List of number one hits in Austria (1988)

This is a list of the number one hits in Austria in 1988. It is based on the top 30 singles and album lists in the Austrian charts . They were published every six months on the 1st and 15th of each month.

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Singles

← 1987 ←	List of number one hits in Austria			1989 →
Period Mt. tot. Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, months in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 1, 1987 - January 31, 1988 2 months (total 2) 2 first general uncertainty Kiss the hand, beautiful Mrs. Gerhard Breit , Klaus Eberhartinger , Nino Holm , Günther Schönberger , Thomas Spitzer After Prince Charming , kissing the hand, beautiful woman is the second number one hit for the first general uncertainty. February 1, 1988 - February 14, 1988 ½ month (total ½) ½ Black Wonderful Life Colin Vearncombe Already released in 1986, the Remaster '87 became an international hit. February 15, 1988 - March 14, 1988 1 month (total 1) 1 Men Without Hats Pop Goes the World Ivan Doroschuk - March 15, 1988 - March 31, 1988 ½ month (total ½) ½ Guillermo Marchena My Love Is a Tango Music: Siegfried Schwab ; Text: Frank Strecker The only hit of the Dutch drummer and pop singer. April 1, 1988 - April 14, 1988 ½ month (total ½) ½ José Feliciano & VSOP The Sound of Vienna Music: Christian Duchatschek ; Text: Rudolf Leve - April 15, 1988 - April 30, 1988 ½ month (total ½) ½ Curacao Yiasou Roland Gutsch The only hit of the Austrian pop band. May 1, 1988 - May 31, 1988 1 month (total 1) 1 Taylor Dayne Tell It to My Heart Ernie Gold, Seth A. Swirsky - June 1, 1988 - June 14, 1988 ½ month (total ½) ½ OK OK! Marcus Gabler - June 15, 1988 - June 30, 1988 ½ month (total ½) ½ France Gall Ella, elle l'a Michel Berger Ella, elle l' a pays homage to the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald . July 1, 1988 - July 31, 1988 1 month (total 1) 1 Dew Mitch Don't Say No Erwin Kiennast , Dew Mitch The Viennese musician had put a single and an album in the top 10 two years earlier. After his untimely death on May 21 of this year, this song rose to number one. August 1, 1988 - August 14, 1988 ½ month (total ½) ½ Etta Scollo Oh! Darling! John Lennon , Paul McCartney Cover version of a Beatles song from the 1969 album Abbey Road . August 15, 1988 - October 14, 1988 2 months (total 2) 2 Rainhard Fendrich Macho, macho Rainhard Fendrich The song is sung entirely in Viennese dialect . October 15, 1988 - November 14, 1988 1 month (total 1) 1 Milli Vanilli Girl You Know It's True Kayode Adeyemo, Rodney Hollaman, Kevin Lyles, William Pettaway, Sean Spencer Actually a song by the US hip-hop band Numarx . November 15, 1988 - January 14, 1989 2 months (total 2) 2 Edelweiss Bring Me Edelweiss Martin Gletschermeyer , Walter Werzowa ; Benny Andersson , Stig Anderson , Björn Ulvaeus First of two number one hits from the Austrian dance floor project.
← 1987				→ 1989 →

Albums

← 1987 ←	List of number one albums in Austria			1989 →
Period Mt. tot. Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, months in first place, artist, title , additional information) December 1, 1987 - February 14, 1988 2½ months (total 2½) 2½ first general uncertainty Love, death & the devil Second of ten number one albums for the Austrian band. February 15, 1988 - April 14, 1988 2 months (total 2) 2 ( Soundtrack ) Dirty Dancing - April 15, 1988 - May 14, 1988 1 month (total 1) 1 ( Soundtrack ) More Dirty Dancing Continuation of the successful soundtrack. May 15, 1988 - June 14, 1988 1 month (total 1) 1 Herbert Grönemeyer Ö Second number one album after Sprünge (1986). June 15, 1988 - October 14, 1988 4 months (24 weeks in total) 24 wks. Michael Jackson bath First and only number one album for the King of Pop in Austria. October 15, 1988 - October 31, 1988 ½ month (total ½) ½ Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman - November 1, 1988 - January 14, 1989 10 weeks (total 2½) 2½ U2 Rattle and Hum -
← 1987				→ 1989 →

Annual hit parades

← 1987 ←	List of number one hits in Austria			1989 →
Singles position# Albums Macho Macho Rainhard Fendrich Rainhard Fendrich 1 Dirty Dancing soundtrack Kiss the hand, beautiful woman First general uncertainty Gerhard Breit , Klaus Eberhartinger , Nino Holm , Günther Schönberger , Thomas Spitzer 2 Bad Michael Jackson OK! Okay, Marcus Gabler 3 Love, Death & the Devil First general uncertainty The Sound of Vienna José Feliciano & VSOP Music: Christian Duchatschek; Text: Rudolf Leve 4th Ö Herbert Grönemeyer Girl You Know It's True Milli Vanilli Kayode Adeyemo, Rodney Hollaman, Kevin Lyles, William Pettaway, Sean Spencer 5 … Nothing Like the Sun Sting Yiasou Curacao Roland Gutsch 6th More Dirty Dancing soundtrack Oh! Darling! Etta Scollo John Lennon , Paul McCartney 7th Unchain My Heart Joe Cocker Wonderful Life Black Colin Vearncombe 8th Faith George Michael Dirty Diana Michael Jackson Michael Jackson 9 Alf - fairy tales and radio plays, part 2 radio play I don't love you at all anymore Udo Lindenberg Udo Lindenberg 10 Lovesexy Prince
← 1987				→ 1989 →

Web links

• Number 1 hits Austria (austriancharts.at)
• Number 1 albums Austria (austriancharts.at)
• austriancharts.at database with chart archive and search function

See also number-one hits in 1988 in Australia , Belgium , Denmark , Germany , Finland , France , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Canada , New Zealand , the Netherlands , Norway , Sweden , the Switzerland , Spain , the United States and in the United Kingdom .