| Top 40 Hits of September 1988 |
| 1 |
Phil Collins | Groovy Kind Of Love |
| 2 |
Hollies | He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother |
| 3 |
Womack & Womack | Teardrops |
| 4 |
Brother Beyond | The Harder I Try |
| 5 |
Bill Withers | Lovely Day |
| 6 |
Yazz & The Plastic Population | The Only Way Is Up |
| 7 |
Yello | The Race |
| 8 |
Jason Donovan | Nothing Can Divide Us |
| 9 |
Bros | I Quit |
| 10 |
Bomb The Bass | Megablast / Don't Make Me Wait |
| 11 |
Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine | Anything For You |
| 12 |
Inner City featuring Kevin Saunderson | Big Fun |
| 13 |
Proclaimers | I'm Gonna Be |
| 14 |
Julio Iglesias | My Love |
| 15 |
Jane Wiedlin | Rush Hour |
| 16 |
Pet Shop Boys | Domino Dancing |
| 17 |
Commodores | Easy |
| 18 |
Kylie Minogue | The Loco-Motion |
| 19 |
Breathe | Hands To Heaven |
| 20 |
U2 | Desire |
| 21 |
Michael Jackson | Another Part Of Me |
| 22 |
A-ha | Touchy! |
| 23 |
Rick Astley | She Wants To Dance With Me |
| 24 |
Pasadenas | Riding On A Train |
| 25 |
Whitney Houston | One Moment In Time |
| 26 |
Salt-N-Pepa featuring EU | Shake Your Thang (It's Your Thing) |
| 27 |
Level 42 | Heaven In My Hands |
| 28 |
Coldcut featuring Junior Reid | Stop This Crazy Thing |
| 29 |
BVSMP | I Need You |
| 30 |
Bon Jovi | Bad Medicine |
| 31 |
Marc Almond | Tears Run Rings |
| 32 |
Spagna | Every Girl And Boy |
| 33 |
Bill Medley | He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother |
| 34 |
Guns 'N' Roses | Sweet Child O' Mine |
| 35 |
Tanita Tikaram | Good Tradition |
| 36 |
Fairground Attraction | Find My Love |
| 37 |
Transvision Vamp | Revolution Baby |
| 38 |
Kim Wilde | You Came |
| 39 |
Anthrax | Make Me Laugh |
| 40 |
Belinda Carlisle | World Without You |
