The UK Top 50 of 1988 Poll

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Poll Results

Option	Votes
Yazz & The Plastic Population The Only Way Is Up	3
Taylor Dayne Tell It To My Heart	2
Erasure A Little Respect	2
S-Express Theme From S-Express	2
Womack & Womack Teardrops	2
Belinda Carlisle Heaven Is A Place On Earth	1
Krush House Arrest	1
Aztec Camera Somewhere In My Heart	1
Pet Shop Boys Heart	1
Milli Vanilli Girl You Know It's True	1
The Hollies He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother	1
Bomb The Bass Beat Dis	1
Salt-N-Pepa Push It / Tramp	1
Hazell Dean Who's Leaving Who	0
Sabrina Boys (Summertime Love)	0
Bros When Will I Be Famous	0
Kim Wilde You Came	0
Bananarama I Want You Back	0
Climie Fisher Love Changes (Everything)	0
Yazz Stand Up For Your Love Rights	0
Natalie Cole Pink Cadillac	0
Kylie & Jason Especially For You	0
Terence Trent D'Arby Sign Your Name	0
Rick Astley Together Forever	0
U2 Desire	0
Bobby McFerrin Don't Worry, Be Happy	0
Tiffany Could've Been	0
Jason Donovan Nothing Can Divide Us	0
BVSMP I Need You	0
The Timelords Doctorin' The Tardis	0
Bros I Owe You Nothing	0
Whitney Houston One Moment In Time	0
Fairground Attraction Perfect	0
Robin Beck First Time	0
Kylie Minogue I Should Be So Lucky	0
Phil Collins Groovy Kind Of Love	0
Wet Wet Wet / Billy Bragg With Cara Tivey With A Little Help From My Friends / She's Leaving Home	0
Tiffany I Think We're Alone Now	0
Enya Orinoco Flow	0
Kylie Minogue The Loco-Motion	0
Cliff Richard Mistletoe And Wine	0
Billy Ocean Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car	0
Pet Shop Boys Always On My Mind	0
The Fat Boys With Chubby Checker The Twist (Yo, Twist)	0
Brother Beyond The Harder I Try	0
Bros Drop The Boy	0
Aswad Don't Turn Around	0
Kylie Minogue Je Ne Sais Pas Pourquoi	0
Kylie Minogue Got To Be Certain	0
Glenn Medeiros Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You	0

― Geir Hongro, Sunday, 27 April 2008 19:34 (seventeen years ago)

I don't consider 1988 a particularly good albums vintage, but hitlist music was better than in 1987. At least in the UK.

Voted "Heart", but "Sign Your Name" and "Somewhere In My Heart" are also great contenders. Alpng with "He Ain't Heavy..", which nevertheless is obviously not really 1988.

― Geir Hongro, Sunday, 27 April 2008 19:36 (seventeen years ago)

Yeah, I still had to vote for He Ain't Heavy.
Regardless.

― our work is never over, Sunday, 27 April 2008 19:41 (seventeen years ago)

S-Express probably, certainly the most forward-looking thing here. I like Somewhere In My Heart a lot as well.

― chap, Sunday, 27 April 2008 19:45 (seventeen years ago)

Also Respect is an immaculately crafted piece of pop.

― chap, Sunday, 27 April 2008 19:57 (seventeen years ago)

"Teardrops", but strong competition from "House Arrest", "Theme From S-Express" and "Beat Dis".
Now lets see the fucking Pet Shop Boys win again.

― DavidM, Sunday, 27 April 2008 19:59 (seventeen years ago)

S-Express probably, certainly the most forward-looking thing here.

In the second half of the 80s, being "forward-looking" was rarely a good idea.

― Geir Hongro, Sunday, 27 April 2008 22:48 (seventeen years ago)

Man I got trapped in a pub in a 1988 with a drunk old dude who kept making us put "One Moment in Time" on the jukebox. Great times.

― Noodle Vague, Sunday, 27 April 2008 22:50 (seventeen years ago)

Anyway I voted for "A Little Respect" why because it got the best opening line and payoff refrain ever.

― Noodle Vague, Sunday, 27 April 2008 22:52 (seventeen years ago)

Hmm. In a sense it's still "Always On My Mind", but I voted for that in 1987 and I can't really count it as part of 1988.

So the shortlist reads: The Only Way Is Up, Theme From S-Express, Teardrops, A Little Respect.

Hmm. Think I'll keep it between me and the ballot box in this instance.

― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 10:28 (seventeen years ago)

In the second half of the 80s, being "forward-looking" was rarely a good idea.

Is Geir Dale Winton?

― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 10:32 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― ILX System, Saturday, 3 May 2008 23:01 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― ILX System, Sunday, 4 May 2008 23:01 (seventeen years ago)

The Top Five is a perfect reminder of everything that was wrong about 1988. Sure, "A Little Respect" is not at all a bad song, but it's probably the furthest Erasure ever got from their synthpop roots, and as such, one of their worst moments.

― Geir Hongro, Sunday, 4 May 2008 23:56 (seventeen years ago)

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