Every song that charted in 1989

Combined ranking of all 243 songs from the alternative rock year-end countdowns of 1989. ← Top 100 of 1989

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	Love Song The Cure	391	4	#1	1
2	Stand R.E.M.	342	4	#4	–
3	Here Comes Your Man The Pixies	322	5	#2	–
4	She Drives Me Crazy Fine Young Cannibals	320	4	#4	–
5	Love Shack The B-52's	294	3	#1	1
6	Personal Jesus Depeche Mode	290	3	#4	–
7	So Alive Love and Rockets	285	3	#1	1
8	Veronica Elvis Costello	283	4	#10	–
9	Fire Woman The Cult	273	3	#6	–
10	Mayor of Simpleton XTC	273	3	#3	–
11	Sowing the Seeds of Love Tears for Fears	271	4	#5	–
12	Fascination Street The Cure	268	3	#5	–
13	Good Thing Fine Young Cannibals	267	3	#6	–
14	Lullaby The Cure	258	4	#3	–
15	Disappointed Public Image Ltd.	250	3	#11	–
16	I'll Be You The Replacements	247	3	#8	–
17	Monkey Gone To Heaven The Pixies	231	3	#5	–
18	Compulsion Martin Gore	228	3	#20	–
19	Higher Ground Red Hot Chili Peppers	211	3	#16	–
20	I Want That Man Deborah Harry	211	3	#13	–
21	Way of the World Max Q	209	3	#23	–
22	Channel Z The B-52's	204	3	#8	–
23	Proud to Fall Ian McCulloch	198	3	#12	–
24	Let The Day Begin The Call	195	3	#33	–
25	Everlasting Love U2	192	3	#3	–
26	Round and Round New Order	182	2	#7	–
27	Kingdom of Rain The The	182	3	#22	–
28	Orange Crush R.E.M.	181	2	#1	1
29	Blues from a Gun The Jesus and Mary Chain	178	5	#13	–
30	Last of the Famous International Playboys Morrissey	175	3	#18	–
31	Pictures of Matchstick Men Camper Van Beethoven	170	3	#28	–
32	Between Something and Nothing The Ocean Blue	167	3	#15	–
33	Look Who's Dancing Ziggy Marley	166	3	#41	–
34	Pop Song '89 R.E.M.	163	3	#32	–
35	Last Cigarette Dramarama	162	3	#11	–
36	She Bangs the Drums The Stone Roses	158	3	#7	–
37	Interesting Drug Morrissey	158	4	#14	–
38	Sold Me Down The River The Alarm	151	2	#7	–
39	Edie (Ciao Baby) The Cult	148	2	#15	–
40	Ouija Board, Ouija Board Morrissey	148	2	#16	–
41	Fine Time New Order	143	2	#27	–
42	Come Anytime Hoodoo Gurus	143	3	#33	–
43	No Big Deal Love and Rockets	142	3	#22	–
44	Contact Big Audio Dynamite	141	2	#29	–
45	Sick of It The Primitives	140	3	#45	–
46	Drama Erasure	137	2	#23	–
47	Pet Semetary The Ramones	136	2	#23	–
48	Love and Anger Kate Bush	135	2	#11	–
49	Regina The Sugarcubes	134	3	#44	–
50	Don't Crash the Car Tonight Mary's Danish	129	2	#21	–
51	Love is a Shield Camouflage	124	2	#41	–
52	A Girl Like You The Smithereens	123	2	#30	–
53	Debaser The Pixies	118	2	#3	–
54	Cult of Personality Living Colour	116	2	#42	–
55	Eat For Two 10,000 Maniacs	116	2	#31	–
56	Mixed Emotions The Rolling Stones	115	2	#9	–
57	Pure The Lightning Seeds	114	2	#14	–
58	Roam The B-52's	111	2	#25	–
59	Dear God Midge Ure	110	2	#46	–
