1988
🔙 Backtrack — 1988
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
Billboard Year-End Hot 100
📊 Full chart →- 1
FaithGeorge Michael - 2
Need You TonightINXS - 3
Got My Mind Set on YouGeorge Harrison - 4
Never Gonna Give You UpRick Astley - 5
Sweet Child o' MineGuns N' Roses - 6
So EmotionalWhitney Houston - 7
Heaven is a Place on EarthBelinda Carlisle - 8
Could've BeenTiffany - 9
Hands to HeavenBreathe - 10
Roll With ItSteve Winwood - 11
One More TryGeorge Michael - 12
Wishing WellSananda Maitreya - 13
Anything for YouGloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - 14
The FlameCheap Trick - 15
Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My CarBilly Ocean - 16
Seasons ChangeExposé - 17
Is This LoveWhitesnake - 18
Wild, Wild WestThe Escape Club - 19
Pour Some Sugar on MeDef Leppard - 20
I'll Always Love YouTaylor Dayne - 21
Man in the MirrorMichael Jackson - 22
Shake Your LoveDebbie Gibson - 23
Simply IrresistibleRobert Palmer - 24
Hold On to the NightsRichard Marx - 25
Hungry EyesEric Carmen
More from 1988
🎤 Big in 1988
🎚️ 1988 genres
🎬 Movies of 1988
All soundtracks →The soundtracks that scored 1988 — every song and where it played.
🎚️ Related vibes
All themes →Themed rooms that lean on the sound of 1988.
What does 1988 remind you of?
The drive, the dance, the heartbreak, the summer. Add a memory of 1988.
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🎵 1988 albums on vinyl
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📻 80s gear
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