US #1s of 1988

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Rick Astley would win this poll in a landslide with younger generations.

Siegbran, Monday, 11 March 2019 13:08 (five years ago) link

lol eleven years later I correct this chart.
But where does "Need You Tonight" rank? ("So Emotional" is also missing, but I know where that one goes in your book.)

dorsalstop, Monday, 11 March 2019 16:26 (five years ago) link

Wonderful wonderful year for balladry (as encapsulated in my prior poll: Greatest Billboard Top 40(-ish) Ballad (1988 edition)).

Goody Rickels on the Dime (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 13:07 (five years ago) link

Chicago's "Look Away" video might be peak half-assed-plot-and-scenes-from-a-movie-I-don't-recognize indulgence.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uKLTtVqQpE

Also peak DX7 preset.

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 13:21 (five years ago) link

But where does "Need You Tonight" rank? ("So Emotional" is also missing, but I know where that one goes in your book.)
― dorsalstop, Monday, March 11, 2019

on the '87 list

Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 14:37 (five years ago) link

Ah, right.

dorsalstop, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 15:00 (five years ago) link

My god, what a terrible collection of songs that is for the most part.

does it look like i'm here (jon123), Tuesday, 12 March 2019 15:22 (five years ago) link


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