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Top Songs of 1988

  1. Every Rose Has It’s Thorn - Poison 

  2. Born to Be My Baby - Bon Jovi 

  3. Kiss Me Deadly - Lita Ford 

  4. Don't Know What You Got (Til It's Gone) - Cinderella 

  5. Gypsy Road - Cinderella 

  6. Fallen Angel - Poison 

  7. Wait - White Lion 

  8. Nothin' But A Good Time - Poison 

  9. Pour Some Sugar on Me - Def Leppard 

  10. Way Cool Jr. - Ratt 

  11. Waiting Room - Fugazi

  12. When It's Love - Van Halen 

  13. The Flame - Cheap Trick 

  14. Armageddon It- Def Leppard 

  15. Gettin' Better - Tesla 

  16. Save Your Love - Great White 

  17. Superstitious - Europe 

  18. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N Roses 

  19. What I Am - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians 

  20. Bad Medicine - Bon Jovi 

  21. Fast Car - Tracy Chapman 

  22. I Want A Woman - Ratt 

  23. Never Tear Us Apart - INXS 

  24. Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N Roses 

  25. Under the Milky Way - The Church 

  26. Finish What Ya Started - Van Halen 

  27. Love Bites - Def Leppard 

  28. Teen Age Riot - Sonic Youth

  29. Always On My Mind - Pet Shop Boys 

  30. Beds are Burning - Midnight Oil 

  31. Talkin' Bout a Revolution - Tracy Chapman 

  32. The Promise - When in Rome 

  33. Angel of Harlem - U2 

  34. Hysteria - Def Leppard 

  35. Madalaine - Winger 

  36. Orange Crush - R.E.M. 

  37. I Hate Myself For Loving You - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

  38. Just Like Paradise - David Lee Roth 

  39. Revolution Calling - Queensryche

  40. Reason to Live - Kiss 

  41. Handle With Care - The Traveling Wilburys

  42. Tomorrow People - Ziggy Marley 

  43. Touch Me, I'm Sick - Mudhoney

  44. The Dead Heart - Midnight Oil 

  45. Stigmata - Ministry

  46. Rhythm of Love - The Scorpions 

  47. Prison Bound - Social Distortion

  48. Only a Memory - The Smithereens 

  49. Edge of a Broken Heart - Vixen 

  50. We Care a Lot - Faith No More

  51. Tell Me - White Lion 

  52. Love Buzz - Nirvana

  53. Little Liar - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

  54. Give Me All Your Love - Whitesnake 

  55. Bring Me Some Water - Melissa Etheridge 

  56. Crazy Babies - Ozzy Osbourne 

  57. Blue Monday 1988 - New Order 

  58. Blow My Fuse - Kix

  59. Tall Cool One - Robert Plant 

  60. Save the Weak - Britny Fox 

  61. Long Way to Love - Britny Fox 

  62. One Step Up - Bruce Springsteen 

  63. Other 99 - Big Audio Dynamite

  64. Don't Believe the Hype - Public Enemy

  65. Forever Young - Alphaville 

  66. Don't Be Cruel - Cheap Trick 

  67. Desire - U2 

  68. Cherokee - Europe 

  69. Angel - Aerosmith 

  70. Domino Dancing - Pet Shop Boys 

  71. Like the Way I Do - Melissa Etheridge 

  72. Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson 

  73. Roll With It - Steve Winwood 

  74. Red Red Wine - UB40

  75. Jane Says - Jane's Addiction 

  76. If I Should Fall From Grace With God - The Pogues

  77. Girlschool - Britny Fox 

  78. Devil Inside - INXS 

  79. The Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson 

  80. Back To The Cave - Lita Ford

  81. Chains of Love - Erasure 

  82. Check it Out - John Cougar Mellencamp 

  83. Rag Doll - Aerosmith 

  84. Suedehead - Morrissey

  85. Everyday Is Like Sunday - Morrisssey

  86. How Can I Fall? - Breathe 

  87. (Nothing But) Flowers - Talking Heads

  88. Breaking the Silence - Queensryche

  89. Mountain Song - Jane's Addiction

  90. Ship of Fools - Robert Plant

  91. The Valley Road - Bruce Hornsby & The Range

  92. Where Is My Mind? - The Pixies

  93. Hands to Heaven - Breathe

  94. Harvester of Sorrow - Metallica

  95. Heart - Pet Shop Boys

  96. New Sensation - INXS 

  97. Finest Worksong - R.E.M. 

  98. Ghost Town - Cheap Trick 

  99. Peek-A-Boo - Siouxsie and the Banshees 

  100. Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz 

  101. I Know You're Out There Somewhere - The Moody Blues

  102. I Wanna Have Some Fun - Samantha Fox 

  103. Like the Weather - 10,000 Maniacs

  104. Last Night - The Traveling Wilburys

  105. Dreaming - OMD

  106. Wild Wild West - Escape Club 

  107. What's the Matter Here? - 10,000 Maniacs 

  108. I'm Not Your Man - Tommy Conwell 

  109. Hot Hot Hot!!! - The Cure

  110. Don't You Know What the Night Can Do? - Steve Winwood 

  111. All Fired Up - Pat Benatar

  112. Baby Can I Hold You - Tracey Chapman 

  113. Balloon Man - Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians

  114. Everywhere - Fleetwood Mac

  115. Father Figure - George Michael 

  116. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man - Prince 

  117. Just Play Music! - Big Audio Dynamite

  118. Route 66 - Depeche Mode 

  119. Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A.

