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The ARC Weekly Top 40 Archives:

January 2, 1988





  wks peak  
40 --- --- Can't Stay Away From You

from the LP
Let It Loose
ARC chart run: 40 -
Gloria Estefan &
Miami Sound Machine
1 40 Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - "Can't Stay Away From You" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
39 --- --- Pump Up The Volume

ARC chart run: 39 -
M/A/R/R/S 1 39 M/A/R/R/S - "Pump Up The Volume" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
38 40 --- Push It

from the LP
Hot, Cool & Vicious
ARC chart run: 40 - 38 -
Salt-N-Pepa 2 38 Salt-N-Pepa - "Push It" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
37 27 15 We'll Be Together

from the LP
Nothing Like The Sun
ARC chart run: 36 - 28 - 18 - 14 - 11 - 8 - 4 - 7 - 15 - 27 - 37 -
Sting 11 4 Sting - "We'll Be Together" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
36 39 --- What Have I Done To Deserve This?

from the LP
Actually
ARC chart run: 39 - 36 -
Pet Shop Boys
& Dusty Springfield
2 36 Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield - "What Have I Done To Deserve This?" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
35 38 --- Honestly

from the LP
To Hell With The Devil
ARC chart run: 38 - 35 -
Stryper 2 35 Styper - "Honestly" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
34 37 --- Everywhere

from the LP
Tango In The Night
ARC chart run: 37 - 34 -
Fleetwood Mac 2 34 Fleetwood Mac - "Everywhere" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
33 36 40 Pop Goes The World

from the LP
Pop Goes The World
ARC chart run: 40 - 36 - 33 -
Men Without Hats 3 33 Men Without Hats - "Pop Goes The World" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
32 35 38 I Found Someone

from the LP
ARC chart run: 38 - 35 - 32 -
Cher 3 32 Cher - "I Found Someone" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
31 21 10 Dude (Looks Like A Lady)

f
rom the LP Permanent Vacation
ARC chart run: 36 - 33 - 25 - 21 - 15 - 13 - 10 - 21 - 31 -
Aerosmith 9 10 Aerosmith - "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
30 32 33 Just Like Heaven

from the LP
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
ARC chart run: 37 - 35 - 33 - 32 - 30 -
The Cure 5 30 The Cure - "Just Like Heaven" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
29 31 39 Don't Shed A Tear

from the LP
ARC chart run: 39 - 31 - 29 -
Paul Carrack 3 29 Paul Carrack - "Don't Shed A Tear" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
28 16 8 Heaven Is A Place On Earth

from the LP
ARC chart run: 37 - 27 - 23 - 14 - 11 - 5 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 8 - 16 - 28 -
Belinda Carlisle 13 1(2) Belinda Carlisle - "Heaven Is A Place On Earth" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
27 29 32 True Faith

from the LP
Substance
ARC chart run: 40 - 36 - 32 - 29 - 27 -
New Order 5 27 New Order - "True Faith" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
26 30 37 Say You Will

from the LP
ARC chart run: 37 - 30 - 26 -
Foreigner 3 26 Foreigner - "Say You Will" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
25 28 35 I Live For Your Love

from the LP
ARC chart run: 35 - 28 - 25 -
Natalie Cole 3 25 Natalie Cole - "I Live For Your Love" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
24 12 7 Valerie

from the LP
ARC chart run: 39 - 34 - 26 - 21 - 17 - 12 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 12 - 24 -
Steve Winwood 11 7 Steve Winwood - "Valerie" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
23 26 31 Tunnel Of Love

from the LP
Tunnel Of Love
ARC chart run: 31 - 26 - 23 -
Bruce Springsteen 3 23 Bruce Springsteen - "Tunnel Of Love" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
22 25 29 Hungry Eyes

from the LP
ARC chart run: 37 - 29 - 25 - 22 -
Eric Carmen 4 22 Eric Carmen - "Hungry Eyes" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
21 24 28 I Want To Be Your Man

from the LP
ARC chart run: 34 - 28 - 24 - 21 -
Roger 4 21 Roger - "I Want To Be Your Man" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
20 23 26 Power Of Love

from the LP
Touch
ARC chart run: 40 - 35 - 31 - 27 - 26 - 23 - 20 -
Laura Branigan 7 20 Laura Branigan - "Power Of Love" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
19 22 27 Crazy

