Pretty Fly (for 1999). 17th October. Sister Heartbreaker, the Sun is Shining

 Let's dive straight in because I am massively behind right now. For yet another week "Mambo No. 5" by Lou Bega sits at number one and really nothing around it looks like getting close to it. Certainly not 'Genie in a Bottle" by Christina Aguilera which remains stalled at number two and looks like it may well come under threat from "Unpretty" by TLC which climbed slot to number three.

Also finally moving up is Ann Lee's "2 Times" which rose four to number four this week taking "Last Kiss" by Pearl Jam up one to number five and "I Knew I Loved You" by Savage Garden up one to nnmber six with it. 

"Larger Than Life" by Backstreet Boys staggered down four to number seven while "If Ya Getting Down" by Five fell three to number eight. So happy about the latter of these songs finally seeming to have peaked.

Into the top ten is "Smooth" by Santana and Rob Thomas which jumped two slots to number nine while "All Star" by Smash Mouth slipped one slot to number ten...this song also seems to be done. 

Loser

So former chart topper "If You Had My Love" by Jennifer Lopez is on the way out down ten to forty two.

Unfortunately "Have A Look" by Vanessa Amorosi also seems to be on the way out as it plummeted from twenty four to forty one. "Swear It Again" by Westlife tumbled from twenty nine to forty. 

Sadly "Miss You Love" by Silverchair did the ten place dive to thirty eight, the same went for Wamdue Project's "King of My Castle" as that that burned to thirty six. Sliding from twenty five to thirty three is "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing" by Chris Isaak.

Gains

It's quieter in our gains this week with the biggest being Eiffel 65's "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" climbing from twenty two to sixteen. There's also "You"ve Got Away" by Shania Twain up seven to thirty two. 

Re-Entries

Only one return this week and that was "Passenger" by Powderfinger at fifty.

New Entries

Five new entries this week beginning with....

49. "Around the World" by Red Hot Chili Peppers

The latest single from "Califonication" and given I wasn't exactly a fan of their previous single I was absolutely not expecting much with this song and well...this starts well before we get Anthony Kiedis diving into the most annoying sing talking vocal delivery that might be possible to the point he might be trying to rap somehow but he doesn't quite have a flow down that suits the song, either way I am giving this song a miss.  Pretty disappointing if I am to be honest.

37. "Sun is Shining" by Bob Marley vs. Funstar De Luxe

What even is this? Did we really need a remix of a song from reggae legend Bob Marley but anyway Funkstar De Luxe (real name: Martin Aulkjaer Ottesen) is a Danish producer and remix artist and look while I do think the remix is pretty tastefully done, I do question the overall need for such a remix to exist when most people if they are going to listen to Bob Marley will likely seek out the original version of the song. That's all. 

19. "(You Drive Me) Crazy)" by Britney Spears

So this is the new single and not "Soda Pop"..really, Britney? Okay, well look, the music video does feature Melissa Joan Hart of Sabrina the Teenage Witch fame so I guess I'd better give this song another chance even though it's not one of my favourites from the album and yeah my issues with this song are still there, the knock of the percussion here and Britney's attempts to sell that she's absolutely insanely in love with this guy are not ones that I am buying. I don't really care for this. 

14. "Sister" by Sister2Sister

Seems a bit funny for a song called "Sister" to be released by a pair of sisters but that's what we have here from Sister2Sister an Australian sister duo Sharon and Christine Muscrat amd really, this song doesn't leave me with a heck of a lot to say, it's pretty cute pop song all about being sisters which kind of rings true to me...cause yeah a sibling is sometimes that closest friend who'll be there when the times are good or bad. Honestly, just a very cute song that I'd say is merely good. 

11. "Heartbreaker" by Mariah Carey

Kind of surprised this didn't debut in the top ten given how Mariah fans adore their queen but yeah this is her new single and...it's alright, Mariah's vocals are on song as per what you'd expect from Mariah but I think where I have an issue with this song is in the content see Mariah's attracted to this guy who she knows is bad news but she still wants to hook with him anyway which feels very capricioous in a way that makes me feel very uncomfortable so ebb?

