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