1
record label: Warner 22924
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US #1, US dance #1, US alt. #18
written by: Prince
album: Batman
Prince
Batdance
1989
Warner
2
record label: Virgin 96528
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #2, US dance #24, US AC #45
written by: Oliver Leiber
album: Forever Your Girl
Paula Abdul
Opposites Attract
1989
Virgin
3
record label: Virgin 265
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #4, US dance #1
written by: Jazzie B, Caron Wheeler, Nellee Hooper & Simon Law
album: Club Classics, Volume One
Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler
Back to Life
1989
Virgin
4
record label: WEA 377
chart position: RandB #38, UK #2, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: A New Flame
Simply Red
If You Don't Know Me by Now
1989
WEA
5
record label: Arista 612 693
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #3, US dance #1, US AC #7
written by: Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney & Andy Morris
album: Affection
Lisa Stansfield
All Around the World
1989
Arista
6
record label: Sire 27539
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #20, UK #1, US #1, US AC #3
written by: Madonna & Patrick Leonard
album: Like a Prayer
Madonna
Like a Prayer
1989
Sire
7
record label: Arista 9870
chart position: RandB #20, UK #2, US #1, US AC #21
written by: Frank Farian, Peter Bischof Fallenstein & Dietmar Kawohl
album: All or Nothing
Milli Vanilli
Girl I'm Gonna Miss You
1989
Arista
8
record label: SBK 19701
chart position: RandB #10, UK #2, US #2, US dance #1
written by: Ya Kid K (as Manuela Kamosi) & Jo Bogaert (as Thomas de Quincey)
album: Pump Up the Jam: The Album
comments: [disco dance]
Technotronic
Pump Up the Jam
1989
SBK
9
record label: MCA 53483
chart position: RandB #54, US #1, UK #5, US dance #1, US alt.# 5
written by: Roland Gift, David Steele & Andy Cox
album: The Raw & the Cooked
Fine Young Cannibals
She Drives Me Crazy
1989
MCA
10
record label: Columbia 68671
chart position: RandB #12, UK #5, US #1, US AC #3
written by: Maurice Starr
album: Hangin' Tough
comments: [love ballad]
New Kids on the Block
I'll Be Loving You
1989
Columbia
11
record label: AandM 663
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #22, US dance #1
written by: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) & Terry Lewis
album: Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
Miss You Much
1989
A&M
12
record label: MCA 23957
chart position: RandB #1, UK #4, US #2, US dance #15
written by: Babyface, L.A. Reid & Daryl Simmons
album: Ghostbusters II
comments: [new jack swing]
Bobby Brown
On Our Own
1989
MCA
13
record label: MCA 53618
chart position: RandB #1, UK #6, US #3, US dance #17
written by: L.A. Reid & Babyface
Bobby Brown
Every Little Step
1989
MCA
14
record label: Siren 112
chart position: RandB #54, US #1, UK #24, US dance #28, US AC #11
written by: Oliver Leiber
album: Forever Your Girl
comments: [new jack swing]
Paula Abdul
Forever Your Girl
1989
Siren
15
record label: Epic 655054
chart position: US #1, UK #6, US AC #2
written by: Gloria Estefan
album: Cuts Both Ways
comments: [ballad]
Gloria Estefan
Don't Wanna Lose You
1989
Epic
16
record label: EMI 63
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US #7, US AC #1
written by: Gerry Goffin, Michael Masser & Preston Glass
album: Good to Be Back
comments: [ballad]
Natalie Cole
Miss You Like Crazy
1989
EMI
17
record label: Arista 9904
chart position: RandB #14, US #1, UK #52, US AC #27
written by: Diane Warren
album: Girl You Know It's True
Milli Vanilli
Blame It on the Rain
1989
Arista
18
record label: Atlantic 88899
chart position: UK #3, US #7, US dance #5, US AC #2
written by: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, Pete Waterman and Donna Summer
album: Another Place and Time
comments: [disco dance]
Donna Summer
This Time I Know It's for Real
1989
Atlantic
19
record label: MCA 53484
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, US dance #1, UK #31
written by: Andre Cymone & Jody Watley
album: Larger Than Life
Jody Watley
Real Love
1989
MCA
20
record label: Delicious Vinyl 104
chart position: RandB #7, US #3, UK #13, US dance #8
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Young MC, Michael L. Ross & Matt Dike
