Lookin' Fine 89. May 7th. The Love Generation When Jack Comes To Town

 We finally got a bit of stability right at the top of the chart this week even if the rest iof the chart feels about as stable as smebody's stomach while sick with the noro virus but anyway let's not waste any time and get started with the top ten because Madonna hangs on to number one with "Like a Prayer", it's got a decent sized sales margin ahead of our new number two that being "The Living Years" by Mike + The Mechanics as it got a sales boost of it's own enough to oush "She Drives Me Crazy" by Fine Young Cannibals back to number three.

"I'm On My Way" by The Proclaimers remains at number four, "Stop!" by Sam Brown stuck at number five and "Ring My Bell" by Collette at number six.

Debbie Gibson got a one place gain for her ballad "Lost In Your Eyes" to number seven while breaking into the top ten is Paul Norton's "Stuck On You" which rose from 11 to 8 and further entrenching itself in the top ten is "Chained to the Wheel" by The Black Sorrows as it climbed one to number nine.

Finally falling back one is "One Summer" by Daryl Braithwaite to number ten.

Gains

So "Cry in Shame" by Johnny Diesel & The Injectors has absolutely taken off this week as ut flew from 39 to 14! 

Tone Loc also had a top twenty break through as the good "Wild Thing" climbed from 22 to 15 and the awful  "Wild Thing" by Sam Kinison climbed from 25 to 19

In good news "Compulsory Hero" by 1927 jumped from 34 to 20 while "Young Years" by Dragon but I have no idea why anyone wants the song where cats in heat are being strangled with "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler up from 38 to 22...come on, we can do better.

In more bad news Samantha Fox's cover of "I Only Wanna Be With You" is up from 32 to 26.

James Freud got a ten place gain to 33 with "Hurricane" while "Real Gone Kid" by Deacon Blue is up seven places to 41. 

Re Entries

One re entry courtesy of Johnny Diesel & The Injectors with "Don't Need Love" back at  47

Losers

Former chart topper "Teardrops" by Womack & Womack is on the way out down 12 to 48 while "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul slipped nine places to 39.

1927's previous single "You'll Never Know" utterly collapsed from 21 to 37  while in pleasing news "Where Did I Go Wrong" by UB40 slipped from 29 to 35...good.

Disappointingly "Buffalo Stance" by Neneh Cherry slipped from 27 to 34 and "Your Mama Don't Dance"by Poison slipped from 26 to 32. 

Roy Orbison's "She's a Mystery to Me" slumped from 17 to 23 and "You Got it" is on the way out as it tumbled ten places to 29 while the same goes for "Soul Revival" by Johnny Diesel & The Injectors down ten to 28. 

New Entries

Three new entries this week, beginning with

50. "The Beat(en) Generation" by The The

We're starting off with British post punk courtesy of The The.with this song being the lead single from the band's third album entitled "Mind Bomb" and while this song does have an oddly lounge feel for post punk, the lyrics are no less angry as they urge people to open their eyes and see what is happening, start questioning politicians motives etc (keeping in mind that in 1989, Britain was in the final throes of the Margaret Thatcher era and the Brits had gone through some really dark times during her tenure as Prime Minister) and challenging the youth to stop believing what they see as half truths and how hatred has been sown into the hearts of a lot of Brits during that time. Not going to say it's a bad song but it's not one that I am going to remember much. 

46. "When Love Comes to Town" by U2 with B.B. King

This is a collaboration I wasn't expecting to be released as a single, Irish rock act U2 collaborating with American blues singer songwriter, guitarist and record producer B.B. King taken from U2's 1988 album "Rattle and Hum" and you know I think this song has the energy and passion that I was missing from that The The song. Bobo and B.B. King throw themselves vocally into this song that it does get impossible not to get carried away with it, it's pretty much a story about how two guys did some really awful things before the loves of their lives come along to turn them into well behaved and well heeled gentlemen. I loved this more than I expected...check this out. 

43. "I'd Rather Jack" by The Reynolds Girls

And we're ending this week with Liverpool sisters Linda and Aisling Reynolds with their breakthrough single "I'd Rather Jack" and as I suspected it's written by two of the members of Stock, Aitken and Waterman because wow it sounds like their formula just a shame the synths here are just completely annoying while the Reynolds sisters have good harmonies, there's not much by the way of interplay between the two. Really, this song is only here because of that hook and that hook alone but otherwise I see no use for this.

It's the worst of this week easily. Best of the week is also easy with that going to "When Love Comes to Town" by U2 with B.B. King

ARIA Singles Chart Top 50 Top Ten/Chart Review: 2nd May

 Well this week was about what I expected, we got a song returning to number one and looks like having some real momentum to hold on to the number one for awhile even despite how busy it looks like the charts are about to be over the next few weeks and our only new entry this week landing predictably hgh but okay let's deal with the top ten first because returning to number one is "As It Was" by Harry Styles as it became the firm leader on streaming and while a little up and down on sales this week, it was still enough to fend off it's rivals,

Former number one "First Class" by Jack Harlow slipped back to number two due to losing that streaming advantage, its actually doing better than expected on sales as well. I expect this to stick around for awhile.

Then there's "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals remaining at number three, this song is really only here on streaming fumes at this point because it's got nothing on sales, it's literally waiting to be pushed out of the top ten at this point.

That brings us to our one new entry this week..."Thousand Milea" by The Kid Laroi, this got to the top ten because apart from the top two, the top ten is rather weak and I am surprised it isn't as strong as I would have thought a new Kid Laroi single usually is.

This caused Kid Laroi's other top ten hit "Stay" with Justin Bieber to fall back one to number five and "Bad Habits" by Ed Sheeran back to number six.

"Where Are You Now" by Lost Frequencies and Calum Scott remains at number seven somehow while "Cold Heart (PNAU remix)" by Elton John and Dua Lipa slipped back two places to number eight.

"Shivers" by Ed Sheeran is also on the way out slipping one place to number nine which only means good news for the newest arrival to the top ten....sigh..."Big Energy (remix)" by Latto feat. Mariah Carey and DJ Khaled up four places to hit the top ten at number ten. I only expect this to rise further as it's got traction which is not a good sign going forward.

Gains

The biggest gainer of the week is Harry Styles 2020 hit "Watermelon Sugar" which climbed twelve places to 25 while "Wait a Minut!" by Willow climbed nine places to 37

Re=Emtries

Just one return this week with "Perfect" by Ed Sheeran back at number 50...somehow.

Losers

Weirdly enough I am not all that upset about most of our losers this week...okay, "Numb Little Bug" by Em Beihold losing five places to 49 is worrying as I do like that song a lot.

However when "Let's Trot!" by Brothers feat. Joel Fletcher dropped six places to 44 or "Do It To It" by Acraze feat. Cherish slipped eight places to 42...I am not going to complain.

"Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac tumbled nine places to 39 and "We Don't Talk About Bruno" by The Cast of Encanto shut down eight places to 31,

Drop Outs

Our two drop outs are pretty predictable with both "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I and "Nail Tech" by Jack Harlow gone.

New Entries

Just the one new entry this week so let's talk about...

4/. "Thousand Miles" by The Kid Laroi

One thing I was hoping for from The Kid Laroi is that he'd find a change up or something different to his music or at least something that makes me material less unpleasant to enjoy so how is the lead single for his debut album? Well it's an improvement in terms of the writing where it's Kid Laroi not trying to force this girl to stay but rather he encourages her to stay away from him, knowing that his toxic tendemcies will only end up ruining whatever chance this relationship has. Just a a shame th piano based production does feel clunky and doesn't really reflect the drama of the situation so really I guess I am kind of ehh about this one?

That wraps up another rather abortively short week. Next week, we'll have to see what he get because I am not sure, we'll find out when ARIA updates their charts at 5pm on Friday.

Lookin' Fine '89. 30th April Compulsory Hero Only Wanna Sleep in Shame

 Ahh...the battle for number one rages on as the rest of the chart watches in bewilderment, we've got a fair bit to discuss this week so let's get on with the top ten because re taking the top spot is "Like A Prayer" by Madonna, the question is whether or not it can get a decent margin on sales and keep the number one spot next week.

Right behind it is "She Drives Me Crazy" by Fine Young Cannibals down to number two but it's still holding it's ground and could return to number one again next week such is the competition. 

Remaining an interested spectator is "The Living years" by Mike + The Mechanics stuck at number three, it's just biding it's time now and could make a play for number one soon. Not sure if that;s the case for "I'm On My Way" by The Proclaimers which remains at number four, I feel like this has peaked somehow but we'll see.

