Editing 1988 in music (section)

===Other Chart hit singles===
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* "[[Bad Medicine (song)|Bad Medicine]]" – [[Bon Jovi]]
* "[[Beat Dis]]" – [[Bomb The Bass]]
* "[[Behind the Wheel]]" – [[Depeche Mode]] (released in 1987)
* "[[Better Be Home Soon]]" – [[Crowded House]]
* "[[Big Fun (Inner City song)|Big Fun]]" – [[Inner City (band)|Inner City]]
* "[[The Blood That Moves The Body]]" – [[a-ha]]
* "[[Blue Monday (New Order song)|Blue Monday 1988]]" – [[New Order (band)|New Order]] (remix)
* "[[Born to Be My Baby]]" – [[Bon Jovi]]
* "[[Boys (Summertime Love)]]" – [[Sabrina Salerno]] (released in 1987)
* "[[Bring the Noise]]" – [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]]
* "[[Buffalo Stance]]" – [[Neneh Cherry]]
* "[[Candle In The Wind#1986 live version|Candle In The Wind]]" – [[Elton John]] (live)
* "[[Cars and Girls|Cars And Girls]]" – [[Prefab Sprout]]
* "[[Chains of Love (Erasure song)|Chains of Love]]" – [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]]
* "[[Circle in the Sand]]" – [[Belinda Carlisle]]
* "[[Como Tu Mujer]]" – [[Rocío Dúrcal]]
* "[[Crash (The Primitives song)|Crash]]" – [[The Primitives]]
* "[[Cross My Heart (Eighth Wonder song)|Cross My Heart]]" – [[Eighth Wonder (band)|Eighth Wonder]]
* "[[Cult of Personality (song)|Cult of Personality]]" – [[Living Colour]]
* *[[Dear (Cobalt no Kanata e)]]" – [[Yōko Oginome]]
* "[[Desire (U2 song)|Desire]]" – [[U2]]
* "[[Devil Inside (INXS song)|Devil Inside]]" – [[INXS]]
* "[[Dirty Diana]]" – [[Michael Jackson]]
* "[[Divine Emotions]]" – [[Narada Michael Walden]]
* "[[Doctorin' the House]]" – [[Coldcut]] featuring [[Yazz|Yazz and the Plastic Population]]
* "[[Doctorin' the Tardis]]" – [[The KLF|The Timelords]]
* "[[Domino Dancing]]" – [[Pet Shop Boys]]
* "[[Don't Believe the Hype]]" – [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]]
* "[[Bomb the Bass|Don't Make Me Wait]]/Megablast" – [[Bomb the Bass]]
* "[[Don't Talk Dirty to Me]]" – [[Jermaine Stewart]]
* "[[Don't Worry, Be Happy]]" – [[Bobby McFerrin]]
* "[[Dreaming (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song)|Dreaming]]" – [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]]
* "[[Endless Summer Nights]]" – [[Richard Marx]]
* "[[Est-ce que tu viens pour les vacances ?]]" – [[David et Jonathan]]
* "[[Ėtoile des neiges]]" – [[:fr:Simon et les Modanais|Simon et les Modanais]]
* "[[Everlasting (Natalie Cole album)|Everlasting]]" – [[Natalie Cole]]
* "[[Every Rose Has Its Thorn]]" – [[Poison (American band)|Poison]]
* "[[Everything Your Heart Desires]]" – [[Hall & Oates]]
* "[[Fast Car (Tracy Chapman song)|Fast Car]]" – [[Tracy Chapman]]
* "[[Fiesta (The Pogues song)|Fiesta]]" – [[The Pogues]]
* "[[The Flame (Cheap Trick song)|The Flame]]" – [[Cheap Trick]]
* "[[Fine Time]]" – [[New Order (band)|New Order]]
* "[[First Time (Robin Beck song)|First Time]]" – [[Robin Beck]]
* "[[Foolish Beat]]" – [[Debbie Gibson]]
* "[[Four Letter Word (Kim Wilde song)|Four Letter Word]]" – [[Kim Wilde]]
* "[[Free Nelson Mandela]]" – [[The Specials|Special AKA]]
* "[[Fría Como el Viento]]" – [[Luis Miguel]]
* "[[Fu-ji-tsu]]" – [[Shizuka Kudo]]
* "[[Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car]]" – [[Billy Ocean]]
* "[[Girlfriend (Pebbles song)|Girlfriend]]" – [[Perri "Pebbles" Reid|Pebbles]]
* "[[Girl You Know It's True (song)|Girl You Know It's True]]" – [[Milli Vanilli]]
* "[[La Gitane (Ma tête tourne...)]]" – [[Félix Gray]]
