This is a list of the German Media Control Top100 Singles Chart number-ones of 1988.
+KeyIndicates best-performing single and album of 1988
+ Issue date Song Artist Album Artist 4 January "Whenever You Need Somebody" Rick Astley "Misteriosa Venezia" Rondò Veneziano 11 January "Always on My Mind" Pet Shop Boys 18 January "Whenever You Need Somebody" Rick Astley 25 January 1 February "Dirty Dancing" Various artists 8 February 15 February 22 February "My Love Is a Tango" Guillermo Marchena "Lange Schatten" Peter Maffay 29 February 7 March "Tell It to My Heart" Taylor Dayne 14 March "Dirty Dancing" Various artists 21 March 28 March 4 April 11 April "I Should Be So Lucky" Kylie Minogue "More Dirty Dancing" 18 April "Ö" Herbert Grönemeyer 25 April "Heart" Pet Shop Boys 2 May 9 May 16 May 23 May "Ella, Elle L'a" France Gall 30 May 6 June 13 June 20 June "Im Nin'Alu" Ofra Haza 27 June 4 July 11 July 18 July 25 July "Bad" Michael Jackson 1 August 8 August 15 August "The Twist" The Fat Boys & Chubby Checker 22 August "Girl You Know It's True" Milli Vanilli 29 August "Tracy Chapman" Tracy Chapman 5 September 12 September 19 September "Da Capo" BAP 26 September 3 October "Hand in Hand" Koreana 10 October 17 October 24 October "One Moment in Time" Whitney Houston "Rattle and Hum" U2 31 October 7 November "Don't Worry, Be Happy" Bobby McFerrin 14 November 21 November 28 November "Live - Nach uns die Sintflut" Die Ärzte 5 December "Rattle and Hum" U2 12 December "Pop Goes Classic" Munich Symphony Orchestra 19 December 26 December
See also List of number-one hits (Germany)
References
German Singles Chart Archives from 1956 Media Control Chart Archives from 1960