Every Number One Song in 1988 in Pop Music in Tunetimeline® Chronological Order

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title

artist

Oct 1987

Jan 1988

1

1

3

1

Got My Mind Set On You

George Harrison

Oct 1987

Jan 1988

1

1

6

2

Need You Tonight

INXS

Dec 1987

Jan 1988

1

1

3

Seasons Change

Expose

Dec 1987

Jan 1988

1

1

4

Could've Been

Tiffany

Nov 1987

Feb 1988

4

1

5

Hungry Eyes

Eric Carmen

Aug 1987

Feb 1988

2

1

6

What Have I Done To Deserve This?

Pet Shop Boys And Dusty Springfield

Jan 1988

Feb 1988

1

1

7

Father Figure

George Michael

Dec 1987

Mar 1988

1

1

8

Never Gonna Give You Up

Rick Astley

Feb 1988

Mar 1988

1

1

9

Man In The Mirror

Michael Jackson

Feb 1988

Apr 1988

1

1

10

Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car

Billy Ocean

Feb 1988

Apr 1988

2

1

2

11

Devil Inside

INXS

Jan 1988

Apr 1988

1

1

12

Where Do Broken Hearts Go

Whitney Houston

Feb 1988

Apr 1988

3

1

1

13

Angel

Aerosmith

Jan 1988

Apr 1988

1

1

14

Wishing Well

Terence Trent D'Arby

Mar 1988

May 1988

1

1

15

Anything For You

Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine

Mar 1988

May 1988

2

1

16

Shattered Dreams

Johnny Hates Jazz

Apr 1988

May 1988

1

1

17

One More Try

George Michael

Apr 1988

Jun 1988

1

1

18

Together Forever

Rick Astley

Apr 1988

Jun 1988

1

1

19

Foolish Beat

Debbie Gibson

May 1988

Jul 1988

1

1

20

Dirty Diana

Michael Jackson

Apr 1988

Jul 1988

1

1

1

21

The Flame

Cheap Trick

May 1988

Jul 1988

1

1

22

Hold On To The Nights

Richard Marx

Apr 1988

Jul 1988

2

1

11

23

Pour Some Sugar On Me

Def Leppard

Jun 1988

Jul 1988

1

1

1

24

Roll With It

Steve Winwood

Apr 1988

Aug 1988

2

1

25

Hands To Heaven

Breathe

Jun 1988

Aug 1988

2

1

20

26

I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That

Elton John

Jul 1988

Aug 1988

1

1

27

Monkey

George Michael

Jul 1988

Sep 1988

2

1

1

28

Simply Irresistible

Robert Palmer

Jul 1988

Sep 1988

1

1

2

29

Sweet Child O' Mine

Guns N' Roses

Aug 1988

Sep 1988

1

1

30

Don't Worry Be Happy

Bobby McFerrin

Aug 1988

Oct 1988

1

1

1

31

Love Bites

Def Leppard

Jan 1984

Oct 1988