{"id":21264,"date":"2024-04-22T08:15:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T14:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=21264"},"modified":"2024-04-22T09:51:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T15:51:50","slug":"50-years-of-music-1988","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/50-years-of-music-1988\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifty Years Of Music \u2013 1988"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Fifty years ago, I made my first appeared on the Earth.\u00a0 In celebration, we are going to take a look at the year-end Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for each year of my life and see what songs resonated with me at the time and if they continue to do so to this day.<\/p>\n

We continue our look back at the music of my lifetime with 1988, the year I graduated from junior high, first really became interested in pop music, and moved on to high school.\u00a0 Z95 and B96 were the hit stations in Chicago at the time and would provide the soundtrack of that year.\u00a0 At 62 songs, over 60% of the Hot 100 remain familiar to me now, with 29 of them appearing in my collection in one way or another.<\/p>\n

#99: White Lion \u2013 Wait<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 21 plays<\/p>\n

Released in June of 1987, it didn’t crack the charts until February of 1988 before eventually cracking the top ten and peaking at #8 in May.<\/p>\n

#98: Poison \u2013 Nothin’ but a Good Time<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 28 plays<\/p>\n

The lead single from the band’s second album, it reached #6 on the Hot 100.<\/p>\n

#89: Whitney Houston \u2013 One Moment in Time<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Hitting #5, the song was produced for the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea.<\/p>\n

#85: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts \u2013 I Hate Myself for Loving You<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 27 plays<\/p>\n

Jett’s third and final top ten single, it peaked at #8 and spent 26 weeks on the chart.<\/p>\n

#82: Van Halen \u2013 When It’s Love<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 9 plays<\/p>\n

The group’s third and final top ten single, it topped out at #5 on the Hot 100 and reached the top of the Mainstream Rock chart.<\/p>\n

#79: Bobby Brown \u2013 Don’t Be Cruel<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Topping the R&B chart for two weeks, the single from Brown’s second solo album hit #8 in October.<\/p>\n

#76: Tracy Chapman \u2013 Fast Car<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 3 plays<\/p>\n

Nominated for three Grammys and winning one, Chapman’s biggest pop hit peaked at #6.<\/p>\n

#75: Natalie Cole \u2013 Pink Cadillac<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

This cover of a Bruce Springsteen song reached #5 on the Hot 100, giving Cole her first top ten hit since 1978.<\/p>\n

#71: Elton John \u2013 Candle in the Wind<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Originally written in honor of Marilyn Monroe in 1973, this live version hit #6.<\/p>\n

#70: Cheap Trick \u2013 Don’t Be Cruel<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 31 plays<\/p>\n

The Rockford band spent two weeks at #4 In October of 1988 with this cover of the old Elvis hit.<\/p>\n

#66: Pretty Poison \u2013 Catch Me (I’m Falling)<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The lone hit from the group, it reached #8 late in 1987.<\/p>\n

#65: INXS \u2013 New Sensation<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 18 plays<\/p>\n

Peaking at #3, this was the third single from the Australian group’s sixth studio album.<\/p>\n

#63: Pebbles \u2013 Mercedes Boy<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 17 plays<\/p>\n

The second, and biggest, single from her debut album, the track went all the way to #2 on the Hot 100.<\/p>\n

#62: Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine \u2013 1-2-3<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The seventh and final top ten hit for the group, it reached #3 in July of 1988.<\/p>\n

#61: Michael Jackson \u2013 Dirty Diana<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Jackson returned to the top of the charts with the fifth single from his Bad<\/em> album.<\/p>\n

#57: Belinda Carlisle \u2013 I Get Weak<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Carlisle hit #2 with this second single from her second solo album, written by Diane Warren.<\/p>\n

#56: U2 \u2013 Desire<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The first single from the band’s Rattle and Hum<\/em> album, it peaked at #3 on the Hot 100 while winning a Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.<\/p>\n

#54: Debbie Gibson \u2013 Out of the Blue<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The title track from Gibson’s debut album, it reached #3, becoming Gibson’s highest charting single at the time.<\/p>\n

