| Top 40 Hits of December 1988 |
| 1 |
Cliff Richard | Mistletoe And Wine |
| 2 |
Kylie & Jason | Especially For You |
| 3 |
Angry Anderson | Suddenly |
| 4 |
Erasure | Crackers International (EP) |
| 5 |
Bros | Cat Among The Pigeons / Silent Night |
| 6 |
Inner City | Good Life |
| 7 |
Phil Collins | Two Hearts |
| 8 |
Status Quo | Burning Bridges (On And Off And On Again) |
| 9 |
Rick Astley | Take Me To Your Heart |
| 10 |
Michael Jackson | Smooth Criminal |
| 11 |
Robin Beck | The First Time |
| 12 |
Petula Clark | Downtown '88 |
| 13 |
U2 | Angel Of Harlem |
| 14 |
New Order | Fine Time |
| 15 |
Bomb The Bass featuring Maureen | Say A Little Prayer |
| 16 |
Four Tops | Loco in Acapulco |
| 17 |
Neneh Cherry | Buffalo Stance |
| 18 |
Bananarama | Nathan Jones |
| 19 |
Chris de Burgh | Missing You |
| 20 |
Tiffany | Radio Romance |
| 21 |
INXS | Need You Tonight |
| 22 |
Pet Shop Boys | Left To My Own Devices |
| 23 |
Kim Wilde | Four Letter Word |
| 24 |
A-ha | You Are The One |
| 25 |
Humanoid | Stakker Humanoid |
| 26 |
Hithouse | Jack To The Sound Of The Underground |
| 27 |
Londonbeat | 9AM (The Comfort Zone) |
| 28 |
Bon Jovi | Born To Be My Baby |
| 29 |
Beach Boys | Kokomo |
| 30 |
George Michael | Kissing A Fool |
| 31 |
Freiheit | Keeping The Dream Alive |
| 32 |
Alexander O'Neal | Christmas Song / Thank You For A Good Year |
| 33 |
Shakin' Stevens | True Love |
| 34 |
Salt-N-Pepa | Twist And Shout |
| 35 |
Annie Lennox & Al Green | Put A Little Love In Your Heart |
| 36 |
Deacon Blue | Real Gone Kid |
| 37 |
Enya | Evening Falls |
| 38 |
Travelling Wilburys | Handle With Care |
| 39 |
Yazz | Stand Up For Your Love Rights |
| 40 |
A Tribe Of Toffs | John Kettley (Is A Weatherman) |
