Pretty Fly (For 1999), 19th September. One More Tasty Chance Everywhere

 Alright, let's get this party started because we have a new number one, knocking Pearl Jam's "Last Kiss" from number one is Lou Bega's catchy as hell "Mambo No. 5", now this song is selling like hotcakes as it climbed the six places to reach the top of the chart summit.

It had the impact of pushing "Last Kiss" by Pearl Jam back to number two as it just couldn't compete on sales and places "If Ya Gettin' Down" by Five down to number three in an awkward place...it's run for the top might be over at this point.

Slipping one to number four is "When You Say Nothing at All" by Ronan Keating while "Genie In a Bottle" by Christina Aguilera climbed one to number five.

It pushed "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!" by Vengaboys down one to number six while the big loser in all the reshuffling is "All Star" by Smash Mouth which tumbled three places to number seven. 

Rising one spot to number eight is "Wild Wild West" by Will Smith while up four to number nine is "2 Times" by Ann Lee, still not a fan of "2 Times"...just sounds a bit twee to me but anyway.

Finally slipping two to number ten is "Sweet Like Chocolate" by Shanks & Bigfoot.

Losers

So we begin with "Westside" by TQ diving ten slots to forty nine while "Love's Got a Hold On My Heart" by Steps fell seven to forty four. 

"Animal" by Jebediah slipped nine to forty.

Former number one "Kiss Me" by Sixpence None the Richer tumbled ten to thirty one while "Nookie" by Limp Bizkit fell nine to twenty eight. 

Finally, Killing Heidi's "Weir" fell ten to twenty four. 

Gains

We got a decent amount of gains this week beginning with "She's So High" by Tal Bachman up from thirty two to thirteen. 

We also saw Enrique Iglesias get a nice twelve place boost to fifteen with "Bailamos" off that debut last week (More on the Iglesias family in the new entries) while the absolutely excellent "Unpretty" by TLC rose from twenty nine to sixteen this week. 

"When I Grow Up" by Garbage jumped seven to thirty five.

New Entries

Six new entries starting most interestingly with...

50. "Forgiven" by Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals

Ben Harper is an American singer song-writer and multi instrumentalist, he has been active in the music scene since 1992. This particular song coming from Harper's album "Born to Shine" and well...I am not a fan of the production here especially when the guitars somewhat bury Ben Harper's vocals in tbe mix and leaves the song feeling somewhat underweight.whch is a shame because the content is actually really damn good, the narrator is opening themselves up to forgiving whatever this other person has done and giving this perosn space to come back into the narrator's life. 

I wish this was better that's all. 

46. "One More Chance" by Julio Iglesias Jr. 

So we have another member of the Iglesisas family on the chart, this time it's Julio Iglesias Jr who is the son of Julio Iglesias and brother of recent chart debutant Enrique. Julio Jr's song here has a lot of elements that do work like that incredible backing vocals from the woman at the beginning and the slow build but I feel like it's Julio Jr's vocals that are the problem here, they just don't impress me, they sound like somebody who has been smoking twenty packs of cigarettes a week and that's a shame because I really like everything else about the song here. Not going to lie...bit disappointed. 

45. "Tasty" by Ilanda

First of three Australian songs this week comes from Ilanda, with this the follow up to "It's Our Time" and well.. this song is somewhat worse even if this sounds likr an *NSYNC song with more sound effects than is necessary and I do suspect that this song is all about getting the freak on between the sheets aka eating bis partner out and he likes her being tasty and nasty at the same time which makes the production feel somewhat less sexy...actually screw that...makes the song feel horribly gross and not as sexy as anyone in Ilanda thinks...eww...let's move on.

39. "Everywhere You Go" by Taxiride

Oh hey, it's the second single from Taxiride and given how much I think "Get Set" is great, I was hoping that the second single would be as good and you know what? I think this does get there, this is a soaring pop rock song that still features some pretty terrific harmonies and a sticky central hook, also this song goes through some gear shifts and changes in sound that make this song somewhat compelling melodically. Also the content is pretty sweet with it all about reassuring a person that no matter where they go, somebody will always be with  them in spirit without holding them back. First really damn great song of the week and Taxiride are on fire right now! Check this out.

