All 4 1994. 22nd May. One Shaka Jam Hip Hop Holiday Mama Said

 So we got a return to the busy and insane chart turnover with multiple new entries and business up and down the chart but let's start as per normal with our top ten where as it as been for the last few weeks. "The Sign" by Ace of Base remains at number one but it's got a new challenger as it's sales slowed down.

Who is that challenger? It's Prince aka The Symbol with "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" rising one to number two, it's gaining momentum and is definitely forming the foundations of being a chance fot the top spot.

It moved past "Breathe Again" by Toni Braxton which moved down one spot to number three as it's sales are no longer all that competitive and it looks to have peaked across the board, this paves the way for stronger songs to move up in the weeks ahead like "Right in the Night" by Jam & Spoon feat Plavka which moved up four spots to number four, this definitely has the base move higher in the weeks ahead.

Then we have a new entry in at number five with the live version of "One" by Metallica.I'll talk about this song later in the new entries but this is here because Metallica do tend to debut high thanks to strong sales.

Up three spots to number six unfortunately is "Doop" by Doop...sigh...sales are strong and this looks to be going nowhere else but up over the next few weeks.

Remaining steady at number seven is "I'll Remember" by Madonna which just couldn't make up ground on the songs above it but it's not under threat from "The Power of Love" by Celine Dion which slipped three places to number eight this week. 

Mariah Carey's "Without You" is also on the downswing as it slipped four places to number nine. 

Finally completing our top ten is...unfortunately is "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" by Crash Test Dummies which got a massive sales boost this week to jumped fourteen places to number ten. 

Losers

Culture Beat's "Anything" slipped from thirty seven to fifty while K-Klass's "Let Me Show You" slumped from twenty nine to thirty six

"Can We Talk?" by Tevin Campbell fell eight to thirty five, Jimmy Cliff's "I Can See Clearly Now" collapsed eleven places to thirty two. 

"Loser' by Beck also got hit with a eight place drop to thirty one, "Whatta Man" by Salta 'n' Pepa feat. En Vogue fell nine to twenty eight. 

Gains

So we had a couple of big gains this week outside the top ten, lets start with the continued impressive gains for "Stay" by Eternal as it jumped from thirty one to sixteen. I am pretty happy about that!. 

"I'll Stand by You" by The Pretenders got a good jump from thirty four to nineteen, it's not a surprise as it's the sort of ballad that does well. 

"I Believe" by Marcella Detroit climbed from thirty three to twenty six, I still can't get past this song potentially being in a nappy ad. 

New Entries

48. "Greedy People" by Electric Hippies

So Greedy Hippies are an Australian psychedelic rock group with this song being the second single from their self titled debut album. I will say straight off that the cover art for this song made me laugh but it doesn't raise much hope of the song being good so what did we get with this? 

Well its probably more straight forward pop rock song with a lot of the psychedelic edges taken away as the song goes on about how rich and those power and wealth hungry will likely end up lonely as their greed upsets those who love them and,,,it's fine enough for what it is but the lack of anger at the greed especially when we're talking about capitalism is a little concerning here. Decent song but just lacks a little punch...that's all. 

46. "Hey Jealousy"  by Gin Blossoms

More rock now courtesy of American rockers Gin Blossoms with song from their 1989 album "Dusted" but ended up being re recorded for their 1992 album "New Miserable Experience", it was written by the band's ex guitarist Doug Hopkins and describes his attempts to get back with his ex because she was the best thing he ever had and he regrets hurting her with his cheating and drinking.

The song is a bit too self aware for it's own dang good but god damn, if ever there was a song that knows it screwed up and does it well enough, it's this one, check it out if you are curious. 

43. "Shaka Jam" by Kulcha

So some Australian R'n'B courtesy of group Kulcha with this song being the lead single coming from their self titled debut album and honestly while it's a pretty cute hype track, this sounds like a very early nineties r'n'b jam that is still hanging on to the new jack swing sound a little too hard especially when it's trying so hard to be this sexual party song but shouting "Boom Shaka Shaka jam" is beyohd distracting. Cute song that just doesn't quite click. 

40. "Hip Hop Holiday" by 3 The Hard Way

So from that we swerve iuto New Zealand hip hop from Kiwi trio 3 the Hard Way with this song being their debut release and I do like that they twisted the hook of 10cc's "Dreadlock Holiday to "We don't like hip hop (yeah no)...We love it (yeaaahhh) and honestly it's just a song pumping up hip hop and you know what? I love it even with what sounds like an interpolation of "Informer" by Snow on the second verse. I'll take this. Fun stuff. 

