AUSTRALIAN CHART BOOK'S (AMR) TOP SINGLES FOR 1988

No. Song-Artist-Peak Month
  1 SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE-ROBERT PALMER-SEPTEMBER
  2 (I'VE HAD) THE TIME OF My LIFE-BILL MEDLEY & JENNIFER WARNES-February
  3 THE FLAME-Cheap Trick-CHEAP TRICK-May
  4 GET OUTTA MY DREAMS,GET INTO MY CAR-BILLY OCEAN-April
  5 NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP-RICK ASTLEY-January
  6 PERFECT-FAIRGROUND ATTRACTION-August
  7 I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY-KYLIE MINOGUE-March
  8 WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD-Louis Armstrong-June
  9 BETTER BE HOME SOON-Crowded House-July
 10 HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH-Belinda Carlisle-February
 11 Age Of Reason/When The War Is Over-John Farnham-August
 12 Whenever You Need Somebody-Rick Astley-March
 13 Don't Be Cruel-Cheap Trick-September
 14 Love In The First Degree-Bananarama-April 
 15 All Fired Up-Pat Benatar-October 
 16 Faith-George Michael-January
 17 Stutter Rap-Morris Minor & The Majors-May 
 18 Push It-Salt-n-pepa-October 
 19 Doctorin' The Tardis-Timelords-September
 20 When Will I Be Famous?-Bros-May 
 21 The Only Way Is Up-Yazz & The Plastic Population-October
 22 Run To Paradise-The Choirboys-January
 23 A Groovy Kind Of Love-Phil Collins-November
 24 Sign Your Name-Terence Trent D'Arby-May
 25 Got To Be Certain-Kylie Minogue-July 
 26 Wanna Be Up-Chantoozies-August 
 27 Got My Mind Set On You-George Harrison-January
 28 Underneath The Radar-Underworld-August  
 29 I Want You Back-Bananarama-June 
 30 (Sittin'on) The Dock Of The Bay-Michael Bolton-May 
 31 I Think We're Alone Now-Tiffany-January
 32 Desire-U2-October
 33 I Found Someone-Cher-May 
 34 Don't Worry,Be Happy-Bobby McFerrinNovember
 35 Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You-Glenn Medeiros-February 
 36 Could've Been-Tiffany-June 
 37 That's When I Think Of You-1927-October 
 38 Pink Cadillac-Natalie Cole-June  
 39 Always On My Mind-Pet Shop Boys-March 
 40 Tell It To My Heart-Taylor Dayne-May  
 41 Breakaway-Big Pig-May  
 42 Hungry Eyes-Eric Carmen-March 
 43 Fast Car-Tracy Chapman-July  
 44 Hazy Shade Of Winter (From'less Than Zero')-Bangles-April
 45 Wild,wild West-Escape Club-November 
 46 Pump Up The Volume-M.a.r.s.-January 
 47 Motor's Too Fast-James Reyne-August 
 48 Drop The Boy-Bros-July 
 49 Make Me Lose Control-Eric Carmen-October
 50 Theme From S-express-S-express-September
 51 Love Is A Bridge-Little River Band-June 
 52 Nothing Can Divide Us-Jason Donovan-November 
 53 Bad Medicine-Bon Jovi-October  
 54 Two Strong Hearts-John Farnham-October 
 55 Boys Will Be Boys-Choirboys-April 
 56 Anything For You-Gloria Estefan & The Miami Sound Machine-September
 57 Boys (Summertime Love)-Sabrina-July
 58 Blue Monday 1988-New Order-June
 59 Rev It Up-Jerry Harrison & The Casual Gods-May
 60 I Owe You Nothing-Bros-August 
 61 Sweet Child O' Mine-Guns N' Roses-October 
 62 I Want Your Love-Transvision Vamp-November 
 63 Say You Will-Foreigner-February  
 64 New Sensation-Inxs-June 
 65 Father Figure-George Michael-March 
 66 Oh Yeah-Yello-October
 67 The Perfect Day-Fischer 2-August  
 68 Nothin' But A Good Time-Poison-August
 69 Wild World-Maxi Priest-September 
 70 As The Day Goes By-Daryl Braithwaite-October 
 71 Stop Your Fussin'-Toni Childs-October
 72 Walk The Dinosaur-Was Not Was-February 
 73 Wonderful Life-Black-May 
 74 Hold Me Now-Johnny Logan-January
 75 Mony Mony-Billy Idol-January  
 76 When I Fall In Love/My Arms Keep Missing You-Rick Astley-May 
 77 Endless Summer Nights-Richard Marx-June
 78 Some People-Cliff Richard-April 
 79 When A Man Loves A Woman-Jimmy Barnes-November 
 80 She's Like The Wind-Patrick Swayze-April 
 81 Should've Known Better-Richard Marx-March 
 82 Groove-Eurogliders-April 
 83 Never Tear Us Apart-Inxs-September 
 84 Don't Tell Me The Time-Martha Davis-April
 85 Never Can Say Goodbye-Communards-February
 86 The Way You Make Me Feel-Michael Jackson-January
 87 Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again-Angels-March
 88 For You-John Denver-May
 89 Hole In My Heart (All The Way To China)-Cyndi Lauper-September
 90 Devil Inside-Inxs-March
 91 Bring Me Some Water-Melissa Etheridge-December 
 92 Celebration-Dragon-February 
 93 If I Could-1927-December
 94 Driving Wheels-Jimmy Barnes-February 
 95 Kokomo-The Beach Boys-December
 96 Cherry Bomb-John Cougar Mellencamp-January
 97 I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That-Elton John
 98 Heatseeker-Ac/dc-February-January
 99 Too Much Ain't Enough Love-Jimmy Barnes
100 Fat-'weird Al' Yankovic-August 
101 Don't Need Love-Johnny Diesel & The Injectors-December 
102 I Still Love You (Je Na Sais Pas Pourquoi)-Kylie Minogue-December
103 So Excellent-Kylie Mole-November
104 Duke Of Earl-Dukes Of Earlwood-September 
105 Touch-Noiseworks-November
106 I Saw Him Standing There-Tiffany-June
107 Monkey-George Michael-September
108 Is This Love-Whitesnake-January 
109 I Quit-Bros-November 
110 Just Like Paradise-David Lee Roth-March  
111 She Wants To Dance With Me-Rick Astley-October