So this week was a wild one, multiple new entries a little lower down the chart and it looks like the challenge for the number one spot is on because while "Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus maintained the number one spot but as I said last week, the sales look like they are slowing for this which makes it vulnerable to the continuing momentum of "End of the Road' by Boyz II Men which rose one place to number two and looks the most likely song to take the number one spot if not next week...soon.
It pushed "The Best Things in Life are Free" by Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson back to number three as unfortunately sales just couldn't match those of "End of the Road". The same goes for "The Day You Went Away" by Wendy Matthews which remains stuck at number four..
"Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" by Patty Smyth and Don Henley up two to number five but I suspect that might be because the songs behind it are fading even with "Ain't No Doubt' by Jimmy Nail steady at number six however "Erotica" by Madonna down two to number seven.
However the rest of the top ten kept the status quo for the week with "November Rain" by Guns 'n' Roses at number eight, "White Men Can't Jump" by Riff at number nine and "Keep the Faith' by Bon Jovi on number ten.
Gains
So "Accidently Kelly Street" by Frente climbed nine spots off it's debut last week to hit 14. I would not be surprised if this goes top ten in the next few weeks.
Felix returned to the top twenty with "Don't You Want Me' rebounding from 21 to 17 while 2 Unlimited's "The Magic Friend" also recovered up from 33 to 19 however one of the biggest gains off a debut from last week belonged to "Would I Lie to You" by Charles and Eddie which somehow jumped from 45 all the way to the cusp of the top twenty at 21...that kind of blew my mind a bit, the song is fine but for it to gain this much traction...really?
Brian May's "Too Much Love Will Kill You" continued it's upward trajectory as it surged nine places to 23 while "I Ain't Going to Eat Out My Heart Anymore" got a decent sized boost up from 46 to 32.
Re Entries
So a re entry that doesn't really make a lot of sense here is "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)" by Rozalla at 49...that seems really strange for it to come back..
Losers
So we have "Please Don't Go" by K.W.S on the way out down from 34 to 47 while the moon is setting on Margaret Urlich's "Boy in the Moon" down from 37 to 44.
Unfortunately "It's Not Over" by Rockmelons feat. Deni Hine just couldn't get a foothold on the chart as it slipped from 31 to 42 while Roxette's "How Do You Do" slipped ten to 36 and "Neighbour" by Ugly Kid Joe down five to 30.
"Tennessee" by Arrested Development down from 24 to 31 while former number one "Humpin' Around" by Bobby Brown slipped from 19 to 30. "What Kind of Fool (Heard All That Before)" by Kylie Minogue skidded ten places to 28.
Sir Mix A Lot's "Baby Got Back" lost all it's gains from last week to tumble back to 22.
New Entries
Seven new entries this week so going to keep it kind of brief for each song, let's start with...
15th November
50. “Bettadaze” by Boom Crash Opera
The first four new entries are from Australian acts and we’re
starting with the latest single from Boom Crash Opera this week, “Bettadaze” is
the lead single from their third album “Fabulous Beast” to be released in 1993
and look this is fine? The guitar riff is doing a lot of heavy lifting here
especially as I don’t think the song is anything all that special lyrically
even if the chorus and the way it soars reminds me of U2 while the rest of the
song seems very Boom Crash Opera and to degree that might be jarring but ehh,
the song is fine, check it out if you are curious.
48. “Impossible to Fly” by Baby Animals
So here we have the first new music from Baby Animals since
“One Word” charted…it’s legit impossible to find a studio version of this song
so I’ll have to make do with the live version of this song and well, it’s a
more chilled laidback song than what you might expect from Baby Animals with
lots of jazz elements although the song does step it up with drums in the
latter half but as usual it’s frontwoman Suze DeMarchi stealing the show, her
vocals are just on point. I recommend checking this song out, it’s great.
45. “Highway to Hell (Live)” by AC/DC
Ooh wow…this is tonal whiplash, going from a chill almost
jazz Baby Animals song to a live version of one of AC/DC’s more obnoxious songs
is a bit much, I’ve never liked AC/DC, I find “Long Way to the Top” to be
absolutely awful (put those bloody bagpipes away), as for this song, taken from
the 1979 album of the same name, sure
the guitars have some good are just headache inducing, also if you are on a
fucking highway to hell, shouldn’t the instrumentation sound more dark and
imposing? It’s just too bright for a song where hook intimates he is on a
highway to hell. Now I need some paracetamol to deal with this headache.
43. “Holiday” by Ratcat
So the fourth of our Aussie new entries comes from Ratcat
who have taken the opportunity to make a cheeky rock song about going on a
holiday and there being so much for them to do, it’s catchy but there’s about
as much depth put into the writing of this song to the point it sounds like
they actually took a holiday while writing the song although to be fair they do
mention surfing and suntanning while on this holiday and the instrumentation
does pick up on the vibe of a holiday…I guess I can tolerate this?
41. “Jump!” by The Movement
Oh god, another week another techno electronic song…I swear
most of these songs are starting to blend together into ear grating mindless
incoherence but anyway here we have American duo called The Movement with their
song called “Jump!” which features clattering noise, somebody screaming “ARE
YOU READY TO JUMP? JUMP JUMP!” into incoherence, shrill noises that convinced
me that the studio was on fire and needed to be evacuated during the recording
only for the noises to get shriller as the song went on and includes sections
of 2 Unlimited’s “You Ready For This”, a song I am ambivalent on at best. No,
this song has no right to steal the title of Kriss Kross’s far better hit from
this year, all The Movement did was make my headache from AC/DC even worse and
rather than jump, I just want to turn this song off.
40. “Ebeneezer Goode” by The Shamen
More electronic music this time courtesy of Scottish group
The Shamen…a song that got huge in the UK going to number one there and unlike
most electronic music in 1992, I can appreciate this one because at least it’s
got a solid as hell groove and a bit of a melody and even if the lyrics sneak
in references to the drug ectasy, I don’t mind this especially in comparison to
the rest of what we have heard in terms of electronic music this year. It’s fine.
29. “Tequila” by ALT & The Lost Civilization
One of the other big trends of 1992…cover songs is also
covered this week thanks to American rapper ALT and the Lost Civilization with
this cover being of a 1958 Mexican flavoured rock and roll instrumental written
by Chuck Rio and recorded by The Champs, it wound up being a considerable hit
so of course what is needed in 1992 is for Alt and The lost Civilization to
throw a rap verse over what is a pretty timeless groove and melody where the
verses throw in the names of all the alcohol where he is chilling on the beach
with his mates Jack Daniels and Jim Beam. All the others mentioned in the song
are the names of various alcoholic cocktails, look, as far as covers go if you
can get past some of the cringey rap bars, it’s not too bad…it is silly though.
And that wraps up the week and maan, bit of a rough week
here but best of the week is going to “Impossible to Fly” by Baby Animals, just
edging out both “Holiday” by Ratcat and “Ebeneezer Goode” by The Shamen.
As for worst…that’s going to whatever the hell “Jump!” by
The Movement was…I don’t ever want to hear that again.
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