brown #
= weekly rock chart peak
blue #
= pop chart peak
| 1 | Got It Made | 1 | 12-24-88 |  |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
| 2 | Stand | 1 | 2 | 1-14-89 | |
| R.E.M. |
| 3 | The Love In Your Eyes | 1 | 27 | 1-28-89 | |
| Eddie Money |
| 4 | Driven Out | 1 | 2-04-89 | |
| The Fixx |
| 5 | You Got It | 1 | 8 | 2-11-89 | |
| Roy Orbison |
| 2-18-89 |
| Driven Out by The Fixx returns to number one |
| 6 | End Of The Line | 1 | 2-25-89 | |
| Traveling Wilburys |
| 7 | Working On It | 1 | 3-04-89 | |
| Chris Rea |
| 8 | I'll Be You | 1 | 3-11-89 | |
| The Replacements |
| 9 | Veronica | 1 | 14 | 3-18-89 | |
| Elvis Costello |
| 10 | Second Chance | 1 | 4 | 3-25-89 | |
| Thirty Eight Special |
| 4-01-89 |
| I'll Be You by The Replacements returns to number one |
| 4-08-89 |
| Second Chance by Thirty Eight Special returns to number one |
| 11 | I Won't Back Down | 1 | 7 | 4-15-89 | |
| Tom Petty |
| 12 | Fire Woman | 1 | 4-29-89 | |
| The Cult |
| 13 | Pop Singer | 1 | 14 | 5-06-89 | |
| John Cougar Mellencamp |
| 14 | The Doctor | 1 | 7 | 5-20-89 | |
| The Doobie Brothers |
| 15 | Runnin' Down A Dream | 1 | 10 | 6-03-89 | |
| Tom Petty |
| 16 | Brother Of Mine | 1 | 6-10-89 | |
| Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe |
| 17 | The End Of The Innocence | 1 | 3 | 6-24-89 | |
| Don Henley |
| 18 | Let The Day Begin | 1 | 7-08-89 | |
| The Call |
| 19 | Crossfire | 1 | 7-15-89 | |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble |
| 20 | All I Want Is You | 1 | 7-29-89 | |
| U2 |
| 21 | Free Fallin' | 1 | 1 | 8-05-89 | |
| Tom Petty |
| 22 | Heaven | 1 | 1 | 8-19-89 | |
| Warrant |
| 23 | Mixed Emotions | 1 | 5 | 8-26-89 | |
| The Rolling Stones |
| 24 | Love In An Elevator | 1 | 2 | 9-09-89 | |
| Aerosmith |
| 9-16-89 |
| Mixed Emotions by The Rolling Stones returns to number one |
| 25 | Sowing The Seeds Of Love | 1 | 1 | 9-23-89 | |
| Tears For Fears |
| 26 | Sold Me Down The River | 1 | 9-30-89 | |
| The Alarm |
| 27 | Rock And A Hard Place | 1 | 28 | 10-07-89 | |
| The Rolling Stones |
| 28 | Rockin' In The Free World | 1 | 10-14-89 | |
| Neil Young |
| 29 | Janie's Got A Gun | 1 | 2 | 10-21-89 | |
| Aerosmith |
| 30 | The Last Worthless Evening | 1 | 10 | 10-28-89 | |
| Don Henley |
| 31 | Fool For Your Loving | 1 | 26 | 11-11-89 | |
| Whitesnake |
| 32 | Pretending | 1 | 11-18-89 | |
| Eric Clapton |
| 33 | Show Don't Tell | 1 | 12-09-89 | |
| Rush |
| 34 | I Can't Explain | 1 | 12-16-89 | |
| Scorpions |
| 35 | Peace In Our Time | 1 | 6 | 12-23-89 | |
| Eddie Money |
| 36 | Bad Love | 1 | 12-30-89 | |
| Eric Clapton |