  120. Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles 

  121. I Should Be So Lucky - Kylie Minogue 

  122. Ritual - Dan Reed Network

  123. Motion of Love - Gene Loves Jezebel

  124. Kiss and Tell - Bryan Ferry

  125. I'm On To You - Hurricane 

  126. Eye of the Beholder- Metallica

  127. Dirty Diana - Michael Jackson 

  128. Electric Blue - Icehouse 

  129. Heaven Knows - Robert Plant

  130. House We Used to Live In - The Smithereens

  131. Lost in You - Rod Stewart 

  132. Reptile - The Church

  133. Anchorage - Michelle Shocked

  134. Ana Ng - They Might Be Giants

  135. Night of the Living Baseheads - Public Enemy

  136. Sign Your Name - Terence Trent D'Arby 

  137. Always There For You - Stryper

  138. Another Part Of Me - Michael Jackson

  139. Circle in the Sand - Belinda Carlisle 

  140. Parents Just Don’t Understand - D.J. Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince 

  141. Black and Blue - Van Halen 

  142. Forever Young - Rod Stewart 

  143. Didn't Know It Was Love - Survivor

  144. Monkey - George Michael 

  145. Presence of Love - The Alarm

  146. Colors - Ice T

  147. I Get Weak - Belinda Carlisle 

  148. In Your Room - The Bangles 

  149. Look Out Any Window - Bruce Hornsby & The Range

  150. One More Try - George Michael 

  151. I Believe In You - Stryper

  152. Love Changes Everything - Honeymoon Suite

  153. Get It On - Kingdom Come

  154. Holding On - Steve Winwood

  155. Kissing a Fool - George Michael 

  156. Wishing Well - Terence Trent D'arby 

  157. Birth, School, Work, Death - The Godfathers

  158. I'm Still Searching - Glass Tiger

  159. Shake For the Sheik - Escape Club 

  160. The Mercy Seat - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

  161. My Prerogative - Bobby Brown 

  162. 853-5937 - Squeeze

  163. Don’t Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin 

  164. Look Away - Chicago 

  165. I Wish I Had A Girl - Henry Lee Summer

  166. I Found Someone - Cher 

  167. F*** Tha Police - N.W.A.

  168. High Time - The Icicle Works

  169. Mary, Mary - Run-D.M.C.

  170. What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) - Information Society 

  171. Drown in My Own Tears - The Smithereens

  172. Englishman in New York - Sting

  173. Simply Irresistible - Robert Palmer 

  174. Just Got Paid - Keith Sweat

  175. Don’t Shed a Tear - Paul Carrack 

  176. A Nightmare On My Street - D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

  177. Hot Hot Hot - Buster Poindexter

  178. We All Sleep Alone - Cher 

  179. The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson 

  180. You Talk too Much - George Thorogood & The Destroyers 

  181. Don’t Rush Me - Taylor Dayne 

  182. I Don't Want to Live Without You - Foreigner

  183. In Your Soul - Corey Hart

  184. Kokomo - The Beach Boys

  185. Put a Little Love in Your Heart - Annie Lenox and Al Green 

  186. Hold on to the Nights - Richard Marx 

  187. Prove Your Love - Taylor Dayne 

  188. The Loco-Motion - Kylie Minogue 

  189. Waiting for a Star to Fall - Boy Meets Girl 

  190. Don’t Be Cruel - Bobby Brown

  191. I Don’t Wanna Go On With You Like That - Elton John 

  192. Naughty Girls (Need Love Too) - Samantha Fox 

  193. I Don’t Want To Be A Hero - Johnny Hates Jazz

  194. Rush Hour - Jane Wiedlin

  195. All This Time - Tiffany 

  196. Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble -  D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

  197. Here With Me - REO Speedwagon

  198. Piano In The Dark - Brenda Russell

  199. I'll Always Love You - Taylor Dayne 

  200. You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart - Eurythmics 

  201. Walk on Water - Eddie Money 

  202. Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley 

  203. Don’t Go - Hothouse Flowers

  204. Endless Summer Nights - Richard Marx

  205. Seasons Change - Expose 

  206. Anything For You -Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine

  207. She's Like the Wind - Patrick Swayze 

  208. The Lover in Me - Sheena Easton

  209. 1-2-3 - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

  210. One Moment In Time - Whitney Houston

  211. Supersonic - J.J. Fad

  212. Together Forever - Rick Astley 

  213. Push It - Salt N' Pepa 

  214. Make Me Lose Control - Eric Carmen

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