I Love #1's - 1988

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Last week everyone's favourite Russian faux-lesbians Tatu won their battle with Bouncey & the 'Babes to claim best number one of 2003, with a whopping 46 ticks. Poor old Snedders fared as badly as his follow-up single with only 2 votes of confidence, though looking at the text box some might say Gary Jules was the greater hate figure of the year (blatantly because you all had a tenner on 'Proper Crimbo' to hit the Xmas top spot instead). Now we come to the year where SmallKat first discovered the the magical world of the pop charts - 1988!


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USA number ones, 1988

"Faith" George Michael
"So Emotional" Whitney Houston
"Got My Mind Set on You" George Harrison
"The Way You Make Me Feel" Michael Jackson
"Need You Tonight" INXS
"Could've Been" Tiffany
"Seasons Change" Exposé
"Father Figure" George Michael
"Never Gonna Give You Up" Rick Astley
"Man in the Mirror" Michael Jackson
"Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" Billy Ocean
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" Whitney Houston
"Wishing Well" Terence Trent D'Arby
"Anything for You" Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
"One More Try" George Michael
"Together Forever" Rick Astley
"Foolish Beat" Debbie Gibson
"Dirty Diana" Michael Jackson
"The Flame" Cheap Trick
"Hold on to the Nights" Richard Marx
"Roll With It" Steve Winwood
"Monkey" George Michael
"Sweet Child O' Mine" Guns N' Roses
"Don't Worry, Be Happy" Bobby McFerrin
"Love Bites" Def Leppard
"Red Red Wine" UB40
"Groovy Kind of Love Phil Collins
"Kokomo" The Beach Boys
"Wild, Wild West" The Escape Club
"Bad Medicine" Bon Jovi
"Baby, I Love Your Way / Freebird Medley" Will to Power
"Look Away" Chicago

The one overlap is in bold, but "I Think We're Alone Now" and "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" reached number one in 1987. Also, 1987 had this wonderful Shondellic moment:

November 7 "I Think We're Alone Now" Tiffany
November 14 "I Think We're Alone Now" Tiffany
November 21 "Mony Mony" Billy Idol