But it also means "Stop" by Sam Brown is now a threat to move higher as it rose one place to number five and I am really not that mad about this song's climb this week only because rising six places to number six is the atrocious "Ring My Bell" by Collette....geezus, Australia.

All this meant "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers slumped two places to number seven as it fadess out naturally which could be good news for "Lost In Your Eyes" by Debbie Gibson which moved up two places to number eight. 

One Summer" by Daryl Braithwaite fell back one to number nine while in news that made me smile, "Chained To The Wheel" by The Black Sorrows rose place to join the top ten and I am so happy to see it here.

Gains

The Bangles "Eternal Flame" continues to burn up the charts this week up six to number 12...this is heading for the top ten, guys.

What is interesting is the gains in the twenties especially for "Twist In My Sobriety" by Tanita Tikaram which rose seven places to 23...honestly while I am still not a fan, I find it a interesting song and "Young Years" by Dragon rising off it's debut of 39 to 24 this week which is excllent.

Also excllent is the nine place gain for "Veronica" by Elvis Costello to 28...another pretty good song getting a decent gain is nice to see. Heck, I'll also take the twenty place gain to 30 for Paula Abdul's "Straight Up"/

Not sure how I feel about "Fire Woman" going up seven to 31 for The Cult though.

Gains

Looks we're tossing some junk...or at least the junk is on the way out, a nice example of that is Will to Power's "Baby I Love Your Way - Free Bird" which got dumped ten places to 50...good, it also took "Kiss" by Art Of Noise feat Tom Jones which plummeted from 28 to 49.

I am disappointed "Real Gone Kid" by Deacon Blue never really caught on as it slipped from 32 to 48 while "If I Could" by 1927 slimped from 31 to 45.

"What I Am" by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians skidded from 35 to 42 while Melissa Etheridge's "Like The Way I Do" fell from 33 to 41.

Also on it's way to sailing away out of the top 50 is "Orinoco Flow" which collapsed from 22 to 40...thank god...it's safe on the year end though.

The increasingly twee "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" by Marc Almond and Gene Pitney which slipped nine to 33 and the garbage "Where Did I Go Wrong" by UB40 slimped six to 29. 

Entries

44. "My Prerogative" by Bobby Brown

So this is the second single from Bobby Brown, taken from his second studio album "Don't Be Cruel" and was writtten after people openly criticised his decision to leave popular American R'n'B boyband New Edition and how it was about not caring what anyone else thinks of his decisions and making tough decisions regardless of what others think. The song is definitely one of the most catchy to hit the chart but Bobby comes across as a bit whiny rather than the strident and forceful if he is trying to defend himself against people talking smack about him. I don't precisely hate this but I don't love it either...which is weird to say the least.

39. "Cry In Shame" by Johnny Diesel & The Injectors

Ahh some good old Aussie pop/rock courtesy of the third single from Johnny Diesel & The Injectors debut album and yeah I love this kind of pop/rock song where Johnny Diesel is just getting blunt about fighting with this significant other and when everything is said and done the partner left crying in shame at what they've lost as a result of the fighting. The lyrics are a bit lame but they are catchy and that sax solo is awesome, I'm taking this!

35. "How'm I Gonna Sleep" by Tim Finn

So bit of a confession...for as much as I am a fan of Split Enz, it's Neil Finn's side of Split Enz that I find myself going back to just that bit more...for as much as Tim is really good so I was curious about this song being the lead single from Tim's self titled third studio album and yeah, it's a smooth pop/rock power ballad with Tim wondering how he is going to get to sleep without this girl around and how he'd rather not be lonely. It's actually a really smooth song even if that breakdown in the middle eight doesn't serve the song all that well with the backing vocals....I'll take it.

34. "Compulsory Hero" by 1927

Alright let's move onto what is the fourth single from 1927 and is an interesting move away from the sound of their previous singles with this one taking more lead from the piano whichmakes sense when you realize the lyrics are taking about a dad's experiences of fighting in the Vietnam War and if you know your history than you'd know that Australian men were conscripted to fight in Vietnam and you had to have a pretty damn excuse to get out of it hence the title "Compulsroy Hero" and this man's family saying "Go and fight in the war but whatever you do please just try to come home and for me that sentiment makes the song hit home a far bit effectively. Good song.

