Desert Island Songs - 1989

This page is a list of performers and songs with tracks I love broken down by the year the song was released (or first peaked on a pop chart). For more information check out the intro page.

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• 'Til Tuesday, "(Believed You Were) Lucky"
• 10,000 Maniacs, "You Happy Puppet"
• 10,000 Maniacs, "Trouble Me"
• 10,000 Maniacs, "Eat For Two"
• 38 Special, "Second Chance"
• Adrian Belew, "Oh Daddy"
• Aerosmith, "F.I.N.E."
• Aerosmith, "Young Lust"
• Aerosmith, "My Girl"
• Aerosmith, "Don't Get Mad, Get Even"
• Aerosmith, "Love in an Elevator"
• After 7, "Heat of the Moment"
• Alarm, "Sold Me Down The River"
• Animotion, "Room To Move"
• Anita Baker, "Just Because"
• Anita Baker, "Lead Me into Love"
• Art of Noise, "Kiss"
• B-52's, "Junebug"
• B-52's, "Bushfire"
• B-52's, "Cosmic Thing"
• Bad English, "Forget Me Not"
• Bangles, "Everything I Wanted"
• Bangles, "Be With You"
• Bangles, "In Your Room"
• Beastie Boys, "Looking Down The Barrel Of A Gun"
• Belle Stars, "Iko Iko"
• Benny Mardones, "Into The Night"
• Big Audio Dynamite, "Contact"
• Big Big Sun, "Sportsday"
• Big Big Sun, "Stop the World"
• Billy Joel, "We Didn't Start the Fire"
• Billy Squier, "Tied Up"
• Billy Squier, "Don't Let Me Go"
• Billy Squier, "Don't Say You Love Me"
• Black Box, "Ride On Time"
• Bob Mould, "Wishing Well"
• Bob Mould, "See a Little Light"
• Bonnie Raitt, "Thing Called Love"
• Boris Grebenshikov, "Radio silence"
• Boy Meets Girl, "Waiting for a Star to Fall"
• Call, "Let the Day Begin"
• Camouflage, "Love Is A Shield"
• Camouflage, "The Great Commandment"
• Camper Van Beethoven, "Pictures Of Matchstick Men"
• Carly Simon, "Let the River Run"
• Caterwaul, "The Sheep's A Wolf"
• Chaka Khan, "I Feel For You"
• Concrete Blonde, "God Is A Bullet"
• Cowboy Junkies, "Sweet Jane"
• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, "Got It Made"
• Cult, "Fire Woman"
• Cult, "Edie (Ciao Baby)"
• Cure, "Lovesong"
• Cure, "Lullaby"
• Cure, "Fascination Street"
• Cyndi Lauper, "I Drove All Night"
• De La Soul, "Me Myself and I"
• Dead Milkmen, "Punk Rock Girl"
• Def Leppard, "Love Bites"
• Def Leppard, "Rocket"
• Def Leppard, "Armageddon It"
• Depeche Mode, "Everything Counts"
• Don Henley, "The End Of The Innocence"
• Don Henley, "I Will Not Go Quietly"
• Duran Duran, "All She Wants Is"
• Duran Duran, "Do You Believe In Shame"
• Easterhouse, "Come Out Fighting"
• Edelweiss, "Bring Me Edelweiss"
• Edie Brickell and New Bohemians, "What I Am"
• Edie Brickell and New Bohemians, "Circle"
• Eighth Wonder, "Cross My Heart"
• Elvis Costello, "...This Town..."
• Elvis Costello, "Veronica"
• Enya, "Orinoco Flow (Sail Away)"
• Erasure, "A Little Respect"
• Eric Clapton, "Pretending"
• Eurythmics, "Don't Ask Me Why"
• Expose, "What You Don't Know"
• Faith No More, "The Real Thing"
• Fine Young Cannibals, "It's Ok (It's Alright)"
• Fine Young Cannibals, "She Drives Me Crazy"
• Fine Young Cannibals, "Don't Look Back"
• Fine Young Cannibals, "Good Thing"
• Fixx, "Driven Out"
• Guns N' Roses, "Paradise City"
• Guns N' Roses, "Welcome to the Jungle"
• Guns N' Roses, "Nightrain"
• Henry Lee Summer, "Hey Baby"
• Holly Johnson, "Americanos"
• House of Lords, "I Wanna Be Loved"
• Howard Jones, "The Prisoner"
• Howard Jones, "Everlasting Love"
• INXS, "Mystify"
• Indigo Girls, "Closer To Fine"
• Information Society, "Lay All Your Love On Me"
