| The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1989 |
| TOP 50 COUNTRY SINGLES (As published in the December 30, 1989, issue) |
| POS | TITLE – Artist (Label) |
| 1 | I’M NO STRANGER TO THE RAIN – Keith Whitley (RCA) |
| 2 | HIGH COTTON – Alabama (RCA) |
| 3 | DEEPER THAN THE HOLLER – Randy Travis (Warner Bros.) |
| 4 | IF I HAD YOU – Alabama (RCA) |
| 5 | BABY’S GOTTEN GOOD AT GOODBYE – George Strait (MCA) |
| 6 | THE CHURCH ON CUMBERLAND ROAD – Shenandoah (Columbia) |
| 7 | BETTER MAN – Clint Black (RCA) |
| 8 | AFTER ALL THIS TIME – Rodney Crowell (Columbia) |
| 9 | HOUSTON SOLUTION – Ronnie Milsap (RCA) |
| 10 | YOUNG LOVE – The Judds (Curb/RCA) |
| 11 | FROM A JACK TO A KING – Ricky Van Shelton (Columbia) |
| 12 | BIG DREAMS IN A SMALL TOWN – Restless Heart (RCA) |
| 13 | STREETS OF BAKERSFIELD – Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens (Reprise) |
| 14 | COME FROM THE HEART – Kathy Mattea (Mercury) |
| 15 | WHERE DID I GO WRONG – Steve Wariner (MCA) |
| 16 | BEYOND THOSE YEARS – The Oak Ridge Boys (MCA) |
| 17 | NEW FOOL AT AN OLD GAME – Reba McEntire (MCA) |
| 18 | I’M A ONE WOMAN MAN – George Jones (Epic) |
| 19 | DON’T TOSS US AWAY – Patty Loveless (MCA) |
| 20 | SONG OF THE SOUTH – Alabama (RCA) |
| 21 | DON’T YOU EVER GET TIRED (Of Hurting Me) – Ronnie Milsap (RCA) |
| 22 | THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO LUKE – Skip Ewing (MCA) |
| 23 | HIGHWAY ROBBERY – Tanya Tucker (Capitol) |
| 24 | TELL IT LIKE IT IS – Billy Joe Royal (Atlantic America) |
| 25 | SHE DON’T LOVE NOBODY – The Desert Rose Band (MCA/Curb) |
| 26 | THERE’S A TEAR IN MY BEER – Hank Williams Jr. (with Hank Williams Sr.) (Warner/Curb) |
| 27 | THEY RAGE ON – Dan Seals (Capitol) |
| 28 | TIMBER I’M FALLING IN LOVE – Patty Loveless (MCA) |
| 29 | GIVE ME HIS LAST CHANCE – Lionel Cartwright (MCA) |
| 30 | ACE IN THE HOLE – George Strait (MCA) |
| 31 | LIVING PROOF – Ricky Van Shelton (Columbia) |
| 32 | BURNIN’ OLD MEMORIES – Kathy Mattea (Mercury) |
| 33 | WHY’D YOU COME IN HERE LOOKIN’ LIKE THAT – Dolly Parton (Columbia) |
| 34 | SHE’S GOT A SINGLE THING IN MIND – Conway Twitty (MCA) |
| 35 | CATHY’S CLOWN – Reba McEntire (MCA) |
| 36 | SUNDAY IN THE SOUTH – Shenandoah (Columbia) |
| 37 | HONKY TONK HEART – Highway 101 (Warner Bros.) |
| 38 | I’M STILL CRAZY – Vern Gosdin (Columbia) |
| 39 | ARE YOU EVER GONNA LOVE ME – Holly Dunn (Warner Bros.) |
| 40 | ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS – Southern Pacific (Warner Bros.) |
| 41 | I WONDER DO YOU THINK OF ME – Keith Whitley (RCA) |
| 42 | KILLIN’ TIME – Clint Black (RCA) |
| 43 | AN AMERICAN FAMILY – The Oak Ridge Boys (MCA) |
| 44 | ABOVE AND BEYOND – Rodney Crowell (Columbia) |
| 45 | HELLO TROUBLE – The Desert Rose Band (MCA/Curb) |
| 46 | THIS WOMAN – K.T. Oslin (RCA) |
| 47 | HOLE IN MY POCKET – Ricky Van Shelton (Columbia) |
| 48 | BAYOU BOYS – Eddy Raven (Universal) |
| 49 | I DON’T WANT TO SPOIL THE PARTY – Rosanne Cash (Columbia) |
| 50 | CALL ON ME – Tanya Tucker (Capitol) |