26. "Bills, Bills, Bills" by Destiny Child

The newcomer to the ARIA top 50 of the week is Destiny's Child...an American R'n'B girl group out of the good old US of A, they've had two previous singles peak outside of the top 50 in Australia with this single from their second album "Writing's on the Wall" being the first to chart inside the Australian top 50 and I hate saying but this song is kind of lousy, I just hate how slimy and kind of gross this beat sounds paired with the voices of the girls, the only one who can remotely sell this is Beyonce who proves to have some serious vocal chops but yeah, they can ask others to pay their bills because I ain't comng back to this. 

17. "Miss You Love" by Silverchair

Finishing a long week with the newest single from "Diorama" by Silverchair and it's probably one of Silverchair's better ballads especially with the way instrumentation allows for Daniel Johns vocals to shine here, he sounds incredible. As for the lyric cntent of the song, its aimed at discussing the societal expectations of what showing love looks like and what affection looks like emotionally or feeling numbness. Really,there isn't that muh to say givn how good the song is. Check it out.

That wraps thhe week with the worst of the week going to "Bills, Bills, Bills" by Destiny's Child. Best of the week is going to "Everywhere You Go" by Taxi ride but it was a close go between it and "Miss You Love" by Silverchair.

ARIA Singles Top 50 Chart Review. 14th September. The One Where AI Messes Up Sun Dreams

Alright diving straight into the top ten where for yet another week, it's 
"Choosin' Texas' by Ella Langley at number one and there's no end in sight for this song's reign at the top especially now with a Drake and Don Toliver remix on the way (I have heard some of it...it's not good). 

The top six remained the same with "Rein Me In" by Sam Fender and Olivia Dean at number two, "Man I Need" by Olivia Dean at number three, "Ordinary" by Alex Warren at number four, "Boston" by Stella Lefty at number five and "Stupid Song' by Olivia Dean at number six.

Rebounding one slot to number seven is Tame Impala's "Loser" which swapped places with "The Cure" by Olivia Rodrigo. "Earrings" by Malcolm Todd and "Self Aware" by Temper City both held position at nine and ten respectively.

Losers

So we did see "ILoveItILoveItILoveIt" by Bella Kay fall thirteen to thirty while "Animal" by Katseye continues its slow tumble down nine to thirty one.

Drop Outs

So we did have four songs drop out with Sombr's "Undressed" perhaps the biggest of the four and he did take "White Keys" by Dominic Fike and "Die on this Hill" by Sienna Spiro with him so that's all good. Also taking its exit is "Weren't for the wind" by Ella Langley.

Gains

So our gains are an odd mix, Bruno Mars saw sizeable gains for both "I Just Might" and "Risk It All" due to his tour of Australia. "Risk It All" climbed nineteen slots back into the top twenty at nineteen while "I Just Might" jumped nine slots to twenty seven. 

Adela's "Ain't in LA' climbed twenty seven spots to be the biggest gainer of the week and breaking into the top twenty at fifteen. 

Also breaking into the top twenty is "Midnight Sun" by Zara Larsson up nine to seventeen. 

Re-Entries

So two songs returned this week with Sombr's "My Body Isnn't Ready" back at number forty nine and "APT" by Rose and Bruno Mars back at forty four. 

New Entries

Two new entries this week beginning unfortunately with...

50. "Moving to the Sun" by Hugel, Imael Angel and Ultra Nate

So in the last few weeks or so, ARIA made a change to the charts that banned tracks deenmed to be 100% AI from the Australian charts, any tracks that have an element or two of AI in them hence i was surprised that this song showed up because this song started life as 100% AI track out of the notorious SUNO AI studios.

