Weekly Rock Top 20 for May 20, 1989 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 3 | 1 | The Doctor | ▲ | 7 |
| The Doobie Brothers |
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| 7 | 2 | Rooms On Fire | ▲ | 10 |
| Stevie Nicks |
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| 6 | 3 | Open Letter (To A Landlord) | ▲ |
| Living Colour |
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| 2 | 4 | I Want It All | 2 |
| Queen |
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| 1 | 5 | Pop Singer | 1 | 14 |
| John Cougar Mellencamp |
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| 10 | 6 | Close My Eyes Forever | ▲ | 7 |
| Lita Ford With Ozzy Osbourne |
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| 5 | 7 | Nineteen Forever | 5 |
| Joe Jackson |
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| 9 | 8 | Runnin' Down A Dream | 1 | 10 |
| Tom Petty |
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| 4 | 9 | Once Bitten Twice Shy | 2 | 3 |
| Great White |
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| 16 | 10 | Pop Song 89 | 3 |
| R.E.M. |
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| 12 | 11 | Fascination Street | 4 |
| The Cure |
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| 8 | 12 | I Won't Back Down | 1 | 7 |
| Tom Petty |
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| - | 13 | My Brave Face | ▲ | 17 |
| Paul McCartney |
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| - | 14 | Hey Baby | 4 | 11 |
| Henry Lee Summer |
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| - | 15 | Under The God | 4 |
| Tin Machine |
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| - | 16 | Martha Say | 9 |
| John Cougar Mellencamp |
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| 11 | 17 | Fire Woman | 1 |
| The Cult |
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| - | 18 | Is This Love? | 16 |
| King Swamp |
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| - | 19 | Satisfied | 12 | 1 |
| Richard Marx |
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| 19 | 20 | Hang Tough | 19 |
| Tesla |
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