#53: Taylor Dayne \u2013 Tell It to My Heart<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Taylor’s debut single, the song spent 25 weeks in the Hot 100, peaking at #7, and earned Dayne a Grammy nomination.<\/p>\n

#52: Information Society \u2013 What’s On Your Mind (Pure Energy)<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 15 plays<\/p>\n

Featuring vocal samples of Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley from episodes of Star Trek<\/em>, the group’s sole hit reached #3 in October of 1988.<\/p>\n

#49: Kylie Minogue \u2013 The Loco-Motion<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 22 plays<\/p>\n

The debut single from Minogue, a cover of the Little Eva hit from the 60s, spent two weeks at #3 and remains her highest-charting US single.<\/p>\n

#46: INXS \u2013 Devil Inside<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 21 plays<\/p>\n

Stalling out at #2 on the Hot 100, it was the second single from the group’s sixth studio album.<\/p>\n

#45: George Michael \u2013 Monkey<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The fourth single from the Faith<\/em> album to reach #1, it spent two weeks atop the charts in August and September.<\/p>\n

#44: Rick Astley \u2013 Together Forever<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 15 plays<\/p>\n

Astley’s second, and final, chart topper in the US.<\/p>\n

#42: Beach Boys \u2013 Kokomo<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Featured in the Tom Cruise film Cocktail<\/em>, it gave the group their first #1 hit in 22 years.<\/p>\n

#41: Bon Jovi \u2013 Bad Medicine<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 16 plays<\/p>\n

The lead single from the band’s fourth album, it became their third hit to reach the top of the Hot 100.<\/p>\n

#40: Patrick Swayze featuring Wendy Fraser \u2013 She’s Like the Wind<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Featured on the Dirty Dancing<\/em> soundtrack, it peaked at #3.<\/p>\n

#39: UB40 \u2013 Red Red Wine<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 24 plays<\/p>\n

A minor hit in 1984, this Neil Diamond cover had a second life after UB40 performed it at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert and it went to #1 in October.<\/p>\n

#37: Bobby McFerrin \u2013 Don’t Worry, Be Happy<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 19 plays<\/p>\n

Reaching #1 for two weeks in September, it became the first a capella song to top the Hot 100<\/p>\n

#36: Michael Jackson \u2013 The Way You Make Me Feel<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Became the third consecutive single from Jackson’s Bad<\/em> album to top the charts.<\/p>\n

#35: The Bangles \u2013 A Hazy Shade of Winter<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 21 plays<\/p>\n

This cover of a Simon & Garfunkel hit, recorded for the Less Than Zero<\/em> soundtrack, peaked at #2.<\/p>\n

#34: Aerosmith \u2013 Angel<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 14 plays<\/p>\n

The third single from the group’s comeback album, it reached #3 and, at the time, was their highest-charting single.<\/p>\n

#33: Whitney Houston \u2013 Where Do Broken Hearts Go<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

This became Houston’s seventh consecutive #1 single, breaking the previous record she held along with The Beatles\u00a0and\u00a0The Bee Gees.<\/p>\n

#32: Debbie Gibson \u2013 Foolish Beat<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Topping the Hot 100 in June, it gave the 17-year-old Gibson the record for the youngest person to write, produce, and perform a number-one single entirely on her own.<\/p>\n

#30: Def Leppard \u2013 Love Bites<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 16 plays<\/p>\n

Spending a single week atop the chart, it remains the band’s sole #1 hit.<\/p>\n

#29: Phil Collins \u2013 A Groovy Kind of Love<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Spending 25 weeks on the charts and peaking at #1, Collins recorded this cover for the soundtrack to his movie Buster<\/em>.<\/p>\n

#28: Samantha Fox \u2013 Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 17 plays<\/p>\n

The former pin-up model peaked at #3 in June of 1988.<\/p>\n

#27: George Michael \u2013 Father Figure<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The fourth single from Michael’s solo debut album, it spent two weeks at #1 in February and March.<\/p>\n

#26: Johnny Hates Jazz \u2013 Shattered Dreams<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 20 plays<\/p>\n

The group’s highest charting US single reached #2 on the Hot 100 and topped the Adult Contemporary chart for a week.<\/p>\n

