Billboard 1988: The Rankdown (Winner Revealed)

[singingrulebritannia]

Yea as you can tell I struggled to find songs to put in my top half, so sometimes I had to settle on stuff like Estefan lol

[Unhinged]

#75

Don't You Know What The Night Can Do?

Steve Winwood

Total Points: 1217

Billboard Hot 100: 6

Billboard Top 100 of 1988: 88

From: Roll With It

Prior to its release as the follow up to the hugely successful single "Roll With It" (which we have yet to see on the rankdown) this was featured in an ad campaign for Michelob (a pale lager). It peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late October of 1988.

Mirago becomes the first of us to lose a Top 3 and a few more Top 40 placements leave the rankdown...

🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 99
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 52
craziaskowboi - 90
mamooshka - 89
campbellssoup - 21
gonecountry - 40
newpower - 38
tallen2001 - 70
singingrulebritannia - 58
God - 90
@crapkuki23 - 74
astorknight - 50
Alex1901 - 82
Doc Indie Party Rock - 79
Mic Technique - 57
Sambalada - 11
narp - 65
Az Paynter - 19
rgreen0625 - 51
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 84
Cody Wants Out... - 87
peacebone - 69
Mirago - 3
rowellfarm490 - 82
Red - 52
Ky - 56
Glove Slap - 33
@antigonerising - 44
Zeebz - 97
Juanca - 93
Unhinged  - 79

[Deleted]

Glorious Estefan and Hands To Heaven deserved better.

[Ky]

Ouch! This isn't going well, but what can I say? I love these cheesy ballads and still listen to them after 30 years.

[Unhinged]

#74

Shake Your Love

Debbie Gibson

Total Points: 1223

Billboard Hot 100: 4

Billboard Top 100 of 1988: 22

From: Out Of The Blue

Written solely by Gibson, this was the second single issued from the album Out of The Blue and would go on to peak at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late December of 1987.

7 Top 40's fall with this leaving the rankdown...

🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 16
Butterflies & Hurricanes  - 92
craziaskowboi - 51
mamooshka - 62
campbellssoup - 51
gonecountry - 83
newpower - 23
tallen2001 - 26
singingrulebritannia - 81
God - 57
@crapkuki23 - 65
astorknight - 71
Alex1901 - 53
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 26
Mic Technique - 35
Sambalada - 48
narp - 93
Az Paynter - 84
rgreen0625 - 90
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 60
Cody Wants Out...  - 42
peacebone - 85
Mirago - 82
rowellfarm490  - 49
Red  - 87
Ky - 37
Glove Slap  - 100
@antigonerising  - 80
Zeebz  - 31
Juanca - 95
Unhinged - 53

[newpower]

In the #MeToo era, the Anything For You lyrics are embarrassing. They should rename it “I’ll Be Your Floor Mop”.
Can’t Stay Away From You is nice though, and deserved better.

[Unhinged]

#73

The Valley Road

Bruce Hornsby and the Range

Total Points: 1229

Billboard Hot 100: 5

Billboard Top 100 of 1988: 78

From: Scenes from the Southside

First single from the album Scenes from the Southside released in April of 1988, it peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. In addition it topped the Mainstream Rock chart for 3 weeks.

Saying good-bye to his first Top 10 is Butterflies & Hurricanes ...

🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 84
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 8
craziaskowboi - 91
mamooshka - 65
campbellssoup - 23
gonecountry - 78
newpower - 64
tallen2001 - 43
singingrulebritannia - 27
God - 95
@crapkuki23 - 41
astorknight - 38
Alex1901 - 70
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 92
Mic Technique - 62
Sambalada - 76
narp - 63
Az Paynter - 65
rgreen0625 - 34
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 82
Cody Wants Out... - 44
peacebone - 30
Mirago - 89
rowellfarm490 - 30
Red - 44
Ky  - 73

Glove Slap - 61
@antigonerising - 85
Zeebz - 96
Juanca - 90
Unhinged - 60

[Butterflies & Hurricanes]

FINALLY we lose that awful Debbie Gibson song, her others aren’t this bad at least...but Valley Road out in the lower half?!? - what’s wrong with you people?

