Pop and Rock Chart Archive
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Weekly Pop Top 30 for October 1, 1988

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3 1   Love Bites 1  
  Def Leppard
    YouTube    

1 2   Don't Worry Be Happy 1  
  Bobby McFerrin
    YouTube download at Amazon  

5 3   Red Red Wine 1  
  UB40
    YouTube download at Amazon  

7 4   Don't Be Cruel 8 3  
  Cheap Trick
    YouTube download at Amazon  

2 5   I'll Always Love You 2  
  Taylor Dayne
    YouTube download at Amazon  

10 6   Don't Be Cruel 5  
  Bobby Brown
    YouTube download at Amazon  

4 7   One Good Woman 4  
  Peter Cetera
    YouTube download at Amazon  

16 8   A Groovy Kind Of Love 1  
  Phil Collins
    YouTube download at Amazon  

12 9   Don't You Know What The Night Can Do? 1 4  
  Steve Winwood
    YouTube download at Amazon  

6 10   I Hate Myself For Loving You 18 6  
  Joan Jett And The Blackhearts
    YouTube download at Amazon  

14 11   Fallen Angel 18  
  Poison
    YouTube download at Amazon  

11 12   Forever Young 7  
  Rod Stewart
    YouTube download at Amazon  

9 13   Sweet Child O' Mine 2 1  
  Guns N' Roses
    YouTube download at Amazon  

19 14   Wild, Wild West 1  
  The Escape Club
    YouTube download at Amazon  

15 15   A Nightmare On My Street 11  
  DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
    YouTube download at Amazon  

23 16   What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) 2  
  Information Society
    YouTube download at Amazon  

22 17   Never Tear Us Apart 2 5  
  INXS
    YouTube download at Amazon  

21 18   True Love 7  
  Glenn Frey
    YouTube download at Amazon  

20 19   Chains Of Love 14 7  
  Erasure
    YouTube download at Amazon  

8 20   Please Don't Go Girl 6  
  New Kids On The Block
    YouTube download at Amazon  

30 21   The Loco-Motion 2  
  Kylie Minogue
    YouTube download at Amazon  

17 22   Time And Tide 17  
  Basia
    YouTube download at Amazon  

24 23   It Takes Two  
  Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock
    YouTube download at Amazon  

- 24   Kokomo 1  
  The Beach Boys
    YouTube download at Amazon  

18 25   Simply Irresistible 1 1  
  Robert Palmer
    YouTube download at Amazon  

13 26   Perfect World 7 2  
  Huey Lewis And The News
    YouTube download at Amazon  

28 27   Strangelove 17 19  
  Depeche Mode
    YouTube download at Amazon  

25 28   It Would Take A Strong Strong Man 5  
  Rick Astley
    YouTube download at Amazon  

- 29   Bad Medicine 1 1  
  Bon Jovi
    YouTube download at Amazon  

- 30   One Moment In Time 6  
  Whitney Houston
    YouTube download at Amazon  

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Def Leppard and Love Bites finds the top song spot on the chart this week. Don't Worry Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin finds the runner-up spot. Red Red Wine by UB40 comes in at number three.


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