Billboard Hot 100 — April 16, 1988
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of April 16, 1988. "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" by Billy Ocean held #1 for a 2nd straight week, the last week of its run. 13 songs entered the chart this week; the highest new entry was "One More Try" by George Michael at #40, which would go on to peak at #1. The biggest climber was "We All Sleep Alone" by Cher, up 20 places from #84 to #64.
Chart highlights
- At #1: "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" by Billy Ocean — 2 weeks at the top so far, 10 weeks on the chart since debuting February 13, 1988.
- New in the top 10: "Angel" by Aerosmith (up from #12 to #8); "I Saw Him Standing There" by Tiffany (up from #11 to #9); "Some Kind Of Lover" by Jody Watley (up from #13 to #10).
- Highest debut: "One More Try" by George Michael at #40; it would spend 18 weeks on the chart and peak at #1, with 3 weeks at #1.
- Biggest fall: "When We Was Fab" by George Harrison, down 41 places from #59 to #100.
- Longest run on this week's chart: "Hungry Eyes (From "Dirty Dancing")" by Eric Carmen, 24 weeks and counting (peak #4).
- Gone from the chart: "Need You Tonight" by INXS after 25 weeks (peak #1); "Seasons Change" by Expose after 20 weeks (peak #1); "Could've Been" by Tiffany after 20 weeks (peak #1).
TW = this week, LW = last week (NEW = first week on the chart), Peak = highest position reached up to this week, Wks = weeks on the chart up to this week.
| TW | LW | Peak | Wks | Song / Artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car Billy Ocean |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | Devil Inside INXS |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | Where Do Broken Hearts Go Whitney Houston |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | Man In The Mirror Michael Jackson |
| 5 | 10 | 5 | 14 | Wishing Well Terence Trent D'Arby |
| 6 | 8 | 6 | 12 | Girlfriend Pebbles |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | 13 | Rocket 2 U The Jets |
| 8 | 12 | 8 | 12 | Angel Aerosmith |
| 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | I Saw Him Standing There Tiffany |
| 10 | 13 | 10 | 12 | Some Kind Of Lover Jody Watley |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | 12 | Out Of The Blue Debbie Gibson |
| 12 | 16 | 12 | 7 | Pink Cadillac Natalie Cole |
| 13 | 17 | 13 | 9 | Prove Your Love Taylor Dayne |
| 14 | 15 | 14 | 11 | Check It Out John Mellencamp |
| 15 | 20 | 15 | 6 | Anything For You Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | 13 | Endless Summer Nights Richard Marx |
| 17 | 19 | 17 | 8 | One Step Up Bruce Springsteen |
| 18 | 9 | 5 | 14 | I Want Her Keith Sweat |
| 19 | 22 | 19 | 10 | Electric Blue Icehouse |
| 20 | 23 | 20 | 12 | You Don't Know Scarlett & Black |
| 21 | 29 | 21 | 4 | Always On My Mind Pet Shop Boys |
| 22 | 14 | 11 | 13 | (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay Michael Bolton |
| 23 | 28 | 23 | 8 | Naughty Girls (Need Love Too) Samantha Fox |
| 24 | 27 | 24 | 9 | Fishnet Morris Day |
| 25 | 18 | 1 | 18 | Never Gonna Give You Up Rick Astley |
| 26 | 33 | 26 | 5 | Shattered Dreams Johnny Hates Jazz |
| 27 | 35 | 27 | 8 | Two Occasions The Deele |
| 28 | 32 | 28 | 10 | I Wish I Had A Girl Henry Lee Summer |
| 29 | 37 | 29 | 8 | Wait White Lion |
| 30 | 36 | 30 | 5 | I Don't Want To Live Without You Foreigner |
| 31 | 34 | 31 | 9 | Pamela Toto |
| 32 | 38 | 32 | 9 | Piano In The Dark Brenda Russell Featuring Joe Esposito |
| 33 | 31 | 31 | 9 | Going Back To Cali (From "Less Than Zero") LL Cool J |
| 34 | 26 | 1 | 14 | Father Figure George Michael |
| 35 | 42 | 35 | 8 | Kiss And Tell (From "Bright Lights, Big City") Bryan Ferry |