[Deleted]

Nov 24, 2018 11:26:37 GMT -5 newpower said:

In the #MeToo era, the Anything For You lyrics are embarrassing. They should rename it “I’ll Be Your Floor Mop”.
Can’t Stay Away From You is nice though, and deserved better.

Anything For You isn't lyrically any more embarrassing than Mariah's Can't Let Go, Everything But the Girl's Missing, or even Adele's Someone Like You, just to name a few examples. Pining after some ex who left and moved on with his life eons before isn't really a #metoo trigger IMO (if you think it is that might say something about how that movement ultimately missed its mark from a public relations perspective), otherwise 75% of pop music would have to be wiped from the earth.

[Red]

Huey continues getting the shaft, I see.

But really, I still have yet to lose anything I really care about. That Winwood song doing so poorly has me worried about the two superior Winwood songs in this RD, though.

[Unhinged]

#72

Foolish Beat

Debbie Gibson

Total Points: 1232

Billboard Hot 100: 1⁽¹⁾

Billboard Top 100 of 1988: 32

From: Out Of The Blue

Gibson's first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 was released in April of 1988 and gave her the record for the youngest person to write, produce, and perform a No. 1 entirely on their own. 

She was just 17 years old at the time.

Handing out two perfect rankings with this leaving the rankdown...

🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 59
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 72
craziaskowboi - 59
mamooshka - 99
campbellssoup - 41
gonecountry - 90
newpower - 19
tallen2001 - 51
singingrulebritannia - 72
God - 21
@crapkuki23 - 81
astorknight - 63
Alex1901 - 68
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 17
Mic Technique - 25
Sambalada - 46
narp - 94
Az Paynter - 82
rgreen0625 - 73
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 76
Cody Wants Out...  - 61
peacebone - 54
Mirago - 97
rowellfarm490  - 87
Red - 65
Ky - 33
Glove Slap  - 99
@antigonerising - 55
Zeebz - 54
Juanca - 20

Unhinged  - 66

[Unhinged]

#71

Kokomo

The Beach Boys

Total Points: 1246

Billboard Hot 100: 1⁽¹⁾

Billboard Top 100 of 1988: 42

From: Cocktail Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television (for the movie Cocktail starring Tom Cruise) this was released in July of 1988 and peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week ending November 5^th.

It was their first No. 1 in the US since "Good Vibrations" in 1966 (a 22 year span) and was certified platinum in 1989.

🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 loses a second Top 10 today and a few Top 25 placements fall with this leaving the rankdown.

That's it for today.

Reveal will recommence on Tuesday with 70-61...

🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 8
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 60
craziaskowboi - 35
mamooshka - 61
campbellssoup - 58
gonecountry - 43
newpower - 82
tallen2001 - 78
singingrulebritannia - 89
God - 37
@crapkuki23  - 44
astorknight - 99
Alex1901 - 50
Doc Indie Party Rock - 90
Mic Technique - 82
Sambalada - 35
narp  - 22
Az Paynter - 62
rgreen0625 - 98
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 65
Cody Wants Out... - 57
peacebone  - 83
Mirago - 60
rowellfarm490 - 22
Red - 96
Ky - 66
Glove Slap - 90
@antigonerising - 63
Zeebz - 61
Juanca - 22
Unhinged - 67

Revealed so far...

Kokomo - The Beach Boys
Foolish Beat - Debbie Gibson
The Valley Road - Bruce Hornsby & The Range
Shake Your Love - Debbie Gibson
Don't You Know What The Night Can Do? - Steve Winwood
Can't Stay Away From You - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
Anything For You - Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
One Moment In Time - Whitney Houston
Hands To Heaven - Breathe
Perfect World - Huey Lewis & The News
I Want To Be Your Man - Roger
She's Like The Wind - Patrick Swayze
Nothin' But A Good Time - Poison
Rocket 2 U - Jets
When It's Love - Van Halen
Naughty Girls (Need Love Too) - Samantha Fox
Don't Be Cruel - Cheap Trick
Make Me Lose Control - Eric Carmen
I'll Always Love You - Taylor Dayne
I Don't Want To Live Without You - Foreigner
Hold On To The Nights - Richard Marx
A Groovy Kind Of Love - Phil Collins
Make It Real - Jets
Just Like Paradise - David Lee Roth
I Still Believe - Brenda K. Starr
Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
One Good Woman - Peter Cetera
Wait - White Lion
Could've Been - Tiffany
I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love - Chicago

[Az Paynter]

Nov 24, 2018 12:25:53 GMT -5 Red said:

Huey continues getting the shaft, I see.

