Weekly Pop Top 30 for September 3, 1988 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 2 | 1 | Sweet Child O' Mine | 2 | ▲ |
| Guns N' Roses |
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| 6 | 2 | Perfect World | 7 | ▲ |
| Huey Lewis And The News |
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| 5 | 3 | When It's Love | 1 | ▲ |
| Van Halen |
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| 9 | 4 | If It Isn't Love | ▲ |
| New Edition |
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| 1 | 5 | Simply Irresistible | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Palmer |
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| 8 | 6 | I'll Always Love You | 2 |
| Taylor Dayne |
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| 3 | 7 | Monkey | 1 |
| George Michael |
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| 11 | 8 | It Would Take A Strong Strong Man | 5 |
| Rick Astley |
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| 4 | 9 | Fast Car | 13 | 4 |
| Tracy Chapman |
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| 15 | 10 | Don't Worry Be Happy | 1 |
| Bobby McFerrin |
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| 18 | 11 | Nobody's Fool | 6 |
| Kenny Loggins |
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| 14 | 12 | Please Don't Go Girl | 6 |
| New Kids On The Block |
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| 12 | 13 | Another Part Of Me | 11 |
| Michael Jackson |
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| 21 | 14 | One Good Woman | 4 |
| Peter Cetera |
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| 7 | 15 | I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That | 20 | 1 |
| Elton John |
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| 22 | 16 | Love Bites | 1 | 1 |
| Def Leppard |
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| 25 | 17 | Here With Me | 16 |
| REO Speedwagon |
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| - | 18 | Don't Be Cruel | 5 |
| Bobby Brown |
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| 27 | 19 | I Hate Myself For Loving You | 18 | 6 |
| Joan Jett And The Blackhearts |
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| 26 | 20 | A Nightmare On My Street | 11 |
| DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince |
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| 13 | 21 | 1-2-3 | 3 |
| Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine |
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| - | 22 | Don't Be Cruel | 8 | 3 |
| Cheap Trick |
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| 17 | 23 | Roll With It | 1 | 1 |
| Steve Winwood |
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| 20 | 24 | Hands To Heaven | 1 |
| Breathe |
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| - | 25 | Fallen Angel | 18 | 11 |
| Poison |
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| - | 26 | Staying Together | ▲ |
| Debbie Gibson |
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| - | 27 | Red Red Wine | 1 |
| UB40 |
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| 10 | 28 | Love Will Save The Day | 10 |
| Whitney Houston |
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| - | 29 | Time And Tide | 17 |
| Basia |
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| - | 30 | Forever Young | 7 |
| Rod Stewart |
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