<P> The number one song of the year was `` Look Away '' by Chicago which , despite having topped the Hot 100 for two weeks the previous December , never held the number one spot during 1989 . The highest - charting year - end number one hit song from 1989 was `` My Prerogative '' by Bobby Brown which reached the number one spot for one week in January and was the number two song of the year . </P>
<P> The number one song of the year was `` Look Away '' by Chicago which , despite having topped the Hot 100 for two weeks the previous December , never held the number one spot during 1989 . The highest - charting year - end number one hit song from 1989 was `` My Prerogative '' by Bobby Brown which reached the number one spot for one week in January and was the number two song of the year . </P>
what was the number one song in the year 1989
what was the number one song in the year 1989
`` Look Away '' by Chicago
`` Look Away '' by Chicago