38. "Mama Said Knock You Out" by Defryme

Back to Australian rock we go and this time, it's a harder closer to metal sound from Victorian group Defryme and good lord this is bad, not only is the vocal delivery cartoonishly forced in the rap forces to the shrieks of "Mama said knock you out" on the hook over instrumentation that really doesn't fit the vibe the vocals are going for. It's just juvenile and not in a good way...next!

5. "One (Live)" by Metallica

So because I have already reviewed this song, I am going to keep it pretty short by repeating my thoughts from "Lookin' Fine 89". It's a dark, sad song that really does paint war and the impacts of it it on individual human beings in a dark but extremely powerful light, it's almost as though the song was designed for the music and the lyrics to take a backseat to the recordings that are played through out the song. May we never forget the horroes that war brings with it and is never the answer. Great song by Metallica, check it out. 

Howver it's not the best of the week...that's going to "Hip Hop Holiday" by 3 The Hard Way. Worst of the week goes to Defryme for "Mama Said Knock You Out"

ARIA Singles Chart Top 50. May 19th

 Anaother slow week on the chart but considering something of a Morgan Wallen mini album bomb is expected next week, I'll take a slow week where i can get it at the moment so let's not waste any more time and get stuck into the top ten where for yet another week "Ordinary" by Alex Warren remains at number one for yet another week and really when it's dominant across both sales and streaming.

"Undressed" by Sombr remains steady at number two because it's strong on streaming but not quite the same level as "Ordinary" on sales. 

The rest of the top five also held steady with "That's So True" by Gracie Abrams at number three, "Pink Pony Club" by Chappell Roan at number four and "Love Me Not" by Raven Lenae at number five.

"Birds of a Feather" by Billie Eilish rebounded one place to number six, it effectively pushed past "Apt" by Rose and Bruno Mars which slipped one spot to number seven.

A source of clear frustration is "Beautiful Things" by Benson Boone continued to bounce around up two places to number eight although I think that is due to our lone new entry this week, it did push "Die With a Smile" by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars slipped one place to number nine.

Sombr's second song on the chart "Back to Friends" spends it's first week inside the top ten up two spots to number ten. 

Gains

The unfortunate big gain of the week is "Blue Strips" by Jessie Murph is up fourteen places to seventeen for some unknown reason...the song is fucking terrible.

"Stargazing" by Myles Smith rebounded eight slots to twenty one while "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls climbed seven spots to twenty six. "Timeless" by The Weeknd feat. Playboi Carti got a remix with Doechii so that's up twenty to twenty nine for some inexplicable reason.

Losers

The only major loser this week was unsurprisingly "What Was That?" by Lorde which utterly collapsed twenty four spots to forty five. 

Drop Outs

"Azizam" bv Ed Sheeran is our only exit this week. 

New Entries

Just the one new entry this week, let's dive into...

46. "Mystical Magical" by Benson Boone

Look I was charitable to Benson Boone's latt single mostly for the fact that it does sound like a Walk The Moon knock off especially on the verses but I cannot excuse this mess of a song because my god, Benson Boone is at his most screechy here to the point it's just actively irritating for me especially as the song gravitates toward squealing irritation which sits closer to Jessie Murph on "Blue Strips". Blergh...skip it.

So that wraps this week. Hopefully we get some good songs debuting soon because I am a bit tired of being negative but yeah it's Morgan Wallen next week so...ughh...

All 4 1994: 15th May

 So we got something of a slowdown this week where for once we have a sparse new entry list but there's still plenty of movement on the chart but just not at the top where for yet another week, it's "The Sign" by Ace of Base remaining at number one, now this isn't a surprise...it's got plenty of sales to handily stick around at the top for a week for two more. 

Also with breathing room at number two is "Breathe Again" by Toni Braxton at number but I"d argue, it's not really a threat for the number one spot, it's sales are looking a tad bit shaky which leaves room for "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" by The Symbol up four places to number three to make a run for possibly the number one spot in the weeks ahead. 

"Without You" by Mariah Carey holds on at number four while "The Power of Love" by Celine Dion tumbled two spots to number five. Both these songs look to be done with their chart runs in the top ten so I expect to see them both fall away gradually over the next few weeks. 