But really, I still have yet to lose anything I really care about. That Winwood song doing so poorly has me worried about the two superior Winwood songs in this RD, though.

Valerie at the VERY least needs to not show up any time soon. IDC if I was introduced to it through the Eric Prydz track, it's a good song.

[newpower]

Nov 24, 2018 12:16:34 GMT -5 @antigonerising said:

Nov 24, 2018 11:26:37 GMT -5 newpower said:

In the #MeToo era, the Anything For You lyrics are embarrassing. They should rename it “I’ll Be Your Floor Mop”.
Can’t Stay Away From You is nice though, and deserved better.

Anything For You isn't lyrically any more embarrassing than Mariah's Can't Let Go, Everything But the Girl's Missing, or even Adele's Someone Like You, just to name a few examples. Pining after some ex who left and moved on with his life eons before isn't really a #metoo trigger IMO (if you think it is that might say something about how that movement ultimately missed its mark from a public relations perspective), otherwise 75% of pop music would have to be wiped from the earth.

There’s nothing wrong and embarrassing about pining after some ex, but IMO:

I'd still do anything for you
I'll play your game
You hurt me through and through
But you can have your way

goes beyond that. Maybe I’m interpreting the lyrics wrong. I also recognize that you can’t blame her for writing that lyric back then, but I feel nowdays it feels a little inappropriate. (By the way, I loved that song back in 80’s, it was a 2-week #1 in my personal chart).

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Nov 24, 2018 13:34:49 GMT -5 newpower said:

Nov 24, 2018 12:16:34 GMT -5 @antigonerising said:

Anything For You isn't lyrically any more embarrassing than Mariah's Can't Let Go, Everything But the Girl's Missing, or even Adele's Someone Like You, just to name a few examples. Pining after some ex who left and moved on with his life eons before isn't really a #metoo trigger IMO (if you think it is that might say something about how that movement ultimately missed its mark from a public relations perspective), otherwise 75% of pop music would have to be wiped from the earth.

There’s nothing wrong and embarrassing about pining after some ex, but IMO:

I'd still do anything for you
I'll play your game
You hurt me through and through
But you can have your way

goes beyond that. Maybe I’m interpreting the lyrics wrong. I also recognize that you can’t blame her for writing that lyric back then, but I feel nowdays it feels a little inappropriate. (By the way, I loved that song back in 80’s, it was a 2-week #1 in my personal chart).

I can see why one would read those lyrics like that if just looking at that verse. I always read/heard it along with the line before it ("Since you said we're through it seems like years...Still I can't figure what went wrong") and the verse after ("I can pretend each time I see you/that I don't care and I don't need you"). I.e. the guy is the one who dumped her and he made it clear he wants nothing to do with her, so she's saying "fine, if that's how you want to be I'll play the pretend game and say I don't miss you either." But deep down she does still want him back; in fact she doesn't even understand why they fell apart in the first place. I don't think she meant it to imply that he was playing mind games or abusing her or anything like that.

My only real qualm with that (and with any song along these lines) is that it's usually so dramatic and one-sided, you never get even a hint of reality. Surely the guy (or girl) didn't just up and leave a happy relationship, something must have been going wrong before they finally left even if that something is as simple as the person being a habitual cheater and leaving for someone new. But the person singing always seems completely oblivious to any shortcomings on either party's part. Adele showed up on some married guy's doorstep just to wax poetic, talking about "it still isn't over for us in my head." Like c'mon girl! Have some self-respect! You don't even live in that neighborhood! Anything For You is probably one of the less groveling songs in this regard.

[🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲]

Nov 24, 2018 4:06:48 GMT -5 Doc Indie Party Rock said:

Nov 23, 2018 14:24:06 GMT -5 Mic Technique said:

DISGRAZIA! Sam and Full Force were the original Britney and Danja. Lisa Lisa didn't perform as well as I anticipated in the 1987 rankdown either so I suspect there is a bias against songs that make you DANCE.

How 'bout youuu...shut the f*ck up!

Exactly. Noone seems to care about any R&B /funk/Dance songs from the 80's, Unless it was Prince, Janet and Michael Jackson. 
#81. I Want To Be Your Man - Roger
Not even R&B funk classics are safe with this bunch. From the looks of it, unless its Prince, or Michael and Janet Jackson, nothing else R&B funk before the 1990's gets any love here. That's a real shame too. Anyway,This song was originally credited to Zapp featuring Roger, That is why Roger uses the effects in his vocals. I thought it gave it a unique sound. Very romantic lyrics. This one also appears on a lot of "Oldies" classics compilations.

Very true...

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

#72. Foolish Beat - Debbie Gibson
I'll come back to the others later, but this rank for this song really steams me. 8D This is literally the female version of "Careless Whisper". Sush a classy beat, with wonderful lyrics and vocals. What a complete travesty this rank is

Speaking of travesties. Why is that acoustic ,song for a buck in a subway station, borefest still in the running?  Did you all listen to an electrified version. BTW, glad Bruce "Bores me' and The Range is finally out.

I was also never a fan of Whitney's ballads. None of them. Loved her uptempo Dance a thons tho.

[newpower]

#JusticeForDebbie

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

In these next 20, you'll see more Glam Metal, Freestyle, One of my favorite rap songs of all time and the "Jeepers Creepers" theme song. 


90. Dead Or Alive - Turn Around and Count 2 Ten (Billboard U.S. Dance #2) (DOC#10)
Starting off with the late great Pete Burns and his band Dead Or Alive. This song started its chart run late in 1988, but I will surely bring it back once we get to 1989. The music video is great but chops off more than half the song. Here are both  versions. The second is a Hi- Energy masterpiece.

(radio edit)


Turn Around And Count 2 Ten (The Pearl And Dean "I Love"-BPM Mix)


89. The Communards - Never Can Say Goodbye (Billboard HOT 100 #51) (DOC #10)
The Hi-Energy vibe continues with Jimmy Sommerville's Communards. This Jackson 5 cover never sounded so great. 


88. ? (Billboard HOT 100 #1) (DOC #10)

87. TKA - X-Ray Vision (Miami Freestyle) (U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play #26) (DOC #5)
TKA broke the Miami Freestyle scene with "One Way Love" back in 1986. When they finally released their debut album, "X-Ray Vision" became another big hit on Billboard's HOT DANCE chart. Just like "Scars Of Love" and "Tears May Fall", this one also became a personal favorite of mine. Latin Freestyle and H- Energy had a lot in common with the use of the synths. 


86. Kim Wilde - Never Trust A Stranger (U.K. #7) (DOC #7)
I charted three Kim Wilde songs in 1988. Two of them ended up in my top 100. With its NRG dance sound , this song was poised to be her big club followup to "You Keep Me Hanging On". Unfortunately it never caught on in the U.S.


85. Roger - I Want To Be Your Man (Billboard HOT 100 #3) (DOC #8)
Roger. Also known as Roger Troutman was the founder of Zapp.  This funkadelic "Slo-jam" with its crafty use of the "talkbox", easily  makes my top 100 of 1988. I always thought this had some great serenade lyrics.



84. ? (Billboard HOT 100 #3) (DOC #12)

83. ? (Billboard HOT 100 #1) (DOC #11)

82. Ratt - Way Cool Jr. (Billboard HOT 100 #75) (DOC #9)
By the late 80's Glam Metal bands like Ratt were starting to inject Jazzy/bluesy vibes into their songs by adding horns and Saxophones to their music. A very cool development that kept Metal fresh and innovative 



81. David Lee Roth - Stand Up
(Billboard HOT 100 #64) (DOC #13)
"Diamond" Dave was never far form my favorites of the year. "Just Like Paradise" didn't make my top 100 but this bop surely did.