That ends our week and wow, the quality here isn't great. Worst of the week goes to "Sun is Shining" by Bob Marley v Funstar De Luxe, it's just completely unnecessary. Best of the week is going to Sister2Sister for "Sister", it's not a great song but it's the best of what is on offer here. 

ARIA top 50 Singles Chart. 12th October The One Where Choosin' Texas is Unfortunately Co-Opted

 This week is not exactly a good one...we got a new entry that might be the biggest piece of sbit I have heard in some time but anyway before all of that nonsense, let's dive into the top ten where we have a returning number one..."Choosin' Texas" by Ella Langley...it's this song's sixteenth week at number one, streaming was enough to push this song past "Patient Zero" by Taylor Swift down to number two as it couldn't match on streams.

What is interesting is what is going on behind because "Man I Need" by Olivia Dean has picked up a second wind on streaming and could make a play to return to number one as it rebounded four to number three.

"Rein Me In" by Sam Fender and Olivia Dean rebounded two number four while "Nicole Kidman" by Adela bounced back three to number five, Sadly "Ordinary" by Alex Warren also got a three place rebound to number six...seems like that song will be on the chart until the two year rule is used on it. 

The rest of the top ten is also just songs slotting back into normal position post Taylor Swift's mini album bomb with "Boston" by Stella Lefty up four to seven, " Stupid Song" by Olivia Rodrigo up five to eight, "Ain't In LA" by Adela moving up three to nine and "The Cure" by Olivia Rodrigo up four to number ten. 

Losers

The big story in our losers is the collapse of the Taylor Swift songs that aren't "Patient Zero" with "Babylon" faring the best of them and that fell twenty eight spots to thirty two, "Pink Clouding" tumbled thirty one to thirty six and "Cleveland!" took a well deserved thirty six place dive to thirty nine.

Outside of Taylor, "Moving to The Sun" by Hugel, Imael Angel and Ultra Nate is not really getting going here as it plummeted seventeen spots to forty.

Drop Outs

So we did see two Taylor Swift songs depart with those being "Opalite" and "I Knew It, I Knew You" (should make the year end for 2026).

Also gone are "Cinderella" by Mac Miller feat. Ty Dolla $ign, "Janice STFU" by Drake (more about him in the new entries and "Oh Yeah?" by Steve Lacy. 

The rest are recent new entries that just weren't likely to see more time time on the chart with "Ashke" by Mxrci and Karan Aujla and "Blessings" by Calvin Harris and Clementine Douglas.

Gains

So it appears we are going to give Ashe a hit with "Stop The Wedding" up twelve to eleven...actually happy with that...that song has been an earworm for me lately.

Out of nowhere though is an unexplainable twenty place gain to nineteen for "Nice to Each Other" by Olivia Dean...maybe people are revisting "The Art of Loving" or something because otherwise...huh?

Sombr's "My Body Isn't Ready" climbed nine to twenty four.

Re-Entries

Let's blow through the four returns this week, "Material Lover" by Sienna Spiro is back at forty nine while Spiro's other hit "Die on this Hill" continues to be a pest I want to call an exterminator for as it returned at forty seven.

"Baby Sreps" by Olivia Dean stepped back onto the chart at forty six while "A Couple of Minutes" also by Olvia Dean returned at  forty two.

New Entries

Three new entries this week, we unfortunately must first deal with what escaped out of Canada first...

48. "Solar Eclipse" by Drake feat. Don Toliver

Why couldn't Drake just be satisfied with "STFU Janice" going number one on the Hot 100 and just rest for the rest of 2026 and not released this absolute nonsense? This is just trend chasing garbage because Drake isn't the biggest thing on the charts right now...yes, he and Don Toliver interpolated "Choosin' Texas" by Ella Langley and it's fucking embarrassing how bad the interplation is because it's just Drake crooning about this woman having hold of his wood grain because she's from Texas which springs to mind any number of small penis jokes etc and how she is riding on him spilling yak (gross) which springs to mind that these two are having sloppy drunken sex. Did Dtrake miss the point of "Choosin' Texas" or something?

Don Toliver isn't much better here, his verse is talking about how it's all over her blouse and mouth and given Drake's verse...ew ew ew. Also the music is some of the most tuneless mush I have heard this year. GET THIS SHIT OFF THE FUCKING CHARTS! Absolute gross piece of fucking shit.

42. "Storm" by Gener8tion feat. Yung Lean

This is going to take a moment to explain, Gener8tion is the name of an electronic/dance and audiovisual project headed by DJ Surkin, a French DJ that uses multiple platforms to express elements that are dystopian, high concept and cinematic visuals with futuristic electronic music pair that with Swedish rapper Yung Lean who first rose to prominence after "Ginseng Strip 2000" went viral in 2013 hence we get this song and on the instrumental alone, this is a pretty damn solid song, it reminds me of the Pet Shop Boys in some ways.

Just a shame that Yung Lean feels like a complete non presence on this song but I do think the bones of a really good song are here so I guess, check it out if you are curious.

35. "Draw You Out" by Noah Kahan

Ending the week with a new single from Noah Kahan, I was actually excited to check this out given his most recent album really grew on me this year and this was for the sound track of the new Hunger Games film which has had a good track record of great songs eg "Can't Catch Me Now" by Olivia Rodrigo. 
Sadly this isn't anywhere near "Can't Catch Me Now" quality because this song really does feel like a lesser cut from the album "The Great Divide", everything from the guitar driving the song to lyrics just feel like a song that got left off the album but recorded for the soundtrack of this movie out of sheer ambivalence. 

But it's not worst of the week...that's going to "Solar Eclipse" by Drake and Don Toliver for being one of the most disgusting songs I have ever heard. 

Best is going to "Storm" by Gener8ion and Yung Lean if only because the instrumental is actually really good. 

Pretty Fly (for 1999) 10th October Larger Than Love Goin' Down

Let's not waste time as this is late going out already so let's dive into the top ten where for yet another week its Lou Bega's "Mambo No. 5" at number one and really it's just on the margins because "Genie in a Bottle" by Christina Aguilera, at number two, sure isn't getting near it right now.

That might leave a door open for our new entry at number three that being "Larger Than Life", more about the song's quality later but it's here thanks to great sales but songs that debut this high from boy bands normally don't stay this high so we'll see.

What surprised me was the big five place gain for "Unpretty" by TLC to number four. Don't get me wrong, I am happy to see it so high but still shocked it's doing so well. 

All this triggered something of a collapse for "Last Kiss" by Pearl Jam which fell three to number five and "If Ya Gettin' Down" by Five which slipped to number six, this song has thankfully peaked and will hopefully stop dragging down the quality of the top ten. 

Down two to number seven is "I Knew I Loved You" by Savage Garden...I am sorry but this song is still so utterly creepy to me. 

"2 Times" by Ann Lee remains at number eight while "All Star" by Smash Mouth slipped two to number nine.

Finally it looks like Ronan Keating's "When You Say Nothing At All" is done because it fell four to number ten. 

Losers

Wow, we have a lot of songs that lost hard this week so let's begin at the bottom of the chart with "I Want It That Way" by Backstreet Boys slipping eleven to forty eleven.

"The Hardest Thing" by 98 Degrees is making climbing the charts a hard thing (praise the small mercies) down ten to forty two. "She's All I Ever Had" by Richy Martin also fell ten to forty.

Another song to experience a ten place dip was "Sometimes" by Britney Spears down to thirty six. 

"If You Had My Love" by Jennifer Lopez slipped eight to thirty two wbile "American Woman" by Lenny Kravitz fell nine to thirty one. 

Westlife's "Swear It Again" is swearing nine places down to twenry nine. 

Re-Entries

Look, I am not exactly jumping for joy given our re-entries are "Nookie" by Limp Bizkit at fifty and "Mi Chico Latino" by Geri Halliwell at forty four...come on, seriously.