"Right In the Night" by Jam & Spoon feat. Plavka continues to hang around at number six, it seems to be wavering on whether it moves higher or not. 

The big surprise this week was "I'll Remember" by Madonna moving up two to number seven...I thought this song was too weirdly produced for it to do any damage in the top ten however it's move "Streets of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen might have happened anyway as it collapsed three spots to number eight.

The unwelcome surprise in the top ten is "Doop" by Doop climbed eight places to number nine because the world hates me or something. Why is this becoming a hit? Seriously?

Finally in better news "Things Can Only Get Better" by D:Ream rebounded one to number ten and honestly I hope this does rise in the top ten for a change. 

Losers

"Hush Sweet Lover" by K.D Lang tumbled from thirty six to forty nine this week while "Easy" by Hunters & Collectors slipped six spots to forty six. 

Hoodoo Gurus felt a ten place plunge with "Less Than A Feeling" down to thirty six and "Cornflake Girl" by Tori Amos slipped from twenty seven to thirty two. 

Gains

So :Steppin' On Remix" by Sexing The Cherry climbed six places to forty two off their re-entry while Satisfy The Groove" by Culture Shock shocked it's way up from forty nine to forty one.  The big gain this week came for Eternal's "Stay" which climbed nineteen spots to thirty one this week which is good to see considering that song is pretty dang good. 

Sadly also having a good sized gain is "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" by Crash Test Dummies which crashed up from thirty eight to twenty four...ugh.,..

"Is It Love" by Twenty 4 Seven feat, Stay-C and Nance up eight to twenty two.

Re Entries

"To The Top" by Peter Andre is somehow back at number forty eight.

New Entries

Just the two new entries this week, starting with...

50. "I'm Broken" by Pantera.

Well, never expected that I'd have the chance to talk about a song from American heavy metal legends Pantera but here we are, this song comes from their album "Far Beyond Driven" and is apparently about the back pain that the lead singer Phil Anselmo was experiencing and how vulnerable he felt while needing others to help him while he was in pain. 

This is also where I admit that heavy metal is not a subgenre that I tend to enjoy that much but with a new Dr Alban song on the list, I guess this is the one hope I had so how is it? Yeah, this is definitely a Pantera song with screams and the guitars, the vocals do get across the pain and vulnerability and that guilty solo in the middle was nice...I guess I was hoping for something a tad darker in sound though? 

45. "It's My Life" by Dr Alban

So with "Sing Hallelujah" experiencing a modicum of success, I am not surprised we are getting a follow up single and yeah, I am not a fan of this either especially the forced rapping that has very little in the way of personality and production that sounds like a collection of train noises over a thumping dance beat.Skip this song.

Easy worst of the week with the best of the week going to Pantera for "I'm Broken"...hopefully next week will be more interesting. 

ARIA Singles Chart Top 50. May 12th.

 We finally got some change to our top ten this week! Just a shame that this week also brought one of the worst songs to debut on the chart in recent memory but we'll get to that because let's get to the top ten where of course for yet another week "Ordinary" by Alex Warren remains at number one and really at this point, it's so strong on sales and streaming and while that is the case, I don't see anything getting near it. 

However there is a new number two this week with "Undressed" by Sombr climbing nine places as it also has strong streaming, it's just a question of if it's sales can catch up to it's streaming. It did help push "That's So True" by Gracie Abrams back one to number three and "Pink Pony Club" by Chappell Roan to number four.

"Love Me Not"  by Ravyn Lenae climbed up seven places to number five and seems to have some decent momentum behind it which I am absolutely delighted about. I still like this song a lot. 

All that was enough to  see "APT" by Rose and Bruno Mars slide two places to number six while "Birds of a Feather" by Billie Eilish held steady at number seven. 

Finally looking to be on the way out of the top ten is "Die With a Smile' by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars which stumbled two places to numnber eight while former number one "Messy" by Lola Young fell back one place to number nine.

"Beautiful Things" by Benson Boone continues to cling to the top ten like a poo on a string refusing to fall into the toilet but it did fall five places to number ten.

Gains

Sombr's gains continued outside the top ten as "Back to Friends" climbed seven places to number twelve. 

Gracie Abrams tour of Australia sees continued gains for "I Love You, I'm Sorry", this time up fifteen places to eighteen.

