POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 17, 1988
1

Look Away

Chicago

—

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 1

2

Every Rose Has Its Thorn

Poison

↑ 4

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 6

3

Giving You The Best That I Got

Anita Baker

↑ 2

Peak: 3 • 22 wks • Prev: 5

4

My Prerogative

Bobby Brown

↑ 4

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 8

5

Waiting For A Star To Fall

Boy Meets Girl

↑ 2

Peak: 5 • 25 wks • Prev: 7

6

Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley

Will To Power

↓ 4

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 2

7

I Don't Want Your Love

Duran Duran

↓ 3

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 4

8

How Can I Fall?

Breathe

↓ 5

Peak: 3 • 22 wks • Prev: 3

9

Welcome To The Jungle

Guns N' Roses

—

Peak: 7 • 17 wks • Prev: 9

10

Walk On Water

Eddie Money

—

Peak: 9 • 21 wks • Prev: 10

11

The Promise

When In Rome

—

Peak: 11 • 25 wks • Prev: 11

12

Two Hearts

Phil Collins

↑ 5

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 17

13

In Your Room

The Bangles

↑ 1

Peak: 5 • 20 wks • Prev: 14

14

Finish What Ya Started

Van Halen

↓ 1

Peak: 13 • 20 wks • Prev: 13

15

Don't Rush Me

Taylor Dayne

↑ 6

Peak: 2 • 20 wks • Prev: 21

16

Spy In The House Of Love

Was (Not Was)

↑ 2

Peak: 16 • 17 wks • Prev: 18

17

I Remember Holding You

Boys Club

↑ 5

Peak: 8 • 21 wks • Prev: 22

18

Silhouette

Kenny G

↑ 6

Peak: 13 • 17 wks • Prev: 24

19

Early In The Morning

Robert Palmer

↑ 1

Peak: 19 • 15 wks • Prev: 20

20

Smooth Criminal

Michael Jackson

↑ 5

Peak: 7 • 15 wks • Prev: 25

21

Armageddon It

Def Leppard

↑ 7

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 28

22

Desire

U2

↓ 10

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 12

23

Put A Little Love In Your Heart

Annie Lennox & Al Green

↑ 6

Peak: 9 • 17 wks • Prev: 29

24

The Way You Love Me

Karyn White

↑ 7

Peak: 7 • 25 wks • Prev: 31

25

All This Time

Tiffany

↑ 9

Peak: 6 • 21 wks • Prev: 34

26

Bad Medicine

Bon Jovi

↓ 11

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 15

27

Not Just Another Girl

Ivan Neville

↓ 1

Peak: 26 • 19 wks • Prev: 26

28

Wild, Wild West

The Escape Club

↓ 9

Peak: 1 • 27 wks • Prev: 19

29

Kokomo (From"Cocktail" )

The Beach Boys

↓ 6

Peak: 1 • 28 wks • Prev: 23

30

Little Liar

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

↑ 8

Peak: 19 • 20 wks • Prev: 38

31

When The Children Cry

White Lion

↑ 10

Peak: 3 • 23 wks • Prev: 41

32

Wild World

Maxi Priest

↑ 5

Peak: 25 • 18 wks • Prev: 37

33

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

Judson Spence

↓ 1

Peak: 32 • 14 wks • Prev: 32

34

Born To Be My Baby

Bon Jovi

↑ 10

Peak: 3 • 20 wks • Prev: 44

35

Holding On

Steve Winwood

↑ 5

Peak: 11 • 17 wks • Prev: 40

36

Thanks For My Child

Cheryl Pepsii Riley

↑ 3

Peak: 32 • 13 wks • Prev: 39

37

Kissing A Fool

George Michael

↓ 21

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 16

38

When I'm With You

Sheriff

↑ 12

Peak: 1 • 28 wks • Prev: 50

39

Ghost Town

Cheap Trick

↑ 3

Peak: 33 • 14 wks • Prev: 42

40

I Wanna Have Some Fun

Samantha Fox

↑ 6

Peak: 8 • 23 wks • Prev: 46

41

The Lover In Me

Sheena Easton

↑ 11

Peak: 2 • 25 wks • Prev: 52

42

The Loco-Motion

Kylie Minogue

↓ 12

Peak: 3 • 27 wks • Prev: 30

43

Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)

Cinderella

↓ 10

Peak: 12 • 22 wks • Prev: 33

44

Groovy Kind Of Love

Phil Collins

↓ 8

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 36

45

Back On Holiday

Robbie Nevil

↑ 6

Peak: 34 • 14 wks • Prev: 51

46

Handle With Care

Traveling Wilburys

↓ 1

Peak: 45 • 14 wks • Prev: 45

47

Straight Up

Paula Abdul

↑ 12

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 59

48

Walking Away

Information Society

↑ 9

Peak: 9 • 19 wks • Prev: 57

49

Kiss

The Art Of Noise Featuring Tom Jones

↑ 16

Peak: 31 • 11 wks • Prev: 65

50

Domino Dancing

Pet Shop Boys

↓ 23

Peak: 18 • 14 wks • Prev: 27

51

Baby Can I Hold You

Tracy Chapman

↑ 4

Peak: 48 • 12 wks • Prev: 55

52

Wild Thing

Tone-Loc

↑ 25

Peak: 2 • 25 wks • Prev: 77

53

You Got It (The Right Stuff)

