Another week of frenetic turnover on the singles chart, it's almost exhausting to keep up with if I am going to be bluntly honest and it's not even just the pile of new entries but we also have some big news right at the very top of the top ten so let's start because we have a brand new number one, the first for this group that being "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers, now this is strong on sales right now and honestly it's not even a surprise that it got here given the momentum it's had.
"Teardrops" by Womack & Womack held on to number two but it's sales were never going to match the new number one but were enough to cause "Kokomo" by The Beach Boys to fall back two places to number three. Good.
It also may fall further as "You Got It" by Roy Orbison rose one place to number four and it looks pretty good to rise further in the weeks ahead, the same goes for "Tuckers Daughter" by Ian Moss up three places to number five.
Enya's "Orinoco Flow" continues to bore the charts to tears by rising three places to number six somehow. Sigh,'
This meant a three place drop to number seven for "Especially for You" by Kylie Minogue and Jason Donavan because it's not able to hold up on sales anymore, the same goes for "Rock and Roll Music" by Mental As Anything down two spots to number eight
Down two places to nunber nine is "Handle with Care" by Traveling Wilburys because it's also fading gradually.
Finally holding onto it's place in the top ten is "Kiss" by Art of Noise feat. Tom Jones at number ten.
Gains
Some good news right off the bat with "Orange Crush" by R.E.M which leapt from 22 to 15 this week, conversely "Like the Way I Do" by Melissa Etheridge climbed all the way from 31 to 18 this week...oh well you win some you lose some.
"Love Bites" by Def Leppard climbed six places to 22 while "Fine Time" New Order continues to do well as it rose twelve spots to 25.
"Real Gone Kid" by Deacon Blue showed it's on its way to being a real gone hit as it got a six place boost to 32.
The gain I am most pleased about though is "Buffalo Stance" by Neneh Cherry climbing eleven spots to 37. Please make this a hit...please...
Re-Entries
Just the one re-entry and it comes from Rick Astley with "She Wants to Dance With Me" back at number 48.
Losers
So there were some sudden surprise drops this week with "Nothing Can Divide Us" by Jason Donavan slipping from 29 to 47, 1988 hit "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin plunging from 20 to 46!
On the subject of 1988 hits taking their sweet damn time leaving, "Simply Irresistible" by Robert Palmer slipped from 36 to 43.
"Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns 'n' Roses soured six places to 39 while "Stand Up for Your Love Rights" by Yazz took an eleven place seat drop to 37 while "Bring Me Some Water" by Melissa Etheridge slipped from 19 to 24.
New Entries
There's eight new entries this week, starting with...
49. "Left to My Own Devices" by Pet Shop Boys
We're starting this week with the second single from the Pet Shop Boys 1988 album "Introspective" and is a song written from the perspective of somebody who is alone and doing whatever the fuck they want, now as an introvert who struggles with being around other people, I can relate to this kind of song a bit and it does help the song sounds like something straight out of the new wave movement of the early 80s. I kind of dig this, it's a good pure pop song that in a way connects for the introverts of the world.
44. "Dumb Things" by Paul Kelly and The Coloured Girls
Okay, so we've got a new single from Paul Kelly and The Coloured Girls here, "Dumb Things" is the second single from the album "Under The Sun" and yeah, this is just an insanely good ska rock song where guy dreams that his friends are coming to his defence and wakes up to realize they aren't and that he has done some really hilariously dumb shit like losing his shirt and pawning his rings, hope this becomes a hit for Paul Kelly because it definitely deserves to be one.
42. "She Drives Me Crazy" by Fine Young Cannibals
Well okay so here we have a British pop rock band from Birmingham, Fine Young Cannibals with this song being released in 1988 and included on the band's 1989 album "The Raw & The Cooked" and oh good lord, this song is an absolute pop/rock sugar rush, yeah the hushed vocals are a bit annoying but they kind of work for what the song is, it's him being driven crazy by this woman so the slightly more hushed, nervous delivery on the verses works before song jumps into the chorus and oh what a chorus it is, catchy and will take every opportunity to get stuck in your head, this is an earworm song if I've ever heaed one.
41. "Take Me To Your Heart" by Rick Astley
Well it seems timely to talk about a new Rick Astley song given a previous single of his re entered the chart this week but anyway we have this song from the album "Hold Me In Your Arms" and...well its definitely a Stock Aitken and Waterman song right to the very bones with that production but I don't see this working here as I don't know the sound feels very thin and Rick sounds like he has been put behind that somewhat washed out 80s synth and that chorus isn't anything I'm going to remember, I am going to forget this in record time.
35. "Where Did I Go Wrong" by UB40
So UB40 had that big hit in 1985 with the Pretenders Chrissie Hynde courtesy of a cover of Cher and Sonny's "I Got You Babe" so of course we'd get a new single and dear god, it sounds like ass with that annoying flute loop with lyrics that question why this woman no longer feels in love with the guy and he wonders if it's his fault, well when the production is as crappy as this and the lyrics which have him failing to understand just why the girl doesn't want to be with him and refusing to let her go because she'll be gone for good...dude, that line says everything about you, let her go and move on. As for the song...ugh...it sucks.
34. "You'll Never Know" by 1927
Given the insane amount of success that 1927 have had in 1988 and in 1989, I was curious to see where they would go with their third single from "Ish" and turns out it's a pop rock banget that kind of pulls from hair metal to come degree for its soaring chorus in a song that talks about an indecisive woman and he is getting frustrated because she can't make a decision and that she'll never know what they have unless she makes up her mind. It's a solid song with a fantastic guitar solo right at the very end. Worth checking out if you are curious but I do think "That's When I Think of You" and "If I Could" are better...just saying.
33. "Baby I Love Your Way/Free Bird" by Will to Power
Well it wouldn't be one of these blogs if I wasn't talking about some cover or in this case two covers because of course this American dance pop act Will to Power had to put them into a medley with "Baby I Love Your Way" being a Peter Frampton song released in 1976 and "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd released in 1975 and wow...they did a job on "Baby I Love Your Way" alright because Will to Power have made the song sound so limp and gutless, the female vocallist on the song whimpers her way through the verses before ending the chorus by screaming "I LOVE YOUR WAAAAAAAYYYY" and she sounds terrible, the synths sound completely washed out here...this is utter unnecessary trash...NEXT!
26. "Soul Revival" by Johnny Diesel & The Injectors
Oh good...ending with a new song from Johnny Diesel aka Mark Lizotte, "Soul Revival" released as the second single from the band's debut self titled album and this song is the rock energy boost I need, I love the driving energy through this song and Johnny Diesel just cutting loose in a song about finding yourself at the end of a bad relationship, trying to find who you are again after losing part of yourself to the relationship. I think a song like this short circuits my critical faculties a bit but I can't deny how cathartic and righteously determined he is to break free.
"Soul Revival" is getting best of the week here for Johnny Diesel and the Injectors. I think honourable mention will go to "Dumb Things" by Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls.
As for the worst, well dishonourable mention goes to "Where Did I Go Wrong" by UB40. "Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird" by Will to Power just runs away with the worst of the week, it's not even a contest in that regard.
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