There are a number of reasons why there can be debate about
which record should be considered to have been "Number One"
in a particular country on a certain date. These are discussed further down
this page. However there is clearly a sizable group that don't want
to know about these details and just want to know what record was top of the
charts on a given date (such as their birthday). This table shows which records
were number one for various countries over the month of August 1988.
Jul 1988 |
August 1988 |
Sep 1988 |
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1 M |
2 T |
3 W |
4 T |
5 F |
6 S |
7 S |
8 M |
9 T |
1 0 W |
1 1 T |
1 2 F |
1 3 S |
1 4 S |
1 5 M |
1 6 T |
1 7 W |
1 8 T |
1 9 F |
2 0 S |
2 1 S |
2 2 M |
2 3 T |
2 4 W |
2 5 T |
2 6 F |
2 7 S |
2 8 S |
2 9 M |
3 0 T |
3 1 W |
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![Flag of United States](/picture/flag_us.png) |
Steve Winwood - "Roll With It" |
George Michael - "Monkey" |
![Flag of United States](/picture/flag_us.png) |
![Flag of United Kingdom](/picture/flag_uk.png) |
Glenn Medeiros - "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You" |
Yazz & The Plastic Population - "The Only Way Is Up" |
![Flag of United Kingdom](/picture/flag_uk.png) |
![Flag of Australia](/picture/flag_au.png) |
John Farnham - "Age of Reason" |
Fairground Attraction - "Perfect" |
![Flag of Australia](/picture/flag_au.png) |
![Flag of Canada](/picture/flag_ca.png) |
Steve Winwood - "Roll With It" |
Elton John - "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" |
Tracy Chapman - "Fast Car" |
![Flag of Canada](/picture/flag_ca.png) |
![Flag of New Zealand](/picture/flag_nz.png) |
Holidaymakers - "Sweet Lovers" |
KLF - "Doctorin' the TARDIS" |
![Flag of New Zealand](/picture/flag_nz.png) |
![Flag of Germany](/picture/flag_de.png) |
Ofra Haza - "Im Nin'Alu" |
Fat Boys & Chubby Checker - "The Twist (Yo Twist)" |
Milli Vanilli - "Girl, You Know It's True" |
![Flag of Germany](/picture/flag_de.png) |
![Flag of Ireland](/picture/flag_ie.png) |
Paddy Reilly - "Flight Of Earls" |
Kylie Minogue - "The Loco-Motion" |
Yazz & The Plastic Population - "The Only Way Is Up" |
Brother Beyond - "The Harder I Try" |
![Flag of Ireland](/picture/flag_ie.png) |
![Flag of Italy](/picture/flag_it.png) |
Nick Kamen - "Tell me" |
![Flag of Italy](/picture/flag_it.png) |
Country |
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1 M |
2 T |
3 W |
4 T |
5 F |
6 S |
7 S |
8 M |
9 T |
1 0 W |
1 1 T |
1 2 F |
1 3 S |
1 4 S |
1 5 M |
1 6 T |
1 7 W |
1 8 T |
1 9 F |
2 0 S |
2 1 S |
2 2 M |
2 3 T |
2 4 W |
2 5 T |
2 6 F |
2 7 S |
2 8 S |
2 9 M |
3 0 T |
3 1 W |
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Country |
As was mentioned above, there are all sorts of reasons why
the entries here rather over simplify the real situation. We have made a large
number of sweeping assumptions in order to present a simple picture to the vast
number of users that just want a song title. This means that there are a number
of entries in these tables that should be handled with caution. In addition where
these entries differ from the original sources (listed later) it should be assumed
that the sources are correct, where these entries conflict with the main data
assume that the other data is correct, if you find either of these cases please
tell us and we'll correct the data here.
If, like us, you are the type of person that wants to know if a song was top of the
Jukebox or Jockeys chart, or where a double-A side was released, or when chart
entries did not specify an artist, or when the charts switched from one magazine
to another we suggest that you have a look at the original sources:
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