Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks Tourney-1989

A maximum of 3 votes, and here is the list for 1989!!



January 21-"Got it Made" by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young-2 weeks


February 4-"The Love In Your Eyes" by Eddie Money-1 week
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February 11-"Stand" by R.E.M.-1 week


February 18-"Driven Out" by The Fixx-4 weeks


March 18-"Working On It" by Chris Rea-1 week


March 25-"I'll Be You" by The Replacements-3 weeks


April 15-"Now You're In Heaven" by Julian Lennon-1 week


April 22-"I Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty-5 weeks


May 27-"The Doctor" by The Doobie Brothers-3 weeks


June 17-"The Rooms on Fire" by Stevie Nicks-1 week


June 24-"Runnin' Down a Dream" by Tom Petty-1 week


July 1-"The End of the Innocence" by Don Henley-4 weeks


July 29-"Crossfire" by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble-3 weeks


August 19-"Let the Day Begin" by The Call-1 week


August 26-"Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty-1 week


September 2-"Mixed Emotions" by The Rolling Stones-5 weeks


October 7-"Love In an Elevator" by Aerosmith-2 weeks


October 21-"Rock and a Hard Place" by The Rolling Stones-5 weeks


November 25-"Pretending" by Eric Clapton-6 weeks

Wow, was this Tom Petty's miracle year? Tom Petty takes the house with this one with three of my favorite tracks.

I voted for The Replacements I'll Be You and Tom Petty's I Won't Back Down and Runnin Down a Dream

Tom Petty with the triple for me, amazing music.

Vote if you still haven't! Time is ticking away!!

What an AWESOME thread! Thanks for doing this, I enjoyed it so much. Very hard to choose, but I picked two Tom Pettys and the Don Henley song that has always been one of my favorites.

Ooh..Good year, but, I love Free Fallin', I give that one a listen after a bad break-up, I then picked End of an innocence and that replacements song.

MasonK565 wrote:Tom Petty with the triple for me, amazing music.

Gotta agree with Mason, here.

18 votes!!! That is a record voting turnout!!! Thank you!

I like The End of The Innocence. Best song back then.

21 votes! Thank you!

I don't think I put an end to this years poll, my bad if I didn't. So I will declare an an end to the poll of 1989.

The songs qualifying:

1st:
"I Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty-6 votes, 28%
2nd:
"Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty-5 votes, 23%
"Runnin' Down A Dream" by Tom Petty-5 votes, 23%
3rd:
"The End of the Innocence" by Don Henley-3 votes, 14%

Later today will be 1990! I would like to see this voting cross over to the next poll!

Here is a quick list of songs that have qual'd so far:

1981-
1st-Tied:
"Burnin' For You" by Blue Öyster Cult-3 votes, 23%
"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" by Police-3 votes, 23%
2nd-Tied:
"Start Me Up" by The Rolling Stones-2 votes, 15%
"You Better Bet" by The Who- 2 votes, 15%

1982-
1st:
"You Got Lucky" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-3 votes, 25%
2nd-Tied:
"Shock the Monkey" by Peter Gabriel-2 votes, 16%
"Down Under" by Men at Work-2 votes, 16%

1983-
1st-Tied:
"Hungry Like a Wolf" by Duran Duran-4 votes, 26%
"Every Breath You Take" by The Police-4 votes, 26%
2nd:
"Owner of a Lonely Heart" by Yes-3 votes, 20%

1984-
1st:
"Jump" by Van Halen-3 votes,30%
2nd-Tied:
"You Might Think" by The Cars-2 votes, 20%
"The Boys Of Summer" by Don Henley-2 votes, 20%

1985-
1st:
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds-4 votes, 33%
2nd-Tied:
"The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News-2 votes, 16%
"Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits-2 votes, 16%

1986-
1st:
"Hip to Be Square" by Huey Lewis and the News-5 votes, 31%
2nd:
"Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel-3 votes, 18%
3rd-Tied:
"Amanda" by Boston-2 votes, 12%
"In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel-2 votes, 12%

1987-
1st:
"Learning to Fly" by Pink Floyd-3 votes, 33%
2nd-Tied:
"Jammin' Me" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-2 votes, 22%
"With or Without You" by U2-2 votes, 22%

1988-
1st:
"Orange Crush" by R.E.M-3 votes, 33%
2nd:
"Desire" by U2-2 votes, 22%
"Angel of Harlem" by U2-2 votes, 22%
3rd:
"On the Turning Away" by Pink Floyd-1 vote, 11%
"Heaven Knows" by Robert Plant-1 vote, 11%

1989:
1st:
"I Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty-6 votes, 28%
2nd:
"Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty-5 votes, 23%
"Runnin' Down A Dream" by Tom Petty-5 votes, 23%
3rd:
"The End of the Innocence" by Don Henley-3 votes, 14%


Here the records of the tournament so far:

Band with the most songs qualifying:
1st-Tied:
-Peter Gabriel with 3 songs
-Tom Petty with 3 songs
2nd-Tied:
-The Police with 2 songs
-Huey Lewis and the News with 2 songs
-Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with 2 songs
-U2 with 2 songs
-Pink Floyd with 2 songs
-Don Henley with 2 songs


Band with the most 1st places: The Police with 2 First Places-
"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"-1981
"Every Breath You Take"-1983


Song with the most votes:
1. "I Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty-6 votes, 28%-1989
2-tied:"Hip to Be Square" by Huey Lewis and the News with 5 votes-1986
2-tied:"Runnin' Down a Dream" by Tom Petty-5 votes, 23%-1989
2-tied:"Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty-5 votes, 23%-1989
"Every Breath You Take" by The Police with 4 votes-1983
"Hungry Like a Wolf" by Duran Duran with 4 votes-1983
"Don't You (Forget About Me" by Simple Minds with 4 votes-1985


Top Three Artists with the most votes in the tournament:
1st-Tom Petty has 16 votes overall with 3 songs
2nd-The Police has 8 votes overall with 3 songs
3rd-Huey Lewis and the News has 7 votes overall with 3 songs
3rd-Peter Gabriel has 7 votes overall with 3 songs