Weekly Rock Top 20 for January 9, 1988 |
John Cougar Mellencamp and The Real Life finds the top song spot on the chart this week. Foreigner finds the number two position this week with Say You Will. INXS finds the third chart position this week with Devil Inside. |
| 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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