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Revision as of 14:41, 9 November 2005
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This is a summary of 1989 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.
Summary
The very beginning of the year saw compilation albums excluded from the UK Albums Chart, and spun off into the new UK Compilations Chart. Albums such as the Now That's What I Call Music! series had regularly dominated the chart since 1984, with 4-5 of the number 1s each year being compilations.
In the UK Singles Chart, eighteen singles reached number one. The first was a duet between teen idols Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, Especially For You, which had narrowly missed out on being 1988's Christmas number one single. The two would continue their success throughout the year, with Minogue getting another number 1 single (Hand On Your Heart in May) and album (Enjoy Yourself in November), and Donovan getting two number 1 singles (Too Many Broken Hearts in March, and Sealed With a Kiss in June) and one album (Ten Good Reasons in May, the biggest selling album of 1989). Like many artists this year, they were produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, who were at the peak of their popularity.
After a break the previous year, Madonna returned to number 1 in March with Like a Prayer, though the music video caused controversy. May saw The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden and producers Stock Aitken Waterman reach #1 with a charity cover of the Gerry & the Pacemakers song Ferry Cross the Mersey, released in aid of the Hillsborough disaster the previous month. The original reached number 8 in 1964.
Two sounds dominated the Summer and Autumn. The first came from Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers, where several old songs from the 1940s to 1960s were joined together to create a megamix, with 'Jive Bunny' (an animated rabbit) featuring in the music videos. Swing the Mood topped the charts for five weeks from July, That's What I Like for three weeks in October, and Let's Party for one week in December. Unlike the first two, the latter sampled Christmas songs from the 1970s and 1980s.
The second was the italo house sound of Black Box, who's Ride on Time was the biggest selling single of the year, and, at six weeks, spent the longest time at number 1. Though the song heavily sampled Loleatta Holloway's Love Sensation from 1980, the music video featured a different singer miming to Holloway's vocals. This prompted legal action, so later pressings of the single featured a different singer.
The year's Christmas number 1 single, and, indeed, the final number 1 of the 1980s, went to a new version of 1984's Christmas number 1 Do They Know It's Christmas?. Produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, Band Aid II, like the original Band Aid, featured numerous famous music stars of the day. This included Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, meaning they became one of the few people to have appeared on both the first and last number 1s of the year.
Charts
Singles
Issue Date | Song Title | Artist |
1 January | Especially For You | Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan |
8 January | Especially For You | Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan |
15 January | Especially For You | Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan |
22 January | Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart | Marc Almond with Gene Pitney |
29 January | Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart | Marc Almond with Gene Pitney |
5 February | Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart | Marc Almond with Gene Pitney |
12 February | Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart | Marc Almond with Gene Pitney |
19 February | Belfast Child | Simple Minds |
26 February | Belfast Child | Simple Minds |
5 March | Too Many Broken Hearts | Jason Donovan |
12 March | Too Many Broken Hearts | Jason Donovan |
19 March | Like a Prayer | Madonna |
26 March | Like a Prayer | Madonna |
2 April | Like a Prayer | Madonna |
9 April | Eternal Flame | The Bangles |
16 April | Eternal Flame | The Bangles |
23 April | Eternal Flame | The Bangles |
30 April | Eternal Flame | The Bangles |
7 May | Hand On Your Heart | Kylie Minogue |
14 May | Ferry 'Cross The Mersey | The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden, Stock Aitken Waterman |
21 May | Ferry 'Cross The Mersey | The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden, Stock Aitken Waterman |
28 May | Ferry 'Cross The Mersey | The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden, Stock Aitken Waterman |
