| Cover | | Date  | Title • Artist  Album | Points  | Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
 | 1. | 09/1989 | | 384
 | US 2 UK 5 US AC 29 US rock 4 US alt. ✫1 | [Polygram 874710 (Fontana)] written by Roland Orzabal & Curt Smith |
| 2. | 05/1989 | | 357
 | US 3 UK 9 US dance 20 US rock 9 US alt. ✫1 | charted as So Alive / Bike Dance in US dance charts [RCA 8956] written by Daniel Ash, Kevin Haskins & David J |
 | 3. | 12/1989 | | 332
 | US ✫1 UK 2 US AC 7 US rock ✫1 | [Atlantic 88742] written by Christopher Ward & David Tyson |
 | 4. | 09/1989 | | 321
 | US 3 UK 2 US dance 7 US alt. ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #243] [Warner 22817 (Reprise)] written by Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland & Cindy Wilson |
 | 5. | 03/1989 | | 299
 | US ✫1 UK 7 US AC 12 US dance 20 US rock 39 US alt. 2 | [MCA 53639] written by Roland Gift, David Steele & Andy Cox |
 | 6. | 02/1989 | | 289
 | US 51 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | [Warner 22992 (Sire)] written by Paul Westerberg |
 | 7. | 01/1989 | | 285
 | US ✫1 UK 2 US AC ✫1 US rock 5 | [Atlantic 7-88964] written by Mike Rutherford & B. A. Robertson |
 | 8. | 11/1989 | | 282
 | US ✫1 UK 2 US AC ✫1 US rock 7 | [BRIT Awards Best British Single 1990]
[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1991] [Atlantic 88774] written by Phil Collins |
 | 9. | 07/1989 | | 273
 | US 2 UK 18 US dance 8 US rock 30 US alt. 2 | written by Simon Gallup, Roger O'Donnell, Robert Smith, Porl Thompson (as Paul S. Thompson), Lol Tolhurst (as Laurence Tolhurst) & Boris Williams |
 | 10. | 01/1989 | | 271
 | US ✫1 UK 5 US dance ✫1 US R&B 54 US alt. 5 | [MCA 53483] written by Roland Gift, David Steele & Andy Cox |
| 11. | 09/1989 | | 271
 | US 5 UK 36 US rock ✫1 US alt. 22 | [Columbia 69008 (Rolling Stone)] written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards |
| 12. | 11/1989 | | 270
 | US 3 UK 10 US AC ✫1 US rock ✫1 | written by Tom Waits |
 | 13. | 01/1989 | | 265
 | US 9 UK 3 US AC ✫1 US country 7 US rock 2 | [Virgin 99245] written by Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison & Tom Petty |
 | 14. | 06/1989 | | 252
 | US ✫1 UK 2 US dance ✫1 US R&B ✫1 US alt. 18 | [Warner 22924] written by Prince |
 | 15. | 04/1989 | | 249
 | US 46 UK 15 US rock 4 US alt. 2 | [Warner 27543 (Reprise)] written by Ian Astbury & Billy Duffy |
| 16. | 10/1989 | | 248
 | US 38 US rock 2 US alt. 3 | written by Pat DiNizio |
| 17. | 06/1989 | | 246
 | US 51 UK 42 US rock ✫1 US alt. 5 | [MCA 53658] written by Michael Been |
| 18. | 09/1989 | | 244
 | US 50 UK 43 US rock 2 US alt. 3 | charted as Sold Me Down The Ruver/Yn Cymraeg in the UK written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald |
 | 19. | 02/1989 | | 240
 | US 19 UK 31 US rock 10 US alt. ✫1 | [Warner 7-22981] written by Paul McCartney & Elvis Costello |
 | 20. | 09/1989 | | 238
 | US ✫1 UK 7 US AC 5 US rock 6 | [Columbia 73021] written by Billy Joel |
 | 21. | 11/1989 | | 238
 | US 13 US AC 22 US rock 5 US alt. 4 | [RCA 9111] written by Michael Penn |
 | 22. | 05/1989 | | 235
