List of Number-one Singles in Australia During The 1980s - 1989 (ARIA Charts)

1989 (ARIA Charts)

1. The Proclaimers - "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"

   18 February for 5 weeks

2. Madonna - "Like a Prayer"

   25 March for 1 week, 15 April for 1 week, 29 April for 2 weeks and 20 May for 1 week. Highest charting single of the year according to the ARIA Charts.

3. Fine Young Cannibals - "She Drives Me Crazy"

   1 April for 2 weeks and 22 April for 1 week

4. Mike + The Mechanics - "The Living Years"

   13 May for 1 week

5. The Bangles - "Eternal Flame"

   27 May for 1 week, 10 June for 1 week and 24 June for 1 week

6. Bette Midler - "Wind Beneath My Wings"

   3 June for 1 week and 17 June for 1 week

7. Roxette - "The Look"

   1 July for 6 weeks

8. New Kids on the Block - "You Got It (The Right Stuff)"

   12 August for 3 weeks

9. Simply Red - "If You Don't Know Me by Now"

   2 September for 1 week

10. Richard Marx - "Right Here Waiting"

    9 September for 5 weeks

11. Cher - "If I Could Turn Back Time"

    14 October for 1 week and 11 November for 6 weeks

12. Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers - "Swing the Mood"

    21 October for 3 weeks

13. The B-52's - "Love Shack"

    23 December for 2 weeks and 6 weeks in 1990

Other hits
Songs peaking at number two included "Bedroom Eyes" by Kate Ceberano, "Batdance" by Prince, "All I Want Is You"/"Everlasting Love" by U2, "Especially for You" by Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, "Teardrops" by Womack & Womack, and "A Groovy Kind of Love" by Phil Collins.

Other major hits (with peak positions noted) included "Baby I Don't Care" (3) by Transvision Vamp, "Poison" (3) by Alice Cooper, "Stop!" (4) by Sam Brown, "Talk It Over" (4) by Grayson Hugh, "Dressed for Success" (3) by Roxette, "You Got It" (3) by Roy Orbison, "The Best" (5) by Tina Turner, and "I Don't Want a Lover" (4) Texas.

Hits by Australasian artists also included "Tucker's Daughter" (2) by Ian Moss, "Ring My Bell" (5) by Collette, "She Has to Be Loved" (5) by Jenny Morris, "Rock and Roll Music" (5) by Mental As Anything, "One Summer" (8) by Daryl Braithwaite, "Say Goodbye" (6) by Indecent Obsession, "Chained to the Wheel" (9) by The Black Sorrows, and "Hand on Your Heart" (4), "Wouldn't Change a Thing" (6), "Never Too Late" (14) all by Kylie Minogue.