Top 100 songs for December 3, 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 “Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley” by Will To Power. Meanwhile, “Born To Be My Baby” by Bon Jovi rises from No. 78 to No. 52. 4 songs are listed in their first chart week.
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This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Born To Be My Baby — Bon Joviup 26 places, No. 78 → No. 52
- Walking Away — Information Societyup 24 places, No. 98 → No. 74
- Holding On — Steve Winwoodup 23 places, No. 71 → No. 48
New to this week’s Top 10
New to this week’s Top 40
- Put A Little Love In Your Heart — Annie Lennox & Al GreenNo. 34
- Armageddon It — Def LeppardNo. 37
- All This Time — TiffanyNo. 40
First-week entries
- Straight Up — Paula AbdulNo. 79
- Kiss — The Art Of Noise Featuring Tom JonesNo. 80
- As Long As You Follow — Fleetwood MacNo. 81
- Wild Thing — Tone-LocNo. 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.