The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please improve this article and discuss the issue on the talk page. (December 2010) List of years in music (Table) … 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 •    1986 • 1987 • 1988 – 1989 – 1990 • 1991 • 1992 •    1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 … Related time period or subjects … 1986 • 1987 • 1988 – 1989 – 1990 • 1991 • 1992 … … 1950s • 1960s • 1970s – 1980s – 1990s • 2000s • 2010s … … 19th century – 20th century – 21st century … Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Science more This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989. Contents 1 Events 2 Bands formed 3 Bands disbanded 4 Bands reformed 5 Albums released 5.1 January - March 5.2 April - June 5.3 July - September 5.4 October - December 5.5 Release Date Unknown 6 Biggest hit singles 6.1 U.S. Best Selling Singles 6.2 Top hits 7 Published popular music 8 Classical music 9 Opera 10 Musical theatre 11 Musical films 12 Births 13 Deaths 14 Awards 15 Charts 16 See also 17 References 18 External links Events January 14 - Paul McCartney releases Снова в СССР (Back in the USSR) exclusively in the USSR. Bootleg copies sell for as much as $1,000 in the United States. January 23 - James Brown is sentenced in Georgia, USA, to six 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 27 - Michael Jackson ends the Bad World Tour in Los Angeles, USA. February - Roy Orbison joins Elvis Presley as the only singers to ever simultaneously have two top 5 albums on the Billboard charts. February 12 - Tiny Tim launches an unsuccessful campaign to be elected mayor of New York City, USA. February 17 - Whitesnake's David Coverdale marries Tawny Kitaen. March 21 - Madonna's "Like a Prayer" music video, taped in late December 1988, attracts criticism for its use of Catholic Church iconography and for the use of cross-burning imagery, but also garners 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 9 - The Rolling Stones' Bill Wyman announces that he will marry 19-year-old Mandy Smith, his girlfriend for six years. April 12 - Michael Jackson was named King of Pop after receiving the Soul Train Heritage Awards. April 28 - Jon Bon Jovi marries his high school sweetheart Dorothea Hurley at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. May 1 - California, USA jewelry store employees called the police reporting a suspicious person hanging around their store. The person turns out to be Michael Jackson shopping in disguise. July 9 - All four original members of The Monkees reunite in Los Angeles, USA, for a concert performance at the Universal Amphitheatre. The following day the quartet attend an induction ceremony at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, where they receive a star. July 23 - Former Beatle Ringo Starr forms his own band named Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. August 11–August 12 - The Moscow Music Peace Festival is held in the Soviet Union. The event is put together by Doc McGhee and the Make-A-Wish Foundation and headline acts include 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, USA. September 9 - Madonna gives a risqué performance at the 1989 MTV Video Music Awards. Clad in baggy black sweatpants and a black bustier, she rocked the audience by simulating masturbation. The version of the song used in the show would later serve as the opening number of 1990's "Blond Ambition World Tour". September 14 - Madonna is granted a divorce from Sean Penn. Joe Cocker, Bee Gees, The Rolling Stones, Chicago, Donna Summer, The Doobie Brothers & Roy Orbison all have their last Top 10 hits this year. December 23 - Ice Cube leaves N.W.A. Bands formed See Musical groups established in 1989 Bands disbanded See Musical groups disestablished in 1989 Bands reformed This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (November 2008) Cluster Luv' Plasmatics Albums released

