1989 in music

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[edit] Events

January 7 - Genesis '88 and Sunrise/Back to the Future stage large-scale illegal Acid House party in London
January 14 - Paul McCartney releases Снова в СССР exclusively in Russia. Bootleg copies sell for as much as $1,000 in the United States
January 14 - Genesis '88 and Sunrise/Back to the Future stage large-scale illegal Acid House party in London
January 23 - James Brown is sentenced in Georgia to 6 years in jail in connection with a police chase through two different states
January 25 - Madonna files for divorce from Sean Penn after three-and-a-half years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences.
January - Phil Keaggy and Randy Stonehill form the "Keaggy/Stonehill Band" for a one time tour that pays tribute to 1960s artists like The Beatles. Tim Chandler plays bass for the band and David Raven plays drums.
January 28 - Genesis '88 stage large-scale illegal Acid House (from strength to strength) party in London
February 6 - King Tubby Jamaican dub music master, was shot and killed by unknown persons outside his home in Duhaney Park, upon returning from a session at his Waterhouse studio, probably in a robbery attempt.
February 12 - Tiny Tim launches an unsuccessful campaign to be the mayor of New York City.
February - Roy Orbison joins Elvis Presley as the only singers to ever simultaneously have two Top 5 albums on the Billboard Charts
February 17 - Whitesnake's David Coverdale marries Tawny Kitaen
Alice Cooper completes his return with the album Trash. It becomes one of the best selling albums of the year.
March 6 - Smokey Robinson's autobiography Inside My Life is published. Dream Theater releases their first studio album When Dream and Day Unite
March 21 - Madonna's "Like a Prayer" music video attracts criticism for its use of Catholic iconography and for the use of cross burning imagery, but also garnered praise for its interpretation of discrimination, rape, and faith. Pepsi drops Madonna as a spokesperson out of fear the video will cause religious groups to boycott the company.
April - Three young men attempt to mug record producer and author Reed Arvin. Reed, being a rather large man, was able to go home with his money. The three young men were forced to return to their homes empty handed and nursing a few bruises.
April 9 - The Rolling Stones' Bill Wyman announces that he's getting married to 19 year old Mandy Smith, whom he has dated for 6 years.
April 12 Garth Brooks debut album released, it will reach the top of the Country charts and make top 20 in the American pop charts.
April 28 - Jon Bon Jovi marries his high school sweetheart Dorothea Hurley at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada
May 1 - California jewelry store employees call the police reporting a suspicious person hanging around their store. The person turned out to be Michael Jackson shopping in disguise
May - The first issue of Ptolemaic Terrascope is published
June 13 British-born singer Sonia made her debut Disco hit "You'll Never Stop Me Loving You" went straight #1 in her native home country in the UK charts after She was sign PWL Records and team up with Stock Aitken Waterman.
July 9 - All four original members of the Monkees reunite in Los Angeles for a concert performance at the Universal Amphitheater. The following day the quartet attend an induction ceremony at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, where they receive a star.
August 11 - 12 - Moscow Music Peace Festival held in the Soviet Union. The event was put together by Doc McGhee and the Make a Wish Foundation to expose the Russian people to western culture, promote international cooperation in fighting the drug war, and promote peace. The event came to epitomize the fall of the Soviet Union and the height of pop metal. Headlined by Bon Jovi, Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe, Skid Row, Cinderella, and the Scorpions.
August 31 - The Rolling Stones open their Steel Wheels North American tour in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
September 14 - Madonna and Sean Penn's divorce is granted.
December 12 - Genesis '88 stage large-scale illegal Acid House (the fight goes on) party in London
December 17 - Gloria Mills "Millie" Chapman is born as the second child of Amy Grant and Gary Chapman. Amy's 1991 hit "Baby Baby" was dedicated to her.
December 24 - Genesis '88 and Biology parties stage illegal Acid House party in Slough UK
December 31 - Genesis '88 and Biology parties stage biggest Acid House (FREE) party (Future Power People) of the night in Slough Panasonic building (15,000 people), which was later joined by Sunrise/Back to the Future after their event was stopped by police.

