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British Number One Hit Singles

Top of The Pops 1986
  Date Artist / Song Title Writer(s) Label Weeks at No.1
621 7 January 1989
Especially For You
KYLIE MINOGUE & JASON DONOVAN
written by
MIKE STOCK • MATT AITKEN •
PETE WATERMAN
PWL 24
PWL 24
3
622 28 January 1989
Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart
MARC ALMOND WITH GENE PITNEY
written by
ROGER GREENAWAY & ROGER COOK
Parlophone R 6201
Parlophone
R 6201
4
623 25 February 1989
Belfast Child
SIMPLE MINDS
music: TRADITIONAL
lyrics: SIMPLE MINDS
(JIM KERR, CHARLIE BURCHILL and MICK MacNEIL)
Virgin SMX 3
Virgin
SMX 3
2
624 11 March 1989
Too Many Broken Hearts
JASON DONOVAN
written by
MIKE STOCK • MATT AITKEN •
PETE WATERMAN
PWL 32
PWL 32
2
625 25 March 1989
Like A Prayer
MADONNA
written by
MADONNA • PATRICK LEONARD
Sire W 7539
Sire
W 7539
3
626 15 April 1989
Eternal Flame
THE BANGLES
written by
SUSANNA HOFFS • TOM KELLY • BILLY STEINBERG
CBS BANGS 5
CBS
BANGS 5
4
627 13 May 1989
Hand On Your Heart
KYLIE MINOGUE
written by
MIKE STOCK • MATT AITKEN •
PETE WATERMAN
PWL 35
PWL 35
1
628 20 May 1989
Ferry 'Cross The Mersey
THE CHRISTIANS, HOLLY JOHNSON,
PAUL McCARTNEY, GERRY MARSDEN,
STOCK AITKEN & WATERMAN
written by
GERRY MARSDEN
PWL 41
PWL 41
3
629 10 June 1989
Sealed With A Kiss
JASON DONOVAN
written by
PETER UDELL, GARY GELD
PWL 39
PWL 39
2
630 24 June 1989
Back To Life (How Ever Do You Want Me)
SOUL II SOUL
featuring CARON WHEELER
written by
JAZZIE B • CARON WHEELER • NELLEE HOOPER •
SIMON LAW
TEN 265
TEN 265
4
631 22 July 1989
You'll Never Stop Me Loving You
SONIA
written by
MIKE STOCK • MATT AITKEN •
PETE WATERMAN
Chrysalis CHS 3385
Chrysalis
CHS 3385
2
632 5 August 1989
Swing The Mood
JIVE BUNNY
written by
JIVE BUNNY
MFD 001
MFD 001
5
633 9 September 1989
Ride On Time
BLACK BOX
written by
DANIELE DAVOLI • MIRKO LIMONI • VALERIO SEMPLICI •
DAN HARTMAN
Deconstruction PB 43055
Deconstruction
PB 43055
6
634 21 October 1989
That's What I Like
JIVE BUNNY
written by
VARIOUS ARTISTS
MFD 002
BCM, Indisc
MFD 002
3
635 11 November 1989
All Around The World
LISA STANSFIELD
written by
LISA STANSFIELD • IAN DEVANEY • ANDY MORRIS
Arista 112 693
Arista
112 693
2
636 25 November 1989
You Got It (The Right Stuff)
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
written by
MAURICE STARR
CBS BLOCK 2
CBS
BLOCK 2
3
637 16 December 1989
Let's Party
JIVE BUNNY
written by
VARIOUS ARTISTS
MFD 003
MFD 003
1
638 23 December 1989
Do They Know It's Christmas?
BAND AID II
written by
BOB GELDOF • MIDGE URE
PWL FEED 2
PWL / Polydor
FEED 2
3
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Note that from 14th Jan 1989 compilation albums were excluded from the main album chart.

British Number One Hit Albums

  Date Album Details Track Details Weeks at No.1
re 7 January 1989 Now 13
Now That's What I Call Music 13
VARIOUS ARTIST COMPILATION (EMI/Virgin)
1
re 14 Jan ERASURE The Innocents 1
378 21 Jan ROY ORBISON The Legendary Roy Orbison 3
379 11 Feb NEW ORDER Technique 1
380 18 Feb FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS The Raw And The Cooked 1
381 25 Feb SIMPLY RED A New Flame 4
382 25 Mar GLORIA ESTEFAN & MIAMI SOUND MACHINE Anything For You 1
383 1 Apr MADONNA Like A Prayer 2
384 15 Apr DEACON BLUE When The World Knows Your Name 2
re 29 Apr SIMPLY RED A New Flame 1
385 6 May HOLLY JOHNSON Blast! 1
386 13 May SIMPLE MINDS Street Fighting Years 1
387 20 May JASON DONOVAN Ten Good Reasons 2
388 3 Jun QUEEN The Miracle 1
re 10 Jun JASON DONOVAN Ten Good Reasons 2
389 24 Jun PAUL McCARTNEY Flowers In The Dirt 1
390 1 Jul PRINCE Batman (OST) 1
391 8 Jul TRANSVISION VAMP Velveteen 1
392 15 Jul SOUL II SOUL Club Classics Volume One 1
re 22 Jul SIMPLY RED A New Flame 4
393 5 Aug GLORIA ESTEFAN Cuts Both Ways 6
394 16 Sep London Stage Cast Aspects Of Love 1
395 23 Sep EURYTHMICS We Too Are One 1
396 30 Sep TINA TURNER Foreign Affair 1
397 7 Oct TEARS FOR FEARS The Seeds Of Love 1
398 14 Oct TRACY CHAPMAN Crossroads 1
399 21 Oct KYLIE MINOGUE Enjoy Yourself 1
400 28 Oct ERASURE Wild! 2
401 11 Nov CHRIS REA The Road To Hell 3
402 2 Dec PHIL COLLINS But Seriously 8
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