Billboard Hot 100 — May 21, 1988
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of May 21, 1988. "Anything For You" by Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine held #1 for a 2nd straight week, the last week of its run. 7 songs entered the chart this week; the highest new entry was "Black And Blue" by Van Halen at #66, which would go on to peak at #34. The biggest climber was "Paradise" by Sade, up 25 places from #95 to #70.
Chart highlights
- At #1: "Anything For You" by Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine — 2 weeks at the top so far, 11 weeks on the chart since debuting March 12, 1988.
- New in the top 10: "Wait" by White Lion (up from #12 to #8); "Everything Your Heart Desires" by Daryl Hall John Oates (up from #16 to #9); "Two Occasions" by The Deele (up from #13 to #10).
- Biggest fall: "Some Kind Of Lover" by Jody Watley, down 35 places from #61 to #96.
- Longest run on this week's chart: "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley, 23 weeks and counting (peak #1).
- Gone from the chart: "I Found Someone" by Cher after 26 weeks (peak #10).
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 | 11 | Anything For You Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | One More Try George Michael |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | Shattered Dreams Johnny Hates Jazz |
| 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 | Always On My Mind Pet Shop Boys |
| 5 | 8 | 5 | 13 | Naughty Girls (Need Love Too) Samantha Fox |
| 6 | 10 | 6 | 10 | I Don't Want To Live Without You Foreigner |
| 7 | 9 | 7 | 15 | Electric Blue Icehouse |
| 8 | 12 | 8 | 13 | Wait White Lion |
| 9 | 16 | 9 | 6 | Everything Your Heart Desires Daryl Hall John Oates |
| 10 | 13 | 10 | 13 | Two Occasions The Deele |
| 11 | 14 | 11 | 14 | Piano In The Dark Brenda Russell Featuring Joe Esposito |
| 12 | 3 | 1 | 19 | Wishing Well Terence Trent D'Arby |
| 13 | 5 | 5 | 12 | Pink Cadillac Natalie Cole |
| 14 | 17 | 14 | 6 | Together Forever Rick Astley |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | 17 | Angel Aerosmith |
| 16 | 18 | 16 | 11 | Dreaming Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark |
| 17 | 25 | 17 | 6 | Make It Real The Jets |
| 18 | 21 | 18 | 6 | Circle In The Sand Belinda Carlisle |
| 19 | 11 | 1 | 13 | Where Do Broken Hearts Go Whitney Houston |
| 20 | 20 | 20 | 11 | My Girl Suave |
| 21 | 23 | 21 | 11 | Strange But True Times Two |
| 22 | 29 | 22 | 5 | Foolish Beat Debbie Gibson |
| 23 | 27 | 23 | 7 | We All Sleep Alone Cher |
| 24 | 30 | 24 | 8 | I Still Believe Brenda K. Starr |
| 25 | 32 | 25 | 4 | The Valley Road Bruce Hornsby & The Range |
| 26 | 15 | 7 | 14 | Prove Your Love Taylor Dayne |
| 27 | 33 | 27 | 4 | Alphabet St. Prince |
| 28 | 28 | 28 | 10 | One Good Reason Paul Carrack |
| 29 | 40 | 29 | 3 | Dirty Diana Michael Jackson |
| 30 | 35 | 30 | 8 | Kiss Me Deadly Lita Ford |
| 31 | 31 | 31 | 7 | I'm Still Searching Glass Tiger |
| 32 | 38 | 32 | 7 | Nite And Day Al B. Sure! |
| 33 | 42 | 33 | 7 | The Flame Cheap Trick |
| 34 | 19 | 1 | 15 | Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car Billy Ocean |
| 35 | 39 | 35 | 6 | Da'Butt (From The "School Daze" Soundtrack) E.U. |
| 36 | 37 | 36 | 8 | Nightime Pretty Poison |
| 37 | 45 | 37 | 5 | Nothin' But A Good Time Poison |
| 38 | 46 | 38 | 8 | Beds Are Burning Midnight Oil |
