Official Top 40 best-selling songs of 1989

TITLE ARTIST PEAK

1 RIDE ON TIME BLACK BOX 1

2 SWING THE MOOD JIVE BUNNY & THE MASTERMIXERS 1

3 ETERNAL FLAME BANGLES 1

4 TOO MANY BROKEN HEARTS JASON DONOVAN 1

5 BACK TO LIFE SOUL II SOUL FT. CARON WHEELER 1

6 SOMETHING'S GOTTON HOLD OF MY HEART MARC ALMOND FT GENE PITNEY 1

7 THAT'S WHAT I LIKE JIVE BUNNY & THE MASTERMIXERS 1

8 PUMP UP THE JAM TECHNOTRONIC FT FELLY 2

9 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS ? BAND AID II 1

10 HAND ON YOUR HEART KYLIE MINOGUE 1

11 LIKE A PRAYER MADONNA 1

12 ALL AROUND THE WORLD LISA STANSFIELD 1

13 IF ONLY I COULD SYDNEY YOUNGBLOOD 3

14 LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING MICHAEL BALL 2

15 GIRL I'M GONNA MISS YOU MILLI VANILLI 2

16 YOU'LL NEVER STOP ME LOVING YOU SONIA 1

17 YOU GOT IT (THE RIGHT STUFF) NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK 1

18 THE LIVING YEARS MIKE & THE MECHANICS 2

19 FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY GERRY MARSDEN, PAUL MCCARTNEY, HOLLY JOHNSON AND THE CHRISTIANS 1

20 MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY NATALIE COLE 2

21 WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING KYLIE MINOGUE 2

22 THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL DONNA SUMMER 3

23 DON'T KNOW MUCH LINDA RONSTADT/AARON NEVILLE 2

24 LET'S PARTY JIVE BUNNY & THE MASTERMIXERS 1

25 STREET TUFF REBEL MC & DOUBLE TROUBLE 3

26 BELFAST CHILD SIMPLE MINDS 1

27 REQUIEM LONDON BOYS 4

28 FRENCH KISS LIL LOUIS 2

29 SEALED WITH A KISS JASON DONOVAN 1

30 RIGHT HERE WAITING RICHARD MARX 2

31 STRAIGHT UP PAULA ABDUL 3

32 ESPECIALLY FOR YOU KYLIE MINOGUE & JASON DONOVAN 1

33 YOU GOT IT ROY ORBISON 3

34 LAMBADA KAOMA 4

35 HELP BANANARAMA/LANANEENEENOONOO 3

36 STOP SAM BROWN 4

37 WHEN YOU COME BACK TO ME JASON DONOVAN 2

38 IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW SIMPLY RED 2

39 LONDON NIGHTS LONDON BOYS 2

40 POISON ALICE COOPER 2

 

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/o...of-1989__33088/

favourites?

my top 3 would be:

1 Madonna - Like a Prayer

2 Sam Brown - Stop

3 Paula Abdul - Straight Up

which I still remember they all charted more or less at the same time in early/mis 89

 

I think my top 3 would be:

 

01. Madonna - Like A Prayer

02. Black Box - Ride On Time

03. Soul II Soul feat. Caron Wheeler - Back To Life

My favourites...

 

01 LIKE A PRAYER MADONNA 1

02 RIDE ON TIME BLACK BOX 1

03 BACK TO LIFE SOUL II SOUL FT. CARON WHEELER 1

04 PUMP UP THE JAM TECHNOTRONIC FT FELLY 2

05 ETERNAL FLAME BANGLES 1

06 STRAIGHT UP PAULA ABDUL 3

07 STREET TUFF REBEL MC & DOUBLE TROUBLE 3

08 STOP SAM BROWN 4

09 THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL DONNA SUMMER 3

10 REQUIEM LONDON BOYS 4

11 ALL AROUND THE WORLD LISA STANSFIELD 1

12 POISON ALICE COOPER 2

13 FRENCH KISS LIL LOUIS 2

14 WHEN YOU COME BACK TO ME JASON DONOVAN 2 (I can't honestly say that this is great in retrospect but I loved it at the time so it still holds good memories)

So many terrific songs.

Posted this before, but these should have been the best-selling 40 of '89 (as per Popchartfreak charts "sales"). No apologies for the Jason Donovan inclusion, far and away his best record, cos I was also rather fond of it at the time and I didn't have the excuse of being young (I was 31 :lol: )

 

 

1 SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE Tears For Fears

2 SACRIFICE Elton John

3 HEALING HANDS Elton John

4 I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU Gloria Estefan

5 YOU USED TO Distant Cousins

6 "101"" Sheena Easton

7 ALL AROUND THE WORLD Lisa Stansfield

8 THIS WOMAN’S WORK Kate Bush

9 ORDINARY LIVES The Bee Gees

10 IT'S ALRIGHT Pet Shop Boys

11 FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde

12 SWEET CHILD O' MINE Guns 'n' Roses

13 THIS TIME I KNOW IT'S FOR REAL Donna Summer

14 LIKE A PRAYER Madonna

15 STOP Sam Brown

16 ROOM IN YOUR HEART Living In A Box

17 YOU GOT IT Roy Orbison

18 DEAR JESSIE Madonna

19 NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVED Dusty Springfield

20 IN PRIVATE Dusty Springfield

21 LIBERIAN GIRL Michael Jackson

22 IF ONLY I COULD Sydney Youngblood

23 BACK TO LIFE Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

24 WHEN YOU COME BACK TO ME Jason Donovan

25 CAN'T STAY AWAY FROM YOU Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine

26 ROOMS ON FIRE Stevie Nicks

27 I BEG YOUR PARDON Kon Kan

28 WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL Boy Meets Girl

29 ONE The Bee Gees

30 ETERNAL FLAME The Bangles

31 EVERY LITTLE STEP Bobby Brown

32 FOREVER BLUE Swing Out Sister

33 EXPRESS YOURSELF Madonna

34 CHERISH Madonna

35 PUMP UP THE JAM Technotronic featuring Felly (Ya Kid K)

36 RIDE ON TIME Black Box

37 IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME Cher

38 MY BRAVE FACE Paul McCartney

39 THIS ONE Paul McCartney

40 LOSING MY MIND Liza Minelli

Exactly the same top 3 as Dandy *.*

 

I very recently discovered 'Sowing The Seeds of Love' as it's sampled in the dance song 'Open Your Eyes' by Love Legend & Alex Gaudino, which was released towards the end of last year, so that led me to discover the original and it's indeed great.

the other day I was organising some old boxes and found the vinyl for Jason Donovan's debut album

maybe it's worth something on ebay? :D

the other day I was organising some old boxes and found the vinyl for Jason Donovan's debut album

maybe it's worth something on ebay? :D

 

I wouldn't put money on it :lol:

 

I caught him camping it up in the Priscilla Queen Of The Desert stage show though, so maybe there's a few newer fans, you never know.... :D

Exactly the same top 3 as Dandy *.*

 

I very recently discovered 'Sowing The Seeds of Love' as it's sampled in the dance song 'Open Your Eyes' by Love Legend & Alex Gaudino, which was released towards the end of last year, so that led me to discover the original and it's indeed great.

 

I didn’t spot that, what taste! *.*

 

I too like Sowing The Seeds Of Love, all the singles from that album were lovely. Although STSOL is very Beatles-esque so I’m not surprised you approve. Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) is probably my favourite of theirs.

Some good songs on that list.

 

Eternal Flame

Hand On Your Heart

Straight Up

This Time I Know It’s For Real

Poison