80. ? (Billboard HOT 100 #2) (DOC #10)



PART TWO



79. ? (Billboard HOT 100 #4) (DOC #9)

78. Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince - Parents Just Don't Understand (Billboard HOT 100 #12) (DOC #10)
Now this is what I call fun Rap Music. Fresh lyrics and colorful music video to go along.  I wish we could have ranked this one, cuz you all would have gotten a chance to see me upgrade a really great rap song.


77. Will To Power - Say It's Gonna Rain (Miami Freestyle) (Billboard HOT 100 #49) (DOC #4)
More Latin Freestyle . This time from Will To Power. The actually had a #1 hit in 1989 by fusing a couple Lynyrd Skynyrd songs and makeing a ballad out them. I didn't care that one at all, but man this one was perfect with the Freestyle beats.


76. Rick Springfield - Rock Of Life (Billboard HOT 100 #22) (DOC #15)
Rick Springfield has always been a personal favorite of mine. 1988 saw the release of "Rock of Life". This was the first single off the album of the same name. It was a departure from his more Poprock sound of the early 80's . This one had some hard rock influences and a horn section. It peaked just outside the HOT 100 top 20.


75. ? (Billboard HOT 100 #1) (DOC #8)

74. Cynthia - Change On Me (Latin Freestyle) (Billboard USA Dance #37) (DOC #2)
also known as Cynthia Todino. Cynthia was another fresh Freestyle act getting major club play in the L.A music scene. Also one of the big hits palyed on Power 106 FM. In 190 she relased her debut album which also included "Endless Nights" and "Thief of Heart".


73. ? (Billboard HOT 100 #8) (DOC #15)

72. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peek-a-Boo (Billboard HOT 100 #53) (U.S. Modern Rock #1) (DOC #11)
Known to many now a days as the "Jeepers Creepers" theme song. This was one of the top 3 hits on most Alternatiive rock charts of 1988. I always thought they were playing the song backwards or something, but it still sounded like 80's New Wave to me. The movie "Jeepers Creepers" really capitalized on the songs catchy chorus. 



71. When In Rome - The Promise (Billboard HOT 100 #11) (DOC #7)
One of the last very cool New Wave/Synthpop songs of the 80's. This song has become so much more popular than it ever was back then.

[Glove Slap]

This was my highest ranked Winwood song, and should have remained in over RWI.

This was Gloria's weakest group of entries I think.

OMIT is Whitney's greatest 80s pop ballad.

Like IWTBYM, Hands To Heaven kept moving lower as I finalized my list.

And I've never enjoyed Kokomo, and I remember hearing it first when I was very little.

[Mic Technique]

Y*******s Doc Indie Party Rock give me that X! Ray! Vision! and that when we met, it all happened so fast...!

What is this aversion to all things Deborah Gibson about? It was far from a passion pick of mine but, as Pulse legend oscillations once said, Foolish Beat was *the* teen ballad of the 1980's.

[Unhinged]

#70

Out Of The Blue

Debbie Gibson

Total Points: 1262

Billboard Hot 100: 3⁽¹⁾

Billboard Top 100 of 1988: 54

From: Out Of The Blue

Reaching its peak of No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week ending April 9, 1988, this was the 3^rd single released from the album of the same name. It was her highest peaking single in the US at that point in time.

With this leaving Debbie has now exited the rankdown (but we'll see her again in 1989...).

Starting off the day with a Top 10 loss, sorry newpower ...

🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 29
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 54
craziaskowboi - 65
mamooshka - 78
campbellssoup - 24
gonecountry - 97
newpower - 10
tallen2001 - 31
singingrulebritannia - 49
God - 40
@crapkuki23 - 87
astorknight - 44
Alex1901 - 69
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 61
Mic Technique - 48
Sambalada - 70
narp  - 89
Az Paynter - 83
rgreen0625 - 64
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 71
Cody Wants Out...  - 56
peacebone - 36
Mirago - 84
rowellfarm490  - 57
Red - 73
Ky - 68
Glove Slap  - 89
@antigonerising  - 94
Zeebz - 65
Juanca - 44
Unhinged - 40

[Unhinged]

#69

Where Do Broken Hearts Go

Whitney Houston

Total Points: 1282

Billboard Hot 100: 1⁽²⁾

Billboard Top 100 of 1988: 33

From: Whitney

Fourth single from Whitney, this continued her run of consecutive No. 1 hits in the US, becoming her 7^th (a record that she still holds to this day). In a 2000 interview Whitney stated that she hated the song.

