Weekly Rock Top 20 for December 16, 1989 |
| LW | TW | peaks: | rock | pop |
| 4 | 1 | I Can't Explain | ▲ |
| Scorpions |
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| 5 | 2 | Peace In Our Time | 1 | 6 |
| Eddie Money |
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| 1 | 3 | Show Don't Tell | 1 |
| Rush |
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| 6 | 4 | Pretending | 1 |
| Eric Clapton |
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| 2 | 5 | Love Song | 2 | 6 |
| Tesla |
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| 10 | 6 | Bad Love | 1 |
| Eric Clapton |
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| 9 | 7 | F.I.N.E. | ▲ |
| Aerosmith |
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| 3 | 8 | A Girl Like You | 2 | 11 |
| The Smithereens |
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| 11 | 9 | Terrifying | 2 |
| The Rolling Stones |
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| - | 10 | If Dirt Were Dollars | 6 |
| Don Henley |
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| 12 | 11 | Downtown Train | 4 | 1 |
| Rod Stewart |
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| 7 | 12 | We Didn't Start The Fire | 4 | 1 |
| Billy Joel |
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| 15 | 13 | Let Me Go | 11 |
| Melissa Etheridge |
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| 16 | 14 | Anytime | 1 |
| McAuley Schenker Group |
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| 13 | 15 | Kickstart My Heart | 13 | 22 |
| Motley Crue |
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| 19 | 16 | Blues From A Gun | 13 |
| The Jesus And Mary Chain |
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| 20 | 17 | Devolution Workin' Man's Blues | 7 |
| The Alarm |
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| 14 | 18 | Let Love Rule | 10 |
| Lenny Kravitz |
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| - | 19 | Woman In Chains | ▲ | 29 |
| Tears For Fears |
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| 18 | 20 | Higher Ground | 13 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers |
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