Charting 1996: May 5th. Big new entry masks a fairly normal week.

So this week saw plenty of new entries and some interesting things bubbling on the horizon and potentially heading toward the top ten speaking of which let's get to that because it is interesting this week...just not at number one which is held by "How Bizarre" by OMC for another week but right behind it is a new entry for George Michael at number two with "Fastlove". 

The arrival of "Fastlove" pushed "Father and Son" by Boyzone back to number three while "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette is now a top 5 hit after it surged up two places to number four (excellent, I really like that song).

"Missing" by Everything But the Girl dropped two places to number five as did "California Love" by 2Pac feat Dr Dre down to number six. 3T also dropped two places to number seven with "Anything" while "Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo slipped one place to number eight.

"Salvation" by The Cranberries went up to number nine pushing "Power of a Woman" by Eternal back to number ten.

Gains

Michael Jackson is one of the big gainers this week with "They Don't Care About Us" up 13 places to number 20 off the songs debut last week. Also up off the debut last week is "Children" by Robert Miles which went up nine places to 34 and Spacehog's "In the Meantime" up eight places to 40.

DJ Darren Briais is up nine places to 22 with "I Feel It" feat. Peewee Ferris, 

Losers

Deep Bliue Something's top ten hit "Breakfast At Tiffanys" is on the way out having dropped ten places from 34 to 44 while it was an even bigger drop for former chart topper "Boombastic" by Shaggy which dropped from 27 to 42.

Speaking of former chart toppers, "Wonderwall" by Oasis dropped eleven places from 28 to 39, Ouch.

Just when it looked like it had some momentum, "Got it Goin' On" by Human Nature dropped from 19 to 25 while "Peaches" by the Presidents of the United States slipped hard from 15 to 21.

New Entries

George Michael has the biggest new entry of the week with "Fastlove" debuting at number two but outside that? Well, there is Triple X's 'The X-Files Theme" new in at number 35 and "Hello Space Boy" by David Bowie which enters at number 37.

Finally turning up on the Australian charts after being a hit elsewhere around the world is "Nobody Knows" by The Tony Rich Project at number 46 and finally Bush have a new single entering the chart at number 50 called "Glycerine.

Let's check out the US and UK top 5's

UK Singles top 5 (Offical Chart Company)

In the United Kingdom, it's a second week at number one for George Michael with "Fastlove" with Mark Morrison holding on at number two with "Return of the Mack"

It's all steady in the top three with Gina G's "Ooh Ahh...just a little bit" staying at number three however "Cecilia" by Suggs and Louchie Lou/Michie One is up one place to number four.

Finally, rounding out the UK top 5 is a new entry from rock act Blur with "Charmless Man" in at number five.

US Singles top 5 (Billboard Hot 100)

Mariah Carey finally has another US number one with "Always Be My Baby" finally hitting the top spot this week, it pushed "Because You Loved Me" by Celine Dion back to number two after six weeks at number one.

The rest of the top 5 remains unchanged though with "Nobody Knows" by The Tony Rich Project at number three, "Ironic" by Alanis Morissette at number four and Coolio's "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" at number 5.

So that wraps up the week, I have no idea what's going to happen next, I suspect there's a chance "Fastlove' could take the number one from "How Bizarre" but we'll find out next week.