French producer Hugel heard the AI version and remade it from scratch in a stadio using actual instruments complete with Afro house grooves and adding vocals from 90s/2000's act Ultra Nate  to the song so hence ARIA allowed it to chart as a result and well...the song still sucks even with the fact it was rebuilt by humans mostly because the lyrics still have that very AI feel to them and there's only so much that Ultra Nate can do here vocally to make the lyrics make sense because what the hell is "I'm moving to the sun, I did it all the time"?

Yeah, the sooner this song is off the charts the better for all concerned. Hugel needs to find better songs to jump on here because this ain't it. Fuck AI.

47. "Stop the Wedding!" by Ashe.

Took long enough for Ashe to land another charting song on the ARIA singles chart, she charted with a Niall Horan remix of her song  "Moral Of the Story" back in 2020  which peaked at number forty four. .Now she's got this song going viral and this song has one hell of an interesting premise that you don't often hear in a pop song, a song that's all about someone wanting to stop the weddbecause they realize that the relationship feels wrong and going to a commitment for life to that person would be a mistake and the production does play up some of the tension and drama around taking such a decision to stop or cancel a wedding with the faster guitars on the verses etc, I am not crazy abut the chorus of this song but you know what? It's solid enough song with a premise you don't often see on the charts which is probably why it's going viral right now.

That ends our week and "Stop the Wedding" by Ashe is the easy best of the week. "Moving to the Sun" by Hugel, Imael Angel and Ultra Nate is the easy worst of the week.

Next week, I imagine we'll probably see Adela with a song or two from her album chart...

Pretty Fly (For 1999). 12th September. Mambo Genie of My Castle in a Bottle No. 5 All I Ever Had

 We got a wild one this week, got two shiny new entries in the top ten this week and they both might be worth keeping an eye on so let's dive straight in, there's no movement at the top as "Last Kiss" by Pearl Jam continues to hold sway at number one ahead of "If Ya Gettin' Down" by Five at number two and "When You Say Nothing at All" by Ronan Keating at nunmber three. 

Smash Mouth are the first of our movers this week as "All Star" climbed to a new peak of number four., it switched places with "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!" by The Vengaboys at number five and appears to be on the way out.

Then we have the first of our two new songs inside the top ten with "Genie in a Bottle" by Christina Aguilera at number six, it's here thanks to sales really giving this song a huge lift.

Right behind it is the second of the new songs to debut in the top ten that being "Mamb No. 5" by Lou Beg at number seven, like with "Genie in a Bottle", I'll go into this song's quality in the new entries but this looks like a hit in the making maybe more so than "Genie in a Bottle" but we'll have to wait and see but right now those numbers are looking solid for a run at the top.

It did cause "Sweet Like Chocolate" by Shanks & Bigfoot to go slightly off down one to number eight while rising two slots to number nine is "Wild Wild West" by Will Smith. 

Finally "Baby Did A Bad Bad Thig" by Chris Isaak fell one slot to complete our top ten for this week at number ten. 

Losers

A lot of big losers this week with a couple of former top ten hits suffering big plunges this week, take "Man! I  Feel Like A Woman" by Shania Twain down from twenty six to forty five while "Say It Once" by Ultra down from forty three to twenty five.

"When I Grow Up" by Garbage slipped eight slots to forty two while "Saltwater" by Chicane featuring Maire Brennan fell seven to thirty eight, it was a similar story for Steps with "Love's Got a Hold of My Heart" down eight to thirty seven. 

Sadly, "Dig" by Mark Lizotte fell hard off it's debut down from eighteen to thirty three while "Livin' La Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin fell seven to thirty. 

Gains

So we did see a few gains and I am mostly fine with the big gains we got like "Bailamos" by Enrique Iglesias climbing twelve to twenty seven. 

"Smooth" by Santana feat. Rob Thomas up eleven to twenty two however the biggest gain of the week belonged to "Sing It Back" by Moloko which jumped from forty one to twenty four. 

New Entries

Five new entries this week beginning with...

47. "King Of My Castle" by Wamdue Project

So we're starting this week with what seems like our weekly new electronic music entry this time coming from an American music producer Chris Brann who goes under the name Wamdue Project with vocals supplied by Gaelle Adisson. 