album: Loc'ed After Dark
comments: [hip hop]
Tone Loc
Funky Cold Medina
1989
Delicious Vinyl
21
record label: AandM 1455
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, US dance #1, UK #23
written by: Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) & Terry Lewis
album: Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
Rhythm Nation
1989
A&M
22
record label: Solar 74005
chart position: RandB #5, US #2, US AC #20
written by: Reggie Calloway, Vincent Calloway, Melvin Gentry & Belinda Lipscomb
album: All the Way
Calloway
I Wanna Be Rich
1989
Solar
23
record label: Epic 13
chart position: RandB #1, US #6, UK #43, US AC #3
written by: David L. Elliott & Terry Steele
album: The Best of Luther Vandross...The Best of Love
comments: [love ballad]
Luther Vandross
Here and Now
1989
Epic
24
record label: 10 Records 263
chart position: RandB #1, UK #5, US #11, US dance #1, US AC #37
written by: Jazzie B (as Beresford Romeo)
album: Club Classics, Volume One
Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler
Keep On Movin
1989
Records
25
record label: Columbia 68746
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, US AC #3
written by: Bernard Jackson
album: 2nd Wave
comments: [love ballad]
Surface
Shower Me with Your Love
1989
Columbia
26
record label: Deconstruction 43056
chart position: UK #1, US Dance #39
written by: Dan Hartman, Mirko Limoni, DJ Leleweland Valerio Semplici
album: Dreamland
comments: [disco dance]
Black Box
Ride on Time
1989
Deconstruction
27
record label: Circa 34
chart position: UK #3
written by: Claus Zundel, Mike Staab, Sydney Youngblood and Ralf Hamm
album: Feeling Free
comments: [disco dance]
Sydney Youngblood
If Only I Could
1989
Circa
28
record label: Columbia 06619
chart position: RandB #34, UK #8, US #8, US AC #12
written by: Thom Bell & William Hart
album: New Kids on the Block
comments: [love ballad]
New Kids on the Block
Didn't I (Blow Your Mind)
1989
Columbia
29
record label: Atco 9149
chart position: RandB #2, US #7, US dance #7, UK #78
written by: Michel'le, Laylaw & Dr. Dre (as Andre Young)
album: Michel'le
comments: [disco, boogie]
Michel'le
No More Lies
1989
Atco
30
record label: Warner 27863
chart position: RandB #4, US dance #1, US #6, UK #22
written by: L.A. Reid, Babyface & Daryl Simmons
album: Karyn White
Karyn White
Secret Rendezvous
1989
Warner
31
record label: Mika 2
chart position: RandB #3, US #5, US AC #3
written by: Deon Estus & George Michael
album: Spell
Deon Estus with George Michael
Heaven Help Me
1989
Mika
32
record label: Wing 871 078
chart position: RandB #1, US #8, UK #74, US AC #2
written by: Lisa Montegomery & Geneva Paschal
album: The Right Stuff
Vanessa Williams
Dreamin'
1989
Wing
33
record label: Delicious Vinyl 137
chart position: RandB #9, US #7, US dance #7, UK #73
written by: Young MC, Matt Dike & Michael Ross
album: Stone Cold Rhymin
comments: [hip hop]
Young MC
Bust a Move
1989
Delicious Vinyl
34
record label: MCA 53714
chart position: RandB #3, US #4, UK #74, US AC #11
written by: Gardner Cole & James Newton Howard
album: Larger Than Life
comments: [ballad]
Jody Watley
Everything
1989
MCA
35
record label: MCA 53652
chart position: RandB #3, US #7, UK #33, US AC #28
written by: Babyface (as Kenny Edmonds) & L.A. Reid
album: Don't Be Cruel
comments: [slow jam]
Bobby Brown
Rock Wit'cha
1989
MCA
36
record label: Mercury 311
chart position: US dance #1, UK #2, US #25, RandB #75
written by: Steve Vincent & Mick Walsh
album: Adventures of Stevie V
comments: [disco dance boogie]
The Adventures of Stevie V
Dirty Cash (Money Talks)
1989
Mercury
37
record label: Solar 68966
chart position: RandB #1, US #7, US dance #5
written by: Babyface, L.A. Reid & Daryl Simmons
album: Tender Lover
comments: [disco dance boogie]
Babyface
It's No Crime
1989
Solar
38
record label: Vendetta 1464
chart position: US #2, US Dance #1
written by: David Cole
album: Nothing Matters without Love
comments: [disco dance]
Seduction
Two to Make It Right
1989
Vendetta
39
record label: Warner 27783
chart position: RandB #1, UK #11, US #8, US AC #12
written by: L.A. Reid, Babyface & Daryl Simmons
album: Karyn White
comments: [slow jam]
Karyn White
Superwoman
1989
Warner
40
record label: 4th and Bway 483
chart position: RandB #25, US #7, US dance #3