32. "I Only Wanna Be With You" by Samantha Fox

Sigh...I knew there'd come a point where I'd have to talk about British model and singer Samantha Fox, she had a hit earlier in the eighties with the pretty mediocre to awful "Touch Me (I wanna Feel Your body)" and now we get a cover of Dusty Springfield's "I Only Want to Be With You". so with much trepidation I checked the song out and holy shit, who borrowed the synths from fucking Pseudo Echo and made a sweet Dusty Springfield song into a raging headache inducing nightmare where the song's main melody songs like it's being played by god damn Alvin and the Chipmunks and when Samantha Fox sounds like she is punching time on the track...that says it all.

It's easily the worst of the week this week because nothing else sinks to that level of awful.

I'm going to give best of the week to "Compulsory Hero" by 1927 for being such a dark song and it's brave to release a song like that in 1989/

ARIA Singles Top Fifty Top Ten/Chart Review. 25th April. Stagnant Chart Flowers

 So this might be the shortest ever ARIA chart upfate in this blog's short history, I have not ever seen a week like this were it wasn't just the top ten ten that didn't move AT ALL but the entire top fifteen of the chart...now that will change next week when that new Kid Laroi song turns up but wow...if there was enough evidence we need recurrency rules on the Australian charts this week was it because it was dire.

Anyway let's go through the top ten and do it quickly, for a second week, it's "First Class" by Jack Harlow that holds the number one but wow those margins on streaming are looking shaky, it is close which bringas us to his closest competitor "As It Was" by Harry Styles at number two, it's the sales leader and Coachella performance seems to have really boosted the song on streaming as a whole.

"Heat Waves" by Glass Animals at number three, "Stay" by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber glued to number four, "Bad Habits" by Ed Sheeran remains at number five, "Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)" by Elton John and Dua Lipa at number six and "Where You Now" by Lost Frequencies and Calum Scott.

Then completing the top ten we have "Shivers" by Ed Sheeran at number eight, "abcdefu" by Gayle at number nine and "Industry Baby" by Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow at number ten.

Gains

 "Following The Sun" by Super-Hi and Neeka broke into the top twenty rising to 18 while Lil Tjay's "In My Head" rebounded eight to 31 bur all the other gains are all older songs like "Kiss Me More" by Doja Cat feat SZA up three to 22.  "Middle of the Night" by Elley Duhe up five to 27, "Mr Brightside" by The Killers up six to 28 and "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac up thirteen to 30 and "Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles up eight to 37.

Re-Entries

"Dance Monkey" by Tones and I back at 49

Losses

"Nail Tech" by Jack Harlow slides 19 to 45,  "Let's Trot!" by Brothers feat Joel Fletcher down seven to 38 and "We Don't Talk About Bruno" by The Cast Of Encanto down five to 23.

Drop Outs

"Perfect" by Ed Sheeran and "Better Days" by NEIKED and Mae Muller feat Polo G

New Entries.

Just the one new entry this week so let's look at...

47. "Flowers" by Lauren Spencer-Smith

I am kind of surprised this turned up after "Fingers Crossed" hype faded out really damn quickly..."Drivers License" it's not but regardless here's hjer latest single that caught attention on Tik Tok and it's a piano ballad where Lauren bemoans her past relationships and how she was treated after she discovered that it wasn't like that with her new boyfriend. I get the lyrical context of the song, it sucks to be treated badly by somebody you love but why is the production completely unsupportive here, where's the dramatic angry swell to really emphasis the song? Also why does it sound like Lauren is way too close to the microphone? Really not feeling this at all.

That wraps up a rather abortive week. As I mentioned, there's that new Kid Laroi song coming so we'll have to see when the chart updates at 5pm on Friday 

Lookin' Fine '89. 23rd April. Young Years of Fire Woman Beneath My Wings.

 So 1989 has been thus far a really competitive and interesting year at the top of the charts apart from the run of "kokomo" having its run at the top and that's typified because returning to number one is "She Drives Me Crazy" by Fine Young Cannibals, it's strong right now but it will interesting to see if it can hold on to the top spot for more than a week because right behind it at number two is last week's number one "Like A Prayer" by Madonna, believe it or not, this could still return to number one next week! It's just as strong as "She Drives Me Crazy"

Interested onlooker is "The Living Years" by Mike + The Mechanics..now this is a player for the top having rebounded one spot to number three as it could take the number one if the top two show any signs of weakness, it muscled past "I'm On My Way" by Yhe Proclaimers which fell back to number four (I'd be fine if this song left).