[edit] Bands formed

[edit] Bands disbanded

[edit] Bands reformed

[edit] Albums released

Contents:	Top • January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December

[edit] January

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
9	A Show of Hands	Rush	Live
10	New York	Lou Reed	-
14	Снова в СССР	Paul McCartney	Live; exclusive USSR release
23	Oh Yes I Can	David Crosby	-
24	Electric Youth	Debbie Gibson	-
24	Skid Row	Skid Row	-
25	Touch	Sarah McLachlan	Arista Records re-release
25	After the War	Gary Moore	-
30	Dylan & The Dead	Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead	Live
30	Technique	New Order	-
?	Loc'ed After Dark	Tone Lōc	-

[edit] February

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Don't Tell a Soul	The Replacements	-
1	The Great Radio Controversy	Tesla	-
6	Beyond the Blue Neon	George Strait	-
7	Mystery Girl	Roy Orbison	-
7	As Nasty As They Wanna Be	2 Live Crew	-
14	Spike	Elvis Costello	-
15	Fabulous Disaster	Exodus	-
20	The Raw and the Cooked	Fine Young Cannibals	-
22	Blessing in Disguise	Metal Church	-
27	Oranges & Lemons	XTC	-
28	Indigo Girls	Indigo Girls	-
?	Force Majeure	Doro	-
?	Jed	Goo Goo Dolls	-

[edit] March

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
6	When Dream and Day Unite	Dream Theater	-
8	Girl You Know It's True	Milli Vanilli	US version of All or Nothing
11	101	Depeche Mode	-
13	The Stone Roses	The Stone Roses	-
14	3 Feet High and Rising	De La Soul	-
	Extreme	Extreme	-
	Yellow Moon	The Neville Brothers	-
21	Like a Prayer	Madonna	-
21	Nick of Time	Bonnie Raitt	-
22	Make Them Die Slowly	White Zombie	-
28	Alannah Myles	Alannah Myles	-
28	Larger than Life	Jody Watley	-

[edit] April

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Stuck in Wonderamaland	Dramarama	-
4	The Breathtaking Blue	Alphaville	-
10	Sonic Temple	The Cult	-
12	Garth Brooks	Garth Brooks	-
15	The Headless Children	W.A.S.P.	-
16	Spanking Machine	Babes in Toyland	-
18	...Twice Shy	Great White	-
18	Doolittle	Pixies	-
21	Blue Blood	X Japan	-
24	Headless Cross	Black Sabbath	-
25	Blue Murder	Blue Murder	-
25	Full Moon Fever	Tom Petty	-
?	Follow the Blind	Blind Guardian	-
	1,000 Hours	Green Day	-
	City Streets	Carole King	-
	Kite	Kirsty MacColl	-
	Club Classics Vol. I	Soul II Soul	UK
	The Black Swan	The Triffids	-
	Raging Silence	Uriah Heep	-
	Slippery When Ill	The Vandals	-

[edit] May

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
2	Killin' Time	Clint Black	-
	Raw Like Sushi	Neneh Cherry	-
	Disintegration	The Cure	-
	Yo Frankie	Dion	-
	Through the Storm	Aretha Franklin	-
8	Junta	Phish	sold at concerts in 1988
9	Dangerous Toys	Dangerous Toys	-
	A Night to Remember	Cyndi Lauper	-
	Big Daddy	John Mellencamp	-
	Kaleidoscope World	Swing Out Sister	-
11	The Other Side of the Mirror	Stevie Nicks	-
12	Altars of Madness	Morbid Angel	-
13	I Enjoy Being a Girl	Phranc	-
16	Blind Man's Zoo	10,000 Maniacs	-
17	Cycles	The Doobie Brothers	-
19	Avalon Sunset	Van Morrison	UK
21	A Peacetime Boom	The Boom	-
22	The Miracle	Queen	-
22	Tin Machine	Tin Machine	-
23	Badlands	Badlands	-
23	Brain Drain	Ramones	-
26	Eat the Heat	Accept	-
26	Ghostbusters II Soundtrack	Various Artists	Soundtrack
30	White Limozeen	Dolly Parton	-
?	Repeat Offender	Richard Marx	-
	Nearly Human	Todd Rundgren	-
	Beneath the Remains	Sepultura	-
	Another Place and Time	Donna Summer	-

