Charting 1996: March 24th. Top five debut for Farnsey!

Well this week is a turn up for the books, we got a new entry debuting in the top ten and the top two remained steady so yes for another week, “One Of Us’ by Joan Osborne remains at number one but she’s got competition from “Missing” by Everything But the Girl staying at number two for a second week, whether or not it can challenge for number one remains an open question and given the wild shifts 1996 has seen so far, “One of Us” staying at number one is an open question as well.

Now for that new entry which turns up at number three for John Farnham, “Have a Little Faith in Us” becomes his eighth top ten hit in the ARIA era. It’s a decent song too.

Babylon Zoo remain steady at number 4 with “Babylon Zoo”, I expect this song to climb though so don’t be surprised if it reaches number two in the weeks ahead.

Peter Andre continues to experience success with “Get Down on It” feat Past to Present as it jumped 2 places to number 5, it helped to push former chart topper “Boombastic” by Shaggy down to number 6.

“How Bizarre” by OMC is the big mover into the top ten this week, up 6 places to number 7…this is looking like being huge.

TLC’s “Diggin’ On You” jumped one place to number 8

Oasis’s “Wonderwall” is beginning to crumble hard, down 4 places to number 9 while “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” by Deep Blue Something looks to have completed it’s meal in the top ten clinging on at number ten.

Gains

Big gain this week for Celine Dion’s ‘Falling into You” which jumped from 20 to 12 this week, is Celine set for another top ten hit?

3T arrive in the top 20 with “Anything” leaping from 22 to 15. Keep an eye on this one as well. Plays quite well into a sound that is popular right now.

Also, into the top 20 is Oasis with “Don’t Look Back in Anger” up to 19 from 24.

One of the big gainers of the week is Boyzone’s “Father and Son” up ten places to 24. Strange a Cat Stevens cover is doing so damn well!

Losers

The underwhelming new The Beatles song “Real Love’ slipped 5 places to 11 as people realize that it’s not one of the Beatles better songs.

La Bouche’s “Be My Lover” slumped from 11 to 20.

Tracy Chapman’s “Give One Reason” lost 5 places in the chart shuffle this week to 21 while Groove Theory’s “Tell Me” slopped from 15 to 22…Ouch!

“Wrap Me Up” by Alex Party stumbled from 19 to 26 and “Til you do me right” by After 7 dropped from 21 to 27.

New Entries

John Farnham earned the highest debut this week with “Have a Little Faith in Us” at number 3 but you have to scan lower down the chart to find the rest of them beginning at number 40 with Alanis Morissette’s new single “Ironic” arriving and damn that song goes off!

Melissa Etheridge got her wish to come over to the Australian charts again with “I want to come over” getting a gig at number 42.

Madonna gets “One More Chance” onto the chart at number 43.

While “It’s Oh So Quiet” slips down the chart, Bjork’s new single “Hyperballad” turns up at number 45.

Two rock bands also debuted new songs on the chart this week with Garbage entering with “Stupid Girl” at number 47 and finally “Disco 2000” at number 50.