Staying at number five is "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers, it's starting to weaken and should be on the way out soon especially "Stop!" by Sam Brown continues its rise up the chart this week up two to number six leaving me confused and kind of bewildered that a milquetoast ballad is getting this much traction.

However it did force "Tucker's Daughter" by Ian Moss back one to number seven, it's peaked and pretty much on its way out anyway. 

Then we have the first of two new arrivals to the top ten with "One Summer" by Daryl Braithwaite rising from 11 to number eight. Makes sense for a song reminiscing about summer to be doing well in autumn...

"Too Many Broken Hearts" by Jason Donovan suffered two broken hearts down to number nine. 

Finally the second of the new arrivals to the top ten is "Lost in Your Eyes" by Debbie Gibson up seven to number ten. Good for Debbie, I guess.

Gains

So I already mentioned "Lost in Your Eyes" by Debbie Gibson rising seven to the top ten so let's look outside the top ten and it looks like "Chained to the Wheel" by The Black Sorrows  is headed for the top ten after it rose five to be on the cusp at number eleven and yes, it's great news!

I'll also happily take "Stuck on You" by Paul Norton up seven to number 13 and "Now You're in Heaven" by Julian Lennon climbing from 29 to 15...that's fine.

Also fine is "Eternal Flame" by The Bangles got one of the biggest gains of the week as it broke into the top twenty rising from 30 to 18. 

However I Do have to question why "Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart" by Marc Almond feat. Gene Pitney got a nine place boost to 24 or why "Wild Thing" by Sam Kinison jumped from 39 to 25 all of a sudden...neither are all that good.

"Wild Thing" by Tone Loc rose thirteen places off it's debut to 27 and "Twist in My Sobriety" by Tanita Tikaram climbed five places to 30

Losers

We've got almost just as many losers this week with former top ten hits headlining those moving down with "Especially for You" by Kylie Minogue falling from 42 to 49  and former number one hit "Kokomo" by The Beach Boys headed for the exit sliding nine places to 43 (thank goodness)

Unfortunately "Celebrate The World" by Womack & Womack slipped from 37 to 44 while their chart topper "Teardrops" fell away from 19 to 34 however in the best news of the week "Baby I Love Your Way - Free Bird" by Will to Power utterly collapsed sliumping from 24 to 40...thank goodness.. I really do not want that song to be a hit.

"Real Gone Kid" by Deacon Blue is kind of looking gone at this point as it tumbled from 26 to 32 while also in unfortunate news is the eight place drop of "Buffalo Stance" by Neneh Cherry (Come on the song is awesome, Australia!)

"Orinoco Flow" by Enya is thankfully sailing down the charts eight spots to 22...YAY! 

Down six to 16 is "Soul Revival" by Johnny Diesel & The Injectors while  "You Got It" by Roy Orbison fell five to 14. 

New Entries

50. "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul

Well this is a nice easy way to start the new entries...this is the third single from American singer and dancer Paula Abdul, taken from her debut album "Forever Your Girl" with the first two singles "Knocked Out" and "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me)" failing to impact the ARIA top 50 so how is "Straight Up" Well it's the sort of song that's bound to be a pop guilty pleasure in a couple of yeaes with it's new jack swing merged with dance pop sound and that chorus is catchy enough to get stuck in your head. Abdul wants this guy to be honest with her and tell her his intentions. Fun song...check it out.

47. "Hurricane" by James Freud

Lead single from former Models frontman James Freud's album "Step Into The Heat" and unfortunately I am more ehh on this song than I wasnt to be and it mostly comes down to the vocal production...I have no idea by Freud is byrued behind the guitars and drums in the mix and mixed so low even the backing vocals are louder than him! It's a shame because the instrumentation is pretty damn great but yeah just a shame that the one element here that doesn't work...

41. "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler

I am going to state this because it needs to be said, Bette Midler has a wonderful voice but frequently suffers from some of the most milquetoast material ever recorded..."The Rose" is possibly one of the dullest songs I've ever heard and so with this song originally recorded by Kamahl in 1982 with Midler recording it for the soundtrack of the awful film Beaches so how is the song?

Ugh. Lyrically its pretty generic, cliched and really damn corny not helped by the way Midler delivers the chorus and then proceeds to sound like a cat needing some barbed dick or a bunch of cats in a bag being strangled. I loathe this overwrought mess of a song....NEXT!

