Weekly Rock Top 20 for May 6, 1989 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 3 | 1 | Pop Singer | ▲ | 14 |
| John Cougar Mellencamp |
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| 6 | 2 | Once Bitten Twice Shy | ▲ | 3 |
| Great White |
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| 2 | 3 | I Won't Back Down | 1 | 7 |
| Tom Petty |
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| 1 | 4 | Fire Woman | 1 |
| The Cult |
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| 17 | 5 | I Want It All | 2 |
| Queen |
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| 10 | 6 | Rooms On Fire | 2 | 10 |
| Stevie Nicks |
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| 9 | 7 | Open Letter (To A Landlord) | 3 |
| Living Colour |
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| 5 | 8 | Heading For The Light | 5 |
| Traveling Wilburys |
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| 11 | 9 | Nineteen Forever | 5 |
| Joe Jackson |
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| 4 | 10 | Voices Of Babylon | 2 | 24 |
| The Outfield |
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| 12 | 11 | Close My Eyes Forever | 6 | 7 |
| Lita Ford With Ozzy Osbourne |
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| 13 | 12 | Runnin' Down A Dream | 1 | 10 |
| Tom Petty |
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| - | 13 | Love Has Taken Its Toll | ▲ |
| Saraya |
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| 15 | 14 | Fascination Street | 4 |
| The Cure |
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| - | 15 | Angel Eyes | ▲ | 3 |
| The Jeff Healey Band |
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| 7 | 16 | Now You're In Heaven | 2 |
| Julian Lennon |
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| - | 17 | The Last Of The Famous International Playboys | ▲ |
| Morrissey |
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| - | 18 | Bad Man | ▲ |
| Bad Company |
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| - | 19 | Let Me In | ▲ |
| Eddie Money |
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| - | 20 | Eyes Of A Stranger | ▲ |
| Queensryche |
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