MTV's Top 100 of 1989

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MTV Top 100 of 1989
100. It’s No Crime - Babyface
99. The Love In Your Eyes - Eddie Money
98. The Angel Song - Great White
97. Walk The Dinosaur - Was (Not Was)
96. Rooms On Fire - Stevie Nicks
95. Girl You Know It’s True - Milli Vanilli
94. Fool For Your Loving - Whitesnake
93. Lost In Your Eyes - Debbie Gibson  
92. When Love Comes To Town - U2 & BB King
91. Kisses On The Wind - Neneh Cherry
90. Everlasting Love - Howard Jones
89. Healing Hands - Elton John
88. Rhythm Nation - Janet Jackson
87. You Got It (The Right Stuff) - New Kids On The Block
86. When The Night Comes - Joe Cocker
85. Funky Cold Medina - Tone Loc
84. Your Mama Don’t Dance - Poison
83. Another Day In Paradise - Phil Collins
82. Friends - Jody Watley featuring Erik B & Rakim
81. Toy Soldiers - Martika
80. Crazy About Her - Rod Stewart
79. Living In Sin - Bon Jovi
78. Second Chance - .38 Special
77. One - Metallica
76. Angelia - Richard Marx
75. You Got It - Roy Orbison
74. Listen To Her Heart - Roxette
73. Down Boys - Warrant
72. I’ll Be Loving You (Forever) - New Kids On The Block
71. In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
70. The Way That You Love Me - Paula Abdul
69. When I See You Smile - Bad English
68. Batdance - Prince
67. Rock & A Hard Place - Rolling Stones
66. The Doctor - Doobie Brothers
65. Dr. Feelgood - Motley Crue
64. Angel Eyes - Jeff Healy Band
63. Bust A Move - Young MC
62. Janie’s Got A Gun - Aerosmith
61. Veronica - Elvis Costello
60. Poison- Alice Cooper
59. Don’t Look Back - Fine Young Cannibals
58. Eternal Flame - Bangles
57. Coming Home - Cinderella
56. Leave Me Alone - Michael Jackson
55. Little Liar - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
54. Baby Don’t Forget My Number - Milli Vanilli
53. Running Down A Dream - Tom Petty
52. Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx
51. What I Am - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
50. Love Song - The Cure
49. Headed For A Heartbreak - Winger
48. The Look - Roxette
47. I’ll Be There For You - Bon Jovi
46. My Heart Can’t Tell You No - Rod Stewart
45. Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson
44. So Alive - Love & Rockets
43. Real Love - Jody Watley
42. The End Of The Innocence - Don Henley
41. Handle With Care - Traveling Wilburys
40. If I Could Turn Back Time - Cher
39. Wild Thing - Tone Loc
38. Cherish - Madonna
37. Close My Eyes Forever - Lita Ford & Ozzy Osbourne
36. Pop Singer - John Cougar Mellencamp
35. On Our Own - Bobby Brown
34. Armageddon It - Def Leppard
33. Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals
32. Born To Be My Baby - Bon Jovi
31. Free Fallin’ - Tom Petty
30. Glamour Boys - Living Colour
29. Coldhearted - Paula Abdul
28. Heaven - Warrant
27. Miss You Much - Janet Jackson
26. Seventeen - Winger
25. Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry
24. Love In An Elevator - Aerosmith
23. Love Shack - B-52’s
22. 18 & Life - Skid Row
21. The Living Years - Mike & The Mechanics
20. Mixed Emotions - Rolling Stones
19. Satisfied - Richard Marx
18. When The Children Cry - White Lion
17. Forever Your Girl - Paula Abdul
16. Patience - Guns N Roses
15. We Didn’t Start The Fire - Billy Joel
14. Angel Of Harlem - U2
13. Express Yourself - Madonna
12. Lay Your Hands On Me - Bon Jovi
11. Sowing The Seeds Of Love - Tears For Fears
10. Once Bitten, Twice Shy - Great White
9. Every Little Step - Bobby Brown
8. Rocket - Def Leppard
7. Stand - REM
6. Paradise City - Guns N' Roses
5. I Won’t Back Down - Tom Petty
4. Cult Of Personality - Living Colour
3. She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
2. Straight Up - Paula Abdul
1. Like A Prayer – Madonna

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Top 25 Music Videos of 1989

Not listed:
(though most are often placed in similar "best" lists)

Aerosmith "Janie's Got A Gun", though a serious song/video, far too dark for my taste. Motley Crue's "Dr. Feelgood" is dark, but the video isn't  graphic. Oddly, the alternate version on the DVD only features the band performing.

