These are the top 100 songs of 1988. Within the top 100 there are a total of 69 different bands or artists.
George Michael achieved the most entries with five of the top songs of 1988.
The song title is at the top in gray with the artist below in red.
You can find links to more 80’s content at the bottom of the page.
Top Songs of 1988
| 1 | Faith George Michael |
| 2 | Need You Tonight INXS |
| 3 | Got My Mind Set on You George Harrison |
| 4 | Got My Mind Set on You George Harrison |
| 5 | Sweet Child o’ Mine Guns N’ Roses |
| 6 | So Emotional Whitney Houston |
| 7 | Heaven Is a Place on Earth Belinda Carlisle |
| 8 | Could’ve Been Tiffany |
| 9 | Hands to Heaven Breathe |
| 10 | Roll with It Steve Winwood |
| 11 | One More Try George Michael |
| 12 | Wishing Well Terence Trent D’Arby |
| 13 | Anything for You Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine |
| 14 | The Flame Cheap Trick |
| 15 | Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car Billy Ocean |
| 16 | Seasons Change Exposé |
| 17 | Is This Love Whitesnake |
| 18 | Wild, Wild West The Escape Club |
| 19 | Pour Some Sugar on Me Def Leppard |
| 20 | I’ll Always Love You Taylor Dayne |
| 21 | Man in the Mirror Michael Jackson |
| 22 | Shake Your Love Debbie Gibson |
| 23 | Simply Irresistible Robert Palmer |
| 24 | Hold On to the Nights Richard Marx |
| 25 | Hungry Eyes Eric Carmen |
| 26 | Shattered Dreams Johnny Hates Jazz |
| 27 | Father Figure George Michael |
| 28 | Naughty Girls (Need Love Too) Samantha Fox |
| 29 | A Groovy Kind of Love Phil Collins |
| 30 | Love Bites Def Leppard |
| 31 | Endless Summer Nights Richard Marx |
| 32 | Foolish Beat Debbie Gibson |
| 33 | Where Do Broken Hearts Go Whitney Houston |
| 34 | Angel Aerosmith |
| 35 | A Hazy Shade of Winter The Bangles |
| 36 | The Way You Make Me Feel Michael Jackson |
| 37 | Don’t Worry, Be Happy Bobby McFerrin |
| 38 | Make Me Lose Control Eric Carmen |
| 39 | Red Red Wine UB40 |
| 40 | She’s Like the Wind Patrick Swayze featuring Wendy Fraser |
| 41 | Bad Medicine Bon Jovi |
| 42 | Kokomo The Beach Boys |
| 43 | I Don’t Wanna Go on with You Like That Elton John |
| 44 | Together Forever Rick Astley |
| 45 | Monkey George Michael |
| 46 | Devil Inside INXS |
| 47 | Should’ve Known Better Richard Marx |
| 48 | I Don’t Wanna Live Without Your Love Chicago |
| 49 | The Loco-Motion Kylie Minogue |
| 50 | What Have I Done to Deserve This? Pet Shop Boys with Dusty Springfield |
| 51 | Make It Real The Jets |
| 52 | What’s On Your Mind (Pure Energy) Information Society |
| 53 | Tell It to My Heart Taylor Dayne |
| 54 | Out of the Blue Debbie Gibson |
| 55 | Don’t You Want Me Jody Watley |
| 56 | Desire U2 |
| 57 | I Get Weak Belinda Carlisle |
| 58 | Sign Your Name Terence Trent D’Arby |
| 59 | I Want to Be Your Man Roger Troutman |
| 60 | Girlfriend Pebbles |
| 61 | Dirty Diana Michael Jackson |
| 62 | 1-2-2003 Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine |
| 63 | Mercedes Boy Pebbles |
| 64 | Perfect World Huey Lewis and the News |
| 65 | New Sensation INXS |
| 66 | Catch Me (I’m Falling) Pretty Poison |
| 67 | If It Isn’t Love New Edition |
| 68 | Rocket 2 U The Jets |
| 69 | One Good Woman Peter Cetera |
| 70 | Don’t Be Cruel Cheap Trick |
| 71 | Candle in the Wind Elton John |
| 72 | Everything Your Heart Desires Daryl Hall & John Oates |
| 73 | Say You Will Foreigner |
| 74 | I Want Her Keith Sweat |
| 75 | Pink Cadillac Natalie Cole |
| 76 | Fast Car Tracy Chapman |
| 77 | Electric Blue Icehouse |
| 78 | The Valley Road Bruce Hornsby and the Range |
| 79 | Don’t Be Cruel Bobby Brown |
| 80 | Always on My Mind Pet Shop Boys |
| 81 | Piano in the Dark Brenda Russell featuring Joe Esposito |
| 82 | When It’s Love Van Halen |
| 83 | Don’t Shed a Tear Paul Carrack |
| 84 | We’ll Be Together Sting |
| 85 | I Hate Myself for Loving You Joan Jett and the Blackhearts |
| 86 | I Don’t Want to Live Without You Foreigner |
| 87 | Nite and Day Al B. Sure! |
| 88 | Don’t You Know What the Night Can Do? Steve Winwood |
| 89 | One Moment in Time Whitney Houston |
| 90 | Can’t Stay Away from You Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine |
| 91 | Kissing a Fool George Michael |
| 92 | Cherry Bomb John Cougar Mellencamp |
| 93 | I Still Believe Brenda K. Starr |
| 94 | I Found Someone Cher |
| 95 | Never Tear Us Apart INXS |
| 96 | Valerie Steve Winwood |
| 97 | Just Like Paradise David Lee Roth |
| 98 | Nothin’ but a Good Time Poison |
| 99 | Wait White Lion |
| 100 | Prove Your Love Taylor Dayne |