Top 100 songs for October 8, 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 “Love Bites” by Def Leppard. Meanwhile, “Symptoms Of True Love” by Tracie Spencer rises from No. 99 to No. 76. 7 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Symptoms Of True Love — Tracie Spencerup 23 places, No. 99 → No. 76
- Finish What Ya Started — Van Halenup 20 places, No. 82 → No. 62
- Spy In The House Of Love — Was (Not Was)up 20 places, No. 93 → No. 73
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Desire — U2No. 37
- Dance Little Sister — Terence Trent D'ArbyNo. 39
First-week entries
- Kissing A Fool — George MichaelNo. 47
- Small World — Huey Lewis & The NewsNo. 66
- Domino Dancing — Pet Shop BoysNo. 71
- Any Love — Luther VandrossNo. 78
- Not Just Another Girl — Ivan NevilleNo. 81
- Reason To Try — Eric CarmenNo. 90
- Didn't Know It Was Love — SurvivorNo. 95
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.