Beyond Radio is the place where music discovery and music nostalgia collide. It is your one-stop source for playlists, music charts, remembrances and recommendations. Our Podcast and music therapy playlists combine elements of nostalgia and discovery, while my blog entries reflect on our musical past through the lens of my personal charts from decades past. I weave a story that includes the connection between artists, chart facts and personal anecdotes that hopefully conjure a connection to the soundtrack of your own life. The current charts and playlists are updated monthly or bi-monthly (bi-weekly for the BR250) and are curated based on a passionate audience that produce their own personal charts weekly.
One of the other playlist trends that are becoming a regular addition to the site are a look back at my personal charts in previous years. Last month I introduced a list from 1979 and today it is for this week in 1989.
What I have been doing the last few years is looking back 10, 20, 30 etc. years, kind of a way to see how my opinion of songs has changed over the years. Which ones are obsolete and which ones have surged.
I will rotate a new playlist near the end of each month. Next month will be 1999 and so on.
This list sees some of my favorites of that year. A year where the Indigo Girls and Melissa Etheridge debuted, and big albums in my life by Erasure, The Cure, Tears For Fears and Simple Minds. And of course the B-52’s comeback “Love Shack”.
Tim’s Top 60 Oct. 28, 1989
74 60 JODY WATLEY Everything
new 59 THE CURE Lullaby
87 58 REGINA BELLE Baby Come To Me
85 57 CHER Just Like Jesse James
new 56 PAUL CARRACK I Live By The Groove
75 55 10,000 MANIACS Poison in The Well
7 54 UNDERWORLD Stand Up
69 53 THOMPSON TWINS Sugar Daddy
68 52 WANG CHUNG What’s So Bad About Feeling Good
64 51 SHEENA EASTON Without You
71 50 RICHARD MARX Angelia
73 49 THEN JERICO Big Area
63 48 TIL TUESDAY How Can You Give Up
66 47 HOODOO GURUS Another World
70 46 GLORIA ESTEFAN Get On Your Feet
60 45 DEPECHE MODE Personal Jesus
55 44 R.E.M. Get Up
61 43 1927 That’s When I Think of You
new 42 TEARS FOR FEARS Woman In Chains
48 41 INDIGO GIRLS Tried To Be True
9 40 INDIGO GIRLS & MICHAEL STIPE Kid Fears
56 39 LIVING IN A BOX Blow The House Down
44 38 THE CALL You Run
20 37 MARTIN GORE In A Manner Of Speaking
52 36 MELISSA ETHERIDGE No Souvenirs
58 35 UNDERWORLD Change The Weather
39 34 BOBBY BROWN Rock Wit’cha
42 33 AEROSMITH Love In An Elevator
34 32 GRACES Lay Down Your Arms
37 31 THE CULT Edie (Ciao Baby)
31 30 TINA TURNER The Best
35 29 MALCOLM MCLAREN Waltz Darlin’
53 28 TRACY CHAPMAN Crossroads
47 27 TOM PETTY Free Fallin’
45 26 SOUL II SOUL Back To Life
29 25 KEVIN PAIGE Don’t Shut Me Out
38 24 BAD ENGLISH When I See You Smile
41 23 EURYTHMICS Don’t Ask Me Why
30 22 BONNIE RAITT Love Letter
36 21 DEBBIE HARRY I Want That Man
33 20 DON HENLEY Last Worthless Evening
40 19 BILLY JOEL We Didn’t Start The Fire
21 18 THE ROLLING STONES Mixed Emotions
27 17 SIMPLE MINDS Soul Crying Out
22 16 ZIGGY MARLEY Look Who’s Dancing
23 15 THE OCEAN BLUE Between Something And Nothing
1 14 TEARS FOR FEARS Sowing The Seeds Of Love
26 13 POCO Call It Love
25 12 CUTTING CREW Everything But My Pride
17 11 THE ALARM Sold Me Down The River
15 10 JANET JACKSON Miss You Much
19 9 PATTI LABELLE If You Asked Me To
16 8 ERASURE Phantom Bride
2 7 ELTON JOHN Healing Hands
10 6 YOUNG MC Bust A Move
13 5 JOE COCKER When The Night Comes
8 4 B-52’S Love Shack
2 3 MELISSA ETHERIDGE Precious Pain
6 2 TEXAS I Don’t Want A Lover
4 1 MIDGE URE Just For You
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