Charting 1996: October 20th.

So this week was interesting to say the least especially as there's turbulence in the air within the top ten, there's signs that the current number one is starting to look shaky so let's talk about that top ten where "Macarena" by Los Del Rios keeps the number one spot for another week but that margin on sales is narrowing and while it may hold on for another week, it maybe close.

This could fall to the advantage of Donna Lewis who moved up two places to number two this week with "I Love You Always Forever", it's making major gains on sales but whether or not it's enough to dislodge "Macarena" from number one remains to be seen but it was enough to dislodge "You're Makin' Me High" by Toni Braxton which fell back to number two and "I'll Be There for You" by The Remembrants back to number four.

All of this however ignores that Spice Girls have climbed five places to number five this week with "Wannabe" and I guess of any song in the top five that looks likely to take down "Macarena", it's this slice of in your face Euro dance pop.

A one place gain to number six for Jimmy Barnes "Lover Lover" as it moved past Savage Garden's "I Want You" which fell back to number seven.

The first of two songs arriving in the top ten is at number eight and I actually think this is an excllent song, it's Eric Clapton's "Change The World" which moved up five spots. Nice.

Dropping four places to number nine though is Los Del Mar feat. Pedro Castano's version of "Macarena"

Finally rounding out the top ten is the second of the new songs within it that being the rather lame "Let's Make It A Night to Remember" by Bryan Adams which moved up two places.

Gains

New Edition's strange run on the charts continues with "Hit Me off" leaping eleven places to 17.

"That Girl" by Maxi Priest feat. Shaggy has rebounded eight place places to eighteen.

Belinda Carlisle's "In Too Deep" enters the top twenty rising from thirty one to nineteen.

Dead or Alive's remix of "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record" moved up big this week from forty four to twenty nine.

Sheryl Crow's "If It Makes You Happy" has springboarded from forty one to thirty four off it's return last week.

Losers

So as usual we have got some big losers down the lower end of the chart like "Blue" from LeAnn Rimes hitting forty five and "Forgiven, Not Forgotten" by The Corrs dropping ten places to forty six.

BoDeans "Closer to Free" dropped from seventeen to thirty this week while former number one "Killing Me Softly" by Fugees dropped from twenty nine to thirty seven.

American chart topper "Tha Crossroads" by Bone Thug-N-Harmony took a detour from sixteen to twenty five.

New Entries

An Italian-French trance music act called B.B.E have this week's highest new entry witth "Seven Days and One Week" at number thirty two,

Australian band Spiderbait have their second ARIA charting single with "Buy Me A Pony" in at forty seven.

Finally wrapping up this week is Warren G feat. Adina Howard with
"What's Love Got to Do With It?"  which does indeed sample Tina Turner's 1984 hit "What's Love Got to Do With It?". I actually don't mind it to be honest!