Ugh. This is one of those weeks that was better and worse in a lot of ways. Worse when you look at the top ten but on the better side some of the gains are at least better? But anyway let's not waste anymore time and get to the top ten where we have a new number one..."Achy Breaky Heart' by Billy Ray Cyrus surged to take the number one spot as sales kicked into gear hard with this song helping it climb the three places to the top of the summit.
However right behind it is "Life is a Highway" by Tom Cochrane up one spot to number two...it's sales have been really good but just not enough to match those of "Achy Breaky Heart" but it was enough to move part "Amigos Para Siempre (Friends for Life)" by Jose Carreras and Sarah Brightman which slipped down to number three as it gracefully starts to move out of the top ten.
Snap's "Rhythm is a Dancer" rebounded one spot to number four while "November Rain" by Guns 'n' Roses also rebounded one to number five however the reason both these songs rebounded is that "Humpin' Around" by Bobby Brown fell hardcore losing the number one spot and stumbling five places to number six.
Continuing it's rise is "Best Things in Life are Free" by Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson which got a three place boost to number seven. Nice!
It pushed "Sesame's Treet" by Smart E's down one to number eight, "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix A Lot back one to number nine and "Please Don't Go" by K.W.S finishing the top ten down one at number ten.
Gains.
Alright so let's deal with some of these gains, on the good to excellent side is the massive gains for "The Day You Went Away" by Wendy Matthews leaping from 30 to 17 this week...be nice to see this song hit the top ten eventually. I also welcome the gains for "Tennessee" by Arrested Development which climbed from 22 to 14. I can even tolerate that "Do You Want Me" by Felix climbed from 36 to 29.
Hell, I'm even okay with "Ain't No Doubt" by Jimmy Nail gettin a five place gain to 38 and "Breaking the Girl" by Red Hot Chili Peppers rising six places to 38.
I am not so happy that Kylie Minogue's "What Kind of Fool (Heard All That Before)" rose from 37 to 25. Kylie has done better, Australia. Come on.
Re entries
Just one new entry and it comes from Def Leppard who returned at 48 with "Have You Ever Really Needed Someone So Bad"
Losers
Bryan Adams is thankfully on his way out of the top 50 with "All I Want Is You" down seven to 40, the same can be said for "Even Better Than The Real Thing" by U2 down eight to 49.
Girlfriend's "Girl's Life" just utterly collapsed from 31 to 43 this week as it seems like they've turned their attention to promoting "Without You"
Former top ten hit "Too Funky" by Geore Michael dived from 24 to 37 this week while the wispy and insubstantial "Love How You Love Me" by Teen Queens fell ten places off their debut to hit 35.
More top ten hits fell hard alongside "Too Funky" though with "This Used to Be My Playground" by Madonna slipped from 27 to 31 while "Everything's Alright" by John Farnham, Kate Ceberano and Jon Stevens fell ten places to 21 and "As Ugly As They Wanna Be" by Ugly Kid Joe slumped seven spots to 20.
New Entries
Three new entries this week, let's start with...
44. "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" by Patty Smyth with Don Henley
Well this is a sombre way to start a review of the songs debuting on the chart this week but here we have this rock ballad duet between Patty Smyth and Don Henley. The song was co written by Smyth and Glen Burtnik with the lyrics referring to the end of a relationship where both people are looking to move on with their lives and make sense of the aftermath of the break up where love just wasn't enough to keep the couple together despite the residual feelings for each other being there but both people acknowledge that it's probably for the best the relationship ends, it's a dark and kind of harrowing song that yeah, hurts. If this makes the year end expect to see this on my best list somewhere.
40. "Something Good" by Utah Saints
Now to lighten the mood here with English electronic duo Utah Saints (strange name for an English duo...I know) with "Something Good" being the first song from the EP. Now this song contains a sample of Kate Bush's song "Cloudbusting" (a UK top 20 hit in 1985 for Kate Bush) and when I say the Kate Bush sample is the best thing about this song if you can hear her over the noisy patter of drums and other electronic elements in the mix along with the voice screaming "Utah Saints" into shrill incoherence, yeah I have no tolerance for songs that sound like they'd be good for audio torturing somebody so yeah...PASS!
28. "Hey Hey We're The Broncos" by Ipswich Connection
So rugby league is on the ARIA singles chart courtesy of the Brisbane Broncos with a group known as Ipswich Connection that comprises of Btoncos players Allan Langer and the Walters twins Kerrod and Kevin. Now this is a parody of the 1966 hit by The Monkees called "Hey Hey We're the Monkees". Look, I don't really have much to say about this song mostly because it is a parody and basically a hype song for the Brisbane Broncos rugby league team but I will say some of these lyrics are hilarious.."Hey hey, we're the Broncos and we're not horsin' around" just makes me giggle. Look, it's harmless, check it out.
That completes our surprisingly short week and both best and worst fall out easily here, with the worst going to "Something Good" by Utah Saints because yeah...that was intolerable however "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" by Patty Smyth with Don Henley runs away with the best of the week and that wasn't a contest
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