Weekly Rock Top 20 for December 9, 1989 |
| LW | TW | peaks: |
rock | pop |
| 3 | 1 | Show Don't Tell | ▲ |
| Rush |
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| 6 | 2 | Love Song | ▲ | 6 |
| Tesla |
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| 2 | 3 | A Girl Like You | 2 | 11 |
| The Smithereens |
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| 5 | 4 | I Can't Explain | 1 |
| Scorpions |
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| 9 | 5 | Peace In Our Time | 1 | 6 |
| Eddie Money |
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| 1 | 6 | Pretending | 1 |
| Eric Clapton |
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| 7 | 7 | We Didn't Start The Fire | 4 | 1 |
| Billy Joel |
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| 4 | 8 | Fool For Your Loving | 1 | 26 |
| Whitesnake |
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| - | 9 | F.I.N.E. | 7 |
| Aerosmith |
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| - | 10 | Bad Love | 1 |
| Eric Clapton |
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| 15 | 11 | Terrifying | 2 |
| The Rolling Stones |
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| - | 12 | Downtown Train | 4 | 1 |
| Rod Stewart |
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| 20 | 13 | Kickstart My Heart | ▲ | 22 |
| Motley Crue |
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| 10 | 14 | Let Love Rule | 10 |
| Lenny Kravitz |
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| 18 | 15 | Let Me Go | 11 |
| Melissa Etheridge |
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| - | 16 | Anytime | 1 |
| McAuley Schenker Group |
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| 12 | 17 | Contact | 12 |
| Big Audio Dynamite |
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| 13 | 18 | Higher Ground | 13 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers |
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| 17 | 19 | Blues From A Gun | 13 |
| The Jesus And Mary Chain |
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| 16 | 20 | Devolution Workin' Man's Blues | 7 |
| The Alarm |
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| Prior Week | Next Week |
