Billboard Top 40 of 1989

The following songs made their debut in the Billboard Top 40 in 1989;^[1] they are listed in alphabetical order.

• "18 and Life" - Skid Row (#4)
• "After All" - Cher & Peter Cetera (#6)
• "All She Wants Is" - Duran Duran (#22)
• "Angel Eyes" - Jeff Healey Band (#5)
• "Angel Of Harlem" - U2 (#14)
• "The Angel Song" - Great White (#30)
• "Angelia" - Richard Marx (#4)
• "Another Day in Paradise" - Phil Collins (#1)
• "The Arms of Orion" - Prince with Sheena Easton (#36)
• "Baby Don't Forget My Number" - Milli Vanilli (#1)
• "Back On Holiday" - Robbie Nevil (#34)
• "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" - Soul II Soul (#4)
• "Batdance" - Prince (#1)
• "Be With You" - Bangles (#30)
• "The Best" - Tina Turner (#15)
• "Birthday Suit" - Johnny Kemp (#36)
• "Blame It on the Rain" - Milli Vanilli (#1)
• "Buffalo Stance" - Neneh Cherry (#3)
• "Bust a Move" - Young MC (#7)
• "Call It Love" - Poco (#18)
• "Cherish" - Madonna (#2)
• "Close My Eyes Forever" - Lita Ford (with Ozzy Osbourne) (#8)
• "Cold Hearted" - Paula Abdul (#1)
• "Coming Home" - Cinderella (#20)
• "Cover Girl" - New Kids on the Block (#2)
• "Cover of Love" - Michael Damian (#31)
• "Crazy About Her" - Rod Stewart (#11)
• "Cry" - Waterfront (#10)
• "Cryin'" - Vixen (#22)
• "Cuddly Toy (Feel for Me)" - Roachford (#25)
• "Cult of Personality" - Living Colour (#13)
• "Dial My Heart" - The Boys (#13)
• "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" - New Kids on the Block (#8)
• "The Doctor" - The Doobie Brothers (#9)
• "Don't Ask Me Why" - Eurythmics (#40)
• "Don't Close Your Eyes" - Kix (#11)
• "Don't Know Much" - Linda Ronstadt featuring Aaron Neville (#2)
• "Don't Look Back" - Fine Young Cannibals (#11)
• "Don't Make Me Over" - Sybil (#20)
• "Don't Shut Me Out" - Kevin Paige (#18)
• "Don't Tell Me Lies" - Breathe (#10)
• "Don't Wanna Lose You" - Gloria Estefan (#1)
• "Down Boys" - Warrant (#27)
• "Downtown" - One 2 Many (#37)
• "Downtown Train" - Rod Stewart (#3)
• "Dr. Feelgood" - Motley Crue (#6)
• "Dreamin' " - Vanessa Williams (#8)
• "Dressed for Success" - Roxette (#14)
• "Electric Youth" - Debbie Gibson (#11)
• "The End of the Innocence" - Don Henley (#8)
• "Eternal Flame" - Bangles (#1)
• "Everlasting Love" - Howard Jones (#12)
• "Every Little Step" - Bobby Brown (#3)
• "Express Yourself" - Madonna (#2)
• "Feels So Good" - Van Halen (#35)
• "Fool for Your Loving" - Whitesnake (#37)
• "Forever Your Girl" - Paula Abdul (#1)
• "Free Fallin'" - Tom Petty (#7)
• "Friends" - Jody Watley with Eric B. & Rakim (#9)
• "Funky Cold Medina" - Tone Loc (#3)
• "Get on Your Feet" - Gloria Estefan (#11)
• "(Girl) I'm Gonna Miss You" - Milli Vanilli (#1)
• "Girl You Know It's True" - Milli Vanilli (#2)
• "Giving Up On Love" - Rick Astley (#38)
• "Glamour Boys" - Living Colour (#31)
• "Good Thing" - Fine Young Cannibals (#1)
• "Hangin' Tough" - New Kids on the Block (#1)
• "Headed for a Heartbreak" - Winger (#19)
• "Healing Hands" - Elton John (#13)
• "Heaven" - Warrant (#2)
• "Heaven Help Me" - Deon Estus (with George Michael) (#5)