[edit] June

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
5	Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ	Peter Gabriel	-
5	Flowers in the Dirt	Paul McCartney	-
6	World in Motion	Jackson Browne	-
6	In Step	Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble	-
13	What You Don't Know	Exposé	-
13	Big Game	White Lion	-
14	Slowly We Rot	Obituary	-
15	Bleach	Nirvana	-
19	Heart of Stone	Cher	-
	Extreme Aggression	Kreator	-
	Mr. Big	Mr. Big	-
20	The Real Thing	Faith No More	-
20	Batman	Prince	-
21	Looking for Freedom	David Hasselhoff	-
26	All or Nothing: The U.S. Remix album	Milli Vanilli	Remix
27	Cosmic Thing	The B-52's	-
	Soul Provider	Michael Bolton	-
	Danger Danger	Danger Danger	-
	The End of the Innocence	Don Henley	-
	Heart Shaped World	Chris Isaak	-
	Gretchen Goes to Nebraska	King's X	-
?	Bad English	Bad English	-
	Seminal Live	The Fall	Live
	Margin Walker	Fugazi	EP
	Magnum Cum Louder	Hoodoo Gurus	-
	Two Highways	Alison Krauss & Union Station	-
	Workin' Overtime	Diana Ross	-

[edit] July

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
10	Earth Moving	Mike Oldfield	-
11	Cuts Both Ways	Gloria Estefan	US
11	Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich	Warrant	-
12	Blood, Sweat and No Tears	Sick of It All	-
18	UHF - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff	"Weird Al" Yankovic	Soundtrack
25	Paul's Boutique	The Beastie Boys	-
25	Trash	Alice Cooper	-
?	Penikufesin EP	Anthrax	EP
?	Tender Lover	Babyface	-

[edit] August

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
2	The Cinderella Theory	George Clinton	-
4	Practice What You Preach	Testament	-
14	Now That's What I Call Music 15 (UK series)	Various Artists	-
16	Perfect Symmetry	Fates Warning	-
16	Mother's Milk	Red Hot Chili Peppers	-
17	The Death of a Dictionary	Public Affection	band changed name to Live
21	Rock Island	Jethro Tull	-
21	Conspiracy	King Diamond	-
22	After 7	After 7	-
	Enuff Z'nuff	Enuff Z'nuff	-
	Cocked & Loaded	L.A. Guns	-
28	Adeva!	Adeva	-
28	Still Cruisin'	The Beach Boys	-
29	Sleeping with the Past	Elton John	US
29	Steel Wheels	The Rolling Stones	-
30	Up To Here	The Tragically Hip	-

[edit] September

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Dr. Feelgood	Mötley Crüe	-
4	Love and Rockets	Love and Rockets	-
5	Alice in Hell	Annihilator	-
	Megatop Phoenix	Big Audio Dynamite	-
	Key Lime Pie	Camper Van Beethoven	-
	Mick Jones	Mick Jones	-
	S&M Airlines	NOFX	-
	Louder than Love	Soundgarden	-
	Stone Cold Rhymin'	Young MC	-
6	Wake Me When It's Over	Faster Pussycat	-
11	We Too Are One	Eurythmics	UK
11	Results	Liza Minnelli	-
12	Pump	Aerosmith	-
13	Foreign Affair	Tina Turner	-
14	Quickness	Bad Brains	-
17	Soldier of Fortune	Loudness	-
18	Allroy's Revenge	ALL	-
	Oh Mercy	Bob Dylan	-
	Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814	Janet Jackson	US
19	Let Love Rule	Lenny Kravitz	-
19	Merry, Merry Christmas	New Kids on the Block	Christmas
25	Seasons End	Marillion	-
25	Here Today, Tomorrow, Next Week!	The Sugarcubes	-
26	Def, Dumb and Blonde	Deborah Harry	US
	Flying Cowboys	Rickie Lee Jones	-
	No Holdin' Back	Randy Travis	-
27	The Seeds of Love	Tears for Fears	-
?	Brave and Crazy	Melissa Etheridge	-
?	Automatic	The Jesus and Mary Chain	-