4 June | Sealed With a Kiss | Jason Donovan |
11 June | Sealed With a Kiss | Jason Donovan |
18 June | Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) | Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler |
25 June | Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) | Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler |
2 July | Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) | Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler |
9 July | Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) | Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler |
16 July | You'll Never Stop Me From Loving You | Sonia |
23 July | You'll Never Stop Me From Loving You | Sonia |
30 July | Swing the Mood | Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers |
6 August | Swing the Mood | Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers |
13 August | Swing the Mood | Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers |
20 August | Swing the Mood | Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers |
27 August | Swing the Mood | Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers |
3 September | Ride On Time | Black Box |
10 September | Ride On Time | Black Box |
17 September | Ride On Time | Black Box |
24 September | Ride On Time | Black Box |
1 October | Ride On Time | Black Box |
8 October | Ride On Time | Black Box |
15 October | That's What I Like | Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers |
22 October | That's What I Like | Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers |
29 October | That's What I Like | Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers |
5 November | All Around The World | Lisa Stansfield |
12 November | All Around The World | Lisa Stansfield |
19 November | You Got It (The Right Stuff) | New Kids on the Block |
26 November | You Got It (The Right Stuff) | New Kids on the Block |
3 December | You Got It (The Right Stuff) | New Kids on the Block |
10 December | Let's Party | Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers |
17 December | Do They Know It's Christmas? | Band Aid II |
24 December | Do They Know It's Christmas? | Band Aid II |
31 December | Do They Know It's Christmas? | Band Aid II |
Albums
Issue Date | Album Title | Artist |
1 January | Now That's What I Call Music 13 | Various artist compilation (EMI/Virgin) |
8 January | The Innocents | Erasure |
15 January | The Legendary Roy Orbison | Roy Orbison |
22 January | The Legendary Roy Orbison | Roy Orbison |
29 January | The Legendary Roy Orbison | Roy Orbison |
5 February | Technique | New Order |
12 February | The Raw and the Cooked | Fine Young Cannibals |
19 February | A New Flame | Simply Red |
26 February | A New Flame | Simply Red |
5 March | A New Flame | Simply Red |
12 March | A New Flame | Simply Red |
19 March | Anything for You | Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine |
26 March | Like a Prayer | Madonna |
2 April | Like a Prayer | Madonna |
9 April | When the World Knows Your Name | Deacon Blue |
16 April | When the World Knows Your Name | Deacon Blue |
23 April | A New Flame | Simply Red |
30 April | Blast! | Holly Johnson |
7 May | Street Fighting Years | Simple Minds |
14 May | Ten Good Reasons | Jason Donovan |
21 May | Ten Good Reasons | Jason Donovan |
28 May | The Miracle | Queen |
4 June | Ten Good Reasons | Jason Donovan |
11 June | Ten Good Reasons | Jason Donovan |
18 June | Flowers in the Dirt | Paul McCartney |
25 June | Batman (OST) | Prince |
2 July | Velveteen | Transvision Vamp |
9 July | Club Classics Vol. I | Soul II Soul |
16 July | A New Flame | Simply Red |
23 July | A New Flame | Simply Red |
30 July | Cuts Both Ways | Gloria Estefan |
6 August | Cuts Both Ways | Gloria Estefan |
13 August | Cuts Both Ways | Gloria Estefan |
20 August | Cuts Both Ways | Gloria Estefan |
27 August | Cuts Both Ways | Gloria Estefan |
3 September | Cuts Both Ways | Gloria Estefan |
10 September | Aspects of Love | London Stage Cast |
17 September | We Too Are One | Eurythmics |
24 September | Foreign Affair | Tina Turner |
1 October | The Seeds of Love | Tears for Fears |
8 October | Crossroads | Tracy Chapman |
15 October | Enjoy Yourself | Kylie Minogue |
22 October | Wild! | Erasure |
29 October | Wild! | Erasure |
5 November | The Road to Hell | Chris Rea |
12 November | The Road to Hell | Chris Rea |
19 November | The Road to Hell | Chris Rea |
26 November | ...But Seriously | Phil Collins |
3 December | ...But Seriously | Phil Collins |
10 December | ...But Seriously | Phil Collins |
17 December | ...But Seriously | Phil Collins |
24 December | ...But Seriously | Phil Collins |
31 December | ...But Seriously | Phil Collins |
[84 September]] | ...Your a cunt | Diana Ross |