Well this feels like a pretty conventional week here with there being a fair amount of movement in the top ten and outside the top ten as well so may as well dig right in and begin where there's no change which is right at the very top with "Saltwater" by Julian Lennon keeping the number one spot for now...I'm not certain if there's anything that can challenge it at the moment,
It may not come from our new number two that being Kate Bush with "Rocket Man (I Think it's Going to be a Long Long Time)" which got a sales boost this week to hit number two surprisingly. Didn't think this song would take off like it has in the last few weeks but regardless it pushed "Love You Right" by Euphoria down one spot to number three, it looks like it's pretty much done with its run.
Remaining at number four for another week is "Tip Of My Tongue" by Diesel but its starting to come under pressure from "Dizzy" by Vic Reeves & The Wonder Stuff which rose two places to number seven and it also brought "Remember The Time" by Michael Jackson up two places to number six with it! Nice to see!
The first of the two big stories that lie within the top ten is at number seven with "I Can't Dance" by Genesis as it climbed six places to reach the top ten. I still like this song so I am okay with this being here.
Salt 'n' Pepa slipped two places to number eight with "Let's Talk About Sex"..that song is pretty much on the way out.
What did surprise me though was the six place collapse to number nine for "Justified & Ancient" by The KLF...that came out of nowhere.
Wrapping up the top ten is the eight place rise for "Marvellous" by the 12th Man to number ten, this has some wild moment thanks mostly to the ongoing Cricket World Cup which is in the finals now so of course this song has gotten huge.
Gains
So not vey many big gains outside of our top ten however "Alive" by Pearl Jam climbed into the top twenty rising from 22 to 16 while "I Think I Love" by Voice of the Beehive climbed from 21 to 17 (this cover gets worse every single time I hear it)
2 Unlimited continue to climb, this week "Get Ready for This" jumped fourteen places to number 20 while "Come As You Are" by Nirvana jumped ten spots to 25 and "Under the Bridge" by The Red Hot Chili Peppers raced up eleven spots to 27.
Most of these gains are pretty awesome...happy to see "Under the Bridge" climbing especially.
Sticking around a lot longer than I thought is "Do You Feel Like I Feel?" by Belinda Carlisle...I honestly forgot this song existed about a minute after I heard it.
Also "Ghost of a Texas Man by Concrete Blonde somehow rose twelve places to 32...ewww.
Losers
It's a busy week on this side of things so like always we'll begin at the bottom and work our way up so Freaked Out Flower Children slipped six places to 49. "Black or White" by Michael Jackson stumbled down ten places to 46 while the Clivilles & Cole remix of the song got hit with an eight place drop to 40.
"Ain't No Sunshine" by The Rockmelons feat. Deni Hines fell eight places to 48 while "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)" by Rozalla collapsed from 23 to 39 and "Cool Jesus" by Maybe Dolls fell from 31 to 37.
Jimmy Barnes cover of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" fell from 29 to 36...unfortunately, "If You Were with Me Now" by Kylie Minogue and Keith Washington slipped from 26 to 33.
Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" skidded from 15 to 23 while sadly, "It's Only Natural" by Crowded House tumbled from 16 to 22.
"Finally" by CeCe Peniston slipped from 9 to 13, it's not had the most convincing run ever.
New Entries
Just three new entries this week beginning with...
41. "Not A Day Goes By" by Rick Price
Okay so this is the lead single from Australian singer songwriter Rick Price's upcoming album called "Heaven Knows" and honestly it's not bad...I like the guitars and the dramatic swell behind the instrumentation on the song as Price wonders why he is so clingy and why he can't stop thinking about where this girl and wants this girl to tell him how he can get her off his mind and why he never hears from her, its full of yearning and wanting answers..yeah it's a bit clingy lyrically and we don't really get any hints as to why she left. Still good song...check it out.
34. "You Showed Me" by Salt 'n' Pepa
So this song has a bit of a history, it was originally released as a single by The Turtles at the end of 1968 which was to be their last big hit in the US, its now been given pop/hip hop cross over version by Salt 'N' Pepa in 1991 and took its sweet damn time to reach the Australian charts...look it's fine and bringing in new jack swing for their version of the song is inspired and does improve it on the original but still I am not sure how much I'll be coming back to this...it's catchy but Salt 'n' Pepa have done better.
19. "Human Touch" by Bruce Springsteen
So this is the lead single from the upcoming album of the same name and really this is just another decent Bruce Springsteen song. It's not quite got the fire power of his singles from the 80s but yeah it's a gentle song that kicks up a gear going into the final bridge and chorus where Springsteen is genuinely wanting somebody else to talk to or as he calls it "human touch"...yeah this connects for me a good way...check it out if you are curious.
And that's this week...worst goes to "You Showed Me" by Salt 'N' Pepa...it's not that bad...it's just the song that I didn't connect with all that much. I think "Human Touch" just edges out "Not a Day Goes By' for best of the week.
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