All releases are an LP record unless otherwise stated. Multiple entries for the same day are arranged alphabetically by the album's name. Release dates may vary in different countries. January - March Date Album Artist Notes J A N U A R Y 9 A Show of Hands Rush Live album 10 New York Lou Reed 10 The Wiggles The Wiggles 13 Fabulous Disaster Exodus US version (originally released in Europe in 1988)1 14 Снова в СССР Paul McCartney Live; exclusive USSR release 23 Oh Yes I Can David Crosby 24 Electric Youth Debbie Gibson Skid Row Skid Row (American band) Debut 25 Touch Sarah McLachlan Arista Records re-release After the War Gary Moore 30 Dylan & the Dead Bob Dylan and Grateful Dead Live album Technique New Order  ? Lōc-ed After Dark Tone Lōc F E B R U A R Y 1 Don't Tell a Soul The Replacements The Great Radio Controversy Tesla 6 Beyond the Blue Neon George Strait 7 Mystery Girl Roy Orbison 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 (musician) Jed Goo Goo Dolls A New Flame Simply Red M A R C H 7 Girl You Know It's True Milli Vanilli U.S. version of All or Nothing 11 101 Depeche Mode Live double album 12 Grip It! On That Other Level Geto Boys 14 3 Feet High and Rising De La Soul Extreme Extreme Debut Road to the Riches Kool G Rap & DJ Polo Spell Deon Estus Yellow Moon The Neville Brothers 21 Like a Prayer Madonna Nick of Time Bonnie Raitt 22 Make Them Die Slowly White Zombie 28 Alannah Myles Alannah Myles Larger than Life Jody Watley April - June Release Album Artist Notes A P R I L 1 Stuck in Wonderamaland Dramarama - 4 The Breathtaking Blue Alphaville - 10 Sonic Temple The Cult - 12 Garth Brooks Garth Brooks - ...Twice Shy Great White - 15 The Headless Children W.A.S.P. - 16 Spanking Machine Babes in Toyland - 18 Doolittle Pixies - 21 Blue Blood X Japan - 24 Headless Cross Black Sabbath - Another Place and Time Donna Summer - 25 Blue Murder Blue Murder - Full Moon Fever Tom Petty -  ? Follow the Blind Blind Guardian - When the World Knows Your Name Deacon Blue - 1,000 Hours Green Day - City Streets Carole King - Kite Kirsty MacColl - Club Classics Vol. One Soul II Soul UK The Black Swan The Triffids - Raging Silence Uriah Heep - Slippery When Ill The Vandals - M A Y 2 Killin' Time Clint Black - Raw Like Sushi Neneh Cherry - Disintegration The Cure - The Stone Roses The Stone Roses - Yo Frankie Dion - Through the Storm Aretha Franklin - 6 Repeat Offender Richard Marx - 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 Badlands Badlands - The Other Side of the Mirror Stevie Nicks - 12 Altars of Madness Morbid Angel Debut. 13 I Enjoy Being a Girl Phranc - 15 Ten Good Reasons Jason Donovan - 16 Blind Man's Zoo 10,000 Maniacs - The Warmer Side of Cool Wang Chung - 17 Cycles The Doobie Brothers - 18 Nearly Human Todd Rundgren - 19 Avalon Sunset Van Morrison UK 21 A Peacetime Boom The Boom - 22 The Miracle Queen - Tin Machine Tin Machine - 23 Brain Drain Ramones - 24 Workin' Overtime Diana Ross - 26 Eat the Heat Accept - Ghostbusters II Soundtrack Various Artists Soundtrack 29 ' 2300 Jackson Street Jacksons - 30 White Limozeen Dolly Parton -  ? Invasion Live Magnum Live Barry Manilow Barry Manilow - Beneath the Remains Sepultura - J U N E 5 Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ Peter Gabriel - Flowers in the Dirt Paul McCartney - 6 World in Motion Jackson Browne - In Step Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - 13 What You Don't Know Exposé - Big Game White Lion - 14 Slowly We Rot Obituary - 15 Bleach Nirvana Debut The Offspring