 14 The Beach Boys – “Kokomo” 1(×1) 12

13 15 UB40 – “Red Red Wine” 1(×1) 16

18 16 Pet Shop Boys – “Domino Dancing” 16 6

22 17 Bobby Brown – “My Prerogative” 17 5

27 18 WHEN IN ROME – “The Promise” 18 9

16 19 U2 – “Desire” 16 6

20 20 George Michael – “Kissing a Fool” 18 5

19 21 Guns N' Roses – “Sweet Child o' Mine” 1(×5) 24

15 22 The Escape Club – “Wild, Wild West” 8 12

17 23 Glenn Frey – “True Love” 6 14

23 24 Robin Beck – “First Time” 10 11

32 25 Poison – “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” 25 4

28 26 Duran Duran – “I Don't Want Your Love” 26 3

24 27 Whitney Houston – “One Moment in Time” 5 11

25 28 Cheap Trick – “Don't Be Cruel” 1(×2) 17

26 29 Taylor Dayne – “I'll Always Love You” 2 21

NE 30 Michael Jackson – “Smooth Criminal” 30 1

29 31 INXS – “Never Tear Us Apart” 20 11

30 32 Def Leppard – “Love Bites” 6 14

NE 33 Phil Collins – “Two Hearts” 33 1

38 34 Guns N' Roses – “Welcome to the Jungle” 34 2

40 35 White Lion – “When The Children Cry” 35 2

34 36 Cheap Trick – “The Flame” 1(×3) 30

37 37 Stryper – “I Believe In You” 37 3

33 38 Information Society – “What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)” 15 12

31 39 a-ha – “Touchy!” 12 12

NE 40 Erasure – “A Little Respect” 40 1

DROPOUTS:

35 -- Bobby Brown – “Don't Be Cruel” 11 12

36 -- Giant Steps – “Another Lover” 28 5

39 -- Erasure – “Chains of Love” 19 8

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