 | US 7 UK 64 US AC 17 US rock ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #177] co-produced by Jeff Lynne [MCA 53748] written by Tom Petty & Jeff Lynne |
 | 23. | 04/1989 | | 232
 | US 12 UK 28 US rock ✫1 US alt. 29 | [MCA 53369] written by Tom Petty & Jeff Lynne |
 | 24. | 09/1989 | | 229
 | US 5 UK 13 US rock ✫1 | [Geffen 22845] written by Steven Tyler & Joe Perry |
 | 25. | 06/1989 | | 227
 | US 8 UK 48 US AC 2 US rock ✫1 | [Geffen 7-22925] written by Don Henley & Bruce Hornsby |
 | 26. | 01/1989 | | 221
 | US ✫1 UK 18 US rock 5 | [Polygram 872564 (Mercury)] written by Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora |
 | 27. | 02/1989 | | 219
 | US ✫1 UK ✫1 US AC ✫1 | [Columbia 68533] written by Susanna Hoffs, Tom Kelly & Billy Steinberg |
 | 28. | 04/1989 | | 218
 | US 46 US dance 7 US rock 24 US alt. ✫1 | [Elektra 69300] written by Smith, Gallup, Williams, A.Thompson, O Donnell & Tolhurst |
 | 29. | 01/1989 | | 215
 | US 72 UK 46 US rock 15 US alt. ✫1 | [Warner 27552 (Geffen)] written by Andy Partridge |
| 30. | 01/1989 | | 212
 | US 55 US rock ✫1 US alt. 11 | written by Cy Curnin, Adam Woods, Jamie West-Oram, Rupert Greenall & Dan K. Brown |
 | 31. | 12/1989 | | 206
 | US 3 UK 17 US dance 10 US alt. 6 | produced by Nile Rodgers written by Robert Waldrop |
 | 32. | 07/1989 | | 206
 | US 2 UK 93 US rock 3 | [Columbia 68985] written by Jani Lane |
| 33. | 05/1989 | | 200
 | US 9 UK 73 US AC 31 US rock ✫1 | [Capitol 44376] written by Tom Johnston, Charlie Midnight & Eddie Schwartz |
 | 34. | 07/1989 | | 200
 | US 7 UK 2 US rock 15 | [Columbia 68958 (Epic)] written by Desmond Child, Alice Cooper & John McCurry |
 | 35. | 07/1989 | | 199
 | US ✫1 UK 2 US AC ✫1 | [EMI 50219] written by Richard Marx |
 | 36. | 09/1989 | | 195
 | US 4 UK 76 US rock 2 | [Geffen 22727] written by Steven Tyler & Tom Hamilton |
 | 37. | 02/1989 | | 193
 | US 6 US AC ✫1 US rock 2 | [A&M 1273] written by Max Carl, Jeff Carlisi & Cal Curtis |
| 38. | 05/1989 | | 193
 | US 16 UK 16 US AC 16 US rock ✫1 | [Modern 7-99216] written by Stevie Nicks & Rick Nowels |
 | 39. | 01/1989 | | 191
 | US rock 18 US alt. ✫1 | written by Lou Reed |
| 40. | 05/1989 | | 190
 | US ✫1 UK 52 US rock 5 | [EMI 50189] written by Richard Marx |
 | 41. | 09/1989 | | 187
 | US 23 UK 63 US rock ✫1 | [Columbia 73057 (Rolling Stone)] written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards |
 | 42. | 01/1989 | | 185
 | US 5 UK 6 US rock 14 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #453] [Geffen 7-27570] written by Axl Rose, Slash, Izzy Stradlin & Duff McKagan |
 | 43. | 09/1989 | | 184
 | US ✫1 UK 61 US AC 11 US rock 10 | [Columbia 69082 (Epic)] written by Diane Warren |
 | 44. | 06/1989 | | 177
 | US 4 UK 12 US rock 11 | [Atlantic 7-88883] written by Rachel Bolan & The Snake (as Dave Sabo) |
 | 45. | 05/1989 | | 176
 | US 50 UK 3 US rock 3 | [Capitol 44372] written by Brian May |
 | 46. | 10/1989 | | 175
 | US 6 US AC 4 US rock 4 | produced by Peter Wolf [Atlantic 88781] written by Lou Gramm & Holly Knight |
 | 47. | 06/1989 | | 173
