Summer '89
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Summer '89 was a various artists "hits" collection album released in Australia in 1988. The album spent 2 weeks at the top of the Australian album charts in December 1988 / January 1989.

Track listing

  1. "Two Strong Hearts" - John Farnham
    John Farnham
    John Peter Farnham, AO, formerly billed as Johnny Farnham , is an English-born Australian pop singer. He was a teen pop idol from 1964 to 1979, and has since forged a career as an adult contemporary singer. His career has mostly been as a solo artist although he briefly replaced Glenn Shorrock as...

  2. "The Only Way Is Up
    The Only Way Is Up
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    " - Yazz and the Plastic Population
  3. "Never Tear Us Apart
    Never Tear Us Apart
    "Never Tear Us Apart" is a single released by Australian rock group INXS in August 1988. It was also included on the band's sixth studio album, Kick. The music was written by Andrew Farriss, who recorded a blues-style demo and gave it to Michael Hutchence...

    " - INXS
    INXS
    INXS are an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. Mainstays are Garry Gary Beers on bass guitar, Andrew Farriss on guitar/keyboards, Jon Farriss on drums, Tim Farriss on lead guitar and Kirk Pengilly on guitar/sax...

  4. "Bad Medicine
    Bad Medicine (song)
    "Bad Medicine" is a number-one single by American rock band Bon Jovi. It was written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Desmond Child. It was released in 1988 as the lead single from the band's album New Jersey...

    " - Bon Jovi
    Bon Jovi
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  5. "Sexy Girl" - Sabrina
    Sabrina Salerno
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  6. "Wild, Wild West" - The Escape Club
    The Escape Club
    The Escape Club began in 1983 as an English pop rock band based in London. The band was composed of former Mad Shadows members' lead singer/rhythm guitarist Trevor Steel and guitarist John Holliday, along with former Expressos members bassist Johnnie Christo and drummer Milan Zekavica...

  7. "Hold On To Me" - The Black Sorrows
    The Black Sorrows
    The Black Sorrows are an Australian band founded by Joe Camilleri, the group's only constant member. Founded in 1983, The Black Sorrows are still active today, and are best remembered for their top 40 Australian hits of the late 1980s and early 1990s, including "Hold On To Me", "Chained To The...

  8. "So Excellent" - Kylie Mole
  9. "A Groovy Kind of Love
    A Groovy Kind of Love
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    " - Phil Collins
    Phil Collins
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  10. "You Came
    You Came
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    " - Kim Wilde
    Kim Wilde
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  11. "Sweet Child o' Mine
    Sweet Child O' Mine
    "Sweet Child o' Mine" is the third single by American rock band Guns N' Roses, and the third from their 1987 debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction. Released on August 17, 1988, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the band's first and only number-one single in the U.S...

    " - Guns N' Roses
    Guns N' Roses
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  12. "As The Days Go By" - Daryl Braithwaite
    Daryl Braithwaite
    Daryl Braithwaite is an Australian pop singer. Best known as the lead vocalist of Sherbet, Braithwaite has also sustained a successful solo career, placing 15 singles in the Australian top 40, including the No...

  13. "Fallen Angel
    Fallen Angel (Poison song)
    "Fallen Angel" is the second single from Open Up and Say...Ahh!, American hair metal band Poison's second album. The b-side of the seven inch was "Bad to Be Good"....

    " - Poison
    Poison (band)
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  14. "I Quit" - Bros
    Bros
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  15. "Touch" - Noiseworks
    Noiseworks
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  16. "I Want Your Love" - Transvision Vamp
    Transvision Vamp
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  17. "If I Could" - 1927
    1927 (band)
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  18. "Oh Yeah" - Yello
    Yello
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Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1988 Australian ARIA
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...

 Albums Chart
1
1989
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