| Top 40 Hits of August 1988 |
| 1 |
Yazz & The Plastic Population | The Only Way Is Up |
| 2 |
Kylie Minogue | The Loco-Motion |
| 3 |
BVSMP | I Need You |
| 4 |
Brother Beyond | The Harder I Try |
| 5 |
Kim Wilde | You Came |
| 6 |
Breathe | Hands To Heaven |
| 7 |
Fairground Attraction | Find My Love |
| 8 |
Iron Maiden | The Evil That Men Do |
| 9 |
S-Express | Superfly Guy |
| 10 |
Julio Iglesias | My Love |
| 11 |
Tanita Tikaram | Good Tradition |
| 12 |
Four Tops | Reach Out I'll Be There |
| 13 |
All About Eve | Martha's Harbour |
| 14 |
Glenn Medeiros | Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You |
| 15 |
Funky Worm | Hustle! (To The Music ... ) |
| 16 |
Salt-N-Pepa | Push It / Tramp |
| 17 |
Transvision Vamp | I Want Your Love |
| 18 |
Womack & Womack | Teardrops |
| 19 |
Chris Rea | On The Beach |
| 20 |
Robbie Robertson | Somewhere Down The Crazy River |
| 21 |
Bomb The Bass | Megablast / Don't Make Me Wait |
| 22 |
Everything But The Girl | I Don't Want To Talk About It |
| 23 |
Mac Band featuring The McCampbell Brothers | Roses Are Red |
| 24 |
Big Country | King Of Emotion |
| 25 |
Status Quo | Running All Over The World |
| 26 |
Jane Wiedlin | Rush Hour |
| 27 |
Debbie Gibson | Foolish Beat |
| 28 |
A-ha | Touchy! |
| 29 |
Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine | Anything For You |
| 30 |
Phil Collins | Groovy Kind Of Love |
| 31 |
Yello | The Race |
| 32 |
Guns 'N' Roses | Sweet Child O' Mine |
| 33 |
Michael Jackson | Dirty Diana |
| 34 |
Siouxsie & The Banshees | Peek A Boo |
| 35 |
Voice Of The Beehive | I Say Nothing |
| 36 |
Pat Benatar | All Fired Up |
| 37 |
Van Halen | When It's Love |
| 38 |
Mory Kante | Ye Ke Ye Ke |
| 39 |
Def Leppard | Love Bites |
| 40 |
Aztec Camera | Working In A Goldmine |
