The final chart week of 1992 before the ARIA charts go into hiatus over the Christmas/New Year period but for the final week of the chart year? It was absolute chaos even with just the two new entries, you want evidence of it? Well the proof is right in the top ten where to my shock, there's a new number one and honestly I am not impressed, the number one spot is now held by "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston because like I said last week, this song was gathering strength on sales, I'm only surprised it got to number one this quick.
It pushed "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men back to number two as yeah, there's no way it was going to match the momentum of "I Will Always Love You", the same might go for "Would I Lie to You" by Charles & Eddie stuck at number three and "Accidently Kelly Street" by Frente remaining at number four, their momentum has been stalled here.
"Achy Breaky Heart" by Billy Ray Cyrus rebounded to number five although that's probably more on the weaknesses of "The Day You Went Away" by Wendy Matthews which saw it's sales slow to the point it tumbled four places to number six
"November Rain" by Guns 'n' Roses yet steady at number seven likewise for "The Best Things in Life are Free' by Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson at number eight.
Then we have two songs spending their first week in the top ten those being "Whose Going to Ride Your Wild Horses" by U2 which climbed five places this week to number nine and the really rather goofy "Tequila" by ALT & The Lost Civilization up two places to round out the top ten at number ten.
Gains
Sonia Dada will likely hit the top ten on the first chart of 1993 as "You Don't Treat Me No Good" jumped nine spots to number nine, this has some growing momentum behind it, watch for it in 1993.
Also continuing it's momentum is "In Your Room" by Toni Pearen up six to number 14 while "December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)" by The Four Seasons reached into the top twenty up from 23 to 18.
"I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore" by Divinyls rebounded five places to 25 while House of Pain found some solid footing on the chart with their appropriately titled song "Jump Around" jumping around from 40 to 26!.
Also having a solid gain is Kylie Minogue's version of "Celebration" which rose from 49 to 34 this week....I'm kind of fine with that to be honest, I still don't mind it, best thing Kylie has done in 1992.
Losers
"My Name is Prince" by Prince and the New Power Generation slipped nine places to 50 as it continues to make its way out of the chart while "Taste It" by INXS can't get a foothold as it slipped from 37 to 44 this week.
Continuing cases of lost momentum for "Love How You You Love Me" by Teen Queens which tumbled from 33 to 40 while "Erotica" by Madonna fell six places to 37.
"Too Much Love Will Kill You" by Brian May fell from 24 to 32 while "White Men Can't Jump" by Riff slumped from 16 to 24.
After weeks of hanging on at number ten, "Something Good" by Utah Saints fell seven to 17 while "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" by Patty Smyth and Don Henley fell from number nine to 13.
New Entries
So as I said, just the two new entries to finish the chart year, let's start with...
45. “Gimme A Little Sign” by Peter Andre
Well we couldn’t escape the final week of the charting year
for 1998 without another cover song this time it’s coming from Australian singer Peter
Andre covering the classic soul song “Gimme A Little Sign” that was originally
performed and released by Brenton Wood in 1967 and I mean, the production on
the Peter Andre version is cleaner as he begs this girl for a sign that she
belongs to him however there’s something about the Andre version that doesn’t
work for me as much as I would like it too even if I do like it a little more
than Wood’s original. Ehh, check it out if you are curious.
36. “Bad Attitude” by Girlfriend
Taking us out for 1992 is the new single from Girlfriend’s
album “Make It Come True”. A song that tries for a darker vibe to match the
lyrics where Robyn Loau admitting that she’s drawn to the guys with bad
attitude and the rest of the group reminding her that she should have known better
to fall for the guy with a bad attitude but in the hook the girls decide to
give up on him because he has too much of a bad attitude and is too tough. I
like the flashes of rock instrumental that slide into the song which makes me
think the band could work a good rock song even with that stupid breakdown in
the middle of the song (so unnecessary). Look, it’s not the best thing
Girlfriend have made in 1992 but it’s not that bad.
No worst of the week this as both songs aren’t that bad but
Peter Andre’s cover of “Gimme A Little Sign” wins best of the week just nudging
out ‘Bad Attitude” by Girlfriend.
That’s a wrap on the chart year, see you all for the worst
and best hit songs of 1992 lists.
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