List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 1988 explained

These hits topped the Dutch Top 40 in 1988.

Issue Date	Song	Artist(s)	Reference
2 January	No Top 40 released
9 January	"China in Your Hand"	T'Pau	^[1]
16 January			^[2]
23 January	"(I've Had) The Time of My Life"	Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes	^[3]
30 January			^[4]
6 February			^[5]
13 February			^[6]
20 February			^[7]
27 February			^[8]
5 March			^[9]
12 March			^[10]
19 March			^[11]
26 March	"Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car"	Billy Ocean	^[12]
2 April	"Tell It to My Heart"	Taylor Dayne	^[13]
9 April	"Gimme Hope Jo'anna"	Eddy Grant	^[14]
16 April			^[15]
23 April			^[16]
30 April			^[17]
7 May			^[18]
14 May	"Yé ké yé ké"	Mory Kanté	^[19]
21 May			^[20]
28 May	"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You"	Glenn Medeiros	^[21]
4 June			^[22]
11 June			^[23]
18 June			^[24]
25 June			^[25]
2 July			^[26]
9 July	"Fast Car"	Tracy Chapman	^[27]
16 July			^[28]
23 July	"Push It"	Salt-n-Pepa	^[29]
30 July			^[30]
6 August			^[31]
13 August	"Tribute (Right On)"	The Pasadenas	^[32]
20 August			^[33]
27 August			^[34]
3 September			^[35]
10 September	"Stop!"	Sam Brown	^[36]
17 September			^[37]
24 September			^[38]
1 October	"The Only Way Is Up"	Yazz & the Plastic Population	^[39]
8 October			^[40]
15 October	"A Groovy Kind of Love"	Phil Collins	^[41]
22 October	"Teardrops"	Womack & Womack	^[42]
29 October			^[43]
5 November			^[44]
12 November			^[45]
19 November			^[46]
26 November			^[47]
3 December	"Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)"	Enya	^[48]
10 December			^[49]
17 December			^[50]
24 December	"Smooth Criminal"	Michael Jackson	^[51]
31 December	No Top 40 released

See also

• 1988 in music

Notes and References

1. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 1, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
2. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 2, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
3. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 3, 1988 . 10 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080120160334/http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id%3D44685/chartid%3D5811 . 20 January 2008 . dead .
4. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 4, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
5. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 5, 1988 . 10 March 2009 . 20 January 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080120160341/http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=44685/chartid=5814 . dead .
6. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 6, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
7. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 7, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
8. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 8, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
9. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 9, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
10. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 10, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
11. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 11, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
12. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 12, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
13. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 13, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
14. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 14, 1988 . 10 March 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080627000100/http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id%3D44685/chartid%3D5823 . 27 June 2008 .
15. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 15, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
16. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 16, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
17. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 17, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
18. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 18, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
19. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 19, 1988 . 10 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090305023048/http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id%3D44685/chartid%3D5828 . 5 March 2009 . dead .
20. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 20, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
21. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 21, 1988 . 10 March 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090203124349/http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id%3D44685/chartid%3D5830 . 3 February 2009 .
22. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 22, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
23. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 23, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
24. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 24, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
25. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 25, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
26. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 26, 1988 . https://archive.today/20110608120658/http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=44685/chartid=5836 . dead . 8 June 2011 . 10 March 2009 .
27. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 27, 1988 . 10 March 2009 .
28. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 28, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
29. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 29, 1988 . https://archive.today/20110616192633/http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=44685/chartid=5839 . dead . 16 June 2011 . 10 March 2009 .
30. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 30, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
31. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 31, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
32. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 32, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
33. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 33, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
34. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 34, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
35. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 35, 1988 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080914215833/http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=44685/chartid=4861 . dead . 14 September 2008 . 10 March 2009 .
36. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 36, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
37. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 37, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
38. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 38, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
39. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 39, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
40. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 40, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
41. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 41, 1988 . 10 March 2009 . https://archive.today/20110518031306/http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=44685/chartid=4876 . 18 May 2011 . dead .
42. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 42, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
43. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 43, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
44. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 44, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
45. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 45, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
46. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 46, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
47. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 47, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
48. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 48, 1988 . 10 March 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080127102815/http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=44685/chartid=4893 . 27 January 2008 .
49. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 49, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
50. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 50, 1988 . 10 March 2009.
51. Web site: De Nederlandse Top 40, week 51, 1988 . 10 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080127135429/http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=44685/chartid=4899 . 27 January 2008 . dead .