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Modern Rock Radio Top 20 | ||||
| 1989 Yearly Chart | ||||
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| 1 | So Alive Love & Rockets | 259 | 15 | 1 |
| 2 | Fascination Street Cure | 236 | 15 | 1 |
| 3 | I'll Be You Replacements | 223 | 13 | 1 |
| 4 | The Mayor Of Simpleton X.T.C. | 217 | 14 | 1 |
| 5 | Dirty Blvd. Lou Reed | 200 | 13 | 1 |
| 6 | Proud To Fall Ian McCulloch | 198 | 12 | 1 |
| 7 | Love And Anger Kate Bush | 198 | 12 | 1 |
| 8 | Charlotte Anne Julian Cope | 197 | 12 | 1 |
| 9 | Veronica Elvis Costello | 196 | 12 | 1 |
| 10 | Love Song Cure | 184 | 14 | 2 |
| 11 | She Drives Me Crazy Fine Young Cannibals | 178 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | Come Anytime Hoodoo Gurus | 175 | 11 | 1 |
| 13 | Disappointed Public Image Ltd. | 171 | 12 | 1 |
| 14 | Here Comes Your Man Pixies | 170 | 11 | 3 |
| 15 | Stand R.E.M. | 168 | 13 | 1 |
| 16 | Good Thing Fine Young Cannibals | 164 | 16 | 2 |
| 17 | Personal Jesus Depeche Mode | 160 | 11 | 3 |
| 18 | Nightmares Violent Femmes | 160 | 12 | 4 |
| 19 | Pictures Of Matchstick Men Camper Van Beethoven | 154 | 10 | 1 |
| 20 | Between Something And Nothing Ocean Blue | 152 | 11 | 2 |
| 21 | A Girl Like You Smithereens | 152 | 10 | 3 |
| 22 | Eardrum Buzz Wire | 147 | 11 | 2 |
| 23 | Dear God Midge Ure | 145 | 12 | 4 |
| 24 | Sweet Jane Cowboy Junkies | 144 | 13 | 5 |
| 25 | Sold Me Down The River Alarm | 143 | 11 | 3 |
| 26 | Love Shack B-52's | 142 | 9 | 1 |
| 27 | See A Little Light Bob Mould | 142 | 11 | 4 |
| 28 | Sowing The Seeds Of Love Tears For Fears | 141 | 10 | 1 |
| 29 | Fire Woman Cult | 138 | 11 | 2 |
| 30 | Fisherman's Blues Waterboys | 138 | 11 | 3 |
| 31 | Trouble Me 10,000 Maniacs | 136 | 10 | 3 |
| 32 | Blues From A Gun Jesus & Mary Chain | 134 | 9 | 1 |
| 33 | Madonna Of The Wasps Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians | 132 | 9 | 2 |
| 34 | Fine Time New Order | 130 | 11 | 3 |
| 35 | Let The Day Begin Call | 129 | 11 | 5 |
| 36 | I Want That Man Deborah Harry | 127 | 10 | 2 |
| 37 | Look Who's Dancing Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers | 123 | 9 | 2 |
| 38 | Oh Daddy Adrian Belew | 123 | 12 | 5 |
| 39 | James Brown Big Audio Dynamite | 118 | 8 | 2 |
| 40 | The Last Of The Famous International Playboys Morrissey | 117 | 9 | 3 |
| 41 | Round And Round New Order | 117 | 11 | 6 |
| 42 | Channel Z B-52's | 111 | 7 | 1 |
| 43 | Regina Sugarcubes | 109 | 9 | 2 |
| 44 | Monkey Gone To Heaven Pixies | 109 | 10 | 5 |
| 45 | This Town Elvis Costello | 108 | 9 | 4 |
| 46 | I'm An Adult Now Pursuit Of Happiness | 103 | 10 | 6 |
| 47 | Into The Heart Of Love Mighty Lemon Drops | 102 | 9 | 5 |
| 48 | Pet Sematary Ramones | 101 | 9 | 4 |
| 49 | Way Of The World Max Q. | 101 | 9 | 6 |
| 50 | Contact Big Audio Dynamite | 99 | 9 | 6 |
| 51 | Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) Enya | 96 | 10 | 6 |
