What was the world like in 1988?
India's #1 song of the year was Papa Kehte Hain from Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, topping Binaca Geetmala's annual countdown.
What things cost in 1988.
Gold: yearly average, 24K, approx. Petrol: Delhi pump price around mid-year, approx. Sensex: BSE year-end close. Today's figures as of late Oct 2026. For curiosity, not advice.
The world's number ones.
Every song that hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988.
Faith · George Michael
So Emotional · Whitney Houston
Got My Mind Set On You · George Harrison
The Way You Make Me Feel · Michael Jackson
Need You Tonight · INXS
Could've Been · Tiffany
Seasons Change · Expose
Father Figure · George Michael
Never Gonna Give You Up · Rick Astley
Man In The Mirror · Michael Jackson
Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car · Billy Ocean
Where Do Broken Hearts Go · Whitney Houston
Wishing Well · Terence Trent D'Arby
Anything For You · Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine
One More Try · George Michael
Together Forever · Rick Astley
Foolish Beat · Debbie Gibson
Dirty Diana · Michael Jackson
The Flame · Cheap Trick
Hold On To The Nights · Richard Marx
Roll With It · Steve Winwood
Monkey · George Michael
Sweet Child O' Mine · Guns N' Roses
Don't Worry, Be Happy (From "Cocktail") · Bobby McFerrin
Love Bites · Def Leppard
Red Red Wine · UB40
Groovy Kind Of Love · Phil Collins
Kokomo (From"Cocktail" ) · The Beach Boys
Wild, Wild West · The Escape Club
Bad Medicine · Bon Jovi
Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley · Will To Power
Look Away · Chicago
Every Rose Has Its Thorn · Poison
It happened in 1988.
Mahabharat begins on Doordarshan
If you were born in 1988, none of this existed.
The Berlin Wall falls
Sachin Tendulkar makes his Test debut
The World Wide Web goes public
The first text message is sent: Merry Christmas
Sushmita Sen is crowned India's first Miss Universe
Aishwarya Rai is crowned Miss World
India's first mobile phone call is made
The internet opens to the public in India
And 26 more. Your exact day shows the full list.
The year is the trailer. Your day is the film.
The Moon and your nakshatra, the weather in your city, the front page and who shares your birthday.
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