Mixtape 012
PRESS PLAY
Based on the Official Singles Chart for the week of July 16, 1989, here is the UK Top 40 singles list:
- YOU’LL NEVER STOP ME FROM LOVING YOU – SONIA
- LONDON NIGHTS – LONDON BOYS
- BACK TO LIFE (HOWEVER DO YOU WANT ME) – SOUL II SOUL
- ON OUR OWN – BOBBY BROWN
- WIND BENEATH MY WINGS – BETTE MIDLER
- AIN’T NOBODY {1989} – RUFUS AND CHAKA KHAN
- IT’S ALRIGHT – PET SHOP BOYS
- SONG FOR WHOEVER – THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH
- DON’T WANNA LOSE YOU – GLORIA ESTEFAN
- LICENCE TO KILL – GLADYS KNIGHT
- SUPERWOMAN – KARYN WHITE
- VOODOO RAY – A GUY CALLED GERALD
- LIBERIAN GIRL – MICHAEL JACKSON
- BATDANCE – PRINCE
- DAYS – KIRSTY MACCOLL
- GRANDPA’S PARTY – MONIE LOVE
- CRY – WATERFRONT
- SAY NO GO – DE LA SOUL
- PATIENCE – GUNS N’ ROSES
- A NEW FLAME – SIMPLY RED
- BREAKTHRU’ – QUEEN
- JUST KEEP ROCKIN’ – DOUBLE TROUBLE AND THE REBEL MC
- THE SECOND SUMMER OF LOVE – DANNY WILSON
- I DROVE ALL NIGHT – CYNDI LAUPER
- GET LOOSE FT JAZZI P – LA MIX
- POP MUZIK {1989} – M
- CHOICE FT SYLVIA TELLA – BLOW MONKEYS FEATURING SYLVIA TELLA
- RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM – SINITTA
- WON’T TALK ABOUT IT/BLAME IT ON THE BASSLINE – NORMAN COOK
- SEALED WITH A KISS – JASON DONOVAN
- SWING THE MOOD – JIVE BUNNY AND THE MASTERMIXERS
- EDIE (CIAO BABY) – THE CULT
- JOY AND PAIN – DONNA ALLEN
- ALL I WANT IS YOU – U2
- IT IS TIME TO GET FUNKY FT LRS – D MOB FEATURING LRS
- LET IT ROLL – RAZE PRESENTS DOUG LAZY
- EXPRESS YOURSELF – MADONNA
- BE WITH YOU – THE BANGLES
- CHA CHA HEELS – EARTHA KITT AND BRONSKI BEAT
- SWEET CHILD O’ MINE {1989} – GUNS N’ ROSES
MOVIES
During July 1989, the UK box office was dominated by massive blockbusters. The definitive number-one film for the entire month of July was Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, which set record-breaking opening numbers when it arrived.
While official, comprehensive 1–10 lists for specific weekends in July 1989 aren’t preserved in a single ranking table, we know the biggest films filling UK cinemas that month based on official UK box office data:
The Top UK Box Office Hits (July 1989)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- Status: The undisputed #1 film in the UK for every single week of July 1989. It shattered records by grossing over £1.8 million in its opening weekend alone.
- Licence to Kill
- Status: Timothy Dalton’s second outing as James Bond held the #1 spot at the very end of June and remained one of the largest box office draws in the country through the first half of July.
- Beaches
- Status: The Bette Midler comedy-drama topped the UK charts in mid-June and continued to enjoy a highly successful, long-running theatrical presence throughout July.
Other Major Releases & Holdovers in UK Cinemas
Because the UK theatrical release calendar lagged slightly behind the US summer schedule in 1989, these films were either newly arriving or carrying strong momentum into July:
- Rain Man: The Oscar-winning drama was one of the highest-grossing films of the year in the UK, maintaining high weekly numbers months after its initial spring rollout.
- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!: A massive slapstick comedy holdover that stayed popular through the early summer weeks.
- Mississippi Burning: The intense historical drama had a multi-week run at number one in June and was still actively screening across the country.
- Hellbound: Hellraiser II: A major horror draw that briefly topped the UK charts just before July began.
(Note: While iconic summer films like Batman and Lethal Weapon 2 were dominating the US charts in July 1989, they did not make their record-breaking debuts in UK cinemas until August and September of that year).
