The following lists the top 50 singles of 1988 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) End of Year Singles Chart.[1] These were the first End of Year singles charts created by ARIA, it had started producing its own charts from mid-1988.[2] ARIA had previously used the Kent Music Report, known from 1987 onwards as the Australian Music Report.[3]
Title | Artist | Highest pos. reached | weeks at No. 1 | ||
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1. | "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" | 1 | 6 | ||
2. | "Simply Irresistible" | 1 | 5 | ||
3. | "The Flame" | 1 | 3 | ||
4. | "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" | 1 | 5 | ||
5. | "I Should Be So Lucky" | 1 | 6 | ||
6. | "Perfect" | 1 | 4 | ||
7. | "What a Wonderful World" | 1 | 2 | ||
8. | "Never Gonna Give You Up" | 1 | 7 (pkd #1 in 1987 & 1988) | ||
9. | "Age of Reason" | 1 | 4 | ||
10. | "Better Be Home Soon" | 2 | |||
11. | "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" | 2 | |||
12. | "Whenever You Need Somebody" | 3 | |||
13. | "Don't Be Cruel" | 5 | |||
14. | "Don't Worry, Be Happy" | 1 | 1 | ||
15. | "Doctorin' the Tardis" | 2 | |||
16. | "All Fired Up" | 2 | |||
17. | "Got My Mind Set on You" | 6 | |||
18. | "Got to Be Certain" | 1 | 3 | ||
19. | "Faith" | 1 | 1 | ||
20. | "A Groovy Kind of Love" | 5 | |||
21. | "Stutter Rap" | 2 | |||
22. | "Wanna Be Up" | 3 | |||
23. | "Underneath the Radar" | 3 | |||
24. | "Love in the First Degree" | 5 | |||
25. | "Run to Paradise" | 3 | |||
26. | "When Will I Be Famous?" | 5 | |||
27. | "Sign Your Name" | 3 | |||
28. | "Desire" | 1 | 3 | ||
29. | "Push It" | 3 | |||
30. | "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" | 3 | |||
31. | "The Only Way Is Up" | Yazz & the Plastic Population | 2 | ||
32. | "I Think We're Alone Now" | 13 | |||
33. | 8 | ||||
34. | "I Want You Back" | 3 | |||
35. | "Always on My Mind" | 10 | |||
36. | "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" | 10 | |||
37. | "Breakaway" | 8 | |||
38. | "Could've Been" | 8 | |||
39. | "Hungry Eyes" | 4 | |||
40. | "That's When I Think of You" | 6 | |||
41. | "Boys (Summertime Love)" | 11 | |||
42. | "Pink Cadillac" | 6 | |||
43. | "Tell It to My Heart" | 10 | |||
44. | "Fast Car" | 4 | |||
45. | "Pump Up the Volume" | 6 | |||
46. | "Make Me Lose Control" | 8 | |||
47. | "Hazy Shade of Winter" | 7 | |||
48. | "Motor's Too Fast" | 6 | |||
49. | "Nothin' but a Good Time" | 10 | |||
50. | "Blue Monday 1988" | 4 |
Peak chart positions from 1987 and early 1988 were calculated by David Kent for the Kent Music Report.[3] Late 1988 peak chart positions are from the ARIA Charts.[2] Overall position on the End of Year Chart is calculated by ARIA based on the number of weeks and position that the records reach within the Top 50 singles for each week during 1988.