All 4 1994: 3rd April. Dry Sign Since I Lost The County

 Let's just jump straight into this week because yeah, it's really not all that interesting apart from a few shifts in the top ten because for yet another week, "It's Alright" by East 17, it's now spent five weeks at the top and doesn't look like slowing down any.

Remaining at number two is "The Power of Love" by Celine Dion because it's just doing steady on sales but will be a decent threat to top spot should "It's Alright' sales start to slow down or stumble.

Also in decent position is Mariah Carey's howling "Without You" up one to number three, it pushed past "Whatta Man" by Salt 'N' Pepa feat. En Vogue which slipped to number four...frankly I am surprised this really isn't making a bigger push for number one, it's got number one hit written all over it. 

Up one to number five is the grading "Sing Halleluljah" by Dr Alban, its just making steady gains and should continue to improve it's position.

The most pleasing news in our top ten this week is that Bruce Springsteen's "Streets of Philadelphia" had an eleven place rise to number six! I know it's because of the movie but I am just thrilled that this song is here. It's a great song. 

Melodie MC's remaining at number seven with "Dum Da Dum" while thankfully Michael Bolton's rising tide of ass "Said I Loved You...But I Lied" fell three to number eight...thank goodness for that!

Finally I have mixed feelings on our two new arrivals to the top ten with "Things Can Only Get Better" by D:Ream up four places to number nine. Fine song so reasonably happy to see it here.

Wish I could say the same for "Loser" by Beck which also rose four places to round out our top ten at number ten. 

Losers

Not as many losers this week and what of our losers, most of them were just continued losses of momentum like "Feels Like Heaven" by Urban Cookie Collective down from thirty eight to forty three while "What is Love" by Haddaway down from thirty seven to forty two. 

"Shoop" by Salt 'n' Pepa just utterly collapsed from twenty five to bit thirty eight...ouch!

Former top ten hit "Stay (Faraway, So Close!" by U2 slipped from twenty eight to thirty four while former number one "All For Love" by Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting copped a nine place dump down to thrty. 

"Hey Mr D.J" by Zhane slipped nine places to twenty nine. 

Gains

This week was an incredibly busy one for gains and while I am not thrilled that "Twist and Shout" by Chaka Demus & Pliers with Jack Radics and Taxi Gang got a ten place boost to seventeen, we did see "Cornflake Girl" by Tori Amos jump from twenty six to nineteen and Chocolate Starfish climbed twelve spots to 21 with "Mountain" 

Right behind all of that is "Breathe Again" by Tori Braxton which jumped eight places to twenty two, I can see this breathy r'n'b song being a top ten hit and it's on it's way to becoming one.

Also not thrilled that "Let Me Show You" by K-Klass got a seven place boot to twenty eight however "I Can See Clearly Now" by Jimmy Cliff jumped nine spots to twenty seven which I am absolutely delighted about. 

Finally "Helping Hand" by The Screaming Jets jumped from forty one to thirty six because Aussie pub rock apparently still has a place on the charts.

New Entries

Thankfully a much lighter week in terms of new entries with just three new songs this week starting with

49. "Since i Don't Have You" by Guns 'N' Roses

I think it needs to be said that I have a mixed at best relationship with Guns 'N' Roses music. Sure "Sweet Child of Mine" is great but damn they have some absolute stinkers as well and I wasn't expecting much given they  are covering a 1958 song by The Skyliners that was also covered by Don McLean in 1981 and then by country singer Ronnie Millsap in 1991. Also seems like this ballad about having lost love and trying to move on from a lost relationship is just a good excuse for a guitar solo from Slash and Axl Rose to turn crooner. It's not terrible but this is just a little odd from Guns 'n' Roses.

41. "The Sign" by Ace of Base

So here we have the lead single from Swedish pop group Ace Base, it's from their debut album called "The Sign" and fuck, I don't know if I have heard a catchier pop song in a while! That hook is sticky as hell and combines a lot of sounds from reggae and europop. The song hits on themese of exploring the moment that a couple realizes that this relationship is probably over and yeah it does so maybe the catchiest and kind of fun way yet. Expect this to be heard everywhere!.