* "[[Giving You the Best That I Got (song)|Giving You the Best That I Got]]" – [[Anita Baker]]
* "[[Good Life (Inner City song)|Good Life]]" – [[Inner City (band)|Inner City]]
* "[[Good Tradition]]" – [[Tanita Tikaram]]
* "[[Got My Mind Set on You]]" – [[George Harrison]]
* "The Great Commandment" – [[Camouflage (band)|Camouflage]]
* "[[Hands to Heaven]]" – [[Breathe (British band)|Breathe]]
* "[[Heart (Pet Shop Boys song)|Heart]]" – [[Pet Shop Boys]]
* "[[Heaven Knows (Robert Plant song)|Heaven Knows]]" - [[Robert Plant]]
* "[[Heaven is a Place on Earth]]" – [[Belinda Carlisle]] (released in 1987)
* "[[Hey Mister Heartache]]" – [[Kim Wilde]]
* "[[Hold Me in Your Arms (Rick Astley song)|Hold Me In Your Arms]]" – [[Rick Astley]]
* "[[Hold On to the Nights]]" – [[Richard Marx]]
* "[[Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)]]" – [[Cyndi Lauper]]
* "[[Hot in the City]]" – [[Billy Idol]]
* "[[House Arrest (song)|House Arrest]] (The Beat Is Law)" – [[Krush]] (released in 1987)
* "[[Hungry Eyes]]" – [[Eric Carmen]]
* "[[I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That]]" – [[Elton John]]
* "[[I Don't Want to Be a Hero]]" – [[Johnny Hates Jazz]]
* "[[I Don't Want to Live Without You]]" – [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]]
* "[[I Don't Want to Talk About It]]" – [[Everything but the Girl]]
* "[[I Don't Want Your Love]]" - [[Duran Duran]]
* "[[I Get Weak]]" – [[Belinda Carlisle]]
* "[[I Hate Myself for Loving You]]" – [[Joan Jett and the Blackhearts]]
* "[[I Know You Got Soul (Eric B. & Rakim song)|I Know You Got Soul]]" – [[Eric B. & Rakim]]
* "[[I Owe You Nothing]]" – [[Bros (British band)|Bros]]
* "[[I Saw Him Standing There]]" – [[Tiffany Darwish|Tiffany]]
* "[[I Should Be So Lucky]]" – [[Kylie Minogue]]
* "[[I Want You Back (Bananarama song)|I Want You Back]]" – [[Bananarama]]
* "[[I Want Your Love (Transvision Vamp song)|I Want Your Love]]" – [[Transvision Vamp]]
* "[[I Want to Be Your Man]]" – [[Roger Troutman|Roger]]
* "[[I'll Always Love You (Taylor Dayne song)|I'll Always Love You]]" – [[Taylor Dayne]]
* "[[I'll Be There for You (Bon Jovi song)|I'll Be There for You]]" – [[Bon Jovi]]
* "[[I'll Be With You]]" – [[T'Pau (band)|T'Pau]]
* "[[Im Nin'Alu]]" – [[Ofra Haza]]
* "[[I'm Not Scared (song)|I'm Not Scared]]" – [[Eighth Wonder (band)|Eighth Wonder]]
* "[[In The Air Tonight]]" – [[Phil Collins]] (remix)
* "[[Is This Love (Whitesnake song)|Is This Love]]" – [[Whitesnake]]
* "[[It Takes Two (Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock song)|It Takes Two]]" – [[Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock]]
* "[[It Would Take a Strong Strong Man]]" – [[Rick Astley]]
* "[[Jody (song)|Jody]]" – [[Jermaine Stewart]]
* "[[Joe le taxi]]" – [[Vanessa Paradis]] (released in 1987)
* "[[Johnny B. Goode]]" – [[Judas Priest]]
* "[[Jour de neige]]" – [[Elsa Lunghini]]
* "[[Just Got Paid (Johnny Kemp song)|Just Got Paid]]" – [[Johnny Kemp]]
* "[[Just Like Paradise]]" – [[David Lee Roth]]
* "[[The King of Rock 'N' Roll]]" – [[Prefab Sprout]]
* "[[Kokomo (song)|Kokomo]]" – [[The Beach Boys]]
* "[[Left to My Own Devices]]" – [[Pet Shop Boys]]
* "[[Les Parfums de sa vie (Je l'ai tant aimée)]]" – [[Art Mengo]]
* "[[A Little Respect]]" – [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]]
* "[[Look Away]]" – [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
* "[[Love Bites (Def Leppard song)|Love Bites]]" – [[Def Leppard]] (released in 1987)
* "Love Changes (Everything)" – [[Climie Fisher]] (remix/released in 1987)
