Billboard Top 100 Songs of 1988

[@marinhusky8863]

Oh man, take me back!

[@josephsmall4270]

Great year for music. My favorites were Cheap Trick's "The Flame", and Breathe's "Hands To Heaven".

[@keywest5184]

Thank you so much! These are such good trips down memory lane!

[@erichall4548]

Absolutely love the high on the chart and month....

[@adrianchan1535]

6:31: In the weekly charts, Steve Winwood's Roll With It kept Breathe's Hands to Heaven out of the #1 spot but on the year end charts the latter was ahead of the former by a notch at # 9 & 10 respectively.

[@s.t.1295]

イイ時代♪ 🥰

[@el.aye.bee.4477]

I swear to GOD, I can't believe Tracy Chapman came out with "Fast Car" in 1988. Wow!!

[@andresgarrido2778]

Todo pasado fue mejor estos verdaderos musicos jamas podran igualarlos....este mensaje es para los jovenes de hoy vean escuchen investiguen...y conoscan a los maximos exponentes de la musica y vean y piensen si hay alguien que los iguale en el 2024 estas bandas editaban un disco por año en su mayoria y no una cancion vacia si contenido que suben por sus redes cada tres años.....escuchen.....saludos!

[@6548ww]

A time when there were hardly ever a bad song

[@cassandraduran9056]

I was 16 girl in 1988

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

The top artist of 1988 was George Michael after his success with his album, "Faith" which generated 4 Hot 100 #1 singles. He has 5 singles on the year-end chart which is the most singles that cracked the year-end chart of 1988. Other artists who also dominate 1988 include Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Richard Marx, and INXS.

[@barrydavid6634]

George Michael's 1987 album Faith generated 6 Hot 100 singles, not 4!

[@CrystalClearWith8BE]

@barrydavid6634 , "I Want Your Sex" peaked at #2 and "Kissing a Fool" peaked at #5. Plus, "I Want Your Sex" cracked the year-end chart of 1987. The 4 consecutive #1s were "Faith", "Father Figure", "One More Try", and "Monkey". George Michael, along with Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston, generate 4 consecutive #1 single in one album in 1987 and 1988, but Michael Jackson was the first to generate 5.

[@Allison-ti5vv]

No rick astley ​@@CrystalClearWith8BE

[@ownyourcrazy8734]

The winner of the battle for Don't Be Cruel is Cheap Trick 🎉

[@ericthuemmel5275]

Fun fact - the top 3 songs of 1988 all debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on the same week: Oct 24th, 1987. #17 and #92 also debuted that week.

[@didsomebodysaydmt8193]

Father figure immediately took me back to the Foosball table with a corona and lime,smelling to high heaven of Drakkar.

[@ericpanissidi6761]

I miss Inxs

[@mrtelevision]

Some corrections: Night And Day by Al B. Sure! actually peaked at #7 the week of July 16 Bobby Brown's Don't Be Cruel peaked at #8, not #6 The Valley Road by Bruce Hornsby And The Range peaked at #5, not #6 Tell It To My Heart by Taylor Dayne peaked at #7, not #3 The Flame by Cheap Trick spent 2 weeks at #1, not 1 Could've Been by Tiffany spent 2 weeks at #1, not 3

[@ericpanissidi6761]

Whitney rip George Michael rip robert palmer rip michael jackson rip

[@leonrochester6118]

Cheap Trick's song The Flame was number one for 2 weeks not 1 week

[@cassandraduran9056]

Remember all videos

[@erichall4548]

1989 next.... yippee!

[@ruicastro7930]

All the songs reached top 10. Nowadays the charts are super slow because most music stinks. Nowadays i dont think there are more than 60 songs reaching top 10.

[@mrtelevision]

Actually, I Still Believe by Brenda K. Starr peaked at #13. It was the only non-Top 10 hit in the survey.

[@chadbaughman401]

Yep

[@barrydavid6634]

a few of these great songs are from 1987!

[@paulsonj72]

Billboard chart year is December 1-November 30

[@stoytrivia1126]

Just one vote for the Valley Road being a much better song than The way it is.

[@fenderstratocastertelecast8479]

TOTO Pamela

[@ericpanissidi6761]

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