39. "Young Years" by Dragon

Well I got hopes for this one, the second single from Dragon's ninth album "Bondi Road". I am kind of surprised it's here as the previous"River" only peaked at number 81 so I was curious with what they'd do with this single and turns out this is pretty great! Yeah, it's a song reminiscing about the past and the stuff they used to do growing up together. I also love that saxophone that plays the lead melody in the opening part of the song. Yeah, I'll take this...Great stuff.

38. 'Fire Woman" by The Cult

Last song of this week comes from British band The Cult and is the first single from their fourth album "Sonic Temple" and while I get what they are trying to do with the roaring guitars and everything, I am not sure I am going to remember this all that much especially with the lack there of a hook which given it's a rock song, I love rock songs that leave me singing it after the song has finished so yeah while it's from an instrumental standpoint fine, it's not my thing.

So that leaves me with a pretty easy week as far as best and worst of the week goes...worst is going to "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler. Best falls the way of "Young Years" by Dragon ahead of "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul. 

ARIA Singles Top 50 Top Ten/ Chart Review: 18th April Wait A First Class Minute

 Well if this week proved anything it proved 2022 on the charts is finally underway. We got some movement in the top ten again so let's go straight to that where for a second week in a row, we have a new number one that being "First Class" by Jack Harlow, I'll have more to say later but it got here on the back of some insane strength on strength across the board to the point it was impressive even if the charts are in a weak spot.

It pushed easily past last week's number one "As It Was" by Harry Styles, now this song has a lock on the number two position at least right now with solid sales and streaming in its second week, this should hold up for awhile given how weak the rest of the top ten is right now.

"Heat Waves" by Glass Animals fell back to number three mostly because it's no longer at the point of being able to match the top two anymore. "Stay" by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber which remains steady at number four.

"Bad Habits" by Ed Sheeran fell two places to number five as streaming fades away and that's all it's got.

"Cold Heart (PNAU Remix" by Elton John and Dua Lipa slipped one to number six while "Where Are you Now" by Lost Frequencies and Calum Scott also dipped one place to number seven. The second of the two Ed Sheeran songs in top ten "Shivers" tumbled one to number eight while "abcdefu" by Gayle slid one to nnumber nine

Finally hanging on to the top ten (just) is "Industry Baby" by Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow at number ten.

Gains

No big gains this week with "Bam Bam" by Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran getting the album boost up three to number eleven. 

Re-Entries

Two returns this week with "Better Days" by Neiked and Mae Muller feat. Polo G at 50 and "Nail Tech" by Jack Harlow at 26

Losers

Just the one big loser this week with "In My Head" by Lil Tjay falling twelve places to 39. 

Drop Outs

So not really all that upset about the drop outs with "Everlong" by the Foo Fighters leaving taking with it "Sweetest Pie" by Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa. "One Right Now" by Post Malone and The Weeknd and "Freaky Deaky" by Tyga feat. Doja Cat. (I've not thought about the latter three in a while)

New Entries

Two new entries this week beginning with...

47. "Wait A Minute" by Willow

So turns out this isn't a new song from Willow, this is a 2015 cut that was on Willow's debut album Ardipthecus, saw Tik Tok virality in 2019 and a couple of years later wound up on the ARIA singles chart so how is the song?  Well it sounds like a 2015/2016 pop cut in that it's somewhat desaturated and yet again Willow's vocals do nothing for me here in that it does feel like she's shouting in places and she's singing quickly just to make all the words fit in somehow, it just feels like a really cluttered song. Not feeling this at all...NEXT.

1. "First Class" by Jack Harlow

I am kind of conflicted on Jack Harlow...more than I want to be...the dude was fantastic on  Lil Nas X's "Industry Baby" but he has never really shown that kind of personality on tracks where he is the lead. so I was worried about this song and well it's pretty obvious that the sample of Fergies 2000s hit "Glamorous" does a LOT of the heavy lifting here along with that sparse piano with the content basically being Jack Harlow reflecting on his rise to the top and living a gangster lifestyle (which I actually don't believe for one second). Look, it's mostly memorable for that Fergie sample and Jack Harlow has done much better,.

However, "First Class" is getting the best of the week even if it's not all that special or good. "Wait A Minute" by Willow gets the worst of the week.

Lookin' Fine '89. April 16th. Wild Hallelulah Man's Blvd Dirty Thing

So a little bit of a cool down week but it actually didn't stop the chart from being really interesting again, there's more shifts in the top ten and we'll get to those, we've got three new entries to also have a look at but let's get to that top ten were much to nobody's surprise, "Like A Prayer" by Madonna returned to number one as it remains really strong overall which is really damn impressive.

