Weekly Rock Top 20 for May 6, 1989 |
John Cougar Mellencamp and Pop Singer fill the top chart song spot this week. Great White finds the number two position this week with Once Bitten Twice Shy. Tom Petty finds the third chart position this week with I Won't Back Down. |
| 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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