Every number one of 1988

33 different songs reached #1. Longest run: Faith, 4 weeks in a row.

  1. 1 Faith George Michael Jan 2 · 1 week (4 in a row)
  2. 2 So Emotional Whitney Houston Jan 9 · 1 week
  3. 3 Got My Mind Set on You George Harrison Jan 16 · 1 week
  4. 4 The Way You Make Me Feel Michael Jackson Jan 23 · 1 week
  5. 5 Need You Tonight INXS Jan 30 · 1 week
  6. 6 Could've Been Tiffany Feb 6 to Feb 13 · 2 weeks
  7. 7 Seasons Change Exposé Feb 20 · 1 week
  8. 8 Father Figure George Michael Feb 27 to Mar 5 · 2 weeks
  9. 9 Never Gonna Give You Up Rick Astley Mar 12 to Mar 19 · 2 weeks
  10. 10 Man in the Mirror Michael Jackson Mar 26 to Apr 2 · 2 weeks
  11. 11 Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car Billy Ocean Apr 9 to Apr 16 · 2 weeks
  12. 12 Where Do Broken Hearts Go Whitney Houston Apr 23 to Apr 30 · 2 weeks
  13. 13 Wishing Well Terence Trent D'Arby May 7 · 1 week
  14. 14 Anything for You Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine May 14 to May 21 · 2 weeks
  15. 15 One More Try George Michael May 28 to Jun 11 · 3 weeks
  16. 16 Together Forever Rick Astley Jun 18 · 1 week
  17. 17 Foolish Beat Debbie Gibson Jun 25 · 1 week
  18. 18 Dirty Diana Michael Jackson Jul 2 · 1 week
  19. 19 The Flame Cheap Trick Jul 9 to Jul 16 · 2 weeks
  20. 20 Hold On to the Nights Richard Marx Jul 23 · 1 week
  21. 21 Roll With It Steve Winwood Jul 30 to Aug 20 · 4 weeks
  22. 22 Monkey George Michael Aug 27 to Sep 3 · 2 weeks
  23. 23 Sweet Child o' Mine Guns N' Roses Sep 10 to Sep 17 · 2 weeks
  24. 24 Don't Worry, Be Happy Bobby McFerrin Sep 24 to Oct 1 · 2 weeks
  25. 25 Love Bites Def Leppard Oct 8 · 1 week
  26. 26 Red Red Wine UB40 Oct 15 · 1 week
  27. 27 A Groovy Kind of Love Phil Collins Oct 22 to Oct 29 · 2 weeks
  28. 28 Kokomo The Beach Boys Nov 5 · 1 week
  29. 29 Wild, Wild West The Escape Club Nov 12 · 1 week
  30. 30 Bad Medicine Bon Jovi Nov 19 to Nov 26 · 2 weeks
  31. 31 Search ↗ Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley Will to Power Dec 3 · 1 week
  32. 32 Look Away Chicago Dec 10 to Dec 17 · 2 weeks
  33. 33 Every Rose Has Its Thorn Poison Dec 24 to Dec 31 · 2 weeks (3 in a row)

The numbers beside each song count the year's number ones in order. Weeks are counted from the Billboard Hot 100 charts dated in 1988.