Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1989
"
Straight Up
" and "
Cold Hearted
" from
Paula Abdul
's (
pictured
) debut studio album
Forever Your Girl
appeared at numbers four and six on the year-end list, while
its title track
charted at number 30.
German duo
Milli Vanilli
(
pictured, left and right
) had four songs in the top 30 of the chart from their studio album
Girl You Know It's True
:
its title track
, "
Girl I'm Gonna Miss You
", "
Blame It on the Rain
", and "
Baby Don't Forget My Number
". They tied with
New Kids on the Block
for the most songs on the chart.
Three songs by
Madonna
(
pictured
) from her album
Like a Prayer
, including its title track, appeared on the chart.
This is a list of
Billboard
magazine's Top
Hot 100
songs of
1989
.
[
1
]
[
2
]
No.
Title
Artist(s)
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 + The Mechanics
32
"
Eternal Flame
"
The Bangles
33
"
Wild Thing
"
Tone Loc
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 Loc
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
^
"1989 The Year in Music: Top Pop Singles".
Billboard
. Vol. 101, no. 51. December 23, 1989. p. Y-22.
^
"Billboard Top 100 – 1989"
. Retrieved
October 3,
2016
.