Popular Songs Of 1989, Vol. 3

I'll bet you thought I forgot to finish the Popular Songs Of 1989 series after a couple of days' lay-off. Well, I didn't. Here's part 3 of 5 in all its glory. Or something like that... Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Bon Jovi  ~  “I’ll Be There For You”

2)  Madonna  ~  “Like A Prayer”

3)  Milli Vanilli  ~  “Girl, I’m Gonna Miss You”

4)  Simply Red  ~  “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”

5)  Roxette  ~  “Listen To Your Heart”

6)  Rod Stewart  ~  “My Heart Can’t Tell You No”

7)  Def Leppard  ~  “Armageddon It”

8)  Donna Summer  ~  “This Time I Know It’s For Real”

9)  The Cure  ~  “Lovesong”

10)  Ronnie Milsap  ~  “Houston Solution”

11)  Karyn White  ~  “The Way You Love Me”

12)  White Lion  ~  “When The Children Cry”

13)  New Kids On The Block  ~  “Cover Girl”

14)  The B-52’s  ~  “Love Shack”

15)  Love And Rockets  ~  “So Alive”

16)  Richard Marx  ~  “Satisfied”

17)  Madonna  ~  “Express Yourself”

18)  Young MC  ~  “Bust A Move”

19)  Michael Damian  ~  “Rock On”  (I remember this guy from The Young & The Restless back in the day. I had to watch that series when I stayed with my grandma during the summer.)

20)  Taylor Dayne  ~  “Don’t Rush Me”

21)  Shenandoah  ~  “The Church On Cumberland Road”

22)  Babyface  ~  “It’s No Crime”

23)  Holly Dunn  ~  “Are You Ever Gonna Love Me?”

24)  Camper Van Beethoven  ~  “Pictures Of Matchstick Men”

25)  Breathe  ~  “How Can I Fall”

"Emergency" Songs

Certain people seem to think there's some kind of emergency going on. Whether there is or not, there are still these songs featuring the word "Emergency" in their titles. I hope you will urgently and ardently enjoy them!  ~  JH

1)  Paramore  ~  “Emergency”

2)  Kool & The Gang  ~  “Emergency”

3)  Beck  ~  “Emergency Exit”

4)  Poliça & s t a r g a z e  ~  “The Long Emergency”

5)  Steel Pulse  ~  “State Of Emergency”

6)  Tank  ~  “Emergency”

7)  Serena Ryder  ~  “Unlikely Emergency”

8)  Patrick Wolf  ~  “Accident & Emergency”

9)  Jamiroquai  ~  “Emergency On Planet Earth”

10)  Gossip  ~  “Melody Emergency”

11)  The Whispers  ~  “Emergency”

12)  Jordin Sparks  ~  “Emergency (911)”

13)  Bleeker  ~  “Emergency”

14)  Pretty Girls Make Graves  ~  “This Is Our Emergency”

15)  Foreigner  ~  “Urgent”  (Nope, the word “emergency” isn’t technically in the title, but it’s all throughout the song itself.)

16)  Playdough  ~  “Emergency Broadcast”

17)  Girlschool  ~  “Emergency”

18)  Nick Jonas & The Administration  ~  “State Of Emergency”

19)  Matt Costa  ~  “Emergency Call”

20)  Sweet Honey In The Rock  ~  “State Of Emergency”

21)  The Promise Ring  ~  “Emergency! Emergency!”

22)  Felicia Barton  ~  “Emergency”

23)  Silverstein  ~  “A Midwestern State Of Emergency”

24)  Icona Pop  ~  “Emergency”  (I don’t typically post videos of people dancing to a song, but in this case that was the only way I could post the “clean” version of this song.)

25)  The Pigeon Detectives  ~  “This Is An Emergency”

Popular Songs Of 1989, Vol. 2

You wanted it (I mean, I guess), and you got it (you're welcome?)! More of the most Popular Songs of 1989 coming your way in 3...2...1...NOW!  ~  JH

1)  Fine Young Cannibals  ~  “She Drives Me Crazy”

2)  Gloria Estefan  ~  “Don’t Wanna Lose You”

3)  Phil Collins  ~  “Two Hearts”

4)  Prince  ~  “Batdance”

5)  The Bangles  ~  “In Your Room”

6)  Eddie Money  ~  “Walk On Water”

7)  Surface  ~  “Shower Me With Your Love”

8)  Ann Wilson & Robin Zander  ~  “Surrender To Me”

9)  George Strait  ~  “Ace In The Hole”

10)  Steven Curtis Chapman  ~  “More To This Life”

11)  Patty Loveless  ~  “Timber, I’m Falling In Love”

12)  Billy Joel  ~  “We Didn’t Start The Fire”

13)  Alice Cooper  ~  “Poison”

14)  Soul II Soul  ~  “Keep On Movin’”

15)  Lorrie Morgan  ~  “Trainwreck Of Emotion”

16)  Elvis Costello  ~  “Veronica”

17)  Mötley Crüe  ~  “Dr. Feelgood”

18)  BeBe & CeCe Winans  ~  “Heaven”

19)  George Strait  ~  “Baby’s Gotten Good At Goodbye”

20)  38 Special  ~  “Second Chance”

21)  Paula Abdul  ~  “Cold Hearted”

22)  Nine Inch Nails  ~  “Down In It”

23)  When In Rome  ~  “The Promise”

24)  Natalie Cole  ~  “Miss You Like Crazy”

25)  Alabama  ~  “Song Of The South”

Popular Songs Of 1989, Vol. 1

You *know* you've been waiting for these! There were so many good and/or Popular Songs of 1989 that I had no choice but to make this series a five-parter. Which, if we're honest, isn't a bad thing at all. In fact, it's pretty rad! Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  Paula Abdul  ~  “Straight Up”

2)  Chicago  ~  “Look Away”

3)  Boy Meets Girl  ~  “Waiting For A Star To Fall”

4)  Janet Jackson  ~  “Miss You Much”

5)  Bad English  ~  “When I See You Smile”

6)  New Kids On The Block  ~  “I’ll Be Loving You (Forever)”

7)  Bette Midler  ~  “Wind Beneath My Wings”

8)  Bobby Brown  ~  “On Our Own”

9)  Boys Club  ~  “I Remember Holding You”

10)  Exposé  ~  “What You Don’t Know”

11)  Clint Black  ~  “A Better Man”

12)  Deon Estus  ~  “Heaven Help Me”

13)  Tiffany  ~  “All This Time”

14)  Tone Loc  ~  “Funky Cold Medina”

15)  Guns N’ Roses  ~  “Patience”

16)  Highway 101  ~  “Honky Tonk Heart”

17)  Mötley Crüe  ~  “Kickstart My Heart” 

18)  The Cure  ~  “Fascination Street”

19)  Samantha Fox  ~  “I Wanna Have Some Fun”

20)  The Jeff Healey Band  ~  “Angel Eyes”

21)  Madonna  ~  “Cherish”

22)  Duran Duran  ~  “I Don’t Want Your Love”

23)  Richard Marx  ~  “Right Here Waiting”

24)  Debbie Gibson  ~  “Lost In Your Eyes”

25)  Warrant  ~  “Heaven”