This is a list of singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the Irish Singles Chart during 2008 (see 2008 in Irish music).
The "Top 10 Entry Date" is when the song entered the Top 10 for the first time. Songs that were still in the Top 10 at the beginning of 2008 but peaked in 2007 are provided in the 2007 Peaks segment at the bottom of the page. Songs that entered the Top 10 in 2008 but did not peak until 2009 are listed in List of top 10 singles in 2009 (Ireland).
Top 10 singles Entry dateSingleArtistPeakPeak reachedWeeksRef. Singles from 200713 December"Crank That (Soulja Boy)"Soulja Boy Tellem33 January1120 December"Piece of Me"Britney Spears110 January15 Singles from 20083 January"Don't Stop the Music"Rihanna67 February610 January"Now You're Gone"Basshunter124 January1410 January"Rockstar"Nickelback231 January1210 January"The Galway Girl"Mundy & Sharon Shannon110 April1217 January"Homecoming"Kanye West featuring Chris Martin524 January517 January"Relax, Take It Easy"Mika817 January517 January"Superstar"Lupe Fiasco37 February724 January"Chasing Pavements"Adele724 January431 January"Falling Slowly"Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová 26 March531 January"Better"Tom Baxter1031 January214 February"Stop and Stare"OneRepublic513 March721 February"Mercy"Duffy128 February921 February"What's It Gonna Be?"H "Two" O featuring Platnum628 February421 February"Wow"Kylie Minogue1021 February128 February"The Ballad of Ronnie Drew"Various Artists16 March428 February"Ghost"Luan Parle1028 February16 March"Us Against the World"Westlife66 March16 March"Low"Flo Rida featuring T-Pain127 March1713 March"Better in Time"Leona Lewis420 March613 March"Scream"Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson & Nicole Scherzinger1013 March120 March"American Boy"Estelle featuring Kanye West220 March1127 March"With You"Chris Brown327 March727 March"4 Minutes"Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland115 May73 April"The Munster Song"Glen Keating & Greg Ryan13 April23 April"Break the Ice"Britney Spears717 April210 April"Black and Gold"Sam Sparro58 May1117 April"Cry For You"September817 April524 April"Ireland Douze Points"Dustin the Turkey524 April424 April"Got Ur Number"Amy924 April124 April"Love in This Club"Usher329 May111 May"We Cry"The Script91 May18 May"Heartbreaker"will.i.am featuring Cheryl Cole729 May615 May"That's Not My Name"The Ting Tings215 May1215 May"Take a Bow"Rihanna122 May1029 May"Forever"Chris Brown119 June135 June"Singin' in the Rain"Mint Royale312 June35 June"Love Song"Sara Bareilles519 June512 June"Viva la Vida"Coldplay319 June1119 June"Jumping All Over the World"Scooter1019 June126 June"On Wings"Leanne Moore126 June126 June"Closer"Ne-Yo33 July726 June"No Air"Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown210 July123 July"All I Ever Wanted"Basshunter110 July910 July"All Summer Long"Kid Rock124 July1210 July"Dance wiv Me"Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris & Chrome531 July1110 July"Stay with Me"Ironik824 July317 July"Give It 2 Me"Madonna1017 July124 July"The Man Who Can't Be MovedThe Script228 August1231 July"Livin' In the Summertime"Keywest831 July17 August"I Kissed a Girl"Katy Perry121 August107 August"Disturbia"Rihanna414 August1114 August"Love Is Noise"The Verve714 August428 August"5 Years Time"Noah and the Whale1028 August14 September"Trust Me, I'm a Doctor"The Blizzards24 September54 September"When I Grow Up"The Pussycat Dolls211 September64 September"Pjanoo"Eric Prydz74 September311 September"Sex on Fire"Kings of Leon118 September1018 September"Beggin'"Madcon818 September225 September"Love Lockdown"Kanye West413 November625 September"Miss Independent"Ne-Yo925 September12 October"So What"Pink12 October82 October"Live Your Life"T.I. featuring Rihanna32 October92 October"Love You Anyway"Boyzone39 October32 October"Angel in the Night"Basshunter102 October29 October"In This City"Iglu & Hartly99 October216 October"About You Now"The Saw Doctors116 October416 October"Take Back the City"Snow Patrol416 October316 October"Human"The Killers420 November1316 October"Don't Call This Love"Leon Jackson816 October123 October"The Promise"Girls Aloud230 October623 October"Forgive Me"Leona Lewis523 October323 October"Hot n Cold"Katy Perry313 November930 October"Hero"The X-Factor Finalists 2008130 October96 November"Womanizer"Britney Spears26 November86 November"If I Were a Boy"Beyoncé213 November1220 November"Run"Leona Lewis120 November927 November"Greatest Day"Take That211 December727 November"I Hate This Part"The Pussycat Dolls94 December34 December"Infinity 2008"Guru Josh Project104 December111 December"Use Somebody"Kings of Leon611 December1018 December"Hallelujah"Alexandra Burke118 December818 December"Where Did My Money Go?"Pat Shortt225 December218 December"Fairytale of New York"The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl818 December218 December"Hallelujah"Jeff Buckley825 December2
Notes: - The single re-entered the Top 10 on 7 February 2008. - The single re-entered the Top 10 on 28 February 2008. - The single re-entered the Top 10 on 20 March 2008. - The single re-entered the Top 10 on 17 April 2008. - The single re-entered the Top 10 on 22 May 2008. - The single re-entered the Top 10 on 24 July 2008. - The single re-entered the Top 10 on 7 August 2008. - The single re-entered the Top 10 on 14 August 2008. - The single re-entered the Top 10 on 23 October 2008. - The single re-entered the Top 10 on 6 November 2008. - The single re-entered the Top 10 on 13 November 2008. - The single re-entered the Top 10 on 20 November 2008. - The single re-entered the top 10 on 27 November 2008. - The single peaked at #1 in 1987. - The singles re-entered the Top 10 on 1 January 2009.
2007 Peaks Leon Jackson - "When You Believe" (Peak #1, Weeks: 6) Timbaland featuring OneRepublic - "Apologize" (Peak #2, Weeks: 14) Leona Lewis - "Bleeding Love" (Peak: #1, Weeks: 12) Journey - "Don't Stop Believin'" (Peak #4, Weeks: 15) Shayne Ward - "Breathless" (Peak: #2, Weeks: 7) Take That - "Rule the World" (Peak: #3, Weeks: 10) Cascada - "What Hurts the Most" (Peak: #6, Weeks: 4)
See also 2008 in Irish music List of number-one singles of 2008 (Ireland)
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