written by: Dino
album: 24 7
comments: [disco dance boogie]
Dino
I Like It
1989
4th and Bway
41
record label: MCA 53660
chart position: RandB #3, US #9, UK #21, US dance #7
written by: A. Cymone, Jody Watley, Eric B. (as Eric Barrier) & Rakim (as William Griffin)
album: Larger Than Life
Jody Watley With Eric B. & Rakim
Friends
1989
MCA
42
record label: Qwest 2697
chart position: RandB #1, UK #21, US #18, US dance #1, US AC #30
written by: George Johnson, Louis Johnson & Sonora Sam
album: Back on the Block
comments: [disco funk boogie]
Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles & Chaka Khan
I'll Be Good to You
1989
Qwest
43
record label: Fanfare 18 (UK)
chart position: UK #4, US #84
written by: J. Vincent Edwards and Pierre Tubbs
album: Wicked
comments: [disco]
Sinitta
Right Back Where We Started From
1989
Fanfare
44
record label: Champion 213
chart position: RandB #2, UK #19, US #20, US dance #4
written by: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: Let Yourself Go
Sybil
Don't Make Me Over
1989
Champion
45
record label: Ten Records 284
chart position: RandB #5, UK #3, US #54, US dance #9
written by: Jazzie B (as Beresford Romeo) & Hayden Brown
album: Vol. II: 1990: A New Decade
Soul II Soul
Get a Life
1989
Ten Records
46
record label: Epic 655473
chart position: US #6, UK #23, US AC #1
written by: Gloria Estefan
album: Cuts Both Ways
Gloria Estefan
Here We Are
1989
Epic
47
record label: Warner 2814
chart position: RandB #5, UK #14, US #18, US dance #45
written by: Prince
album: Batman
Prince
Partyman
1989
Warner
48
record label: Big Life 7
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #1, UK #22, US #34
written by: Paul Huston, Posdnuos (as Kelvin Mercer), David Jolicoeur, Maseo (as Vincent Mason), Philippe Wynne
album: 3 Feet High and Rising
comments: [hip hop, funk]
De La Soul
Me Myself and I
1989
Big Life
49
record label: Def Jam 68902
chart position: RandB #7, US #15, US dance #9, UK #43,
written by: LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith)
album: Walking with a Panther
comments: [hip hop]
LL Cool J
I'm That Type of Guy
1989
Def Jam
50
record label: Solar 74003
chart position: RandB #1, US #14
written by: Babyface & L.A. Reid
album: Tender Lover
Babyface
Tender Lover
1989
Solar
51
record label: Arista 112 185
chart position: RandB #17, UK #41, US #16, US AC #3
written by: Albert Hammond & Diane Warren
album: Through The Storm
Aretha Franklin & Elton John
Through the Storm
1989
Arista
52
record label: Atlantic 8963
chart position: RandB #12, UK #8, US dance #1
written by: Herb Lawson (as Herbert Lawson), Byron Burke & Byron Stingily
album: Foundation
comments: [disco, boogie]
Ten City
That's the Way Love Is
1989
Atlantic
53
record label: Epic 9
chart position: RandB #3, UK #34, US #30, US dance #18, US AC #17
written by: Luther Vandross & Hubert Eaves III
album: Any Love
comments: [dance, boogie]
Luther Vandross
She Won't Talk to Me
1989
Epic
54
record label: Chrysalis 7
chart position: UK #5
written by: Marcus Vere, Richard Darbyshire and Albert Hammond
album: Gatecrashing
comments: [ballad]
Living in a Box
Room in Your Heart
1989
Chrysalis
55
record label: Vendetta 1433
chart position: US dance #3, RandB #56, US #23
written by: Robert Clivillas, David Cole & Freedom Williams
album: Nothing Matters Without Love
comments: [dance, boogie]
Seduction
You're My One and Only (True Love)
1989
Vendetta
56
record label: MCA 53657
chart position: UK #6, RandB #69, US AC #18
written by: Narada Michael Walden,Jeffrey Cohen, Walter Afanasieff, John Barry, Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley
album: Licence to Kill: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album
comments: [ballad]
Gladys Knight
Licence to Kill
1989
MCA
57
record label: Def Jam 68555
chart position: RandB #3, UK #17, US dance #3
written by: Vincent F. Bell (as Vincent Bell), Alvin Moody & Russell Simmonds
album: Raw
Alyson Williams
Sleep Talk
1989
Def Jam
58
record label: Supreme 139
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #11, UK #14
written by: R. Ginyard
album: It Takes Two
comments: [hip hop]
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock
Get on the Dance Floor
1989
Supreme
59
record label: Def Jam 69072
chart position: RandB #5, UK #8
