List of Top 25 singles for 1988 in Australia

The following lists the top 50 singles of 1988 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) End of Year Singles Chart.[1] These were the first End of Year singles charts created by ARIA, it had started producing its own charts from mid-1988.[2] ARIA had previously used the Kent Music Report, known from 1987 onwards as the Australian Music Report.[3]

#TitleArtistHighest pos. reachedWeeks at No. 1
1."(I've Had) The Time of My Life"Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes16[lower-alpha 1]
2."Simply Irresistible"Robert Palmer15[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]
3."The Flame"Cheap Trick13[lower-alpha 2]
4."Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car"Billy Ocean15[lower-alpha 1]
5."I Should Be So Lucky"Kylie Minogue16[lower-alpha 1]
6."Perfect"Fairground Attraction14[lower-alpha 2]
7."What a Wonderful World"Louis Armstrong12[lower-alpha 2]
8."Never Gonna Give You Up"Rick Astley17 (pkd #1 in 1987 & 1988)[lower-alpha 1]
9."Age of Reason"John Farnham14[lower-alpha 2]
10."Better Be Home Soon"Crowded House2
11."Heaven Is a Place on Earth"Belinda Carlisle2
12."Whenever You Need Somebody"Rick Astley3
13."Don't Be Cruel"Cheap Trick5
14."Don't Worry, Be Happy"Bobby McFerrin11[lower-alpha 2]
15."Doctorin' the Tardis"The Timelords2
16."All Fired Up"Pat Benatar2
17."Got My Mind Set on You"George Harrison6
18."Got to Be Certain"Kylie Minogue13[lower-alpha 2]
19."Faith"George Michael11[lower-alpha 1]
20."A Groovy Kind of Love"Phil Collins5
21."Stutter Rap"Morris Minor and the Majors2
22."Wanna Be Up"Chantoozies3
23."Underneath the Radar"Underworld3
24."Love in the First Degree"Bananarama5
25."Run to Paradise"The Choirboys3
26."When Will I Be Famous?"Bros5
27."Sign Your Name"Terence Trent D'Arby3
28."Desire"U213
29."Push It"Salt-N-Pepa3
30."(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"Michael Bolton3
31."The Only Way Is Up"Yazz & the Plastic Population2
32."I Think We're Alone Now"Tiffany13
33."I Found SomeoneCher8
34."I Want You Back"Bananarama3
35."Always on My Mind"Pet Shop Boys10
36."Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You"Glenn Medeiros10
37."Breakaway"Big Pig8
38."Could've Been"Tiffany8
39."Hungry Eyes"Eric Carmen4
40."That's When I Think of You"19276
41."Boys (Summertime Love)"Sabrina11
42."Pink Cadillac"Natalie Cole6
43."Tell It to My Heart"Taylor Dayne10
44."Fast Car"Tracy Chapman4
45."Pump Up the Volume"MARRS6
46."Make Me Lose Control"Eric Carmen8
47."Hazy Shade of Winter"The Bangles7
48."Motor's Too Fast"James Reyne6
49."Nothin' but a Good Time"Poison10
50."Blue Monday 1988"New Order4

Top 25 singles of 1988
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Peak chart positions from 1987 and early 1988 were calculated by David Kent for the Kent Music Report.[3] Late 1988 peak chart positions are from the ARIA Charts.[2] Overall position on the End of Year Chart is calculated by ARIA based on the number of weeks and position that the records reach within the Top 50 singles for each week during 1988.

Notes
  1. "(I've Had) The Time of My Life", "Simply Irresistible", "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car", "I Should Be So Lucky", "Never Gonna Give You Up" and "Faith" peaked at #1 on the Kent Music Report in early 1988.[3] "Never Gonna Give You Up" also peaked at #1 on the Kent Music Report during 1987.[3]
  2. "Simply Irresistible", "The Flame", "What a Wonderful World", "Perfect", "Age of Reason", "Don't Worry, Be Happy" and "Got to Be Certain" peaked at #1 on the ARIA Charts in late 1988.[2]

References
  1. "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Singles 1988". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  2. "Official ARIA Charts". Australian Charts Portal. 8 February 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
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