• "Here And Now" - Luther Vandross (#6)
• "Hey Baby" - Henry Lee Summer (#18)
• "Hey Ladies" - Beastie Boys (#36)
• "Hooked on You" - Sweet Sensation (#23)
• "How Am I Supposed To Live Without You" - Michael Bolton (#1)
• "I Beg Your Pardon (Rose Garden)" - Kon Kan (#15)
• "I Drove All Night" - Cyndi Lauper (#6)
• "I Feel the Earth Move" - Martika (#25)
• "I Like It" - Dino (#7)
• "I Live By the Groove" - Paul Carrack (#31)
• "I Only Wanna Be with You" - Samantha Fox (#31)
• "I Remember You" - Skid Row (#6)
• "I Wanna Be the One" - Stevie B (#32)
• "I Won't Back Down" - Tom Petty (#12)
• "I'll Be Good To You" - Ray Charles featuring Quincy Jones and Chaka Khan (#18)
• "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)" - New Kids on the Block (#1)
• "I'll Be There For You" - Bon Jovi (#1)
• "I'm That Type of Guy" - L.L. Cool J (#15)
• "If I Could Turn Back Time" - Cher (#3)
• "If You Don't Know Me By Now" - Simply Red (#1)
• "Iko Iko" - The Belle Stars (#14)
• "In My Eyes" - Stevie B (#37)
• "Into the Night" - Benny Mardones (#20)
• "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" - Paula Abdul (#3)
• "It's No Crime" - Babyface (#7)
• "It's Not Enough" - Starship (#12)
• "Janie's Got A Gun" - Aerosmith (#4)
• "Just Because" - Anita Baker (#14)
• "Just Between You And Me" - Lou Gramm (#6)
• "Just Like Jesse James" - Cher (#8)
• "Keep on Movin'" - Soul II Soul (#11)
• "Kisses on the Wind" - Neneh Cherry (#8)
• "The Last Mile" - Cinderella (#36)
• "The Last Worthless Evening" - Don Henley (#21)
• "Lay Your Hands on Me" - Bon Jovi (#7)
• "Leave a Light On" - Belinda Carlisle (#11)
• "Let Go" - Sharon Bryant (#34)
• "Licence to Chill" - Billy Ocean (#32)
• "Like a Prayer" - Madonna (#1)
• "Listen To Your Heart" - Roxette (#1)
• "Little Jackie Wants to Be a Star" - Lisa-Lisa & Cult Jam (#29)
• "A Little Respect" - Erasure (#14)
• "Living in Sin" - Bon Jovi (#9)
• "The Living Years" - Mike + The Mechanics (#1)
• "The Look" - Roxette (#1)
• "Lost In Your Eyes" - Debbie Gibson (#1)
• "Love in an Elevator" - Aerosmith (#5)
• "The Love in Your Eyes" - Eddie Money (#24)
• "Love Shack" - The B-52s (#3)
• "Love Song" - The Cure (#2)
• "Love Song" - Tesla (#10)
• "Me Myself and I" - De La Soul (#34)
• "Me So Horny" - 2 Live Crew (#26)
• "Miss You Like Crazy" - Natalie Cole (#7)
• "Miss You Much" - Janet Jackson (#1)
• "Mixed Emotions" - The Rolling Stones (#5)
• "More Than You Know" - Martika (#18)
• "My Brave Face" - Paul McCartney (#25)
• "My Heart Can't Tell You No" - Rod Stewart (#4)
• "My Heart Skips a Beat" - The Cover Girls (#38)
• "No More Rhyme" - Debbie Gibson (#17)
• "Oh Father" - Madonna (#20)
• "On Our Own" - Bobby Brown (#2)
• "Once Bitten Twice Shy" - Great White (#5)
• "One" - Bee Gees (#7)
• "One" - Metallica (#35)
• Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) - Enya (#24)
• Paradise City - Guns N' Roses (#5)
• Partyman - Prince (#18)
• Patience - Guns N' Roses (#4)
• Peace In Our Time - Eddie Money (#11)
• Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode (#28)