39. "Dry County" by Bon Jovi

Sixth and final single from Keep the Faith and it's a long song for sure clocking in at six minutes and thiry seven seconds where over gentle piano, guitar and drums, Bon Jovi laments the then decline of the US oil industry and how the decline affected thoses who relied on the income that the industry provided them in order to support their families. It's certainly an impassioned performance from Jon Bon Jovi. This is good but I am not sure that I will ever come back to it. 

That wraps up the week and I am going to give worst of the week to "Since I Don't Have You" by Guns 'n' Roses as that song probably just doesn't hit me as much as the other two do.

Best of the week is going to "The Sign" by Ace of Base and that's not even a contest. It has the potential to be a massive hit going forward in 1994. We'll see what happens next week and whether East 17 can hang on to the top spot. 

ARIA Singles Top 50 Chart Review: 31st March

So we have a comedown week albeit one that is still incredibly interesting because yet again we have a new number one and a first for the artist involved so let's dive straight into our top ten where "Ordinary" by Alex Warren climbed three  places to take number one, it's streaming that got this song over the line for number one because while it's got consistent sales, it's the streaming margins that got this song over the line.

It put it ahead of "APT" by Rose and Bruno Mars which held steady at number rwo thanks to still being a good sized player on streaming with formr number one "Anxiety" by Doechii which slipped two places to number three while "That's So True" by Gracie Abrams down one to number four.

Remaining at number five is "Pink Pony Club" by Chappell Roan while holding at six is "Messy" by Lola Young.

Up two places to number seven is "Die with a Smile" by Lady  Gaa and Bruno Mars because people aren't sick of this song somehow while "Luther" by Kendrick Lamar and SZA held at number eight.

Unfortunately with the receding of the Playboi Carti album bomb, it allowed for the mass that is "Beautiful Things" by Benson Boone to return to the top ten up two to number nine.

Finally holding on at number ten for another week is "Birds of a Feather" by Billie Eilish at number ten.

Gains

So there were a tonne of gains mostly smaller ones that were because the Playboi Carti album bomb however most of the big gains this week belonged to Teddy Swims with "Bad Dreams" up eighteen to twenty seven while "The Door" is up ten to twenty six and "Lose Control" rebounding eight places to fourteen.

It was a good week for Alex Warren with "Carry You Home" rising eight to break into the top twenty at number twenty. 

Re - Entries

Three returns this week with Zach Bryan the main beneficiary with "Something In the Orange" at number forty eight and "Pink Skies"  at forty six. 

The other new entry is "Stargazing" by Myles Smith at fifty

Losers

So lets get past the big losses for Playboi Carti with "Evil J0rdan" down twenty six spots to thirty three and "Rather Lie" featuring The Weeknd down twenty to thirty six.

"The Giver" by Chappell Roan fell fourteen to twenty eight which was to be expected considering it is a detour from Chappell in terms of her sound. 

Outside of that, "TV Off" by Kendrick Lanar slid down nine places to 43 while "Abracadabra" by Lady Gaga tumbled eight to number thirty nine. 

Drop Outs

Look, I am not complaining that we lost all but two of the Playboi Carti entries from last week nor "Emergence" by Sleep Token. 

A little disappointed that "A N X I E T Y" by Sleepy Hallow and Doechii.

New Entries

47. "Burning Down" by Alex Warren

A third Alex Warren single hitting the charts and this one is probably the best of the three to the point that I am surprised that this song didn't hit the chart earlier this year especially with the popularity of both "Ordinary" and "Carry You Home" but yeah, this song has a fire about it which makes it work for me as Warren is singing about how a person in his life isn't who he thought they were and as a result the relationship is burning down around him and he is left to pick up the pieces. All up good song but he is up against some competition for best of the week because...