from the LP
ARC chart run: 33 - 28 - 27 - 22 - 19 -
Icehouse 5 19 Icehouse - "Crazy" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
18 10 4 Shake Your Love

from the LP
ARC chart run: 38 - 33 - 25 - 19 - 14 - 10 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 10 - 18 -
Debbie Gibson 11 4 Debbie Gibson - "Shake Your Love" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
17 20 24 I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

from the LP
Sign O' The Times
ARC chart run: 34 - 29 - 24 - 20 - 17 -
Prince 5 17 Prince - "I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
16 18 21 There's The Girl

from the LP
ARC chart run: 39 - 33 - 29 - 24 - 21 - 18 - 16 -
Heart 7 16 Heart - "There's The Girl" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
15 17 20 Animal

from the LP
Hysteria
ARC chart run: 40 - 34 - 30 - 26 - 22 - 20 - 17 - 15 -
Def Leppard 8 15 Def Leppard - "Animal" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
14 19 25 Seasons Change

from the LP
ARC chart run: 38 - 30 - 25 - 19 - 14 -
Expose 5 14 Expose - "Seasons Change" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
13 7 9 Catch Me (I'm Falling)

from the LP
ARC chart run: 36 - 29 - 27 - 21 - 17 - 13 - 12 - 9 - 7 - 13 -
Pretty Poison 10 7 Pretty Poison - "Catch Me (I'm Falling)" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
12 15 23 Could've Been

from the LP
ARC chart run: 38 - 23 - 15 - 12 -
Tiffany 4 12 Tiffany - "Could've Been" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
11 14 19 Hazy Shade Of Winter

from the LP
ARC chart run: 37 - 30 - 23 - 19 - 14 - 11 -
The Bangles 6 11 The Bangles - "Hazy Shade Of Winter" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
10 11 13 Tell It To My Heart

from the LP
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
ARC chart run: 39 - 33 - 27 - 21 - 14 - 13 - 11 - 10 -
Taylor Dayne 8 10 Taylor Dayne - "Tell It To My Heart" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
9 13 18 Candle In The Wind

from the LP
ARC chart run: 37 - 31 - 24 - 21 - 18 - 13 - 9 -
Elton John 7 9 Elton John - "Candle In The Wind 1997 / Something About The Way You Look Tonight" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
8 5 6 Don't You Want Me

from the LP
ARC chart run: 40 - 35 - 27 - 23 - 18 - 14 - 10 - 9 - 6 - 5 - 8 -
Jody Watley 11 5 Jody Watley - "Don't You Want Me" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
7 9 14 Need You Tonight

from the LP
Kick
ARC chart run: 36 - 29 - 23 - 16 - 14 - 9 - 7 -
INXS 7 7 INXS - "Need You Tonight" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
6 8 12 Cherry Bomb

from the LP
The Lonesome Jubilee
ARC chart run: 38 - 32 - 26 - 19 - 15 - 12 - 8 - 6 -
John Cougar Mellencamp 8 6 John Cougar Mellencamp - "Cherry Bomb" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
5 3 1 Is This Love

from the LP
ARC chart run: 31 - 24 - 16 - 11 - 5 - 3 - 1 - 3 - 5 -
Whitesnake 9 1(1) Whitesnake - "Is This Love" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
4 6 11 The Way You Make Me Feel

from the LP
Bad
ARC chart run: 34 - 27 - 17 - 11 - 6 - 4 -
Michael Jackson 6 4 Michael Jackson - "The Way You Make Me Feel" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
3 1 2 Faith

from the LP
Faith
ARC chart run: 40 - 28 - 20 - 10 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 1 - 3 -
George Michael 10 1(2) George Michael - "Faith" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
2 4 5 Got My Mind Set On You

from the LP
ARC chart run: 35 - 24 - 19 - 11 - 10 - 5 - 4 - 2 -
George Harrison 8 2 George Harrison - "Got My Mind Set On You" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
1 2 3 So Emotional

from the LP
Whitney
ARC chart run: 38 - 30 - 20 - 16 - 8 - 6 - 3 - 2 - 1 -
Whitney Houston 9 1(1) Whitney Houston - "So Emotional" (Single)
iTunes
Amazon.mp3




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