http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynIHsHYaig0&feature=kp

Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well

He now goes by the name of:  "Sananda Francesco Maitreya".

"Alphabet St." was the first single from Prince's 1988 album, Lovesexy, and the album's only top 10 single, reaching the top-10 in both the UK and U.S.. Initially written as an acoustic blues song, the song's final version includes a rap by Cat Glover and is full of samples, and generally repeats themes from Lovesexy. Within the context of the album Lovesexy (which only contained one track containing all the songs featured within the work), "Alphabet St." is meant to stand in contrast to the gospel of "I Know" which plays off of the Christian ethics describing Prince's personal belief in Christian concepts of Heaven, Hell, the Devil, and God; emphatically stating "No" to the previous stated praise (and laud of a preacher's voice in the background) and launching into the sensual, provocative lyrics of "Alphabet St."

Not the official video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bizi3Vj3HQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnN1fSUUuGY&feature=kp

I LIVE FOR YOUR LOVE - NATALIE COLE

Stand in the place where you live
now place your
think about direction wonder why you have it now
Stand in the place where you work
now place this
think about the place where you live wonder why you haven't before.  :)

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Stand in the place where you live
now place your
think about direction wonder why you have it now
Stand in the place where you work
now place this
think about the place where you live wonder why you haven't before.  :)



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Terence Trent D'Arby - Sign Your Name

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxQsTEAiB0o&feature=kp

Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agKQW1rxAtc
Kylie Minogue - Go To Be Certain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZapvSZhCXc
Kylie Minogue - Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivjyf6hYogU
Kylie Minogue - It's No Secret
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0SMfyz-9xk
Kylie Minogue - Turn It Into Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBzXgeH8MfU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPYZpwSpKmA&feature=kp

Rick Astley - Together Forever

1988 was the year that April Wine frontman Myles Goodwyn released his self-titled solo debut album, which he had recorded in the US.  One of the songs on this album was a cover of the 1971 Lee Michaels hit Do You Know What I Mean, and when his record label chose to release it as the first single, they had overlooked the fact that it wouldn't qualify for Canadian Content (at the time, being a Canadian artist was not enough), so the Canadian Metal Queen Lee Aaron helped out by recording a verse from the female's persoective (as mentioned in the song) in a Toronto recording studio. 

Here is the album version without Lee Aaron ...
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The version with Lee Aaron went on to peak at #47 in Canada.  It is not on YouTube, but it is available for listening on her official website ...
http://www.leeaaron.com/audio/do-you-know-what-i-mean-with-myles-goodwyn/

The United Kingdom participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988 with its entry "Go" performed by Scott Fitzgerald and written by Julie Forsyth (daughter of entertainer Bruce Forsyth). The song was chosen through the "A Song for Europe" national final which consisted of eight songs in 1988. At the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, Fitzgerald and his song placed second with 136 points. After the Eurovision, the song placed at #52 on the UK Singles Chart.

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INXS "Never Tear Us Apart"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EtCoL0XGRg

This one was a big hit from their album Kick. Three other tracks from the same album had been big hits earlier in the year.

"A Long and Lasting Love" is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Michael Masser, and released in 1988 by Glenn Medeiros who changed some of the lyrics and entitled "Long and Lasting Love". It is his only other solo hit in the UK.


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It's a Glass Tiger montage.  My Song, My Town, Diamond Sun, and I'm Still Searching.  :)

Glenn Frey, "True Love" (from his album Soul Searchin'):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBoO0bR9eZA
(this clip contains audio only)

I still cannot believe the Al B. Sure's "Night and Day" was a single from 1988. Maybe it is just me, but the song sounds very 90's R&B to me. I was listening to the Billboard hot 100 from 1988 and though that whoever made the playlist made an error, but nope.

"Twist in My Sobriety" is a song written and recorded by Tanita Tikaram. Released as a single in 1988 from her debut album Ancient Heart, it was Tikaram's biggest international success, achieving top 10 placings in several European countries and is probably her best-remembered song. Released as the second single from her debut album Ancient Heart, the song was edited for its single release, eliminating the last verse of the song. Despite heavy promotion, the single was a moderate hit in the UK, peaking at #22, and to date it is Tikaram's last top 40 hit in her home country. The song was a bigger success when released in Europe, and was a top 10 hit in several countries, including Ireland (#10), France (#6), Norway (#6), Germany (#2), Switzerland (#6) and Austria (#2). It mostly charted within the top 40 in other European countries and was a big airplay hit all around Europe in 1988-89. The single was Tikaram's only chart hit in the USA charts, peaking at #25 on the Modern Rock charts, and was a hit on college radio stations.

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"Gimme Hope Jo'anna" is a song originally by Eddy Grant, a well-known anti-apartheid anthem from the 1988, written during the apartheid era in South Africa. The song was banned by the South African government when it was released, but was widely played in South Africa nonetheless. It reached #7 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming Grant's first Top 10 hit for more than five years.

