Billboard Top 40 Hits - October 15, 1988

[@christiancastro2442]

It takes two ! The best song of the year !!!

[@btchnotme1587]

Rod Stewart zoomed up the charts with “Forever Young” only to get stuck at #12, his second song in 1988 to peak at #12 after “Lost In You” earlier in the year.

[@stephentaylor6617]

“Waiting For A Star To Fall “ has one of the best stories in music. Whitney Houston refused the song. Belinda Carlisle recorded the song but it did not make her debut album so Boy Meets Girl decided to release themselves.

[@btchnotme1587]

@@stephentaylor6617 Clive Davis rejected the song on Whitney’s behalf, claiming it wasn’t suitable for her. She probably never even heard it until later. Boy Meets Girl ended up writing “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” for Whitney instead. Belinda recorded her version for her 2nd album, “Heaven On Earth”, but she hated the song, only recorded it because MCA Records forced her to. Ultimately it was indeed left off the album.

[@thesundancekid1972]

100% They wrote How Will I Know for Whitney, saw a shooting star at her concert and then wrote this absolute classic. Clive Davis said no but wanted to use the hook as inspiration for them to write I Wanna Dance With Somebody.

[@thesundancekid1972]

PS - Check out the Belinda Carlisle version. I know it's a demo and the mixing, vocals would've worked their magic, but boy, it's a tough listen. Boy Meets Girl totally did the right thing keeping it for themselves.

[@adrianchan1535]

​@@thesundancekid1972 I think the song is more suitable for Boy Meets Girl than Belinda

[@DeanTitus-m6d]

Well, both songs titled Don't Be Cruel are in the top 10 concurrently. Also, the comeback of Red Red Wine is complete by peaking at #1!!

[@DavidCarrol-i2q]

UB40 finally getting Red Red Wine to number 1 5 years after its original release.

[@btchnotme1587]

Both “Don’t Be Cruel” tracks are officially in the top ten this week, with Bobby Brown continuing to rise and peak as Cheap Trick loses steam.

[@mrtelevision]

Baby, I Love Your Way by Will To Power(originally by Peter Frampton) is actually a medley with another song from the 1970s, Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

[@DeanTitus-m6d]

Let's see how many weeks Waiting For A Star To Fall stays in the countdown!!

[@erichall4548]

Groovy kind of love is not the worst song ever.... anything by Michael Bolton.....shake you down by Gregory Abbott...of course Richard Marx....and the worst song ever....seasons in the sun by terry jacks......but its awful.....phil has gone on record saying how much he hates it.....