Top 40 Hits of May 1989
| 1 | Kylie Minogue | Hand On Your Heart |
| 2 | Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden & Stock Aitken Waterman | Ferry Cross The Mersey |
| 3 | Natalie Cole | Miss You Like Crazy |
| 4 | The Bangles | Eternal Flame |
| 5 | London Boys | Requiem |
| 6 | Edelweiss | Bring Me Edelweiss |
| 7 | Queen | I Want It All |
| 8 | Midnight Oil | Beds Are Burning |
| 9 | Transvision Vamp | Baby I Don't Care |
| 10 | Chaka Khan | I'm Every Woman |
| 11 | Roxette | The Look |
| 12 | Simply Red | If You Don't Know Me By Now |
| 13 | Holly Johnson | Americanos |
| 14 | The Beatmasters With Merlin | Who's In The House? |
| 15 | Lynne Hamilton | On The Inside |
| 16 | Debbie Gibson | Electric Youth |
| 17 | Neneh Cherry | Manchild |
| 18 | Bobby Brown | Every Little Step |
| 19 | Cappella | Helyom Halib |
| 20 | Poison | Your Mama Don't Dance |
| 21 | Stefan Dennis | Don't It Make You Feel Good? |
| 22 | Yazz | Where Has All The Love Gone? |
| 23 | Fine Young Cannibals | Good Thing |
| 24 | Stevie Nicks | Rooms On Fire |
| 25 | Bon Jovi | I'll Be There For You |
| 26 | Hue & Cry | Violently (EP) |
| 27 | Inner City | Ain't Nobody Better |
| 28 | Deacon Blue | Fergus Sings The Blues |
| 29 | Metallica | One |
| 30 | Sam Brown | Can I Get A Witness? |
| 31 | Donna Summer | I Don't Wanna Get Hurt |
| 32 | Kon Kan | I Beg Your Pardon |
| 33 | The Cure | Lullaby |
| 34 | Swing Out Sister | You On My Mind |
| 35 | Paul McCartney | My Brave Face |
| 36 | Tone Loc | Funky Cold Medina / On Fire |
| 37 | Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler | Keep On Movin' |
| 38 | De La Soul | Me Myself And I |
| 39 | The Cookie Crew | Got To Keep On |
| 40 | Madonna | Like A Prayer |