[edit] October

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
2	Freedom	Neil Young	-
3	Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind	Linda Ronstadt featuring Aaron Neville
3	Runaway Horses	Belinda Carlisle
7	UAIOE	KMFDM	-
9	Hats	The Blue Nile	-
9	Enjoy Yourself	Kylie Minogue	-
10	The Biz Never Sleeps	Biz Markie	-
10	The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say	Ice T	-
13	The Years of Decay	Overkill	-
13	Nothingface	Voivod	-
16	Wild!	Erasure	-
17	The Sensual World	Kate Bush	-
	Steady On	Shawn Colvin	-
	And in This Corner…	DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince	-
	Storm Front	Billy Joel	-
	Hot in the Shade	Kiss	-
	Trial by Fire: Live In Leningrad	Yngwie Malmsteen	Live
	Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu	Suicidal Tendencies	Compilation
20	Pretty Hate Machine	Nine Inch Nails	-
24	Trouble Walkin'	Ace Frehley	-
24	Long Hard Look	Lou Gramm	-
30	Flying in a Blue Dream	Joe Satriani	-
31	Can't Fight Fate	Taylor Dayne	-
31	Built to Last	The Grateful Dead	-
?	Speaking of Dreams	Joan Baez	-
?	13 Songs	Fugazi	Compilation

[edit] November

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
2	No Control	Bad Religion	-
7	Best Shots	Pat Benatar	Greatest Hits
	Journeyman	Eric Clapton	-
	All Hail the Queen	Queen Latifah	-
	Slip of the Tongue	Whitesnake	US
13	Me and a Monkey on the Moon	Felt	-
14	The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste	Ministry	-
14	Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads	Scorpions	Compilation
17	The Incredible Base	Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock	-
20	...But Seriously	Phil Collins	-
	Rabies	Skinny Puppy	-
	Now That's What I Call Music 16 (UK series)	Various Artists	-
21	Back on the Block	Quincy Jones	-
21	Presto	Rush	-
28	Pump Up the Jam: The Album	Technotronic	-
?	Boomerang	The Creatures	-
	A Black & White Night Live	Roy Orbison and Friends	Live
	Neither Fish Nor Flesh (A Soundtrack of Love, Faith, Hope & Destruction)	Terence Trent D'Arby	-

[edit] December

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Sairen no Ohisama	The Boom	-
1	Change the Weather	Underworld	-
11	Monty Python Sings	Monty Python	Compilation
15	Consuming Impulse	Pestilence	-
?	Surprise	Better Than Ezra	cassette only

