Weekly Rock Top 20 for October 8, 1988 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 1 | 1 | Desire | ▲ | 4 |
| U2 |
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| 2 | 2 | Bad Medicine | 1 | 1 |
| Bon Jovi |
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| 3 | 3 | Let It Roll | ▲ |
| Little Feat |
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| 8 | 4 | It's Money That Matters | 1 |
| Randy Newman |
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| 14 | 5 | Walk On Water | 1 | 8 |
| Eddie Money |
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| 10 | 6 | Feels So Good | ▲ |
| Van Halen |
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| 9 | 7 | Fight (No Matter How Long) | ▲ |
| The Bunburys |
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| 5 | 8 | No Smoke Without A Fire | 3 |
| Bad Company |
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| - | 9 | Rock And Roll Strategy | 3 |
| Thirty Eight Special |
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| 17 | 10 | Take It So Hard | 3 |
| Keith Richards |
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| 13 | 11 | What I Am | 5 | 2 |
| Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians |
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| 4 | 12 | I'm Not Your Man | 1 |
| Tommy Conwell And The Young Rumblers |
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| 12 | 13 | Don't Go | 8 |
| Hothouse Flowers |
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| 15 | 14 | Slow Turning | 6 |
| John Hiatt |
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| 7 | 15 | Never Tear Us Apart | 2 | 5 |
| INXS |
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| - | 16 | Jealous Guy | ▲ |
| John Lennon And The Plastic Ono Band |
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| - | 17 | I Did It For Love | ▲ |
| Night Ranger |
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| 16 | 18 | Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone) | 9 | 14 |
| Cinderella |
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| - | 19 | Mountain Song | ▲ |
| Jane's Addiction |
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| - | 20 | Jane Says | 6 |
| Jane's Addiction |
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