 | UK 51 US rock 8 US alt. 4 | written by David Bowie |
| 48. | 11/1989 | | 173
 | US 88 UK 25 US rock ✫1 | written by Eric Clapton & Mick Jones [Foreigner] |
 | 49. | 05/1989 | | 172
 | US 23 UK 55 US rock ✫1 | co-produced by Jeff Lynne [MCA 53682] written by Mike Campbell, Jeff Lynne & Tom Petty |
 | 50. | 04/1989 | | 168
 | US 5 US rock 6 | [Capitol 44366] written by Ian Hunter |
| 51. | 03/1989 | | 166
 | US 93 UK 59 US dance 12 US rock ✫1 US alt. 27 | [Atlantic 7-88925] written by Julian Lennon & John McCurry |
 | 52. | 09/1989 | | 160
 | US 28 UK 13 US dance 12 US alt. 3 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #368] charted as Personal Jesus / Dangerous in US dance charts written by Martin Gore |
| 53. | 11/1989 | | 160
 | US 55 UK 96 US rock ✫1 | [Warner 22732 (Reprise)] written by Jerry Lynn Williams |
| 54. | 05/1989 | | 160
 | US 44 UK 77 US AC 7 US rock 20 US alt. 3 | [Elektra 7-69298] written by Dennis Drew & Natalie Merchant |
| 55. | 10/1989 | | 157
 | UK 38 US alt. ✫1 | [Columbia 73092] written by Kate Bush |
 | 56. | 07/1989 | | 155
 | US 3 UK 6 US AC ✫1 | produced by Diane Warren [Warner 22886 (Geffen)] written by Diane Warren |
| 57. | 09/1989 | | 154
 | US 6 UK 50 US rock 7 | [Elektra 7-69271] written by Mick Mars & Nikki Sixx |
| 58. | 09/1989 | | 153
 | US 10 US rock 7 | [Warner 22856 (Geffen)] written by Jeff Keith & Frank Hannon |
| 59. | 12/1989 | | 153
 | US 11 US AC 34 US rock 2 | [Columbia 73047] written by Andy Hill & Peter Sinfield |
 | 60. | 09/1989 | | 153
 | UK 51 US alt. ✫1 | written by Ian McCulloch |
 | 61. | 02/1989 | | 153
 | US 12 UK 15 US rock 5 | [Polygram 872614 (Mercury)] written by Joe Elliott, Phil Collen, Steve Clark, Rick Savage & Robert John "Mutt" Lange |
 | 62. | 02/1989 | | 149
 | UK 6 US alt. 3 | written by Morrissey & Stephen Street |
| 63. | 12/1989 | | 146
 | US 38 UK 12 US dance 7 US alt. 4 | written by Bernard Sumner, Neil Tennant & Johnny Marr |
| 64. | 06/1989 | | 145
 | US rock ✫1 | written by Bill Carter, Ruth Ellsworth, Chris Layton, Tommy Shannon & Reese Wynans |
| 65. | 02/1989 | | 145
 | UK 51 US rock ✫1 | [Warner 7-27688] written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe |
 | 66. | 09/1989 | | 144
 | UK 32 US alt. ✫1 | written by William Reid & Jim Reid |
| 67. | 04/1989 | | 143
 | US 15 UK 93 US rock 2 | as John Cougar Mellencamp written by John Mellencamp |
 | 68. | 10/1989 | | 143
 | US 89 UK 39 US rock 23 US alt. 5 | written by Lenny Kravitz |
| 69. | 08/1989 | | 142
 | US 18 US AC 2 US rock 3 | [RCA 9038] written by Ron Gilbeau, Billy Crain, Rick Lonow & Jim Messina |
| 70. | 01/1989 | | 142
 | US 73 UK 53 US rock ✫1 | [Warner 27535 (Geffen)] written by Chris Rea |
 | 71. | 09/1989 | | 141
 | UK 13 US alt. 2 | written by Tom Bailey & Alannah Currie |
 | 72. | 12/1989 | | 141
 | UK 92 US alt. ✫1 | |
| 73. | 05/1989 | | 140
 | UK 38 US dance 26 US alt. ✫1 | written by Alan Dias, Lu Edmonds, John Lydon, John McGeoch, Bruce Smith & Stephen Hague |
| 74. | 08/1989 | | 139
 | US 11 UK 65 US AC 12 US rock 6 | [Capitol 44437 (cassette)] written by Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance & Diane Warren |
