Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1989

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Time to close out the nineteen eighties. Which of these songs would you vote for?

Please Check Out The Old Polls if you have not.

You May Vote For More Than One Song!!!

Older polls always open:
1964-Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1964 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
1965-Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1965 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
1966-Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1966 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
1967-Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1967 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
1968-Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1968 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
1969-Best Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1969 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
1970-Best Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1970 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
1971-Best canadian rpm number 1 singles:1971 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
1972-Best canadian rpm number 1 singles: 1972 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
1973-Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1973 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
1974-Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1974 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
1975-Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1975 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
1976-Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1976 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
1977-Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1977 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
1978-Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1978 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
1979-Canadian RPM Number Singles: 1979 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
1980-Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1980 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
1981-Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1981 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
1982-Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1982 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
1983-Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1983 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
1984-Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1984 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
1985-Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1985 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
1986-Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1986 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
1987-Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1987 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
1988-http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=773166

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I could only bring myself to vote for one song : What I Am - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, though I’m not crazy about it.

And this is also where these polls bisect my personal life. I spent two months in Ontario from August to October 1989.

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There are quite a few delightful songs here. I voted for “Lost in Your Eyes,” “Like a Prayer,” “Good Thing,” “Express Yourself,” “So Alive,” “Girl I’m Gonna Miss You,” and “Mixed Emotions.” It looks like I may end up being the only one to vote for some of these songs (especially Debbie Gibson and Milli Vanilli!)

Regarding “Pop Singer,” I don’t think I’ve ever heard it on the radio in the US. I know it ONLY from an episode of Beavis and Butt-head. As I recall, Beavis and Butt-head did not like the video.

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“What I Am” by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians take gold. For silver it’s Mike and The Mechanics, and Fine Young Cannibals settle on gold. Love and Rockets, Madonna, U2 round out the top six. Tears for Fears, Phil Collins, Bad English, Richard Marx are the rest of my votes.