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Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
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Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref(s). |
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United Kingdom | 14 November 1988 |
| Parlophone | [42] [43] |
21 November 1988 |
| [44] | ||
Japan | 25 January 1989 | Mini-CD | EMI | [45] |
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