Posted March 25, 200718 yr UK Top 40 Singles weekending 26th March 1988 1 (4) Don’t Turn Around - Aswad 2 (17) Drop The Boy - Bros 3 (1) I Should Be So Lucky – Kylie Minogue 4 (New) Can I Play With Madness – Iron Maiden 5 (22) Could’ve Been - Tiffany 6 (3) Joe Le Taxi – Vanessa Paradis 7 (5) Crash – The Primitives 8 (12) Never/These Dreams - Heart 9 (6) Ship Of Fools - Erasure 10 (11) I Get Weak – Belinda Carlisle 11 (2) Together Forever – Rick Astley 12 (7) Love Is Contagious – Taja Sevelle 13 (20) I’m Not Scared – Eighth Wonder 14 (30) Cross My Broken Heart - Sinitta 15 (16) Where Do Broken Hearts Go – Whitney Houston 16 (29) Bass (How Low Can You Go) – Simon Harris 17 (18) Reckless – Afrika Bambaataa & UB40 18 (New) Stay On These Roads – A-ha 19 (13) I Know You Got Soul – Eric B & Rakim 20 (9) Doctorin’ The House – Coldcut ft Yazz & The Plastic Population 21 (10) Get Outta My Dreams – Billy Ocean 22 (37) Only In My Dreams – Debbie Gibson 23 (8) Beat Dis – Bomb Da Bass 24 (19) Heart Of Gold – Johnny Hates Jazz 25 (36) Temptation – Wet Wet Wet 26 (38) Love Changes Everything – Climie Fisher 27 (31) I Want Her – Keith Sweat 28 (15) That’s The Way It Is – Mel and Kim 29 (40) I Fought The Law – The Clash 30 (14) Gimme Hope Jo’Anna – Eddy Grant 31 (27) Just Like Paradise – David Lee Roth 32 (32) Days Of No Trust - Magnum 33 (New) Dreaming – Glen Goldsmith 34 (New) Prove Your Love – Taylor Dayne 35 (26) How Men Are – Aztec Camera 36 (23) Tell It To My Heart – Taylor Dayne 37 (New) Ain’t Complaining – Status Quo 38 (21) Hazy Shade Of Winter – The Bangles 39 (24) Good Groove – Derek B 40 (New) Just A Mirage – Jellybean ft Adele Bertei
March 26, 200718 yr personally i though '88 was one of the worst years ever for pop music, the dawning of s.a.w dominating the charts with their repetitive manufactured nonsence. i guess in some ways it was a reaction by a new generation (younger) against punk pop that had been the flavour of music for the last 11 years. the acceptance of this c**p by a younger generation was pretty mind boggling to us older people who grew up on a diet on more 'cool' 'proper' pop, you know... the ability to create a new song, play instruments and perform live. s.a.w was a huge dumbing down of pop music, but to watertwats credit he fights his corner well justifying supplying 'pop' pop as a party time feel good carefree musical style that is still with us today... in fact its pretty much the norm now <_<. several rock tracks in that chart, never rated iron maiden though... always considered them a second rate sabbath/purple tribute act that was almost a parody of the earlier rock groups. some decent enough pop tracks there though.. i liked 'heart of gold', ' jo le taxi', 'hazy shade of winter', 'im not scared' patsy kensit covering the pet shop boys pretty well imho. i reckon johnny hates jazz were one of the late 80's best acts, i liked their material, possibly overlooked now.
March 26, 200718 yr 88 was an excellent year. That chart features the first single I ever bought - Gimme Hope Joanna by Eddy Grant. Also features The Clash's cover of I Fought The Law - anyone know why this was re-released that year?
March 26, 200718 yr I agree with Mushymanrob - 1988was a very poor year for music for many of the reasons given. However I like from the Top40: 4 (New) Can I Play With Madness – Iron Maiden 5 (22) Could’ve Been - Tiffany 6 (3) Joe Le Taxi – Vanessa Paradis 7 (5) Crash – The Primitives 9 (6) Ship Of Fools - Erasure 10 (11) I Get Weak – Belinda Carlisle 13 (20) I’m Not Scared – Eighth Wonder 18 (New) Stay On These Roads – A-ha 20 (9) Doctorin’ The House – Coldcut ft Yazz & The Plastic Population 21 (10) Get Outta My Dreams – Billy Ocean 22 (37) Only In My Dreams – Debbie Gibson 23 (8) Beat Dis – Bomb Da Bass 26 (38) Love Changes Everything – Climie Fisher 29 (40) I Fought The Law – The Clash 35 (26) How Men Are – Aztec Camera 36 (23) Tell It To My Heart – Taylor Dayne 38 (21) Hazy Shade Of Winter – The Bangles
March 26, 200718 yr These are the only ones i liked 3 (1) I Should Be So Lucky – Kylie Minogue 6 (3) Joe Le Taxi – Vanessa Paradis 8 (12) Never/These Dreams - Heart 10 (11) I Get Weak – Belinda Carlisle 13 (20) I’m Not Scared – Eighth Wonder 24 (19) Heart Of Gold – Johnny Hates Jazz 26 (38) Love Changes Everything – Climie Fisher 29 (40) I Fought The Law – The Clash
Create an account or sign in to comment