So we've got a pretty diverse week in the new entries and the top ten...ughh,..actually let's get to the top ten because for a second week "Amigos Para Siempre (Friends For Life)" by Jose Carreras and Sarah Brightman held onto the number one spot, this looks locked for a long stay at the top here, folks and in a way that's kind of relieving because right behind it at number two is "Please Don't Go" by K.W.S which returned to number two because people are still dignifying this stupid song.
Anyway it pushed back "Hazard" by Richard Marx to number three while "As Ugly as They Wanna Be" by Ugly Kid Joe has stalled at number and its under threat of being passed by "Rhythm is Dancer" by Snap which jumped seven places to hit the top ten at number five this week!
Hell, "Rhythm is a Dancer" has got that much momentum it pushed "Too Funky" by George Michael back to number five this week.
Sophie B. Hawkins slow and steady climb up the top ten continues as "Damn, I Wish I was Your Lover" rose one spot to number seven.
In the second of four songs ("Rhythm is a Dancer" being the first) spending their first week inside the top ten, "Everything is Alright" by John Farnham, Kate Ceberano and Jon Stevens up five spots to number eight...nice to see as I still really like that song.
Rising two places to hit the top ten at number nine is Mariah Carey's version of "I'll Be There"...I'm cool with that as well. The song is fine even if I think Mariah over does it vocally on the song.
Finally the fourth song is a new entry and it comes from Bobby Brown with a song called 'Humpin' Around" debuting at number ten, I'll have more to say about this song later but this looks like it may well be on the road to being a hit...wouldn't surprise me if it made a run for number one in the weeks ahead.
Gains
"Knockin' On Heaven's Door" by Guns 'N' Roses continues to knock it's way up the chart, this week its up six places to 14.
I am not impressed that Sir Mix A Lot's "Baby Got Back" rose from 23 to 16 and "Life is A Highway" by Tom Cochrane jumped from 24 to 17...we can do so much better than both these songs, Australia.
En Vogue's "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" leaped from 41 to 36 this week while "It's Probably Me" by Sting with Eric Clapton climbed seven places off it's debut last week to 41.
Losses
Alright...XTC get us underway here because "The Disappointed" slumped six places to 50 while "Deeply Dippy" by Right Said Fred dipped seven places to 47 (thank god, this is unlikely to be a hit here)
2 Unlimited's "Workaholic" isn't quite working out a hit for them as it plunged from 39 to 46 while Mr Big sky dives from 38 to 44 with "Just Take My Heart",
The Rockmelons massive hit earlier this year with Cutty Ranks, Nardo Ranks and Deni Hines "That Word (L.O.V.E)" slipped from 36 to 43 this week.
"Clunk EP" by Frente" clunked out eleven places to 39 as its on its way out...again I don't have a problem with that.
"She's Got That Vibe" by R. Kelly & Public Announcement slipped six places to 37 while "The One" by Elton John tumbled eight places to 35 and "Beauty & The Beast" by Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson stumbled nine places to 27...thank goodness.
"Cry" by Lisa Edwards continues to lose momentum as it fell from 15 to 22 while "Sexy MF" by Prince and The New Power Generation slipped ten places to 19, "Save The Best for Last" by Vanessa Williams slipped six places to 13 and "Heaven Knows" by Rick Price tumbled six places out of the top ten to 12...a pretty sudden fall for that last song unfortunately.
New Entries
Six new entries this week, let's begin with.
49. "All I Want is You" by Bryan Adams
So here we go again with Bryan Adams..oh god, what's with the shrill guitars that can't build any sort of solid momentum and Bryan Adams yelling that if this girl doesn't want love she must be nuts or crazy not to want it because all Adams wants is her, it's love or bust according to Adams. Yeah, this is not even close to romantic, this is just yuck. Maybe I was too harsh on "Ihought I died and gone to heaven" because somehow this is even worse than that. SKIP IT!
40. "Baby Don't Cry" by INXS
Ahh a second single from that forthcoming INXS album, this time with a more memorable melody but again it's the placement of the vocals in the mix around the hook that bother me here, they sound almost compressed or buried by the guitars and when the most charismatic lead vocallist in rock like Michael Hutchence sounds like he is recording his vocals three rooms over...it's a bit of a worry. It's not completely bad but this doesn't work the way I think INXS were hoping it too.
38. "I Don't Care As Long as We Beat New Zealand" by Andrew Denton and The Live & Sweaty Team
Oh god, how to explain this? Alright, this song comes courtesy of ABC's part sports talk part comedy show "Live and Sweaty" that is hosted by Andrew Denton. Now it should be stressed that this song is a novelty song parodying the sporting rivalry between Australia and New Zealand so I'm going to judge it on the level of it being a pretty silly novelty song that even samples Norman May shouting "Gold! Gold! Gold" at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and Denton bemoaning the fact that Australia no longer had the Olympic stars like Shane Gould and Dawn Fraser to get the country that bounty of gold at the Olympics anymore but it according to Andrew Denton and the Live and Sweaty team...they don't care as long as Australia beats New Zealand. Look, the song is kind of funny but it is going to age kind of badly in the months ahead beyond the Olympics.
31. "It's Not Over" by The Rockmelons and Deni Hines
Oh finally a song that is actually pretty damn good, The Rockmelons choosing to go a slightly softly route here with Deni Hines taking lead vocals on a song where she's expressing regret for mistreating this guy in that she was cheating on her partner and now is hoping that this partner will open his heart and forgive her even though she knows she can't turn back time to fix the mess she's made of the relationship. Yeah this is pretty solid even if I think the hook is a little repetitive but there's enough emotion in that that hook from Hines to make it pretty good. Check it out!
29. "Do For You" by Euphoria
Alright, the latest from Euphoria and it turns out its a pretty snazzy little pop rock number with Andrew McFarland taking the lead vocals and yeah it fits here because this is honestly the best thing Euphoria have released even it sounds directly ripped from the eighties and even if the "Na na na" part of the song doesn't sound like it fits and it is a pretty basic love song, it still all works well. Yeah this song is a bit of fun, check it out!
10. "Humpin' Around" by Bobby Brown.
So here's the return of Bobby Brown with a new single and it's got all the hallmarks of having the new jack swing sound here combined with an interpolation of "Dancing Days" by Led Zeppelin, it's fairly obvious that Bobby Brown wants to be like Michael Jackson although its obvious he doesn't have the charisma to pull that off and let's be real here, Brown sounds more flat than anything else. Trade Bobby for Michael and this song could have been massive.
That rounds up the week and the worst falls out easily...that's going to "All I Want is You" by Bryan Adams for being utterly sleazy and worthless.
As for the best though, it's between two but "It's Not Over" by The Rockmelons feat. Deni Hines just edges out "Do For You" by Euphoria for the best.
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