List of number-one singles of 1988 (Canada)
This is a list of the weekly Canadian RPM magazine[n 1] number one Top Singles chart of 1988.[n 2][n 3]
identifies Canadian musical acts.
| Volume:Issue | Issue Date(s) | Weeks on Top | Song | Artist |
| 47:11-12 | 19 December 1987 - 9 January 1988 § | 4 | "Faith" | George Michael |
| 47:13-15 | 16-30 January | 3 | "Got My Mind Set on You" | George Harrison |
| 47:16-18 | 6-20 February | 3 | "Could've Been" | Tiffany |
| 47:19-21 | 27 February - 12 March | 3 | "Pump Up the Volume" | M/A/R/R/S |
| 47:22-24 | 19 March - 2 April | 3 | "Never Gonna Give You Up" | Rick Astley |
| 47:25-26, 48:1-2 | 9-30 April | 4 | "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" | Billy Ocean |
| 48:3-4 | 7-14 May | 2 | "Wishing Well" | Terence Trent D'Arby |
| 48:5-6 | 21-28 May | 2 | "Always on My Mind" | Pet Shop Boys |
| 48:7 | 4 June | 1 | "Beds Are Burning" | Midnight Oil |
| 48:8-9 | 11-18 June | 2 | "One More Try" | George Michael |
| 48:10-13 | 25 June - 16 July | 4 | "Together Forever" | Rick Astley |
| 48:14 | 23 July | 1 | "New Sensation" | INXS |
| 48:15 | 30 July | 1 | "The Flame" | Cheap Trick |
| 48:16 | 6 August | 1 | "Roll With It" | Steve Winwood |
| 48:17-19 | 13-27 August | 3 | "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" | Elton John |
| 48:20 | 3 September | 1 | "Fast Car" | Tracy Chapman |
| 48:21 | 10 September | 1 | "Perfect World" | Huey Lewis and the News |
| 48:22-23 | 17-24 September | 2 | "Monkey" | George Michael |
| 48:24 | 1 October | 1 | "It Would Take a Strong Strong Man" | Rick Astley |
| 48:25 | 8 October | 1 | "One Good Woman" | Peter Cetera |
| 48:26, 49:1 | 15-22 October | 2 | "Don't Worry, Be Happy" | Bobby McFerrin |
| 49:2-5 | 29 October - 12 November | 3 | "A Groovy Kind of Love" | Phil Collins |
| 49:6-8† | 19 November - 10 December | 4 | "Desire" | U2 |
| 49:9 | 17 December | 1 | "Kissing a Fool" | George Michael |
| 49:10 | 24 December 1988 – 7 January 1989 ‡ | 3 | "Look Away" | Chicago |
Notes:
- § - RPM did not publish issues for the first two weeks of January 1988; weeks are implied.
- † - The 26 November 1988 issue appears to be a number "6A" within volume 49.
- ‡ - RPM did not publish from 14 December 1988 to 14 January 1989; weeks are implied.
See also
References
- Notes
- ↑ The magazine's weekly record charts were digitized by the AV Trust. The collection is archived by Library and Archives Canada here.
The PDF text search does not work unless you have additional software installed. You must view each entry on the chart for a match. - ↑ A collection of all the .pdf files cited is available here.
- ↑ On 21 March 1966, the chart became the RPM 100, as expanded to the top 100 singles.
- RPM, volume 47, 48, 49 (1987-1989)
- Citations
External links
- Read about RPM Magazine at the AV Trust
- Search RPM charts here at Library and Archives Canada
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