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The Year in Music

1989

The songs, the screens, the headlines

Look Away by Chicago — cover art

1989 in music: “Look Away” by Chicago topped the year-end chart; Bobby Brown owned the airwaves.

The sound of 1989

Look Away by Chicago — cover art
Look Away
Chicago
1989
My Prerogative by Bobby Brown — cover art
My Prerogative
Bobby Brown
1989
Every Rose Has Its Thorn by Poison — cover art
Every Rose Has Its Thorn
Poison
1988
Straight Up by Paula Abdul — cover art
Straight Up
Paula Abdul
1988
Miss You Much by Janet Jackson — cover art
Miss You Much
Janet Jackson
1989
Cold Hearted by Paula Abdul — cover art
Cold Hearted
Paula Abdul
1989
Wind Beneath My Wings by Bette Midler — cover art
Wind Beneath My Wings
Bette Midler
1988
Girl You Know It's True by Milli Vanilli — cover art
Girl You Know It's True
Milli Vanilli
1988
Baby, I Love Your Way by Big Mountain — cover art
Baby, I Love Your Way
Big Mountain
1989
Giving You the Best That I Got by Anita Baker — cover art
Giving You the Best That I Got
Anita Baker
1988
Right Here Waiting by Richard Marx — cover art
Right Here Waiting
Richard Marx
1989
Waiting for a Star to Fall by Boy Meets Girl — cover art
Waiting for a Star to Fall
Boy Meets Girl
1989

At the movies

  • Batman
  • Dead Poets Society
  • Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

On TV

  • Seinfeld pilot
  • The Simpsons series premiere
  • Saved by the Bell

Headlines

  • The Berlin Wall falls
  • Game Boy launches
  • World Wide Web proposed by Tim Berners-Lee
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