These are the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number one hits of 1988. [1] The chart was compiled by MRIB who were a direct rival competitor to Gallup who compiled the "official" charts that were later produced by the Chart Information Network, before being renamed the Official Charts Company. However, the Official Charts Company did not start producing the UK Rock & Metal charts until 1994.
| Week ending | Song | Artist | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 January | "Reason to Live" | Kiss | 2 Weeks |
| 16 January | "I Found Someone" | Cher | 1 week |
| 23 January | "Heatseeker" | AC/DC | 3 weeks |
| 13 February | "Give Me All Your Love" | Whitesnake | 4 weeks |
| 5 March | "Anarchy in the U.K." | Megadeth | 1 week |
| 12 March | "Just Like Paradise" | David Lee Roth | 1 week |
| 19 March | "Never"/"These Dreams" | Heart | 3 weeks |
| 9 April | "Can I Play with Madness" | Iron Maiden | 4 weeks |
| 7 May | "Armageddon It" | Def Leppard | 2 weeks |
| 21 May | "Start Talking Love" | Magnum | 2 Weeks |
| 4 June | "What About Love" | Heart | 5 weeks |
| 9 July | "One Slip" | Pink Floyd | 1 week |
| 16 July | "It Must Have Been Love" | Magnum | 2 Weeks |
| 30 July | "Love Bites" | Def Leppard | 4 weeks |
| 27 August | "The Evil That Men Do" | Iron Maiden | 2 weeks |
| 10 September | "Harvester of Sorrow" | Metallica | 1 week |
| 17 September | "Make Me Laugh" | Anthrax | 2 Weeks |
| 1 October | "Bad Medicine" | Bon Jovi | 4 weeks |
| 29 October | "Don't Walk Away" | Pat Benatar | 1 Week |
| 5 November | "Welcome to the Jungle" | Guns N' Roses | 3 Weeks |
| 26 November | "The Clairvoyant" | Iron Maiden | 2 Weeks |
| 10 December | "Suddenly" | Angry Anderson | 4 Weeks |
The UK Dance Singles Chart and the UK Dance Albums Chart are music charts compiled in the United Kingdom by the Official Charts Company from sales of songs in the dance music genre in record stores and digital downloads. The chart can be viewed on the BBC Radio 1's and Official Charts Company's website. The archive on the Official Charts Company website goes back to 3 July 1994, the beginning of the first charting week. The dates listed in the menus below represent the Saturday after the Sunday the chart was announced, as per the way the dates are given in chart publications such as the ones produced by Billboard, Guinness, and Virgin.
The UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart and UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart are record charts compiled in the United Kingdom by the Official Charts Company (OCC) to determine the 40 most popular singles and albums in the rock and heavy metal genres. The two charts are compiled by the OCC from digital downloads, physical record sales and audio streams in UK retail outlets. The charts have been published on the official OCC website since 1994. Previously, the UK Rock Singles chart, sometimes called the Metal Singles chart, that was compiled by CIN, which later became OCC, was published in Hit Music from September 1992 intermittently to February 1997 and interchangeably with the Rock and Metal Albums chart and also with the Indie Chart.