List of Billboard number-one dance singles of 1988

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These are the Billboard Hot Dance/Disco Club Play and 12 Inch Singles Sales number-one hits of 1988.

Issue dateClub Play SongArtist12-Inch Singles SalesArtistReference(s)
January 2"So Emotional" Whitney Houston "System of Survival" (Remix) Earth, Wind & Fire [1] [2]
January 9"I'm Beggin' You" Supertramp [3] [4]
January 16"Never Gonna Give You Up" Rick Astley "Never Gonna Give You Up" Rick Astley [5] [6]
January 23"What Have I Done to Deserve This?" Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield [7] [8]
January 30"The Way You Make Me Feel" Michael Jackson [9] [10]
February 6 You Can Dance (all cuts) Madonna [11] [12]
February 13"Some Kind of Lover" Jody Watley "Some Kind of Lover" (Remix) Jody Watley [13] [14]
February 20"I Want to Be Your Property" Blue Mercedes [15] [16]
February 27 [17] [18]
March 5"Tramp" / "Push It" Salt-N-Pepa [19] [20]
March 12 [21] [22]
March 19"Thinking of You" Earth, Wind & Fire "Girlfriend" Pebbles [23] [24]
March 26"Perfect Lover" Company B [25] [26]
April 2"Don't Look Any Further" Kane Gang "Father Figure" George Michael [27] [28]
April 9"Pink Cadillac" Natalie Cole "Thinking of You" (Remix) Earth, Wind & Fire [29] [30]
April 16"Don't Make A Fool Of Yourself" (Remix) Stacey Q [31] [32]
April 23"Prove Your Love" Taylor Dayne "Out Of The Blue" (Remix) Debbie Gibson [33] [34]
April 30"Blue Monday 1988"/
"Touched by the Hand of God"		 New Order "Nightime" (Remix) Pretty Poison [35] [36]
May 7"Adventure" Eleanor [37] [38]
May 14"Instinctual" Imagination "Naughty Girls" (Remix) / "I Surrender (To the Spirit of the Night)" Samantha Fox [39] [40]
May 21"Like a Child" Noel "Nite and Day" Al B. Sure! [41] [42]
May 28"Together Forever"Rick Astley"Just Got Paid" Johnny Kemp [43] [44]
June 4"Divine Emotions" Narada [45] [46]
June 11"The Promise" When in Rome [47] [48]
June 18"Just Got Paid" Johnny Kemp "Mercedes Boy"Pebbles [49] [50]
June 25"Trouble" Nia Peeples [51] [52]
July 2"Theme from S-Express" S'Express "Supersonic" J.J. Fad [53] [54]
July 9 [55] [56]
July 16"What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)" Information Society "Sayin' Sorry (Don't Make It Right)" Denise Lopez [57] [58]
July 23 [59] [60]
July 30"Beat Dis" Bomb the Bass "The Right Stuff" Vanessa Williams [61] [62]
August 6"K.I.S.S.I.N.G." Siedah Garrett [63] [64]
August 13"The Right Stuff" Vanessa Williams "K.I.S.S.I.N.G." Siedah Garrett [65] [66]
August 20"Love Will Save the Day"Whitney Houston"Shake Your Thang"Salt-N-Pepa [67] [68]
August 27"Say It's Gonna Rain" Will to Power [69] [70]
September 3"Monkey" (Remix)George Michael [71] [72]
September 10"Never Let You Go" Sweet Sensation [73] [74]
September 17"Monkey" George Michael [75] [76]
September 24"Never Let You Go" Sweet Sensation [77] [78]
October 1"Sendin' All My Love" The Jets [79] [80]
October 8"Got a New Love" Good Question [81] [82]
October 15"Big Fun" Inner City [83] [84]
October 22"Spy in the House of Love" Was (Not Was) "Chains Of Love" Erasure [85] [86]
October 29"Big Fun" Inner City [87] [88]
November 5"In the Name of Love '88" Thompson Twins [89] [90]
November 12"Break 4 Love" Raze [91] [92]
November 19"Just Wanna Dance"/"Weekend" The Todd Terry Project "Break 4 Love" Raze [93] [94]
November 26"Out of Time"Noel [95] [96]
December 3"I Don't Want Your Love" Duran Duran "The Way You Love Me" Karyn White [97] [98]
December 10"The Great Commandment" Camouflage [99] [100]
December 17"Hustle! (To the Music...)" The Funky Worm "Don't Rock The Boat" Midnight Star [101] [102]
December 24"The Great Commandment"Camouflage"Tumblin' Down" Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers [103] [104]
December 31 [105] [106]

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