Well, the top ten finally got interesting this week with changes everywhere including at number one that I didn't see coming so let's start there as usual with a first time number one for both these artists...yep, Jose Carreras and Sarah Brightman take the number one spot with "Amigos Para Siempre (Friends for Life)" , a six place climb thanks to momentum coming from the Olympics and yeah the song does connect in a lot of ways.
It blew right past last week's number one "Hazard" by Richard Marx stepping back to number two as it just couldn't go with the momentum of "Amigos Para Siempre (Friends For Life)" and it was pretty much the same case for "Please Don't Go" by K.W.S" shifting back to number three.
Rising one place to number four is "As Ugly as They Wanna Be" by Ugly Kid Joe because of course it's still got some sales...yay...not.
All of this pushed "Too Funky" by George Michael back two places to number five, I kind of thought this song would have the momentum to take the number one a few weeks ago but it just hasn't happened.
Then there's the surprise five place rise to number six for "Heaven Knows" by Rick Price! Pleased to see this. Glad to see this song suddenly having a well deserved gain, it's one of the few ballads that hasn't made me cringe this year.
Speaking of cringe, "Save The Best For Last" by Vanessa Williams slipped three places to number seven while "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover" by Sophie B. Hawkins stalls at number eight.
"Sexy MF" by Prince and The New Power Generation slumped three places to number nine while "This Used to be My Playground" by Madonna slipped one spot to number ten.
Gains
Mariah Carey's "I'll Be There" sits on the cusp of the top ten as it rose four places to number 11 while Snap's "Rhythm is a Dancer" by Snap climbed six places to number 12 (I'll back this to be in the top ten next week).
Smashing its way into the top twenty is "Everything's Alright" by John Farnham, Kate Ceberano and Jon Stevens up eleven to 13! Nice to see!
Also nice to see is "Knockin' On Heavens Door" by Guns 'n' Roses up eight to 20.
"Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix A Lot climbed six places to 23 while "Life is a Highway" by Tom Cochrane jumped nine to 24. Not thrilled about either of those to be honest.
In much better news though, "How Do You Do" by Roxette got a nice eleven place boost to 29. Again, this song is good fun.
"Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" by TLC rose six places to 30 while "Tear Me Apart" by The Angels jumped ten spots to 35 (Come on people, The Angels are better than this)
En Vogue's "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" jumped nine places to 41 while "Barcelona" by Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballe climbed six spots off it's debut last week to 42.
Losers
Alright so let's begin with "Twilight Zone" by 2 Unlimited falling ten places to 49 while "That Word (L.O.V.E)" by The Rockmelons feat. Cutty Ranks, Nardo Ranks and Deni Hines slipped ten places to 36...not too worried as that song is pretty well effectively locked onto the year end list.
'Make Love Like a Man" by Def Leppard slipped from 27 to 33 while "Clunk EP" by Frente clunked down five to 28.
Former chart topper "Jump" by Kriss Kross slipped twelve places to 26. U2's "Even Better Than The Real Thing" tumbled from 16 to 21.
New Entries
Four new entries this week and it's a varied bunch this week, let's begin with...
50. "Live and Learn" by Joe Public
So we're leading off the new entries with this American group, who hail from Buffalo in New York, that embraces the New Jack swing sound and this song apparently sampling Sly and the Family Stone's "Sing a Simple Song" along with various other samples of songs ranging from James Brown to Parliament so much so I was worried that this would just be mish mash of samples rather than it's own unique song so how is it?
It's fine...even if the vocals are not in anyway convincing and the lyrics are pretty cliche about living and learning in life...they don't do much for me but instrumentation works well here with the new jack swing sound definitely doing a lot of the heavy lifting here. Check this out if you are curious and not bothered by the cliched lyrics.
48. "It's Probably Me" by Sting with Eric Clapton
Uh okay, this is an interesting pairing on a song. Sting with Eric Clapton...not sure why it doesn't say 'featuring' rather than 'with' but that's just a nitpick...let's talk about the song thesr two have put together for the film "Lethal Weapon 3".
Well I kind of expected something a little more than a chill ballad that's more what you'd expect from Eric Clapton than Sting but Sting's vocals work well here. The saxophone and guitar work well off each other in the middle eight of the song. It's a pretty basic friendship song allowing a man to express his love and admiration for another man without losing his macho status, it's nothing special but not all that bad.
46. "Tennessee" by Arrested Development
Our third new entry comes American alternative hip hop group called Arrested Development with this song coming from the album "3Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life of..." and I was curious given the title so how is the song? Well, my first thought upon hearing this song was how melodic and well crafted this song is but dig deeper and wow the lyrics cut hard...its written about frontman Todd "Speech" Thomas meeting up with his brother at his grandmother's funeral in Tennessee only to then lose his brother to a severe asthma attack shortly after with the song detailing Speech's experience with the pain losing two loved one's so close together and yeah this song clicks into a lot that's raw here.
Incredible song. Please check this out and make it a hit!
43. "Boy In the Moon" by Margaret Urlich
Margaret Urlich is back! This is her lead single from her second album "Chameleon Dreams" and wow...ignoring the fact that the piano doesn't sound like it fits here, this song feels like a by the numbers pop song with inspirational cliches linked to looking up and seeing a boy in the moon. Yeah, Margaret Urlich has done much better than this. I'm going to forget it exists in record time
So that means our best and worst fall out easily this week..."Tennessee" by Arrested Development gets best of the week (DUH!) while "Boy in the Moon" by Margaret Urlich gets the worst of the week.
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