Weekly Pop Top 30 for October 22, 1988 |
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| 5 | 1 | Wild, Wild West | ▲ |
| The Escape Club |
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| 1 | 2 | A Groovy Kind Of Love | 1 |
| Phil Collins |
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| 14 | 3 | Kokomo | 1 |
| The Beach Boys |
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| 11 | 4 | The Loco-Motion | 2 |
| Kylie Minogue |
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| 8 | 5 | Never Tear Us Apart | 2 | ▲ |
| INXS |
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| 2 | 6 | What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) | 2 |
| Information Society |
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| 10 | 7 | Chains Of Love | 14 | ▲ |
| Erasure |
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| 4 | 8 | Don't You Know What The Night Can Do? | 1 | 4 |
| Steve Winwood |
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| 3 | 9 | Red Red Wine | 1 |
| UB40 |
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| 16 | 10 | Bad Medicine | 1 | 1 |
| Bon Jovi |
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| 7 | 11 | True Love | 7 |
| Glenn Frey |
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| 9 | 12 | Don't Be Cruel | 8 | 3 |
| Cheap Trick |
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| 17 | 13 | Desire | 1 | 4 |
| U2 |
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| 22 | 14 | One Moment In Time | 6 |
| Whitney Houston |
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| 18 | 15 | Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby) | 1 |
| Will To Power |
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| 19 | 16 | How Can I Fall? | 2 |
| Breathe |
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| 6 | 17 | Love Bites | 1 | 1 |
| Def Leppard |
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| - | 18 | Kissing A Fool | 6 |
| George Michael |
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| 20 | 19 | Strangelove | 17 | ▲ |
| Depeche Mode |
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| - | 20 | Look Away | 1 |
| Chicago |
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| 13 | 21 | Don't Be Cruel | 5 |
| Bobby Brown |
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| 12 | 22 | Don't Worry Be Happy | 1 |
| Bobby McFerrin |
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| 23 | 23 | Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone) | 9 | 14 |
| Cinderella |
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| 30 | 24 | Waiting For A Star To Fall | 2 |
| Boy Meets Girl |
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| 29 | 25 | A Word In Spanish | 17 |
| Elton John |
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| - | 26 | Giving You The Best That I Got | 2 |
| Anita Baker |
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| - | 27 | Walk On Water | 1 | 8 |
| Eddie Money |
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| 24 | 28 | Another Lover | 22 |
| Giant Steps |
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| 15 | 29 | Forever Young | 7 |
| Rod Stewart |
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| - | 30 | The Promise | 6 |
| When In Rome |
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