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The following is a list of the IRMA's number-one singles of 1989.

Issue Date Song Artist
5 January " Especially for You" Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan
12 January
19 January
26 January " The Living Years" Mike + The Mechanics
2 February " Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" Marc Almond featuring Gene Pitney
9 February
16 February " Belfast Child" Simple Minds
23 February
2 March " Leave Me Alone" Michael Jackson
9 March " Too Many Broken Hearts" Jason Donovan
16 March " Like a Prayer" Madonna
23 March
30 March " Paradise City" Guns N' Roses
6 April " Eternal Flame" The Bangles
13 April " When Love Comes to Town" U2 featuring BB King
20 April "Eternal Flame" The Bangles
27 April
4 May "Far from Home" Daniel O'Donnell
11 May " Hand on Your Heart" Kylie Minogue
18 May " Ferry Cross the Mersey" Gerry Marsden, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney & The Christians
25 May
1 June " Heart & Soul" No Sweat
8 June
15 June " Sealed With a Kiss" Jason Donovan
22 June " All I Want Is You" U2
29 June
6 July " And a Bang on the Ear" The Waterboys
13 July " Liberian Girl" Michael Jackson
20 July " You'll Never Stop Me Loving You" Sonia
27 July " Too Much" Bros
3 August
10 August " Swing the Mood" Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
17 August
24 August " Lion in a Cage" Dolores Keane
31 August
7 September " Every Day (I Love You More)" Jason Donovan
14 September
21 September " Right Here Waiting" Richard Marx
28 September " Ride on Time" Black Box
5 October " Sweet Surrender" Wet Wet Wet
12 October
19 October " That's What I Like" Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
26 October
2 November
9 November " Never Too Late" Kylie Minogue
16 November " Don't Know Much" Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville
23 November
30 November
7 December " When You Come Back to Me" Jason Donovan
14 December " Do They Know It's Christmas?" Band Aid II
21 December
28 December
  • 31 number ones
  • Most number ones: Jason Donovan (5)
  • Most weeks at number one (song): "Especially for You" - Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, "Eternal Flame" - The Bangles, "Swing the Mood Again" - Various Artists, "Don't Know Much" - Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville, "Do They Know It's Christmas" - Band Aid II (3 weeks)
  • Most weeks at number one (artist): Jason Donovan (8 weeks)

See also

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