Brace yourselves for a pretty busy chart week this week because we got some pretty significant changes in our top ten and seven new entries including several that I think might just stay long term on the chart but anyway let's start with the top ten where right at the very top, "To Be With You" by Mr Big continues to squat at number one...now it's hold on number one might be coming under pressure from our new number two that being "One in a Million" by Euphoria as it jumped an incredible thirteen slots this week which is just wild, it could be the group's second number one after "Love You Right".
It pushed "Under the Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers down to number three as it couldn't match the sales of "One in a Million" and it's now facing a considerable challenge to stay there from "Take It From Me" by Girlfriend which rose ten places to number four and is also looking like being a contender for number one in a few weeks.
The two big new arrivals in the top ten caused a large majority of the rest of the top ten to take hits as "Stay" by Shakespears Sister slipped two to number five and "In the Closet" by Michael Jackaon dropped one spot to number six.
The damage impacted "Way Out West" by James Blundell and James Reyne as that slid three places to number seven while the still atrocious "James Brown is Dead" by L.A. Style slipped one place to number eight and isn't leaving quick enough.
Staying steady at number nine is "That Word (L.O.V.E)" by The Rockmelons feat. Cutty Rabks, Nardo Ranks and Deni Hines while Teen Queens fell four places to number ten with "Be My Baby"
Gains
So let's start with "Mistadobolina" by Del Tha Funkee Homosapien is up from 22 to break into the top twenty at number 18....I think this might be headed for the top ten but we'll see.
Happy that "Man Alive" by Diesel jumped eleven places to 27 this week while "Hazard" by Richard Marx jumped from 43 to 29 this week as Aussies continue to appreciate story songs somehow.
Not so thrilling is the seven place gain for "Save the Best for Last" by Vanessa Williams to 30...come on folks, 1992 has had enough bland sappiness on the charts without making this a hit...Radio already has enough songs for 'Love Songs and Dedications" as it is.
"Help Yourself" by Julian Lennon got a sudden ten place boost to 35 while Soul II Soul jumped six places to 42 with "Joy" as did Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven" to 44.
Re Entries
Just one return this week from R Kelly and Public Announcement with "She's Got that Vibe" back at 46...I'm okay with that.
Losers
Lets start at the bottom and work our way up because "Sister's Crazy" by Candy Harlots spun down eight places to 49 while the pretty terrible "Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven" by Bryan Adams is finally on its way to dying as it toppled from 31 to 48 this week.
Unfortunately "Father's Day" by Wedddings Parties Anything fell ten places off its debut to 39 this week which is a shame because its a really damn good song. In better news "Goodnight Girl" by Wet Wet Wet fell eight to 38, a song that can leave any time now as it has overstayed it's welcome on the chart.
Indecent Obsession can't find anyone else who wants to kiss them so "Kiss Me" plunged ten places to 37 while it's a good thing that "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" for Prince and the New Power Generation because it's down ten to 34.
Rick Price's "Not A Day Goes By" slipped eleven places to 21 this week and 2 Unlimited's "Get Ready for this" dropped from 17 to 22.
New Entries
Seven new entries this week so let's begin with...
50. “Cry” by Lisa Edwards
So Lisa Edwards, primarily a backing vocalist for artists
like Kylie Minogue and John Farnham, is stepping out in front of the mic with a
cover of Godley & Crème’s 1985 song “Cry” and wow, the production here
really lets this cover down because while I like the pianos and the swell that
comes in under Edwards vocals, there’s a weird fart like noise that never ever
goes away and it just become really distracting which is disappointing because Edwards
is throwing herself into the emotion of this song. It by no means is the worst
cover this year, but it could have been so much better.
45. “Even Flow” by Pearl Jam
Ahh a new single from Pearl Jam and given I still like “Alive”
a lot I was looking forward to hearing this and yeah…I like this because for
one thing, the production and mixing allows Eddie Vedder’s vocals to shine, and
the guitars still shred on this. The lyrics tell the story of a homeless man who
sleeps on concrete and asks passers-by for money, but he is also illiterate and
maybe suffering from mental illness hence struggles to keep his thoughts
coherent which shows Pearl Jam aren’t afraid to approach some really said and
really dark material. I like this a fair bit…
43. “Remedy” by Black Crows
So here is the first single from the Black Crows second
album “The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion” and here’s the weird thing,
why is apart of this song reminding me of “It Must have been love” by Roxette
and why am I not impressed, the vocals have no grunt to them the same way that
Eddie Vedder or even Kurt Cobain would while the lyrics ramble on about a
remedy of some kind…yeah nah…let’s move on…this is not impressive at all.
41. “Friday, I’m in Love” by The Cure
The Cure’s second single from “Wish” has been described by
the band’s lead songwriter Robert Smith a ‘naïve, happy pop song’ and yeah, he
is right. The song is a blissfully happy little song about not caring if the
world is blue on Monday because it’s on Friday that he is in love because of course
he has the “Friday Feeling” we all get at the end of a long week and boy it
resonates pretty damn well and that production also expresses the relief of it
being Friday with that keyboard and guitar. Nice job!
31. “Innocence” by Deborah Blando
So this is a song from an Italian born Brazilian singer and
composer and I am sorry but this is bland as all hell and reminds me A LOT of
Bette Midler’s “From A Distance” but instead this song’s hook asks some empty rhetoric
questions about who is going to fight for innocence and who is going to fight
for justice and the truth without really having her own answers to any of her questions….yes,
the piano and guitars give the song a prettiness but that only takes it so far
when Blando doesn’t seem to want to engage with the questions it’s asking. Next!
25. “I Can Feel It” by Radio Freedom
So Radio Freedom are an Australian dance group trio with
this song being their first ARIA charting single and oh dear…this is another song
diving head first into pop Eurodance territory and mostly really just being a harmless
love song even if the lyrics are a little on the skeezy side and the chorus can
feel like it’s being shouted at you and does leave you asking what it is they
are feeling. Ehh, it’s fine…check it out if you are curious.
20. “Jump” by Kriss Kross
Well okay…this is a surprise, Kriss Kross are a duo comprised
of Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly and Chris Daddy Mac” Smith, both aged around 12 and
13 which is just wild considering that this song is the highest new debut of
the week and “Jump” samples everything from “I Want You Back” to “Impeach The President”
by the Honey Drippers yet still works so incredibly well because both kids can
just flow against this beat quite impressively. The song was written after the group’s
producer Jermaine Dupri observed a crowd jumping at a concert he was attending….this
song is also a bit fun…really enjoyed this.
“Jump” by Kriss Kross is best of the week just shading out “Friday,
I’m In Love” by The Cure and “Even Flow” by Pearl Jam. Worst of the week goes
to “Innocence” by Deborah Blando for asking rhetorical questions and failing to
engage with what she is asking.
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