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DECEMBER 17, 1988

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Number
1

Look Away
Chicago
From the album: Chicago 19
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
12
Number
2 Up by 4

Two Hearts
Phil Collins
From the album: Buster: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
2
Weeks
5
Number
3 Down by 1

Ghost Town
Cheap Trick
From the album: Lap of Luxury
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
9
Number
4 Up by 4

Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Poison
From the album: Open Up and Say... Ahh!
Peak
4
Weeks
8
Number
5 Down by 2

Baby Can I Hold You
Tracy Chapman
From the album: Tracy Chapman
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
6 Up by 4

My Prerogative
Bobby Brown
From the album: Don't Be Cruel
Peak
6
Weeks
9
Number
7 Down by 2

Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby)
Will To Power
From the album: Will To Power
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
8 Up by 3

Smooth Criminal
Michael Jackson
From the album: Bad
Peak
8
Weeks
5
Number
9 Down by 2

Waiting for a Star to Fall
Boy Meets Girl
From the album: Reel Life
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
10 Down by 6

Giving You the Best That I Got
Anita Baker
From the album: Giving You the Best That I Got
Peak
4
Weeks
12
Number
11 Down by 2

How Can I Fall?
Breathe
From the album: All That Jazz
Peak
5
Weeks
14
Number
12 Up by 2

When The Children Cry
White Lion
From the album: Pride
Peak
12
Weeks
6
Number
13

Forever Young
Alphaville
From the album: Forever Young
Peak
10
Weeks
9
Number
14 Down by 2

A Groovy Kind of Love
Phil Collins
From the album: Buster: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
15 Up by 6

Put a Little Love in Your Heart
Annie Lennox & Al Green
From the album: Scrooged (Original Motion Picture Score)
Peak
15
Weeks
4
Number
16 Up by 6

When I'm With You
Sheriff
From the album: Sheriff
Peak
16
Weeks
4
Number
17 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
21
Number
18

Welcome to the Jungle
Guns N' Roses
From the album: Appetite for Destruction
Peak
18
Weeks
6
Number
19 Down by 4

The Loco-Motion
Kylie Minogue
From the album: Kylie
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
20

Kokomo
The Beach Boys
From the album: "Cocktail" Soundtrack
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
21 Down by 2

Red Red Wine
UB40
From the album: Labour of Love
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
22 Up by 9

A Little Respect
Erasure
From the album: The Innocents
Peak
22
Weeks
5
Number
23 Down by 6

Bad Medicine
Bon Jovi
From the album: New Jersey
Peak
2
Weeks
13
Number
24 Up by 1

Take Me to Your Heart
Rick Astley
From the album: Hold Me in Your Arms
Peak
24
Weeks
4
Number
25 Up by 8

Don't Rush Me
Taylor Dayne
From the album: Tell It to My Heart
Peak
25
Weeks
2
Number
26 Down by 3

Forever Young
Rod Stewart
From the album: Out of Order
Peak
9
Weeks
12
Number
27 Up by 8

You Got It (The Right Stuff)
New Kids on the Block
From the album: Hangin' Tough
Peak
27
Weeks
2
Number
28 Debut

Armageddon It
Def Leppard
From the album: Hysteria
Peak
28
Weeks
1
Number
29 Up by 7

In Your Room
The Bangles
From the album: Everything
Peak
29
Weeks
2
Number
30 Down by 1

Desire
U2
From the album: Rattle and Hum
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
31 Up by 6

What I Am
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
From the album: Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars
Peak
31
Weeks
2
Number
32 Down by 4

Sweet Child O' Mine
Guns N' Roses
From the album: Appetite for Destruction
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
33 Down by 7

Kissing a Fool
George Michael
From the album: Faith
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
34 Down by 4

Wild, Wild West
The Escape Club
From the album: Wild Wild West
Peak
8
Weeks
16
Number
35 Down by 8

Domino Dancing
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Introspective
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
36 Down by 12

The Promise
When In Rome
From the album: When in Rome
Peak
18
Weeks
13
Number
37 Debut

Born To Be My Baby
Bon Jovi
From the album: New Jersey
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Down by 6

First Time
Robin Beck
From the album: Trouble or Nothin'
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
39 Debut

Spy in the House of Love
Was (Not Was)
From the album: What Up, Dog?
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Down by 6

Don't Be Cruel
Cheap Trick
From the album: Lap of Luxury
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
21

Dropouts

Number
38 Dropout

Never Tear Us Apart
INXS
From the album: Kick
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
39 Dropout

True Love
Glenn Frey
From the album: Soul Searchin'
Peak
6
Weeks
17
Number
40 Dropout

Orange Crush
R.E.M.
From the album: Green
Peak
40
Weeks
1

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December 17, 1988

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1 1 Chicago – "Look Away" 1(×2) 12

6 2 Phil Collins – "Two Hearts" 2 5

2 3 Cheap Trick – "Ghost Town" 1(×1) 9

8 4 Poison – "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" 4 8

3 5 Tracy Chapman – "Baby Can I Hold You" 1(×1) 11

10 6 Bobby Brown – "My Prerogative" 6 9

5 7 Will To Power – "Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby)" 1(×4) 16

11 8 Michael Jackson – "Smooth Criminal" 8 5

7 9 Boy Meets Girl – "Waiting for a Star to Fall" 1(×1) 19

4 10 Anita Baker – "Giving You the Best That I Got" 4 12

9 11 Breathe – "How Can I Fall?" 5 14

14 12 White Lion – "When The Children Cry" 12 6

13 13 Alphaville – "Forever Young" 10 9

12 14 Phil Collins – "A Groovy Kind of Love" 1(×1) 16

21 15 Annie Lennox Al Green – "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" 15 4

22 16 Sheriff – "When I'm With You" 16 4

16 17 Bobby McFerrin – "Don't Worry, Be Happy" 1(×6) 21

18 18 Guns N' Roses – "Welcome to the Jungle" 18 6

15 19 Kylie Minogue – "The Loco-Motion" 3 17

20 20 The Beach Boys – "Kokomo" 1(×1) 16

19 21 UB40 – "Red Red Wine" 1(×1) 20

31 22 Erasure – "A Little Respect" 22 5

17 23 Bon Jovi – "Bad Medicine" 2 13

25 24 Rick Astley – "Take Me to Your Heart" 24 4

33 25 Taylor Dayne – "Don't Rush Me" 25 2

23 26 Rod Stewart – "Forever Young" 9 12

35 27 New Kids on the Block – "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" 27 2

NE 28 Def Leppard – "Armageddon It" 28 1

36 29 The Bangles – "In Your Room" 29 2

29 30 U2 – "Desire" 16 10

37 31 Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – "What I Am" 31 2

28 32 Guns N' Roses – "Sweet Child O' Mine" 1(×5) 28

26 33 George Michael – "Kissing a Fool" 18 9

30 34 The Escape Club – "Wild, Wild West" 8 16

27 35 Pet Shop Boys – "Domino Dancing" 16 10

24 36 When In Rome – "The Promise" 18 13

NE 37 Bon Jovi – "Born To Be My Baby" 37 1

32 38 Robin Beck – "First Time" 10 15

NE 39 Was (Not Was) – "Spy in the House of Love" 39 1

34 40 Cheap Trick – "Don't Be Cruel" 1(×2) 21

DROPOUTS:

38 -- INXS – "Never Tear Us Apart" 20 14

39 -- Glenn Frey – "True Love" 6 17

40 -- R.E.M. – "Orange Crush" 40 1

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