Class of 1988 Reunion Playlist: The Hits of Senior Year

Senior year for the class of 1988 ran from fall 1987 to spring 1988. These are the 40 biggest songs of those two years, ranked from the 1987 and 1988 year-end charts, led by “Walk Like An Egyptian” by The Bangles.

Class of 1988: your 40-year reunion is in 2028.

The class of 1988 top 40

Want more? See the full 1987 and 1988 charts, or freshman year: the No. 1 of 1985 was “Careless Whisper”.

How we pick: each song earns points from its year-end position on the 1987 and 1988 charts (No. 1 = 100 points), so the biggest hits of the whole school year rise to the top. Source: Billboard’s year-end singles charts, as compiled on Wikipedia.