Good 1992 Vibrations. 8th November. What's Wrong With Talking Sly on Kelly Street?

 So I can't help but think change is in the wings looking at this week's chart especially with what is rising in the top ten and looking like a threat to our current number one and speaking of that number one that remains "Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus, it held on thanks to sales that are starting to slow down a little bit however it was enough to hold up over "The Best Things in Life Are Free" by Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson which remains stuck at number two however I don't see this song as the threat to our number one.

The threat may well come from "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men which climbed four places to number three and it's got rapidly surging sales behind it, this is is looming as major player in the weeks ahead.

It forced "The Day You Went Away' by Wendy Matthews back to number four and "Erotica" by Madonna back to number five as their sales were no match for those of "End of the Road".

It was also a similar tale for "Ain't No Doubt" by Jimmy Nail back to number six and "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" by Patty Smyth and Don Henley back one to seven.

Rebounding two places to number eight is "November Rain" by Guns 'n' Roses and "White Men Can't Jump" by Riff which returned to the top ten up two places to number nine.

Then we have "Keep The Faith' by Bon Jovi rounding out the top ten rising three places to number ten to spend a first week inside the top ten.

Gains

So "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix A Lot rebounded six places to break back into the top twenty at number sixteen while Jon Secada's "Just Another Day" also broke into the top twenty up from 23 to 17.

In better news, "Digging in the Dirt" by Peter Gabriel climbed from 39 to 23 while "Too Much Love Will Kill You" by Brian May which jumped nine places to 32.

"Lead Me to Water" by Southern Sons climbed from 42 to 36 and "Dancing Queen" by ABBA climbed from 46 to 39. 

Losers

In good news, "Sesame's Treet" by Smart E's is on the way out as it fell fourteen places to 50 while "Life is a Highway" by Tom Cochrane down from 30 to 44. 

While "Breaking The Girl" by Red Hot Chili Peppers had its somewhat weird momentum slow to a halt down ten spots to 41 while "I'll Be There' by Mariah Carey is down six to 40. 

2 Unlimited's "The Magic Friend" down eight to 33 while "Humpin' Around" by Bobby Brown down five to 19. 

New Entries

Five new entries this week so let's get the show on the road with...

49. “What’s Wrong with That Girl?” by Rick Price

The third single from Rick Price’s album “Heaven Knows” and given the successful year Price has had, I am not surprised that this single has been released. “What’s Wrong With That Girl?” is definitely a catchy enough song with a pretty incredible guitar solo…the instrumentation here is really the star here because the lyrics here don’t really do much other than Price wondering what is up with this girl who is being distant and wondering how he can ‘break into her world’ because he is intensely attracted to her. It’s a step down from both “Not a Day Goes By” and “Heaven Knows”.

 

48. “Talking Sly” by The Sharp

Ahh so here’s The Sharp, a three piece pop rockabilly group hailing from Melbourne with “Talking Sly” being the lead single from their EP “Spinosity” (which ARIA credited rather than the single “Talking Sly”) and features Piet Collins, who has been writing episodes of Neighbours and well this an interesting song, it’s definitely not bad, the guitars have plenty of energy and while I think the vocals could have afforded to be louder. The song is about a person wondering if they even know their partner anymore and wonders why said partner won’t talk to them. This is fine, check it out if you are curious.

 

47. “Shake Your Head” Was (Not Was)

We revisit the year 1983 because that’s the original release date of this song as it appears on American group Was (Not Was) album “Born to Laugh at Tornadoes” from that year before it somehow got re recorded and remixed by Steve “Silk” Hurley with the song featuring Kim Basinger and rerecorded Ozzy Osbourne vocals. All I can say is the production on this song is a nightmare who decided that squealing synth between the verses and chorus was a good idea? It sounds like a cat suffering a slow painful death and when the hook literally is just ‘shake your head’, time to move on.

 

45. “Would I Lie to You” by Charles and Eddie

Okay, so this song was penned by British born songwriters Michael Leeson and Peter Vale, the pair behind Sheena Easton’s “One Man Woman” with “Would I Lie to You” being handed to American duo Charles Pettigrew  and Eddie Chacon and it’s certainly quite the pop/soul/r’n’b song that likely would work on radio as the song reassures this girl that he’d never lie to her and that she can look into his eyes and trust him, it’s fine, Charles and Eddie have good harmonies and the backing vocals give the song more of that soul tinge so if you are curious, it’s worth hearing.

 

25. “Accidently Kelly Street” by Frente

Finishing the week with Frente and given how much I am not a fan of their previous smash single from earlier in 1992, I was wary heading into this so imagine my surprise hearing “Accidently Kelly Street” and realizing that this slice of breezy indie pop was actually pretty solid, the vocals are not as obnoxious as they were on “Ordinary Angels” and the guitars give the song this next door vibe which makes sense given the song was written after a member of the band mistakenly announced to the rest of the band that he was moving to Kelly Street to which lead vocalist, Angie Hart suggested the song be called “Accidently Kelly Street” (I realize ‘accidently’ is misspelled but the band decided to keep the misspelling)

I think it’s a pretty cute, sweet song and a improvement on whatever “Ordinary Angels” was, it’s also getting the best new entry of the week.

As for the worst…that’s going to Was (Not Was) for “Shake Your Head” a pointless and unnecessary remix.