Gains

Boy, the gains are a mixed bag, I am not exactly thrilled that "I Love You" by Martina McBride saw traction to move up eight to thirty eight.

I guess I am okay with "In My Eyes" by Milk Inc having the biggest gain of the week as it jumped from forty eight to thirty three and "Forever" by Tina Cousins climbed eleven to twenty three.

New Entries

Six new entries this week beginning with...

48. "Goin' Down" by Mel C

So we have a solo single from former Spice Girl Mel C and this is very much not a song that I could foresaw from the Spice Girls because tbis leans into rock territory which is excellent especially with Mel's vocal timbre, she was one of the better singers in the Spice Girls so I'm delighted she's going in this direction, I am just a little disappointed that for some reason they put filters on her voice...why? It just takes away all the anger that is so evident in Mel's voice

Those vocal filters are probably the worst part of the song because the content here is pretty good to coming from the standpoint of having been betrayed and then fighting back to ensure the person who betrayed her is going down. Then again the song also seems like a message to those in the music industry who tried to pigeonhole her in pop music.  Good song.   

44. "A Straight Line" by Michael Hutchence

Was not expecting a Michael Hutchence solo cut to chart this week but hey, I'll take it all the same as it's the only Aussie new entry this week and Hutchence going into a more funk rock direction and as usual displaying a whole load of more charismas that most pop artists do and yet I am not overtly iimpressed with this song because it relies so much on Hutchence's charisma over everything else. 

There's no real hook until after the second verse, it also just feels like there's something missing with this song.,,maybe a better fleshed out hook? I don't know. Definitely not the worst thing ever but I won't be coming back to this. 

39. "You've Got A Way" by Shania Twain

So I think I have worked out that I like my Shania Twain songs to have lot of personality and "cheeky grin" attitude about them because that's when Shania is absolutely at her best, "Man! I Feel Like A Woman" has only gotten better with time and "That Don't Impress Me Much"is hilarious even if the Brad Pitt line hasn't aged particularly well. 

Now we have her latest single and it's something of an overproduced ballad with strings, piano and twangy guitar (gotta keep it country or whatever qualifies as country) love song where Shania is grateful for everything this guy brings to her life and she deeply adores him which is a sweet sentiment but when you've already put out "Still the One" that did a similar sentiment and was a better song? Yeah...

30. "My Love Is Your Love" by Whitney Houtson

Oh god, another new Whitney Houston song, I wasn't looking forward to covering another new song after the previous single "Heartbreak Hotel" and yeah, sadly this one is not good either and it mostly boils down to Whitney being such a weird non presence on the song with her vocals barely able to be heard over the instrumental. 

Also the lyrics feel a bit stale here too, all about how love endures even during a war and the end of the world, it's all very corny at this point. Please...can we not let this song be a thing?

22. "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65

So here we have an Italian Eurodance group that formed in 1997 with this song being their first break out and honesty.,,this is pretty damn fun if you can get past the weird sports announcer type vocals which do add to the weird novelty of this song especially as it tells a story which is uncommon for pop music these days.

That story is about a fictional person who lives in a world that's blue, his house, his car and everything else in his life is all blue. The band have said that the song is about how we all have a colour that we live through the prism of on a particular and in this character's case it was blue (sad), it's certaiinly an interesting idea which doesn't help explain why the song devolves into the gibberish hook. but it still works. 

The music works too...good song. Check it out.

3. "Larger Than Life" by Backstreet Boys

Final song of the week is coming from the Backstreet Boys, this being from their album "Millennium" and wow, this is absolutely a fan service song although one that I actually do like a fair bit as the boys do have a good energy here because yeah this is a love better to their fans thanking them for their love and devotion for getting the grooup to where they are now  but also acknowledges that the price and the sacrifices of being famous have mounted eg: the loss of privacy etc.

I do wish the instrumentation didn't feel so plastic but all up, it's decent pop song and worth checking out

It's not best of the week though because that's going to "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65. Worst of the week is going to whatever "My Love Is Your Love" by Whitney Houston is. 

ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart Review. 5th October. The One with a Showgirl Encore and a Punjabi debut

 Look, I don't really enjoy weeks like this one where one artist has four songs debut inside the top ten especially when it's the extended addition of an already awful album that's one of the worst of said artist's career...yeah...Taylor Swift is back on the charts and back at number one with "Patient Zero" hitting the top spot thanks to dominating sales, streaming and Youtube.

All that was enough to push it past "Choosin' Texas" by Ella Langley down to number two, it just didn't have the strength to compete with the Taylor Swift machine this week.

From there, we do have three consecutive new Taylor Swift songs at numbers three, four and five with "Cleveland!", "Babylon" and "Pink Clouding" in that order. 

Then we have the songs that will recover when the Taylor Swift mini bomb recedes with "Rein Me In" by Sam Fender and Olivia Dean down four to number six and "Man I Need" by Olivia Dean down four to number seven.

The same can be said of "Nicole Kidman" by Adela down four to number eight...I actually think this song might make a play for number one soon. 

What I am hoping doesn't recover is "Ordinary" by Alex Warren which suffered a four place loss to number nine, enough is enough...come on.

Finally, up four on the back of the encore album release is "The Fate of Ophelia" by Taylor Swift to number ten.

Losers

So we got a lot of double digit losers this week beginning with "Oh Yeah?" by Steve Lacy down ten spots to forty nine. 

"Cinderella" by Mac Miller feat Ty Dolla $ign is losing chart position in the same way Cinderella lost slippers down eleven to forty six while "Daisies" by Justin Bieber slmmped twelve to forty two. 

"No Broke Boys" by Disco Lines and Tinashe fell thirteen spots to thirty one while Alyssa Grace's "Bloodstream" stopped flowing down thirteen to thirty seven. 

Drop Outs

Six drop outs all of whom have been on and off the chart with regularity so we'll just run through these beginning with " A Couple Minutes" by Olivia Dean, "Stateside" by Pink Pantheress and Zara Larsson, "I Just Might" by Bruno Mars, "APT" by Rose and Bruno Mars, "Victory Lap" by Fred Again, Skepta and Plaqueboy Max and finally "Material Lover" by Sie nna Spiro.

Gains 

Both  big gains this week are from Noah Kahan with "Willing and Able" up seventeen slots to twenty three while "Orbiter" continues to climb up ten to twenty seven

Re-Entries

Just the one return this week with that being "Opalite" by Taylor Swift  back at number thirty eight.

New Entries

Five new entries with four of them from Taylor Swift however we're not starting with her because...

48. "Ashke" by Mxrci and Karan Aujla

Well this is a first and it's one that's going to take a little bit to explain. Mxrci is an Indian music producer based in Mohali. Karan Aujla is also an Indian Punjabi musician who has seen some chart success in Canada (this song debuted high in Canada too) and sadly I don't think I will be coming back for more of this mostly because I am not a huge fan of the production here which feels way too heavily weighted in the trap sound and when the content is the standard bragging about winning and being ahead of your rivals....yeah I'm skipping this.

5.  "Pink Clouding" by Taylor Swift

4. "Babylon" by Taylor Swift

3. "Cleveland!" by Taylor Swift

1. "Patient Zero"  by Taylor Swift.

I decided to put all the Taylor Swift songs together and review the whole The Life of a Showgirl Encoore together tather than as separate songs because honestly...I'd just be repeating myself a bit because the problems with all four of these songs are almost the same, the drum mixing on these songs is horrendous and Taylor's writing shows she's tired because man alive on "Cleveland!" her writing is absolutely awful, why invoke memories of Gabby Barrett's "The Good Ones" with the line "he's all mine", dead set Taylor, stop caring what your haters have to say about you because your songs about them are never any good.

The one song that doesn't feel too badly written but with the same production issues is "Pink Clouding" so I guess that's best of the week but maaan that's going to be needing some qualifiers

Worst of the week is going to Taylor as well for "Cleveland!"

