▸ the year you arrived
1988
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You will be 38 this year — a child of the '80s.
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Your generation
Millennial
1988 belonged to
George Michael
5 year-end chart hits
Top 10 of 1988
- 1
Faith
George Michael
- 2
Need You Tonight
INXS
- 3
Got My Mind Set on You (2004 Remaster)
George Harrison
- 4
Never Gonna Give You Up
Rick Astley
- 5
Sweet Child o' Mine
Guns N' Roses
- 6
So Emotional
Whitney Houston
- 7
Heaven is a Place on Earth
Belinda Carlisle
- 8
Could've Been
Tiffany
- 9
Hands to Heaven
Breathe
- 10
Roll With It
Steve Winwood
The world you were born into
Top AlbumsDef Leppard — Hysteria
Tracy Chapman — Tracy Chapman
N.W.A — Straight Outta Compton
At the MoviesDie Hard
Beetlejuice
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
On TVRoseanne
The Wonder Years
Mystery Science Theater 3000
In the HeadlinesSummer Olympics in Seoul
First Red Nose Day
Prozac introduced
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