December 23, 1989

-------- DROPOUTS --------
Me So Horny - The 2 Live Crew --- 26 / 9
The Arms Of Orion - Prince w/ Sheena Easton --- 36 / 3
Don't Shut Me Out - Kevin Paige --- 18 (2) / 10
Poison - Alice Cooper --- 7 / 10
I Live By The Groove - Paul Carrack --- 31 / 4



  40 --- Tell Me Why - Exposé (50)
 39 --- Was It Nothing At All - Michael Damian (47)
 38 --- What Kind Of Man Would I Be? - Chicago (46)
39 37 --- Fool For Your Loving - Whitesnake
18 36 --- Leave A Light On - Belinda Carlisle
29 35 --- Don't Make Me Over - Sybil
 34 --- Peace In Our Time - Eddie Money (42)
33 33 --- Bust A Move - Young M.C.
 32 --- Tender Lover - Babyface (41)
22 31 --- The Last Worthless Evening - Don Henley

37 30 --- I'll Be Good To You - Quincy Jones feat. Ray Charles & Chaka Khan
40 29 --- Janie's Got A Gun - Aerosmith
14 28 --- Angelia - Richard Marx
24 27 --- When I See You Smile - Bad English      
34 26 --- I Remember You - Skid Row
12 25 --- (It's Just) The Way That You Love Me - Paula Abdul
11 24 --- Don't Close Your Eyes - Kix
26 23 --- Rock And A Hard Place - The Rolling Stones
17 22 --- Love Shack - The B-52s
27 21 --- Oh Father - Madonna

28 20 --- Two To Make It Right - Seduction
30 19 --- Downtown Train - Rod Stewart
25 18 --- When The Night Comes - Joe Cocker
23 17 --- Free Fallin' - Tom Petty
20 16 --- Love Song - Tesla
21 15 --- Just Between You And Me - Lou Gramm
19 14 --- Swing The Mood - Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers
06 13 --- Blame It On The Rain - Milli Vanilli      
15 12 --- Everything - Jody Watley
16 11 --- How Am I Supposed To Live Without You - Michael Bolton

09 10 --- Living In Sin - Bon Jovi
13 09 --- This One's For The Children - New Kids On The Block
10 08 --- Just Like Jesse James - Cher
07 07 --- Pump Up The Jam - Technotronic feat. Felly
04 06 --- Back To Life - Soul II Soul
05 05 --- With Every Beat Of My Heart - Taylor Dayne
08 04 --- Rhythm Nation - Janet Jackson
01 03 --- We Didn't Start The Fire - Billy Joel      
03 02 --- Don't Know Much - Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville
02 01 --- Another Day In Paradise - Phil Collins  



Note:  the chart was "frozen" next week. The next chart issue date is 1-6-90

R1 SINGLES CHART - 23-29 December 1989

01 -- DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS? Band Aid II *
02 01 LET'S PARTY Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers *
03 02 WHEN YOU COME BACK TO ME Jason Donovan
04 03 GET A LIFE Soul II Soul
05 05 LAMBADA Kaoma
06 10 DONALD, WHERE'S YOUR TROOSERS? Andy Stewart
07 09 DEAR JESSIE Madonna
08 08 I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU Tina Turner
09 07 DON'T KNOW MUCH Linda Ronstadt w/Aaron Neville
10 04 YOU GOT IT (THE RIGHT STUFF) New Kids on the Block ***

11 06 EVE OF THE WAR (BEN LIEBRAND REMIX) Jeff Wayne
12 32 SISTER Bros
13 23 GETTING AWAY WITH IT Electronic
14 13 GOT TO GET Rob N Raz ft Leila K
15 14 IN PRIVATE Dusty Springfield
16 18 DEEP HEAT '89 Latino Rave
17 11 CAN'T SHAKE THE FEELING Big Fun
18 16 SIT AND WAIT Sydney Youngblood
19 20 HITMIX (OFFICIAL BOOTLEG MEGAMIX) Alexander O'Neal
20 25 WHENEVER GOD SHINES HIS LIGHT Van Morrison w/Cliff Richard

21 12 HOMELY GIRL UB40
22 15 YOU SURROUND ME Erasure
23 24 BROKE AWAY Wet Wet Wet
24 17 FOOL'S GOLD / WHAT THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR Stone Roses
25 -- THE MAGIC NUMBER / BUDDY De La Soul
26 35 20 SECONDS TO COMPLY Silver Bullet
27 22 ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE Phil Collins
28 19 AMSTERDAM (E.P.) Simple Minds
29 21 ALL AROUND THE WORLD Lisa Stansfield **
30 40 GOING BACK TO MY ROOTS / RICH IN PARADISE The FPI Project

31 36 BURNING THE GROUND Duran Duran
32 37 LISTEN TO YOUR HEART Sonia
33 -- WORDS The Christians
34 -- DECEMBER All About Eve
35 30 NEVER TOO LATE (TO CHANGE YOUR MIND) Kylie Minogue
36 -- TOUCH ME 49ers
37 26 WHATCHA GONNA DO WITH MY LOVIN' En Vogue
38 28 COMMENT TE DIRE ADIEU Jimmy Somerville ft June Miles-Kingston
39 -- I'LL SAIL THIS SHIP ALONE The Beautiful South
40 -- LIVING IN SIN Bon Jovi

-- 27 THE MIRACLE Queen
-- 29 PACIFIC 707 808 State
-- 31 THIS WOMAN'S WORK Kate Bush
-- 33 I'M NOT THE MAN I USED TO BE Fine Young Cannibals
-- 34 GET ON YOUR FEET Gloria Estefan
-- 38 THAT'S WHAT I LIKE Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers ***
-- 39 I FEEL THE EARTH MOVE Martika