List of number-one singles of 1989 (Ireland)

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The following is a list of the IRMA's number-one singles of 1989.

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Issue DateSongArtistRef.
5 January"Especially for You" Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan
12 January
19 January
26 January"The Living Years" Mike + The Mechanics
2 February"Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" Marc Almond featuring Gene Pitney
9 February
16 February"Belfast Child" Simple Minds
23 February
2 March"Leave Me Alone" Michael Jackson
9 March"Too Many Broken Hearts"Jason Donovan
16 March"Like a Prayer" Madonna
23 March
30 March"Paradise City" Guns N' Roses
6 April"Eternal Flame" The Bangles
13 April"When Love Comes to Town" U2 featuring B. B. King
20 April"Eternal Flame"The Bangles
27 April
4 May"Far from Home" Daniel O'Donnell
11 May"Hand on Your Heart" Kylie Minogue
18 May"Ferry Cross the Mersey" Gerry Marsden, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney & The Christians
25 May
1 June"Heart & Soul" No Sweat
8 June
15 June"Sealed With a Kiss"Jason Donovan
22 June"All I Want Is You"U2
29 June
6 July"And a Bang on the Ear" The Waterboys [1]
13 July"Liberian Girl"Michael Jackson
20 July"You'll Never Stop Me Loving You" Sonia
27 July"Too Much" Bros
3 August
10 August"Swing the Mood" Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
17 August
24 August"Lion in a Cage" Dolores Keane
31 August
7 September"Every Day (I Love You More)"Jason Donovan
14 September
21 September"Right Here Waiting" Richard Marx
28 September"Ride on Time" Black Box
5 October"Sweet Surrender" Wet Wet Wet
12 October
19 October"That's What I Like"Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers
26 October
2 November
9 November"Never Too Late"Kylie Minogue
16 November"Don't Know Much" Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville
23 November
30 November
7 December"When You Come Back to Me"Jason Donovan
14 December"Do They Know It's Christmas?" Band Aid II
21 December
28 December

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