Billboard #1 Soul Songs Of 1988 Rankdown (COMPLETE)

[legend1982]

Please let it be Jeffrey Osborne.

[back2blk]

COME ON, ROSIE PEREZ CHOREOGRAPHER CREDIT!!!

[Soulsista]

28. Off On Your Own (Girl) - Al B. Sure!

The second charted single from this singer from Mount Vernon, New York became his second straight soul charttopper, and helped solidify his status as one of new jack swing's biggest stars.


Stats
Chart Entry: June 11, 1988
Peak Date: August 6, 1988
Weeks At #1: 2
Weeks In Top 10: 6
Weeks On Chart: 19
Hot 100 Peak: #45

Points: 265
Average: 23.96
Standard Deviation: 7.111 (14th lowest)

craziaskowboi - 8

legend1982 - 13
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 13
Private Dancer - 14
Soulsista - 18
#LisaRinna - 20
Ivy Leegue™ - 20

Jay D83 - 21
divasummer - 22
jenglisbe - 22
@antigonerising - 23
Ty - 23
Mirago - 25
ccarter1023 - 26
.indulgecountry - 28
rowellfarm490 - 29
mamooshka - 29
back2blk - 30

gonecountry - 31
annoymous1 - 31
singingrulebritannia - 32
wyckyd - 32
jtd Thee Stallion - 32
SHOOTER - 33

Observing
Ky


The next reveal has the 3rd lowest SD. Eight people will shed a Top 20, and only two of you had this in your bottom 5.

[Soulsista]

27. Little Walter - Tony! Toni! Toné!

Formed in Oakland, California, this band consisted of brothers Raphael Saadiq and D'Wayne Wiggins and their cousin Timothy Christian Riley. Their first charted single, built on the melody of the African American jubliee "Wade In The Water", went straight to the top of the soul chart. It was produced and co-written by Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy, who are best known for their work with En Vogue.


Stats
Chart Entry: April 16, 1988
Peak Date: June 11, 1988
Weeks At #1: 1
Weeks In Top 10: 6
Weeks On Chart: 15
Hot 100 Peak: #47

Points: 274
Average: 23.58
Standard Deviation: 4.854 (3rd lowest)

back2blk - 16
jenglisbe - 16
Ivy Leegue™ - 16
craziaskowboi - 18
singingrulebritannia - 19
rowellfarm490 - 20
Jay D83 - 20
.indulgecountry - 20

@antigonerising - 21
#LisaRinna - 23
gonecountry - 23
Soulsista - 24
Private Dancer - 24
Ty - 24
wyckyd - 25
annoymous1 - 25
SHOOTER - 28
legend1982 - 28
Mirago - 28
jtd Thee Stallion - 28
mamooshka - 28
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 28
ccarter1023 - 30

divasummer - 34

Observing
Ky


The next reveal will see 9 Top 20 losses...and 6 bottom 5 losses.

[Ty]

I was worried that I underranked this...glad I didn't

[Soulsista]

26. Roses Are Red - The Mac Band feat. The McCampbell Brothers

Formed by the four McCampbell brothers (Ray, Charles, Derrick, and Kelvin) in Flint, Michigan, The Mac Band scored their biggest hit with "Roses Are Red", which was written and produced by L.A. Reid and Babyface.


Stats
Chart Entry: May 14, 1988
Peak Date: July 16, 1988
Weeks At #1: 1
Weeks In Top 10: 4
Weeks On Chart: 17
Hot 100 Peak: DNC

Points: 275
Average: 23.54
Standard Deviation: 6.659 (12th lowest)

Jay D83 - 11
@antigonerising - 14
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 14
craziaskowboi - 16
legend1982 - 16
ccarter1023 - 17
gonecountry - 19
annoymous1 - 19
Ty - 20

SHOOTER - 22
rowellfarm490 - 23
mamooshka - 24
singingrulebritannia - 25
.indulgecountry - 25
Private Dancer - 27
divasummer - 27
#LisaRinna - 28
Soulsista - 29
jtd Thee Stallion - 30

back2blk - 31
Mirago - 31
jenglisbe - 31
Ivy Leegue™ - 32
wyckyd - 34

Observing
Ky


Five more will be revealed tomorrow!

[back2blk]

Damn, from the top to the bottom.

