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91X Top 91 Songs of 1989

The year-end countdown for 1989 from 91X in San Diego, CA / Tijuana ranks 90 songs, with “Love Shack” by The B-52's at number one. The list features 62 different artists; The B-52's has the most entries with three songs. Position 89 is missing from the source list.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Love Shack The B-52's 61 #1
2 Love Song The Cure 62 #1
3 Lullaby The Cure 32 #3
4 Personal Jesus Depeche Mode 69 #4
5 Fascination Street The Cure 43 #5
6 Fire Woman The Cult 32 #6
7 Round and Round New Order 13 #7
8 Channel Z The B-52's 13 #8
9 She Drives Me Crazy Fine Young Cannibals 42 #4
10 So Alive Love and Rockets 54 #1
11 Love and Anger Kate Bush 5 #11
12 Sowing the Seeds of Love Tears for Fears 27 #5
13 Mayor of Simpleton XTC 33 #3
14 Trouble Me 10,000 Maniacs 22 #14
15 Edie (Ciao Baby) The Cult 16 #15
16 Veronica Elvis Costello 29 #10
17 Disappointed Public Image Ltd. 21 #11
18 Orange Crush R.E.M. 59 #1
19 Last of the Famous International Playboys Morrissey 6 #18
20 Good Thing Fine Young Cannibals 16 #6
21 Stand R.E.M. 52 #4
22 No Big Deal Love and Rockets 6 #22
23 Pet Semetary The Ramones 5 #23
24 If It's Love Squeeze 2 #24
25 Roam The B-52's 35 #22
26 Higher Ground Red Hot Chili Peppers 49 #9
27 Fine Time New Order 10 #9
28 Pictures of Matchstick Men Camper Van Beethoven 30 #28
29 I'll Be You The Replacements 44 #8
30 Compulsion Martin Gore 7 #20
31 Eat For Two 10,000 Maniacs 16 #31
32 Nineteen Forever Joe Jackson 4 #32
33 Free Fallin' Tom Petty 23 #33
34 Here Comes Your Man The Pixies 53 #2
35 I Want That Man Deborah Harry 3 #13
36 Way of the World Max Q 3 #23
37 Let The Day Begin The Call 21 #33
38 Closer To Fine The Indigo Girls 28 #38
39 Drama Erasure 4 #23
40 Sold Me Down The River The Alarm 18 #7
41 Look Who's Dancing Ziggy Marley 3 #41
42 Cult of Personality Living Colour 47 #42
43 Rock and a Hard Place The Rolling Stones 1 #43
44 Monkey Gone To Heaven The Pixies 59 #5
45 Sick of It The Primitives 3 #45
46 A Girl Like You The Smithereens 39 #30
47 God is a Bullet Concrete Blonde 29 #45
48 Loveless New Order 3 #48
49 Don't Crash the Car Tonight Mary's Danish 2 #21
50 Baby I Don't Care Transvision Vamp 2 #50
51 Pop Song '89 R.E.M. 23 #32
52 Regina The Sugarcubes 7 #44
53 Woman In Chains Tears for Fears 17 #53
54 Mixed Emotions The Rolling Stones 2 #9
55 Sugar Daddy Thompson Twins 2 #55
56 Desire U2 50 #2
57 Fisherman's Blues The Waterboys 12 #57
58 Oh Daddy Adrian Belew 19 #50
59 Crossroads Tracy Chapman 1 #59
60 Proud to Fall Ian McCulloch 5 #12
61 Achin' To Be The Replacements 18 #61
62 Glamour Boys Living Colour 11 #62
63 Running Down a Dream Tom Petty 14 #8
64 Flesh and Blood Oingo Boingo 2 #27
65 Blues from a Gun The Jesus and Mary Chain 5 #13
66 Knock Me Down Red Hot Chili Peppers 25 #66
67 Interesting Drug Morrissey 8 #14
68 Sweet Soul Sister The Cult 5 #68
69 See A Little Light Bob Mould 31 #69
70 Kingdom of Rain The The 9 #22
71 King For A Day XTC 16 #67
72 Debaser The Pixies 47 #3
73 Stop! Erasure 4 #29
74 Happy Public Image Ltd. 19 #61
75 Orinoco Flow Enya 12 #48
76 Last Cigarette Dramarama 20 #11
77 Call of the Wild Tom Tom Club 1 #77
78 Everlasting Love U2 11 #3
79 Come Anytime Hoodoo Gurus 4 #33
80 Dirty Boulevard Lou Reed 19 #19
81 She Gives Me Love The Godfathers 1 #81
82 Motorcycle Love and Rockets 1 #82
83 Headhunter Front 242 12 #63
84 I Wanna Be Adored The Stone Roses 47 #10
85 Def.Con.One Pop Will Eat Itself 8 #25
86 Beat(en) Generation The The 1 #86
87 Let Love Rule Lenny Kravitz 31 #15
88 Between Something and Nothing The Ocean Blue 8 #15
90 Eye Know De La Soul 2 #34
91 Decline and Fall Flesh for Lulu 1 #91

Position 89 is missing from the source list.

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About this countdown

91X Top 91 Songs of 1989 was broadcast by 91X (San Diego, CA / Tijuana). Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

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