October 15, 1988

-------- DROPOUTS --------
Indestructible - Four Tops --- 35 / 2
Nobody's Fool - Kenny Loggins --- 8 / 11
Staying Together - Debbie Gibson --- 22 / 6
It Would Take A Strong Strong Man - Rick Astley --- 10 / 10
Perfect World - Huey Lewis & The News --- 3 (2) / 12
When It's Love - Van Halen --- 5 / 12


27 40 --- A Nightmare On My Street - D.J. Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
 39 --- Waiting For A Star To Fall - Boy Meets Girl (45)
 38 --- It Takes Two - Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock (41)
 37 --- A Word In Spanish - Elton John (44)
31 36 --- Superstitious - Europe
 35 --- Look Away - Chicago (43)
 34 --- Kissing A Fool - George Michael (47)
39 33 --- Dance Little Sister - Terence Trent D'Arby
 32 --- Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby) - Will To Power (42)
24 31 --- What You See Is What You Get - Brenda K. Starr

23 30 --- Simply Irresistible - Robert Palmer
33 29 --- Time And Tide - Basia
36 28 --- How Can I Fall? - Breathe
34 27 --- Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone) - Cinderella
32 26 --- Another Lover - Giant Steps
37 25 --- Desire - U2
16 24 --- Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses      
17 23 --- If It Isn't Love - New Edition
26 22 --- Bad Medicine - Bon Jovi
12 21 --- Fallen Angel - Poison

21 20 --- Chains Of Love - Erasure
10 19 --- Please Don't Go Girl - New Kids On The Block
22 18 --- One Moment In Time - Whitney Houston
19 17 --- The Loco-Motion - Kylie Minogue
25 16 --- Kokomo - The Beach Boys
07 15 --- I'll Always Love You - Taylor Dayne
18 14 --- Never Tear Us Apart - INXS
15 13 --- True Love - Glenn Frey
14 12 --- Forever Young - Rod Stewart
05 11 --- One Good Woman - Peter Cetera

08 10 --- I Hate Myself For Loving You - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
20 09 --- Wild, Wild West - The Escape Club
11 08 --- Don't Be Cruel - Bobby Brown
13 07 --- Don't You Know What The Night Can Do? - Steve Winwood
03 06 --- Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin      
09 05 --- What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) - Information Society
04 04 --- Don't Be Cruel - Cheap Trick
06 03 --- Groovy Kind Of Love - Phil Collins
01 02 --- Love Bites - Def Leppard    
02 01 --- Red Red Wine - UB40    


Coming in this week are Will To Power and rap duo Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 15-21 October 1988

01 03 ONE MOMENT IN TIME Whitney Houston *
02 01 DESIRE U2 *
03 11 DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY Bobby McFerrin
04 04 TEARDROPS Womack & Womack
05 02 HE AIN'T HEAVY, HE'S MY BROTHER The Hollies **
06 07 SHE WANTS TO DANCE WITH ME Rick Astley
07 12 A LITTLE RESPECT Erasure
08 17 WEE RULE Wee Papa Girl Rappers
09 06 NOTHING CAN DIVIDE US Jason Donovan
10 05 A GROOVY KIND OF LOVE Phil Collins **

11 10 BIG FUN Inner City ft Kevin Saunderson
12 09 DOMINO DANCING Pet Shop Boys
13 13 RIDING ON A TRAIN The Pasadenas
14 08 LOVELY DAY Bill Withers
15 32 NEVER TRUST A STRANGER Kim Wilde
16 35 BURN IT UP The Beatmasters w/PP Arnold
17 16 FAKE '88 Alexander O'Neal
18 14 I DON'T WANT YOUR LOVE Duran Duran
19 22 SECRET GARDEN T'Pau
20 -- WE CALL IT ACIEED D-Mob (ft Gary Haisman)

21 -- HARVEST FOR THE WORLD The Christians
22 21 TURN IT INTO LOVE Hazell Dean
23 25 LOVE, TRUTH AND HONESTY Bananarama
24 15 I'M GONNA BE (500 MILES) The Proclaimers
25 27 I DON'T BELIEVE IN MIRACLES Sinitta
26 18 THE RACE Yello
27 19 BAD MEDICINE Bon Jovi
28 20 ANYTHING FOR YOU Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
29 -- ORINOCO FLOW Enya
30 23 THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz and the Plastic Population *****

31 38 ALL OF ME Sabrina
32 28 SHAKE YOUR THANG (IT'S YOUR THING) Salt N Pepa ft EU
33 24 I QUIT Bros
34 29 MEGABLAST / DON'T MAKE ME WAIT Bomb The Bass
35 37 CHARLOTTE ANNE Julian Cope
36 -- ANY LOVE Luther Vandross
37 36 SO IN LOVE WITH YOU Spear of Destiny
38 26 EASY The Commodores
39 30 THE HARDER I TRY Brother Beyond
40 -- GIRL, YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE Milli Vanilli

-- 31 RUSH HOUR Jane Wiedlin
-- 33 REVOLUTION BABY Transvision Vamp
-- 34 STOP THIS CRAZY THING Coldcut ft Junior Reid
-- 39 TEARS RUN RINGS Marc Almond
-- 40 ANOTHER PART OF ME Michael Jackson


An esoteric crop of newcomers here: D-Mob, Enya and Milli Vanilli