37. "Love Me Not" by Ravyn Lenae

So we finally get American R ' n' B singer Ravyn Lenae on the Australian singles chart and I have to be honest, I didn't pay a lot of heed to her album "Birds Eye' from last year although after having heard this song in particular...I am left wishing I had because this song is damn great! Yeah, I love how Ravyn's spy vocals bounce along with the rather strong groove of the track, it reminds me a lot of what Amy Winehouse was doing before she passed. If this goes on to become a hit, it will be high on my year end best list.

22. "Dark Thoughts" by Little Tecca

Long time no hear from Little Tecca until now with this song hitting the charts and really there is not a lot to be said given that I do get the appeal of a song like this,it carries a solid energy that does work and the production does feel decent. Shame the content doesn't rise much above Lil Tecca's shameless bragging and his relationship woes with this girl. All up, I don't think this song is outright bad as the beat saves a lot but it is certainly not anything I am going to be coming back to.

That wraps the week and yeah "Dark Thoughts" by Little Tecca gets worst of the week although it's not really that bad. Best of the week goes to "Love Me Not" by Ravyn Lenae.

All 4 1994: 27th March Feel Like You Made Me Twist and Shout

 So this week is all change in our top ten and we do have our regular allotment of new entries that somehow don't seem to slow down any however the only thing that hasn't changed is that "It's Alright" by East 17 remains at number one, now it's got good sales but it really is now a matter of how long it can hang on because it's now got a song with genuine momentum behind it. that being "The Power of Love" by Celine Dion which climbed one place to number two.

It moved past "Whatta Man" by Salt-n-Pepa feat. En Vogue down one two number three while 'Without You" by Mariah Carey which climbed two places to number four and looks to have some solid momentum unfortunately, it pushed "Said I Loved You...But I Lied" by Michael Bolton back one place to number five. 

"Sing Hallelujah" by Dr Alban rose three places to number six while "Dum Da Dum" by Melodie MC climbed four places to number seven this week.

All of this saw "Slave to the Music" by Twenty 4 Seven feat Stay-C and Nance slide three spots to number eight while Cut 'N' Move's "Give It Up" continues its graceful exit from the top ten down two to number nine

Also down two places this week is "Feelin' Alright" by EYC to number ten and it's looking like it's time in the top ten is done. 

Losers

Down to forty five from thirty eight last week is "Dirty Dawg" by NKOTB. "Feels Like Heaven" by Urban Cookie Collective continues its slide toward the ecit down eight to thirty eight while "What is Love" is being asked even louder by Haddaway as it tumbled nine to thirty seven.

"Will You Be There (In the Morning)" by Heart took an eight place tumble to thirty two while "Shoop" by Salt 'n' Pepa slipped eight to twenty five. 

Finally "All For Love" by Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting slipped seven to twenty one. 

Gains

A lot of big gains were for recent new entries with the first of those being a nine place gain to thirty six fot Jimmy Cliff's "I Can See Clearly Now" while "Let Me Show You" by K-Klass climbed from forty one to thirty five.

"Breathe Again" by Toni Braxton got a seventeen place boost to thirty while "One Night in Heaven" by M People climbed six to twenty three. 

"Mr Jones" saw a ten place gain to twenty two for Counting Crows but in great news this week, Bruce Springsteen's emotional "Streets of Philadelphia" climbed up to seventeen from thirty one. Happy to see it. 

Beck's "Loser" jumped eight places to fourteen while D:Ream's "Things Can Only Get Better" rose six to thirteen. 

New Entries

50. "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by Elton John and RuPaul

No, stop...can we not do this? What the hell? Elton John teaming up with drag artist Ru Paul for a cover of his own song "Don't Go Breaking my Heart" and honestly this seems to have more novelty value on first glance especially with involvement of RuPaul and yeah...this is a novelty version of what was originally a damn great song just messing with the production and instrumentation enough to water it down into this trending chasing Eurodance number that really does not do anything to help Elton John's vocals at all so yeah...skip it.