Alex Warren's "Carry You Home" climbed eight places to twenty four which makes sense as people are looking to hear other songs from the artist currently at number one. 

I don't really have an explanation for why "Stargazing" by Myles Smith is up twenty places to twenty nine or "Too Sweet"by Hozier is up sixteen to thirty two.

Losers

It would seem the public are finally done with Dasha's "Austin" so that's down eight to number 50. 

Tate McRae's "Revolving Door" collapsed ten spots to forty. I am surprised this has stuck around this long considering how uninterested people have been in 2025 music. 

"Sorry I'm here for Someone Else" by Benson Boone slumped seven to forty one while "Abracadabra" by Lady Gaga also slid ten places to thirty eight. "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls fell nine to thirty three.

Finally and most unsurprisingly, "What Was That?" by Lorde tumbled twelve spots to twenty one. 

New Entries

One new entry this week...shame it's...

31. "Blue Strips" by Jessie Murph

I was dreading this song turning up on the chart having heard what a few critics have had to say about it and yeah, let me add this blog to those critics because this song absolutely blows blue strips and blue whatever else...that's how miuch this song absolutely sucks, Jessie Murph sounds nasal as hell and that multi tracking tacked to her vocals isn't improving her "singing" in this revenge fantasy where she's wanting to get  back at somebody and the instrumentation cannot sell any of it convincingly. This is one of the worst songs of the year to chart thus far. Please do not let this crap become a hit.

Yeah obvious worst of the week here. There's so much better music that could  be charting instead of this like Tyne-James Organ's "One Way Ticket"

All 4 1994. 8th May. Mmm I'll Stand and Stay By You

So things have slowed down ever so slightly...seriously...half of the top ten didn't move at all this week while we did get our regularly scheduled slew of new entries however before we get to our new debuts, lets talk about that aforementioned top ten where for a second week "The Sign" by Ace of Base remains at number and it just doesn't look like being toppled right now. 

It held up over "Breathe Again" by Toni Braxton which held strong at number two as did "The Power of Love" by Celine Dion at number three, "Without You" by Mariah Carey and "Streets of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen at number five.

Where the changes do kick is at number six because "Right in the Night" by Jam & Spoon feat. Plavka climbed ten places to reach the top ten, this song definitely has some good momentum behind it and that hook only helps its caused. 

Happy to see "The Most Beautiful Girl in The World" by The Symbol up five to nuimber seven. The song is still absolutely excellent and I am thrilled to see it here. 

All of this saw "Dum Da Dum" by Melodie MC down one spot to number eight however weirdly Madonna's badly produced "I'll Remember" is up two to number nine.

"It's Alright" by East 17 rounds out the top ten down four places to number ten. It's fading naturally now...thank goodness. 

Losers

On that note, let's go through these losers because we do have a few this week, let's start with M People's "One Night in Heaven" which looks like a complete non starter down seven to forty seven while former top five hit "Slave to the Music" by Twenty 4 Seven feat. Stay-C and Nance tumbled six places to forty six. 

Down eight to forty five is "Feelin' Alright" by EYC while "Said I Loved You...But I Lied" by Michael Bolton slipped seven to thirty five and "Cornflake Girl" by Tori Amos stumbled six places to twenty seven (this song has hung around longer than I thought it would).

Beck's "Loser lived up to it's name this week by sliding seven places to twenty while "Whatta Man" by Salt 'N' Pepa fell five to fourteen and "Sing Hallelujah" by Dr. Alban down five to thirteen.

Gains

Not too much  in the way of major gains this week but some of the other debutants from last week got gains like "I Believe" by Marcella Detroit climbed nine places to thirty three and of course the horrible "Doop" by Doop jumped from twenty three to seventeen because of course it did. 

Unfortunately there was a decent six place gain to twenty five for "I'm Ready" by Tevin Campbell 

Re - Entries

Sexing The Cherry is back on the singles chart with "Stepping On Remix" back at number forty eight 

New Entries

50. "Stay" by Eternal

So this is a song that was originally recorded in 1990 by American singer Glenn Jones before British trio Eternal decided to record the song in 1993 and you know what? I do like this, the harmonies really kick this track a level higher, its  sounds just like a great song to just vibe to and these ladies certainly have some kick ass confidence. I dig it, definitely check this one out!