5643 Song EP (EP) - Anal Cunt
88 Song E.P. (EP) - Anal Cunt
Psycho Café - Bang Tango
Mr. Music Head - Adrian Belew
Realm of Chaos - Slaves to Darkness - Bolt Thrower
Dig? - Bill Bruford
Rite Time - Can
Waking Hours - Del Amitri
Christ: The Bootleg - Crass
Best Wishes - Cro-Mags
Live ED - Étienne Daho
Tragedy Again - D.I.
DC Talk - dc Talk
Breakin' Through the BS - Bo Diddley
Living Legend - Bo Diddley
Liebe ist... - Die Flippers
Lotosblume - Die Flippers
Thrash Zone - D.R.I.
Sumiran Karle (Bhajan) - Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta
Just Like Heaven - Dinosaur Jr.
All That Jazz - Ella Fitzgerald
On Fire - Galaxie 500
Hallelujah - Happy Mondays
Desert Wind - Ofra Haza
Modern - Hijokaidan
The Healer - John Lee Hooker
Enter the Realm - Iced Earth (demo EP)
At Peace - Jade Warrior
Jaya - Jaya
Bulletproof Heart - Grace Jones
West Textures - Robert Earl Keen
Night of Rage - Kraut
Western Shadows - Carole Laure
Piretos tou erota - Vicky Leandros
Godhead - Lowlife
Powertrip - Ludichrist (final album)
Drowning in Limbo - Lydia Lunch
Rasta Souvenir - Manu Dibango
No More Blues - Susannah McCorkle
Ozma - Melvins
Devil's Night Out - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
All Aboard the Mind Train - The Modern Art
Face of Despair - Mortal Sin
Shine - Mother Love Bone
Helter Stupid - Negativland
Once We Were Scum, Now We Are God - No (band)
Wrong - NoMeansNo
Get Yer Jujus Out - Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey & His Inter-Reformers Band
The Offspring - The Offspring
Energy - Operation Ivy
Sittin' Pretty - The Pastels
A Word from the Wise - Pennywise (EP)
Record Collectors - Poison Idea
Suck on This - Primus (live debut)
Fight The Power...Live! - Public Enemy (live, released on VHS)
The Good News and The Bad News - The Rainmakers
Blow - Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
The Symphony Sessions - Red Rider
Riders go Commercial - Riders in the Sky
Something Inside So Strong Kenny Rogers
Hard Volume - Rollins Band
The Later Years - Roxy Music
Samiam - Samiam
Early Music - Santana
Buzz Factory - Screaming Trees
Century Flower - Shelleyan Orphan
Bound by the Beauty - Jane Siberry
Blood, Sweat & No Tears - Sick of it All
Street Fighting Years - Simple Minds
Cyborgs Revisited - Simply Saucer
Tweez - Slint
11 - The Smithereens
Agent Orange - Sodom
Nights Like This - Stacey Q.
Love Among the Cannibals - Starship
Surprise - Syd Straw
Special - The Temptations
Up to Here - The Tragically Hip
Different - Thomas Anders
A Bead to a Small Mouth - Various artists
Absolute - various artists
Dum-Dum - The Vaselines
Some Disenchanted Evening - The Verlaines
3 - Violent Femmes
Liberation - Bunny Wailer
Prime 5 - Ween
Niki Nana - Yanni
Broadway the Hard Way - Frank Zappa
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 - Frank Zappa