[jenglisbe]

"Roses are Red" is one I was barely familiar with, but since listening for this rankdown I've heard it on Sirius 2-3 times lol.

Anyway I am bored and as we break between the next reveals, I figured I'd do a rankdown of my favorites from the extras given in the thread:

22. "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me"
21. "Ain't No Half Steppin"
20. "Going Back to Cali"
19. "Knocked Out"
18. "Parents Just Don't Understand"
17. "Don't Believe the Hype"
16. "Rocket 2 U"
15. "Monkey"
14. "It Takes Two"
13. "Supersonic"
12. "Shake Your Thang"
11. "Some Kind of Lover"
10. "Pink Cadillac"
9. "Where Do Broken Hearts Go"
8. "Pump up the Volume"
7. "Alphabet St"
6. "Make It Real"
5. "If It Isn't Love"
4. "Two Occasions"
3. "Father Figure"
2. "Push It"
1. "Piano in the Dark"

I love all of these! That would have been a solid group of #1s on its own. The other extras I am either not familiar enough with, or don't love.

[#LisaRinna]

Welp this is a debacle!

[🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲]

May 4, 2021 11:56:31 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

28. Off On Your Own (Girl) - Al B. Sure!

The second charted single from this singer from Mount Vernon, New York became his second straight soul charttopper, and helped solidify his status as one of new jack swing's biggest stars.


Stats
Chart Entry: June 11, 1988
Peak Date: August 6, 1988
Weeks At #1: 2
Weeks In Top 10: 6
Weeks On Chart: 19
Hot 100 Peak: #45

Points: 265
Average: 23.96
Standard Deviation: 7.111 (14th lowest)

WHAT??? This shouldn't even be out!! It's a bop! 😡 #Justice4AlBSure!

[🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲]

May 4, 2021 12:38:12 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

26. Roses Are Red - The Mac Band feat. The McCampbell Brothers

Formed by the four McCampbell brothers (Ray, Charles, Derrick, and Kelvin) in Flint, Michigan, The Mac Band scored their biggest hit with "Roses Are Red", which was written and produced by L.A. Reid and Babyface.


Stats
Chart Entry: May 14, 1988
Peak Date: July 16, 1988
Weeks At #1: 1
Weeks In Top 10: 4
Weeks On Chart: 17
Hot 100 Peak: DNC

Points: 275
Average: 23.54
Standard Deviation: 6.659 (12th lowest)

]

Five more will be revealed tomorrow!

This one wasn't so bad. It should have been in the top 20.

[divasummer]

May 3, 2021 11:28:15 GMT -5 gonecountry said:

May 3, 2021 10:55:50 GMT -5 Ty said:

The Boys?

I'm sure someone has some misguided warm fuzzies about this song.  I on the other hand was WTF?!?!

LEAVE the countdown then if your going to disrespect The Boys!
I recently watched an "Unsung" episode on them and may be in my emotions. lol

[Soulsista]

Today's extra was the first charted single by this group from NYC that helped put the Uptown label on the map, peaking at #4 soul.

Groove Me - Guy

[SHOOTER]

WHY do I have The Boys so high? I must've been drunk.

[Ivy Leegue™]

I can't believe that Freddie Jackson lasted that long when there are gems like Dial My Heart on the countdown. Such nostalgia for that latter song. I was obsessed with it as a kid. I am SHOCKED Al. B Weird Voices is out this early, though. I figured he would be Top 10 or something, LOL. As for Roses Are Red...that was one of the songs i couldn't even get through. Never heard that song growing up and couldn't take one listen of it now.

[Jay D83]

"Roses Are Red" is definitely a Sirius hit. If I'm listening to the Throwback Jams channel for any length of time, I usually hear it. The Al B Sure song deserves better than y'all.

::Storms off in a huff::

[singingrulebritannia]

Don't cry too much over "Off On Your Own". "Nite and Day" is still in--that's what's important here

[jenglisbe]

May 5, 2021 7:36:29 GMT -5 singingrulebritannia said:

Don't cry too much over "Off On Your Own". "Nite and Day" is still in--that's what's important here

When I tell you this truth hit hard lol.