written by: Fred Gordon & Vincent F. Bell
album: Raw
Alyson Williams
I Need Your Lovin
1989
Def Jam
60
record label: Elektra 69317
chart position: RandB #21, UK #13, US #57, US AC #19
written by: Jimmy Cameron & Vella Cameron
album: A New Flame
Simply Red
It's Only Love
1989
Elektra
61
record label: Ten Records 290
chart position: UK #12, US dance #8, RandB #30, US #76
written by: James Mtume & Reggie Lucas
album: Big Fun
comments: [dance, boogie]
Inner City
Whatcha Gonna Do with My Lovin
1989
Ten Records
62
record label: Big Life 14
chart position: RandB #18, UK #7
written by: Paul Huston, Posdnuos , David Jolicoeur, Maseo , Mike Gee ,Africa Baby Bam & J. Davis
album: 3 Feet High and Rising
comments: [hip hop]
De La Soul
The Magic Number -- Buddy
1989
Big Life
63
record label: Columbia 68897
chart position: RandB #2, US #27
written by: Eddie Murphy, Narada Michael Walden & Jeffrey Cohen
album: So Happy
Eddie Murphy
Put Your Mouth on Me
1989
Columbia
64
record label: Oceana 99244
chart position: RandB #3, UK #10
written by: Frankie Beverly
album: Heaven on Earth
Donna Allen
Joy and Pain
1989
Oceana
65
record label: Arista 9851
chart position: RandB #5, UK #29, US #41, US dance #18
written by: Albert Hammond & Diane Warren
album: Through The Storm
Aretha Franklin & Whitney Houston
It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Ever Gonna Be
1989
Arista
66
record label: Epic 655450
chart position: US #11, UK #23, US Dance #20, US AC #5
written by: John DeFaria, Clay Ostwald and Jorge Casas
album: Cuts Both Ways
comments: [disco dance]
Gloria Estefan
Get on Your Feet
1989
Epic
67
record label: CBS 654781
chart position: RandB #3, US #29, UK #90
written by: Full Force
album: Straight to the Sky
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
Little Jackie Wants to Be a Star
1989
CBS
68
record label: Columbia 73022
chart position: RandB #1, US #43, US AC #5
written by: Carvin Winans
album: Stay with Me
comments: [ballad]
Regina Belle
Make It Like It Was
1989
Columbia
69
record label: Profile 7241
chart position: US dance #2, RandB #70, UK #16
written by: Roland Clarke, Charlene Munford & David Shaw
comments: [disco, dance]
Chanelle
One Man
1989
Profile
70
record label: Wing 871 723
chart position: RandB #2, US #34
written by: Daryll Duncan
album: Here I Am
Sharon Bryant
Let Go
1989
Wing
71
record label: Epic 68688
chart position: RandB #4, UK #33, US dance #8, US #77
written by: L.A. Reid & Babyface
album: 2300 Jackson Street
The Jacksons
Nothin' (That Compares 2 U)
1989
Epic
72
record label: Big Life 10
chart position: RandB #32, UK #18, US dance #3
written by: Daryl Hall, John Oates, Sara Allen, Steve Scipio, David Jolicoeur, Posdnuos , Paul Houston & Maseo
album: 3 Feet High and Rising
comments: [hip hop]
De La Soul
Say No Go
1989
Big Life
73
record label: Atlantic 88917
chart position: RandB #1, US #42
written by: Chuckii Booker & D. Spencer Jr.
album: Chuckii
Chuckii Booker
Turned Away
1989
Atlantic
74
record label: Geffen 22936
chart position: RandB #4, US #49, US dance #18
written by: Timmy Gatling & Alton Stewart
album: Adventures in Paradise
Christopher Williams
Talk to Myself
1989
Geffen
75
record label: MCA 53464
chart position: RandB #1, US #44
written by: Jimmy Jam (as James Samuel Harris III) & Terry Lewis
album: N.E. Heartbreak
comments: [slow jam]
New Edition
Can You Stand the Rain
1989
MCA
76
record label: Supreme 143
chart position: US dance #9, RandB #11, UK #47, US #58
written by: R. Ginyard
album: It Takes Two
comments: [hip hop]
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock
Joy and Pain
1989
Supreme
77
record label: Arista 634
chart position: RandB #1, UK #69, US #64
written by: David Conley, Derrick Culler & David Townsend
Jermaine Jackson
Don't Take It Personal
1989
Arista
78
record label: Columbia 08537
chart position: RandB #1, US #57
written by: Bernard Jackson & David Townsend
album: 2nd Wave
Surface
Closer Than Friends
1989
Columbia
79
record label: Motown 17838
chart position: RandB #3, UK #32, US dance #11
written by: Nile Rodgers & Christopher Max
album: Workin' Overtime
Diana Ross
Workin' Overtime
1989
Motown
80
record label: Chrysalis 43329
chart position: RandB #84, UK #17, US dance #21
written by: Otis Redding
album: Adeva!
