Charlie's 80s Blog

This Day In Music, November 4th

On this day in 1984: Prince played the first of seven nights at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan which was the start of his 87-date North American Purple Rain tour. The outing marked the live debut of his new band The Revolution.

On this day in 1989: Roxette scored their second U.S. #1 single with ‘Listen To Your Heart’. It was originally released in Sweden in September 1988 as the second single from the duo’s second studio album ‘Look Sharp.”

The song went on to become one of the most successful singles of 1989, reaching #1 in both the United States and Canada in November of 1989. The track was the first song ever to reach #1 in the U.S. without a commercially-released 7″ single.

Here’s a look at the Top 20 on the U.S. singles chart from this day back in 1989:

1 3 LISTEN TO YOUR HEART –•– Roxette – 11 (1)
2 4 COVER GIRL –•– New Kids On The Block – 8 (2)
3 1 MISS YOU MUCH –•– Janet Jackson – 10 (1)
4 2 SOWING THE SEEDS OF LOVE –•– Tears For Fears – 10 (2)
5 9 WHEN I SEE YOU SMILE –•– Bad English – 8 (5)
6 5 LOVE IN AN ELEVATOR –•– Aerosmith – 10 (5)
7 10 ROCK WIT’CHA –•– Bobby Brown – 11 (7)
8 6 DR. FEELGOOD –•– Motley Crue – 10 (6)
9 16 (IT’S JUST) THE WAY THAT YOU LOVE ME –•– Paula Abdul – 12 (9)
10 15 LOVE SHACK –•– The B-52’s – 10 (10)

11 8 BUST A MOVE –•– Young M.C. – 15 (7)
12 20 BLAME IT ON THE RAIN –•– Milli Vanilli – 5 (12)
13 14 DIDN’T I (BLOW YOUR MIND) –•– New Kids On The Block – 8 (13)
14 13 HEALING HANDS –•– Elton John – 11 (13)
15 17 THE BEST –•– Tina Turner – 10 (15)
16 22 ANGELIA –•– Richard Marx – 5 (16)
17 24 POISON –•– Alice Cooper – 7 (17)
18 19 CALL IT LOVE –•– Poco – 11 (18)
19 7 IT’S NO CRIME –•– Babyface – 13 (7)
20 25 BACK TO LIFE –•– Soul II Soul Featuring Caron Wheeler – 7 (20)

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