• Information Society, "Repetition"
• Information Society, "Walking Away"
• Jane Child, "I Got News for You"
• Jeff Healey Band, "Angel Eyes"
• Jerry Lee Lewis, "Great Balls of Fire"
• Jesus and Mary Chain, "Head On"
• Jimmy Harnen, "Where Are You Now"
• Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, "Little Liar"
• Joe Jackson, "Down To London"
• Joe Jackson, "Nineteen Forever"
• Joe Satriani, "The Crush of Love"
• John Mellencamp, "Pop Singer"
• Julian Cope, "Charlotte Anne"
• Julian Lennon, "Now You're in Heaven"
• Living Colour, "Glamour Boys"
• Living Colour, "Open Letter (To a Landlord)"
• Lou Reed, "Dirty Blvd."
• Love And Rockets, "So Alive"
• Loverboy, "For You"
• Loverboy, "Ain't Looking For Love"
• Marc Almond, "Tears Run Rings"
• Martika, "Toy Soldiers"
• Melissa Etheridge, "Similar Features"
• Michael Damian, "Rock On"
• Michael Penn, "Big House"
• Michael Penn, "Half Harvest"
• Mike & The Mechanics, "The Living Years"
• Moving Pictures, "What About Me"
• Neil Young, "Rockin' in the Free World"
• New Order, "Round & Round"
• New Order, "Vanishing Point"
• New Order, "Fine Time"
• Nine Inch Nails, "The Only Time"
• Nine Inch Nails, "Something I Can Never Have"
• Nine Inch Nails, "Kinda I Want To"
• Nine Inch Nails, "That's What I Get"
• Nine Inch Nails, "Terrible Lie"
• Nine Inch Nails, "Sanctified"
• One 2 Many, "Downtown"
• Paul Carrack, "Don't Shed A Tear"
• Paula Abdul, "Straight Up"
• Pet Shop Boys, "It's Alright"
• Pet Shop Boys, "Left To My Own Devices"
• Pet Shop Boys, "Domino Dancing"
• Phil Collins, "Two Hearts"
• Pixies, "Wave of Mutilation"
• Pixies, "Monkey Gone to Heaven"
• Pixies, "Debaser"
• Proclaimers, "I'm On My Way"
• Pursuit Of Happiness, "I'm an Adult Now"
• Q-Feel, "Dancing in Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop)"
• Queen, "I Want It All"
• R.E.M., "Turn You Inside-Out"
• R.E.M., "Pop Song 89"
• Ramones, "Pet Sematary"
• Ratt, "Way Cool Jr."
• Real Life, "Send Me An Angel '89"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Knock Me Down"
• Richard Marx, "Satisfied"
• Roachford, "Family Man"
• Roachford, "Cuddly toy (feel for me)"
• Rolling Stones, "Mixed Emotions"
• Roxette, "Dressed for Success"
• Roy Orbison, "Oh, Pretty Woman"
• Roy Orbison, "You Got It"
• Sheriff, "When I'm With You"
• Simple Minds, "Kick It In"
• Simply Red, "A New Flame"
• Skid Row, "Youth Gone Wild"
• Stan Ridgway, "Goin' Southbound"
• Starship, "It's Not Enough"
• Steve Winwood, "Hearts On Fire"
• Steve Winwood, "Holding On"
• Stevie Nicks, "Rooms On Fire"
• Stevie Ray Vaughan, "The House Is Rockin'"
• Stevie Ray Vaughan, "Crossfire"
• Taylor Dayne, "Don't Rush Me"
• Tears for Fears, "Sowing The Seeds Of Love"
• Temptations, "My Girl"
• Tom Petty, "Runnin' Down A Dream"
• Tom Petty, "I Won't Back Down"
• Tone-Loc, "Wild Thing"
• Tone-Loc, "Funky Cold Medina"
• Traveling Wilburys, "Handle With Care"
• Traveling Wilburys, "End of the Line"
• U2 With B.B. King, "When Love Comes To Town"
• Wang Chung, "Praying To A New God"
• Was (Not Was), "Anything Can Happen"
• Was (Not Was), "Walk The Dinosaur"
• When In Rome, "The Promise"
• White Lion, "When the Children Cry"
• White Lion, "Radar Love"
• XTC, "King For A Day"
• XTC, "The Mayor Of Simpleton"
• XTC, "Scarecrow People"
• XTC, "Hold Me My Daddy"
• Young M.C., "Bust a Move"
• a-ha, "You Are The One (Remix)"

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