Charting 1996: 13th October: Spice Girls Wannabe in Top Ten

So I cannot help but think the chart is on the verge of some kind of major shift soon although lately it does feel like the chart has stalled especially when you look at our top ten where for yet another week "Macarena" by Los Del Rio remains at number one.

I would say "You're Makin' Me High" by Toni Braxton, which is stuck at number two, has a chance at number one but it is losing ground on sales and is coming under threat from "I'll be There for You" by The Remembrandts which went up one place to number three this week and could well go number two next week but it's also got competition from Donna Lewis who rode up two places to number four with "I Love You Always Forever"

All of this pushed back Los Del Mar feat Pedro Castano's version of "Macarena" back two places to number five.

Savage Garden's "I Want You" regained some lost ground moving up one place to number six meanwhile in some good news Jimmy Barnes also got a two place gain for "Lover Lover" to number seven.

Metallica have stabilised at number eight with "Hero of the Day" which is not the case for Mark Morrison's "Return of the Mack" which collapsed from five to nine.

Finally in one of the biggest moves of the week, "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls moved up from twenty four to break into the top ten at number ten, this song is going to be huge, mark my words. It's a gain that also feels pretty stereotypical of 1996 as a whole.

Gains 

So outside of the Spice Girls landing in the top ten, what else gained big this week? Kulcha's "Do You Like It?" jumped from thirty nine to eighteen while "Head over Feet" by Alanis Morisette climbed to twenty two from thirty five.

Celine Dion looks set for another hit with "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" jumping from twenty nine to twenty one.

"In Too Deep" by Belinda Carlisle climbed ten places to thirty one.

Re-Entries

So the returns come from Sheryl Crow's "If It Makes You Happy" at number forty one and Fun Loving Criminals song "Scooby Snacks" at forty six.

Losers

Unfortunately "Blue" by LeAnn Rimes slipped hard from twenty one to thirty eight while The Pet Shop Boys suffered an eight place drop with "Se a Vida e (That's the Way Life is)" to thirty four.

"I Love to Love"  by La Bouche collapsed to forty, former chart topper "Killing Me Softly" by Fugees slumped nine places to twenty nine and "Hit Me Off" by New Edition smacked down twelve places to twenty eight.

Finally "That Girl" by Maxi Priest featuring Shaggy hit number twenty.

New Entries

All three new entries are down the lower end of the chart this week with the best of them being Everclear's "Heartspark Dollarsign" entering at number forty three.

Eighties band Dead or Alive are back at forty three with a 1996 remix of "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)"

Finally English alternative rock group Republica have their first ARIA charting song with "Ready to Go" entering at number forty eight