▸ the year you arrived
1988
🎉 Happy Birthday! 🎉
You will be 38 this year — a child of the '80s.
The song that ruled the year you arrived
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🎚️ Make it yours
That's the chart #1 — but the card can be your song. Pick the one that raised you.
Top of your year, by vibe
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Top 10 of 1988
Your stats
Your generation
Millennial
1988 belonged to
George Michael
5 year-end chart hits
🔙 The world you were born into
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
🎬 Set the scene
A bike-riding summer evening, 1988: Voltron on the TV, a Care Bear out on the floor, and a Push Pop within reach.
📼 Saturday cartoons
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe👕 tee →
- ThunderCats👕 tee →
- G.I. Joe👕 tee →
- The Smurfs👕 tee →
- Garfield and Friends
- The Real Ghostbusters👕 tee →
- DuckTales👕 tee →
- Inspector Gadget
- Voltron👕 tee →
- Muppet Babies
How well do you remember 1988?
7 quick questions — the songs, the artists, the year. No cheating. 😏
💬 Memories from 1988
“getting rickrolled”
— Anonymouson this song →
👥 You're not the only one
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