Pretty Fly (For 1999) 3rd October. In My Eyes I Knew Burning Love House Down

So this week feels busier than normal even if we might have the worst set of new entries I have seen in 1999 so far however let's go through the top ten before all of that and for another week, it's "Mambo No. 5" by Lou Bega at number one and really, I don't see what's challenging it right now, it's holding a comfortable margin over "Genie in a Bottle" by Christina Aguilera which moved up one spot to number two and pushing "Last KIss" by Pearl Jam back to number three.

"If Ya Gettin' Down" by Five rebounded one spot to number four while there's a new entry at number five that being "I Knew I Loved You" by Savage Garden, we'll talk about the quality of this song later. 

Slipping two spots to number six is "When You Say Nothing At All" by Ronan Keating while "All Star" by Smash Mouth fell one to number seven.

Ann Lee's "2 Times" might be the beneficiary of any further falls for songs above it as it climbed one to number eight, it may also take "Unpretty" by TLC with it as it climbed three spots to nine thus making a very welcome top ten entry, both songs took advantage of the weaknesses of "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!" by Vengaboys which tumbled three slots to number ten. 

Losers

We did have a few big losers this week with "I Don't Want to Wait" by Paula Cole down ten to fifty, "Scar Tissue" by Red Hot Chili Peppers down twelve to forty nine and "Get Set" by Taxiride down eight to forty four. 

"Livin' La Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin fell seven to thirty eight while "Sometimes" by Britney Spears slipped from nineteen to twenty six. 

Gains

Two major gains this week with "King of My Castle" by Wamdue Project up twelve to thirty three and "Forever" by Tina Cousins up from forty nine to thirty four. 

New Entries

Five new entries beginning with... 

48. "In My Eyes" by Milk Inc

So just a warning here, this week is going to be quite the eclectic one and I am not sure it's going to be in the good but we're beginning with Milk Inc, a Belgian electronic/dance act and their single "In My Eyes" and you know what? I think this is okay especially with that damn solid bass groove and I like the synth choices here, there's definitely something about this that would get me up on my feet although if I do have one quibble...it's the female vocals, they do nothing to bring any kind of energy to the track and don't really fit the song...otherwise this is pretty good. 

46. "I Love You" by Martina McBride

Okay, now we're delving into pop country from an artist that's not Shania Twain, Martina McBride is an Anerican country singer/songwriter with this song from the film "The Runaway Bride" becoming her first to chart in Australia and far out...there's something about this song that makes me want to throw something screaming off a balcony because this is the sort of love song that hits the direct point of laying it on thicker and being sp completely gooey that it's over the top, it's sweet to the point it makes you want to vomit, blue skies everyday when you've known this dude a week or two? Yeah fuck off with that!

Also I hate how the hook isn't loose and it sounds like she is forcing the words out of her throat...yeah...get this goo ball of a song off the charts!

45. "Some Kind of Love Song" by Friendly

So this song is an Australian trip hop/electronic song from Andrew Kornweibel who goes by the name Friendly, he got vocals from Sia Furler on this song and this song feels so twisted and odd sounding that I think this works, the trip hop flourishes give the song an interesting flourish as the production warps and changes plus Sia's voice is a damn good fit here where she absolutely suits the weird vibe of the production. As for the content Sia is hurt and fed up by her partner making cruel or dismissive remarks and then labelling them as jokes, the comments left her feeling a loss of self esteem especially not helped if this partner is labelling her as "oversensitive. Good song...definitely worth giving a listen.

31. "Burning Down The House" by Tom Jones and The Cardigans

Woo boy, a Talking Heads cover and I already have some concerns over this before hearing it thanks to Welsh legend Tom Jones being on the song and I am not sure he can do David Byrne's vocal on this particular track justice and after hearing it...it's just what I feared...the song is straight flat pop song where the punch has been taken out of it and put through the blender of 90s pop music, there isn't even a scream from Jones at the beginning but rather Nina from The Cardigans singing "Fighting fire with fire". Yeah...I just really don't like this at all, we can do better... 