49. "Feel Like Making Love"  by Pauline Henry

Rough start but let's see if we can do any better with former The Chimes singer Pauline Henry's cover of Bad Company's 1975 song "Feel like Making Love" which surprisingly wasn't a hit here back then even though it did reasonably well in the US, Canada and New Zealand and that surprises me because the Bad Company version gets played a lot on the radio in 2025! Anyway, I dig this version, the more soulful verse delivery by Henry and then drops into this kick ass rock hook with the guitars delivering a hell of a punch, Henry makes this work! Check it out. 

48. "Let the Beat Control Your Body" by 2 Unlimited

Alright, for some more 2 Unlimited, the last couple of run ins I have had with this group haven't gone well so let's see if this newest single is any better and nope...still the same crappy annoyance with doofy euro club beats that don't change up or do anything different complete with nightclub lyrics about letting the beat control the way your body moves. I am done with this shit already.

43. "You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart" by Sinead O'Connor

I was dreading having to review this song mostly because Sinead O'Connor as an artist was really complex and this song that was co written in part by Bono for a film called "In the Name of the Father" which starred Daniel Day-Lewis and it's this murky piano driven ballad about a woman murdering her lover just to keep him with her in the 14th century and yeah...this song is hard to listen to.  It's worth a listen as the song is definitely good but yeah it's definitely not an easy listen.

27. "Twist and Shout" by Chaka Demus & Pliers with Jack Radics & Taxi Gang. 

Oh god,,,no please no...this is a cover of a song that written and recorded in 1961 and wasn't a hit until the Isley Brothers reworked it and made into a hit, it has since been covered by The Beatles (The Beatles version is my absolute favourite) and Salt 'N' Pepa so what the charts did not require was this reggae infused version by Chaka Demus and Pliers where what sounds like yapping dogs feature prominently in the production and everyone sounds jacked up on too much marijuana to care about the music because dear god, at least The Beatles and the Isley Brothers infused their covers with some passion to show they cared, this is just a lazy, phoned in hack job of what is a pretty damn great song.

Yeah, it's the worst of the week by a country mile...I fucking hate it. Best of the week is going to "Feel Like Making Love" by Pauline Henry because at least she makes that song her own and it feels like less of a hack job, 

ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart: March 24th. The Music Giver's Emergence Rather Lies to Evil J0rdan

Sigh...I knew it was coming...the Playboi Carti album for "I Am Music" but really, I wasn't expecting one of this size...guess there's a lot of people into rap where the production is at best amateur and the songs sound completely unfinished but we'll get to that in the new entries because we finally do have a new number one with "Anxiety" by Doechii taking number one thanks to solid streaming and decent sales but I don't think it's got a healthy margin at all, it's going to come under threat. 

It may not be from "APT" by Rose and Bruno Mars which slipped to number two but it still as some streaming and sales to continue hanging around for a lot longer than people might expect. 

"That's So True" by Gracie Abrams remains at number three while "Ordinary" by Alex Warren has vaulted ten places to number ten and looks the most likely threat to our current number one. 

Rising to number five is "Pink Pony Club" by Chappell Roan climbed one to number five, this may have peaked but we'll have to see. 

Slipping two places to number six is "Messy" by Lola Young while there is a new entry at number seven with the first sign of the Playboi Carti album bomb with "Evil JOrdan" at number seven (yes, stylised like that) 

"Luther" by Kendrick Lamar and SZA down three spots to number eight while the biggest plunge inside the top ten belongs to "Die with a Smile" by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars which fell seven to number nine. 

Also slipping seven is "Birds of A Feather" by Billie Eilish which looks to be finally on its way out of our top ten.

Gains

So apart from "Ordinary" by Alex Warren gaining ten spots to number four, what about outside the top ten? "The Door" by Teddy Swims climbed five places to thirty six but that was about it for our gains this week thanks to what entered the chart this week.

Losers

A large chunk of the chart lost this week so let's begin with the Sleepy Hallow and Doechii version of "Anxiety" which took a crash down twenty two places to forty one. "I Love You, I'm Sorry" by Gracie Abrams fell six to thirty nine while "TV Off" by Kendrick Lamar also fell six to thirty four.