60	God is a Bullet Concrete Blonde	108	2	#45	–
61	Don't Ask Me Why Eurythmics	107	2	#28	–
62	Flesh and Blood Oingo Boingo	106	2	#27	–
63	Let Love Rule Lenny Kravitz	103	3	#15	–
64	Can't Be Sure The Sundays	100	1	#1	1
65	Oh Daddy Adrian Belew	98	3	#50	–
66	Kennedy Wedding Present	98	1	#2	–
67	Nineteen Forever Joe Jackson	96	2	#32	–
68	Vanishing Point New Order	96	2	#27	–
69	Stop! Erasure	95	2	#29	–
70	Batdance Prince	95	2	#6	–
71	W.F.L.-Vince Clarke Mix Happy Mondays	94	1	#4	–
72	Cosmic Thing The B-52's	91	2	#36	–
73	I Am The Resurrection The Stone Roses	90	1	#6	–
74	Dream Attack New Order	87	1	#15	–
75	Sit Down James	86	1	#8	–
76	Trouble Me 10,000 Maniacs	86	1	#14	–
77	Baby I Don't Care Transvision Vamp	85	2	#50	–
78	Joe Inspiral Carpets	84	1	#9	–
79	So Many People Hubert KaH	84	1	#18	–
80	Going Southbound Stan Ridgway	83	2	#48	–
81	I Wanna Be Adored The Stone Roses	83	3	#29	–
82	Have in Mind Cetu Javu	82	1	#20	–
83	I Don't Know Why I Love You The House of Love	82	1	#10	–
84	If It's Love Squeeze	81	2	#24	–
85	Last of the International Playboys Morrissey	80	1	#22	–
86	Sugar Daddy Thompson Twins	80	2	#55	–
87	Eternal Flame The Bangles	80	1	#7	–
88	Sight Of You Pale Saints	80	1	#11	–
89	Dirty Boulevard Lou Reed	79	3	#19	–
90	Just Like Heaven Dinosaur Jr.	78	1	#12	–
91	Belfast Child Simple Minds	77	1	#8	–
92	This Is Acid Maurice	76	1	#26	–
93	Fisherman's Blues The Waterboys	76	2	#57	–
94	No Myth Michael Penn	75	1	#28	–
95	Take Me! Wedding Present	74	1	#14	–
96	Only A Prawn In Whitby Cud	72	1	#15	–
97	Hairstyle of the Devil Momus	71	1	#32	–
98	The Last of the Famous International Playboys Morrissey	70	1	#10	–
99	You Got It (Keep It Outta My Face) Mudhoney	70	1	#16	–
100	Dancing Barefoot U2	69	1	#34	–
101	Everlasting Love Howard Jones	68	1	#35	–
102	Made Of Stone The Stone Roses	68	1	#17	–
103	Song For Whoever The Beautiful South	67	1	#11	–
104	Free Mason Boxcar	65	1	#38	–
105	Free Fallin' Tom Petty	65	1	#33	–
106	Suboceana Tom Tom Club	64	1	#39	–
107	Brassneck Wedding Present	64	1	#19	–
108	We Didn't Start The Fire Billy Joel	63	1	#12	–
109	Jane Says Jane's Addiction	63	1	#40	–
110	Happy Public Image Ltd.	63	2	#61	–
111	Disco Deutchland Bomb the House	62	1	#41	–
112	King For A Day XTC	61	2	#67	–
113	Find Out Why Inspiral Carpets	60	1	#21	–
114	Closer To Fine The Indigo Girls	59	1	#38	–
115	Achin' To Be The Replacements	59	2	#61	–
116	Pacific State 808 State	58	1	#22	–
117	Dangerous Depeche Mode	58	1	#46	–
118	Into the Heart of Love Mighty Lemon Drops	57	1	#47	–
119	Give Give Give Me More More More The Wonderstuff	57	1	#47	–
120	Fools Gold 9.53 The Stone Roses	56	1	#23	–
121	Bring Me Edelweiss Edelweiss	56	1	#48	–