The Offspring Debut; re-released in 1995 16 No One Can Do It Better The D.O.C. Debut 19 Soul Provider Michael Bolton - Heart of Stone Cher - Extreme Aggression Kreator - Mr. Big Mr. Big - 20 The Joke's on You Excel - The Real Thing Faith No More - Life Is a Dance – The Remix Project Chaka Khan Remix album Batman Prince - 21 Looking for Freedom David Hasselhoff - 26 All or Nothing: The U.S. Remix album Milli Vanilli Remix Bad English Bad English - 27 Cosmic Thing The B-52s - Danger Danger Danger Danger - The End of the Innocence Don Henley - Heart Shaped World Chris Isaak - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska King's X - 28 Magnum Cum Louder Hoodoo Gurus -  ? Seminal Live The Fall Live Margin Walker Fugazi EP Two Highways Alison Krauss & Union Station - Automatic Gary Numan - July - September Release Album Artist Notes J U L Y 10 Earth Moving Mike Oldfield - 11 Cuts Both Ways Gloria Estefan US 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 Beastie Boys - Trash Alice Cooper -  ? Penikufesin Anthrax EP Tender Lover Babyface (musician) - Peace and Love The Pogues - A U G U S T 1 One Bee Gees - 2 The Cinderella Theory George Clinton (musician) - 4 Practice What You Preach Testament - 14 Now That's What I Call Music 15 (UK series) (UK series) Various Artists - 16 Perfect Symmetry Fates Warning - 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 - Conspiracy King Diamond - 22 After 7 After 7 - Enuff Z'nuff Enuff Z'nuff - Cocked & Loaded L.A. Guns - 28 Adeva! Adeva - Still Cruisin' The Beach Boys - 29 Sleeping with the Past Elton John US Steel Wheels The Rolling Stones - 30 Escape from Havana Mellow Man Ace Debut Up to Here The Tragically Hip - S E P T E M B E R 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 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 Sound + Vision David Bowie Box Set Let Love Rule Lenny Kravitz - Merry, Merry Christmas New Kids on the Block Christmas 25 Seasons End Marillion - Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week! The Sugarcubes - 26 Def, Dumb and Blonde Deborah Harry US Flying Cowboys Rickie Lee Jones - Big Trash Thompson Twins - No Holdin' Back Randy Travis - 27 The Seeds of Love Tears for Fears - ? Brave and Crazy Melissa Etheridge - Automatic The Jesus and Mary Chain - October - December Release Album Artist Notes O C T O B E R 2 Freedom Neil Young - 3 Crossroads Tracy Chapman - Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind Linda Ronstadt featuring Aaron Neville Runaway Horses Belinda Carlisle 7 UAIOE KMFDM - 9 Hats The Blue Nile - Book of Days The Psychedelic Furs - Enjoy Yourself Kylie Minogue - 10 The Biz Never Sleeps Biz Markie - Thrash Zone D.R.I. - The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say Ice-T - 13 Trouble Walkin' Ace Frehley - The Years of Decay Overkill - Nothingface Voivod - 16 Scarlet and Other Stories All About Eve - Wild! Erasure - 17 The Sensual World Kate Bush - Steady On Shawn Colvin - Storm Front Billy Joel - Hot in the Shade Kiss - 11 The Smithereens - Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu Suicidal Tendencies Compilation Trial by Fire: Live In Leningrad Yngwie Malmsteen Live 20 Pretty Hate Machine Nine Inch Nails - 23 Neither Fish Nor Flesh (A Soundtrack of Love, Faith, Hope & Destruction) Terence Trent D'Arby - 26 Zig Zag The Hooters - 30 Flying in a Blue Dream Joe Satriani - Holding Back the River Wet Wet Wet - 31 Can't Fight Fate Taylor Dayne - Built to Last Grateful Dead -  ? Speaking of Dreams Joan Baez - The Road to Hell Chris Rea - 13 Songs Fugazi Compilation Long Hard Look Lou Gramm - Hup The Wonder Stuff - N O V E M B E R 2 No Control Bad Religion - 6 Boomerang The Creatures - 7 Best Shots Pat Benatar Greatest