It's funny "Nite and Day" and "Two Occasions" are here, considering the similarity of the two lyrically (that's not a knock as you'll see both did well with me). I then think about how this same year also brought us "Seasons Change" by Expose, so "Two Occasions" ultimately sort of combines the two since it has "night and day" in it as well as goes through the seasons.

[Soulsista]

Welcome back!

We kick off today's reveals with a Top 10 loss. Two others will lose a bottom 5.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Soul Class Of '88}Private Dancer craziaskowboi SHOOTER back2blk singingrulebritannia legend1982 #LisaRinna wyckyd ccarter1023 divasummer rowellfarm490 Mirago jenglisbe jtd Thee Stallion @antigonerising mamooshka 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 Jay D83 gonecountry annoymous1 Ivy Leegue™ .indulgecountry Ty Ky

[Deleted]

I'm doing well so far (let's hope today's set doesn't jinx this, lol). Only one top 20 loss - Roses Are Red is a forever bop, argue with the wall! I will say that I had never heard that short string intro before until working on this rankdown and it was kind of jarring. It doesn't match with the rest of the song and isn't grand enough on its own to justify being there.

[Soulsista]

25. She's On The Left - Jeffrey Osborne

Eight years after leaving LTD, Jeffrey Osborne finally got his solo #1 hit with "She's On The Left". It would also turn out to be his final Hot 100 entry.


Stats
Chart Entry: July 30, 1988
Peak Date: September 24, 1988
Weeks At #1: 1
Weeks In Top 10: 5
Weeks On Chart: 16
Hot 100 Peak: #48

Points: 286
Average: 23.08
Standard Deviation: 5.641 (6th lowest)

wyckyd - 9

SHOOTER - 13
ccarter1023 - 15
craziaskowboi - 17
@antigonerising - 19
Ty - 19
divasummer - 20

rowellfarm490 - 21
Ivy Leegue™ - 21
Jay D83 - 22
annoymous1 - 23
.indulgecountry - 24
jtd Thee Stallion - 25
Private Dancer - 26
singingrulebritannia - 26
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 26
Mirago - 27
mamooshka - 27
gonecountry - 27
back2blk - 29
legend1982 - 29
jenglisbe - 29
Soulsista - 30
#LisaRinna - 30

Observing
Ky


The next reveal has the 2nd highest SD. Nine people will lose a bottom 5. Only three of you will lose a Top 10...but two of those are #2s. 👀

[Jay D83]

I don't know why I ranked it as high as I did. I had never heard it before.

[Soulsista]

24. Da Butt - E.U.

Based in Washington, DC, Experience Unlimited had their biggest hit and only Hot 100 entry with this funktastic number set to a go-go beat. Appearing on the soundtrack to the movie School Daze (a Spike Lee joint), it was recently back in the spotlight because of Glenn Close dancing to it at The Oscars.




Stats
Chart Entry: February 27, 1988
Peak Date: April 23, 1988
Weeks At #1: 1
Weeks In Top 10: 6
Weeks On Chart: 18
Hot 100 Peak: #35

Points: 304
Average: 22.33
Standard Deviation: 10.162 (2nd highest)

@antigonerising - 2
Jay D83 - 2
Soulsista - 7

mamooshka - 12
gonecountry - 14
SHOOTER - 15
divasummer - 15
Ivy Leegue™ - 15
jenglisbe - 20

ccarter1023 - 21
jtd Thee Stallion - 21
craziaskowboi - 22
legend1982 - 26
#LisaRinna - 26
wyckyd - 27
singingrulebritannia - 30
rowellfarm490 - 30

back2blk - 32
.indulgecountry - 32
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 33
annoymous1 - 33
Ty - 33
Private Dancer - 34
Mirago - 34

Observing
Ky

Two more Top 10s will be lost with the next reveal. Five more will shed a bottom 5.

[Jay D83]

YOU NO TASTE HAVING HOES!!!!!!!!!!

[Soulsista]

23. Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car - Billy Ocean

"Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" was one of Billy Ocean's biggest hits, topping both the pop and soul charts in the US. It also hit #1 in 7 other countries, including Canada, where it finished as the top song of 1988. It was featured in the movie License To Drive.


