(Finished September 4th, 2025) Part 3 of the Best Songs of 1989: The Best Rock Songs of That Year Part 1

Hello,

It was the end of one decade and about to be the 90s. Looking back 40 years later- wow, that's hard to believe- the 80s are still my favorite decade. That's especially for culture and music. I still say the music of the 80s is the best music ever made. 

Just off of the top of my head some of the amazing musicians of the 80s- in no particular order- include Madonna, ZZ Top, Cyndi Lauper, Billy Joel, Elton John, Def Leppard, Boston, Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Journey, REO Speedwagon, Styx, Lita Ford, the Jackson siblings, Billy Ocean, INXS, Erasure, U2, Also don't forget all the great country musicians Randy Travis, Alabama, George Strait, Reba McEntire, Conway Twitty, John Anderson and many others.

Some of the best movies of 1989 include "Batman", "Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade" (In a James Earl Jones like voiceover "although it wasn't really the last crusade, now was it?"), "Dead Poets Society", "When Harry Met Sally", one of my personal favorites "The Abyss", "Lethal Weapon 2", "Field of Dreams", "Major League", the not as good as I thought it was going to be "Born on the 4th of July", "Lean On Me", "Glory" and "When Harry Met Sally". 

Recently I stumbled across the show called "Hysteria!", a horror/ comedy series set in 1989. It's mostly set around a fake satanic panic that took over the more gullible areas of America. (Basically the same places where MAGA thrives now, who are more frightening than a mostly fake satanic panic.)  In "Hysteria!" the three main characters pretend like they embrace satanism to grow a following of their band. As someone who lived and loved the 80s I don't remember any satanic panic of that decade. I'm going to use these blogs to explore some of the harder rock of 1989. I cannot guarantee that all these songs are amazing, this blog series is mostly exploring the harder rock music of 1989. Some of these rock songs will be scattered among the regular 1989 blogs.

35) Great White "The Angel Song":

36) Leatherwolf "Lonely Road":

37) Enuff Z'nuff "Fly High Michelle":

38) Bang Tango "Someone Like You":

39) Saraya "Healing Touch":

40) Exodus "The Toxic Waltz":

41) Danger Danger "Saturday Night":

42) Agony Column "God, Guns and Guts":

43) Blue Murder "Valley Of The Kings":

44) White Lion "Little Fighter":

45) Motley Crue "Kickstart My Heart":

46) Skid Row "Youth Gone Wild":

47) Alice Cooper "Poison":

48) Neil Young "Keep On Rockin' In The Free World":

49) The Cult "Fire Woman":

Bizarre I know, but this CD had some of the best rock songs of the year. 50) Janet Jackson "Rhythm Nation":

51) Loudness "Soldier of Fortune":

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