49. "Satisfy The Groove" by Culture Shock

Culture Shock are an Australian dance trio whose first studio album was released in 1993 with this song being released a single and I will say this group remind me a lot of a combination of Euphoria and a bunch of other acts who have gone the dance rap sound, this song isn't terrible but when Melodie MC and others have done this sound better, I won't be coming back to it. 

39. "U R The Best Thing" by D:Ream

So we've already got a follow up to "Things Can Only Get Better" and I'll be honest here, I am not liking this one as much as I liked the previous song and it's hard to pinpoint why, maybe it's just the lack of organic swell in this song that made "Things Can |Only Get Better" so positive and infectious or it's quite possibly sounding like most of the other eurodance junk out there...next!

38. "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" by Crash Test Dummies

Okay, so we're dealing here with a Canadian rock band and is the lead single from their second album "God Shuffled His Feet", it's a song about three different children who have some kind of physical "abnormality", a boy who was in a car accident missing school for an extended period of time and when he returned his hair was white instead of black, a girl refused to changed clothes in front of her classmates because of birthmarks on her body while the third child is a boy whose parents demand he come straight home from school. Now I think thiat while the intent of the song is to be applauded, that hook is annoying as all hell and dear god could someone teach the lead vocallist to sing with some fucking passion instead of sounding like he is having dental surgery...this isn't good...skip it!

31. "I'll Stand by You" by The Pretenders.

Our last two new entries are carry overs from the 80s with one of those being British rock band The Pretenders who had one of my favourite hits of 1980 with "Brass in Pocket" so cue my surprise with this song being a ballad about standing by someone going through a dark time in their lives regardless of whatever is happening and not letting anyone else or anything else get to them. It is pretty powerful and resonant especially when the choir kicks in on the last part of the song. It's a good song, hope it sticks around. 

26. "Less Than A Feeling" by Hoodoo Gurus

Finally wrapping up the week with the new one from Hoodoo Gurus with this song coming from the album "Crank" and again it's that vocal production that stops me from liking this song more than I do, the lead vocals just feel too buried in the mix that it makes it hard to understand what's being said which is a shame because I do like a lot else around the song especially the guitars and drums which give this song a really damn solid groove to work off. Oh well...it happens.

However it's not the worst of the week that dubious honour is going to "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" by Crash Test Dummies, just no.

Best of the week is harder, I think "Stay" by Eternal just nudges out "I'll Stand by You" by The Pretenders but it's really damn close.

ARIA Singles Top 50 Chart Review: May 5th What Party Was That 4 You?

Look, I am not saying the charts are stagnant but fuck they are stagnant and pretty boring right now. Just one new song in our top ten and a lot of older songs moving up instead of down which is frustrating that the 2024 holdovers are especially lasting this long into 2025 however lets get straight into the top ten where for yet another week we have "Ordinary" by Alex Warren at number and look, this is an exceedingly stable number one, it's riock solid on sales and streaming to the point that I don't see what might be going to knock it off the top spot any time soon.

That's especially the case with "That's So True" by Gracie Abrams rebounding one spot back to number two thanks to damn streaming that won't die yet however it was enough to push "Pink Pony Club" by Chappell Roan down one to number three, now I do think this song has peaked now with it's streaming fading away gradually. 

The same can be said "APT" by Rose and Bruno Mars down one to number four, "Beautiful Things" by Benson Boone down one to number five and "Die With A Smile" by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars down one to number six. 

"Birds of a Feather" by Billie Eilish rebounded one spot to number seven this week thanks to decent streaming, the same applies for "Messy" by Lola Young ip one to number eight.

We've got a new entry to our top ten this week with "What Was That" by Lorde at number nine thanks mostly to streaming and same sales. We'll talk about this one later.

Rounding up our top ten is "Nokia" by Drake slipping one spot to number ten and I can't say I am not unhappy about that. 

Gains

Benson Boone's "Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else" jumped eight places to thirty four because that seems to have some legs on streaming now...lovely...not.

Gracie Abrams "I Love You, I'm Sorry" climbed fourteen spots to thirty three in the biggest gain of the week. 

Sombr saw gains for both his songs with "Back to Friends up five places to nineteen and "Undressed" up three to eleven...both could see the top ten in a few weeks.

The same applies for "Love Me Not" by Ravyn Lenae which jumped eight places to twelve.

Re- Entries

Just one re-entry with "Like Jennie" by Jennie back forty six somehow. 

