List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1988

These are the singles that reached number one on the Top 100 Singles chart in 1988 as published by Cash Box magazine.

Key

†	Indicates best-performing single of 1988

Issue date	Song	Artist
January 2	"Faith"	George Michael
January 9
January 16	"Got My Mind Set On You"	George Harrison
January 23	"The Way You Make Me Feel"	Michael Jackson
January 30	"Need You Tonight"	INXS
February 6	"Could've Been"	Tiffany
February 13
February 20	"What Have I Done to Deserve This?"	Pet Shop Boys (& Dusty Springfield)
February 27	"Father Figure"	George Michael
March 5
March 12
March 19	"Never Gonna Give You Up"	Rick Astley
March 26	"Man in the Mirror"	Michael Jackson
April 2
April 9
April 16	"Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car"	Billy Ocean
April 23
April 30	"Where Do Broken Hearts Go"	Whitney Houston
May 7	"Wishing Well"	Terence Trent D'Arby
May 14	"Anything For You"	Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
May 21
May 28	"One More Try"	George Michael
June 4
June 11
June 18	"Together Forever"	Rick Astley
June 25	"Foolish Beat"	Debbie Gibson
July 2	"Dirty Diana"	Michael Jackson
July 9	"The Flame"	Cheap Trick
July 16
July 23	"Pour Some Sugar On Me"	Def Leppard
July 30
August 6	"Roll With It"	Steve Winwood
August 13
August 20
August 27	"Monkey"	George Michael
September 3
September 10	"Sweet Child o' Mine" †	Guns N' Roses
September 17
September 24
October 1	"Don't Worry, Be Happy"	Bobby McFerrin
October 8	"Love Bites"	Def Leppard
October 15	"Red, Red Wine"	UB40
October 22	"Groovy Kind of Love"	Phil Collins
October 29
November 5	"Kokomo"	The Beach Boys
November 12
November 19	"Wild Wild West"	Escape Club
November 26	"Bad Medicine"	Bon Jovi
December 3	"Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley"	Will To Power
December 10	"Look Away"	Chicago
December 17
December 24	"Every Rose Has Its Thorn"	Poison
December 31

See also

• 1988 in music
• List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1988 (U.S.)

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20110818051641/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1988.html