This is a list of singles that charted in the top ten of the ARIA Charts in 1988.
Top-ten singles
Key SymbolMeaning Indicates single's top 10 entry was also its ARIA top 50 debut
+ List of ARIA top ten singles that peaked in 1988Top tenentry dateSingleArtist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks intop tenReferencesSingles from 198820 June"The Flame"Cheap Trick120 June7"What a Wonderful World"Louis Armstrong127 June7"I Want You Back"Bananarama320 June6"Blue Monday 1988"New Order420 June4"Underneath the Radar"Underworld520 June8"Pink Cadillac"Natalie Cole620 June6"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"Michael Bolton720 June3"Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car"Billy Ocean820 June1"New Sensation"INXS920 June2"When Will I Be Famous?"Bros1020 June127 June"Better Be Home Soon"Crowded House211 July12"Fast Car"Tracy Chapman427 June7"I Saw Him Standing There"Tiffany1027 June14 July"Got to Be Certain" ◁Kylie Minogue14 July911 July"Drop the Boy"Bros911 July118 July"Age of Reason" ◁John Farnham125 July11"Wanna Be Up"Chantoozies625 July925 July"Motor's Too Fast"James Reyne68 August41 August"Perfect"Fairground Attraction122 August11"Simply Irresistible"Robert Palmer112 September158 August"I Owe You Nothing" ◁Bros615 August515 August"Doctorin' the Tardis" ◁The Timelords226 September10"Don't Be Cruel"Cheap Trick412 September95 September"All Fired Up"Pat Benatar23 October9"Wild World"Maxi Priest85 September1"Nothin' But a Good Time"Poison105 September312 September"Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)"Cyndi Lauper812 September1"That's When I Think of You"1927626 September519 September"Push It"Salt-N-Pepa317 October726 September"Make Me Lose Control"Eric Carmen83 October43 October"Oh Yeah"Yello93 October210 October"Desire" ◁U2117 October8"Two Strong Hearts"John Farnham617 October417 October"Bad Medicine"Bon Jovi417 October6"The Only Way Is Up"Yazz & the Plastic Population224 October15"A Groovy Kind of Love"Phil Collins231 October1324 October"Don't Worry, Be Happy" ◁Bobby McFerrin17 November1331 October"Nothing Can Divide Us" ◁Jason Donovan321 November10"Wild, Wild West"The Escape Club628 November67 November"So Excellent"/"I Go, I Go"Kylie Mole87 November314 November"When a Man Loves a Woman"Jimmy Barnes328 November7"I Want Your Love"Transvision Vamp712 December928 November"If I Could"1927419 December13"Bring Me Some Water"Melissa Etheridge912 December512 December"Don't Need Love"Johnny Diesel and the Injectors1012 December1
1989 peaks
+ List of ARIA top ten singles in 1988 that peaked in 1989 Top tenentry date Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks intop ten References5 December"Kokomo"The Beach Boys12 January1519 December"Handle with Care"Traveling Wilburys39 January11
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