Losers

Not too many major losers this week although we did see a seven place loss for "Mr Brightside" by The Killers down to forty seven and a nine place drop for "Ain't No Love in Oklahoma" by Luke Combs to forty three. 

"Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac tumbled seven spots to thirty five while "Abracadabra" by Lady Gaga slumped seven to twenty eight.

Drop Outs.

We lost three long running songs...all three have also dropped out before and returned as well so we'll wait and see with "Riptide" by Vance Joy, "Stick Season" by Noah Kahan and "Where the Wild Things Are" by Luke Combs all leaving again.

New Entries

Just the two new entries this week with...

36. "Party 4 U" by Charli XCX

Well this is weird as hell mostly because this song was originally released at the height of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 from Charli XCX's fourth album "How I'm Feeling Now" and honestly I actually like this a lot more than anything from her most recent album "Brat", it actually reminds of the sound that Addison Rae has unsuccessfully tried to copy in her recent releases only Charli did it in 2020 with much more interesting effect, it's a song where Charli is throwing this party for this guy or girl and hoping that they'll reciprocate some of that party energy back to her and yeah it does have some of that nervous energy about it. 

I like this. Definitely chuck it out if this sort of slowed down dance hyperpop is your thing.

9. "What Was That" by Lorde.

So I was kind of keen to see what Lorde would come up with on  her return after what feels like an extremely long time although we did get "Solar Power" in 2021 and yeah this song might on the surface feel like a return to form for Lorde especially with certain song structures that give this a through line to "Green Light" but "Green Light" felt more propulsive than this song which seems to ride on the hook more often than not. It's not a bad song but Lorde has certainly done better on Melodrama.

That wraps the week, I am going to give best of the week to Charli XCX for "Party 4 U". No worst of the week mostly because "What Was That?" is not terrible. 

All 4 1994: 1st May. Whoomp! I'll Remember Beautiful Girl and Johnny Man

 Well...this week is pure chaos, we have a new number one and EIGHT new entries to talk about this week which include Madonna but let's not ramble on anything further and get stuck into our top ten because like I said we do have a new number one and it's one that's been in the stars for awhile because "The Sign" by Ace of Base steamrolled it's way to number one courtesy of enormous sales and looks to be settling into a lengthy stay at number one. 

Right behind "The Sign" is "Breathe Again" by Toni Braxton which jumped four places to number two because it had nearly as good a sales week as "The Sign". 

This pushed former number one "The Power of Love" by Celine Dion back to number three mostly because this song's sales couldn't go with the two songs above it. 

Remaining at four and five respectively is :"Without You" by Mariah Catrey and "Streets of Philadelphia by Bruce Springsteen which both had just enough sales to hang on where they are. 

"It's Alright" by East 17 slumped three places to number six, it's on it's way out naturally however "Dum Da Dum" by Melodie MC remained steady at number seven.  Rebounding one spot to number eight is "Sing Hallelujah" by Dr Alban. 

"Whatta Man" by Salt 'n' Pepa feat En Vogue skidded down one spot to number nine while remaining at number ten is "Things Can Only Get Better" by D:Ream. 

Losers

So because we do have A LOT of new entries this week, it is to be expected a lot of songs lost ground this week beginning with "Dry County" by Bon Jovi which collapsed eight twelve places to forty eight. 

"What's My Name?" by Snoop Doggy Dogg tumbled nine places to forty seven this week, it should make the year end safely. 

Former top ten hit "Asshole" by Denis Leary continued its path out down from thirty three to forty six. Pearl Jam's "Daughter" slipped fro thirty seven to forty four. 

"Feelin' Alright" by EYC fell down six places to thirty secen while "Slave to the Music" by Twenty 4 Seven feat. Stay-C and Nance stumbled nine places to thirty six. Beverly's version of "The Power of Love" slid ten places to thirty five. "Hush Sweet Lover" by KD Lang got hushed six spots to thirty four.

"Anything" by Culture Beat slipped seven places to twenty nine while "Said I Love You...But I Lied" by Michael Bolton fell nine spots to twenty eight. "Let Me Show You" by K-Klass tumbled eight places twenty six. 

"Return to Innocence" by Enigma slid from sixteen to twenty two, ?Can We Talk?" by Tevin Campbell collapsed six places to twenty. 

