Ooh wow! There certainly were some great UK number 1 records in 1988. Perhaps my favourite is Fairground Attraction’s Perfect. It’s got to be-e-e-e Perfect. Simply breathtaking really. The stomping, anthemic Heaven Is A Place On Earth from Belinda Carlisle (has she ever been there? – Earth, Heaven or Carlisle, you decide) was a carry over from Christmas 1987.
Perennial wedding favourite (well it’s been played at any wedding that I’ve been to since 1988), and a song that Dads the UK over get up and shake their funky stuff to, The Only Way Is Up, by Yazz and The Plastic Population was a UK number 1 from 1988.
| Artist | Title | Topping out on |
| Belinda Carlisle | Heaven Is A Place On Earth | January 16 1988 |
| Tiffany | I Think We’re Alone Now | January 30 1988 |
| Kylie Minogue | I Should Be So Lucky | February 20 1988 |
| Aswad | Don’t Turn Around | March 26 1988 |
| Pet Shop Boys | Heart | April 9 1988 |
| S’Express | Theme from S’Express | April 30 1988 |
| Fairground Attraction | Perfect | May 14 1988 |
| Wet Wet Wet / Billy Bragg with Cara Tivey | With a Little Help from My Friends / She’s Leaving Home | May 21 1988 |
| Timelords | Doctorin’ The Tardis | June 18 1988 |
| Bros | I Owe You Nothing | June 25 1988 |
| Glenn Medeiros | Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love for You | July 9 1988 |
| Yazz and the Plastic Population | The Only Way Is Up | August 6 1988 |
| Phil Collins | A Groovy Kind of Love | September 10 1988 |
| Hollies | He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother | September 24 1988 |
| U2 | Desire | October 8 1988 |
| Whitney Houston | One Moment in Time | October 15 1988 |
| Enya | Orinoco Flow | October 29 1988 |
| Robin Beck | The First Time | November 19 1988 |
| Cliff Richard | Mistletoe and Wine | December 10 1988 |
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