Billboard Hot 100 — December 17, 1988
The Billboard Hot 100 for the week of December 17, 1988. "Look Away" by Chicago held the #1 spot this week. Below are all 100 songs on the chart, with links to listen on YouTube and Spotify.
| # | Song / Artist |
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| 1 | Look Away Chicago
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| 2 | Every Rose Has Its Thorn Poison
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| 3 | Giving You The Best That I Got Anita Baker
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| 4 | My Prerogative Bobby Brown
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| 5 | Waiting For A Star To Fall Boy Meets Girl
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| 6 | Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley Will To Power
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| 7 | I Don't Want Your Love Duran Duran
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| 8 | How Can I Fall? Breathe
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| 9 | Welcome To The Jungle Guns N' Roses
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| 10 | Walk On Water Eddie Money
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| 11 | The Promise When In Rome
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| 12 | Two Hearts Phil Collins
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| 13 | In Your Room The Bangles
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| 14 | Finish What Ya Started Van Halen
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| 15 | Don't Rush Me Taylor Dayne
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| 16 | Spy In The House Of Love Was (Not Was)
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| 17 | I Remember Holding You Boys Club
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| 18 | Silhouette Kenny G
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| 19 | Early In The Morning Robert Palmer
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| 20 | Smooth Criminal Michael Jackson
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| 21 | Armageddon It Def Leppard
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| 22 | Desire U2
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| 23 | Put A Little Love In Your Heart Annie Lennox & Al Green
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| 24 | The Way You Love Me Karyn White
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| 25 | All This Time Tiffany
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| 26 | Bad Medicine Bon Jovi
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| 27 | Not Just Another Girl Ivan Neville
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| 28 | Wild, Wild West The Escape Club
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| 29 | Kokomo (From"Cocktail" ) The Beach Boys
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| 30 | Little Liar Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
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| 31 | When The Children Cry White Lion
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| 32 | Wild World Maxi Priest
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| 33 | Yeah, Yeah, Yeah Judson Spence
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| 34 | Born To Be My Baby Bon Jovi
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| 35 | Holding On Steve Winwood
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| 36 | Thanks For My Child Cheryl Pepsii Riley
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| 37 | Kissing A Fool George Michael
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| 38 | When I'm With You Sheriff
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| 39 | Ghost Town Cheap Trick
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| 40 | I Wanna Have Some Fun Samantha Fox
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| 41 | The Lover In Me Sheena Easton
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| 42 | The Loco-Motion Kylie Minogue
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| 43 | Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone) Cinderella
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| 44 | Groovy Kind Of Love Phil Collins
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| 45 | Back On Holiday Robbie Nevil
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| 46 | Handle With Care Traveling Wilburys
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| 47 | Straight Up Paula Abdul
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| 48 | Walking Away Information Society
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| 49 | Kiss The Art Of Noise Featuring Tom Jones
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| 50 | Domino Dancing Pet Shop Boys
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| 51 | Baby Can I Hold You Tracy Chapman
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| 52 | Wild Thing Tone-Loc
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| 53 | You Got It (The Right Stuff) New Kids On The Block
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| 54 | Till I Loved You Barbra Streisand & Don Johnson
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| 55 | Peek-A-Boo Siouxsie & The Banshees
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| 56 | Symptoms Of True Love Tracie Spencer
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| 57 | What I Am Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
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| 58 | Hippy Hippy Shake (From "Cocktail") The Georgia Satellites
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| 59 | Dial My Heart The Boys
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| 60 | As Long As You Follow Fleetwood Mac
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| 61 | She Wants To Dance With Me Rick Astley
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| 62 | Cross My Heart Eighth Wonder
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| 63 | One Moment In Time Whitney Houston
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| 64 | Another Lover Giant Steps
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| 65 | Red Red Wine UB40
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| 66 | Girls Ain't Nothing But Trouble D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
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| 67 | It's Money That Matters Randy Newman
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| 68 | Shake For The Sheik The Escape Club
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| 69 | A Little Respect Erasure
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| 70 | Forever Young Alphaville
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| 71 | Nobody's Perfect Mike + The Mechanics
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| 72 | Edge Of A Broken Heart Vixen
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| 73 | Forever Young Rod Stewart
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| 74 | Angel Of Harlem U2
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| 75 | Don't Worry, Be Happy (From "Cocktail") Bobby McFerrin
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| 76 | What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) Information Society
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| 77 | Boy, I've Been Told SaFire
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| 78 | Never Tear Us Apart INXS
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| 79 | New Day For You Basia
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| 80 | My Heart Can't Tell You No Rod Stewart
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| 81 | It's No Secret Kylie Minogue
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| 82 | Small World Huey Lewis & The News
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| 83 | Don't Be Cruel Bobby Brown
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| 84 | Killing Me Softly Al B. Sure!
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| 85 | Anchorage Michelle Shocked
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| 86 | I'll Always Love You Taylor Dayne
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| 87 | Love Bites Def Leppard
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| 88 | Cars With The Boom L'Trimm
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| 89 | Best Of Times Peter Cetera
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| 90 | I Hate Myself For Loving You Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
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| 91 | If We Never Meet Again Tommy Conwell And The Young Rumblers
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| 92 | Please Don't Go Girl New Kids On The Block
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| 93 | Is It Love J.J. Fad
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| 94 | Doctorin' The Tardis The Timelords
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| 95 | Perfect Fairground Attraction
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| 96 | Any Love Luther Vandross
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| 97 | Posse On Broadway Sir Mix-A-Lot
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| 98 | Wild Again (From "Cocktail") Starship
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| 99 | Rock & Roll Strategy Thirty Eight Special
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| 100 | The Only Way Is Up Yazz And The Plastic Population
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