Other #1 songs on May 18, 1989
Across genres and charts

#1 alternative hit

Fascination Street

The Cure

#1 country song

If I Had You

Alabama

#1 R&B song

Start of a Romance

Skyy

#1 song in the UK

Ferry 'Cross the Mersey

The Christians , Holly Johnson , Paul McCartney , Gerry Marsden and Stock Aitken Waterman

#1 song

Forever Your Girl

Paula Abdul

Notable May 18 Birthdays
Born in the 1980s

Reggie Evans

Basketball Player

Born May 18, 1980

Marie-Ève Pelletier

Tennis Player

Born May 18, 1982

Vince Young

Football Player

Born May 18, 1983