Wasn't a good week for Lady Gaga as "Abracadabra" tumbled ten to thirty one while "Wildflower" by Billie Eilish skidded down six to thirty. 

"All the Stars" by Kendrick Lamar and SZA fizzled out six places to twenty six

Drop Outs

So we saw the exits of some long running hits with "Pink Skies" and "Something in the Orange" both by Zach Bryan gone alongside "Please Please Please" by Sabrina Carpenter, "Guess" by Charli XCX and Billie Eilish and "Stargazing" by Myles Smith.

Also exiting are pretty much the non hits like "Busy Woman" by Sabrina Carpenter, "Die Trying" by PartynextDoor and Drake feat. Yebba. and "I Know Love" by Tate McRae feat. The Kid Laroi.

New Entries

So we did get something of a Playboi Carti album bomb and in the guise of not really wanting to cover this album anymore than what I have to..."Crush" at 29, "Toxic" at 46,  "Philly" at 49 and "Good Credit" which rather questionably features Kendrick Lamar.

That leaves us with four new entries to review, beginning with...

38. 'Emergence" by Sleep Token

I was shocked this showed up on the charts considering just how much heavy music has fallen by the way side in terms of charting on an all genre chart like the ARIA singles but in retrospect this should have made sense as Sleep Token are the kind of heavy metal band to try to mix their metal sound with more pop and r'n'b flourishes and to me, it just doesn't work, it just sounds incredibly wonky.  I'd pass on this.

16. "Rather Lie" by Playboi Carti feat. The Weeknd

Now I thought Abel said he was done doing features on others songs? So why is he on this Playboi Carti song where it ends up sounding like a Drake knock off in terms of The Weeknd's own vocal delivery and Playboi Carti really not offering up much of anything especially as the song is just him complaining about women and bragging about being back on lean with all the flare of a two year old having a tantrum. I'll pass. 

14. "The Giver" by Chappell Roan

A brand new single from Chappell Roan with this having a decidely country pop flourish with the squealing fiddle that's on this song and cheeky lyrics about a lesbian relationship where she can make this woman orgasm or as the song says in the chorus "she gets the job done" in terms of satisfying this woman in her life, its such a fun cheeky song that couldn't help but like it on first listen, it's not quite Chappell's best but in a week like this, I'll take it. 

7. "Evil JOrdan" by Playboi Carti

Alright let's deal with this somewhat more industrial noise track from Playboi Carti and look, this just sounds unfinished like they just threw a bunch of sounds together and had Carti mumble his way through a rather rote and basic verse. 

 Yeah it's also the worst of the week however "best of the week is going to "The Giver" by Chappell Roan because...duh

All 4 1994: 20th March. I Can See Mr Jones and Loser Breathe Again Clearly Now, Let Me Show You

No preamble this week, straight into the top ten where to no one's surprise. "It's Alright" by East 17 remains at number one for another week, it's got sales and looks comfortable.

Right behind it is "Whatta Man" by Salt 'n' Pepa feat. En Vogue up three places to number two. The same three place rise occurred for Celine Dion's "The Power Of Love" to number three. 

Thankfully both songs pushed "Said I Loved You...But I Lied" by Michael Bolton down two number four while "Slave to the Music" by Twenty 4 Seven feat. Stay-C and Nance down one to number five. 

Moving up five places to number six is "Without You" by Mariah Carey because of course we need one overwrought love ballad in the top ten.

Former number one "Give It Up" by Cut 'n' Move slipped four places to number seven as it's making a s natural exit from the top ten.

Remaining at number eight is "Feelin' Alright" by EYC while up one place to number nine is "Sing Hallelujah" by Dr Alban.

Finally a three place drop for "Asshole" by Denis Leary rounds out our top ten. 

Losers

A few big losers mostly down the lower end of the top 50 this week beginning with "Somebody Dance With Me" by DJ BoBo which slipped twelve places to fifty while former chart topper "All That She Wants" by Ace of Base took a six place slide to forty eight. 

?Boom! Shake the Room" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince tumbled from thirty four to forty three while the boring "Please Forgive Me" by Bryan Adams stumbled down ten places to forty two. 

