These are the top 100 songs of 1989. Within the top 100 there are a total of 76 different bands or artists.
Bobby Brown achieved the most entries with five of the top songs of 1989.
The song title is at the top in gray with the artist below in red.
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Top Songs of 1989
1
Look Away
Chicago
2
My Prerogative
Bobby Brown
3
Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Poison
4
Straight Up
Paula Abdul
5
Miss You Much
Janet Jackson
6
Cold Hearted
Paula Abdul
7
Wind Beneath My Wings
Bette Midler
8
Girl You Know It’s True
Milli Vanilli
9
Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley
Will to Power
10
Giving You the Best That I Got
Anita Baker
11
Right Here Waiting
Richard Marx
12
Waiting For a Star to Fall
Boy Meets Girl
13
Lost in Your Eyes
Debbie Gibson
14
Don’t Wanna Lose You
Gloria Estefan
15
Heaven
Warrant
16
Girl I’m Gonna Miss You
Milli Vanilli
17
The Look
Roxette
18
She Drives Me Crazy
Fine Young Cannibals
19
On Our Own
Bobby Brown
20
Two Hearts
Phil Collins
21
Blame It on the Rain
Milli Vanilli
22
Listen to Your Heart
Roxette
23
I’ll Be There for You
Bon Jovi
24
If You Don’t Know Me by Now
Simply Red
25
Like a Prayer
Madonna
26
I’ll Be Loving You (Forever)
New Kids on the Block
27
How Can I Fall?
Breathe
28
Baby Don’t Forget My Number
Milli Vanilli
29
Toy Soldiers
Martika
30
Forever Your Girl
Paula Abdul
31
The Living Years
Mike and The Mechanics
32
Eternal Flame
The Bangles
33
Wild Thing
Tone Lōc
34
When I See You Smile
Bad English
35
If I Could Turn Back Time
Cher
36
Buffalo Stance
Neneh Cherry
37
When I’m with You
Sheriff
38
Don’t Rush Me
Taylor Dayne
39
Born to Be My Baby
Bon Jovi
40
Good Thing
Fine Young Cannibals
41
The Lover in Me
Sheena Easton
42
Bust a Move
Young MC
43
Once Bitten, Twice Shy
Great White
44
Batdance
Prince
45
Rock On
Michael Damian
46
Real Love
Jody Watley
47
Love Shack
The B-52’s
48
Every Little Step
Bobby Brown
49
Hangin’ Tough
New Kids on the Block
50
My Heart Can’t Tell You No
Rod Stewart
51
So Alive
Love and Rockets
52
You Got It (The Right Stuff)
New Kids on the Block
53
Armageddon It
Def Leppard
54
Satisfied
Richard Marx
55
Express Yourself
Madonna
56
I Like It
Dino
57
Soldier of Love
Donny Osmond
58
Sowing the Seeds of Love
Tears for Fears
59
Cherish
Madonna
60
When the Children Cry
White Lion
61
18 and Life
Skid Row
62
I Don’t Want Your Love
Duran Duran
63
Second Chance
38 Special
64
The Way You Love Me
Karyn White
65
Funky Cold Medina
Tone Lōc
66
In Your Room
The Bangles
67
Miss You Like Crazy
Natalie Cole
68
Lovesong
The Cure
69
Secret Rendezvous
Karyn White
70
Angel Eyes
The Jeff Healey Band
71
Patience
Guns N’ Roses
72
Walk on Water
Eddie Money
73
Cover Girl
New Kids on the Block
74
Welcome to the Jungle
Guns N’ Roses
75
Shower Me With Your Love
Surface
76
Stand
R.E.M.
77
Close My Eyes Forever
Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne
78
All This Time
Tiffany
79
After All
Cher and Peter Cetera
80
Roni
Bobby Brown
81
Love in an Elevator
Aerosmith
82
Lay Your Hands on Me
Bon Jovi
83
The Promise
When in Rome
84
What I Am
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
85
I Remember Holding You
Boys Club
86
Paradise City
Guns N’ Roses
87
I Wanna Have Some Fun
Samantha Fox
88
She Wants to Dance with Me
Rick Astley
89
Dreamin’
Vanessa Williams
90
It’s No Crime
Babyface
91
Poison
Alice Cooper
92
This Time I Know It’s for Real
Donna Summer
93
Smooth Criminal
Michael Jackson
94
Heaven Help Me
Deon Estus
95
Rock Wit’cha
Bobby Brown
96
Thinking of You
Sa-Fire
97
What You Don’t Know
Exposé
98
Surrender To Me
Ann Wilson and Robin Zander
99
The End of the Innocence
Don Henley
100
Keep on Movin’
Soul II Soul