[edit] Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1989.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Madonna	Like a Prayer	1989	UK 1 - Mar 1989, US BB 1 - Mar 1989, US CashBox 1 of 1989, Sweden 1 - Mar 1989, Switzerland 1 - Mar 1989, Norway 1 - Mar 1989, Poland 1 - Apr 1989, Éire 1 - Mar 1989, New Zealand 1 for 2 weeks Apr 1989, Australia 1 for 1 weeks Sep 1989, Holland 2 - Mar 1989, Austria 2 - Apr 1989, Australia 2 of 1989, Germany 2 - Mar 1989, France 4 - Mar 1989, Italy 5 of 1989, POP 5 of 1989, RYM 13 of 1989, US BB 14 of 1989, Scrobulate 33 of pop, Europe 49 of the 1980s, Germany 96 of the 1980s, OzNet 161, Rolling Stone 300, Acclaimed 629
2	The Bangles	Eternal Flame	1989	UK 1 - Feb 1989, US BB 1 - Feb 1989, Holland 1 - Mar 1989, Sweden 1 - Apr 1989, Norway 1 - May 1989, Australia 1 of 1989, Éire 1 - Apr 1989, Australia 1 for 1 weeks Oct 1989, Switzerland 2 - May 1989, Austria 3 - May 1989, Germany 5 - May 1989, US CashBox 7 of 1989, France 10 - Feb 1989, US BB 11 of 1989, POP 25 of 1989, Europe 27 of the 1980s, Scrobulate 70 of 80s, RYM 73 of 1989, OzNet 141, Germany 196 of the 1980s
3	Phil Collins	Another Day in Paradise	1989	US BB 1 - Nov 1989, Sweden 1 - Nov 1989, Switzerland 1 - Nov 1989, Norway 1 - Nov 1989, Poland 1 - Nov 1989, Germany 1 - Jan 1990, Grammy in 1990, UK 2 - Nov 1989, Holland 2 - Oct 1989, Austria 2 - Dec 1989, Italy 3 of 1990, France 9 - Nov 1989, POP 21 of 1989, Europe 60 of the 1980s, Scrobulate 67 of ballad, RYM 133 of 1989, Germany 195 of the 1990s, OzNet 214
4	Roxette	The Look	1989	US BB 1 - Feb 1989, Sweden 1 - Jan 1989, Switzerland 1 - Apr 1989, Norway 1 - Mar 1989, Germany 1 - Apr 1989, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Nov 1989, Holland 2 - Mar 1989, Austria 2 - May 1989, Australia 3 of 1989, France 4 - Apr 1989, US CashBox 6 of 1989, UK 7 - Apr 1989, Poland 8 - Apr 1989, Italy 9 of 1989, US BB 21 of 1989, Germany 30 of the 1980s, POP 39 of 1989, RYM 94 of 1989, OzNet 567
5	The B52s	Love Shack	1989	US BB 1 of 1989, Éire 1 - Mar 1990, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks Jan 1990, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Mar 1990, POP 1 of 1989, UK 2 - Mar 1990, KROQ 2 of 1989, US BB 3 - Sep 1989, Party 3 of 2007, France 4 - Oct 1989, Australia 16 of 1990, Holland 18 - Dec 1989, Sweden 20 - Mar 1990, RYM 37 of 1989, Scrobulate 61 of 80s, TheQ 238, Rolling Stone 243, RIAA 243, OzNet 311, WXPN 498, Acclaimed 662