* "[[The Lover in Me (Sheena Easton song)|The Lover In Me]]" – [[Sheena Easton]]
* "[[Lucretia My Reflection]]" – [[The Sisters of Mercy]]
* "[[Make It Real]]" – [[The Jets (Minnesota band)|The Jets]]
* "[[Make Me Lose Control (song)|Make Me Lose Control]]" – [[Eric Carmen]]
* "Mary's Prayer" – [[Danny Wilson (band)|Danny Wilson]] (released in 1987)
* "[[Man in the Mirror]]" – [[Michael Jackson]]
* "[[Mercedes Boy]]" – [[Perri "Pebbles" Reid|Pebbles]]
* "[[Mistletoe and Wine]]" – [[Cliff Richard]]
* "[[Monkey (song)|Monkey]]" – [[George Michael]]
* "[[My Prerogative]]" – [[Bobby Brown]]
* "[[Mystify (song)|Mystify]]" – [[INXS]] (released 1989 in the UK)
* "[[Need You Tonight]]" – INXS (released in 1987)
* "[[Never Knew Love Like This]]" – [[Alexander O'Neal]]
* "[[Never Tear Us Apart]]" – INXS
* "[[Never Trust a Stranger]]" – [[Kim Wilde]]
* "[[New Sensation]]" – [[INXS]]
* "[[Nothin' but a Good Time]]" – [[Poison (American band)|Poison]]
* "[[Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You]]" – [[Glenn Medeiros]] (United Kingdom peak)
* "[[Nuit de folie]]" – [[Début de Soirée]]
* "[[One More Try (George Michael song)|One More Try]]" – [[George Michael]]
* "[[One (Metallica song)|One]]" – [[Metallica]]
* "[[The Only Way Is Up]]" – [[Yazz|Yazz and the Plastic Population]]
* "[[Orange Crush (song)|Orange Crush]]" – [[R.E.M.]] (released 1989 in the UK)
* "[[Orinoco Flow]]" – [[Enya]]
* "[[Pamela (song)|Pamela]]" – [[Toto (band)|Toto]]
* "[[Paradise (Sade song)|Paradise]]" – [[Sade (band)|Sade]]
* "[[Paradise City]]" – [[Guns N' Roses]]
* "[[Parents Just Don't Understand]]" – [[DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince]]
* "The Payback Mix" – [[James Brown (musician)|James Brown]]
* "[[People Are Strange]]" – [[Echo & the Bunnymen]]
* "[[People Have the Power]]" – [[Patti Smith]]
* "[[Perfect Strangers (Anne Murray song)|Perfect Strangers]]" – [[Anne Murray]]
* "[[Piano in the Dark]]" – [[Brenda Russell]]
* "[[Pink Cadillac (song)|Pink Cadillac]]" – [[Natalie Cole]] (#2 Switzerland, #4 Ireland, Canada)
* "[[Pour Some Sugar on Me]]" – [[Def Leppard]] (released in 1987; #2 US)
* "[[Pourvu qu'elles soient douces]]" – [[Mylène Farmer]] (#1 France)
* "[[Push It (Salt-n-Pepa song)|Push It]]/Tramp" – [[Salt-N-Pepa]]
* "[[Put a Little Love in Your Heart]]" – [[Annie Lennox]] & [[Al Green]]
* "[[Quand je t'aime]]" – [[Demis Roussos]] (#3 FR)
* "[[Quelque chose dans mon cœur]]" – [[Elsa Lunghini]] (#2 FR)
* "Quelque part au Soleil" – [[Dalida]]
* "The Race" – [[Yello]]
* "[[Rag Doll (Aerosmith song)|Rag Doll]]" – [[Aerosmith]]
* "[[Real Gone Kid]]" – [[Deacon Blue]]
* "[[Revolution Baby]]" – [[Transvision Vamp]]
* "Rise To The Occasion (Hip Hop Mix)" – [[Climie Fisher]] (remix/released in 1987)
* "[[Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree]]" – [[Mel Smith|Mel]] & [[Kim Wilde|Kim]] (released December 1987)
* "[[Rok da House]]" – The [[Beatmasters]] featuring [[The Cookie Crew]] (remix/released in 1987)
* "[[Roll with It (Steve Winwood song)|Roll With It]]" – [[Steve Winwood]]
* "[[Run's House (song)|Run's House]]" – [[Run-D.M.C.]]
* "[[Rush Hour (Jane Wiedlin song)|Rush Hour]]" – [[Jane Wiedlin]]
* "[[I Say a Little Prayer]]" – [[Bomb The Bass]]
* "[[Say It Again (Jermaine Stewart song)|Say It Again]]" – [[Jermaine Stewart]]
* "[[Secret Land]]" – [[Sandra (singer)|Sandra]]
* "[[Shaday]]" – [[Ofra Haza]]
* "[[Shake for the Sheik]]" – [[The Escape Club]]
* "[[Shake Your Thang|Shake Your Thang (It's Your Thing)]]" – [[Salt-N-Pepa]] featuring [[Experience Unlimited|E.U.]]