Saying good-bye to 8 Top 30 placements with this leaving the rankdown...

🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 48
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 83
craziaskowboi - 73
mamooshka - 39
campbellssoup - 82
gonecountry - 33
newpower - 62
tallen2001 - 21
singingrulebritannia - 73
God - 81
@crapkuki23 - 23
astorknight - 67
Alex1901 - 60
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 86
Mic Technique - 70
Sambalada - 30
narp - 99
Az Paynter - 45
rgreen0625 - 87
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 49
Cody Wants Out...  - 25
peacebone - 87
Mirago - 78
rowellfarm490  - 75
Red - 49
Ky - 27
Glove Slap  - 97
@antigonerising - 52
Zeebz - 24
Juanca - 49
Unhinged  - 74

[Glove Slap]

Nov 27, 2018 8:53:58 GMT -5 Unhinged said:

In a 2000 interview Whitney stated that she hated the song.

She ain't alone in that!

[Unhinged]

#68

Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car

Billy Ocean

Total Points: 1285

Billboard Hot 100: 1⁽²⁾

Billboard Top 100 of 1988: 15

From: Tear Down These Walls

Up next is the song that "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" kicked out of No. 1. "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" was released in January of 1988 as the first single from the album Tear Down These Walls. The song was also featured in the film Licence To Drive starring Corey Haim and Corey Feldman.

rgreen0625 loses a Top 10 and a few more Top 20's fall with this leaving the rankdown...

🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 97
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 80
craziaskowboi - 61
mamooshka - 23
campbellssoup - 48
gonecountry - 99
newpower - 72
tallen2001 - 94
singingrulebritannia - 80
God - 27
@crapkuki23 - 78
astorknight - 92
Alex1901  - 11
Doc Indie Party Rock  - 87
Mic Technique - 67
Sambalada  - 67
narp - 15
Az Paynter - 87
rgreen0625 - 9
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 19
Cody Wants Out...  - 38
peacebone - 89
Mirago - 44
rowellfarm490  - 50
Red - 60
Ky - 36
Glove Slap  - 94
@antigonerising  - 60
Zeebz - 22
Juanca - 46
Unhinged  - 71

[Glove Slap]

Mutt Lange is one of my favorite producers ever, but I have always hated this song.

[Cody Wants Out...]

WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? :O

Why are all the good songs leaving this early?!?

[Unhinged]

#67

Bad Medicine

Bon Jovi

Total Points: 1287

Billboard Hot 100: 1⁽²⁾

Billboard Top 100 of 1988: 41

From: New Jersey

Lead single from the hugely successful album New Jersey, this spent 2 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November of 1988 and would be the first of 5 singles the group would send to the Top 10 from the album, a record for a hard rock/glam metal band that still stands.

I lose my first Top 20 and craziaskowboi loses a Top 10 with this leaving the rankdown...

🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 63
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 97
craziaskowboi - 10
mamooshka - 31
campbellssoup - 65
gonecountry - 77
newpower - 83
tallen2001 - 25
singingrulebritannia - 97
God - 29
@crapkuki23 - 47
astorknight - 100
Alex1901 - 65
Doc Indie Party Rock - 31
Mic Technique - 90
Sambalada - 43
narp - 50
Az Paynter - 46
rgreen0625 - 95
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 92
Cody Wants Out... - 11
peacebone - 97
Mirago - 58
rowellfarm490 - 45
Red - 67
Ky - 80
Glove Slap - 32
@antigonerising - 91
Zeebz - 77
Juanca - 29
Unhinged - 15

[Cody Wants Out...]

REALLY Y'ALL?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!

[Glove Slap]

This is far better than the ballad that hit #1 the following year, although they have superior songs in the exact same vein.

New Jersey is probably my favorite 80s Bon Jovi album.