[edit] Top hits

"All She Wants Is" - Duran Duran
"Another Day in Paradise" - Phil Collins
"Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" - Soul II Soul
"Lay Your Hands on Me" - Bon Jovi
"Bat Attack '89" - Crime Fighters Inc.
"Batdance" - Prince
"Beds Are Burning" - Midnight Oil
"Blame It on the Rain" - Milli Vanilli
"Buffalo Stance" - Neneh Cherry
"Cartoon" - Soul Asylum
"Chained to the Wheel" - Black Sorrows
"Cherish" - Madonna
"Compulsory Hero" - 1927
"Cry in Shame" - Johnny Diesel & The Injectors
"Do You Believe in Shame?" - Duran Duran
"Don't Know Much" - Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville
"Don't Wanna Lose You" - Gloria Estefan
"Dr. Feelgood" - Mötley Crüe
"Drama!" - Erasure
"Eternal Flame" - The Bangles
"Every Beat of My Heart" - Taylor Dayne
"Express Yourself" - Madonna
"Eyes of a Stranger" - Queensrÿche
"Forever" - Kiss
"Funky Cold Medina" - Tone Lōc
"Get on your feet" - Gloria Estefan and The Miami Sound Machine
"Hand on Your Heart" - Kylie Minogue
"Hangin' Tough" - New Kids on the Block
"Heaven Help Me" - Deon Estus
"Heavy Metal" - Judas Priest
"I Drove All Night" - Cyndi Lauper
"I Feel the Earth Move" - Martika
"I'll Be There for You" - Bon Jovi
"If I Could" - 1927
"If I Could Turn Back Time" - Cher
"If Only I Could" - Sydney Youngblood
"If Tomorrow Never Comes" - Garth Brooks
"Im Nin'Alu" - Ofra Haza
"Janie's Got a Gun"- Aerosmith
"Johnny Johnny Come Home" - Avalanche
"Kickstart My Heart" - Mötley Crüe
"Killin' Time" - Clint Black
"Lambada" - Kaoma
"Leave a Light On" - Belinda Carlisle
"Like a Prayer" - Madonna
"Listen to Your Heart" - Roxette
"Lost in Your Eyes" - Debbie Gibson
"Love in an Elevator" - Aerosmith
"Love Shack"- The B-52's
"Make Me Smile" - Nick Barker & The Reptiles
"Me, Myself and I" - De La Soul
"Miss You Much" - Janet Jackson
"Monsters of Rock" - Judas Priest
"My Brave Face" - Paul McCartney
"Once Bitten, Twice Shy" - Great White
"Open Letter (To a Landlord)" - Living Colour
"Orange Crush" - R.E.M (released in 1988)
"Personal Jesus" - Depeche Mode
"Poison" - Alice Cooper
"Pour toi Arménie" - Charles Aznavour and other artists
"Rendez-vous chaque soir" - Dalida (inédit)
"Ride On Time" - Black Box
"Right Here Waiting" - Richard Marx
"Ring My Bell" - Collette
"Roam" - The B-52's
"Rock On" - Michael Damian
"Rock 'N' Roll Music" - Mental As Anything
"Round & Round" - New Order
"Runnin' Down a Dream" -Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
"Say Goodbye" - Indecent Obsession
"She Drives Me Crazy" - Fine Young Cannibals
"She Has to Be Loved" - Jenny Morris
"Sometime to Return" - Soul Asylum
"Soul Revival" - Johnny Disel & The Injectors
"Stand" - R.E.M. (released in 1988)
"Stop!" - Sam Brown
"Straight Up" - Paula Abdul
"Stuck on You" - Paul Norton
"Talk It Over" - Grayson Hugh
"Tell Me Why" - Exposé
"The Best" - Tina Turner
"The Crack-Up" - The Black Sorrows
"The Dance" - Garth Brooks
"The Look" - Roxette
"The World Seems Difficult" - Mental As Anything
"Toy Soldiers" - Martika
"Tucker's Daughter" - Ian Moss
"Un soir qu'on oublie pas" - Dalida (inédit)
"Veronica" - Elvis Costello
"What I Am" - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
"What You Don't Know" - Exposé
"When I Looked At Him" - Exposé
"When I See You Smile" - Bad English
"Where Are You Now?" by Jimmy Harnen w/ Synch
"We Didn't Start the Fire" - Billy Joel
"Wild Thing" - Sam Kinson
"Wild Thing" - Tone Loc
"This Woman's Work (song)" - Kate Bush
"You Got It" - Roy Orbison
"You Got It (The Right Stuff)" - New Kids on the Block (released in 1988)
"Young Years" - Dragon
"You'll Never Know" - 1927
"You'll Never Stop Me Loving You" - Sonia

[edit] Most Critically Acclaimed Songs of 1989

This info is taken from Acclaimedmusic.net ^[1]

1. "Fight the Power", Public Enemy
2. "Fools Gold", The Stone Roses
3. "Monkey Gone to Heaven", Pixies
4. "Like a Prayer", Madonna
5. "Debaser", Pixies
6. "Rockin' in the Free World", Neil Young
7. "Back to Life", Soul II Soul
8. "Personal Jesus", Depeche Mode
9. "Epic", Faith No More
10. "Me Myself and I", De La Soul

[edit] Published popular music

"Kiss the Girl" m. Alan Menken, w. Howard Ashman, from The Little Mermaid
"Part of Your World" m. Alan Menken, w. Howard Ashman, from The Little Mermaid
"Under the Sea" m. Alan Menken, w. Howard Ashman, from The Little Mermaid
"We Didn't Start the Fire" w.m. Billy Joel
"You Got It" w.m. Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne & Tom Petty