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CHART #617 22 May 1988 Breakaway Big Pig 1 Last week 9 / 7 weeks FESTIVAL Heart Pet Shop Boys 2 Last week 1 / 3 weeks EMI Sweet Little Mystery Wet Wet Wet 3 Last week 16 / 2 weeks POLYGRAM Get Outta My Dreams Billy Ocean 4 Last week 3 / 10 weeks FESTIVAL Beat Dis Bomb The Bass 5 Last week 8 / 4 weeks BMG One Tree Hill U2 6 Last week 2 / 9 weeks Gold / FESTIVAL Rok Da House The Beatmasters & Cookie Crew 7 Last week 14 / 4 weeks BMG I Saw Him Standing There Tiffany 8 Last week 6 / 2 weeks WEA Stuck On Earth Alf 9 Last week 4 / 6 weeks SONYMUSIC Pink Cadillac Natalie Cole 10 Last week 5 / 6 weeks EMI Together Forever Rick Astley 11 Last week - / 1 weeks BMG China In Your Hand T'Pau 12 Last week 23 / 6 weeks VIRGIN Don't Turn Around Aswad 13 Last week 32 / 2 weeks FESTIVAL I Should Be So Lucky Kylie Minogue 14 Last week 11 / 10 weeks FESTIVAL I Could Never Take The Place Of Yo... Prince 15 Last week 10 / 7 weeks WEA Tell It To My Heart Taylor Dayne 16 Last week 7 / 10 weeks BMG What A Wonderful World Louis Armstrong / Fontana 17 Last week 20 / 2 weeks FESTIVAL Check It Out John Cougar Mellencamp 18 Last week 29 / 4 weeks POLYGRAM I Need A Man Eurythmics 19 Last week - / 1 weeks BMG Sensation The Fan Club 20 Last week 41 / 3 weeks SONY That's The Way It Is Mel & Kim 21 Last week 12 / 6 weeks FESTIVAL Girlfriend Pebbles 22 Last week 28 / 4 weeks WEA Can I Play With Madness Iron Maiden 23 Last week 15 / 6 weeks EMI Mandinka Sinead O'Connor 24 Last week - / 1 weeks FESTIVAL Gimme Hope Jo Anna Eddy Grant 25 Last week - / 1 weeks FESTIVAL Pump Up The Volume Marrs 26 Last week 31 / 17 weeks VIRGIN Heart Of Gold Johnny Hates Jazz 27 Last week - / 1 weeks VIRGIN Man In The Mirror Michael Jackson 28 Last week 13 / 7 weeks CBS I Get Weak Belinda Carlisle 29 Last week 19 / 9 weeks VIRGIN Crash The Primitives 30 Last week 22 / 3 weeks SONYMUSIC Boys Will Be Boys The Choirboys 31 Last week 36 / 2 weeks FESTIVAL I Want To Be Your Man Roger 32 Last week 26 / 7 weeks WEA Dock Of The Bay Michael Bolton 33 Last week 17 / 4 weeks CBS Under The Milky Way The Church 34 Last week 49 / 3 weeks FESTIVAL Love You Like I Should Dave Dobbyn 35 Last week 25 / 10 weeks CBS Paid In Full Eric B & Rakim 36 Last week 24 / 10 weeks FESTIVAL Could've Been Tiffany 37 Last week 21 / 15 weeks WEA I Want Her Keith Sweat 38 Last week 47 / 5 weeks WEA Never Gonna Give You Up Rick Astley 39 Last week 30 / 26 weeks BMG See Want Must Have Blue Mercedes 40 Last week - / 1 weeks WEA Best Of OMD Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 1 Last week 2 / 7 weeks Gold / VIRGIN Tiffany Tiffany 2 Last week 9 / 15 weeks Platinum / WEA Phantom Of The Opera Original London Cast 3 Last week 1 / 42 weeks Platinum / POLYDOR/POLYGRA... Dirty Dancing OST Various 4 Last week 6 / 16 weeks Platinum / BMG 1987 Whitesnake 5 Last week 34 / 10 weeks Gold / EMI Whenever You Need Somebody Rick Astley 6 Last week 7 / 16 weeks Platinum / BMG Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son Iron Maiden 7 Last week 3 / 3 weeks EMI The Lonesome Jubilee John Mellencamp 8 Last week 13 / 21 weeks Gold / POLYGRAM The Joshua Tree U2 9 Last week 8 / 56 weeks Platinum / FESTIVAL Turn Back The Clock Johnny Hates Jazz 10 Last week 5 / 9 weeks Gold / VIRGIN Tear Down These Walls Billy Ocean 11 Last week 10 / 4 weeks FESTIVAL Robbie Robertson Robbie Robertson 12 Last week 11 / 19 weeks WEA Freight Train Heart Jimmy Barnes 13 Last week 12 / 19 weeks Platinum / FESTIVAL Highlights From The Phantom Of The... Original London Cast 14 Last week 4 / 3 weeks POLYGRAM Good Morning Vietnam OST Various 15 Last week 35 / 2 weeks FESTIVAL Bad Michael Jackson 16 Last week 17 / 32 weeks Platinum / CBS Big Bad Noise The Choirboys 17 Last week 19 / 3 weeks FESTIVAL Heaven On Earth Belinda Carlisle 18 Last week 24 / 12 weeks VIRGIN Only Game In Town The Warratahs 19 Last week 14 / 11 weeks VIRGIN Blow Up Your Video AC/DC 20 Last week 16 / 13 weeks Gold / EMI Naked Talking Heads 21 Last week 15 / 5 weeks EMI The Big Chill OST Various 22 Last week 26 / 52 weeks Platinum / POLYGRAM Now And Zen Robert Plant 23 Last week 28 / 8 weeks WEA Kick INXS 24 Last week 21 / 25 weeks Platinum / WEA Actually Pet Shop Boys 25 Last week 50 / 15 weeks Gold / EMI The Christians The Christians 26 Last week 23 / 9 weeks FESTIVAL Man Of Colours Icehouse 27 Last week 29 / 25 weeks Platinum / FESTIVAL Loyal Dave Dobbyn 28 Last week 18 / 7 weeks CBS Viva Hate Morrissey 29 Last week 27 / 6 weeks EMI Introducing The Hardline Terence Trent D'Arby 30 Last week 33 / 31 weeks Platinum / CBS Diesel & Dust Midnight Oil 31 Last week 30 / 32 weeks Platinum / CBS Savage Eurythmics 32 Last week 32 / 19 weeks Gold / BMG Born To Be Bad George Thorogood 33 Last week 20 / 10 weeks Gold / EMI Faith George Michael 34 Last week 25 / 21 weeks Platinum / CBS In Dreams - Greatest Hits Roy Orbison 35 Last week 22 / 11 weeks Gold / VIRGIN A Momentary Lapse Of Reason Pink Floyd 36 Last week 37 / 24 weeks Platinum / CBS Chalk Mark In The Rainstorm Joni Mitchell 37 Last week 31 / 6 weeks WEA Whispering Jack John Farnham 38 Last week 43 / 61 weeks Platinum / BMG Strong Persuader Robert Cray 39 Last week 46 / 35 weeks Gold / POLYGRAM Tango In The Night Fleetwood Mac 40 Last week 40 / 47 weeks Platinum / WEA/WARNER