It pushed "She Drives Me Crazy" by Fine Young Cannibals back to number two as sales fell off a bit, it's now also facing a fight to hold onto number two as "I'm On My Way" by The Proclaimers got a spurt on to rise two places to number three causing "The Living Years" by Mike + TThe Mechanics which slipped one place to number four and "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers which stumbled down one to number five.

Steady at number six is "Tucker's Daughter" by Ian Moss while "Too Many Broken Hearts" by Jason Donovan also remained steady at number seven.

Gaining two places to number eight is Sam Brown's "Stop!" even though I kind of wish it would live up to it's name already and stop...kind of tired of this song however it did cause both "You Got It" by Roy Orbison and "Soul Revival" by Johnny Diesel & The Injectors to slide back one place to nine and ten respectively.

Gains

So I am not thrilled that "Ring My Bell" by Collette jumped into the top twenty by climbing twelve places to 15, the same goes for the increadingly bland "Lost in your Eyes' by Debbie Gibson which climbed from 30 to 17 this week.

However there is some good news with "She's a Mystery to Me" by Roy Orbison climbing from 33 to 18 and "Stuck on You" by Paul Norton rising from 49 all the way up to 20.

:"Your Mama Don't Dance" by Poison climbed six places to 23 while "Eternal Flame" by The Bangles jumped nine off it's debut last week to 30.

Also rising off it's debut is "Twist In My Sobriety" by Tanita Tikaram which rose eleven places to 35 while "Veronica" by Elvis Costello rose nine to 41.

Re-Entries

Two returns this week with "Celebrate The World" by Womack & Womack back at 37 and "So Good" by Wa Wa Nee back at number 36

Losses

"She Makes My Day" by Robert Palmer is on the way out as slipped six to 50 while it's the same for "Love Bites" by Def Leppard sd it fell six to 49.

"Rock and Roll Music" by Mental As Anything tumbled eleven places to 48 in one of the biggest falls of the week while "It's Only Love" by Simply Red skidded ten places to 46.

"Especially For You" by Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan tumbled from 31 to 42 as it's run on the charts looks to be coming to an end and I am also not complaining that "Kokomo" by The Beach Boys collapsed down from 21 to 34.

"Like The Way I Do" suffered a shock collapse from 19 to 32 for Melissa Etheridge...the song isn't good so I am fine with this one leaving. "What I Am" by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians tumbled eleven places to 31.

"Where Did I Go Wrong" by UB40 slipped ten places to 27...thank goodness.

New Entries

Three new entries this week, beginning with...

47. "Hallelulah Man" by Love and Money

We're leading off with the lead single from Scottish band Love and Money's second studio album "Strange Kind of Love" with this song having been released last year and only just now hitting the charts and well...I don't know...I like some of the production and the vocals remind me a lot of INXS but I feel like this is really missing something to push it over the top for me in the instrumentation like a bass guitar. The song is pleasant enough but I am sure as hell going to forget it exists beyond this week.

45. "Dirty Blvd." by Lou Reed

Oh boy, Lou Reed has never really done much for me at all. "Walk on the Wild Side" is one of those songs I consider to be absolute garbage even though it's considered to be a classic song of the time so what do we get from :"Dirty Blvd" taken from his album "New York"...well we get a nice sounding guitar but again the issue that kills "Walk on the Wild Side" For me is what kills this song is Lou Reed's vocal delivery, it's just him talking over the music comparing the poor and the rich of New York City. Not feeling this one at all.

40. "Wild Thing" by Tone Loc

So this is the lead single from American rapper Tone Loc taken from the album "Loc-ed After Dark" and samples Van Halen's "Jamie's Cryin'" with "Wild Thing" apparently short for "doing the wild thing" which a euphemism for sex and yeah its definitely a sex song on the lyrics alont him hooking up with this girl, taking her back to a hotel where he says to her "Be my queen if you know what I mean and let us do the wild thing"...the lyrics are pretty goofy and the production really does much it with just how catchy and punchy it is even if the beginning does remind me a lot of "Push It" by Salt n Pepa however I can't fault this...it's fun. Check it out.

And yeah, it's the best of the week, as for the worsr of the week that's going to "Dirty Blvd" by Lou Reed.