Billboard magazine compiled the top-performing dance singles in the United States on the Hot Dance Music Club Play chart and the Hot Dance Music 12-inch Singles Sales chart. Premiered in 1976, the Club Play chart ranked the most-played singles on dance club based on reports from a national sample of club DJs. The 12-inch Singles Sales chart was launched in 1985 to compile the best-selling dance singles based on retail sales across the United States.
Charts history +Issue dateHot Dance Music Club PlayHot Dance Music 12-inch Singles SalesTitleArtist(s)TitleArtist(s)January 2"So Emotional"Whitney Houston"System of Survival" (Remix)Earth, Wind & FireJanuary 9"I'm Beggin' You"SupertrampJanuary 16"Never Gonna Give You Up"Rick Astley"Never Gonna Give You Up"Rick AstleyJanuary 23"What Have I Done to Deserve This?"Pet Shop Boys and Dusty SpringfieldJanuary 30"The Way You Make Me Feel"Michael JacksonFebruary 6You Can Dance (all cuts)MadonnaFebruary 13"Some Kind of Lover"Jody Watley"Some Kind of Lover" (Remix)Jody WatleyFebruary 20"I Want to Be Your Property"Blue MercedesFebruary 27March 5"Tramp" / "Push It"Salt-N-PepaMarch 12March 19"Thinking of You"Earth, Wind & Fire"Girlfriend"PebblesMarch 26"Perfect Lover"Company BApril 2"Don't Look Any Further"Kane Gang"Father Figure"George MichaelApril 9"Pink Cadillac"Natalie Cole"Thinking of You" (Remix)Earth, Wind & FireApril 16"Don't Make a Fool of Yourself" (Remix)Stacey QApril 23"Prove Your Love"Taylor Dayne"Out of the Blue" (Remix)Debbie GibsonApril 30"Blue Monday 1988"/"Touched by the Hand of God"New Order"Nightime" (Remix)Pretty PoisonMay 7"Adventure"EleanorMay 14"Instinctual"Imagination"Naughty Girls" (Remix) / "I Surrender (To the Spirit of the Night)"Samantha FoxMay 21"Like a Child"Noel"Nite and Day"Al B. Sure!May 28"Together Forever"Rick Astley"Just Got Paid"Johnny KempJune 4"Divine Emotions"NaradaJune 11"The Promise"When in RomeJune 18"Just Got Paid"Johnny Kemp"Mercedes Boy"PebblesJune 25"Trouble"Nia PeeplesJuly 2"Theme from S-Express"S'Express"Supersonic"J.J. FadJuly 9July 16"What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)"Information Society"Sayin' Sorry (Don't Make It Right)"Denise LopezJuly 23July 30"Beat Dis"Bomb the Bass"The Right Stuff"Vanessa WilliamsAugust 6"K.I.S.S.I.N.G."Siedah GarrettAugust 13"The Right Stuff"Vanessa Williams"K.I.S.S.I.N.G."Siedah GarrettAugust 20"Love Will Save the Day"Whitney Houston"Shake Your Thang"Salt-N-PepaAugust 27"Say It's Gonna Rain"Will to PowerSeptember 3"Monkey" (Remix)George MichaelSeptember 10"Never Let You Go"Sweet SensationSeptember 17"Monkey"George MichaelSeptember 24"Never Let You Go"Sweet SensationOctober 1"Sendin' All My Love"The JetsOctober 8"Got a New Love"Good QuestionOctober 15"Big Fun"Inner CityOctober 22"Spy in the House of Love"Was (Not Was)"Chains of Love"ErasureOctober 29"Big Fun"Inner CityNovember 5"In the Name of Love '88"Thompson TwinsNovember 12"Break 4 Love"RazeNovember 19"Just Wanna Dance"/"Weekend"The Todd Terry Project"Break 4 Love"RazeNovember 26"Out of Time"NoelDecember 3"I Don't Want Your Love"Duran Duran"The Way You Love Me"Karyn WhiteDecember 10"The Great Commandment"CamouflageDecember 17"Hustle! (To the Music...)"The Funky Worm"Don't Rock The Boat"Midnight StarDecember 24"The Great Commandment"Camouflage"Tumblin' Down"Ziggy Marley & The Melody MakersDecember 31
See also 1988 in music List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1988
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