Stats
Chart Entry: February 20, 1988
Peak Date: April 16, 1988
Weeks At #1: 1
Weeks In Top 10: 5
Weeks On Chart: 16
Hot 100 Peak: #1 (2 weeks)

Points: 331
Average: 21.21
Standard Deviation: 8.351 (12th highest)

.indulgecountry - 3
jenglisbe - 8

Private Dancer - 12
divasummer - 13
Ty - 13
ccarter1023 - 14
wyckyd - 15
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 18
craziaskowboi - 19
jtd Thee Stallion - 19
mamooshka - 19

Mirago - 21
Soulsista - 23
SHOOTER - 23
Ivy Leegue™ - 23
legend1982 - 24
#LisaRinna - 25
@antigonerising - 25
annoymous1 - 29

singingrulebritannia - 31
rowellfarm490 - 32
gonecountry - 32
back2blk - 34
Jay D83 - 34

Observing
Ky


Next: another Top 10 loss. Four others will say goodbye to a bottom 5.

[Soulsista]

22. Fishnet - Morris Day

"Fishnet" was Morris Day's biggest hit away from The Time, with a Top 25 peak on the Hot 100. It turned out to be a reunion of sorts, as he co-wrote and co-produced it with Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, who Prince had kicked out of The Time years earlier.


Stats
Chart Entry: January 30, 1988
Peak Date: March 12, 1988
Weeks At #1: 2
Weeks In Top 10: 5
Weeks On Chart: 13
Hot 100 Peak: #23

Points: 340
Average: 20.83
Standard Deviation: 7.856 (15th highest)

craziaskowboi - 4

wyckyd - 12
Mirago - 12
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 12
Private Dancer - 13
annoymous1 - 14
gonecountry - 15
Soulsista - 16
@antigonerising - 16
rowellfarm490 - 18
divasummer - 19
singingrulebritannia - 20

jenglisbe - 21
mamooshka - 23
SHOOTER - 25
ccarter1023 - 25
Ivy Leegue™ - 25
back2blk - 26
.indulgecountry - 27
Ty - 28

jtd Thee Stallion - 31
Jay D83 - 31
#LisaRinna - 33
legend1982 - 34

Observing
Ky


The next song misses the Top 20 by just 3 points. Two people will lose a Top 10, five others will lose a bottom 10.

[jenglisbe]

This has to be the best I've ever done in a rankdown in terms of my rankings being fairly close to the results. I never do this well lol.

[Soulsista]

21. Nice N' Slow - Freddie Jackson

"Nice N' Slow" was Freddie's seventh soul charttopper, and his final entry on the Hot 100.


Stats
Chart Entry: July 9, 1988
Peak Date: August 27, 1988
Weeks At #1: 3
Weeks In Top 10: 6
Weeks On Chart: 17
Hot 100 Peak: #61

Points: 364
Average: 19.83
Standard Deviation: 5.821 (7th lowest)

jtd Thee Stallion - 10
.indulgecountry - 10

gonecountry - 12
back2blk - 13
wyckyd - 13
annoymous1 - 13
Private Dancer - 16
singingrulebritannia - 17
Jay D83 - 17
Soulsista - 19
rowellfarm490 - 19

#LisaRinna - 22
Mirago - 22
mamooshka - 22
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 - 22
ccarter1023 - 23
divasummer - 23
SHOOTER - 24
@antigonerising - 24
legend1982 - 25
Ivy Leegue™ - 26
Ty - 26
jenglisbe - 27

craziaskowboi - 31

Observing
Ky

[Deleted]

WAKE UPPPPPPPPPPPPPP! WAAAAAAAAAAAAKE UUUUUUUUUUUUP! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP! WAKE UUUUUUUUUUUUP!



Please. Wake up.

May 5, 2021 12:02:41 GMT -5 Soulsista said:

The next reveal has the 2nd highest SD. Nine people will lose a bottom 5. Only three of you will lose a Top 10...but two of those are #2s. 👀

DAMMITTTTTTTTTT I knew I was prolly speaking too soon.

Da Butt is literally the first song I remember hearing as a kid. I mean, I'm sure I heard plenty of music before then, but that's the song that just stuck out crystal clear in my mind. Still have memories of seeing it on some weekend mix show or sth on tv and wiggling my six year old butt for my LIFE, lmao.

[Jay D83]

"Nice N' Slow" sounds like an album track, not a single. The R&B panel was just sending any ole Freddie Jackson song to #1 back then.