Gains

So quite surprisingly we do have a couple of decent sized gains with "Right in the Night" by Jam & Spoon feat Plavka climbing to sixteen, I'd bank on seeing this song in the top ten soon, folks.

"Feel Like Making Love": by Pauline Henry jumped from twenty three to seventeen while "Is It Love" by Twenty 4 Seven feat. Stay-C and Nance climbed seven places to twenty five.

Pearl Jam's "Animal" jumped ten places to thirty two off it's debut last week, also up ten off it's debut is "Easy" by Hunters & Collectors to thirty eight. 

New Entries

Eight new entries this week, beginning with...

50. "Take It To The Top" by Peter Andre

New Peter Andre song and I really hope this one is better than the last effort I reviewed from him. Well no, because this sounds like Andre trying to rip off Bobby Brown's late 80s shtick that worked only Andre does not have the vocal presence or the ability to sell it in a manner that is anywhere near covincing. say what you want about Bobby Brown, he at least had the charisma to sell "My Prerogative", this just sounds like an 80s left over that would be better left forgotten...next!

49. "Danny Man" by Jimeoin

So this is a song from Irish comedian Jimeoin and yeah, this sure is an Irish song at heart in the instrumentation with the flute and that interpolation of "Danny Boy" on the hook. What does wind up hilarious is Jimeoin's hilarious attempts at rapping but he does manage to stay on beat and sound like he is having fun with it. Look, it smacks of novelty song but it's definitely one of the better novelty songs I've heard, check it out if you want a laugh. 

45. "Rocks" by Primal Scream

We now move to another part of the UK, this time Scotland courtesy of band Primal Scream with this song from their fourth studio album called "Give Out But Don't Give Up" and what I will say is that that hook is ridiculously catchy with more than enough stomp clap energy in rock format to go around. It's definitely a cheerier sound in the alt rock format and an antidote to those done with more the grungey sound that has been coming from bands like Nirvana and others. Nice song. 

42. "I Believe" by Marcella Detroit

So one of the co-writers of Eric Clapton's 1977 hit "Lay Down Sally" and was a member of Shakespears Sister who had a hit in 1992 called "Stay" has stepped into the solo realm again with the lead single from her second album "Jewel" and yeah, this song sounds like radio friendly alternative pop with Detroit singing about how giving love will give it back to the person giving the love. Its bit of a cornball love song but Detroit's vocal performance is powerful enough to make you think she believes what she is selling...not bad I guess even if the production is giving 1990s nappies ad. 

41. "Whoomp (There It Is)" by Tag Team

So from Marcella Detroit, we dive into the world of what sounds like sports hype anthems or dubious ass anthems where the only thing that the hook has is the chanting of "Whoomp...there is it is!". The rap verses are so quick and add so little that this song feels eight to ninety percent hook but at least it's better then...

23. "Doop" by Doop

And our bad Eurodance song of the week feat. a chopped and sped up version of a Charleston based big band song over a house backing track and by god it's as annoying as all hell to sit through especially with those vocals that sound like like she's having a fucking coronary over that beat or they recorded a chicken laying an egg for it. Yeah this song is trash and isn't worth justifying.,,,next.

12. "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" by The Symbol

Brand new music from...Prince...or as he is now calling himself The Symbol and I got to be honest, I think this is the most I have genuinely liked a Prince love song, because it does sound like he believe she's the most beautiful girl he has ever seen and I do like the guitar flourish under the song along with the piano that punctuates the chorus. It's just a dreamy pop song that doesn't require for The Symbol to exude a load of charisma to be believeable...I'll take this. 

11. "I'll Remember" by Madonna

So I am going to say it, Madonna's run in the nineties so far has been shaky at best in terms of quality...sure "Vogue" was awesome but honestly duds like "Justify My Love" and "This Used to Be My Playground"....come on Madge, you can do so much better than both of those but with "I'll Remember" being for the film "With Honors", I had to hope this would be better than her recent output and yeah...it is but I just wish Madonna's voice was not buried by the choppy production on the verses, she sounds so muffled, it's worrying but then the production gets better on the hook and she sounds clearer,..I don't know, the hook is nice and that's all I'm prepapred to say about this song

Kind of a long and unexpectedly rough week here but best and worst do fall out reasonably easy. Worst is going to "Doop" by Doop for being an actual fucking headache of a song. Peter Andre and Tag Team can consider themselves lucky.

"The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" by The Symbol runs away with the best of the week.