Love the idea! Bookmarked!

This week in 1989: new entries from Swing Out Sister, The Celibate Rifles, DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince, Robin Beck, Wang Chung and Then Jerico.

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/06/week-commencing-26-june-1989.html

This week in 1989: new entries from The Art of Noise, Stray Cats, 10,000 Maniacs, Tanita Tikaram, Hipsway, Adeva and Warrant.

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/07/week-commencing-3-july-1989.html

This week in 1989: new entries from UB40, Elvis Costello, Morrissey, Richard Clapton, Cinderella and Clive Griffin.

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/07/week-commencing-10-july-1989.html

this is amazing

Thanks!

Enjoyed reading about Morrissey saying "there are some bad people on the right". Fast forward 30 years he (arguably) is one of them!!!

I was almost going to comment that many think Moz is of the right these days; but thought I'd try to keep it more focused on the chart stats.

Agreed! Amazing to see these chart flops, can't wait to see if any of my favorites pop up over the years

This week in 1989: new entries from Youssou N'dour & Peter Gabriel, Kenny Rogers, Tim Finn, Yello, The Jeff Healey Band, David Essex, and Vanessa Williams.

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/07/week-commencing-17-july-1989.html

This week in 1989: new entries from Bee Gees, Kiss, Pete Townshend, Clive Young, Adult Net, Skid Row, and White Lion.

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/07/week-commencing-24-july-1989.html

This week in 1989: new entries from Joe Jackson, The Seekers, On the Ball, Exploding White Mice, and Holly Johnson.

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/07/week-commencing-31-july-1989.html

This week in 1989: new entries from Kool & The Gang, Rod Stewart, L.L. Cool J, and Bananarama.

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/08/week-commencing-7-august-1989.html

It's funny how you mention a Bananarama song that doesn't feature Jacquie O'Sullivan on a day that happens to be Jacquie 's 60th birthday.

^ Well-spotted; I didn't even realise!

This week in 1989: new entries from Priscilla's Nightmare, Lucinda Williams, Michael Ball, Jody Watley with Eric B. & Rakim, Brother Beyond & Swing Out Sister.

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/08/week-commencing-14-august-1989.html

This week in 1989: new entries from Paul McCartney, Henry Lee Summer, Living In a Box, Beastie Boys, and Mica Paris.

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/08/week-commencing-21-august-1989.html

This week in 1989: new entries from Public Image Limited, Patrick Swayze, The B-52's, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Stephen Cummings.

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/08/week-commencing-28-august-1989.html

This week in 1989: new entries from ABC and London Boys.

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/08/week-commencing-4-september-1989.html

This week in 1989: new entries from The Call, Great White, Humanoid, and Starship.

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/09/week-commencing-11-september-1989.html

This week in 1989: new entries from Sam Brown, Spandau Ballet, Young MC, The Sugarcubes, No Face, Extreme, The Beautiful South, Chaka Khan, Marshall Crenshaw, and E.G. Daily.

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/09/week-commencing-18-september-1989.html

This week in 1989: new entries from Weddings Parties Anything, E-Zee Possee, Richard Clapton, Elliot Goblet, Wanda Jackson, Diana Ross, Womack & Womack, and The Doobie Brothers.

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/09/week-commencing-25-september-1989.html

This week in 1989: new entries from Queen, Concrete Blonde and Fischer-Z -

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/10/week-commencing-2-october-1989.html

This week in 1989: new entries from Peter Combes, Ice Tiger, The Graces, Hippos, Anita Ward & Lucinda Williams.

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/10/week-commencing-9-october-1989.html

This week in 1989: new entries from James, Marcus Montana, The Blue Nile, and Jesus Loves You.

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/10/week-commencing-16-october-1989.html

Love Sit Down and The Downtown Lights, good week this one!!

^ Thanks for reading. The quality of the debuts - depending on your tastes - can vary wildly from one week to the next.

This week in 1989: 3 new top 150 entries, none of which registered on any other national chart, including Bette Midler, The Bombers, and Cyndi Lauper.

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/10/week-commencing-23-october-1989.html

This week in 1989: new entries from Paul Kelly and The Messengers, Janz, Bachelors from Prague, Bee Gees, Randy Crawford, The Alarm, Gipsy Kings, Thompson Twins, and Patti LaBelle.

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/10/week-commencing-30-october-1989.html

This week in 1989: new entries from Roy Orbison and Friends, Steve Stevens Atomic Playboys, Dora D, and Erasure.

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/11/week-commencing-6-november-1989.html
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This week in 1989: new entries from Barbra Streisand, Pandora's Box, Paul Carrack, and Living In a Box.

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/11/week-commencing-13-november-1989.html

This week in 1989: new entries from Joe Camilleri, Robert Palmer, S'Express, Sydney Youngblood, Ice Tiger, Ramones, De La Soul, Hazell Dean, Paul Simpson featuring Terri Jeffries, and James Freud.

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/11/week-commencing-20-november-1989.html

This week in 1989: new entries from Grace Jones, Don Henley, Jefferson Airplane, Robert Palmer and Queen, and a re-entry of a two-year old single from U2.

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/11/week-commencing-27-november-1989.html
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This week in 1989: new entries from Prince with Sheena Easton, Damian, Oz Art for Ozone, Eric Clapton, Zan, White Lion, Tommy Emmanuel, Tom Petty, London Boys, and Olivia Newton-John.

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/12/week-commencing-4-december-1989.html

This week in 1989: new entries from Skid Row, Jimmy Somerville featuring June Miles Kingston, Curiosity Killed the Cat, and The Firm.

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/12/week-commencing-11-december-1989.html

This week in 1989: the final chart for the year and the decade, with new entries from Melissa Etheridge, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Pop Will Eat Itself, Michelle Shocked, Simply Red, and Cyndi Lauper. Plus, I have updated some earlier posts from 1989 (linked within this week's post) with new uncovered bubbling WAY down under entries from Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, Karyn White, Pseudo Echo, and Big Country. https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/12/week-commencing-18-december-1989.html

Another good week with JAMC, PWEI and Michelle Shocked. You're right PWEI-zation was the one promoted as the single.

^ Thanks for the info, OBOne! I have no recollection of hearing that PWEI song before, though I only really knew 'Wise Up! Sucker' by them at the time.

I find the chart history of PWEI to be rather odd. They had fair success in the UK but only one single that i know of made the top 100 (X,Y and Zee Number #89 in 1991) and yet everything else fell below the top 100. Aussie chart pickers must have liked that one enough to boost it's success i suppose. Thank you very very much for the blog this year. It's nice to have this info out there preserved for posterity as it were. Look forward to 1990.

Thanks Jesse'77! I'm glad some people enjoy reading the blog, as I know it has a somewhat niche audience.

Yeah, I always find it strange when songs I know from then don't chart at all, while plenty of others I've never heard of before do.

I've posted a list of all singles debuting in 1989 that peaked within the 101-150 region of the chart here:

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2021/01/1989-chart-year-in-review.html

This week in 1990 - the first ARIA chart of the 1990s... with new top 150 entries from James Reyne, The Shivers, Gene Pitney, and Katrina and The Waves.

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2021/01/week-commencing-8-january-1990.html

This week in 1990 - new entries from The Georgia Satellites, Underworld, Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles and Chaka Khan, Malcolm McLaren and the Bootzilla Orchestra, and Paul Simpson featuring Adeva.

https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2021/01/week-commencing-15-january-1990.html