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"Baby Can I Hold You" is the third single released by the American contemporary folk artist Tracy Chapman, released in late 1988. The song reached the top 50 in the United States, unlike its predecessor, "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", but it failed to become Chapman's second top 40 hit, peaking at #48. It did, however, give her a second chart entry on the US Adult Contemporary charts, peaking at #19 in early 1989. Given the commercial decline Chapman suffered following the release of her second album Crossroads, "Baby Can I Hold You" also became her last top 50 hit until 1996's "Give Me One Reason". In July 1990 the song reached #1 in Portugal.

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It's a Glass Tiger montage.  My Song, My Town, Diamond Sun, and I'm Still Searching.  :)


My Town was a 90s song and the single version featured Rod Stewart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-z94RCld34
Go West- King Of Wishful Thinking


Huh? I thought this was 1990 (this was on the Pretty Woman soundtrack)?

Huh? I thought this was 1990 (this was on the Pretty Woman soundtrack)?

It was. In fact, the song was recorded one year earlier ('89) according to Wiki. Therefore it didn't exist in '88. Howard must've placed it in the wrong thread by accident. (Edit: He deleted his post.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPYZpwSpKmA&feature=kp

Rick Astley - Together Forever

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"The Best" is a song written by Mike Chapman and Holly Knight, originally recorded by Bonnie Tyler on her 1988 release Hide Your Heart. The single reached number 10 in Norway and number 95 in the United Kingdom.

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"When You Say Nothing at All" is a country song written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz. It was a hit song for three different performers: Keith Whitley, who took it to the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart on December 24, 1988; Alison Krauss, whose version was her first solo top-10 country hit in 1995; and Irish pop singer Ronan Keating, whose version was his first solo single and a chart-topper in the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand in 1999.

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I still cannot believe the Al B. Sure's "Night and Day" was a single from 1988. Maybe it is just me, but the song sounds very 90's R&B to me. I was listening to the Billboard hot 100 from 1988 and though that whoever made the playlist made an error, but nope.

It is one of those songs that sounds like it could, in retrospect, have come out later than it actually did. It's just that around that era (late 80s/early 90s), the subgenre of 'New Jack Swing' was prevalent in R&B.

"Storms in Africa" is a song by the Irish singer, songwriter and musician Enya recorded for her second studio album Watermark (1988). A rearranged version with English lyrics called "Storms in Africa (Part II)" was included in some later pressings of Watermark, and released as a single in June, 1989 that reached number 41 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was included on the soundtrack for the Green Card (1990). For a time, the Australian airline Ansett Airlines used the song as its theme prior to its collapse in 2001.

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Remember being obsessed with this as a 12 yr old...
(it was also recorded by Martika, but this version flows better)


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The Dirty Dancing soundtrack was huge this year. Here's one i don't think's been posted yet...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gb8ZN92mSk

Was (Not Was) - Anything Can Happen

Miami Sound Machine - Anything for you (1988)

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I believe that me trying to figure out what this song was... was the reason I joined this board around 2002.

I believe that me trying to figure out what this song was... was the reason I joined this board around 2002.


Love a bit of Kenny Loggins! I always liked his vocals in the 80s from when he did "We Are The World", but it was kinda hard to research an artist back then (apart from Footloose lol). So it was as an adult that I've been introduced to most of his work.

My two favorite songs. Brings back memories of the road trip I took across country with my family.

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"If We Hold on Together" is the theme song to the 1988 film The Land Before Time, and is performed by Diana Ross. Played during the film's ending credits, it was released on the film's soundtrack as well as the Ross album The Force Behind the Power. The song was written by James Horner and Will Jennings. Released as a single it reached the top 30 on the US adult contemporary chart, as well as giving Ross her biggest hit ever in Japan (No. 1) and later reaching No. 11 in the UK.

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"Let the River Run" is a song first featured in the 1988 film Working Girl, with music and lyrics by Carly Simon. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1989. The song also won a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 46th Golden Globe Awards, tying with "Two Hearts" by Phil Collins and Lamont Dozier from Buster, in 1989, and a Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television in 1990. The Working Girl soundtrack was released in 1989 and peaked at No. 45 on the Billboard 200, and also contains a choral version of the track featuring The St. Thomas Choir of Men and Boys of New York City.

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1988, the year of Howard's favourite song music video Boys (Summertime Love) by Sabrina lol.  I like that song so much, I made her the cover of my 1988 playlist, which currently has 657 songs (and counting!)

https://i.ibb.co/dfXVfD1/1988-PLAYLIST.jpg

Boys (Summertime Love), while it never made any chart in the US, it peaked at #3 in the UK and #2 on the Canadian Dance Chart.  She never charted again in Canada, but followed up with a UK #25 hit called All of Me (Boy Oh Boy) which was just as catchy and has a video that's safe for work (well sort of; It has zero nudity lol)

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