Billboard Hot 100 #1 Hits of 1989

There were 33 different songs that reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1989. Given the artist and their respective issue dates, can you name every song?

The weeks are listed as "issue date," meaning the song was at #1 when the list was published on that Saturday

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Issue Date	#1 Hit	Artist
January 7	Every Rose Has Its Thorn	Poison
January 14	My Prerogative	Bobby Brown
January 21	Two Hearts	Phil Collins
January 28	Two Hearts	Phil Collins
February 4	When I'm With You	Sheriff
February 11	Straight Up	Paula Abdul
February 18
February 25
March 4	Lost In Your Eyes	Debbie Gibson
March 11
March 18
March 25	The Living Years	Mike + The Mechanics
April 1	Eternal Flame	The Bangles
April 8	The Look	Roxette
April 15	She Drives Me Crazy	Fine Young Cannibals
April 22	Like A Prayer	Madonna
April 29
May 6
May 13	I'll Be There For You	Bon Jovi
May 20	Forever Your Girl	Paula Abdul
May 27	Forever Your Girl	Paula Abdul
June 3	Rock On	Michael Damian
June 10	Wind Beneath My Wings	Bette Midler
June 17	I'll Be Loving You (Forever)	New Kids On The Block
June 24	Satisfied	Richard Marx
July 1	Baby Don't Forget My Number	Milli Vanilli
July 8	Good Thing	Fine Young Cannibals
July 15	If You Don't Know Me By Now	Simply Red
July 22	Toy Soldiers	Martika
July 29	Toy Soldiers	Martika
August 5	Batdance	Prince
August 12	Right Here Waiting	Richard Marx
August 19
August 26
September 2	Cold Hearted	Paula Abdul
September 9	Hangin' Tough	New Kids On The Block
September 16	Don't Wanna Lose You	Gloria Estefan
September 23	Girl I'm Gonna Miss You	Milli Vanilli
September 30	Girl I'm Gonna Miss You	Milli Vanilli
October 7	Miss You Much	Janet Jackson
October 14
October 21
October 28
November 4	Listen To Your Heart	Roxette
November 11	When I See You Smile	Bad English
November 18	When I See You Smile	Bad English
November 25	Blame It On The Rain	Milli Vanilli
December 2	Blame It On The Rain	Milli Vanilli
December 9	We Didn't Start The Fire	Billy Joel
December 16	We Didn't Start The Fire	Billy Joel
December 23	Another Day In Paradise	Phil Collins
December 30	Another Day In Paradise	Phil Collins