comments: [dance]
Adeva
Respect
1989
Chrysalis
81
record label: Columbia 68569
chart position: RandB #21, US #36, US dance #25
written by: Rhett Lawrence & Dean Pitchford
album: Sing OST
Johnny Kemp
Birthday Suit
1989
Columbia
82
record label: Columbia 68969
chart position: RandB #1, US #60
written by: Narada Michael Walden & Jeffrey Cohen
album: Stay with Me
Regina Belle
Baby Come to Me
1989
Columbia
83
record label: Arista 9785
chart position: RandB #18, US #47, US AC #4
written by: Dennis Matkosky, Lou Pardini & Paul Gordon
album: Silhouette
Kenny G with Smokey Robinson
We've Saved the Best for Last
1989
Arista
84
record label: Jive 1283
chart position: RandB #33, UK #81, US #32
written by: Robert John
Billy Ocean
Licence to Chill
1989
Jive
85
record label: Motown 1968
chart position: RandB #1, US #62
written by: Teddy Riley & Gene Griffin
comments: [disco funk]
Teddy Riley featuring Guy
My Fantasy
1989
Motown
86
record label: Ten Records 252
chart position: UK #10, US Dance #1
written by: Kevin Saunderson and Paris Grey
album: Paradise
comments: [disco dance]
Inner City
Ain't Nobody Better
1989
Ten Records
87
record label: 4th and Bway 122 (UK)
chart position: RandB #24, UK #19
written by: R. McDonald & W. Salter
album: So Good
Mica Paris & Will Downing
Where Is the Love?
1989
4th and Bway
88
record label: MCA 53490
chart position: RandB #2, US dance #36, US #70
written by: Timmy Gatling, Gene Griffin, Hall & Teddy Riley
album: Guy
Guy
I Like
1989
MCA
89
record label: 4th and Bway 471
chart position: RandB #12, US #42, US dance #43
written by: Dino
album: 24 7
Dino
24-7
1989
4th and Bway
90
record label: Arista 9836
chart position: US Dance #2, US #8, UK #99
written by: Lewis Martineé
album: What You Don't Know
Exposé
What You Don't Know
1989
Arista
91
record label: Virgin 99204
chart position: RandB #5, US #74, UK #87
written by: Babyface & L.A. Reid
album: After 7
After 7
Heat of the Moment
1989
Virgin
92
record label: Columbia 69016
chart position: RandB #1, US #84
written by: David Conley, Everett Collins, Derrick Culler & David Townsend
album: 2nd Wave
Surface
You Are My Everything
1989
Columbia
93
record label: AandM 680
chart position: RandB #5, US #55
written by: Tena Clark, Gary Prim & Vesta Williams
album: Vesta 4 U
comments: [ballad]
Vesta Williams
Congratulations
1989
A&M
94
record label: Arista 9772
chart position: RandB #2, US #78, UK #81
written by: Charlie Singleton
album: Wait So Long
comments: [beat ballad]
Kiara featuring Shanice Wilson
This Time
1989
Arista
95
record label: Atlantic 86453
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #37, UK #72
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Oasis
comments: [dance]
Roberta Flack
Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)
1989
Atlantic
96
record label: Atlantic 81926
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #19
written by: Marc Gordon, Gerald Levert & Heavy D (as Dwight Myers)
album: Just Coolin`
Levert
Just Coolin'
1989
Atlantic
97
record label: Warner 27556
chart position: RandB #2, UK #54
written by: Timmy Gatling, Teddy Riley & Al B. Sure!
album: In Effect Mode
Al B. Sure! featuring Slick Rick
If I'm Not Your Lover
1989
Warner
98
record label: Motown 4627
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #29, UK #94
written by: Larry McCain, Larry Singletary, Big Bub and Wesley Adams
album: Today
Today
Girl I Got My Eyes on You
1989
Motown
99
record label: Warner 22895
chart position: RandB #1, UK #89
written by: Frankie Beverly
album: Silky Soul
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
Can't Get Over You
1989
Warner
100
record label: Epic 3101
chart position: UK #13
written by: Luther Vandross
album: The Best of Luther Vandross...The Best of Love
comments: re release [dance, boogie]
Luther Vandross
Never Too Much
1989
Epic