# List of Billboard number-one dance singles of 1989

Billboard magazine compiled the top-performing dance singles in the United States on the Hot Dance Music Club Play chart and the Hot Dance Music 12-inch Singles Sales chart. Premiered in 1976, the Club Play chart ranked the most-played singles on dance club based on reports from a national sample of club DJs. The 12-inch Singles Sales chart was launched in 1985 to compile the best-selling dance singles based on retail sales across the United States.

## Charts history

Chart history :
| Issue date | Hot Dance Music Club Play | Hot Dance Music Club Play | Hot Dance Music 12-inch Singles Sales | Hot Dance Music 12-inch Singles Sales | Ref. |
| Issue date | Title | Artist(s) | Title | Artist(s) | Ref. |
| January 7 | "Get on the Dance Floor" | Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock | "I Wanna Have Some Fun" | Samantha Fox | |
| January 14 | "Get on the Dance Floor" | Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock | "The Lover In Me" | Sheena Easton | |
| January 21 | "Good Life" | Inner City | "Walking Away" | Information Society | |
| January 28 | "Good Life" | Inner City | "Wild Thing" | Tone-Loc | |
| February 4 | "Wild Thing" | Tone Lōc | "Wild Thing" | Tone-Loc | |
| February 11 | "All She Wants Is" | Duran Duran | "Wild Thing" | Tone-Loc | |
| February 18 | "All She Wants Is" | Duran Duran | "Straight Up" | Paula Abdul | |
| February 25 | "Fading Away" | Will to Power | "Straight Up" | Paula Abdul | |
| March 4 | "Fading Away" | Will to Power | "Straight Up" | Paula Abdul | |
| March 11 | "That's the Way Love Is" | Ten City | "I Beg Your Pardon" | Kon Kan | |
| March 18 | "She Drives Me Crazy" | Fine Young Cannibals | "I Beg Your Pardon" | Kon Kan | |
| March 25 | "She Drives Me Crazy" | Fine Young Cannibals | "Girl You Know It's True" | Milli Vanilli | |
| April 1 | "This Is Acid (A New Dance Craze)" | Maurice | "Girl You Know It's True" | Milli Vanilli | |
| April 8 | "This Is Acid (A New Dance Craze)" | Maurice | "This Is Acid (A New Dance Craze)" | Maurice | |
| April 15 | "Like a Prayer" | Madonna | "This Is Acid (A New Dance Craze)" | Maurice | |
| April 22 | "Like a Prayer" | Madonna | "Like a Prayer" | Madonna | |
| April 29 | "Buffalo Stance" | Neneh Cherry | "Like a Prayer" | Madonna | |
| May 6 | "Real Love" | Jody Watley | "Like a Prayer" | Madonna | |
| May 13 | "Real Love" | Jody Watley | "Like a Prayer" | Madonna | |
| May 20 | "We Call It Acieed"/ "Trance Dance" | D-Mob featuring Gary Haisman | "Funky Cold Medina" | Tone-Loc | |
| May 27 | "Round & Round" | New Order | "Buffalo Stance" | Neneh Cherry | |
| June 3 | "Me Myself and I" | De La Soul | "Me Myself and I" | De La Soul | |
| June 10 | "Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)" | Roberta Flack | "Me Myself and I" | De La Soul | |
| June 17 | "Ain't Nobody Better" | Inner City | "This Time I Know It's For Real" | Donna Summer | |
| June 24 | "Keep on Movin'" | Soul II Soul | "Keep on Movin'" | Soul II Soul Featuring Caron Wheeler | |
| July 1 | "Secret Rendezvous" | Karyn White | "Keep on Movin'" | Soul II Soul Featuring Caron Wheeler | |
| July 8 | "Express Yourself" | Madonna | "Keep on Movin'" | Soul II Soul Featuring Caron Wheeler | |
| July 15 | "Express Yourself" | Madonna | "Keep on Movin'" | Soul II Soul Featuring Caron Wheeler | |
| July 22 | "Express Yourself" | Madonna | "Express Yourself" | Madonna | |
| July 29 | "Deep in Vogue" | Malcolm McLaren | "Express Yourself" | Madonna | |
| August 5 | "Let It Roll" | Doug Lazy | "Express Yourself" | Madonna | |
| August 12 | "Come Home with Me Baby" | Dead or Alive | "Express Yourself" | Madonna | |
| August 19 | "Batdance" | Prince | "Friends" | Jody Watley with Eric B. & Rakim | |
| August 26 | "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" | Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler | "Come Home with Me Baby" | Dead or Alive | |
| September 2 | "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" | Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler | "Batdance" (From "Batman") | Prince | |
| September 9 | "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" | Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler | "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" | Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler | |
| September 16 | "It's Time to Get Funky" | D-Mob featuring LRS | "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" | Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler | |
| September 23 | "Do You Love What You Feel" | Inner City | "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" | Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler | |
| September 30 | Life Is a Dance (all cuts) | Chaka Khan | "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" | Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler | |
| October 7 | "Miss You Much" | Janet Jackson | "Miss You Much" | Janet Jackson | |
| October 14 | "Miss You Much" | Janet Jackson | "Miss You Much" | Janet Jackson | |
| October 21 | "French Kiss" | Lil Louis | "Miss You Much" | Janet Jackson | |
| October 28 | "French Kiss" | Lil Louis | "Miss You Much" | Janet Jackson | |
| November 4 | "Pump Up the Jam" | Technotronic | "French Kiss" | Lil Louis | |
| November 11 | "Pump Up the Jam" | Technotronic | "French Kiss" | Lil Louis | |
| November 18 | "Pump Up the Jam" | Technotronic | "French Kiss" | Lil Louis | |
| November 25 | "Pump Up the Jam" | Technotronic | "Pump Up the Jam" | Technotronic Featuring Felly | |
| December 2 | "Git on Up" | Fast Eddie featuring Sundance | "Pump Up the Jam" | Technotronic Featuring Felly | |
| December 9 | "Love on Top of Love (Killer Kiss)" | Grace Jones | "Pump Up the Jam" | Technotronic Featuring Felly | |
| December 16 | "Love on Top of Love (Killer Kiss)" | Grace Jones | "Pump Up the Jam" | Technotronic Featuring Felly | |
| December 23 | "Rhythm Nation" | Janet Jackson | "Pump Up the Jam" | Technotronic Featuring Felly | |
| December 30 | "Rhythm Nation" | Janet Jackson | "Pump Up the Jam" | Technotronic Featuring Felly | |