So this week wasn't really all that interesting, the top half of the top ten stalled and our new entries are...well...you'll see however let's get on with the top ten where for yet another week, "Kokomo" by The Beach Boys remains at number one and unfortunately it's got a tight vice like grip on the top spot with strong sales.
People still haven't gotten past the Scott and Charlene wedding so "Especially For You" by Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue remained at number two because it's not catching "Kokomo" on sales at all at this point.
Then there's "Teardrops" by Womack & Womack clinging to number three, The Traveling Wilburys at number four and "If I Could" by 1927 at number five.
As I predicted last week, Mental as Anything did take advantage of some weaker songs to rise two places to number six with "Rock and Roll Music"
The song with some consistent momentum is "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)' by The Proclaimers which rose three to number seven...it's going to be making a play for number one in a few weeks with the momentum it's got.
It moved past "The Only Way is Up" returned to living up to it's name by jumping up one place to number eight but' it's coming under pressure from "She Makes My Day" by Robert Palmer which rose from 16 to number nine which is just wild to me!
Transvision Tramp hit the top ten up two places to number ten with "I Want Your Love"
Gains
I am pretty happy to see "Two Hearts" by Phil Collins jump eleven places to 16 and "Oange Crush" by R.E.M rise from 49 to 38 following it's debut last week but apart from these two there were no other major gains this week.
Re Entries
This week saw the return of "Always With Me, Always With You" by Joe Satriani at number 47
Losers
Alright let's do what we normally do by starting down at 50 because there was a seven place drop there for Rick Astley's "SheWants toDance With Me". Daryl Braithwaite's "All I Do" slumped eleven to 49.
Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal" is not having such a smooth ride on the charts as it slipped from 29 to 35 this week.
Then there's Kylie Minogue's "Je Ne Sais pas Pourquoi" which fell eight places to 34.
"Sweet Child O' Mine" turning sour for Guns 'n' Roses down ten spots to 28 while Jimmy Barnes cover of "When a Man Loves a Woman" slumped seven to 27. Jason Donovan's 1988 hit "Nothing Can Divide Us" got divided nine places to 24.
Bobby McFerrin's chipper "Don't Worry, Be Happy" started to do the Start Worry, Be Nervous because it tumbled from 7 to 14 this week while ?Put a Little Love in Your Heart" by Al Green and Annie Lennox fell five places to 11 and that's a surprise fall...didn't see that one coming...
New Entriea
Four new entries this week, most of these in pop...starting with...
42. "Nobody's Perfect" by Mike + The Mechanics
I just looked at the song title and the artist involved and groaned...seriously...songs called "Nobody's Perfect" or "Human" have a habit of being obnoxiously insufferable however this song is taken from "Living Years" and is the follow up to the massive hit in 1988, "Living Years" Mike + The Mechanics oh wow...this is incredibly annoying with the production on the verses with it sounding like somebody hitting glasses on the verse before it stops for a by the numbers hook about how none of us are perfect all of the time so in other words this is generic as all hell trash.
37. "Tucker's Daughter" by Ian Moss
So here we have the debut solo single from former Cold Chisel vocalist and guitarist Ian Moss and features a co write from fellow former Cold Chisel member Don Walker on "Tuckers Daughter" with it being the lead single for Moss's debut album "Matchbook"
So how is the song? Honestly if there was a pop/rock song to completely sucker you in, it's this one with Moss telling the story of a farm labourer realizing that his employer's own daughter is attracted to him but he doesn't reciprocate those feelings and musically that guitar that brings you in and the hook is a monster, this is going to be massive this year. Damn good song, nice way to start that solo career
20. "Orinoco Flow" by Enya
I've been dreading this one mostly because I've never cared for the sort of somewhat not quite ethereal new age thing she's got going in her music but none the less this is a song from her second album "Watermark" so how is the song? I mean it's your stock standard Enya song where it takes googling to understand what she's singing before the hook launches into the repetitive 'sail away' otherwise this music that could cure insomnia...next!
18. "You Got It" by Roy Orbison
The late great Roy Orbison is back on the charts thanks to "You Got It" being the first single from his completed album "Mystery Girl" and I got to say this was really pretty quickly following Orbison's death in 1988 which kind of makes me worry about the quality of the song so how is it?
Of course it's damn good! You really think I'd doubt a song written by Orbison, Jeff Lynne of ELO and Tom Petty now? It's this gorgeous upbeat guitar driven pop song that still holds dear to some of the trends of the 60s but that only serve to make the song endearing and when the song is basically Orbison throwing himself at the feet of this girl letting her know that if she ever wants anything, he will provide it for her and yeah this song just leaves you with a smile for days especially as the hook is incredibly catchy.
But it's not taking best of the week because "Tucker's Daughter" by Ian Moss is getting that. As for the worst...well that's going to "Nobody's Perfect" by Mike + The Mechanics.
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