Why Is That

What it earned each artist

Record Power is the song's own figure. Power contributed is what it earned each artist's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the artist had other songs charting is split between them.

1. #1Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)Soul II Soul
2. #2You'll Never Stop Me from Loving YouSonia
3. #3London NightsLondon Boys
4. #4Song for WhoeverThe Beautiful South
5. #5It's AlrightPet Shop Boys
6. #6Ain't Nobody {1989}Rufus & Chaka Khan
7. #7Licence to KillGladys Knight
8. #8On Our OwnBobby Brown
9. #9Wind Beneath My WingsBette Midler
10. #10BatdancePrince

Every other song that reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1989.

• Especially for You · Kylie Minogue & Jason
• Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart ft Gene Pitney · Marc Almond feat. Gene Pitney
• Belfast Child · Simple Minds
• Too Many Broken Hearts · Jason Donovan
• Like A Prayer · Madonna
• Eternal Flame · The Bangles
• Hand on Your Heart · Kylie Minogue
• Ferry Cross the Mersey · Gerry Marsden, Paul McCartney, Holly Johnson & The Christians
• Sealed with a KISS · Jason Donovan
• Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) · Soul II Soul
• You'll Never Stop Me from Loving You · Sonia
• Swing The Mood · Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers
• Ride on Time · Black Box
• That's What I Like · Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers
• All Around The World · Lisa Stansfield
• You Got It (The Right Stuff) · New Kids On The Block
• Let's Party · Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers
• Do They Know It's Christmas? · Band Aid II