| 36 | 43 | 36 | 6 | Dreaming Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark |
| 37 | 44 | 37 | 5 | Say It Again Jermaine Stewart |
| 38 | 21 | 10 | 13 | Hysteria Def Leppard |
| 39 | 24 | 2 | 14 | I Get Weak Belinda Carlisle |
| 40 | NEW | 40 | 1 | One More Try George Michael |
| 41 | 30 | 3 | 18 | She's Like The Wind Patrick Swayze (Featuring Wendy Fraser) |
| 42 | 46 | 42 | 6 | Strange But True Times Two |
| 43 | 49 | 43 | 6 | My Girl Suave |
| 44 | 48 | 44 | 5 | One Good Reason Paul Carrack |
| 45 | 39 | 6 | 14 | Just Like Paradise David Lee Roth |
| 46 | NEW | 46 | 1 | Everything Your Heart Desires Daryl Hall John Oates |
| 47 | 25 | 22 | 11 | Rock Of Life Rick Springfield |
| 48 | 51 | 48 | 7 | Yes (From The Motion Picture "Dirty Dancing") Merry Clayton |
| 49 | 52 | 49 | 6 | Ritual Dan Reed Network |
| 50 | 45 | 10 | 22 | I Found Someone Cher |
| 51 | 55 | 51 | 5 | Love In The First Degree Bananarama |
| 52 | 40 | 28 | 13 | Never Knew Love Like This Alexander O'Neal Featuring Cherrelle |
| 53 | 41 | 41 | 9 | Are You Sure So |
| 54 | 57 | 54 | 3 | Nightime Pretty Poison |
| 55 | 50 | 50 | 8 | Savin' Myself Eria Fachin |
| 56 | 62 | 56 | 3 | I Still Believe Brenda K. Starr |
| 57 | 61 | 57 | 4 | Promise Me The Cover Girls |
| 58 | 47 | 32 | 9 | What A Wonderful World Louis Armstrong |
| 59 | 67 | 59 | 2 | I'm Still Searching Glass Tiger |
| 60 | 53 | 19 | 22 | Push It Salt-N-Pepa |
| 61 | 66 | 61 | 5 | Breakaway Big Pig |
| 62 | NEW | 62 | 1 | Together Forever Rick Astley |
| 63 | 54 | 13 | 21 | Pump Up The Volume M/A/R/R/S |
| 64 | 84 | 64 | 2 | We All Sleep Alone Cher |
| 65 | 72 | 65 | 3 | Beds Are Burning Midnight Oil |
| 66 | 77 | 66 | 3 | Kiss Me Deadly Lita Ford |
| 67 | NEW | 67 | 1 | When We Kiss Bardeux |
| 68 | NEW | 68 | 1 | Circle In The Sand Belinda Carlisle |
| 69 | 56 | 4 | 24 | Hungry Eyes (From "Dirty Dancing") Eric Carmen |
| 70 | 58 | 6 | 22 | Can't Stay Away From You Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine |
| 71 | NEW | 71 | 1 | Da'Butt (From The "School Daze" Soundtrack) E.U. |
| 72 | 63 | 63 | 6 | Play That Funky Music Roxanne |
| 73 | 92 | 73 | 2 | The Flame Cheap Trick |
| 74 | 81 | 74 | 3 | Get It On Kingdom Come |
| 75 | 86 | 75 | 2 | Nite And Day Al B. Sure! |
| 76 | 64 | 48 | 10 | Give Me All Your Love Whitesnake |
| 77 | 78 | 77 | 4 | Presence Of Love The Alarm |
| 78 | 91 | 78 | 2 | Under The Milky Way The Church |
| 79 | NEW | 79 | 1 | Make It Real The Jets |
| 80 | 87 | 80 | 2 | Take It While It's Hot Sweet Sensation |
| 81 | 65 | 65 | 7 | Hot Hot Hot!!! The Cure |
| 82 | 85 | 82 | 3 | Never Die Young James Taylor |
| 83 | 83 | 83 | 3 | Century's End (From "Bright Lights, Big City") Donald Fagen |
| 84 | 94 | 84 | 2 | Like A Child Noel |
| 85 | NEW | 85 | 1 | Tall Cool One Robert Plant |
| 86 | 93 | 86 | 4 | Turn Off The Lights Lonzo And World Class Wreckin Kru |
| 87 | NEW | 87 | 1 | Should I Say Yes? Nu Shooz |
| 88 | NEW | 88 | 1 | Underneath The Radar Underworld |
| 89 | NEW | 89 | 1 | Englishman In New York Sting |
| 90 | NEW | 90 | 1 | Hands To Heaven Breathe |
| 91 | 74 | 9 | 23 | Don't Shed A Tear Paul Carrack |
| 92 | 76 | 43 | 19 | Never Thought (That I Could Love) Dan Hill |
| 93 | 90 | 90 | 3 | Family Man Fleetwood Mac |
| 94 | NEW | 94 | 1 | Stand Up David Lee Roth |
| 95 | 68 | 57 | 10 | Talking Back To The Night Steve Winwood |
| 96 | 69 | 69 | 7 | Samantha (What You Gonna Do?) Cellarful Of Noise |
| 97 | 73 | 66 | 8 | Don't Make A Fool Of Yourself Stacey Q |
| 98 | 70 | 49 | 9 | I Want You So Bad Heart |
| 99 | 60 | 15 | 14 | Be Still My Beating Heart Sting |
| 100 | 59 | 23 | 11 | When We Was Fab George Harrison |
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