Sunday 17 March 2019

Charting 1996: March 17th. Tbe Beatles turn up in the top ten

So this week saw a number of shifts inside the top ten as a couple of songs made big moves toward the top of the chart this week and we got a new entry debuting inside the top ten but nothing could stop Joan Osborne's "One of Us" from spending a second week at number and really it looks pretty comfortable at the top for the moment.

Everything But the Girl's "Missing" jumped two places to be the closest challenger at number two, heck, it pushed former number one "Boombastic" by Shaggy back to number three this week.

Another song that is emerging as a challenger is "Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo which jumped 5 places to number 4. Now granted this song isn't all that great so I am surprised it's doing so well.

What is starting to fade is 'Wonderwall" by Oasis which fell back two places to number 5. Not to worry there's more Oasis to be mentioned a bit later.

We have a new entry at number six from of all bands...The Beatles  with a rather badly overdubbed version of a John Lennon wrritten "Real Love" which arrived at number six this week. Hopefully it leaves quickly.

Peter Andre feat. Past to Present are up one place to number 7 with "Get Down On It"

A surprise drop for Deep Blue Something's "Breakfast At Tiffany's" which got swarmed by better performing tracks this week to drop three places to number eight. Ouch.

Same can be said (unfortunately) for TLC's "Diggin' On You" which slipped three places to number 9.

Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet" rounds out the top ten with it's return to number ten.

Gains


A lot of 5 place gains this week especially for the Presidents of the United States of America with "Peaches" rising to number 17. Alex Party's "Wrap Me Up" breaks into the top 20 at number 19. The Corrs "Runaway" jumped to 33 from 38 and The Red Hot Chilli Peppers climbed into their "Aeroplane" for a flight to 39,

Re-Entries

One re-entry this week with "Imagination" by Deni Hines back at number 40.

Losers

So lets go through some of the big losers most of them seem to be songs that were already losing traction like The Presidents of the United States of America's "Lump" which fell back to 31 from 24.

"Apple Eyes" by Swoop fell hard from 29 to 37/ The New Power Generation has lost power with "The Good Life" down from 37 to 42.

Things have gone sour for the Candy Girls feat. Sweet Pussy Pauline with "Fee Fi Fo Fum" down 11 places to 41 in our biggest fall of the week.

Blur's "Charmless Man" confirmed the man has no charm in a six place fall to 47.

Finally, :"One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men fell 7 to number 27.


New Entries

So we got a heap of new entries this week including The Beatles with "Real Love" at number six as the highest debut of the week. Perhaps quite appropriately following them is Oasis with their new single "Don't Look Back in Anger" arriving at number 24.

I mentioned Mariah Carey in the losers section, she's back with "Always be my Baby" in at number 28.

Aussies CDB complete the top 30 with "Don't Stop" arriving at number 30 and hopefully that song does climb to follow up the success of "Let's Groove"


Another Australian act debuting on the chart is groove band Renegade Funktrain which features members of Sound Unlimited, they debut at 49.

That wraps up the week and wow it was a fascinating one, I look forward to finding out if anything that stop Joan Osborne taking a third week at number one. See you all for this week's 2019 ARIA Singles chart top ten and chart review.







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