Top 40 Hits of Late August 1988
 | 1 | Yazz & The Plastic Population | The Only Way Is Up |
 | 2 | Kylie Minogue | The Loco-Motion |
 | 3 | Brother Beyond | The Harder I Try |
 | 4 | Breathe | Hands To Heaven |
 | 5 | BVSMP | I Need You |
 | 6 | Kim Wilde | You Came |
 | 7 | Julio Iglesias | My Love |
 | 8 | Fairground Attraction | Find My Love |
 | 9 | Iron Maiden | The Evil That Men Do |
 | 10 | Tanita Tikaram | Good Tradition |
 | 11 | S-Express | Superfly Guy |
 | 12 | Salt-N-Pepa | Push It / Tramp |
 | 13 | Womack & Womack | Teardrops |
 | 14 | The Four Tops | Reach Out I'll Be There |
 | 15 | All About Eve | Martha's Harbour |
 | 16 | Chris Rea | On The Beach |
 | 17 | Robbie Robertson | Somewhere Down The Crazy River |
 | 18 | Bomb The Bass | Megablast / Don't Make Me Wait |
 | 19 | Big Country | King Of Emotion |
 | 20 | Funky Worm | Hustle! (To The Music...) |
 | 21 | Status Quo | Running All Over The World |
 | 22 | Jane Wiedlin | Rush Hour |
 | 23 | Transvision Vamp | I Want Your Love |
 | 24 | Glenn Medeiros | Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You |
 | 25 | Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine | Anything For You |
 | 26 | Guns N' Roses | Sweet Child O' Mine |
 | 27 | A-ha | Touchy! |
 | 28 | Voice Of The Beehive | I Say Nothing |
 | 29 | Mac Band featuring The McCampbell Brothers | Roses Are Red |
 | 30 | Yello | The Race |
 | 31 | Mory Kante | Yeke Yeke |
 | 32 | Van Halen | When It's Love |
 | 33 | Everything But The Girl | I Don't Want To Talk About It |
 | 34 | Donny Osmond | Soldier Of Love |
 | 35 | UB40 | Where Did I Go Wrong |
 | 36 | Phil Collins | Groovy Kind Of Love |
 | 37 | Debbie Gibson | Foolish Beat |
 | 38 | Spagna | Every Girl And Boy |
 | 39 | Europe | Superstitious |
 | 40 | Climie Fisher | I Won't Bleed For You |