List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1989

Janet Jackson (pictured) earned her second Hot 100 number-one single with "Miss You Much", which stayed at the top position for four straight weeks.

These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1989. The two longest running number-one singles of 1989 are "Miss You Much" by Janet Jackson and "Another Day in Paradise" by Phil Collins, which each charted at number one for four weeks. "Another Day in Paradise" attained two weeks at number one in 1989 and two more weeks in 1990, achieving four weeks at the top. 1989 ties with 1988 by having the second most number-one hits with 32 songs going to number one during the year.

That year, 12 acts earned their first number one song: Bobby Brown, Sheriff, Paula Abdul, Mike + the Mechanics, Roxette, Fine Young Cannibals, Michael Damian, Bette Midler, New Kids on the Block, Milli Vanilli, Martika, and Bad English. Phil Collins, Paula Abdul, Roxette, Fine Young Cannibals, New Kids on the Block, Richard Marx, and Milli Vanilli were the only acts to hit number one more than once, with Paula Abdul and Milli Vanilli having the most with three, and Phil Collins, Roxette, Fine Young Cannibals, New Kids on the Block, and Richard Marx with two.

Chart history

Key

The #1 song of 1989, "Look Away" by Chicago, despite reaching #1 in late 1988, never reached #1 in 1989.

An asterisk (*) by a date indicates an unpublished, "frozen" week, due to the special double issues that Billboard published in print at the end of the year for their year-end charts.

Template:Abbr	Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Template:Abbr
678	January 7	"Every Rose Has Its Thorn"	Poison	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
679	January 14	"My Prerogative"	Bobby Brown	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
680	January 21	"Two Hearts"	Phil Collins	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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681	February 4	"When I'm with You"	Sheriff	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
682	February 11	"Straight Up"	Paula Abdul	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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683	March 4	"Lost in Your Eyes"	Debbie Gibson	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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684	March 25	"The Living Years"	Mike + the Mechanics	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
685	April 1	"Eternal Flame"	The Bangles	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
686	April 8	"The Look"	Roxette	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
687	April 15	"She Drives Me Crazy"	Fine Young Cannibals	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
688	April 22	"Like a Prayer"	Madonna	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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689	May 13	"I'll Be There for You"	Bon Jovi	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
690	May 20	"Forever Your Girl"	Paula Abdul	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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691	June 3	"Rock On"	Michael Damian	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
692	June 10	"Wind Beneath My Wings"	Bette Midler	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
693	June 17	"I'll Be Loving You (Forever)"	New Kids on the Block	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
694	June 24	"Satisfied"	Richard Marx	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
695	July 1	"Baby Don't Forget My Number"	Milli Vanilli	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
696	July 8	"Good Thing"	Fine Young Cannibals	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
697	July 15	"If You Don't Know Me by Now"	Simply Red	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
698	July 22	"Toy Soldiers"	Martika	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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699	August 5	"Batdance"	Prince	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
700	August 12	"Right Here Waiting"	Richard Marx	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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701	September 2	"Cold Hearted"	Paula Abdul	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
702	September 9	"Hangin' Tough"	New Kids on the Block	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
703	September 16	"Don't Wanna Lose You"	Gloria Estefan	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
704	September 23	"Girl I'm Gonna Miss You"	Milli Vanilli	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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705	October 7	"Miss You Much"	Janet Jackson	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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706	November 4	"Listen to Your Heart"	Roxette	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
707	November 11	"When I See You Smile"	Bad English	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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708	November 25	"Blame It on the Rain"	Milli Vanilli	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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709	December 9	"We Didn't Start the Fire"	Billy Joel	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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710	December 23	"Another Day in Paradise"	Phil Collins	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one

Position	Artist	Weeks at No. 1
1	Paula Abdul	6
2	Milli Vanilli	5
3	Phil Collins	4
	Richard Marx
	Janet Jackson
6	Debbie Gibson	3
	Madonna
8	Roxette	2
	Fine Young Cannibals
	New Kids on the Block
	Martika
	Bad English
	Billy Joel
14	Poison	1
	Bobby Brown
	Sheriff
	Mike + the Mechanics
	The Bangles
	Bon Jovi
	Michael Damian
	Bette Midler
	Simply Red
	Prince
	Gloria Estefan

See also

• 1989 in music
• List of Billboard number-one singles
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1980s

Additional sources

• Fred Bronson's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition (Template:ISBN)
• Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2008, 12 Edition (Template:ISBN)
• Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties (Template:ISBN)
• Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.