The #1 R&B song on December 21, 1988

Tumblin' Down

By Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers

Other #1 songs on December 21, 1988
Across genres and charts

#1 alternative hit

Orange Crush

R.E.M.

#1 country song

When You Say Nothing at All

Keith Whitley

#1 dance track

The Great Commandment

Camouflage

#1 song in the UK

Mistletoe and Wine

Cliff Richard

#1 song

Every Rose Has Its Thorn

Poison

The #1 Movie
At the box office on December 21, 1988

Twins

Directed by Ivan Reitman

Notable December 21 Birthdays
Born in the 1980s

Philip Humber

Baseball Player

Taylor Teagarden

Baseball Player

Khris Davis

Baseball Player

Mark Ingram II

Football Player