Now this song is fascinating because it actuallt references Sigmund Freud's theroy about the unconscious being that the human ego is not actually free but is controlled by the unconscious mind (which to a degree does explain a lot about human behaviour recently) which makes it a shame that I am not really all that impressed by the production here, the vocals from Adisson are buried in the mix which is not great given I am not sure her vocals are all that impressive to begin with! The instrumentation doesn't change all that much or do anuthing all that interesting...ehh, we can do better.

44. "Mambo No. 5" by Latin Lou + The Mambo All Stars

See number 7 for my thoughts on "Mambo No. 5", this is just the same song with a Latin touch.

35. 'She's All I Ever Had" by Ricky Martin

So after the party that was the previous single "Livin' La Vida Loca", we're going into ballad territory with this song from Ricky Martin and while this instrumentally sounds great, I cannot help but think this strips Ricky of his charm and charisma, it  sounds like something Bryan Adams would have madei in the early nineties especially on the hook but at least Ricky sounds somewhat believeable here in that this woman in his life is all he has ever had or needed. It's fine, I just wish it felt a little less Bryan Adams and more Ricky Martin...just saying.

7. "Mambo No. 5" by Lou Bega

The second of three newcomers to the chart this week and it comes from German singer David Lubega Balemezi but goes by Lou Bega, he has taken a classic 1949 instrumental piece by Prado to remake it into this song and well...this song is just sold on Lou Bega's charisma and effortless charm alone and it makes sense considering how many women he has on his arm in this song. In the first verse he mentions he can't beer bust like last week before talking about women that he likes and how flirting is a sport, he sounds like he is having fun flirting with Angela, Pamela, Sandra, Rita, Jessica, Monica, Tina and Erica!

Then he gives out the instructions for a dance on the second verse and the song immediately tilts into being this insanely silly but fun dance song. I dig it, this is hilarious, check it out.

6. "Genie in a Bottle" by Christina Aguilera.

Third and final newcomer of the week is from American singer Christina Aguilera, she got her start around the same time as Britney Spears did on Mickey Mouse Club and is now releasing this song as her debut single and well...it's okay? I don't think its anywhere near as good as Britney's "Baby, One More Time" but I do like the piano and Christina is definitely a talented singer...there's more to her range than she shows on this song. 

As for the content, she's telling this dude that if he wants to get with her than he needs to pretend she's this genie in a bottle and has to rub the bottle the right way to let her out...the Aladdin trope in full there, only surprised there was no mention of giving the guy three wishes. In short, the song is fine, Aguilera has potential but she can do better.

That ends this week and while nothing was too egregious, I am giving worst of the week to "King Of My Castle" by Wamdue Project. "Mambo No. 5" by Lou Bega is getting the best of the week because yeah...that song is so much fun. 

ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart. 7th September. The One Where There's Very Little To Say

 Alright, this one is going to be brief because there were again no new entries and...I am kind of disappointed by the fact that Alex Warren's "Emerald Eyes" didn't debut.but anyway let's get into the top ten where of course there's no change at the top where "Choosin' Texas" by Ella Langley rules the roost for yet another week, it's still a monster, sales and streaming.

Hence it held up easily over "Rein Me In" by Sam Fender and Olivia Dean at numbder two which effectively swapped positions with "Man I Need" by Olivia Dean which slipped back to number three. 

Same goes for Alex Warren's "Ordinary" jumping back up one slot to number four and "Boston" by Stella Lefty falling back to number five.

"Stupid Song" by Olivia Rodrigo held steady at number six while Rodrigo's other top ten hit right now "The Cure" rebounded two slots to number seven. 

"Loser" by Tame Impala also held firm at number eight although I really would like to see this leave the top ten quickly now. the same goes for "Earrings" by Malcolm Todd which fell two to number nine.

Finally remaining steady at number ten is "Self Aware" by Temper City.

