List of top 10 singles for 1989 in Australia

This is a list of singles that charted in the top ten of the ARIA Charts in 1989.

Top-ten singles

Key
Symbol Meaning
 ◁  Indicates single's top 10 entry was also its ARIA top 50 debut
(#) 1989 Year-end top 10 single position and rank
List of ARIA top ten singles that peaked in 1989
Top ten
entry date
Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in
top ten
References
Singles from 1988
5 December "Kokomo" The Beach Boys 1 2 January 15 [1]
19 December "Handle with Care" Traveling Wilburys 3 9 January 11 [2]
Singles from 1989
2 January "Especially for You" ◁ Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan 2 2 January 7 [1]
"Teardrops" Womack & Womack 2 30 January 12 [3]
9 January "Rock and Roll Music" Mental As Anything 5 30 January 8 [3]
"Put a Little Love in Your Heart" Annie Lennox and Al Green 6 16 January 2 [4]
16 January "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" (#3) The Proclaimers 1 13 February 15 [5]
23 January "She Makes My Day" Robert Palmer 9 23 January 2 [6]
30 January "You Got It" Roy Orbison 3 27 February 11 [7]
"Tucker's Daughter" Ian Moss 2 27 February 12 [7]
6 February "Orinoco Flow" Enya 6 13 February 5 [5]
"Kiss" Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones 8 20 February 6 [8]
27 February "She Drives Me Crazy" Fine Young Cannibals 1 27 March 13 [9]
13 March "Like a Prayer" (#1) Madonna 1 20 March 13 [10]
"The Living Years" Mike and the Mechanics 1 8 May 13 [11]
"Soul Revival" Johnny Diesel and the Injectors 9 13 March 5 [12]
20 March "Too Many Broken Hearts" ◁ Jason Donovan 7 20 March 5 [10]
"I'm on My Way" The Proclaimers 3 10 April 8 [13]
27 March "Stop!" Sam Brown 4 8 May 10 [11]
17 April "One Summer" Daryl Braithwaite 8 17 April 3 [14]
"Lost in Your Eyes" Debbie Gibson 7 1 May 8 [15]
24 April "Ring My Bell" Collette 5 8 May 6 [11]
"Chained to the Wheel" The Black Sorrows 9 1 May 3 [15]
1 May "Stuck on You" Paul Norton 3 15 May 6 [16]
8 May "Eternal Flame" (#4) Bangles 1 22 May 14 [17]
15 May "Wind Beneath My Wings" Bette Midler 1 29 May 12 [18]
"Cry in Shame" Johnny Diesel and the Injectors 10 15 May 1 [16]
22 May "Now You're in Heaven" Julian Lennon 5 29 May 4 [18]
29 May "Bedroom Eyes" Kate Ceberano 2 29 May 12 [18]
"Hand on Your Heart" ◁ Kylie Minogue 4 29 May 7 [18]
5 June "The Look" (#2) Roxette 1 26 June 13 [19]
12 June "Express Yourself" Madonna 5 26 June 9 [19]
"Good Thing" Fine Young Cannibals 7 12 June 4 [20]
"Pop Singer" John Cougar Mellencamp 8 19 June 3 [21]
19 June "Iko Iko" The Belle Stars 7 26 June 5 [19]
"I Want It All" Queen 10 19 June 1 [21]
26 June "Sealed with a Kiss" Jason Donovan 8 26 June 3 [19]
3 July "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" New Kids on the Block 1 7 August 10 [22]
10 July "Batdance" Prince 2 21 August 10 [23]
17 July "Baby I Don't Care" Transvision Vamp 3 21 August 9 [23]
"If You Don't Know Me by Now" Simply Red 1 28 August 10 [24]
24 July "Say Goodbye" Indecent Obsession 6 7 August 3 [22]
7 August "Funky Cold Medina" Tone Loc 8 21 August 4 [23]
14 August "I Don't Want a Lover" Texas 4 11 September 6 [25]
"Telephone Booth" Ian Moss 7 14 August 1 [26]
"Dressed for Success" Roxette 3 4 September 10 [27]
21 August "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)" New Kids on the Block 4 4 September 6 [27]
"Right Back Where We Started From" Sinitta 7 28 August 5 [24]
4 September "Right Here Waiting" Richard Marx 1 4 September 10 [27]
"Wouldn't Change a Thing" ◁ Kylie Minogue 6 18 September 3 [28]
11 September "All I Want Is You" U2 2 18 September 8 [28]
18 September "Way of the World" Max Q 8 25 September 3 [29]
"Toy Soldiers" Martika 5 25 September 9 [29]
25 September "Cherish" Madonna 4 25 September 4 [29]
"If I Could Turn Back Time" (#5) Cher 1 9 October 18 [30]
"Talk It Over" Grayson Hugh 4 6 November 9 [31]
"Poison" Alice Cooper 3 23 October 15 [32]
2 October "Swing the Mood" ◁ Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers 1 16 October 15 [33]
9 October "The Best" Tina Turner 4 23 October 7 [32]
16 October "She Has to Be Loved" Jenny Morris 5 13 November 8 [34]
30 October "We Didn't Start the Fire" Billy Joel 2 27 November 12 [35]
6 November "Listen to Your Heart" Roxette 10 6 November 5 [31]
13 November "Hangin' Tough" New Kids on the Block 8 13 November 2 [34]
20 November "Every Little Step" Bobby Brown 8 27 November 6 [35]
27 November "That's What I Like" ◁ Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers 4 27 November 7 [35]

1988 peaks

List of ARIA top ten singles in 1989 that peaked in 1988
Top ten
entry date
Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in
top ten
References
17 October "The Only Way Is Up" Yazz & the Plastic Population 2 24 October 15 [36]
"A Groovy Kind of Love" Phil Collins 2 31 October 13 [37]
24 October "Don't Worry, Be Happy" ◁ Bobby McFerrin 1 7 November 13 [38]
31 October "Nothing Can Divide Us" ◁ Jason Donovan 3 21 November 10 [39]
14 November "I Want Your Love" Transvision Vamp 7 12 December 9 [40]
28 November "If I Could" 1927 4 19 December 13 [41]

1990 peaks

List of ARIA top ten singles in 1989 that peaked in 1990
Top ten
entry date
Single Artist(s) Peak Peak date Weeks in
top ten
References
13 November "I Feel the Earth Move" Martika 2 8 January 12 [42]
27 November "Love Shack" The B-52s 1 1 January 13 [43]
4 December "Leave a Light On" Belinda Carlisle 5 15 January 9 [44]

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