122	Eardrum Buzz Wire	55	2	#62	–
123	Can You Dig It Pop Will Eat Itself	55	1	#49	–
124	Bewitched Wedding Present	54	1	#24	–
125	Rock and a Hard Place The Rolling Stones	54	1	#43	–
126	Don't Look Back Fine Young Cannibals	54	2	#62	–
127	House The Psychedelic Furs	53	1	#51	–
128	She Rides The Waves Pale Saints	52	1	#25	–
129	God Part II U2	51	1	#53	–
130	Driven Out The Fixx	51	1	#53	–
131	Circle Edie Brickell	50	1	#16	–
132	Sensitive Field Mice	50	1	#26	–
133	Come Home With Me Baby Dead or Alive	50	1	#54	–
134	See A Little Light Bob Mould	50	2	#69	–
135	Lay All Your Love On Me Information Society	50	1	#55	–
136	Consolidated Consolidated	49	1	#55	–
137	Loveless New Order	48	1	#48	–
138	Mountain Song Jane's Addiction	47	1	#58	–
139	Daar Gaat Ze Clouseau	47	1	#17	–
140	The Sensual World Kate Bush	46	1	#58	–
141	Hollow Heart Birdland	46	1	#28	–
142	Move Your Feet Hithouse	45	1	#59	–
143	Angel of Harlem U2	45	1	#60	–
144	Obsession Xymox	44	1	#60	–
145	Verliefd op Chris Lomme De Kreuners	43	1	#18	–
146	Woman In Chains Tears for Fears	43	1	#53	–
147	The Perfect Needle Telescopes	42	1	#30	–
148	Where Did I Go Wrong? UB40	41	1	#64	–
149	Give Me Your Lips No Panic	41	1	#64	–
150	Sun King The Cult	40	1	#65	–
151	Convenience Bob	40	1	#31	–
152	Desire U2	40	1	#56	–
153	Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah The Pogues	39	2	#85	–
154	Dreamhouse Xmal Deutschland	39	1	#66	–
155	Info Freako Jesus Jones	38	1	#32	–
156	Puss In Boots Kon Kan	37	1	#68	–
157	World Party The Waterboys	36	1	#69	–
158	Crossroads Tracy Chapman	36	1	#59	–
159	Eye Know De La Soul	36	2	#34	–
160	Hypnotized Spacemen 3	36	1	#33	–
161	Bombers in the Sky Thompson Twins	36	1	#70	–
162	One Little Girl Toad The Wet Sprocket	35	1	#70	–
163	Do You Believe in Shame Duran Duran	35	1	#71	–
164	And Now You're in Heaven Julian Lennon	34	1	#71	–
165	The Prisoner Howard Jones	34	1	#72	–
166	Glamour Boys Living Colour	33	1	#62	–
167	Waiting For Mary Pere Ubu	32	1	#73	–
168	This Is How It Feels Inspiral Carpets	32	1	#35	–
169	Running Down a Dream Tom Petty	32	1	#63	–
170	Getting Away With It Electronic	32	1	#74	–
171	Tainted Love Impedance	31	1	#74	–
172	Patience Guns N Roses	30	1	#22	–
173	Wave of Mutilation The Pixies	30	1	#36	–
174	Sex Taboo Plastic Bertrand	29	1	#76	–
175	Self Fuzzbox	29	1	#77	–
176	Knock Me Down Red Hot Chili Peppers	29	1	#66	–
177	Another World Hoodoo Gurus	28	1	#78	–
178	Orinoco Flow Enya	27	2	#75	–
179	Beat of Love Voice of the Beehive	27	1	#79	–
180	So Sad... (Ole Time Religion) Sam Cooke Singers	27	1	#23	–
181	Hypnotized Cabaret Voltaire	26	1	#79	–
182	Sweet Soul Sister The Cult	26	1	#68	–
183	Dead Beat Descendant The Fall	26	1	#38	–
184	Swerve Dub Sex	24	1	#39	–
