Top 40 Hits of Early September 1988
| 1 | Yazz & The Plastic Population | The Only Way Is Up |
| 2 | Brother Beyond | The Harder I Try |
| 3 | Phil Collins | Groovy Kind Of Love |
| 4 | Kylie Minogue | The Loco-Motion |
| 5 | Womack & Womack | Teardrops |
| 6 | Julio Iglesias | My Love |
| 7 | Bomb The Bass | Megablast / Don't Make Me Wait |
| 8 | Breathe | Hands To Heaven |
| 9 | The Hollies | He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother |
| 10 | Yello | The Race |
| 11 | BVSMP | I Need You |
| 12 | A-ha | Touchy! |
| 13 | Fairground Attraction | Find My Love |
| 14 | Tanita Tikaram | Good Tradition |
| 15 | Jane Wiedlin | Rush Hour |
| 16 | Level 42 | Heaven In My Hands |
| 17 | Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine | Anything For You |
| 18 | Kim Wilde | You Came |
| 19 | Robbie Robertson | Somewhere Down The Crazy River |
| 20 | Status Quo | Running All Over The World |
| 21 | Spagna | Every Girl And Boy |
| 22 | Guns N' Roses | Sweet Child O' Mine |
| 23 | The Proclaimers | I'm Gonna Be |
| 24 | Metallica | Harvester Of Sorrow |
| 25 | UB40 | Where Did I Go Wrong |
| 26 | Big Country | King Of Emotion |
| 27 | The Commodores | Easy |
| 28 | Bill Medley | He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother |
| 29 | Chris Rea | On The Beach |
| 30 | Salt-N-Pepa | Push It / Tramp |
| 31 | Iron Maiden | The Evil That Men Do |
| 32 | Marc Almond | Tears Run Rings |
| 33 | S-Express | Superfly Guy |
| 34 | Donny Osmond | Soldier Of Love |
| 35 | Michael Jackson | Another Part Of Me |
| 36 | Mory Kante | Yeke Yeke |
| 37 | The Four Tops | Reach Out I'll Be There |
| 38 | Natalie Cole | Jump Start |
| 39 | Salt-N-Pepa featuring EU | Shake Your Thang (It's Your Thing) |
| 40 | The Primitives | Way Behind Me |