Hits Journeyman Eric Clapton - All Hail the Queen Queen Latifah - Slip of the Tongue (album) Whitesnake US 13 Me and a Monkey on the Moon Felt - 14 The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste Ministry - 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 - 21 Back on the Block Quincy Jones - Kenny G Live Kenny G Live Presto Rush - 28 Pump Up the Jam: The Album Technotronic -  ? A Black & White Night Live Roy Orbison and Friends Live Affection Lisa Stansfield Europe D E C E M B E R 1 Gutter Ballet Savatage - Change the Weather Underworld - 2 Now That's What I Call Music 16 (UK series) (UK series) Various Artists - 11 Monty Python Sings Monty Python Compilation 12 Labour of Love II UB40 15 Consuming Impulse Pestilence -  ? Surprise Better Than Ezra cassette only Release Date Unknown Michigan Rain - Gregg Alexander (debut) 5643 Song EP (EP) - Anal Cunt 88 Song E.P. (EP) - Anal Cunt Different - Thomas Anders Return of the Ugly - Bad Manners Anthology - Bad Manners Psycho Café - Bang Tango Mr. Music Head - Adrian Belew I Can See You - Black Flag Realm of Chaos - Slaves to Darkness - Bolt Thrower The Time - Bros Dig? - Bill Bruford Rite Time - Can Good to Be Back - Natalie Cole Christ: The Bootleg - Crass Best Wishes - Cro-Mags Live ED - Étienne Daho Waking Hours - Del Amitri Tragedy Again - D.I. DC Talk - dC Talk Breakin' Through the BS - Bo Diddley Living Legend - Bo Diddley Rasta Souvenir - Manu Dibango 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) Blaze of Glory - Joe Jackson At Peace - Jade Warrior Jaya - Jaya Love Among the Cannibals - Starship Christmas Is... - Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge Bulletproof Heart - Grace Jones West Textures - Robert Earl Keen Night of Rage - Kraut Western Shadows - Carole Laure Piretos tou erota - Vicky Leandros The Twelve Commandments of Dance - London Boys Godhead - Lowlife Powertrip - Ludichrist (final album) Drowning in Limbo - Lydia Lunch Save Yourself - McAuley Schenker Group No More Blues - Susannah McCorkle Mother Nature's Kitchen - Kevin McDermott Ozma - Melvins Devil's Night Out - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Complete Discography - Minor Threat Post-Mersh Vol. 3 - Minutemen All Aboard the Mind Train - The Modern Art Face of Despair - Mortal Sin Shine - Mother Love Bone Snakes 'n' Ladders - Nazareth Helter Stupid - Negativland Ain't Gonna Cry - Juice Newton Once We Were Scum, Now We Are God - No Wrong - Nomeansno Get Yer Jujus Out - Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey & His Inter-Reformers Band 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 (band) The Road to Hell - Chris Rea Blow - Red Lorry Yellow Lorry The Symphony Sessions - Red Rider Stronger - Cliff Richard Riders go Commercial - Riders in the Sky Something Inside So Strong Kenny Rogers Hard Volume - Rollins Band The Later Years - Roxy Music Searchlight (Runrig album) - Runrig Samiam - Samiam Early Music - Santana Buzz Factory - Screaming Trees At Their Very Best - The Shadows Steppin' to the Shadows - The Shadows Century Flower - Shelleyan Orphan The Complete Sham 69 Live - Sham 69 Bound by the Beauty - Jane Siberry Street Fighting Years - Simple Minds Cyborgs Revisited - Simply Saucer Tweez - Slint Agent Orange - Sodom Heart Like a Sky - Spandau Ballet Nights Like This - Stacey Q Tempted and Tried - Steeleye Span Surprise - Syd Straw Modernism: A New Decade - The Style Council (final album) Taste - The Telescopes Special - The Temptations Mind Bomb - The The Velveteen - Transvision Vamp Raging Silence - Uriah Heep 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 The Man Is Back! - Barry White Niki Nana - Yanni Broadway the Hard Way - Frank Zappa