List of number-one singles from the 1980s (New Zealand)
1988

List of number-one singles from the 1980s (New Zealand)

Section Title: 1988
Table Section Text: None

Date	Artist	Single	Weeks at number one

3 January	George Michael	"Faith"	7 weeks

10 January

17 January

24 January	Tiffany	"I Think We're Alone Now"	2 weeks

31 January

7 February	Rick Astley	"Never Gonna Give You Up"	1 week

14 February	M|A|R|R|S	"Pump Up the Volume"	2 weeks

21 February

28 February	Belinda Carlisle	"Heaven Is a Place on Earth"	4 weeks

6 March

13 March

20 March

27 March	U2	"One Tree Hill"	7 weeks

3 April

10 April

17 April

24 April

1 May

8 May

15 May	Pet Shop Boys	"Heart"	1 week

22 May	Big Pig	"Breakaway"	2 weeks

29 May

5 June	Aswad	"Don’t Turn Around"	2 weeks

12 June

19 June	Prince	"Alphabet St."	1 week

26 June	New Order	"Blue Monday '88"	3 weeks

3 July

10 July

17 July	Holidaymakers New Zealand	"Sweet Lovers"	6 weeks

24 July

31 July

7 August

14 August

21 August

28 August	The Timelords	"Doctorin' the Tardis"	3 weeks

4 September

11 September

18 September	Times Two	"Cecilia"	3 weeks

25 September

2 October

9 October	Tex Pistol and Rikki Morris New Zealand	"Nobody Else"	1 week

16 October	U2	"Desire"	5 weeks

23 October

30 October

6 November

13 November

20 November	Yazz and the Plastic Population	"The Only Way Is Up"	3 weeks

27 November

4 December

11 December	When the Cat's Away New Zealand	"Melting Pot"	1 week

18 December	Womack & Womack	"Teardrops"	4 weeks

25 December

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Melting Pot was one of three songs by New Zealand artists to reach number one in 1988.

final_sentence: Melting Pot was one of three songs by New Zealand artists to reach number one in 1988.