Thursday 11 May 2017

Step Back in Time: ARIA chart from 14th June 1992

I have always wanted to do Throwback Thursday so Australian Chart Attack is going to have a segment where we look back on the top 10 from Australian charts past. today I've wound the clock back to 14th June 1992 for a specific reason that I'll explain shortly (it will go back to this week in a certain year from next week)

So unlike what I do with the ARIA chart review, I am going to count backwards from 10 to 1. 

At number 10 was "Stay" by Shakespear's Sister. A 5 place drop from the previous week. Now this song. It peaked at number 3 in Australia but was a huge hit in the UK and Ireland where it went to number 1 and also to number 4 in the US on the Billboard Hot 100.





At number 9 was a Michael Jackson song that I quite frankly don't at all remember entitled "In The Closet". Some of Jackson's biggest fans might remember it but I really don't remember this. It was from Jackson's eighth album Dangerous and peaked at number 5 in Australia. "In the Closet" climbed 2 places from number 11 to break into the top 10.




At number 8 for those heavy rock fans is Metallica with the classic "Nothing Else Matters". A 4 place climb from number 12.




The Red Hot Chilli Peppers made waves in 1992 with "Under the Bridge" which dropped one place to number 7. "Under the Bridge" was a former chart topper in Australia in 1992 and indeed around the world including going number 1 in the Netherlands and Belgium. Only reached number 2 on the US Billboard hot 100. The album "Blood, Sugar, Sex and Magik" is probably one of the most significant albums of the early 90s.







At number 6 was Frente with their EP entitled "Clunk" which was up 2 places . Frente of course were known for songs like "Ordinary Angels" and "Accidentally Kelly Street". As "Ordinary Angels" was on the Clunk EP, it will





That word...ahh yes, the feel good song of the 90s sat at number 5, you know the one...yes, "That Word (L.O.V.E)" by The Rockmelons featuring Cutty and Nardo Ranks and Deni Hines. This song peaked at number 4 in Australia and number 5 in New Zealand.
That wooorrrd....






The previous week's number 1 one "One in a Million" by Euphoria (Yes, the pop group Jodhi Meares was in for a time). "One in a Million" dropped to number 4.





Kriss Kross emerged as a likely number 1 after it climbed to number 3 with "Jump" and boy they weren't kidding when they said they would make us JUMP because it jumped four places from number 7! Yikes! Australia wasn't the only place where this song had people jumping because the US sent it number 1.





Mr Big had spent three weeks at number 1 so it was on the slide, this week was their second at number 2 in Australia with "To Be With You" It ended up being the 4th biggest song in Australia in 1992,






Now we have reached the reason I wanted to do June 14th 1992 because at number 1 was Australian female pop band Girlfriend with "Take It From Me" with news today the band are reuniting to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their hit single which spent two weeks at number 1 in Australia in June 1992.




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