 | 75. | 07/1989 | | 139
 | US alt. ✫1 | written by Dave Faulkner |
| 76. | 09/1989 | | 138
 | US 21 US AC 5 US rock 4 | [Geffen 22771] written by John Corey, Don Henley & Stan Lynch |
 | 77. | 09/1989 | | 137
 | US alt. ✫1 | written by Francis Rossi |
| 78. | 03/1989 | | 137
 | US 25 UK 78 US rock 2 | [Columbia 68601] written by John Spinks (as John Frederick Spinks) |
 | 79. | 07/1989 | | 137
 | UK 61 US alt. ✫1 | [Warner 22817 (Reprise)] written by Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland & Cindy Wilson |
 | 80. | 03/1989 | | 137
 | US rock 7 US alt. 10 | written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe |
| 81. | 04/1989 | | 136
 | US rock 16 US alt. 4 | [A&M 1404**] written by Joe Jackson |
 | 82. | 02/1989 | | 134
 | US 77 UK 8 US rock 27 US alt. 11 | [Mercury 872 350-7] written by Johnny McElhone & Sharleen Spiteri |
 | 83. | 05/1989 | | 133
 | US 7 UK 18 US rock 20 | [Polygram 874452 (Mercury)] written by Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora |
 | 84. | 11/1989 | | 133
 | UK 57 US rock 45 US alt. 2 | written by William Reid & Jim Reid |
 | 85. | 11/1989 | | 133
 | US 37 UK 43 US rock 2 | [R] [Warner 22715 (Geffen)] written by David Coverdale, Micky Moody & Bernie Marsden |
 | 86. | 08/1989 | | 132
 | US 11 UK 34 US rock 38 US alt. 9 | [MCA 53695] written by Roland Gift & David Steele |
 | 87. | 11/1989 | | 129
 | UK 18 US alt. 2 | written by Morrissey & Stephen Street |
 | 88. | 10/1989 | | 127
 | US 6 UK 36 US rock 23 | [Atlantic 7-88886] written by Rachel Bolan & The Snake (as Dave Sabo) |
| 89. | 11/1989 | | 127
 | US rock ✫1 | written by Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee & Neil Peart |
 | 90. | 02/1989 | | 125
 | US 63 UK 52 US AC 28 US rock 2 | [Wilbury 27637] written by George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty & Roy Orbison |
| 91. | 12/1989 | | 124
 | US rock 9 US alt. 11 | written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald |
 | 92. | 09/1989 | | 124
 | UK 4 US dance 10 US alt. 11 | charted as Drama! / Sweet, Sweet Baby in US dance charts written by Vince Clarke & Andy Bell |
| 93. | 02/1989 | | 123
 | US 82 US rock 17 US alt. 7 | [Columbia 68552] written by A. Perry |
| 94. | 03/1989 | | 122
 | US 64 UK 21 US dance ✫1 US alt. 6 | [Qwest 7-27524] written by Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris & Bernard Sumner |
| 95. | 11/1989 | | 121
 | UK 41 US alt. 2 | written by Guy Chadwick |
| 96. | 06/1989 | | 121
 | US 45 US rock 2 | [Columbia 68946 (Epic)] written by John Waite, Jonathan Cain & Mark Spiro |
 | 97. | 04/1989 | | 121
 | US 5 US AC 7 US rock 24 | written by John Hiatt & Fred Koller |
| 98. | 06/1989 | | 119
 | US 83 UK 4 US rock 13 | [Island 7-99199] written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr. |
| 99. | 09/1989 | | 118
 | US rock 2 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #214] [Warner 22776 (Reprise)] written by Neil Young |
| 100. | 07/1989 | | 116
 | US rock 2 | written by Don Henley & Danny Kootch (as Danny Kortchmar) |