| 52 | Knock Me Down Red Hot Chili Peppers | 94 | 8 | 6 |
| 53 | Nineteen Forever Joe Jackson | 92 | 8 | 4 |
| 54 | Come Out Fighting Easterhouse | 92 | 10 | 7 |
| 55 | Let Love Rule Lenny Kravitz | 88 | 8 | 5 |
| 56 | Waiting For Mary Pere Ubu | 84 | 8 | 6 |
| 57 | Always Saturday Guadalcanal Diary | 84 | 8 | 7 |
| 58 | Under The God Tin Machine | 83 | 7 | 4 |
| 59 | If It's Love Squeeze | 83 | 8 | 7 |
| 60 | Something To Say Connells | 76 | 7 | 7 |
| 61 | Driven Out Fixx | 75 | 9 | 11 |
| 62 | Crossroads Tracy Chapman | 74 | 8 | 7 |
| 63 | Sick Of It Primitives | 72 | 9 | 9 |
| 64 | Dizzy Throwing Muses | 71 | 9 | 8 |
| 65 | Don't Crash The Car Tonight Mary's Danish | 70 | 6 | 7 |
| 66 | Should God Forget Psychedelic Furs | 68 | 7 | 8 |
| 67 | Call Me Blue A House | 68 | 7 | 9 |
| 68 | King For A Day X.T.C. | 68 | 10 | 11 |
| 69 | Goin' Southbound Stan Ridgway | 60 | 7 | 8 |
| 70 | She Bangs The Drum Stone Roses | 60 | 7 | 9 |
| 71 | She Gives Me Love Godfathers | 59 | 8 | 8 |
| 72 | (Shake That) Cosmic Thing B-52's | 58 | 6 | 7 |
| 73 | Radio Silence Boris Grebenshikov | 54 | 5 | 7 |
| 74 | Tears Run Rings Marc Almond | 51 | 8 | 8 |
| 75 | Time And Space Flesh For Lulu | 50 | 6 | 9 |
| 76 | 5 O'Clock World Julian Cope | 49 | 7 | 10 |
| 77 | Hard Sun Indio | 48 | 7 | 10 |
| 78 | Don't Look Back Fine Young Cannibals | 46 | 6 | 9 |
| 79 | Interesting Drug Morrissey | 46 | 6 | 11 |
| 80 | Suboceana Tom Tom Club | 43 | 7 | 10 |
| 81 | Angel Visit Thrashing Doves | 43 | 7 | 14 |
| 82 | Shakin' The Tree Youssou N'Dour | 40 | 4 | 9 |
| 83 | Turn You Inside-Out R.E.M. | 37 | 7 | 10 |
| 84 | Drifting, Falling Ocean Blue | 37 | 6 | 10 |
| 85 | Punk Rock Girl Dead Milkmen | 37 | 6 | 11 |
| 86 | Drama Erasure | 36 | 6 | 11 |
| 87 | Don't Ask Me Why Eurythmics | 36 | 6 | 12 |
| 88 | Smoke Rings Winter Hours | 33 | 5 | 12 |
| 89 | Little Miss S. Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians | 32 | 6 | 14 |
| 90 | Make Believe Mambo David Byrne | 31 | 4 | 11 |
| 91 | I Don't Want A Lover Texas | 31 | 6 | 11 |
| 92 | Higher Ground Red Hot Chili Peppers | 30 | 7 | 11 |
| 93 | Eat For Two 10,000 Maniacs | 29 | 6 | 12 |
| 94 | The Beat(en) Generation The The | 29 | 6 | 13 |
| 95 | Everything Counts Depeche Mode | 27 | 4 | 13 |
| 96 | Devolution Workin' Man Blues Alarm | 26 | 4 | 11 |
| 97 | Secrets Primitives | 26 | 4 | 12 |
| 98 | Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah Pogues | 25 | 7 | 17 |
| 99 | Dancing Barefoot U2 | 24 | 4 | 14 |
| 100 | Everlasting Love U2 | 22 | 4 | 11 |
| 101 | Last Cigarette Dramarama | 22 | 4 | 13 |
| 102 | Dirty Old Town David Byrne | 21 | 2 | 8 |
| 103 | This Is Your Land Simple Minds | 21 | 4 | 12 |
| 104 | Busload Of Faith Lou Reed | 20 | 4 | 11 |
| 105 | Take A Step Back Simple Minds | 20 | 4 | 14 |
| 106 | Grain Of Sand Saints | 19 | 3 | 11 |
| 107 | Cruella DeVille Replacements | 18 | 4 | 11 |
