Aaagh. This is one of those weeks that was good in some regards but pretty ordinary in others, let's start with the top ten where of course "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men maintains the number one spot, it's got a decent margin too mostly because "The Day You Went Away" by Wendy Matthews is no longer a challenger stuck at number two.
In fact it's starting to come under pressure from "Would I Lie to You" by Charles and Eddie which rose to number three, I am kind of surprised and shocked that this of all songs on the chart right now is doing so well but okay?
"Accidently Kelly Street" by Frente continues its good run rising one spot to number four but there's got competition behind it because the next likely challenger for the top spot comes from...sigh... the frankly overwrought cover of "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston which rose eleven places off it's debut last week to number 5, it's gaining strength on sales.
All of this pushed "Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus back three places to number six while "November Rain" by Guns 'n' Roses held steady at number seven.
"The Best Things in Life are Free" by Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson slid a further two places this week to number eight while "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough' by Patty Smyth and Don Henley fell one place to number nine.
Finally "Something Good" by Utah Saints held on for another week at number ten.
Gains
Breaking back into the top twenty is "Jump!" by The Movement which climbed from 23 to 18 while "December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)" climbed ten places to 33 for The Four Seasons,
Norman & Effie's cover of "Amigos Para Siempre (Friends for Life)" got a ten place boost to 27 while "People Everfday" by Arrested Development climbed eleven to 28.
Re Entries
So I am okay with our two re entries this week because they are "The Last Song" by Elton John at 44 and "What's Wrong with that Girl" by Rick Price at 45. The former being great and the latter being a decent pop song.
Losers
Alright, let's get through these because a chunk of hits lost hard this week as the chart starts bring in the hits of 1993.
"Do For You" by Euphoria continues it slide down five to 48 while "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix A Lot tumbled seven to 47.
The bad week for the girl groups continued with "Without You" by Girlfriend sliding from 35 to 43 and "Love How You Love Me" by Teen Queens slipping from 26 to 33.
Prince and the New Power Generation's "My Name is Prince" just utterly collapsed this week, stumbling from 25 to 41 while "Jump Around" by House of Pain fell six places to 40 and "Don't You Want Me" by Felix fell twelve places to 39.
"Faith" by The Dukes slipped from 29 to 35 while "Love Is in the Air" by John Paul Young hit an eleven place skid to 32 and "Erotica" by Madonna just totally folded down from 15 to 31.
"I Ain't going to eat my Heart Out" by The Divinyls slipped six places to 30 and "Just Another Day" by Jon Secada stumbled from 12 to 19.
Finally former top ten hit "Ain't No Doubt" by Jimmy Nail fell out of the top ten to hit 15 this week.
New Entries
Five new entries this week, let's start with a trend in 1992...A COVER VERSION!
50. “To Love Somebody’ by Michael Bolton
Well it had to happen, I didn’t think I escape 1992 without
having to cover a song released or escaped from the studio by Michael Bolton so
imagine my despair when I realized he is covering a Bee Gees classic where they
have slowed the tempo slightly and turned it into something that would make you
think the tape was broken and Michael Bolton is just a really unconvincing
presence on the song, Again when the Bees Gees recorded the song, it was an
understated emotion filled song that shouldn’t be used by people like Michael
Bolton to practice their vocal gymnastics on as it seems Bolton has had a habit
of doing to other people’s songs. Time to move on from this trainwreck.
49. “Celebration” by Kylie Minogue
Another cover version, this time from Kylie Minogue and
she’s covering Kool and the Gang’s “Celebration” and you know what? I kind of
like this? Kylie is having some fun with this and sure the percussion sounds a
little too heavy in this dance pop song but there’s nothing that feels overtly
tacked on to the song to make it sound grating but also allows Kylie to make
the song her own. Yeah, this isn’t bad, check it out.
25. “7” by Prince and the New Power Generation
A third single from the album “Love Symbol’, it features a
sample of Lowell Fulsom’s 1967 song “tramp” and weirdly enough this might be
the best single from the album thus far, I like the middle eastern sound of
this song, there’s an added mysterious element to the song and Prince sounds
fantastic, it’s got a driving energy about it as Prince sings about religion
and spirituality…I rend to think a song like this can tend to be open to
interpretation for the listener but still this is worth checking out!
13. “Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses” by U2
This is the fifth and last single from U2’s 1991 “Achtung
Baby” and wow…this is the most indifferent I’ve been on a U2 song in a while!
Sure the guitars are loud but I’m not feeling Bono’s vocal delivery here which
especially on the bridge and chorus where Bono sounds like he’d rather be doing
anything else than singing the hook of a song you can he and the band don’t
like. It’s not precisely bad, it’s just not up there with U2’s best this album
cycle.
11. “Deeper and Deeper” by Madonna
So it wasn’t that long ago that Madonna released “Erotica”
as a single and now we’re getting this as a single a couple of weeks later?
Hmm, anyway let’s deal with the song at hand and you know what? I think this
might be the best single Madonna has released this album cycle! More because
it’s closer to the sound she had on songs like “Vogue” and to a lesser degree
“Express Yourself” and even if I think they could have turned Madonna up in the
mix, the song has a good dancefloor groove here. Yeah, I can be kicking up my
heels in a nightclub to this…
However best of the week is going to “7” by Prince and the
New Power Generation just for bringing something different to the charts. As
for the worst…yeah, Michael Bolton is getting it for that unnecessary cover of
“To Love Somebody”
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