Top 100 songs for April 9, 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 “Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car” by Billy Ocean. Meanwhile, “Nightime” by Pretty Poison rises from No. 79 to No. 57. 7 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Nightime — Pretty Poisonup 22 places, No. 79 → No. 57
- I Still Believe — Brenda K. Starrup 18 places, No. 80 → No. 62
- Promise Me — The Cover Girlsup 16 places, No. 77 → No. 61
New to this week’s Top 10
- Wishing Well — Terence Trent D'ArbyNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Always On My Mind — Pet Shop BoysNo. 29
- I Don't Want To Live Without You — ForeignerNo. 36
- Wait — White LionNo. 37
First-week entries
- I'm Still Searching — Glass TigerNo. 67
- We All Sleep Alone — CherNo. 84
- Nite And Day — Al B. Sure!No. 86
- Take It While It's Hot — Sweet SensationNo. 87
- Under The Milky Way — The ChurchNo. 91
- The Flame — Cheap TrickNo. 92
- Like A Child — NoelNo. 94
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.