POPHITS.ORG PRESENTING

HOT 100

FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 24, 1988
1

Every Rose Has Its Thorn

Poison

↑ 1

Peak: 1 • 21 wks • Prev: 2

2

My Prerogative

Bobby Brown

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 4

3

Look Away

Chicago

↓ 2

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 1

4

Giving You The Best That I Got

Anita Baker

↓ 1

Peak: 3 • 22 wks • Prev: 3

5

Waiting For A Star To Fall

Boy Meets Girl

—

Peak: 5 • 25 wks • Prev: 5

6

Two Hearts

Phil Collins

↑ 6

Peak: 1 • 18 wks • Prev: 12

7

Welcome To The Jungle

Guns N' Roses

↑ 2

Peak: 7 • 17 wks • Prev: 9

8

In Your Room

The Bangles

↑ 5

Peak: 5 • 20 wks • Prev: 13

9

Walk On Water

Eddie Money

↑ 1

Peak: 9 • 21 wks • Prev: 10

10

Don't Rush Me

Taylor Dayne

↑ 5

Peak: 2 • 20 wks • Prev: 15

11

Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley

Will To Power

↓ 5

Peak: 1 • 24 wks • Prev: 6

12

Armageddon It

Def Leppard

↑ 9

Peak: 3 • 18 wks • Prev: 21

13

Smooth Criminal

Michael Jackson

↑ 7

Peak: 7 • 15 wks • Prev: 20

14

I Remember Holding You

Boys Club

↑ 3

Peak: 8 • 21 wks • Prev: 17

15

I Don't Want Your Love

Duran Duran

↓ 8

Peak: 4 • 16 wks • Prev: 7

16

Silhouette

Kenny G

↑ 2

Peak: 13 • 17 wks • Prev: 18

17

How Can I Fall?

Breathe

↓ 9

Peak: 3 • 22 wks • Prev: 8

18

The Promise

When In Rome

↓ 7

Peak: 11 • 25 wks • Prev: 11

19

Put A Little Love In Your Heart

Annie Lennox & Al Green

↑ 4

Peak: 9 • 17 wks • Prev: 23

20

Finish What Ya Started

Van Halen

↓ 6

Peak: 13 • 20 wks • Prev: 14

21

Spy In The House Of Love

Was (Not Was)

↓ 5

Peak: 16 • 17 wks • Prev: 16

22

The Way You Love Me

Karyn White

↑ 2

Peak: 7 • 25 wks • Prev: 24

23

Early In The Morning

Robert Palmer

↓ 4

Peak: 19 • 15 wks • Prev: 19

24

All This Time

Tiffany

↑ 1

Peak: 6 • 21 wks • Prev: 25

25

When The Children Cry

White Lion

↑ 6

Peak: 3 • 23 wks • Prev: 31

26

Born To Be My Baby

Bon Jovi

↑ 8

Peak: 3 • 20 wks • Prev: 34

27

When I'm With You

Sheriff

↑ 11

Peak: 1 • 28 wks • Prev: 38

28

Little Liar

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

↑ 2

Peak: 19 • 20 wks • Prev: 30

29

Holding On

Steve Winwood

↑ 6

Peak: 11 • 17 wks • Prev: 35

30

Wild World

Maxi Priest

↑ 2

Peak: 25 • 18 wks • Prev: 32

31

I Wanna Have Some Fun

Samantha Fox

↑ 9

Peak: 8 • 23 wks • Prev: 40

32

Thanks For My Child

Cheryl Pepsii Riley

↑ 4

Peak: 32 • 13 wks • Prev: 36

33

Ghost Town

Cheap Trick

↑ 6

Peak: 33 • 14 wks • Prev: 39

34

The Lover In Me

Sheena Easton

↑ 7

Peak: 2 • 25 wks • Prev: 41

35

Straight Up

Paula Abdul

↑ 12

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 47

36

Desire

U2

↓ 14

Peak: 3 • 17 wks • Prev: 22

37

Wild Thing

Tone-Loc

↑ 15

Peak: 2 • 25 wks • Prev: 52

38

Kokomo (From"Cocktail" )

The Beach Boys

↓ 9

Peak: 1 • 28 wks • Prev: 29

39

Wild, Wild West

The Escape Club

↓ 11

Peak: 1 • 27 wks • Prev: 28

40

Kiss

The Art Of Noise Featuring Tom Jones

↑ 9

Peak: 31 • 11 wks • Prev: 49

41

Walking Away

Information Society

↑ 7

Peak: 9 • 19 wks • Prev: 48

42

Back On Holiday

Robbie Nevil

↑ 3

Peak: 34 • 14 wks • Prev: 45

43

Bad Medicine

Bon Jovi

↓ 17

Peak: 1 • 20 wks • Prev: 26

44

She Wants To Dance With Me

Rick Astley

↑ 17

Peak: 6 • 18 wks • Prev: 61

45

What I Am

Edie Brickell & New Bohemians

↑ 12

Peak: 7 • 19 wks • Prev: 57

46

Dial My Heart

The Boys

↑ 13

Peak: 13 • 19 wks • Prev: 59

47

You Got It (The Right Stuff)

