# List of Billboard number-one dance singles of 1988

Billboard magazine compiled the top-performing dance singles in the United States on the Hot Dance Music Club Play chart and the Hot Dance Music 12-inch Singles Sales chart. Premiered in 1976, the Club Play chart ranked the most-played singles on dance club based on reports from a national sample of club DJs. The 12-inch Singles Sales chart was launched in 1985 to compile the best-selling dance singles based on retail sales across the United States.

## Charts history

Chart history :
| Issue date | Hot Dance Music Club Play | Hot Dance Music Club Play | Hot Dance Music 12-inch Singles Sales | Hot Dance Music 12-inch Singles Sales | Ref. |
| Issue date | Title | Artist(s) | Title | Artist(s) | Ref. |
| January 2 | "So Emotional" | Whitney Houston | "System of Survival" (Remix) | Earth, Wind & Fire | |
| January 9 | "I'm Beggin' You" | Supertramp | "System of Survival" (Remix) | Earth, Wind & Fire | |
| January 16 | "Never Gonna Give You Up" | Rick Astley | "Never Gonna Give You Up" | Rick Astley | |
| January 23 | "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" | Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield | "Never Gonna Give You Up" | Rick Astley | |
| January 30 | "The Way You Make Me Feel" | Michael Jackson | "Never Gonna Give You Up" | Rick Astley | |
| February 6 | You Can Dance (all cuts) | Madonna | "Never Gonna Give You Up" | Rick Astley | |
| February 13 | "Some Kind of Lover" | Jody Watley | "Some Kind of Lover" (Remix) | Jody Watley | |
| February 20 | "I Want to Be Your Property" | Blue Mercedes | "Some Kind of Lover" (Remix) | Jody Watley | |
| February 27 | "I Want to Be Your Property" | Blue Mercedes | "Some Kind of Lover" (Remix) | Jody Watley | |
| March 5 | "I Want to Be Your Property" | Blue Mercedes | "Tramp" / "Push It" | Salt-N-Pepa | |
| March 12 | "I Want to Be Your Property" | Blue Mercedes | "Tramp" / "Push It" | Salt-N-Pepa | |
| March 19 | "Thinking of You" | Earth, Wind & Fire | "Girlfriend" | Pebbles | |
| March 26 | "Thinking of You" | Earth, Wind & Fire | "Perfect Lover" | Company B | |
| April 2 | "Don't Look Any Further" | Kane Gang | "Father Figure" | George Michael | |
| April 9 | "Pink Cadillac" | Natalie Cole | "Thinking of You" (Remix) | Earth, Wind & Fire | |
| April 16 | "Pink Cadillac" | Natalie Cole | "Don't Make A Fool Of Yourself" (Remix) | Stacey Q | |
| April 23 | "Prove Your Love" | Taylor Dayne | "Out Of The Blue" (Remix) | Debbie Gibson | |
| April 30 | "Blue Monday 1988"/ "Touched by the Hand of God" | New Order | "Nightime" (Remix) | Pretty Poison | |
| May 7 | "Adventure" | Eleanor | "Nightime" (Remix) | Pretty Poison | |
| May 14 | "Instinctual" | Imagination | "Naughty Girls" (Remix) / "I Surrender (To the Spirit of the Night)" | Samantha Fox | |
| May 21 | "Like a Child" | Noel | "Nite and Day" | Al B. Sure! | |
| May 28 | "Together Forever" | Rick Astley | "Just Got Paid" | Johnny Kemp | |
| June 4 | "Divine Emotions" | Narada | "Just Got Paid" | Johnny Kemp | |
| June 11 | "The Promise" | When in Rome | "Just Got Paid" | Johnny Kemp | |
| June 18 | "Just Got Paid" | Johnny Kemp | "Mercedes Boy" | Pebbles | |
| June 25 | "Trouble" | Nia Peeples | "Mercedes Boy" | Pebbles | |
| July 2 | "Theme from S-Express" | S'Express | "Supersonic" | J.J. Fad | |
| July 9 | "Theme from S-Express" | S'Express | "Supersonic" | J.J. Fad | |
| July 16 | "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)" | Information Society | "Sayin' Sorry (Don't Make It Right)" | Denise Lopez | |
| July 23 | "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)" | Information Society | "Sayin' Sorry (Don't Make It Right)" | Denise Lopez | |
| July 30 | "Beat Dis" | Bomb the Bass | "The Right Stuff" | Vanessa Williams | |
| August 6 | "K.I.S.S.I.N.G." | Siedah Garrett | "The Right Stuff" | Vanessa Williams | |
| August 13 | "The Right Stuff" | Vanessa Williams | "K.I.S.S.I.N.G." | Siedah Garrett | |
| August 20 | "Love Will Save the Day" | Whitney Houston | "Shake Your Thang" | Salt-N-Pepa | |
| August 27 | "Say It's Gonna Rain" | Will to Power | "Shake Your Thang" | Salt-N-Pepa | |
| September 3 | "Say It's Gonna Rain" | Will to Power | "Monkey" (Remix) | George Michael | |
| September 10 | "Never Let You Go" | Sweet Sensation | "Monkey" (Remix) | George Michael | |
| September 17 | "Monkey" | George Michael | "Monkey" (Remix) | George Michael | |
| September 24 | "Monkey" | George Michael | "Never Let You Go" | Sweet Sensation | |
| October 1 | "Sendin' All My Love" | The Jets | "Never Let You Go" | Sweet Sensation | |
| October 8 | "Got a New Love" | Good Question | "Never Let You Go" | Sweet Sensation | |
| October 15 | "Big Fun" | Inner City | "Never Let You Go" | Sweet Sensation | |
| October 22 | "Spy in the House of Love" | Was (Not Was) | "Chains Of Love" | Erasure | |
| October 29 | "Spy in the House of Love" | Was (Not Was) | "Big Fun" | Inner City | |
| November 5 | "In the Name of Love '88" | Thompson Twins | "Big Fun" | Inner City | |
| November 12 | "Break 4 Love" | Raze | "Big Fun" | Inner City | |
| November 19 | "Just Wanna Dance"/"Weekend" | The Todd Terry Project | "Break 4 Love" | Raze | |
| November 26 | "Out of Time" | Noel | "Break 4 Love" | Raze | |
| December 3 | "I Don't Want Your Love" | Duran Duran | "The Way You Love Me" | Karyn White | |
| December 10 | "The Great Commandment" | Camouflage | "The Way You Love Me" | Karyn White | |
| December 17 | "Hustle! (To the Music...)" | The Funky Worm | "Don't Rock The Boat" | Midnight Star | |
| December 24 | "The Great Commandment" | Camouflage | "Tumblin' Down" | Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers | |
| December 31 | "The Great Commandment" | Camouflage | "Tumblin' Down" | Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers | |