The following is a list of the IRMAs number-one singles of 1989.
Issue Date | Song | Artist | Ref. |
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5 January | "Especially for You" | Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan | |
12 January | |||
19 January | |||
26 January | "The Living Years" | Mike + The Mechanics | |
2 February | "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" | Marc Almond featuring Gene Pitney | |
9 February | |||
16 February | "Belfast Child" | Simple Minds | |
23 February | |||
2 March | "Leave Me Alone" | Michael Jackson | |
9 March | "Too Many Broken Hearts" | Jason Donovan | |
16 March | "Like a Prayer" | Madonna | |
23 March | |||
30 March | "Paradise City" | Guns N' Roses | |
6 April | "Eternal Flame" | The Bangles | |
13 April | "When Love Comes to Town" | ||
20 April | "Eternal Flame" | The Bangles | |
27 April | |||
4 May | "Far from Home" | Daniel O'Donnell | |
11 May | "Hand on Your Heart" | Kylie Minogue | |
18 May | "Ferry Cross the Mersey" | Gerry Marsden, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney & The Christians | |
25 May | |||
1 June | "Heart & Soul" | No Sweat | |
8 June | |||
15 June | "Sealed With a Kiss" | Jason Donovan | |
22 June | "All I Want Is You" | U2 | |
29 June | |||
6 July | "And a Bang on the Ear" | The Waterboys | [1] |
13 July | "Liberian Girl" | Michael Jackson | |
20 July | "You'll Never Stop Me Loving You" | Sonia | |
27 July | "Too Much" | ||
3 August | |||
10 August | "Swing the Mood" | Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers | |
17 August | |||
24 August | "Lion in a Cage" | Dolores Keane | |
31 August | |||
7 September | "Every Day (I Love You More)" | Jason Donovan | |
14 September | |||
21 September | "Right Here Waiting" | Richard Marx | |
28 September | "Ride on Time" | Black Box | |
5 October | "Sweet Surrender" | Wet Wet Wet | |
12 October | |||
19 October | "That's What I Like" | Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers | |
26 October | |||
2 November | |||
9 November | "Never Too Late" | Kylie Minogue | |
16 November | "Don't Know Much" | Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville | |
23 November | |||
30 November | |||
7 December | "When You Come Back to Me" | Jason Donovan | |
14 December | "Do They Know It's Christmas?" | Band Aid II | |
21 December | |||
28 December |