#25: Eric Carmen \u2013 Hungry Eyes<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Featured on the Dirty Dancing<\/em> soundtrack, it peaked at #4 and became Carmen’s second Top 40 hit of the decade.<\/p>\n

#24: Richard Marx \u2013 Hold On to the Nights<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The final single from his debut album, it was the first to reach #1.<\/p>\n

#23: Robert Palmer \u2013 Simply Irresistible<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Earning Palmer his second Grammy award, the song spent two weeks at #2.<\/p>\n

#22: Debbie Gibson \u2013 Shake Your Love<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The second single from Gibson’s debut was her second top five hit, peaking at #4.<\/p>\n

#21: Michael Jackson \u2013 Man in the Mirror<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Spending two weeks atop the Hot 100, it became Jackson’s tenth #1 single.<\/p>\n

#19: Def Leppard \u2013 Pour Some Sugar on Me<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 30<\/p>\n

My first all-time favorite song, it peaked at #2 during the summer of 1988.<\/p>\n

#18: The Escape Club \u2013 Wild, Wild West<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 23 plays<\/p>\n

The single reached the top of the Hot 100 in November of 1988, making the group the only British artist to have a #1 hit in the US while never charting in the UK.<\/p>\n

#17: Whitesnake \u2013 Is This Love<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The second-highest charting single in the band’s career, it reached #2 on the Hot 100.<\/p>\n

#16: Expos\u00e9 \u2013 Seasons Change<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The group’s biggest hit to date, it spent a week at #1 in February, making them one of just two female vocal groups to score a chart-topping hit in the 80s.<\/p>\n

#15: Billy Ocean \u2013 Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 12 plays<\/p>\n

Featured in the comedy classic License to Drive<\/em>, the song was the final single by Ocean to crack the top ten and his third and last #1 hit.<\/p>\n

#14: Cheap Trick \u2013 The Flame<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 16 plays<\/p>\n

After being asked to work with outside songwriters for their tenth studio album, the band notched their first, and only, #1 hit.<\/p>\n

#13: Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine \u2013 Anything for You<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The first of three chart-topping hits for Estefan, the song spent two weeks at #1 in May.<\/p>\n

#12: Terence Trent D’Arby \u2013 Wishing Well<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 17 plays<\/p>\n

The single took 17 weeks to climb to the top of the Hot 100, the longest trek to the top since 1983.<\/p>\n

#11: George Michael \u2013 One More Try<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The third consecutive #1 single from the Faith<\/em> album, it spent three weeks atop the chart, tied for the longest run of the year.<\/p>\n

#10: Steve Winwood \u2013 Roll with It<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

At four weeks, it was the longest charting #1 hit of the year and was both the final #1 of Casey Kasem’s original tenure on American Top 40<\/em>\u00a0and the first for new host Shadoe Stevens.<\/p>\n

#8: Tiffany \u2013 Could’ve Been<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 23 plays<\/p>\n

Spending two weeks at #1 in February, it was the second consecutive chart-topping hit for the teenager.<\/p>\n

#7: Belinda Carlisle \u2013 Heaven Is a Place on Earth<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 22 plays<\/p>\n

The lead single from Carlisle’s second solo album, it became her sole #1 hit.<\/p>\n

#6: Whitney Houston \u2013 So Emotional<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The sixth consecutive #1 single for Houston.<\/p>\n

#5: Guns N’ Roses \u2013 Sweet Child o’ Mine<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 43 plays<\/p>\n

The group’s only single to top the Hot 100, the song ranked as #37 on Guitar World<\/em>‘s list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Solos.<\/p>\n

#4: Rick Astley \u2013 Never Gonna Give You Up<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The first song to become an internet meme, the first single from Astley’s debut album sat atop the Hot 100.<\/p>\n

#3: George Harrison \u2013 Got My Mind Set on You<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 17 plays<\/p>\n

Discovered by Harrison while visiting his sister in Illinois in 1963, the track is, to date, the last #1 hit by a former Beatle.<\/p>\n

#2: INXS \u2013 Need You Tonight<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The Australian band’s sole #1 hit in the US.<\/p>\n

#1: George Michael \u2013 Faith<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Spending four weeks atop the chart, the title track from Michael’s solo debut spent nine weeks in the top ten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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