ok, so this is a shortlist of items i pulled from the canadian charts from 1989 that's likely to be of some significance:
4 4 14 Big League-Tom Cochrane & Red Rider
14 14 15 Desire-U2
18 18 11 In Your Room-Bangles
19 24 9 Five Long Years-Colin James
10 22 8 Smooth Criminal-Michael Jackson
14 11 13 I Don't Want Your Love-Duran Duran
20 40 4 Angel Of Harlem-U2
20 26 7 Born To Be My Baby-Bon Jovi
20 24 7 Tell Somebody-Sass Jordan
17 26 6 The Living Years-Mike & The Mechanics
20 22 9 Send Your Love-Glass Tiger
20 29 9 If A Tree Falls-Bruce Cockburn
9 18 8 Good Times-Tom Cochrane
14 22 8 Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)-Enya
11 7 13 My Heart Can't Tell You No-Rod Stewart
13 28 7 Eternal Flame-The Bangles
16 25 8 She Drives Me Crazy-Fine Young Cannibals
15 23 6 The Look-Roxette
18 31 3 Like A Prayer-Madonna
12 27 8 Girl You Know It's True-Milli Vanilli
15 25 10 Stand-R.E.M.
19 28 5 Diamond Mine-Blue Rodeo
13 25 8 I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU-Bon Jovi
18 28 8 DOUBLE TROUBLE-Sass Jordan
20 24 8 ANGEL EYES-Jeff Healey Band
18 26 8 I WON'T BACK DOWN-Tom Petty
10 22 6 SATISFIED-Richard Marx
19 30 9 LOVE IS-Alannah Myles
19 35 7 IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW-Simply Red
20 31 5 BABY DON'T FORGET MY NUMBER-Milli Vanilli
10 22 5 EXPRESS YOURSELF-Madonna
11 59 3 BATDANCE-Prince
12 8 14 I WON'T BACK DOWN-Tom Petty
15 24 6 SO ALIVE-Love & Rockets
16 26 5 END OF INNOCENCE-Don Henley
17 22 7 CRAZY ABOUT HER-Rod Stewart
20 23 8 DRESSED FOR SUCCESS-Roxette
12 24 6 ROCK N ROLL DUTY-Kim Mitchell
20 27 10 LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME-Bon Jovi
1 3 7 RIGHT HERE WAITING-RICHARD MARX
19 22 7 ALL THE THINGS I WASN'T-Grapes Of Wrath
20 21 10 BLACK VELVET-Alannah Myles
7 19 6 GIRL I'M GONNA MISS YOU-Milli Vanilli
18 45 3 SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE-Tears For Fears
19 26 5 LOVE SONG-Cure
16 24 7 LISTEN TO YOUR HEART-Roxette
18 25 7 NO SOUVENIRS-Melissa Etheridge
15 19 5 ANGELIA-Richard Marx
16 29 8 LOVE SHACK-B52s
10 25 3 ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE-Phil Colliins
13 21 9 DON'T ASK ME WHY-Eurythmics
17 7 14 CHERISH-Madonna
18 34 5 HEY MEN-Men Without Hats
10 15 6 WE DIDN'T START THE FIRE-Billy Joel
16 24 10 ROCKLAND WONDERLAND-Kim Mitchell
18 26 6 BLAME IT ON THE RAIN-Milli Vanilli
18 18 6 FREE FALLIN'-Tom Petty
i don't know how to make this comprehensive, given how young i was and that i can barely remember.
i also found the muchmusic charts and pulled these out:
3 The Jeff Healey Band - Confidence Man
4 Colin James - Voodoo Thing
25 Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine
30 Glass Tiger - Far Away From Here
25 Duran Duran - All She Wants Is
12 Michael Jackson - Leave Me Alone
18 Tom Cochrane & Red Rider - Good Times
29 Colin James - Why'd You Lie
27 Glass Tiger - Watching Worlds Crumble
27 The Cult - Fire Woman
29 Cowboy Junkies - Misguided Angel
28 Tom Cochrane & Red Rider - Victory Day
28 Tin Machine - Under the God
24 Roxette - Dressed For Success
11 Neil Young - Rockin' In The Free World
22 Eurythmics - Don't Ask Me Why
29 Sass Jordan - So Hard
Bon Jovi - Living In Sin
12 Alannah Myles - Still Got This Thing
13 Madonna - Oh Father
22 Rod Stewart - Downtown Train
24 Richard Marx - Angelia
26 Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
27 Tragically Hip - New Orleans Is Sinking
29 Tears for Fears - Woman In Chains
30 Eurythimics - Angel
i will not explore all of these, but i'll look at a few.