New Kids On The Block

↑ 6

Peak: 3 • 26 wks • Prev: 53

48

Baby Can I Hold You

Tracy Chapman

↑ 3

Peak: 48 • 12 wks • Prev: 51

49

Not Just Another Girl

Ivan Neville

↓ 22

Peak: 26 • 19 wks • Prev: 27

50

The Loco-Motion

Kylie Minogue

↓ 8

Peak: 3 • 27 wks • Prev: 42

51

Angel Of Harlem

U2

↑ 23

Peak: 14 • 15 wks • Prev: 74

52

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

Judson Spence

↓ 19

Peak: 32 • 14 wks • Prev: 33

53

A Little Respect

Erasure

↑ 16

Peak: 14 • 17 wks • Prev: 69

54

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

Cinderella

↓ 11

Peak: 12 • 22 wks • Prev: 43

55

Groovy Kind Of Love

Phil Collins

↓ 11

Peak: 1 • 25 wks • Prev: 44

56

As Long As You Follow

Fleetwood Mac

↑ 4

Peak: 43 • 14 wks • Prev: 60

57

Shake For The Sheik

The Escape Club

↑ 11

Peak: 28 • 14 wks • Prev: 68

58

Kissing A Fool

George Michael

↓ 21

Peak: 5 • 15 wks • Prev: 37

59

Handle With Care

Traveling Wilburys

↓ 13

Peak: 45 • 14 wks • Prev: 46

60

Cross My Heart

Eighth Wonder

↑ 2

Peak: 56 • 16 wks • Prev: 62

61

My Heart Can't Tell You No

Rod Stewart

↑ 19

Peak: 4 • 25 wks • Prev: 80

62

It's No Secret

Kylie Minogue

↑ 19

Peak: 37 • 13 wks • Prev: 81

63

Peek-A-Boo

Siouxsie & The Banshees

↓ 8

Peak: 53 • 14 wks • Prev: 55

64

Hippy Hippy Shake (From "Cocktail")

The Georgia Satellites

↓ 6

Peak: 45 • 14 wks • Prev: 58

65

Forever Young

Alphaville

↑ 5

Peak: 65 • 18 wks • Prev: 70

66

Symptoms Of True Love

Tracie Spencer

↓ 10

Peak: 38 • 16 wks • Prev: 56

67

New Day For You

Basia

↑ 12

Peak: 53 • 11 wks • Prev: 79

68

Red Red Wine

UB40

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 40 wks • Prev: 65

69

Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble

D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

↓ 3

Peak: 57 • 12 wks • Prev: 66

70

Domino Dancing

Pet Shop Boys

↓ 20

Peak: 18 • 14 wks • Prev: 50

71

Forever Young

Rod Stewart

↑ 2

Peak: 12 • 24 wks • Prev: 73

72

Edge Of A Broken Heart

Vixen

—

Peak: 26 • 21 wks • Prev: 72

73

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

Bobby McFerrin

↑ 2

Peak: 1 • 26 wks • Prev: 75

74

It's Money That Matters

Randy Newman

↓ 7

Peak: 60 • 12 wks • Prev: 67

75

Another Lover

Giant Steps

↓ 11

Peak: 13 • 22 wks • Prev: 64

76

Anchorage

Michelle Shocked

↑ 9

Peak: 66 • 8 wks • Prev: 85

77

If We Never Meet Again

Tommy Conwell And The Young Rumblers

↑ 14

Peak: 48 • 11 wks • Prev: 91

78

Nobody's Perfect

Mike + The Mechanics

↓ 7

Peak: 63 • 11 wks • Prev: 71

79

Till I Loved You

Barbra Streisand & Don Johnson

↓ 25

Peak: 25 • 12 wks • Prev: 54

80

Surrender To Me (From "Tequila Sunrise")

Ann Wilson & Robin Zander

★ NEW

Peak: 6 • 19 wks

81

Wild Again (From "Cocktail")

Starship

↑ 17

Peak: 73 • 8 wks • Prev: 98

82

Killing Me Softly

Al B. Sure!

↑ 2

Peak: 80 • 11 wks • Prev: 84

83

Doctorin' The Tardis

The Timelords

↑ 11

Peak: 66 • 13 wks • Prev: 94

84

Never Tear Us Apart

INXS

↓ 6

Peak: 7 • 23 wks • Prev: 78

85

All She Wants Is

Duran Duran

★ NEW

Peak: 22 • 13 wks

86

Perfect

Fairground Attraction

↑ 9

Peak: 80 • 6 wks • Prev: 95

87

I Beg Your Pardon

Kon Kan

★ NEW

Peak: 15 • 18 wks

88

Don't Be Cruel

Bobby Brown

↓ 5

Peak: 8 • 26 wks • Prev: 83

89

Boy, I've Been Told

SaFire

↓ 12

Peak: 48 • 16 wks • Prev: 77

90

Love Bites

Def Leppard

↓ 3

Peak: 1 • 23 wks • Prev: 87

91

More Than You Know

Martika

★ NEW

Peak: 18 • 20 wks

92

Is It Love

J.J. Fad

↑ 1

Peak: 92 • 5 wks • Prev: 93

93

I'll Always Love You

Taylor Dayne

↓ 7

Peak: 3 • 30 wks • Prev: 86

94

Please Don't Go Girl

New Kids On The Block

↓ 2

Peak: 10 • 28 wks • Prev: 92

95

Posse On Broadway

Sir Mix-A-Lot

↑ 2

Peak: 70 • 9 wks • Prev: 97

96

Any Love

Luther Vandross

—

Peak: 44 • 13 wks • Prev: 96

97

Cars With The Boom

L'Trimm

↓ 9

Peak: 54 • 15 wks • Prev: 88

98

The Great Commandment

Camouflage

★ NEW

Peak: 59 • 12 wks

99

What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)

Information Society

↓ 23

Peak: 3 • 25 wks • Prev: 76

100

One Moment In Time

Whitney Houston

↓ 37

Peak: 5 • 17 wks • Prev: 63

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