Top 40 Songs Of The Year 1988 in Pop Music
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title

artist

Apr 1988

May 1988

1

1

1

One More Try

George Michael

Sep 1988

Dec 1988

1

1

2

Look Away

Chicago

Jan 1988

Feb 1988

1

1

3

Father Figure

George Michael

Jun 1988

Jul 1988

1

1

1

4

Roll With It

Steve Winwood

Apr 1988

Aug 1988

2

1

5

Hands To Heaven

Breathe

Feb 1988

Mar 1988

1

1

6

Man In The Mirror

Michael Jackson

Jun 1988

Sep 1988

1

1

2

7

Sweet Child O' Mine

Guns N' Roses

Dec 1987

Jan 1988

1

1

8

Could've Been

Tiffany

Sep 1988

Oct 1988

1

1

9

Groovy Kind Of Love

Phil Collins

Oct 1988

Dec 1988

1

1

10

My Prerogative

Bobby Brown

Mar 1988

May 1988

2

1

11

Shattered Dreams

Johnny Hates Jazz

Aug 1988

Oct 1988

1

1

12

Wild, Wild West

The Escape Club

Aug 1988

Sep 1988

1

1

13

Don't Worry Be Happy

Bobby McFerrin

Jun 1988

Sep 1988

3

2

14

I'll Always Love You

Taylor Dayne

Feb 1988

Apr 1988

3

1

1

15

Angel

Aerosmith

Sep 1988

Dec 1988

3

2

16

Giving You The Best That I Got

Anita Baker

Apr 1988

Jun 1988

1

1

17

Foolish Beat

Debbie Gibson

Sep 1988

Dec 1988

3

2

18

How Can I Fall?

Breathe

Sep 1988

Nov 1988

1

1

1

19

Bad Medicine

Bon Jovi

Apr 1988

Jun 1988

1

1

20

Together Forever

Rick Astley

May 1988

Jul 1988

1

1

21

Hold On To The Nights

Richard Marx

Nov 1988

Dec 1988

1

1

16

22

Every Rose Has Its Thorn

Poison

Aug 1988

Oct 1988

1

1

1

23

Love Bites

Def Leppard

Jul 1988

Sep 1988

2

1

1

24

Simply Irresistible

Robert Palmer

Apr 1988

Jul 1988

1

1

1

25

The Flame

Cheap Trick

Sep 1988

Nov 1988

1

1

26

Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby)

Will To Power

Feb 1988

Jul 1988

2

1

11

27

Pour Some Sugar On Me

Def Leppard

Dec 1987

Mar 1988

1

1

28

Never Gonna Give You Up

Rick Astley

Mar 1988

May 1988

1

1

29

Anything For You

Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine

Nov 1987

Feb 1988

4

1

30

Hungry Eyes

Eric Carmen

Jan 1988

Mar 1988

2

2

31

Endless Summer Nights

Richard Marx

Sep 1988

Dec 1988

5

2

32

Waiting For A Star To Fall

Boy Meets Girl

Jan 1984

Oct 1988