NEW ZEALAND TOP 50 SINGLES OF 1988

This is a list of the top 50 singles in New Zealand of 1988 as compiled by Recorded Music NZ in the end-of-year chart of the Official New Zealand Music Chart. Six singles by New Zealand artists are included on the chart, the highest being the Holidaymakers' debut single " Sweet Lovers" at No. 1.^[1]

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Key: † – Single of New Zealand origin

Rank	Artist	Title
1	Holidaymakers	" Sweet Lovers" †
2	U2	" One Tree Hill"
3	U2	" Desire"
4	MARRS	" Pump Up the Volume"
5	Billy Ocean	" Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car"
6	Tex Pistol & Rikki Morris	" Nobody Else" †
7	Ardijah	"Watchin' U" †
8	Times Two	" Cecilia"
9	Belinda Carlisle	" Heaven Is a Place on Earth"
10	The Timelords	" Doctorin' the Tardis"
11	New Order	" Blue Monday 1988"
12	Big Pig	" Breakaway"
13	Aswad	" Don't Turn Around"
14	Eddy Grant	" Gimme Hope Jo'anna"
15	Rick Astley	" Never Gonna Give You Up"
16	Guns N' Roses	" Sweet Child o' Mine"
17	Bobby McFerrin	" Don't Worry, Be Happy"
18	Natalie Cole	" Pink Cadillac"
19	Yazz and The Plastic Population	" The Only Way Is Up"
20	Crowded House	" Better Be Home Soon" †
21	Kylie Minogue	" Got to Be Certain"
22	Prince	" Alphabet St."
23	Pet Shop Boys	" Heart"
24	Bros	" Drop the Boy"
25	Def Leppard	" Love Bites"
26	Tiffany	" I Think We're Alone Now"
27	Kylie Minogue	" I Should Be So Lucky"
28	Tiffany	" Could've Been"
29	Fairground Attraction	" Perfect"
30	Eric B. & Rakim	" Paid in Full"
31	Phil Collins	" A Groovy Kind of Love"
32	When the Cat's Away	" Melting Pot" †
33	Suave	" My Girl"
34	Def Leppard	" Armageddon It"
35	Bon Jovi	" Bad Medicine"
36	Ben Liebrand	" Stuck on Earth"
37	Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes	" (I've Had) The Time of My Life"
38	Wet Wet Wet	" Sweet Little Mystery"
39	Hothouse Flowers	" Don't Go"
40	Jerry Harrison	" Rev It Up"
41	John Farnham	" Age of Reason"
42	Salt-N-Pepa	" Push It"
43	UB40 ft. Chrissie Hynde	" Breakfast in Bed"
44	The Fat Boys	"The Twist"
45	The Fan Club	"Sensation" †
46	INXS	" Devil Inside"
47	T'Pau	" China in Your Hand"
48	The Robert Cray Band	" Don't Be Afraid of the Dark"
49	"Weird Al" Yankovic	" Fat"
50	Taylor Dayne	" Tell It to My Heart"

References

^ "Top Selling Singles of 1988". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

[1] "Top Selling Singles of 1988". Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

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