New Kids On The Block

↑ 8

Peak: 3 • 26 wks • Prev: 61

54

Till I Loved You

Barbra Streisand & Don Johnson

↓ 19

Peak: 25 • 12 wks • Prev: 35

55

Peek-A-Boo

Siouxsie & The Banshees

↓ 2

Peak: 53 • 14 wks • Prev: 53

56

Symptoms Of True Love

Tracie Spencer

↓ 13

Peak: 38 • 16 wks • Prev: 43

57

What I Am

Edie Brickell & New Bohemians

↑ 16

Peak: 7 • 19 wks • Prev: 73

58

Hippy Hippy Shake (From "Cocktail")

The Georgia Satellites

↓ 11

Peak: 45 • 14 wks • Prev: 47

59

Dial My Heart

The Boys

↑ 19

Peak: 13 • 19 wks • Prev: 78

60

As Long As You Follow

Fleetwood Mac

↑ 14

Peak: 43 • 14 wks • Prev: 74

61

She Wants To Dance With Me

Rick Astley

★ NEW

Peak: 6 • 18 wks

62

Cross My Heart

Eighth Wonder

↑ 10

Peak: 56 • 16 wks • Prev: 72

63

One Moment In Time

Whitney Houston

↓ 9

Peak: 5 • 17 wks • Prev: 54

64

Another Lover

Giant Steps

↓ 15

Peak: 13 • 22 wks • Prev: 49

65

Red Red Wine

UB40

↓ 1

Peak: 1 • 40 wks • Prev: 64

66

Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble

D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

↓ 8

Peak: 57 • 12 wks • Prev: 58

67

It's Money That Matters

Randy Newman

↓ 7

Peak: 60 • 12 wks • Prev: 60

68

Shake For The Sheik

The Escape Club

↑ 13

Peak: 28 • 14 wks • Prev: 81

69

A Little Respect

Erasure

↑ 15

Peak: 14 • 17 wks • Prev: 84

70

Forever Young

Alphaville

↓ 3

Peak: 65 • 18 wks • Prev: 67

71

Nobody's Perfect

Mike + The Mechanics

↓ 8

Peak: 63 • 11 wks • Prev: 63

72

Edge Of A Broken Heart

Vixen

↓ 16

Peak: 26 • 21 wks • Prev: 56

73

Forever Young

Rod Stewart

↓ 5

Peak: 12 • 24 wks • Prev: 68

74

Angel Of Harlem

U2

★ NEW

Peak: 14 • 15 wks

75

Don't Worry, Be Happy (From "Cocktail")

Bobby McFerrin

↑ 4

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 79

76

What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)

Information Society

↓ 6

Peak: 3 • 25 wks • Prev: 70

77

Boy, I've Been Told

SaFire

↓ 8

Peak: 48 • 16 wks • Prev: 69

78

Never Tear Us Apart

INXS

↓ 16

Peak: 7 • 23 wks • Prev: 62

79

New Day For You

Basia

↑ 7

Peak: 53 • 11 wks • Prev: 86

80

My Heart Can't Tell You No

Rod Stewart

↑ 12

Peak: 4 • 25 wks • Prev: 92

81

It's No Secret

Kylie Minogue

↑ 9

Peak: 37 • 13 wks • Prev: 90

82

Small World

Huey Lewis & The News

↓ 34

Peak: 25 • 11 wks • Prev: 48

83

Don't Be Cruel

Bobby Brown

↓ 8

Peak: 8 • 26 wks • Prev: 75

84

Killing Me Softly

Al B. Sure!

↓ 2

Peak: 80 • 11 wks • Prev: 82

85

Anchorage

Michelle Shocked

↑ 9

Peak: 66 • 8 wks • Prev: 94

86

I'll Always Love You

Taylor Dayne

↓ 3

Peak: 3 • 30 wks • Prev: 83

87

Love Bites

Def Leppard

↓ 11

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 76

88

Cars With The Boom

L'Trimm

↓ 8

Peak: 54 • 15 wks • Prev: 80

89

Best Of Times

Peter Cetera

↓ 23

Peak: 59 • 8 wks • Prev: 66

90

I Hate Myself For Loving You

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

↓ 2

Peak: 8 • 26 wks • Prev: 88

91

If We Never Meet Again

Tommy Conwell And The Young Rumblers

★ NEW

Peak: 48 • 11 wks

92

Please Don't Go Girl

New Kids On The Block

↓ 7

Peak: 10 • 28 wks • Prev: 85

93

Is It Love

J.J. Fad

↑ 4

Peak: 92 • 5 wks • Prev: 97

94

Doctorin' The Tardis

The Timelords

★ NEW

Peak: 66 • 13 wks

95

Perfect

Fairground Attraction

★ NEW

Peak: 80 • 6 wks

96

Any Love

Luther Vandross

↓ 25

Peak: 44 • 13 wks • Prev: 71

97

Posse On Broadway

Sir Mix-A-Lot

★ NEW

Peak: 70 • 9 wks

98

Wild Again (From "Cocktail")

Starship

★ NEW

Peak: 73 • 8 wks

99

Rock & Roll Strategy

Thirty Eight Special

↓ 10

Peak: 67 • 8 wks • Prev: 89

100

The Only Way Is Up

Yazz And The Plastic Population

—

Peak: 96 • 4 wks • Prev: 100

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