So this week is a bit of a strange one, it feels like not a lot happened but there was actually a fair bit that happened but we'll get to all that a bit later but let's deal with the issue of the top ten first where for a third week and honestly this could be number one for quite awhile with those sales.
Boyzone continue to surprise as they rise from 3 to 2 with "Father and Son". Honestly I am not a fan of this cover at all. Feels very twee but whatever the case, it pushed this year's longest running number two "Missing" by Everything but the Girl. "Missing" is starting to show signs that it might be ready to leave the top ten.
Australia is stil showing it's "California Love" to 2pac feat Dr Dre as "California Love" rose one place to number four.
The surprise for me is 3T's "Anything" climbed into the top 5 jumping one place to number 5.
A song headed perhaps for higher honours is Alanis Morissette's "Ironic" which leapt up two places to number 6, it's got a pretty solid footing right now, it went past "Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo which remained stagnant at number seven.
Joan Osborne slipped hard out of the top five down four places to number eight with her former chart topper "One of Us"/
Finally the last two songs stayed put with Eternal's "Power of a Woman" at number 9 and "Salvation" by The Cranberries at number ten
Gains
The big gains this week came from Human Nature who nab their first top 20 single with "Got It Goin' On" up nine to 19 while La Bouche also break into the top twenty as they are up 14 places to number 20 with "Sweet Dreams (Ola Ola e)"
The weird run of Melissa Etheridge's "I Want to come Over" has continued as it's up 9 places to 29.
"Firestarter" by The Prodigy is up ten places off its debut to 30. No surprise considering it was a UK number one, I expect it to be huge here too.
Losers
Most of the big losers are around the lower reaches of the top 50 and mostly all songs that were losing steam anyway like John Farnham's "Have a Little Faith in Us" which slipped 12 places to 37 and "Hey Lover" by LL Cool J which tumbled hard from 29 to 41.
It was also bad news for CDB's "Don't Stop" which seems to have sputtered out to be the biggest loser of the week dropping 14 places to 46. Ouch!
Bon Jovi's "These Days" drops 9 places to 50.
New Entries
We start the new entries with the biggest new song on the chart being an overseas hit already that being Michael Jackson's "They Don't Care About Us" which entes ths week at 33.. It's then back to Regurgitator's new single 'Kong Foo Song" which enters at 36.
A Swiss born Italian musician and DJ called Robert Miles has landed his first hit on the ARIA singles chart with "Children" at number 45.
Candy Girls feat. Sweet Pussy Pauline are back with "Wham Bam" at number 47 and finally, British rock band Spacehog have trotted in at number 48 with "In the Meantime"
Let's head overseas and check out the UK and US top 5.
United Kingdom (Official Charts)
The UK has a brand new number one and unsurprisingly it comes from George Michael with his new single "Fastlove". Watch for it here because I have a feeling this song might be huge.
"Fastlove' pushed "Return of the Mack" by Mark Morrison back to number 2. Gina G's "Ooh Aah...Just a Little bit" remains at number 3.
Manic Street Preachers fell back two places to number 4 with "A Design for Life" while "Cecilia" by Suggs and Louchie Lou/Michie One is up one place to number 5.
USA (Billboard Hot 100)
It's a sixth week at number one for Celine Dion with "Because You Loved Me" but she may well havea challenge to get a seventh week because Mariah Carey's "Always Be My Baby" which stayed at number two next week but appears to be an imminent threat for number one.
"Nobody Knows" by The Tony Rich Project and "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette remain where they are at 3 and 4 respectively.
Coolio's "1, 2, 3. 4 (Sumpin New)" jumped one place to reach the top 5 at number 5.
And that brings an end to Charting 1996 for the week.
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