List of Adult Contemporary top 10 singles in 1988 (U.S.)
This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1988.
Top-ten singles
Top ten entry date |
Single |
Artist(s) |
Peak |
Peak date |
Weeks in top ten |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singles from 1987 |
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December 19 |
"I Live For Your Love" |
Natalie Cole |
2 |
January 16 |
9 |
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"Faith" |
George Michael |
5 |
January 16 |
6 |
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Singles from 1988 |
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January 9 |
"Everywhere" |
Fleetwood Mac |
1 |
January 16 |
7 |
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January 16 |
"Could've Been" |
Tiffany |
1 |
February 6 |
7 |
|
"All I Want Is You" |
Carly Simon |
7 |
January 16 |
5 |
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"Can't Stay Away from You" |
Miami Sound Machine |
1 |
February 13 |
10 |
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"Hungry Eyes" |
Eric Carmen |
2 |
February 13 |
9 |
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January 23 |
"Seasons Change" |
Expose |
1 |
February 20 |
9 |
|
January 30 |
"The Way You Make Me Feel" |
Michael Jackson |
9 |
February 6 |
2 |
|
February 6 |
"She's Like the Wind" |
Patrick Swayze |
1 |
February 27 |
9 |
|
"Twilight World" |
Swing Out Sister |
7 |
February 20 |
5 |
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February 13 |
"Without You" |
Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle |
8 |
March 5 |
6 |
|
February 20 |
"Father Figure" |
George Michael |
3 |
March 12 |
7 |
|
"Never Gonna Give You Up" |
Rick Astley |
1 |
March 12 |
9 |
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February 27 |
"Endless Summer Nights" |
Richard Marx |
2 |
March 19 |
9 |
|
March 5 |
"Never Die Young" |
James Taylor |
3 |
March 26 |
7 |
|
March 12 |
"Man in the Mirror" |
Michael Jackson |
2 |
April 9 |
8 |
|
March 19 |
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" |
Whitney Houston |
1 |
April 2 |
10 |
|
March 26 |
"What A Wonderful World" |
Louis Armstrong |
7 |
April 2 |
4 |
|
"I Get Weak" |
Belinda Carlisle |
9 |
March 26 |
3 |
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"When We Was Fab" |
George Harrison |
10 |
March 26 |
1 |
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April 2 |
"Anything for You" |
Miami Sound Machine |
1 |
April 23 |
10 |
|
April 9 |
"One Step Up" |
Bruce Springsteen |
3 |
April 23 |
6 |
|
"Talking Back to the Night" |
Steve Winwood |
7 |
April 23 |
5 |
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April 16 |
"Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" |
Billy Ocean |
5 |
April 30 |
5 |
|
April 23 |
"I Don't Want to Live Without You" |
Foreigner |
1 |
May 14 |
9 |
|
"Piano in the Dark" |
Brenda Russell featuring Joe Esposito |
3 |
May 7 |
8 |
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"Set the Night to Music" |
Starship |
9 |
April 30 |
2 |
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April 30 |
"Shattered Dreams" |
Johnny Hates Jazz |
1 |
May 21 |
8 |
|
May 7 |
"One More Try" |
George Michael |
1 |
May 28 |
9 |
|
"Everything Your Heart Desires" |
Hall & Oates |
2 |
June 18 |
9 |
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May 14 |
"Pamela" |
Toto |
9 |
May 14 |
2 |
|
May 21 |
"The Valley Road" |
Bruce Hornsby & the Range |
1 |
June 18 |
9 |
|
"Carmelia" |
Dan Hill |
8 |
May 21 |
2 |
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May 28 |
"Heart of Mine" |
Boz Scaggs |
3 |
June 25 |
8 |
|
"Make It Real" |
The Jets |
1 |
June 25 |
10 |
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June 4 |
"Circle in the Sand" |
Belinda Carlisle |
5 |
June 25 |
5 |
|
June 11 |
"Together Forever" |
Rick Astley |
2 |
June 25 |
6 |
|
June 18 |
"Between Like and Love" |
Billy Vera & the Beaters |
9 |
June 25 |
2 |
|
June 25 |
"Paradise" |
Sade |
3 |
July 16 |
6 |
|
"Make Me Lose Control" |
Eric Carmen |
1 |
July 16 |
9 |
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July 2 |
"The Colour of Love" |
Billy Ocean |
2 |
July 23 |
8 |
|
July 9 |
"Roll With It" |
Steve Winwood |
1 |
August 6 |
9 |
|
"Foolish Beat" |
Debbie Gibson |
8 |
July 23 |
3 |
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"Hands to Heaven" |
Breathe |
2 |
August 6 |
8 |
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July 23 |
"Hold On to the Nights" |
Richard Marx |
3 |
August 6 |
7 |
|
"1-2-3" |
Miami Sound Machine |