| 108 | Accidentally 4th Street (Gloria) Figures On A Beach | 18 | 3 | 14 |
| 109 | You Don't Get Much BoDeans | 18 | 5 | 15 |
| 110 | Decline And Fall Flesh For Lulu | 18 | 4 | 15 |
| 111 | Warrior Public Image Ltd. | 15 | 4 | 16 |
| 112 | Heaven's In Here Tin Machine | 14 | 2 | 12 |
| 113 | Kiss It Better Deborah Harry | 14 | 3 | 14 |
| 114 | A Little Respect Erasure | 14 | 3 | 15 |
| 115 | Calling Out To Carol Stan Ridgway | 12 | 2 | 13 |
| 116 | Stand Up Underworld | 12 | 3 | 14 |
| 117 | Kingdom Of Rain The The | 12 | 3 | 16 |
| 118 | Self Fuzzbox | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| 119 | Give-Give- Give Me More-More- More Wonder Stuff | 12 | 3 | 17 |
| 120 | Happy Public Image Ltd. | 11 | 2 | 15 |
| 121 | Future 40's (String Of Pearls) Syd Straw | 11 | 3 | 16 |
| 122 | God Is A Bullet Concrete Blonde | 10 | 3 | 15 |
| 123 | The Line Between The Devil's Teeth Peter Murphy | 10 | 4 | 18 |
| 124 | Gravitate To Me The The | 9 | 2 | 15 |
| 125 | Was There Anything I Could Do Go-Betweens | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 126 | Obsession Xymox | 9 | 3 | 16 |
| 127 | Don't Make Me Dream About You Chris Isaak | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 128 | He's Got A She Exene Cervenka | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 129A | Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant... Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 129B | Livin' On The Edge Of The Night Iggy Pop | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 129C | Sugar Daddy Thompson Twins | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 132A | Hey Ladies Beastie Boys | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 132B | Witchdoctor Sidewinders | 6 | 2 | 18 |
| 134 | Big Man On Paper Graham Parker | 5 | 2 | 18 |
| 135 | The Good Life Fire Town | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| 136 | Mandela Day Simple Minds | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| 137 | Compulsion Martin L. Gore | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| 138 | World Party Waterboys | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 139A | Batdance Prince | 3 | 1 | 18 |
| 139B | No Souvenirs Melissa Etheridge | 3 | 1 | 18 |
| 141A | Cat-House Danielle Dax | 3 | 2 | 19 |
| 141B | No Big Deal Love & Rockets | 3 | 2 | 19 |
| 141C | Music Goes Round My Head Saints | 3 | 2 | 19 |
| 144A | Everlasting Love Howard Jones | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| 144B | Love Crushing Fetchin' Bones | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| 144C | Stop Erasure | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| 147 | If A Tree Falls Bruce Cockburn | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 148A | Motorcycle Love & Rockets | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| 148B | Teenage Riot Sonic Youth | 1 | 1 | 20 |