Top 100 songs for March 19, 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, “Strange But True” by Times Two rises from No. 86 to No. 71. 7 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Strange But True — Times Twoup 15 places, No. 86 → No. 71
- Dreaming — Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Darkup 14 places, No. 82 → No. 68
- Pink Cadillac — Natalie Coleup 13 places, No. 49 → No. 36
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- One Step Up — Bruce SpringsteenNo. 34
- Electric Blue — IcehouseNo. 35
- Pink Cadillac — Natalie ColeNo. 36
- What A Wonderful World — Louis ArmstrongNo. 38
First-week entries
- Shattered Dreams — Johnny Hates JazzNo. 63
- I Don't Want To Live Without You — ForeignerNo. 64
- Say It Again — Jermaine StewartNo. 72
- Love In The First Degree — BananaramaNo. 82
- One Good Reason — Paul CarrackNo. 86
- Hey Mambo — Barry Manilow with Kid Creole & The CoconutsNo. 90
- Breakaway — Big PigNo. 91
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.