The following lists the top 100 singles of 1989 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) End of Year Singles Chart. ARIA had previously used the Kent Music Report, known from 1987 onwards as the Australian Music Report. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.

# Title Artist Highest pos. reached Weeks at No. 1 1. "Like a Prayer" Madonna 1 5 2. "The Look" Roxette 1 6 3. "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" The Proclaimers 1 5 4. "Eternal Flame" The Bangles 1 3 5. "If I Could Turn Back Time" Cher 1 7 6. "She Drives Me Crazy" Fine Young Cannibals 1 3 7. "Bedroom Eyes" Kate Ceberano 2 8. "You Got It (The Right Stuff)" New Kids on the Block 1 3 9. "Kokomo" The Beach Boys 1 6 10. "The Living Years" Mike + The Mechanics 1 1 11. "Wind Beneath My Wings" Bette Midler 1 2 12. "Teardrops" Womack & Womack 2 13. "If You Don't Know Me by Now" Simply Red 1 1 14. "Right Here Waiting" Richard Marx 1 5 15. "Tucker's Daughter" Ian Moss 2 16. "Swing the Mood" Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers 1 3 17. "Especially for You" Kylie and Jason 2 18. "Poison" Alice Cooper 3 19. "Batdance" Prince 2 20. "Dressed for Success" Roxette 3 21. "If I Could" 1927 4 22. "All I Want Is You / Everlasting Love" U2 2 23. "You Got It" Roy Orbison 3 24. "Stop" Sam Brown 4 25. "Baby I Don't Care" Transvision Vamp 3 26. "Talk It Over" Grayson Hugh 4 27. "Lost in Your Eyes" Debbie Gibson 7 28. "Express Yourself" Madonna 5 29. "Ring My Bell" Collette 5 30. "Toy Soldiers" Martika 5 31. "Handle with Care" Traveling Wilburys 3 32. "I'll Be Loving You (Forever)" New Kids on the Block 4 33. "The Best" Tina Turner 4 34. "I Don't Want a Lover" Texas 4 35. "Stuck on You" Paul Norton 3 36. "I'm on My Way" The Proclaimers 3 37. "We Didn't Start the Fire" Billy Joel 2 38. "Funky Cold Medina" Tone Loc 8 39. "She Has to Be Loved" Jenny Morris 5 40. "Rock and Roll Music" Mental As Anything 5 41. "Wild Thing" Tone Loc 15 42. "Now You're in Heaven" Julian Lennon 5 43. "Orinoco Flow" Enya 6 44. "Right Back Where We Started From" Sinitta 7 45. "One Summer" Daryl Braithwaite 8 46. "Iko Iko" The Belle Stars 7 47. "Cherish" Madonna 4 48. "Kiss" Art of Noise feat. Tom Jones 8 49. "Hand on Your Heart" Kylie Minogue 4 50. "Chained to the Wheel" The Black Sorrows 9 51. "Soul Revival" Johnny Diesel and the Injectors 9 52. "She Makes My Day" Robert Palmer 9 53. "Good Thing" Fine Young Cannibals 7 54. "Don't Need Love" Johnny Diesel and the Injectors 10 55. "I Drove All Night" Cyndi Lauper 11 56. "Patience" Guns N' Roses 16 57. "Say Goodbye" Indecent Obsession 6 58. "Wait" Gyan 14 59. "Baby Don't Forget My Number" Milli Vanilli 17 60. "The Only Way Is Up" Yazz and the Plastic Population 2 61. "Healing Hands" Elton John 14 62. "Telephone Booth" Ian Moss 7 63. "I Want Your Love" Transvision Vamp 7 64. "Satisfied" Richard Marx 20 65. "Two Hearts" Phil Collins 13 66. "Belfast Child" Simple Minds 12 67. "I Feel the Earth Move" Martika 2 68. "Don't Worry, Be Happy" Bobby McFerrin 1 7 69. "End of the Line" Traveling Wilburys 12 70. "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" Annie Lennox and Al Green 6 71. "I Want It All" Queen 10 72. "Cry In Shame" Johnny Diesel and the Injectors 10 73. "Way of the World" Max Q 8 74. "Listen to Your Heart" Roxette 10 75. "Hangin' Tough" New Kids on the Block 8 76. "Too Many Broken Hearts" Jason Donovan 7 77. "Like the Way I Do" Melissa Etheridge 16 78. "Onion Skin" Boom Crash Opera 11 79. "A Groovy Kind of Love" Phil Collins 2 80. "Rocket" Def Leppard 15 81. "You'll Never Know" 1927 15 82. "Bring Me Some Water" Melissa Etheridge 9 83. "Can I Get a Witness" Sam Brown 17 84. "Love Bites" Def Leppard 21 85. "Miss You Much" Janet Jackson 12 86. "Where Did I Go Wrong" UB40 17 87. "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" Poison 16 88. "Every Little Step" Bobby Brown 8 89. "Love Dimension" Kate Ceberano 14 90. "Touch the Fire" Icehouse 13 91. "Sowing the Seeds of Love" Tears for Fears 13 92. "Buffalo Stance" Neneh Cherry 21 93. "Pop Singer" John Cougar Mellencamp 8 94. "House of Cards" James Reyne 17 95. "Electric Youth" Debbie Gibson 21 96. "Second Chance" .38 Special 14 97. "I Won't Back Down" Tom Petty 16 98. "Love Shack The B-52's 1 6 99. "Wouldn't Change a Thing" Kylie Minogue 6 100. "Sealed with a Kiss" Jason Donovan 8

Peak chart positions are from the ARIA Charts, overall position on the End of Year Chart is calculated by ARIA based on the number of weeks and position that the records reach within the Top 50 singles for each week during 1989.

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