"Got to Get It" by Culture Beat is reaching but falling nine to thirty nine while in the biggest fall of the week "Hero" by Mariah Carey just utterly collapsed from nineteen to thirty four.

"Feels Like Heaven" by Urban Cookie Collective slipped seven to thirty while "Stay (Faraway, So Close" by U2 tumbled from fifteen to twenty one and "All For Love" by Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting fell from nine to fourteen.

Gains

It's a bit quieter on the gains front this week with "What's My Name" by Snoop Doggy Dogg up seven to thirteen while "Things Can Only Get Better" by D:Ream up five to nineteen.

Also having a decent gain is "Mountain" by Chocolate Starfish which had a seven place gain to thirty three. 

"Return to Innocence" by Enigma jumped from forty one to thirty seven.

New Entries

47. "Breathe Again" by Toni Braxton

We're starting with a single from American r'n'b singer Toni Braxton with this song being written by Babyface. The lyrics do strike me as being a bit clingy here with Braxton claiming that if her boyfriend were to break up with her, she'd have a nervous breakdown which yeah gives me icky vibes to a degree but I do like the song's production and how Braxton's vocals interweave easily with the backing vocals and how she almost sounds like she's letting out a breath upon singing "breathe again". I don't think it's great but it's fine enough. Check it out if you are curious.

45. "I Can See Clearly Now" by Jimmy Cliff

A cover of a 1972 Johnny Nash song has debut on the chart this week and it comes from  Jamaican reggae singer Jimmy Cliff, the cover was recorded for 1993 movie Cool Runnings (you know that movie about the Jamaican bobsled team?) and look, I generally give a lot of shit to bad cover version but honestly, I love this version especially as it's probably become the standard version that most people now sing. Its got that bright optimism and Cliff is matching that optimism in his vocal delivery.  I dig it!

44. "Helping Hand" by The Screaming Jets

So the fourth single from "Tear of Thought" and I think this one is definitely more memorable for that guitar lick that features quite prominently and that hook which does make the song memorable even though it; does take its damn sweet time to get moving which might make sense from a lyrical perspective as it appears all about wanting to find somebody who is willing to help him but he knows that that person could turn against him. It's an interesting song for sure.

41. "Let Me Show You" by K-Klass

British house act K-Klass with their take on eurodance and I'm sorry but what's so different about this one that hasn't been done before? Same piano with a thumping base and a screechy sounding female vocallist that really adds nothing to the song. I'd say move on from this quick but chances are you'll forget it exists. 

32. "Mr Jones" by Counting Crows

Debut single from American rock band Counting Crows which comes from their album "August and Everything After" and oddly this song kind of epitomises the dreams of wannabe rock stars, they want to be big stars so that they will never ever wind up lonely and everyone loves him when in reality life on the road as a rockstar can be inherently lonely and that fan love can get weird.

I really admire what this song is trying to do with the lyrics and the instrumentation especially when the song slows down to focus on the dreams of this rockstar kind of as a mirror. I like it! Good song!

22. "Loser" by Beck

I have been dreading covering this song from American artist Beck mostly because the song just doesn't resonate me with as much as it does with a lot of other people who I respect, there's only so much goodwill you can give that hook which does hold up the song quite well but when the verses are mostly just nonsense that lend no additional weight to the hook then it's going to leave me wanting at the best of times especially when he is saying to this girl that he is loser so she should kill him...yeah, not keen.

That ends our week so worst of the week goes to "Let Me Show You by K-Class while Jimmy Cliff gets best of the week for "I Can See Clearly Now" 

ARIA Singles Top 50 Singles Chart Review: March 17th.

 Not going to lie, I am getting pretty frustrated with the charts in 2025 and that frustration is only made worse by the fact that a Playboi Carti album bomb is likely all but assured on the horizon but also the fact the charts have been so slow and really just tired.

What? You want proof? Look at our number one this week where "APT" by Rose and Bruno Mars retained the number one spot for a fourteenth non consecutive week. 

