January 7, 1989

-------- DROPOUTS --------
Wild, Wild West - The Escape Club --- 1 (1) / 16  
Kokomo - The Beach Boys - 1 (1) / 15    
Desire - U2 --- 3 / 13



 40 --- She Wants To Dance With Me - Rick Astley (44)
 39 --- Back On Holiday - Robbie Nevil (42)
40 38 --- Kiss - The Art Of Noise feat. Tom Jones
21 37 --- Spy In The House Of Love - Was (Not Was)
23 36 --- Early In The Morning - Robert Palmer
32 35 --- Thanks For My Child - Cheryl "Pepsii" Riley
 34 --- Walking Away - Information Society (41)
33 33 --- Ghost Town - Cheap Trick
20 32 --- Finish What Ya Started - Van Halen
37 31 --- Wild Thing - Tone Lōc

34 30 --- The Lover In Me - Sheena Easton
18 29 --- The Promise - When In Rome
35 28 --- Straight Up - Paula Abdul
15 27 --- I Don't Want Your Love - Duran Duran
31 26 --- I Wanna Have Some Fun - Samantha Fox
30 25 --- Wild World - Maxi Priest
17 24 --- How Can I Fall? - Breathe
29 23 --- Holding On - Steve Winwood
28 22 --- Little Liar - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
11 21 --- Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Bird) - Will To Power    

09 20 --- Walk On Water - Eddie Money
25 19 --- When The Children Cry - White Lion
24 18 --- All This Time - Tiffany
26 17 --- Born To Be My Baby - Bon Jovi
27 16 --- When I'm With You - Sheriff
22 15 --- The Way You Love Me - Karyn White
07 14 --- Welcome To The Jungle - Guns N' Roses
16 13 --- Silhouette - Kenny G
19 12 --- Put A Little Love In Your Heart - Annie Lennox & Al Green
14 11 --- I Remember Holding You - Boys Club

13 10 --- Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson
12 09 --- Armageddon It - Def Leppard
03 08 --- Look Away - Chicago      
05 07 --- Waiting For A Star To Fall - Boy Meets Girl
10 06 --- Don't Rush Me - Taylor Dayne
08 05 --- In Your Room - The Bangles
04 04 --- Giving You The Best That I Got - Anita Baker
06 03 --- Two Hearts - Phil Collins
02 02 --- My Prerogative - Bobby Brown
01 01 --- Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison        

R1 SINGLES CHART - 7-13 January 1989

01 02 ESPECIALLY FOR YOU Kylie Minogue + Jason Donovan *
02 03 STOP! Erasure
03 04 SUDDENLY Angry Anderson
04 06 GOOD LIFE Inner City
05 01 MISTLETOE AND WINE Cliff Richard ****
06 07 BUFFALO STANCE Neneh Cherry
07 09 LOCO IN ACAPULCO The Four Tops
08 05 BURNING BRIDGES (ON AND OFF AND ON AGAIN) Status Quo
09 14 FOUR LETTER WORD Kim Wilde
10 08 CAT AMONG THE PIGEONS / SILENT NIGHT Bros

11 10 TWO HEARTS Phil Collins
12 13 SMOOTH CRIMINAL Michael Jackson
13 11 DOWNTOWN '88 Petula Clark
14 16 TAKE ME TO YOUR HEART Rick Astley
15 18 YOU ARE THE ONE a-ha
16 15 KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE Freiheit
17 12 ANGEL OF HARLEM U2
18 22 THE FIRST TIME Robin Beck ***
19 17 FINE TIME New Order
20 27 RADIO ROMANCE Tiffany

21 25 NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS
22 29 9 A.M. (THE COMFORT ZONE) Londonbeat
23 24 NATHAN JONES Bananarama
24 26 SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Bomb The Bass ft Maureen
25 -- ALL SHE WANTS IS Duran Duran
26 21 JOHN KETTLEY (IS A WEATHERMAN) A Tribe of Toffs
27 33 LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES Pet Shop Boys
28 32 RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
29 -- SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY Fine Young Cannibals
30 36 JACK TO THE SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND Hithouse

31 39 WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL Boy Meets Girl
32 20 EVENING FALLS... Enya
33 29 BORN TO BE MY BABY Bon Jovi
34 RE STAND UP FOR YOUR LOVE RIGHTS Yazz
35 28 PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART Annie Lennox + Al Green
36 23 TRUE LOVE Shakin' Stevens
37 -- LOVE LIKE A RIVER Climie Fisher
38 38 STAKKER HUMANOID Humanoid
39 -- BABY, I LOVE YOUR WAY-FREEBIRD Will To Power
40 34 I LIVE FOR YOUR LOVE Natalie Cole

-- 30 MISSING YOU Chris de Burgh
-- 31 HANDLE WITH CARE The Travelling Wilburys
-- 35 CHRISTMAS SONG / THANK YOU FOR A GOOD YEAR Alexander O'Neal
-- 37 KOKOMO The Beach Boys
-- 40 MINNIE THE MOOCHER Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra