The following is a list of the IRMA's number-one singles of 1989.
Issue date Song ArtistRef. 5 January "Especially for You" Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan 12 January 19 January 26 January "The Living Years" Mike and the Mechanics 2 February "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" Marc Almond featuring Gene Pitney 9 February 16 February "Belfast Child" Simple Minds 23 February 2 March "Leave Me Alone" Michael Jackson 9 March "Too Many Broken Hearts" Jason Donovan 16 March "Like a Prayer" Madonna 23 March 30 March "Paradise City" Guns N' Roses 6 April "Eternal Flame" The Bangles 13 April "When Love Comes to Town" U2 featuring B. B. King 20 April "Eternal Flame" The Bangles 27 April 4 May "Far from Home" Daniel O'Donnell 11 May "Hand on Your Heart" Kylie Minogue 18 May "Ferry Cross the Mersey" Gerry Marsden, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney & The Christians 25 May 1 June "Heart & Soul" No Sweat 8 June 15 June "Sealed With a Kiss" Jason Donovan 22 June "All I Want Is You" U2 29 June 6 July "And a Bang on the Ear" The Waterboys 13 July "Liberian Girl" Michael Jackson 20 July "You'll Never Stop Me Loving You" Sonia 27 July "Too Much" Bros 3 August 10 August "Swing the Mood" Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers 17 August 24 August "Lion in a Cage" Dolores Keane 31 August 7 September "Every Day (I Love You More)" Jason Donovan 14 September 21 September "Right Here Waiting" Richard Marx 28 September "Ride on Time" Black Box 5 October "Sweet Surrender" Wet Wet Wet 12 October 19 October "That's What I Like" Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers 26 October 2 November 9 November "Never Too Late" Kylie Minogue 16 November "Don't Know Much" Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville 23 November 30 November 7 December "When You Come Back to Me" Jason Donovan 14 December "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Band Aid II 21 December 28 December
31 number ones Most number ones: Jason Donovan (5) Most weeks at number one (song): "Especially for You" – Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, "Eternal Flame" – The Bangles, "Swing the Mood Again" – Various Artists, "Don't Know Much" – Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville, "Do They Know It's Christmas" – Band Aid II (3 weeks) Most weeks at number one (artist): Jason Donovan (8 weeks)
See also 1989 in music List of artists who reached number one in Ireland
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