1988
George Michael: Father Figure
George Michael’s fantastic Father Figure. The song from his Faith album spent 6 weeks in the top ten in 1988 and 14 weeks in …
Whitney Houston: Where Do Broken Hearts Go
Where Do Broken Hearts Go was the fourth single released off Whitney Houston’s “Whitney” album. The song became Whitney’s seventh straight number one hit …
Poison: Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Poison’s awesome ballad Every Rose Has Its Thorn from their Open Up And Say…Ahh! album was their only number one hit ever! VH1 placed …
Aerosmith: Angel
Steven Tyler’s soaring vocals on the Aerosmith hit Angel took the song to #3 in 1988. From the band’s Permanent Vacation album, the video …
The Bangles: Hazy Shade of Winter
Hazy Shade of Winter was originally written by Paul Simon but The Bangles had a go of it in 1988 for the soundtrack to the …
Breathe: How Can I Fall?
Breathe’s How Can I Fall spent an astonishing sixteen weeks in the top 40 in 1988. How Can I Fall appears on London based …
Robert Palmer: Simply Irresistible
Robert Palmer won a Grammy for Simply Irresistible which topped the rock charts in 1988. Like his other songs Addicted to Love and I …
George Michael: One More Try
One More Try from George Michael’s monster Faith album. One More Try was the first US single to ever top 3 different Billboard charts …
Michael Jackson: Man in the Mirror
The highly acclaimed Man in the Mirror from Michael Jackson’s Bad album topped the charts in 1988 for a pair of weeks. The inspirational …
Taylor Dayne: I’ll Always Love You
I’ll Always Love You showed the softer side of Taylor Dayne, who until this song in 1988 had released mostly high energy dance tunes. …
Whitney Houston: So Emotional
So Emotional was Whitney Houston’s sixth consecutive number one single. The song appears on her Whitney album and spent 18 weeks in the top …













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