5. "I Knew I Loved You" by Savage Garden

So this song is going to be on "Affirmation" and the video does feature a young Kirsten Dunst which is probably the most interesting part of this because man alive this song is dreary nonsense although it woul appear somebody is having hallucinations of a sort if he is dreaming attractive women to life and falling in love with them before he has even met these women is also really just flat out creepy. We can do better than this song.

That wraps our week...not much in the way of quality here this week but worst of the week goes to "I Knew I Loved You" by Savage Garden for eliciting the creepy factor. Best of the week is going to Friendly for "Some Kind of Love Song" although there wasn't that much competition.

ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart Review. 26th September. The one where Calvin turns up

 Sigh. This week feels a bit pointless given we're likely going to see an influx of Taylor Swift songs from the encore of The Life of a Showgirl" (more on that next week), it almost kind of feels superfluous to even write this but anyway let's go to our top ten where for a fifteenth week, it's "Choosin' Texas" by Ella Langley at number one, now it'll probably lose the top spot to Taylor Swift next week but held number one this week thanks to it's margins on sales and streaming. 

Especially ahead of what have been our number two and three for months with "Rein Me In" by Sam Fender and Olivia Dean at number two and "Man I Need" by Olivia Dean at number three. 

Both these songs are set to come under pressure from "Nicole Kidman" by Adela which rose ten slots to number four thanks to strength on streaming, it had the impact of pushing "Ordinary" by Alex Warren back to number five and "Boston" by Stella Lefty back to number six.

Rising six slots to number seven on a good week for Adela is "Ain't in L.A" while "Stupid Song" by Olivia Rodrigo fell back two to number eight and "Earrings" by Malcolm Todd slipped two to number nine.

Rounding out the top ten is the return to the top ten of "Self Aware" by Temper City at number ten.

Losers

"Oh Yeah?" by Steve Lacy fell eight to thirty nine while "Love Me Not" by Ravyn Lenae slipped seven to fifteen (Coold be charting any song from her most recent album, Australia...just saying).

Drop Outs

Sp we did see five songs leave this week and I am mostly okay with all of these leaving? Sure I like "Undressed" by Sombr but it's had it's run on the charts now and "Noble" by F3miii has worn out it's welcome for me so I am glad to see it gone especially if it's taking "Carry You Home" and "Fever Dream" by Alex Warren and "Risk It All" by Bruno Mars with it. 

Gains

The biggest gain of the week unfortunately belongs to "Moving to the Sun" by Hugel, Imael Angel and Ultra Nate which climbed twenty to a new peak of twenty seven.

"The Fate of Ophelia" by Taylor Swift jumped ten to fourteen...it could return to the top ten next week with the release of the encore/deluxe edition of The Life of A Showgirl. 

"No Broke Boys" by Disco Lines and Tinashe rebounded seven to eighteen.

Re-Entries

Four returns this week beginning with "Victory Lap" by Fred Again, Skepta and Plaqueboy Max back at number forty eight.

"Stateside"  by PinkPantheress and Zara Larsson returns at number forty six while I am thrilled to see "Willing and Able" by Noah Kahan back at forty one (finally one of the good songs from that album is getting some decent traction)

Finally "My Body Isn't Ready" by Sombr returned yet again at number thirty six.

New Entries

One new entry this week...

42. "Blessings" by Calvin Harris feat. Clementine Douglas

So this is a song that was on Calvin Harris best of album last year and this is a pretty solid dance/electronic song about a parasocial relationship that ends with the person walking away with maturity and self respect in tact rather than diving into bitterness or resentment which is something that i do like. It's a fine enough song that doesn't give me a lot to say.

And that will be in stark contrast to next week...because...ugh...it's going to be all about Taylor Swift. 

Pretty Fly (For 1999) 26th September If I Let Dophin's Baby Back Forever

So this feels like a less and more week at hand here...we got the usual clatter of new entries but for the most part it was a pretty calm week with none of the craziness of previous weeks however there is still a little bit going on in our top ten where for yet another week, it's "Mambo No. 5" by Lou Bega at number one, it held sway over "Last Kiss" by Pearl Jam holding steady at numbe two.