Losers

Former number one "Animal" by Katseye fell nine slots to twenty two while "Oh yeah?" by Steve Lacy hit a thirteen slot rough patch back to twenty nine. 

Olivia Rodrigo's "Drop Dead' slipped eight to thirty five while F3miii's "Noble" suffered a ten place skid to forty nine. 

Drop Outs

So we did see four songs drop out, those being "Some of Your Love" by PartyNextDoor, "Petal" by Ariana Grande, "Baby Steps" by Olivia Dean and maybe the biggest drop out of the four..."Stateside" by PinkPantheress and Zara Larsson.

Gains

So most of our big gains were for older songs however "Midnight Sun" by Zara Larsson climbed ten to twenty six.

Bruno Mars tour of Australia also saw "I Just Might" rise fourteen off it's return to number thirty six. 

The two older songs that saw major boosts were "Back to Friends" by Sombr up twelve to sixteen and "Where is My Husband" by RAYE up ten to fifteen. 

Re-Entries

Four returns this week with album release impact seeing Alex Warren's "Fever Dream" back at thirty one although he also saw the return of "Carry You Home" at forty six.

Bruno Mars had "Risk It All" back at number thirty eight while finally Sombr's "Undressed" is back at fifty.

With there being no new entries to talk about that wraps this week. Next week could be as quiet as this week because unless streaming picks up...I do not see the new Miley Cyrus single charting but we'll have to see. 

Pretty Fly (For 1999). 5th September. Sing it and Bailamos Back, Nookie!

 Let's dive right into the top ten where for yet another week, it's "Last Kiss" by Pearl Jam remains at number one for yet another week, its strong on sales still. Really, am over this song already though however I am glad it kept "If Ya Gettin' Down" by Five at nunmber two.

Rising one slot to number three is "When You Say Nothing At All" by Ronan Keating which had another good sales week to the point it pushed "Boom Boom Boom Boom" by Vengaboys back to number four.

A song that might make a play for number one is "All Star" by Smash Mouth as it moved up two number five.

"Silence" by Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan claimbed two slots to number six while "Sweet Like Chocolate" by Shanks & Bigfoot slipped back one to number seven.

All this action was likely because "If You Had My Love" by Jennifer Lopez slipped three slots to number eight, this song appears to be on the way out now. 

"Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing"  by Chris Isaak rose six into the top ten at number nine. Finally Britney Spears completes the top ten at number ten with "Sometimes" dropping one spot. 

Losers

Australia have had enough of Soulsearcher's "Can't Get Enough" so its down ten to fifty this week. 

"The Day the World Went Away" bore witness to the day it fell off it's chart debut of thirty one to forty six for Nine Inch Nails.

"Westside" is heading southside on the charts down from twenty six to forty for TQ while "Animal" by Jebediah lost it's bite down twelve to twenty eight.

Gains

Gains are a bit on the slow side with the biggest gain of the week being for a consistent gainer lately that being "2 Times" by Ann Lee which climbed ten places to number twelve.

New Entries

Six new entries this week, beginning with

43. "Mi Chico Latino" by Geri Halliwell

About time we got the follow up to the rather underwhelming "Look at Me" (seriously...that song only gets worse with time) and well, I am not convinced that this song is that much better although Geri's vocals are definitely sounding better on the verses until that bridge and honestly this just feels like it's trying to do a 90s version of "La Isla Bonita" by Madonna only this song doesn't quite stick the landing. I'd probably skip this song. 

41. "Sing It Back" by Moloko

Another newcomer on the chart...had a lot of those in 1999, this time it's an English-Irish electronic duo of singer Roisin Murphy and producer Mark Brydon and I'll say this...this song is pretty effective at what it does well especially in the production which features some really nice sounding guitarrs and percussion and Murphy's vocals are placed really nicely in the mix because she just stands out here.as she tries to keep a fading connection in her life via using music and wanting this other person to sing it back to her. All in all...pretty good song. 

