Weekly Rock Top 20 for October 22, 1988 |
| LW | TW | peaks: | rock | pop |
| 2 | 1 | Walk On Water | ▲ | 8 |
| Eddie Money |
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| 1 | 2 | Desire | 1 | 4 |
| U2 |
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| 6 | 3 | Rock And Roll Strategy | ▲ |
| Thirty Eight Special |
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| 3 | 4 | It's Money That Matters | 1 |
| Randy Newman |
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| 11 | 5 | Handle With Care | 1 | 18 |
| Traveling Wilburys |
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| 5 | 6 | Take It So Hard | 3 |
| Keith Richards |
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| 4 | 7 | Bad Medicine | 1 | 1 |
| Bon Jovi |
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| 13 | 8 | Don't Go | ▲ |
| Hothouse Flowers |
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| 9 | 9 | Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone) | ▲ | 14 |
| Cinderella |
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| 15 | 10 | Rock Bottom | ▲ |
| Dickey Betts Band |
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| 12 | 11 | Slow Turning | 6 |
| John Hiatt |
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| 14 | 12 | What I Am | 5 | 2 |
| Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians |
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| 16 | 13 | Confidence Man | 9 |
| The Jeff Healey Band |
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| 18 | 14 | Telephone Box | ▲ |
| Ian Gillan & Roger Glover |
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| 17 | 15 | Edge Of A Broken Heart | ▲ | 28 |
| Vixen |
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| - | 16 | Stand Beside Me | 13 |
| Kansas |
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| - | 17 | Slip Away | 15 |
| The Gregg Allman Band |
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| - | 18 | Dreamworld | 16 |
| Midnight Oil |
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| - | 19 | Jane Says | 6 |
| Jane's Addiction |
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| - | 20 | Born To Be My Baby | 4 | 2 |
| Bon Jovi |
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