There was an album boost for "Die With A Smile" by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars up five to number rwo even though you can argue that this song doesn't fit at all on "Mayhem"

"That's So True" by Gracie Abrams continues to refuse to go away as it is up one spot to number three  while "Messy" by Lola Young slipped one spot to number four. Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "Luther fell three places to number five.

"Pink Pony Club" by Chappell Roan keeps dancing at number six while "Birds of a Feather" by Billie Eilish fell two to number seven  and "Sports Car"  by Tate McRae climbed one to number eight.

We have a new entry at number nine with "Anxiety" by Doechii debuting at number nine, it's the solo version of the song that was released witih Sleepy Hallow and debuted last week, more on the quality of the song later.

Finally "Beautiful Things" by Benson continues to be the worst song in the top ten right now and refuses to go away as it should have done months ago clinging on at number ten.

Gains

So let's go through some of the big gains this week with "Ordinary" by Alex Warren looking like it's going to be his big breakthrough hit up thirteen places to fourteen next week. I fully expect this song to be top ten post the Playboi Carti album bomb.

Lady Gaga saw some album impact with "Abracadabra" up ten to twenty one

Losers

The big loser this week was "Die Trying" bty PartyNextDoor and Drake feat. Yebba down nine places to forty nine while "Too Sweet" by Hozier is falling away naturally down eight to forty three.

"Ain't No Love in Oklahoma" by Luke Combs slipped eight to forty as the traction he gained from his recent Australian tour has really died off. 

Finally "Riptide" by Vance Joy finally appears to be about to exit the top 50 again as it lost seven places to fifty.

Re Entries

Two songs re entered this week with "Austin" by Dasha back at number forty seven and "Carry You Home" by Alex Warren back at number thirty (Not really surprising that the latter would gain some traction considering how often radio stations are playing this song)

Drop Outs

This week saw the exits of both "Chihiro" by Billie Eilish and "Where the Wild Things Are" by Luke Combs, two good to great songs that have had decently good chart runs unlike "Somedays" by Sonny Fodera, D.O.D and Jazzy which also exited...a good song that deserved better

New Entries

Two new entries this week, beginning with...

35. "Like Jennie" by JENNIE

Bit surprised we got album impact from JENNIE of Blackpink instead of anything from Lady Gaga but none the less we got this from Jennie's album and I'm unfortunately not as much of a fan of this as I like to be. It's clear that Jennie was inspired by Charli XCX in terms of how the song's sound seems to chase the sound Charli XCX used for "Brat" obly the sound here is less appealing and when Jennie's vocals aren't appealing to me...yeah I'm going to skip this. 

9. "Anxiety' by Doechii

So we finally get the solo form of "Anxiety" and I think the solo form of this song might be better just in terms of Doechii's performance, you can absolutely tell this wad meant to be a solo jaunt at first and she sounds smoother in her flow and vocal delivery than she did in the versiion with Sleepy Hallow. Yeah that sample of "Somebody I Used to Know" by Gotye and Kimbra remains prominent but I wouldn't mind if this become a hit.

Yeah it's best of the week this week. JENNIE gets worst of the week by default for "Like Jennie"

All 4 1994: March 13th. I Ain't Going Out Because Streets of Innocence and Love

 This week is...exasperating...especially in terms of developments in our top ten, I am not a happy camper so lets start there because much to my annoyance "It's Alright" by East 17 remains at number one for some inexplicable reason, it's got a handy lead on sales and that might be good news because up three to number two is "Said I Loved You...But I Lied" by Michael Bolton...this song is gross and the fact it's number two is infuriating to me.

Cut 'N' Move's "Give It Up" remains stranded at number three while "Slave to the Music" by Twenty 4 Seven feat Stay-C and Nance slipped two to number four,

Meanwhile Salt 'n' Pepa and En Vogue's awesome collab single "Whatta Man" climbed one spot to number five. I desperately want this to become a hit please.

Also thrilled that Celine Dion's cover of "The Power of Love" is up ton number six from thirteen last week which is awesome to see.