• Poison - Alice Cooper (#7)
• Pop Singer - John Cougar Mellencamp (#15)
• The Prisoner - Howard Jones (#30)
• Pump Up The Jam - Technotronic Featuring Felly (#2)
• Put Your Mouth on Me - Eddie Murphy (#27)
• Radio Romance - Tiffany (#35)
• Real Love - Jody Watley (#2)
• Rhythm Nation - Janet Jackson (#2)
• Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx (#1)
• Rock and a Hard Place - The Rolling Stones (#23)
• Rock On - Michael Damian (#1)
• Rock Wit'cha - Bobby Brown (#7)
• Rocket - Def Leppard (#12)
• Roni - Bobby Brown (#3)
• Room to Move - Animotion (#9)
• Rooms on Fire - Stevie Nicks (#16)
• Runnin' Down a Dream - Tom Petty (#23)
• Sacred Emotion - Donny Osmond (#13)
• Satisfied - Richard Marx (#1)
• Second Chance - 38 Special (#6)
• Secret Rendezvous - Karyn White (#6)
• Send Me an Angel '89 - Real Life (#26)
• Seventeen - Winger (#26)
• Shake for the Sheik - The Escape Club (#28)
• She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals (#1)
• She Wants To Dance With Me - Rick Astley (#6)
• She Won't Talk to Me - Luther Vandross (#30)
• A Shoulder to Cry On - Tommy Page (#29)
• Shower Me with Your Love - Surface (#5)
• Sincerely Yours - Sweet Sensation (#14)
• So Alive - Love and Rockets (#3)
• "Soldier of Love" - Donny Osmond (#2)
• "Soul Provider" - Michael Bolton (#17)
• "Sowing the Seeds of Love" - Tears for Fears (#2)
• "Stand" - R.E.M. (#6)
• "Sugar Daddy" - Thompson Twins (#28)
• "Surrender to Me" - Ann Wilson & Robin Zander (#6)
• "Sunshine" - Dino (#23)
• "Superwoman" - Karyn White (#8)
• "Swing The Mood (Medley)" - Jive Bunny and The Mastermixers (#11)
• "Talk It Over" - Grayson Hugh (#19)
• "Tell Me Why" - Exposé (#9)
• "Tender Lover" - Babyface (#14)
• "That's the Way "- Katrina & The Waves (#16)
• "Thinking of You" - Sa-Fire (#12)
• "This One's for the Children" - New Kids on the Block (#7)
• "This Time I Know It's for Real" - Donna Summer (#7)
• "Through the Storm" - Aretha Franklin & Elton John (#16)
• "Toy Soldiers" - Martika (#1)
• "Two To Make It Right" - Seduction (#2)
• Veronica - Elvis Costello (#19)
• Voices of Babylon - The Outfield (#25)
• Was It Nothing At All - Michael Damian (#24)
• "Walk the Dinosaur" - Was (Not Was) (#7)
• "Walking Away" - Information Society (#9)
• "We Didn't Start the Fire" - Billy Joel (#1)
• "What I Am" - Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians (#7)
• "What I Like About You" - Michael Morales (#28)
• "What Kind Of Man Would I Be" - Chicago (#5)
• "What You Don't Know" - Exposé (#8)
• "When I Looked at Him" - Exposé (#10)
• "When I See You Smile" - Bad English (#1)
• "When The Night Comes" - Joe Cocker (#11)
• "Where Are You Now?" - Jimmy Harnen with Synch (#10)
• "Who Do You Give Your Love To?" - Michael Morales (#15)
• "Wind Beneath My Wings" - Bette Midler (#1)
• "With Every Beat of My Heart" - Taylor Dayne (#5)
• "You Got It" - Roy Orbison (#9)
• "You're My One and Only (True Love)" - Seduction (#23)
• "You're Not Alone" - Chicago (#10)
• "Your Mama Don't Dance" - Poison (#10)

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