Rising two spots to number three is "Genie in a Bottle" by Christina Aguilera while "When You Say Nothing At All" by Ronan Keating has somewhat stalled out at number four, I don't see this song moving any higher.

It was a straight swap though because "If Ya Gettin' Down" by Five slipped two to number five. while Smash Mouth rebounded one spot to number six. 

"Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!" by Vengaboys slipped one to number seven.

Tal Bachman has his first top ten hit as "She's So High" climbed five to number eight while "2 Times" remains at number nine for the second week in a row for Ann Lee.

Finally "Wild Wild West" by Will Smith slipped two to number ten and seems to have peaked. 

Loserrs

Not much in the way of big losers this week apart from maybe "Say It Once" by Ultra down seven to fifty and "Nookie" by Limp Bizkit down ten to thirty eight. 

 Gains

So we did see "Everywhere You Go" by Taxiride get a nice ten place boost to twenty nine while "Smooth" by Santana and Rob Thomas climbed six to sixteen (this song is absolutely huge in the US). 

New Entries

Five new entries beginning with...

49. "Forever" by Tina Cousins

First of two newcomes from out of the UK this week, the first being Tina Cousins with this song being the fifth single from her debut album "Killing Time" and yeah, this is pretty damn good! Cousins definitely has a presence about her in terms of her vocals because my gosh she sounds phenomenal here and the lyrics hit hard here too, a relationship on the verge of breaking up and Cousins just asking to have one final forever moment with this person before they go their separate ways for good. Hope this sticks around, don't mind this. 

49. "The Dolphin's Cry"  by Live

Brand new Live single from "The Distance to Here" and it's another hook ridden song from this American group and I suspect that the hook is probably what this song is going to be remembered for because man, that hook is damn sticky as hell and for once most of the vocals aren't completely buried behind the instrumentation on this song which is nice and Ed Kowalczyk is definitely a solid presence behind the microphone, he makes this song work.

The content also works decently here, all about finding a connection with somebody special be romantic or spiritual. I do like this, check it out!

47. "Bye Bye Baby" by TQ

Kind of surprised that it has taken so long to follow up "Westside" for YQ but we did finally get it and...wow,,,this is A LOT, it's a piano led R'N'B song where  TQ describes being out in a car with his girlfriend when attackers fatally shoot and kill his girlfriend leaving him with feelings of intense grief and anger that quickly crystallises into wanting revenge against those who killed his girlfriend and threatening to hunt those responsible down and shoot them with his gun. Now I do wish the music was a little darker to match the content of the song. that's all, it just doesn't quite hit for me.

39. "Bring It All Back" by S Club 7

Last two songs new this week are from UK acts with this one being the debut single from a manufactured to some degree group featuring both men and women called S Club 7, four girls (Jo, Rachel, Tina and Hannah) and three men (Jon, Paul and Bradley) and this song is a complete contrast to the TQ song because for one thing, it's a bright sunshiney song about how we shouldn't give it up and strive to reach the top and not letting the little things bother us, its a pretty cute empowerment song led by the girls especially Jo and Rachel who do have the most powerful voices of any of the female members especially Jo while Bradley does do some adlibs on the final chorus...pretty fun little pop jam...check this out!

13. "If I Let You Go" by Westlife

So given the success of "Swear It Again", it's no surprise to see Westlife back with a follow up single and I actually like this one a bit better than "Swear it Again" mostly because unlike "Swear It Again", this song has a hook that absolutely soars with the boys voices for a change, the hook actually sounds anthemic and yeah, the content is your standard guy wondering how he is going to cope if he lets his love interest go but at least Westlife can somewhat sell it? Decent song.

But yeah, this was a pretty good week, I don't think it's worth doing worst of the week so let's go straight to best to of the week, that's going to S Club 7 for "Bring It All Back"...yeah, it's an empowerment song but it's one that made me smile.