So we've got a week here with a lot of new entries mostly lower down the chart and a few interesting shifts and moves in the top ten so let's begin there, shall we? "End of The Road" by Boyz II Men has a decent hold on the number one spot now and doesn't look like relinquishing it any time soon.
In fact, I don't see anything that can knock off for number one right now, certainly not "Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus stuck at number two as its sales have been falling for sometime. I don't see "The Day You Went Away" by Wendy Matthews regaining one spot to number three challenging either even as it pushed past "The Best Things in Life Are Free" slipped back to number four.
"November Rain" by Guns 'n' Roses continued it's rise this time up one place to number five, it pushed "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" by Patty Smyth and Don Henley back to number six.
Rising three places to number seven is "Accidently Kelly Street" by Frente which is nice to see however down one spot is "Ain't No Doubt" by Jimmy Nail back to number eight.
Then we have two songs spending their first week inside the top ten, the first of them is "Would I Lie to You" by Charles & Eddie which jumped from 13 to nine this week while unfortunately rising one spot to complete the top ten is "Something Good" by Utah Saints because I guess we do need audio torture somewhere in the top ten.
Gains
Rising eleven places to 15 is "Tequila" by ALT & The Lost Civilization which is a bit of a surprise however what is not a surprise is the twelve place gain for "Ebeneezer Goode" by The Shamen (I expect this song to be big into 1993 given how huge it has been un the UK).
Unfortunately we have some garbage getting boosts like the six place jump for "Jump!" by The Movement to 24 and "Yesterdays" by Guns 'n' Roses up big off it's debut of 42 to 28.
The Sharps "Spinosity (EP)" rose from its return of 44 to 29.
Re Entries
So we got two re entries this week with the first of them being from Boom Crash Opera at 43 with "Bettadaze". Ratcat are back at 41 with "Holiday"...I don't mind either of them being back either, they aren't bad songs
Losers
So lets start off with "Rock Your Baby" by K.W.S down seven to 48 this week...I am so glad this cover is not taking off....thank goodness for small mercies.
ABBA's "Dancing Queen" collapsed nine spots from 38 to 47 while "Rhythm is a Dancer" by Snap deep sea dived down from 32 to 45 while "Do For You" by Euphoria slithered down from 23 to 31.
"Erotica" by Madonna tumbled five to hit 13 while "White Men Can't Jump" by Riff slipped three places to 12.
New Entries
This is a long week in terms of the new entries, there's eight of them so let's start with...
46. “Scars” by 1927
We’re starting this week with the lead off single from
1927’s self-titled album. Turns out it’s a gentle guitar ballad where he knows
he at times frustrates and upsets his partner but knows he couldn’t survive without
that partner’s love and support especially at times when the world feels like a
dark place, and he’d be counting the cost of losing that love if the loved one
left him. It’s fine, could have done without the ‘na na na’ at the end but this
is still pretty good, check it out.
42. “The Last Song” by Elton John
Okay so the second single from Elton John’s album “The One”,
it was written by both Elton John and his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin
with this song released to benefit the AIDS Foundation with Taupin sending
Elton the lyrics following the death of Freddie Mercury and yeah I can kind of
see why Elton would have trouble singing this because wow, this song cuts DEEP,
it tells the story of an father who is estranged from his son and coming to terms
with the fact his homosexual son is dying of AIDs over a gorgeous piano
arrangement. I don’t want to say too
much more but this song is great. Please check it out.
40. “December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)” by The Four
Seasons
Much like “Dancing Queen” a few weeks ago, this is a song
making its return to the Australian charts thanks to a remix by Ben Liebrand,
it originally peaked at number three on the Kent Music Report charts in 1976
and hit the year end of that year at number 22 and look again the song Is an
absolute classic even if I am not personally all that wild about Frankie
Valli’s vocals, it’s a fun and kind of silly reminiscent rock song with disco
flourishes even if the lyrical content of the song is about remembering the
first time a young man had an affair with a young woman so yeah pretty cool
song that really has stood the test of time.
38. “You Don’t Treat Me No Good” by Sonia Dada
Okay next up is an American soul group calling themselves
Sonia Dada with this song being the fist to hit the Australian singles chart
and what I will say that this is catchy, that guitar riff that opens the song
has some bite to it with the song mourning the fact that this guy has had
enough of his lover treating him like shit so he is going to pack his bags and leave
especially if the love in the relationship is gone, there’s nothing in the
relationship for him anymore. Yeah the production is a bit bare bones but hey,
I still dig it.
37. “Sweet Love” by Company of Strangers
Second single from this supergroup and honestly I think I
like it a bit better than “Motor City (I Get Lost)” mostly due to the fact that
the production fits the vocals and doesn’t make the vocals sound as hollow plus
James Reyne probably sounds as good as he ever did. It’s a pretty simple song
about being in ‘sweet sweet love” and love being all his has, he doesn’t have
the luxury goods like cars and jewellery others do. I hope this does well.
36. “In Your Room” by Toni Pearen
An actress debuts on the singles top 50 this week in the
form of ‘E Street’ actress Toni Pearen with “In Your Room” being the lead
single from “Intimate” and really her debut single is pretty much your standard
90s pop song with all the usual pop trimmings and lyrics about getting up close
and personal with this guy in his room and Pearen doing her best to sound sexy
on the verses. I don’t hate it but I’m also not going to remember it either.
35. “People Everyday” by Arrested Development
About time we got a new single from Arrested Development!
“Tennessee” has only gotten better since I first heard it so I am curious to see
what this new single is like and…I have to be honest I am not digging this one
as much and it’s hard to pin down exactly why. It’s got a nice reggae sounding
groove and the vocals are pretty good with the lyrics based on real life
experiences Speech had while living in Milwaukee. I certainly don’t hate it but
it’s something I like or love either which is disappointing, but it happens
sometimes.
33. “Faith” by The Dukes
Finishing up the week with Australian r’n’b, soul and funk
band The Dukes which feature half of Absent Friends that being Sean Kelly,
Michael King and John McKay along with Geoffrey Stapleton (formerly of
GANGgajang) and Michael Armiger (formerly of Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls
and The Go Betweens with “Faith” being the first song to hit the chart, a
pretty jaunty song urging the listener to have faith. Yeah, it’s catchy but I
have the feeling that I’m going to forget about this song minutes after writing
this.
By all standards a pretty good week, I’m giving best of the
week to “The Last song” by Elton John mostly because that song hit me where it
hurt. As for the worst, there’s nothing too terrible this week so I think I’m
going to have to go with “Faith” by The Dukes, only because it really seemed
like a generic jaunty song.
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