Weekly Rock Top 20 for October 15, 1988 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 1 | 1 | Desire | ▲ | 4 |
| U2 |
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| 5 | 2 | Walk On Water | 1 | 8 |
| Eddie Money |
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| 4 | 3 | It's Money That Matters | 1 |
| Randy Newman |
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| 2 | 4 | Bad Medicine | 1 | 1 |
| Bon Jovi |
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| 10 | 5 | Take It So Hard | 3 |
| Keith Richards |
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| 9 | 6 | Rock And Roll Strategy | 3 |
| Thirty Eight Special |
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| 3 | 7 | Let It Roll | 3 |
| Little Feat |
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| 6 | 8 | Feels So Good | 6 |
| Van Halen |
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| 18 | 9 | Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone) | ▲ | 14 |
| Cinderella |
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| 7 | 10 | Fight (No Matter How Long) | 7 |
| The Bunburys |
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| - | 11 | Handle With Care | 1 | 18 |
| Traveling Wilburys |
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| 14 | 12 | Slow Turning | 6 |
| John Hiatt |
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| 13 | 13 | Don't Go | 8 |
| Hothouse Flowers |
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| 11 | 14 | What I Am | 5 | 2 |
| Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians |
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| - | 15 | Rock Bottom | 10 |
| Dickey Betts Band |
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| - | 16 | Confidence Man | 9 |
| The Jeff Healey Band |
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| - | 17 | Edge Of A Broken Heart | 15 | 28 |
| Vixen |
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| - | 18 | Telephone Box | 14 |
| Ian Gillan & Roger Glover |
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| - | 19 | Madalaine | ▲ |
| Winger |
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| - | 20 | If Love Was A Train | ▲ |
| Michelle Shocked |
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