Step Back in Time: This Week in May 1989

It's time to step in the time machine and travel back to 1989, yes, a year with more turbulence than Donald Trump's seemingly ill fated US Presidency. To be exact we're travelling back to this week in 1989 where Madonna had spent several weeks at number one with "Like A Prayer", did she keep it? We're about to find out.

But before we get to the top ten. A future number one debuted. Roxette's "The Look" entered the chart at number 45 this week in 1989.

At number ten is The Black Sorrows with "Chained to the Wheel" which dropped to number 10 after reaching a high of number 9. Still a seriously good song today if you ask me!

Debbie Gibson was also dropping places, she'd dropped 2 places to number 9 with "Lost in Your Eyes", this song peaked at number 7 in Australia. It was a number 1 hit in both the USA and Canada. Never quite reached the same heights in Australia though

Well I mentioned Roxette earlier and their future number one. Another song that was headed to number one this week was The Bangles with "Eternal Flame" which climbed 4 places to number 8 this week. Number 1 in the USA, United, Kingdom and parts of Europe.

The Proclaimers had a top 10 hit with "I'm On My Way" dropping 3 places to land at number 7, it peaked at number 3.

At number 6 is Paul Norton's "Stuck On You" which was rise of two places. Yes, a song I don't remember all that well but it ended up peaking as high as number 3.

Colette climbed 1 place to number 5 with a cover of Anita Ward's big hit "Ring My Bell"...yoou can ring my beellll...anyway, it would stay at number 5 for three weeks. I'd recommend not pressing play on the below video unless you are keen on making your ears bleed.

At number 4 is Sam Brown's "Stop", a climb of one spot. This song was huge in Europe where it was number 1 in Norway and Belgium and also hit number 4 in the United Kingdom

Maintaining its position was former number 1 "She Drives Me Crazy" by Fine Young Cannibals at number 3. It also went to number 1 in New Zealand and Austria.

After 5 weeks at number 1, Madonna's "Like a Prayer" made way to go to number 2. Doesn't need to be said just how big this song was around the world, does it? Pretty darn obvious, of course some of it can be argued due to the controversy over the clip but its still a wonderful song that holds up today.

The new number 1 this week in 1989 belonged to Mike and the Mechanics with "The Living Years". It went number one in the US and Canada also however it wasn't a long time number one in Australia and would be knocked off the next week.

So that brings an end to this week's Step Back in Time. Next week I think we're winding the clock back to 1998 but we'll see but anyway here's one of the songs, you'll see, it's Usher with "You Make Me Wanna"

Coming up ARIA Chart top ten where we'll find out if "I'm the one" has held on to number one and also a massive New Music Friday Review this week with some big names releasing new singles including Selena Gomez, Camila Cabello strikes out completely on her own for the first time since leaving 5th Harmony and Liam Payne is the last of the One Direction lads to release a solo single.

See you then.