List of number one hits in Switzerland (1988)

This list contains all number one hits in Switzerland in 1988. It is based on the top 30 singles and top 30 albums on the official Swiss charts . There were 14 number one singles and 14 number one albums that year.

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Singles

← 1987 ←	List of number one hits in Switzerland			1989 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 20, 1987 - January 23, 1988 5 weeks 5 T'Pau China in Your Hands Carol Ann Decker, Ronald Phillip Rogers - January 24, 1988 - January 30, 1988 1 week 1 Pet Shop Boys Always on My Mind Mark James, John L. Christopher Jr., Wayne Carson Thompson - January 31, 1988 - March 5, 1988 5 weeks 5 Belinda Carlisle Heaven Is a Place on Earth Richard W. Nowels Jr. , Ellen Shipley - March 6, 1988 - March 19, 1988 2 weeks 2 Krush House Arrest Cassius Corneelius Campbell, Mark Duane Gamble - March 20, 1988 - April 16, 1988 4 weeks 4th Taylor Dayne Tell It to My Heart Seth A. Swirsky, Ernie Gold - April 17, 1988 - April 23, 1988 1 week (total 2) 2 Kylie Minogue I Should Be So Lucky Pete Waterman, Matthew James Aitken, Mike Stock - April 24, 1988 - April 30, 1988 1 week 1 Taylor Dayne Tell It to My Heart Seth A. Swirsky, Ernie Gold - May 1, 1988 - May 7, 1988 1 week (total 2) 2 Kylie Minogue I Should Be So Lucky Pete Waterman, Matthew James Aitken, Mike Stock - May 8, 1988 - June 4, 1988 4 weeks 4th Pet Shop Boys Heart Neil Francis Tennant , Chris Lowe - June 5, 1988 - June 25, 1988 3 weeks 3 S'Express Theme from S-Express Pascal Richard Marcel Ghislain Gabriel, Mark Anthony Kim Moore, James Gregory Miles - June 26, 1988 - August 6, 1988 6 weeks 6th Ofra Haza In the Nin'alu Trad .; Editing: Benjamin Nagari, Izhar Ashdot; Text; Shalom Shabazi - August 7, 1988 - September 17, 1988 6 weeks 6th The Fat Boys & Chubby Checker The Twist Hank Ballard - September 18, 1988 - October 29, 1988 6 weeks 6th Koreana Hand in Hand Music: Giorgio G. Moroder ; Text: Thomas Ross Whitlock - October 30, 1988 - December 10, 1988 6 weeks 6th Phil Collins A Groovy Kind of Love Music: Muzio Clementi ; Text: Toni Wine , Carole Jill Bayer - December 11, 1988 - January 14, 1989 5 weeks 5 Enya Orinoco Flow Eith Ní Bhraonáin , Roma Shane Ryan , Nicky Ryan -
← 1987				→ 1989 →

Albums

← 1987 ←	List of number one hits in Switzerland			1989 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) November 29, 1987 - January 16, 1988 7 weeks (8 in total) 8th ( Soundtrack ) Dirty Dancing - January 17, 1988 - January 23, 1988 1 week (total 2) 2 first general uncertainty Love, death & the devil - January 24, 1988 - January 30, 1988 1 week (8 in total) 8th (Soundtrack) Dirty Dancing - January 31, 1988 - February 6, 1988 1 week (total 2) 2 first general uncertainty Love, death & the devil - February 7, 1988 - March 26, 1988 7 weeks 7th Peter Reber Dr Sunne would reply - March 27, 1988 - April 23, 1988 4 weeks 4th ( Soundtrack ) More Dirty Dancing - April 24, 1988 - June 4, 1988 6 weeks 6th Herbert Grönemeyer Ö - June 5, 1988 - June 18, 1988 2 weeks 2 Prince Lovesexy - June 19, 1988 - July 2, 1988 2 weeks 2 Polo Hofer and the Butter Band Rütmus, Bluus + schnälli Schue! - July 3, 1988 - July 9, 1988 1 week (total 2) 2 Mory Kanté Akwaba Beach - July 10, 1988 - July 16, 1988 1 week 1 Michael Jackson bath - July 17, 1988 - July 23, 1988 1 week (total 2) 2 Mory Kanté Akwaba Beach - July 24, 1988 - October 1, 1988 10 weeks 10 Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman - October 2, 1988 - October 8, 1988 1 week (total 2) 2 Bon Jovi New Jersey - October 9, 1988 - October 15, 1988 1 week 1 Koreana hand in hand - October 16, 1988 - October 22, 1988 1 week (total 2) 2 Bon Jovi New Jersey - October 2, 1988 - December 24, 1988 12 weeks 12 U2 Rattle and Hum - December 25, 1988 - January 7, 1989 2 weeks (total 3) 3 Dire Straits Money for Nothing -
← 1987				→ 1989 →

Annual hit parades

← 1987 ←	List of number one hits in Switzerland			1989 →
Singles position# Albums Kiss the hand, beautiful woman First general uncertainty Music: Gerhard Breit , Klaus Eberhartinger , Nino Holm , Günter Schönberger , Thomas Spitzer ; Text: Thomas Spitzer 1 Dirty Dancing ( Soundtrack ) Gimme Hope Jo'Anna Eddy Grant Eddy Grant 2 Love, Death & the Devil First general uncertainty Hand in Hand Koreana Music: Giorgio G. Moroder ; Text: Thomas Ross Whitlock 3 Nothing Like the Sun Sting In the Nin'alu Ofra Haza Trad .; Editing: Benjamin Nagari, Izhar Ashdot; Text; Shalom Shabazi 4th Bad Michael Jackson Yé ké yé ké Mory Kanté Mory Kanté 5 Diesel and Dust Midnight Oil Dirty Diana Michael Jackson Michael Joe Jackson 6th Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman I'm Not Scared Eighth Wonder Neil Francis Tennant , Chris Lowe 7th Ö Herbert Grönemeyer Heaven Is a Place on Earth Belinda Carlisle Richard W. Nowels Jr. , Ellen Shipley 8th Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby Terence Trent D'Arby Theme from S-Express S'Express Pascal Richard Marcel Ghislain Gabriel, Mark Anthony Kim Moore, James Gregory Miles 9 Bridge of Spies T'Pau Tell It to My Heart Taylor Dayne Seth A. Swirsky, Ernie Gold 10 Dr Sunne would meet Peter Reber
← 1987				→ 1989 →

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