These hits topped the Dutch Top 40 in 1988.

Issue DateSongArtist(s)Reference2 JanuaryNo Top 40 released9 January"China in Your Hand"T'Pau16 January23 January"(I've Had) The Time of My Life"Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes30 January6 February13 February20 February27 February5 March12 March19 March26 March"Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car"Billy Ocean2 April"Tell It to My Heart"Taylor Dayne9 April"Gimme Hope Jo'anna"Eddy Grant16 April23 April30 April7 May14 May"Yé ké yé ké"Mory Kanté21 May28 May"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You"Glenn Medeiros4 June11 June18 June25 June2 July9 July"Fast Car"Tracy Chapman16 July23 July"Push It"Salt-n-Pepa30 July6 August13 August"Tribute (Right On)"The Pasadenas20 August27 August3 September10 September"Stop!"Sam Brown17 September24 September1 October"The Only Way Is Up"Yazz & the Plastic Population8 October15 October"A Groovy Kind of Love"Phil Collins22 October"Teardrops"Womack & Womack29 October5 November12 November19 November26 November3 December"Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)"Enya10 December17 December24 December"Smooth Criminal"Michael Jackson31 DecemberNo Top 40 released

See also 1988 in music

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