* "[[Shattered Dreams]]" – [[Johnny Hates Jazz]] (USA release)
* "[[Ship of Fools (Erasure song)|Ship of Fools]]" – [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]]
* "[[Ship of Fools (Robert Plant song)|Ship of Fools]]" – [[Robert Plant]]
* "[[Sidewalking]]" – [[The Jesus and Mary Chain]]
* "[[Sign Your Name]]" – [[Terence Trent D'Arby]] (released in 1987)
* "[[Simply Irresistible (song)|Simply Irresistible]]" – [[Robert Palmer (singer)|Robert Palmer]]
* "[[Slip Away (Clarence Carter song)|Slip Away]]" – [[Gregg Allman]]
* "[[Smooth Criminal]]" – [[Michael Jackson]] 
* "[[So Emotional]]" – [[Whitney Houston]] (released in 1987)
* "[[Spotlight (Madonna song)|Spotlight]]" – [[Madonna]]
* "[[Spring Love]]" – [[Stevie B]]
* "[[Stand (R.E.M. song)|Stand]]" – [[R.E.M.]]
* "[[Stand Up for Your Love Rights]]" – [[Yazz]]
* "[[Stay on These Roads]]" -[[a-ha]]
* “[[Staying Together (song)|Staying Together]]” – [[Debbie Gibson]]
* "[[Stop! (Erasure song)|Stop!]]" – [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]]
* "Stutter Rap (No Sleep 'Til Bedtime)" – [[Morris Minor and the Majors]] (#4 UK, #2 Australia)
* "[[Superfly Guy]]" – [[S-Express]]
* "[[Suedehead]]" – [[Morrissey]]
* "[[Sweet Child o' Mine]]" – [[Guns N' Roses]] (released in 1987)
* "[[Take Me to Your Heart (Rick Astley song)|Take Me To Your Heart]]" – [[Rick Astley]]
* "[[Tall Cool One (Robert Plant song)|Tall Cool One]]" - [[Robert Plant]]
* "[[Teen Age Riot]]" – [[Sonic Youth]]
* "[[That's the Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll]]" – [[AC/DC]]
* "[[Theme from S-Express]]" – [[S-Express]]
* "[[Touched by the Hand of God]]" – [[New Order (band)|New Order]]
* "[[Tougher Than the Rest]]" – [[Bruce Springsteen]]
* "[[Together Forever (Rick Astley song)|Together Forever]]" – [[Rick Astley]]
* "[[Toy Soldiers (song)|Toy Soldiers]]" – Martika
* "Tribute (Right On)" – [[The Pasadenas]]
* "[[Twist and Shout]]" – [[Salt-N-Pepa]]
* "[[Twist in My Sobriety]]" – [[Tanita Tikaram]]
* "The Twist (Yo Twist)" – Fat Boys & [[Chubby Checker]]
* "Two Hearts" – [[Cliff Richard]]
* "Two Strong Hearts" – [[John Farnham]]
* "[[Un Roman d'amitié|Un Roman d'amitié (Friend You Give Me a Reason)]]" – [[Elsa Lunghini]] and [[Glenn Medeiros]]
* "[[Waiting For A Star To Fall]]" – [[Boy Meets Girl (band)|Boy Meets Girl]] (released on December 10, 1988)
* "[[Walking Away (Information Society song)|Walking Away]]" – Information Society (#9 US)
* "[[The Way You Make Me Feel]]" – [[Michael Jackson]]
* "[[We Call It Acieed]]" – [[D Mob]] featuring [[Gary Haisman]] (#3 UK)
* "[[Wee Rule]]" – [[Wee Papa Girl Rappers]]
* "[[Welcome to the Jungle]]" – [[Guns N' Roses]]  (released in 1987)
* "[[We'll Be Together (Sandra song)|We'll Be Together]]" – [[Sandra (singer)|Sandra]]
* "[[(What Can I Say) To Make You Love Me]]" – [[Alexander O'Neal]]
* "[[What I Am]]" – [[Edie Brickell & New Bohemians]] (released 1989 in the UK)
* "[[What You See Is What You Get]]" – [[Madonna]]
* "[[What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)]]" – [[Information Society (band)|Information Society]] (#3 US)
* "[[When It's Love]]" - [[Van Halen]]
* "[[When You Come]]" – [[Crowded House]]
* "[[Wild World (song)|Wild World]]" – [[Maxi Priest]]
* "[[Wishing Well (Terence Trent D'Arby song)|Wishing Well]]" – [[Terence Trent D'Arby]] (released in 1987)
* "A Word in Spanish" — Elton John
* "[[Yé ké yé ké]]" – [[Mory Kanté]] (#1 Belgium, Finland, Netherlands, Spain)
* "[[You Came]]" – [[Kim Wilde]]
* "[[You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart]]" – [[Eurythmics]]
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