Top 100 songs for December 17, 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 “Look Away” by Chicago. Meanwhile, “Wild Thing” by Tone-Loc rises from No. 77 to No. 52. 7 songs are listed in their first chart week.
See debuts and biggest movers
This week’s chart highlights
Biggest climbers
- Wild Thing — Tone-Locup 25 places, No. 77 → No. 52
- Dial My Heart — The Boysup 19 places, No. 78 → No. 59
- Kiss — The Art Of Noise Featuring Tom Jonesup 16 places, No. 65 → No. 49
New to this week’s Top 40
- When The Children Cry — White LionNo. 31
- Born To Be My Baby — Bon JoviNo. 34
- When I'm With You — SheriffNo. 38
- Ghost Town — Cheap TrickNo. 39
- I Wanna Have Some Fun — Samantha FoxNo. 40
First-week entries
- She Wants To Dance With Me — Rick AstleyNo. 61
- Angel Of Harlem — U2No. 74
- If We Never Meet Again — Tommy Conwell And The Young RumblersNo. 91
- Doctorin' The Tardis — The TimelordsNo. 94
- Perfect — Fairground AttractionNo. 95
- Posse On Broadway — Sir Mix-A-LotNo. 97
- Wild Again (From "Cocktail") — StarshipNo. 98
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.