Weekly Rock Top 20 for January 9, 1988 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 3 | 1 | The Real Life | ▲ |
| John Cougar Mellencamp |
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| 2 | 2 | Say You Will | 1 | 3 |
| Foreigner |
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| 5 | 3 | Devil Inside | 2 | 1 |
| INXS |
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| 4 | 4 | When We Was Fab | 1 | 15 |
| George Harrison |
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| 1 | 5 | It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) | 1 | 19 |
| R.E.M. |
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| 9 | 6 | Sweet Fire Of Love | ▲ |
| Robbie Robertson |
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| 11 | 7 | One Step Up | 2 | 11 |
| Bruce Springsteen |
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| 10 | 8 | No New Tale To Tell | ▲ |
| Love And Rockets |
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| 7 | 9 | Hysteria | 4 | 9 |
| Def Leppard |
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| 6 | 10 | Don't Shed A Tear | 4 | 7 |
| Paul Carrack |
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| - | 11 | Just Like Paradise | 1 | 7 |
| David Lee Roth |
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| 17 | 12 | Heart Turns To Stone | 5 |
| Foreigner |
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| 15 | 13 | Lock And Key | ▲ |
| Rush |
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| 13 | 14 | Shoot High Aim Low | 9 |
| Yes |
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| - | 15 | Be Still My Beating Heart | 3 | 12 |
| Sting |
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| 12 | 16 | In God's Country | 3 | 30 |
| U2 |
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| - | 17 | You Talk Too Much | 2 |
| George Thorogood & The Destroyers |
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| - | 18 | Everywhere | ▲ | 12 |
| Fleetwood Mac |
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| - | 19 | Save Your Love | 7 |
| Great White |
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| 14 | 20 | On The Turning Away | 1 |
| Pink Floyd |
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