| 39 | 48 | 39 | 5 | Pour Some Sugar On Me Def Leppard |
| 40 | 41 | 40 | 9 | Promise Me The Cover Girls |
| 41 | 47 | 41 | 6 | When We Kiss Bardeux |
| 42 | 26 | 5 | 17 | Girlfriend Pebbles |
| 43 | 50 | 43 | 7 | Under The Milky Way The Church |
| 44 | 57 | 44 | 3 | Mercedes Boy Pebbles |
| 45 | 22 | 22 | 14 | Pamela Toto |
| 46 | 24 | 2 | 15 | Devil Inside INXS |
| 47 | 63 | 47 | 2 | New Sensation INXS |
| 48 | 53 | 48 | 5 | Supersonic J.J. Fad |
| 49 | 55 | 49 | 6 | Should I Say Yes? Nu Shooz |
| 50 | 56 | 50 | 6 | Tall Cool One Robert Plant |
| 51 | 36 | 20 | 15 | I Wish I Had A Girl Henry Lee Summer |
| 52 | 58 | 52 | 4 | Heart Of Mine Boz Scaggs |
| 53 | 60 | 53 | 3 | Lost In You Rod Stewart |
| 54 | 34 | 27 | 10 | Say It Again Jermaine Stewart |
| 55 | 66 | 55 | 6 | Hands To Heaven Breathe |
| 56 | 43 | 7 | 13 | I Saw Him Standing There Tiffany |
| 57 | 69 | 57 | 3 | Rush Hour Jane Wiedlin |
| 58 | 49 | 6 | 18 | Rocket 2 U The Jets |
| 59 | 62 | 59 | 7 | Take It While It's Hot Sweet Sensation |
| 60 | 51 | 2 | 18 | Endless Summer Nights Richard Marx |
| 61 | 73 | 61 | 3 | Route 66/Behind The Wheel Depeche Mode |
| 62 | 70 | 62 | 4 | Wild, Wild West Kool Moe Dee |
| 63 | 44 | 13 | 13 | One Step Up Bruce Springsteen |
| 64 | 81 | 64 | 3 | I Should Be So Lucky Kylie Minogue |
| 65 | 64 | 64 | 6 | Stand Up David Lee Roth |
| 66 | NEW | 66 | 1 | Black And Blue Van Halen |
| 67 | 74 | 67 | 4 | Most Of All Jody Watley |
| 68 | 71 | 68 | 4 | Blue Monday 1988 New Order |
| 69 | NEW | 69 | 1 | Hold On To The Nights Richard Marx |
| 70 | 95 | 70 | 2 | Paradise Sade |
| 71 | 52 | 1 | 16 | Man In The Mirror Michael Jackson |
| 72 | 68 | 1 | 23 | Never Gonna Give You Up Rick Astley |
| 73 | 85 | 73 | 3 | Forgive Me For Dreaming Elisa Fiorillo |
| 74 | 88 | 74 | 2 | Trouble Nia Peeples |
| 75 | NEW | 75 | 1 | Parents Just Don't Understand D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince |
| 76 | 77 | 74 | 6 | Underneath The Radar Underworld |
| 77 | 89 | 77 | 2 | Tomorrow People Ziggy Marley And The Melody Makers |
| 78 | NEW | 78 | 1 | Make Me Lose Control Eric Carmen |
| 79 | 96 | 79 | 2 | Just Got Paid Johnny Kemp |
| 80 | 80 | 80 | 5 | Dreamin' Of Love Stevie B |
| 81 | 92 | 81 | 2 | Love Changes (Everything) Climie Fisher |
| 82 | 86 | 82 | 3 | Like The Weather 10,000 Maniacs |
| 83 | 87 | 83 | 3 | Get It Stevie Wonder & Michael Jackson |
| 84 | 54 | 38 | 11 | Ritual Dan Reed Network |
| 85 | 59 | 5 | 19 | I Want Her Keith Sweat |
| 86 | 93 | 86 | 2 | Rooty Toot Toot John Mellencamp |
| 87 | 67 | 3 | 17 | Out Of The Blue Debbie Gibson |
| 88 | 97 | 88 | 2 | Something Just Ain't Right Keith Sweat |
| 89 | 78 | 78 | 5 | Love Struck Jesse Johnson |
| 90 | 76 | 31 | 14 | Going Back To Cali (From "Less Than Zero") LL Cool J |
| 91 | 79 | 20 | 17 | You Don't Know Scarlett & Black |
| 92 | 84 | 84 | 9 | Turn Off The Lights Lonzo And World Class Wreckin Kru |
| 93 | 72 | 60 | 10 | Breakaway Big Pig |
| 94 | NEW | 94 | 1 | My Love Julio Iglesias Featuring Stevie Wonder |
| 95 | 65 | 31 | 13 | Kiss And Tell (From "Bright Lights, Big City") Bryan Ferry |
| 96 | 61 | 10 | 17 | Some Kind Of Lover Jody Watley |
| 97 | 82 | 67 | 7 | Like A Child Noel |
| 98 | 75 | 48 | 10 | Love In The First Degree Bananarama |
| 99 | NEW | 99 | 1 | Fat "Weird Al" Yankovic |
| 100 | NEW | 100 | 1 | Only A Memory The Smithereens |
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