You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 - Frank Zappa Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1989. # Artist Title Year Country 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 B-52s 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 U.S. Best Selling Singles The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in the U.S. of 1989. Position Song Title Artist Highest Position weeks at #1 1 Look Away Chicago 1 2 2 My Prerogative Bobby Brown 1 1 3 Every Rose Has Its Thorn Poison 1 3 4 Straight Up Paula Abdul 1 3 5 Miss You Much Janet Jackson 1 4 Top hits "18 and Life" - Skid Row "All She Wants Is" - Duran Duran "Another Day in Paradise" - Phil Collins "The Arms Of Orion" - Prince & Sheena Easton "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" - Soul II Soul "Baby I Don't Care" - Transvision Vamp "Lay Your Hands on Me" - Bon Jovi "Batdance" - Prince "Beds Are Burning" - Midnight Oil (released in 1987 in Australia) "The Best" - Tina Turner "The Best of Me" - Cliff Richard "Black Velvet" - Alannah Myles "Blame It on the Rain" - Milli Vanilli "Buffalo Stance" - Neneh Cherry "Cartoon" - Soul Asylum "Chained to the Wheel" - Black Sorrows "Cherish" - Madonna "Cold Hearted" - Paula Abdul "Compulsory Hero" - 1927 "The Crack-Up" - The Black Sorrows "Cry in Shame" - Johnny Diesel & The Injectors "The Dance" - Garth Brooks "Do You Believe in Shame?" - Duran Duran "Don't Ask Me Why" - Eurythmics "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 "Express Yourself" - Madonna "Eyes of a Stranger" - Queensrÿche "Fisherman's Blues" - The Waterboys (released in 1988) "Forever" - Kiss "Forever Your Girl" - Paula Abdul "French Kiss" - Lil Louis "Funky Cold Medina" - Tone Lōc "Get On Your Feet" - Gloria Estefan "Hand on Your Heart" - Kylie Minogue "Hangin' Tough" - New Kids on the Block "Heaven Help Me" - Deon Estus "Heavy Metal" - Judas Priest "High" - David Hallyday "I Drove All Night" - Cyndi Lauper "I Feel the Earth Move" - Martika "I Just Don't Have the Heart" - Cliff Richard "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 "In Private" - Dusty Springfield "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" - Paula Abdul (released in 1988 in USA) "Janie's Got a Gun"- Aerosmith "Johnny, Johnny Come Home" - Avalanche "Kickstart My Heart" - Mötley Crüe "Killin' Time" - Clint Black "Knocked Out" - Paula Abdul (released in 1988 in USA) "Lambada" - Kaoma "Lean on Me" - Cliff Richard "Leave a Light On" - Belinda Carlisle "Like a Prayer" - Madonna "Lily Was Here" - Dave Stewart & Candy Dulfer "The Living Years" - Mike + The Mechanics "Listen to Your Heart" - Roxette "London Kid" - Jean Michel Jarre featuring Hank Marvin "The Look" - Roxette "Lost in Your Eyes" - Debbie Gibson "Love in an Elevator" - Aerosmith "Love Shack"- The B-52's "Me, Myself and I" - De La Soul "Miss You Like Crazy" - Natalie Cole "Miss You Much" - Janet Jackson "Monsters of Rock" - Judas Priest "Mountains of the Moon" - The Shadows "My Brave Face" - Paul McCartney "Name and Number" - Curiosity Killed the Cat "Nothing Has Been Proved" - Dusty Springfield "Oh, Father" - Madonna "Once Bitten Twice Shy" - Great White "One" - Bee Gees "Open Letter (To a Landlord)" - Living Colour "Orange Crush" - R.E.M. (released in 1988 in USA) "The Other Side" - Aerosmith "Pacific State" - 808 State "Patience" - Guns N' Roses "Personal Jesus" - Depeche Mode "Poison" - Alice Cooper "Pump Up the Jam" - Technotronic "Pour toi Arménie" - Charles Aznavour and other artists "Rendez-vois chaque soixeach" - Dalida (not issued in UK or US) "Respect!" - Adeva "Ride on Time" - Black Box "Right Here Waiting" - Richard Marx "Ring My Bell" - Anita Ward (10th Anniversary Remix) "The Road to Hell" - Chris Rea "Roam" - The B-52's "Rock 'N' Roll Music" - Mental As Anything "Rock On" - Michael Damian "Round & Round" - New Order "Runnin' Down a Dream" -Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Satisfied" - Richard Marx "Say Goodbye" - Indecent Obsession "Shadow Mix (medley: Apache/Wonderful Land/The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt/Kon-Tiki/FBI/Man of Mystery/Apache (reprise)" (Live) - The Shadows "She Drives Me Crazy" - Fine Young Cannibals "She Has to Be Loved" - Jenny Morris "Shower Me with Your Love" - Surface "Sometime to Return" - Soul Asylum "Sowing the Seeds of Love" - Tears for Fears "Stand" - R.E.M. "Stop!" - Sam Brown "Straight Up" - Paula Abdul "Stuck on You" - Paul Norton "Swing the Mood" - Various Artists "Talk It Over" - Grayson Hugh "Tell Me Why" - Exposé "That's What I Like" - Various Artists "This Time I Know It's for Real" - Donna Summer "This Woman's Work (song)" - Kate Bush "Toy Soldiers" - Martika "Too Many Broken Hearts - Jason Donovan "Tucker's Daughter" - Ian Moss "Un soir qu'on oublie pas de poix" - Dalida (not issued in UK or US) "Veronica" - Elvis Costello "Voodoo Ray" - A Guy Called Gerald "What I Am" - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians (released in 1988 in USA) "What You Don't Know" - Exposé "When I Looked At Him" - Exposé "When I See You Smile" - Bad English "Wherever God Shines His Light on Me" - Van Morrison and Cliff Richard "Where Are You Now?" by Jimmy Harnen w/ Synch "We Didn't Start the Fire" - Billy Joel "Wild Thing" - Tone Loc "Winning It All"- The Outfield "With Every Beat of My Heart" - Taylor Dayne "Woman in Chains" - Tears For Fears "The World Seems Difficult" - Mental As Anything "You Got It" - Roy Orbison "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" - New Kids on the Block (released in 1988 in USA) "You'll Never Know" - 1927 "Young Years" - Dragon "You'll Never Stop Me Loving You" - Sonia 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 Classical music Elliott Carter - Three Occasions for Orchestra (1986-9); Violin Concerto Einar Englund - Wind Quintet John McCabe - String Quartet No. 5 Einojuhani Rautavaara - Piano Concerto No. 2 Robert Simpson - String Quartet No. 13; Vortex for Brass Band John Tavener - The Protecting Veil I Nyoman Windha - Puspanjali Opera Conrad Cummings - Photo-Op Anthony Davis - Under the Double Moon Lorenzo Ferrero Charlotte Corday Le bleu-blanc-rouge et le noir Alexander Vustin - The Devil in Love (opera) (not performed) Musical theatre Aspects of Love (Andrew Lloyd Webber) - London production City of Angels     Broadway production Grand Hotel     Broadway production Gypsy (Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim) - Broadway revival Meet Me in St. Louis     Broadway production Miss Saigon (Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil) - London production Pacific Overtures (Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman) - London production Musical films 101-Depeche Mode The Little Mermaid— animated feature film Births January 13 - Triinu Kivilaan, singer and model January 14 - Frankie Sandford, British singer (S Club Juniors & The Saturdays) January 24 - Calvin Goldspink, British singer (S Club Juniors) January 25 - Yasmien Kurdi, singer and actress February 17 - Stacey McClean, British singer (S Club Juniors) February 22 - Anna Sundstrand, singer and model March 1 - Sonya Kitchell, jazz singer-songwriter March 21 - Rochelle Wiseman, British singer (S Club Juniors & The Saturdays) March 25 - Alyson Michalka, singer-songwriter and actress April 8 - Hitomi Takahashi, singer April 11 - Zola Jesus, singer April 19 - Fiona MacGillivray, vocalist May 5 - Chris Brown, singer and actor May 28 - Asuca