1 |
August 27 |
9 |
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"I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" |
Elton John |
1 |
August 20 |
9 |
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July 30 |
"I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love" |
Chicago |
5 |
August 27 |
7 |
|
August 6 |
"I Know You're Out There Somewhere" |
The Moody Blues |
9 |
August 6 |
2 |
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"Love Will Save the Day" |
Whitney Houston |
10 |
August 6 |
4 |
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August 20 |
"Fast Car" |
Tracy Chapman |
7 |
August 20 |
2 |
|
August 27 |
"One Good Woman" |
Peter Cetera |
1 |
September 3 |
9 |
|
"Perfect World" |
Huey Lewis & the News |
2 |
September 10 |
7 |
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September 3 |
"I'll Always Love You" |
Taylor Dayne |
2 |
September 17 |
8 |
|
"It Would Take a Strong Man" |
Rick Astley |
1 |
October 1 |
7 |
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"Missed Opportunity" |
Hall & Oates |
8 |
September 10 |
3 |
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September 10 |
"Here with Me" |
REO Speedwagon |
9 |
September 10 |
3 |
|
"Look Out Any Window" |
Bruce Hornsby & the Range |
7 |
September 17 |
4 |
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September 17 |
"True Love" |
Glenn Frey |
2 |
October 1 |
7 |
|
September 24 |
"Groovy Kind of Love" |
Phil Collins |
1 |
October 8 |
9 |
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"Don't Worry, Be Happy" |
Bobby McFerrin |
7 |
September 24 |
4 |
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"Don't You Know What the Night Can Do?" |
Steve Winwood |
2 |
October 15 |
8 |
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October 1 |
"Kokomo" |
The Beach Boys |
5 |
October 8 |
7 |
|
October 8 |
"One Moment in Time" |
Whitney Houston |
1 |
October 29 |
7 |
|
October 15 |
"How Can I Fall?" |
Breathe |
1 |
November 12 |
10 |
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October 22 |
"Forever Young" |
Rod Stewart |
3 |
November 12 |
6 |
|
"A Word in Spanish" |
Elton John |
4 |
November 12 |
6 |
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October 29 |
"Look Away" |
Chicago |
1 |
December 3 |
11 |
|
"Giving You the Best That I Got" |
Anita Baker |
1 |
December 10 |
11 |
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November 5 |
"Kissing a Fool" |
George Michael |
1 |
November 26 |
7 |
|
"Till I Loved You" |
Barbara Streisand & Don Johnson |
3 |
December 3 |
6 |
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November 19 |
"Waiting for a Star to Fall" |
Boy Meets Girl |
1 |
December 17 |
11 |
|
November 26 |
"Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley" |
Will to Power |
2 |
December 10 |
8 |
|
December 3 |
"Turn Back the Clock" |
Johnny Hates Jazz |
5 |
December 24 |
8 |
|
"Two Hearts" |
Phil Collins |
1 |
December 24 |
12 |
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1987 peaks
Top ten entry date |
Single |
Artist(s) |
Peak |
Peak date |
Weeks in top ten |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 31 |
"(I've Had) The Time of My Life" |
Bill Medley |
1 |
November 21 |
12 |
|
November 7 |
"Valerie" |
Steve Winwood |
2 |
November 28 |
10 |
|
"That's What Love Is All AbOUT" |
Michael Bolton |
3 |
December 5 |
9 |
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November 28 |
"Got My Mind Set on You" |
George Harrison |
1 |
December 19 |
10 |
|
December 5 |
"Never Thought (That I Could Love)" |
Dan Hill |
2 |
December 26 |
9 |
|
"So Emotional" |
Whitney Houston |
8 |
December 12 |
6 |
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December 12 |
"I Don't Mind At All" |
Bourgeois Tagg |
5 |
December 26 |
5 |
|
December 19 |
"Heaven Is a Place on Earth" |
Belinda Carlisle |
7 |
December 19 |
4 |
1989 peaks
Top ten entry date |
Single |
Artist(s) |
Peak |
Peak date |
Weeks in top ten |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
December 3 |
"Silhouette" |
Kenny G |
2 |
January 14 |
9 |
|
December 17 |
"I Remember Holding You" |
Boys Club |
4 |
January 21 |
8 |
|
December 24 |
"As Long as You Follow" |
Fleetwood Mac |
1 |
January 28 |
8 |
|
"Put a Little Love in Your Heart" |
Annie Lennox & Al Green |
2 |
February 4 |
8 |
Notes
The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending November 12, 1988.
The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending November 26, 1988.
See also
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1988 (U.S.)