39. "Bailamos" by Enrique Iglesias

We're onto another newcomer although Enrique Iglesias has been around awhile in Latin America having released three albums in Spanish with his fourth album his debut English album and well...this is actually a pretty damn good introduction to Iglesias sound. "Bailamos" (English translatoin: "We Dance") is for the film "Wild Wild West" and well, I just think this song is absolutely great and I'd love to see it be huge here, I love the elements of flamenco that slide in and Enrique Iglesias has enough charm and charisma to make his urging of surrendering to the music and just simply living in the moment work. Great song but I don't know if  it''s better than...

32. "Unpretty" by TLC

The follow up to the nummber one hit "No Scrubs"...I am going to ditch any kind of preamble with this song because this is better than "No Scrubs" mostly because the message this song carries holds resonance for me especially when the production is somewhat more restrained even if there is a pretty cool little guitar solo toward the end as TLC sing that no matter how much make up you put on or doing your hair nice, you are only going to be pretty on the outside when it's what's on the inside that counts in terms of accepting yourself flaws and all. This is just a  damn great pop r'n'b song, check this out.

18. "Dig" by Mark Lizotte

I was kind of shocked this debuted higher than TLC but hey, it's nice to see Mark Lizotte in the top 20 of the ARIA singles chart mostly because this song is his first single under his actual birth name rather than Diesel and wow...this snng is definitely nothing like what he made as Diesel, it reminds me a lot of Collective Soul but with more of a jangle pop edge. The content is somewhat dark, Lizotte encouraging this person not to dig to correct his past mistakes but rather to accept what happened and become "friends" with those demons. Another damn good song.

13. "Nookie" by Limp Bizkit

 To end what has been a long week, we're finishing it off with American act Limp Bizkit because of course we can't have all good things. Yeah, this sucks, there's no melody to this and it sounds like the percussion is actively playing two separate songs at once while Fred Durst has all the presence of a street sweeper even with just how annoying his vocals are, there's nothing here that makes me want to come back to this shit show of a song.

Yeah, easy worst of the week. As for the best...it was a really good week overall, I am going to go with "Unpretty" by TLC narrowly ahead of Mark Lizotte and Enrique Iglesias. 

ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart. 31st August. The one where normal service is resumed aka Ella's number one

 Little point in messing around, let's jump straight into the top ten where "Choosin' Texas" by Ella Langley returns to number one as it continues to hold sway on sales and streaming. 

"Man I Need" by Olivia Dean returned to number two while "Rein Me In" by Sam Fender and Olivia Dean rebounded to number three.

Rising two slots to number four is "Boston" by Stella Lefty...can we not let this song rise any further, Australia...please/

Staying steady at number five is "Ordinary" by Alex Warren while "Stupid Song" by Ollivia Rodrigo rebounded two slots to number six. 

Returning to number seven up three is "Earrings" by Malcolm Todd, it moved past "Loser" by Tame Impala which slipped one to number eight,

"The Cure" by Olivia Rodrigo remained steady at number nine. Finally, arriving in the top ten this week is "Self Aware" by Temper City which climbed two slots to..unfortunately...hit number ten this week...ugh.

Losers

Two major losers this week with "Petal" by Ariana Grande slipping ten to forty two, mostly because I think people are still clinging to "Hate That I Made You Love Me" which is understandable as "Petal" is pretty lousy.

The other major loser is last week's number one "Animal" by Katseye which fell twelve lots thirteen.

Drop Outs

This week saw four songs leave with Sombr's "My Body Isn't Ready" and "Undressed" gone alongside "Been by Now" by Morgan Wallen and "The Days (Notion Remix" by Chrystal. 

Gains

Not much in the way of gains this week with the biggest gain being a fifteen place jump for "Great Expectation" by Sienna Spiro to fifteen for some reason. That song is not any good for goodness sake!

Re-Entries

Three returns this week beginning with "I Just Might" by Bruno Mars at fifty, "Baby Steps" by Olivia Dean at forty nine and "Die on This Hill" by Sienna Spiro at forty eight. 