185	Nightmares Violent Femmes	23	1	#83	–
186	You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet Figures on a Beach	23	1	#83	–
187	Brother and Sister Erasure	22	1	#84	–
188	Paradise Birdland	22	1	#40	–
189	Always Saturday Guadalcanal Diary	22	1	#84	–
190	Wonderland Lene Lovich	21	1	#85	–
191	Dirty Old Town David Byrne	21	1	#86	–
192	Oh by the Way Derek & The Dirt	20	1	#25	–
193	Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste Galaxie 500	20	1	#41	–
194	Wait For Fire Burning Legal Reins	20	1	#86	–
195	Standing There The Creatures	20	1	#87	–
196	Deadbeat Club The B-52's	19	1	#87	–
197	Take a Step Back Simple Minds	19	1	#88	–
198	Too Much Kissing Senseless Things	18	1	#42	–
199	Who Will Be There Ziggy Marley	18	1	#89	–
200	50 Shades Of Blue Edwyn Collins	17	1	#89	–
201	I'm On My Way The Proclaimers	17	1	#90	–
202	Pet Sematary The Ramones	17	1	#26	–
203	Call of the Wild Tom Tom Club	16	1	#77	–
204	Dead The Pixies	16	1	#43	–
205	Revival Eurythmics	16	1	#91	–
206	Madonna of the Wasps Robyn Hitchcock	15	1	#92	–
207	I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) The Proclaimers	14	1	#92	–
208	A Strange Kind of Love Peter Murphy	14	1	#93	–
209	Not Listening Snuff	14	1	#44	–
210	You Got It Roy Orbison	13	1	#27	–
211	Techno Technoid	13	1	#93	–
212	Dirty Blvd. Lou Reed	13	1	#94	–
213	Don't Let Me Down Gently The Wonderstuff	12	1	#95	–
214	She Gives Me Love The Godfathers	12	1	#81	–
215	What Have I Said Now? Wedding Present	12	1	#45	–
216	Motorcycle Love and Rockets	11	1	#82	–
217	Tommy And Co Bill Pritchard	10	1	#96	–
218	Warrior Public Image Ltd.	10	1	#97	–
219	Paradise City Guns N Roses	10	1	#28	–
220	Landslide Popguns	10	1	#46	–
221	Headhunter Front 242	10	1	#83	–
222	Radio Silence Boris Grebenshikov	9	1	#97	–
223	Run 2 New Order	9	1	#98	–
224	...This Town... Elvis Costello	8	1	#99	–
225	Def.Con.One Pop Will Eat Itself	8	1	#85	–
226	The Drowning Man The Hollow Men	8	1	#99	–
227	Year of the Knife Tears for Fears	7	1	#100	–
228	Beat(en) Generation The The	7	1	#86	–
229	Tom Verlaine The Family Cat	6	1	#48	–
230	She's My Ex All	6	1	#101	–
231	It This Love King Swamp	6	1	#102	–
232	Times Up Age Of Chance	5	1	#102	–
233	Under the God Tin Machine	5	1	#103	–
234	Directing Traffic Inspiral Carpets	4	1	#49	–
235	Agent Double-O Soul The Untouchables	4	1	#103	–
236	You're The Only One Transvision Vamp	3	1	#104	–
237	Happy Birthday Concrete Blonde	3	1	#105	–
238	She Comes In The Fall Inspiral Carpets	2	1	#50	–
239	Will You Be There? Celebrate the Nun	2	1	#105	–
240	Plastic Fantastic Flesh for Lulu	2	1	#106	–
241	Decline and Fall Flesh for Lulu	1	1	#91	–
242	Don't Sniff Coke Pato Banton	1	1	#106	–
243	Hey Ladies Beastie Boys	1	1	#107	–