HI-NRG NUMBER ONES OF 1988
SAVIN’ MYSELF (BLASTER MIX)/(HOT LINE REMIX) Eria Fachin (7 weeks)
THIS GIRL’S BACK IN TOWN Raquel Welch (1 week)
I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Kylie Minogue (3 weeks)
THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL Sandra Edwards (1 week)
TAKE AWAY THE RAIN Sidewalk (2 weeks)
WHO’S LEAVING WHO (THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN MIX) Hazell Dean (4 weeks)
JUST A MIRAGE Jellybean/Adele Bertei (1 week)
PINK CADILLAC Natalie Cole (8 weeks)
POPCORN M&H Band (1 week)
IF YOU LOVE SOMEBODY (SATURDAY NIGHT REMIX) Barbara Doust (6 weeks)
THE ONLY WAY IS UP Yazz & The Plastic Population (8 weeks)
OVER AND OVER AND OVER Michelle Goulet (7 weeks)
I CAN FLY Louise Thomas (1 week)
I NEED YOUR PASSION Sweet Connection (1 week)
THE RUMOUR (SHEP PETTIBONE REMIX) Olivia Newton-John (1 week)
REQUIEM London Boys (4 weeks)
HI-NRG HIT OF 1988:
Michelle Goulet ‘Over And Over’ (Saturday)
RUNNERS UP:
Natalie Cole ‘Pink Cadillac’ (EMI-Manhattan), M&H Band ‘Popcorn’ (French Family, making it import of the year), Barbara Doust ‘If You Love Somebody’ (Saturday)
HI-NRG HITS AT NUMBER ONE FOR LONGEST:
Eria Fachin ‘Savin’ Myself’ (Saturday), starting its chart career on Canadian Power in 1987, was number one for 13 weeks during that year and for another five weeks in 1988, making 18 (non-consecutive) weeks in all – otherwise, restricted to 1988 (with eight weeks), Yazz & The Plastic Population ‘The Only Way Is Up’ (Big Life)
HI-NRG ARTISTE OF THE YEAR:
Hazell Dean
RUNNERS UP:
Quartzlock, Eria Fachin, Seventh Avenue
HI-NRG LABELS OF 1988:
1 (–) Saturday, 2 (–) EMI, 3 (1) Nightmare, 4 (–) Reflection, 5 (4) London
RECORD COMPANIES OF THE YEAR (new award):
1 Nightmare (Saturday/Nightmare), 2 EMI (EMI- Manhattan/Parlophone), 3 Reflection, 4 London (London/Ibiza), 5 PWL (PWL/Lisson Records)
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO:
Passion, 1 in 1986, 5 in 1987, nowhere (not one hit in the year end Top 40) in 1988
80s Hi - NRG & Eurobeat 
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