Hayashi, singer May 30 - Kevin Covais, American Idol finalist June 13 - Lisa Tucker, singer June 14 - Lucy Hale, actress and singer June 18 - Renee Olstead, actress and jazz singer June 20 - Benyamin Nuss, pianist July 13 - Sayumi Michishige (Morning Musume) August 15 Belinda Peregrin, singer, songwriter and actress Joe Jonas, vocalist August 19 - Lil' Romeo, entertainer September 1 - Bill and Tom Kaulitz of Tokio Hotel September 10 - Sanjaya Malakar, American Idol finalist October 1 - Brie Larson, actress and singer-songwriter October 30 - Jay Asforis, British singer (S Club Juniors) November 2 - Katelyn Tarver, singer-songwriter November 11 - Reina Tanaka (Morning Musume) November 30 - Daisy Evans, British singer (S Club Juniors) December 12 - Marcel "Shin" Gothow of Cinema Bizarre, German drummer December 13 - Taylor Swift, country pop singer December 22 - Jordin Sparks, American Idol Season 6 winner December 27 - Calyssa Davidson, violinist Deaths January 20 - Beatrice Lillie, Canadian actress and singer, 94 February 5 - Joe Raposo, composer and lyricist, Bein' Green, 51 (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma) February 6 - King Tubby Jamaican DJ and composer, father of dub reggae, 58 (gun shot wounds) February 14 - Vincent Crane (The Crazy World of Arthur Brown), 45 (drug overdose) February 23 - Florencio Morales Ramos, singer and composer, 72 March 19 - Alan Civil, horn player, 59 March 20 - Archie Bleyer, US arranger and bandleader, 79 April 26 - Lucille Ball, US actress and singer, 77 May 10 - Woody Shaw, jazz musician, 44 (kidney failure) May 15 - Johnny Green, composer, conductor and arranger, 80 May 30 - Zinka Milanov, operatic soprano, 83 June 14 - Pete de Freitas, drummer with Echo & the Bunnymen, 27 (motorcycle accident) June 22 - Henri Sauguet, composer, 88 June 24 - Hibari Misora, Japanese enka singer, 52 (hepatitis) July 5 - Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor, 84 July 16 - Herbert von Karajan, conductor, 81 August 1 - John Ogdon, pianist, 52 (diabetes-related) August 2 - Luiz Gonzaga, Brazilian musician, 76 August 21 - Raul Seixas, singer and songwriter, 44 (diabetes-related) August 25 - Gunnar Berg, Danish composer September 14 - Perez Prado, Cuban bandleader and composer, 72 September 7 - Mikhail Goldstein, violinist and composer, 71 September 15 - Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano, 56 (leukemia) September 22 - Irving Berlin, composer, lyricist, 101 September 24 - Jean Perrin, pianist and composer, 79 September 30 - Virgil Thomson, composer, 92 October 17 - Morteza Hannaneh, composer, 66 October 19 - Alan Murphy, guitarist, member of Level 42 and Go West, 35 (AIDS-related) October 22 - Ewan MacColl, folk singer, 74 October 31 - Conrad Beck, Swiss composer, 88 November 5 - Vladimir Horowitz, pianist, 86 November 15 - Alejo Durán, composer of vallenatos, 80 December - Billy Lyall, keyboardist of Pilot and Bay City Rollers, 46 (AIDS-related) December 6 - Sammy Fain, US composer, 87 December 21 - Ján Cikker, Slovak composer, 78 December 26 - Sir Lennox Berkeley, composer, 86 Awards The following artists are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Dion, Otis Redding, The Rolling Stones, The Temptations and Stevie Wonder Grammy Awards of 1989 Country Music Association Awards Eurovision Song Contest 1989 31st Japan Record Awards Charts List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1989 (U.S.) See also 1989 in British music Record labels established in 1989 References ^ According to Encyclopaedia Metallum, Exodus' album Fabulous Disaster was released in Europe in 1988 by UK label Music for Nations, but not in the US until January 1989. External links ARIA Top 50 Singles of 1989