Slipping down three places is "Asshole" by Denis Leary to number seven while "Feelin' Alright" by EYC tumbled one to number eight and "All for Love" by Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting continues its slow decline down one to number ten.

Up eight to number ten is "Sing Hallelujah" by Dr Alban...Joy...sarcasm fully intended with that. Not thrilled about that last one at all.

Losers

So let's begin right down the bottom of the top 50 because "Is There Any Love In Your Heart?" by Lenny Kravitz fell twelve places to five while "Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through" by Meatloaf fell flat to forty seven.

"Open Up" by Leftfield and Lydon is having it's chart time closing up on it as it slipped from thirty nine to forty six. 

"Green Limosousine" by The Badloves continues to run out of fuel down eight to forty five. while Ace of Base's hit "All That She Wants" collapsed eleven places to forty two

People are starting to get tired of sappy Bryan Adams so the pain that is "Please Forgive" is down eight to thirty twi.

We've got Haddaway's follow up in the new entries this week but their former hit "What is Love" by Haddaway fell six to twenty nine. Mariah Carey also saw "Hero" fall from eleven to nineteen/

Gains

So let's talk about the gains outside the top ten and we have some huge ones this week with "Without You" by Mariah Carey which for some reason is up from twenty eight to eleven...ugh...do we really need another hit cover of this originally sappy ballad?

In better news "Dum Da Dum" by Melodie MC is up nine to fourteen while "Things Can Only Get Better" by D:Ream had one of the biggest gains of the week up eighteen places to twenty four while in other pleasing news "Mountain" by Chocolate Starfish is up ten to forty.

Re Entries

We did get two re entries with "You Open My Eyes" by Hoodoo Gurus at forty nine and 'In Your Room" by Depeche Mode at forty four. 

New Entries

Five new entries starting with 

43. "I Ain't Going Out Like That" by Cypress Hill

So first up we have the third single from American hip hop group Cypress Hill's second album "Black Sunday" and I actually don't mind this especially the use of the sample of "The Wizard" by Black Sabbath and lyrics that flick between bragging and some funny jokes like "Makin Stevie Wonder why" which made me laugh. Also learning that this song was recorded while the entire group was high on shrooms is some very funny stuff but also makes sense in terms of the lyrics where they don't quite come together. All up fun song...check it out. 

41. "Return to Innocence" by Enigma

Now to turn our attention to a German group and the lead single from their album "The Cross of Changes" and while I think it's definitely quite pretty in terms of it's production, I am just not feeling what this song is going for, it just sounds flat apart from the male chanting. Yeah, not feeling this at all...I'm skipping it. 

39. "Life" by Haddaway

Okay so the follow up to "What Is Love" has arrived and I am afraid it is very dime a dozen dance/electronic song where Haddaway sings about how life is short and everyone needs to find somebody to love over thimping dance grooves like this subjject hasn't been covered to death club dancefloor songs before. Definitely do not care for this AT ALL. Next. 

35. 'Streets of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen

So this song is for a movie called "Philadelphia" which starred Tom Hanks and is one of the saddest songs I have heard, it paints a very raw and realistic portrait of somebody suffering with the AIDS virus while watching as society just didn't care as he struggled with his plight wandering the streets of downtown Philadelphia at night out of their sight. Springsteen's vocal delivery gives this song an incredible emotional weight. What's with so much music from 1994 hitting me like a fucking sledgehammer? Please check this one out, it's great.

27. "Because of Love" by Janet Jackson

The new single from Janet Jackson's 1993 album "Janet" and well it's a pop funk number that while it doesn't quite have the lyrical depth of some of her previous singles, this one is just funky with a good groove and Janet just being incredibly playful and she sounds like she is having fun here. I adore the chorus and the very new jack swing sound of the song...only Janet could make new jack swing not sound tired. Check this out.

However it just misses best of the week, that's going to "Streets of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen...too much emotional weight there.

Worst is tough but I'm giving it to "Life" by Haddaway" for being nothing more than dancefloor filler.