Top 100 songs for March 12, 1988
This weekly snapshot follows the songs and artists competing across the Billboard Hot 100. Open any entry for its full chart history, or explore 1988 and the 1980s.
This week’s No. 1 is “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley. Meanwhile, “Pink Cadillac” by Natalie Cole rises from No. 67 to No. 49. 8 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Pink Cadillac — Natalie Coleup 18 places, No. 67 → No. 49
- Samantha (What You Gonna Do?) — Cellarful Of Noiseup 15 places, No. 94 → No. 79
- Two Occasions — The Deeleup 14 places, No. 73 → No. 59
New to this week’s Top 10
- Out Of The Blue — Debbie GibsonNo. 8
- I Want Her — Keith SweatNo. 9
New to this week’s Top 40
- I Saw Him Standing There — TiffanyNo. 36
- You Don't Know — Scarlett & BlackNo. 38
- Prove Your Love — Taylor DayneNo. 40
First-week entries
- Anything For You — Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound MachineNo. 63
- Dreaming — Orchestral Manoeuvres In The DarkNo. 82
- Ritual — Dan Reed NetworkNo. 85
- Strange But True — Times TwoNo. 86
- Play That Funky Music — RoxanneNo. 87
- Ooo La La La — Teena MarieNo. 89
- My Girl — SuaveNo. 91
- She's Only 20 — Tami ShowNo. 92
First-week entries have one recorded chart week. Climbs and Top 10/Top 40 arrivals use recorded previous positions for consecutive chart weeks; returning songs without a previous position are not classified as debuts.