| 1989 ROCK Top 100 Songs | 
| Based on our weekly rock chart archive. | 
| 1 to 25 | 26 to 50 | 51 to 75 | 76 to 100 | 
| red # = weekly rock chartblue # = pop chart | 
| 1 | Show Don't Tell | 1 | Dec 1989 | 
| Rush | 
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| 2 | I'll Be You | 1 | Mar 1989 | 
| The Replacements | 
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| 3 | Driven Out | 1 | Feb 1989 | 
| The Fixx | 
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| 4 | Got It Made | 1 | Dec 1988 | 
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | 
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| 5 | Stand | 1 | 2 | Jan 1989 | 
| R.E.M. | 
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| 6 | Pretending | 1 | Nov 1989 | 
| Eric Clapton | 
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| 7 | Peace In Our Time | 1 | 6 | Dec 1989 | 
| Eddie Money | 
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| 8 | Mixed Emotions | 1 | 5 | Aug 1989 | 
| The Rolling Stones | 
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| 9 | End Of The Line | 1 | Feb 1989 | 
| Traveling Wilburys | 
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| 10 | Rockin' In The Free World | 1 | Oct 1989 | 
| Neil Young | 
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| 11 | Crossfire | 1 | Jul 1989 | 
| Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble | 
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| 12 | Let The Day Begin | 1 | Jul 1989 | 
| The Call | 
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| 13 | The Last Worthless Evening | 1 | 10 | Oct 1989 | 
| Don Henley | 
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| 14 | A Girl Like You | 2 | 11 | Nov 1989 | 
| The Smithereens | 
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| 15 | Veronica | 1 | 14 | Mar 1989 | 
| Elvis Costello | 
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| 16 | Brother Of Mine | 1 | Jun 1989 | 
| Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe | 
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| 17 | Janie's Got A Gun | 1 | 2 | Oct 1989 | 
| Aerosmith | 
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| 18 | Rock And A Hard Place | 1 | 28 | Oct 1989 | 
| The Rolling Stones | 
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| 19 | The End Of The Innocence | 1 | 3 | Jun 1989 | 
| Don Henley | 
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| 20 | Love In An Elevator | 1 | 2 | Sep 1989 | 
| Aerosmith | 
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| 21 | Free Fallin' | 1 | 1 | Aug 1989 | 
| Tom Petty | 
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| 22 | Runnin' Down A Dream | 1 | 10 | Jun 1989 | 
| Tom Petty | 
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| 23 | I Won't Back Down | 1 | 7 | Apr 1989 | 
| Tom Petty | 
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| 24 | Sold Me Down The River | 1 | Sep 1989 | 
| The Alarm | 
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| 25 | Sowing The Seeds Of Love | 1 | 1 | Sep 1989 | 
| Tears For Fears | 
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| 1 to 25 | 26 to 50 | 51 to 75 | 76 to 100 |