Top 100 songs for April 16, 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, “We All Sleep Alone” by Cher rises from No. 84 to No. 64. 13 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- We All Sleep Alone — Cherup 20 places, No. 84 → No. 64
- The Flame — Cheap Trickup 19 places, No. 92 → No. 73
- Under The Milky Way — The Churchup 13 places, No. 91 → No. 78
New to this week’s Top 10
- Angel — AerosmithNo. 8
- I Saw Him Standing There — TiffanyNo. 9
- Some Kind Of Lover — Jody WatleyNo. 10
New to this week’s Top 40
First-week entries
- One More Try — George MichaelNo. 40
- Everything Your Heart Desires — Daryl Hall John OatesNo. 46
- Together Forever — Rick AstleyNo. 62
- When We Kiss — BardeuxNo. 67
- Circle In The Sand — Belinda CarlisleNo. 68
- Da'Butt (From The "School Daze" Soundtrack) — E.U.No. 71
- Make It Real — The JetsNo. 79
- Tall Cool One — Robert PlantNo. 85
- Should I Say Yes? — Nu ShoozNo. 87
- Underneath The Radar — UnderworldNo. 88
- Englishman In New York — StingNo. 89
- Hands To Heaven — BreatheNo. 90
- Stand Up — David Lee RothNo. 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.