These are the RPM magazine Dance number-one hits of 1988. No chart was published from January 1980 until September 3, 1988.[1]
| Issue date | Song | Artist | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 3 | "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That" | Elton John | [2] |
| September 10 | "Theme from S-Express" | S'Express | [3] |
| September 17 | "Heart" | Pet Shop Boys | [4] |
| September 24 | "Supersonic" | J. J. Fad | [5] |
| October 1 | "Chains of Love" | Erasure | [6] |
| October 8 | "The Loco-Motion" | Kylie Minogue | [7] |
| October 15 | [8] | ||
| October 22 | [9] | ||
| October 29 | "Strokin'" | Clarence Carter | [10] |
| November 5 | [11] | ||
| November 12 | "You Came" | Kim Wilde | [12] |
| November 19 | "Wild, Wild West" | The Escape Club | [13] |
| November 26 | [14] | ||
| December 3 | [15] | ||
| December 10 | "Big Fun" | Inner City | [16] |
| December 17 | [17] | ||
| December 24 | [18] |