List of RPM number-one dance singles of 1989

These are the RPM magazine Dance number-one hits of 1989.

Chart history

Issue date	Song	Artist	Reference(s)
January 14	"The Only Way Is Up"	Yazz and the Plastic Population	[1]
January 21	"Big Fun"	Inner City	[2]
January 28	"Under Your Spell"	Candi & The Backbeat	[3]
February 4	"Wild Thing"	Tone Loc	[4]
February 6			[5]
February 13			[6]
February 20			[7]
February 27	"Good Life"	Inner City	[8]
March 6	"Straight Up"	Paula Abdul	[9]
March 13			[10]
March 20			[11]
March 27	"She Drives Me Crazy"	Fine Young Cannibals	[12]
April 3			[13]
April 10			[14]
April 17	"Like a Prayer"	Madonna	[15]
April 24	"Funky Cold Medina"	Tone Lōc	[16]
May 1			[17]
May 8			[18]
May 15	"Buffalo Stance"	Neneh Cherry	[19]
May 22			[20]
May 29			[21]
June 5	"Every Little Step"	Bobby Brown
June 12			[22]
June 19	"This Time I Know It's for Real	Donna Summer	[23]
June 26			[24]
July 3	"Baby Don't Forget My Number"	Milli Vanilli	[25]
July 10	"Express Yourself"	Madonna	[26]
July 17			[27]
July 24	"Keep On Movin'"	Soul II Soul	[28]
July 31	"What You Don't Know"	Exposé	[29]
August 7	"On Our Own"	Bobby Brown	[30]
August 14			[31]
August 21	"I Like It"	Dino	[32]
August 28			[33]
September 4	"Cold Hearted"	Paula Abdul	[34]
September 11			[35]
September 18			[36]
September 25	"Bust a Move"	Young MC	[37]
October 2			[38]
October 9	"Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)"	Soul II Soul	[39]
October 16			[40]
October 23			[41]
October 30	"Miss You Much"	Janet Jackson	[42]
November 11			[43]
November 18	"Bust a Move"	Young MC	[44]
November 24	"Pump Up the Jam	Technotronic	[45]
December 2			[46]
December 9			[47]
December 16			[48]
December 23			[49]

See also

• List of RPM number-one dance singles chart (Canada)