New Entries

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

32. "Some of Your Love" by PartyNextDoor

So when I saw this debuted, I rolled my eyes, it's not like PartyNextDoor as a artist is a goldmine of personality and he was worse than Drake on "Some Sexy Songs 4 U" and yeah, it's no different here with the production that ensures that this song could have been done better by The Weeknd especially with that guitar and PartyNextDoor is using Jesus Christ turning water into wine on the second verse to justify his love of alcohol which is just weird as hell so no this song sucks.

That's our week and man alive, the charts suck right now. Next week could be anything...I guess maybe Alex Warren? We'll have to see. 

Pretty Fly (For 1999). 29th August. The Day Animal Went Away Smooth

 No preamble this week, let's just get straight into it with our top ten where for yet another week, it's Pearl Jam's "Last Kiss" at number one, it's ruling sales right now to the point that I don't see what is going to challenge it.

Sure Five rise to number two with "If Ya Gettin' Down" but it's thankfully not bridging any margins right now, really could argue it moved up one because "Boom Boom Boom Boom" by The Vengaboys which slipped one to number three. 

"When You Say Nothing At All" by Ronan Keating remained at number four likewise for Jennifer Lopez's "If You Had My Love" which remains at number five.

"Sweet Like Chocolate" by Shanks & Bigfoot rose one spot to number six as it continues to get traction. Smash Mouth's "All Star" jumped three spots to number seven while "Silence" by Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan remains rooted to the number eight slot.

"Sometimes" by Britney Spears slipped three places to number nine while rising into the top ten is "Wild Wild West" by Will Smith up one to number ten.

Losers

Not much in the way of major losers this week although we did see "Don't Cry" by Human Nature slip from twenty eight and "Say It Once" by Ultra dropping from nineteen to twenty five. 

Finally "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" by Shania Twain was the biggest loser of the week down nine spots to wenty three.

Gains

Also not much to report with out gains. Ann Lee's "2 Times" continues to see traction this week, it's up eleven to twenty three.

New Entries

Three new entries this week beginning with...

38. "Smooth" by Santana feat. Rob Thomas

So we're beginning this week with a song that I am certain is probably already showing signs of dominating the US charts. Santana, a rock legend of the 70s and 80s working with the lead singer of Matchbox Twenty, Rob Thomas and I guess if you picture a cross section where these two could possibly meet, it's "Smooth" with Santana providing this searing Latin guitar groove and Rob Thomas sliding in with the vocals that definitely are filtered on the verses however when the filter disappear on the hook and what a hook it is, Thomas is singing with a conviction that I haven't heard since Matchbox Twenty's first album. This song is going to be huge in the US and should be msssive in Australia too. Check this out.

31. "The Day The World Went Away" by Nine Inch Nails

So my experience with NIne Inch Nails is rather limited, they are a band I really haven't seeked out to llisten to unless they have appeared in the new entries for one of these blog entries but anyway we have this song which comes from Nine Inch Nails album "The Fragile" and well I like the sentiment of the song and not much else here, it's about the loss of a loved one that leaves a person so shattered and empty the world feels like it's gone away from them the loss being that hard to cope with. 

However I really cannot get behind the production here, it just feels like a wall of noise with Trent Reznor's voice barely heard in the middle of the mix, it's a hard listen. I think I am going to skip this one. 

16. "Animal" by Jebediah

I am floored this song debuted as high as it has, definitely something I wouldn't have expected when I first looked at the chart for this week but anyway Jebediah are a alternative roclk band hailing from Perth, Western Australia. This song coming from their second album titled "Of Someday Shambles" and well...this is fine, it's better than the Nine Inch Nails track before it because yeah there's good melody here even if some the instrumentation sounds oddly electronic and I am not overly wild about the vocals either, they can feel a bit to sharp and nasal for me. I don't think the song is bad...far from it, it's just not for me. 

That wraps this week and the best and the worst falls out easily. Worst of the week goes to "The Day the World Went Away" by Nine Inch Nails. Best of the week went to "Smooth" by Santana feat. Rob Thomas