Charting 1996: February 25 1996. Slew of new entries as Shaggy continues to "Boombastic" at number one

I apologise for the lateness of Charting 1996 this past week.

So this week was a little crazy as plenty of songs entered the chart and a reversal at number one so to the top ten and Shaggy returns to number one for a second week with "Boombastic", its got some pretty damn great sales and looks like being number one for a while longer, it pushed last week's number one "Wonderwall" by Oasis back to number two because while it's good... people seem to be loving the infectious energy of "Boombastic" just a bit more.

Meanwhile Deep Blue Something continues its way up the chart with "Breakfast at Tiffanys" up one place to number 3 riding some decent momentum, it pushed "Be My Lover" by La Bouche to number 4.

"Give Me One Reason" by Tracy Chapman and "Tell Me" by Groove Theory remain at 5 and 6 respectively.

Bjork creeps "It's Oh So Quiet" up again this time to number seven. Be interesting to see if this song has peaked.

TLC are also up one place with "Diggin' On You" to number 8

Both "It's Oh So Quiet" and "Diggin on You" surpassed Monica's debut hit "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)" which fell two places to number 9.

Finally we get to one of the biggest gainers of the week...Joan Osborne's 'One of Us" wbich has gone from 23 to number 10...yeah...I don't know why, it's not that good a song.

Gains

Outside the top ten is chaos so outside of the big gains for Joan Osborne, Everything but the Girl's "Missing" is up to 14 from 35.

Eternal break into the top 20 at 19 (up from 25 last week) with "Power of  woman" as do After 7 with "Til You Do Me Right" at 19 (up from 22)

Smashing Pumpkins new single "1979" rose hard off it's debut going to 21 from 32.

The New Power Generation is up big to 32 from 41 with "The Good Life"


Losers

I'll jut run through the big losers with former chart topper "Gangstas Paradise" by Coolio feat. L.V. down from 29 to 49. Janet Jackson's non starter "Twenty Foreplay" is down hard from 34 to 41. The Outhere Brothers have a little less boom with their hit "Boom Boom Boom" falling eleven to 31.

Berri's "Sunshine After the Rain" has started to slip in the rain as it tumbled eleven places to 38. Unfortunately "Let's Groove'  by CDB has suffered a malfunction in its groove to go down ten to 29.

It was also bad news for Deni Hines as "It's Alright" tumbled from 28 to 36.

Alanis Morrisette tumbled from 13 to 24 with "Hand in My Pocket"

New Entries

A whole slew of new entries so let's buzz through these with the highest debut going to Peter Andre feat. Past to Present with "Get Down On It" at number 15.

Celine Dion is back on the Australian charts with "Falling Into You" her latest single debuting at 27.

English rock band Babylon Zoo land on the Australian charts with "Spaceman', a pretty weird song that I am not sure I like all that much if I am honest.

"I Feel It" enters the chart at 44 for DJ Darren Briais feat, Peewee Ferris. (Peewee?!!!)

Ace of Base return with starting what hopefully is a "Beautiful Life" for their new single. " Beautiful Life arrives at 45.

"Stick with Me" by Green Day sticks in at number 46 while 3T's "Anything" turns up at 47

Finally at 50, we've got "Ammonia" by Ken Carter.

Whoo. A weird week with some potential hits on the horizon lower down the chart. Things are about to get interesting, folks!

Speaking of interesting, returning 2019, the ARIA singles chart dropped today and I am pretty excited about it. More on that with the ARIA chart singles review.