List of number one hits in Australia (1988)

This list of number-one hits in Australia in 1988 . Basis are the top 50 of the Australian charts of ARIA . There were 16 number-one singles and 16 number-one albums that year.

Singles • Albums • Hit parades of the year • Bottom of page

Singles

← 1987 ←	List of number one hits in Australia			1989 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) November 30, 1987 - January 17, 1988 7 weeks 7th Rick Astley Never Gonna Give You Up Pete Waterman, Matthew James Aitken, Mike Stock - January 18, 1988 - January 24, 1988 1 week 1 George Michael Faith George Michael - January 25, 1988 - January 31, 1988 1 week 1 George Harrison Got My Mind Set on You Rudy Clark - February 1, 1988 - March 13, 1988 6 weeks 6th Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes (I've Had) The Time of My Life Franke Jon Previte , John Albert DeNicola, Donald Jay Markowitz - March 14, 1988 - April 24, 1988 6 weeks 6th Kylie Minogue I Should Be So Lucky Pete Waterman, Matthew James Aitken, Mike Stock - April 25, 1988 - May 29, 1988 5 weeks 5 Billy Ocean Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car Billy Ocean, Robert John Lange - May 30, 1988 - June 19, 1988 3 weeks 3 Cheap trick The Flame Nick Graham, Bob Mitchell - June 20, 1988 - July 3, 1988 2 weeks 2 Louis Armstrong What a Wonderful World George Douglas , George David Weiss - July 4, 1988 - July 31, 1988 4 weeks 4th Kylie Minogue Got to Be Certain Pete Waterman, Matthew James Aitken, Mike Stock - August 1, 1988 - August 21, 1988 3 weeks 3 John Farnham Age of Reason Todd Stuart Hunter, Johanna Paton Pigott - August 22, 1988 - September 18, 1988 4 weeks 4th Fairground Attraction Perfect Mark Edward Cascian Nevin - September 19, 1988 - October 23, 1988 5 weeks 5 Robert Palmer Simply Irresistible Robert Allan Palmer - October 24, 1988 - November 6, 1988 2 weeks 2 U2 Desire Adam Clayton , Laurence Mullen , David Evans , Paul David Hewson - November 7, 1988 - November 13, 1988 1 week 1 Phil Collins A Groovy Kind of Love Music: Muzio Clementi ; Text: Toni Wine , Carole Jill Bayer - November 14, 1988 - December 25, 1988 6 weeks 6th Bobby McFerrin Don't Worry, Be Happy Bobby McFerrin Jr. - December 26, 1988 - February 12, 1989 7 weeks 7th The Beach Boys Kokomo Mike E. Love , Terry Melcher , John EA Phillips , Scott McKenzie -
← 1987				→ 1989 →

Albums

← 1987 ←	List of number one hits in Australia			1989 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) December 21, 1987 - January 24, 1988 5 weeks 5 Jimmy Barnes Freight Train Heart - January 25, 1988 - February 14, 1988 3 weeks 3 The Twelfth Man Wired World of Sports - February 15, 1988 - April 10, 1988 8 weeks 8th ( Soundtrack ) Dirty Dancing - April 11, 1988 - April 17, 1988 1 week 1 Rick Astley Whenever You Need Somebody - April 18, 1988 - May 1, 1988 2 weeks 2 ( Various artists ) Hit Pix '88 - May 2, 1988 - June 5, 1988 5 weeks 5 Terence Trent D'Arby Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby - June 6, 1988 - June 19, 1988 2 weeks 2 ( Soundtrack ) Good Morning, Vietnam - June 20, 1988 - June 26, 1988 1 week 1 Bananarama Wow! - June 27, 1988 - July 24, 1988 4 weeks 4th ( Various artists ) 88 Kix On - July 25, 1988 - July 31, 1988 1 week 1 Crowded House Temple of Low Men - August 1, 1988 - September 25, 1988 8 weeks 8th John Farnham Age of Reason - September 26, 1988 - October 16, 1988 3 weeks (4 in total) 4th ( Various artists ) 88 the winners - October 17, 1988 - October 23, 1988 1 week 1 Bon Jovi New Jersey - October 24, 1988 - October 30, 1988 1 week (4 in total) 4th (Various Artists) 88 the winners - October 31, 1988 - December 4, 1988 5 weeks 5 U2 Rattle and Hum - December 5, 1988 - December 25, 1988 3 weeks 3 Jimmy Barnes Barnestorming - December 23, 1988 - January 8, 1989 3 weeks 3 ( Various artists ) Summer '89 -
← 1987				→ 1989 →

Annual hit parades

← 1987 ←	List of number one hits in Australia			1989 →
Singles position# Albums (I've Had) The Time of My Life Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes Franke Jon Previte , John Albert DeNicola, Donald Jay Markowitz 1 Kick INXS Simply Irresistible Robert Palmer Robert Allan Palmer 2 Dirty Dancing ( Soundtrack ) The Flame Cheap Trick Nick Graham, Bob Mitchell 3 Freight Train Heart Jimmy Barnes Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car Billy Ocean Billy Ocean, Robert John Lange 4th Whenever You Need Somebody Rick Astley I Should Be So Lucky Kylie Minogue Pete Waterman, Matthew James Aitken, Mike Stock 5 The Lonesome Jubilee John Cougar Mellencamp Perfect Fairground Attraction Mark Edward Cascian Nevin 6th Man of Colors Icehouse What a Wonderful World Louis Armstrong George Douglas , George David Weiss 7th Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman Never Gonna Give You Up Rick Astley Pete Waterman, Matthew James Aitken, Mike Stock 8th Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby Terence Trent D'Arby Age of Reason John Farnham Todd Stuart Hunter, Johanna Paton Pigott 9 Push bros Better Be Home Soon Crowded House Neil Mullane Finn 10 Whispering Jack John Farnham
← 1987				→ 1989 →

literature

• Australian Chart Book by David Kent

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• ARIA Top 50 Singles Charts / ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart
• Australian charts with archive
• Annual charts: singles / albums

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