List of RPM number-one dance singles of 1988

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These are the RPM magazine dance number-one hits of 1988. No chart was published from January 1980 until September 3, 1988. [1]

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Chart history

Issue dateSongArtistReference(s)
September 3"I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" Elton John [2]
September 10"Theme from S-Express" S'Express [3]
September 17"Heart" Pet Shop Boys [4]
September 24"Supersonic" J. J. Fad [5]
October 1"Chains of Love" Erasure [6]
October 8"The Loco-Motion" Kylie Minogue [7]
October 15 [8]
October 22 [9]
October 29"Strokin'" Clarence Carter [10]
November 5 [11]
November 12"You Came" Kim Wilde [12]
November 19"Wild, Wild West" The Escape Club [13]
November 26 [14]
December 3 [15]
December 10"Big Fun" Inner City [16]
December 17 [17]
December 24 [18]

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References

  1. ↑ "RPM: Top 20 Dance Singles, September 3, 1988". Archived from the original on September 11, 2016. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
  2. ↑ RPM: issue date September 3, 1988
  3. ↑ RPM: issue date September 10, 1988
  4. ↑ RPM: issue date September 17, 1988
  5. ↑ RPM: issue date September 24, 1988
  6. ↑ RPM: issue date October 1, 1988
  7. ↑ RPM: issue date October 8, 1988
  8. ↑ RPM: issue date October 15, 1988
  9. ↑ RPM: issue date October 22, 1988
  10. ↑ RPM: issue date October 29, 1988
  11. ↑ RPM: issue date November 5, 1988
  12. ↑ RPM: issue date November 12, 1988
  13. ↑ RPM: issue date November 19, 1988
  14. ↑ RPM: issue date November 26, 1988
  15. ↑ RPM: issue date December 3, 1988
  16. ↑ RPM: issue date December 10, 1988
  17. ↑ RPM: issue date December 17, 1988
  18. ↑ RPM: issue date December 24, 1988
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