Madonna "Like A Prayer", catchy song though the video's too overrated and pretty much done for shock value  

Metallica "One", The song's OK, though not actually an 'all time'  favorite (the guitar solo is great), though the video's pretty much scenes of "Johnny Get His Gun" and the band performing.

Milli Vanilli videos, because they're plain awful (I find "Baby Don't Lose My Number"  hiliarious)

In no special order since I don't exactly have a personal #1 video for that particular year


25. Cinderella "Gypsy Road"
24  Paula Abdul "It's Just The Way That You Love Me" (second version)
23. White Lion "Radar Love"
22. Debbie Gibson "We Could Be Together"
21. Biz Markie "Just A Friend"
20. LL Cool J "Big Ole Butt"
19. Love & Rockets "So Alive"
18. Paula Abdul "Straight Up"
17. Bobby Brown "Every Little Step"
16. Taylor Dayne "With Every Beat Of My Heart"
15. Motley Crue "Dr. Feelgood"
14. Red Hot Chili Peppers "Higher Ground"
13. Debbie Gibson "Electric Youth"
12. Tone Loc "Funky Cold Medina"
11. Janet Jackson "Rhythm Nation"
10. Beastie Boys "Hey Ladies"
9. De La Soul "Me, Myself, & I"
8. Aerosmith "Love In An Elevator"
7. Tom Petty "Free Fallin"
6. Great White "Once Bitten, Twice Shy"
5. Debbie Gibson "Lost In Your Eyes"
4. Young MC "Bust A Move"
3. Janet Jackson "Miss You Much"
2. Paula Abdul "Coldhearted"
1. B-52's "Love Shack"

Other notable videos:

Tom Petty "Runnin' Down A Dream"
Bobby Brown "On Our Own"
REM "Stand"
LA Guns "Never Enough"
Debbie Gibson "No More Rhyme"

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Good thing Milli Vanilli wasn't in the top 10, but were Tears For Fears still that popular in 1989? Nothing against the band, but "Sowing The Seeds Of Love" just drags on and the video's mediocre. They had better songs like "Shout" and "Change"


Appears accurate.

Hey there. I've never posted on this board before, but I did PM a request for the very same list once, with which A Change Of Stevens graciously provided me. Here are the blanks, filled in through memory:

12) Bon Jovi - Lay Your Hands On Me
11) Tears For Fears - Sowing the Seeds of Love
10) Great White - Once Bitten, Twice Shy
9) Bobby Brown - Every Little Step
Def Leppard - Rocket
7) REM - Stand
6) Guns 'n' Roses - Paradise City

I once had every single list saved to disk, courtesy of MTV's old AOL site from before they fully migrated to mtv.com. Unfortunately I lost them to a disk crash. At this point I'm missing the '86, '87 and '91 countdowns. Needless to say, I'd be pleased as punch to find any of these. I can post any of the others, or links containing them.

Tried to find MTV lists from Google and searching use.net archives, but only found (Top 20) of 1984, (Top 100 lists of) 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1994.

Wonder what's the link of the old MTV AOL site since the Waybac Machine search engine would be useful.

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I remember "Sowing the Seeds of Love" and it wasn't a very good song.  I think Tears for Fears broke up right after that.

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Jennifer Lopez as one of the dancers (next to host Fab 5 Freddy)  during a MC Hammer interview from "Yo! MTV Raps" (1989) 

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MTV advertisements from 1989/1990


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Featuring artists: Tone Loc, Paula Abdul, The B-52's




MTV programs:

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Jennifer Lopez as one of the dancers (next to host Fab 5 Freddy)  during a MC Hammer interview from "Yo! MTV Raps" (1989) 

She was also in a couple of Janet Jackson videos.