Looks like this is a week of stability for at least the top six on the chart this week as nothing really changed even as we got some new entries lower down the chart but we'll get to those so as per usual lets dig into the top ten where for yet another week "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers rules the chart, its got really good sales that look like entrenching at number one for at least another week or so.
It held up over "Teardrops" by Womack & Womack at number two who couldn't quite bridge the margins, this was also true of "Kokomo" by The Beach Boys at number three, "You Got It" by Roy Orbison stuck to number four, "Tucker's Daughter" by Ian Moss holding on at number five and "Orinoco Flow" by Enya boring everyone silly at number six.
1927 bust their way into the top ten with "If I Could" up four places to number seven with "Kiss" by The Art of Noise feat. Tom Jones rising two places to number eight.
This leaves "Handle With Care" by The Traveling Wilburys stuck at number nine, they have a new single on the chart this week so we'll get to that especially as "Handle with Care" is showing signs of fading away naturally.
Finally to complete the top ten for this week is "Rock and Roll Music" by Mental As Anything which fell two places to number ten.
Gains
We're starting off on a great note because "Soul Revival" by Johnny Diesel & The Injectors jumped from 26 to 13 which is frankly awesome. Hopefully this song will make top ten in the next few weeks.
In more good news, "Real Gone Kid" by Deacon Blue continues to rise up from 32 to breaking into the top twenty at 19.
There was a five place gain to 20 for "Fine Time" by New Order, this song has some pretty consistent momentum right now.
Fine Young Cannibals look to have a huge hit on their hands with "She Drives Me Crazy" leaping from it's debut of 42 all the way to 21. Again, I am okay with this as I like the song.
The gains are pretty awessome this week as it continues because "Buffalo Stance" by Neneh Cherry jumped 12 places to 25 and "You'll Never Know" by 1927 climbed from 34 to 27.
"Dumb Things" by Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls got a nice boost from 44 to 36.
Re-Entries
Back at 47 is "Strokin'" by Clarence Clarity while "Armageddon It" by Def Leppard rebounded back onto the chart at 41.
The last of the returns comes from Robert Palmer with "Early in the Morning" back at 26.
Losers
Actually a surprising busy week in the losses category starting with "That's When I Think of You" by 1927 down nine to 40 and "Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns 'n' Roses down nine to 48/
Bon Jovi's "Born to Be My Baby" took a 15 place hit to 45 while "Stand Up for Your Love Rights" got pushed back from 36 to 43 and "Last Frontier" by Jimmy Barnes slimped nine places to 40.
Thankfully the awful "Nobody's Perfect" by Mike + The Mechanics slumped from 29 to 35 and "Bring Me Some Water" by Melissa Etheridge slumped into a ten place drought to 34.
"Angel of Harlem" by U2 skidded 12 places to 32 while all momentum for "Copperhead Road" by Steve Earle vanished because it slipped from 23 to 30.
"Love Bites" by Def Leppard fell from 22 to 29 this week while "Every Rose has it's Thorn" by Poison got pricked down from 17 to 24.
New Entries
What is this? Only three new entries this week? I'll take that so let's start with...
42, "One Summer" by Daryl Braithwaite
The third single from Daryl Braithwaite's 1988 album "Edge", a song that was inspired by the British TV drama serial called "One Summer" but even if you didn't know that, this song still works because it actually really does feel like an end of summer reminisce about the fun had during that summer, summer flings, going for a surf and promising to be there for mates even when the summer is over and even better the song just sounds like summer with the guitars and drums, might almost be one of the best songs I've heard covering 1989...nice!
39. "Stop" by Sam Brown
Alright, this song is from English singer/songwriter Sam Brown who originally released this song in 1988 however it tanked reaching only number 52 on the UK Official Charts so of course they re released it in 1989, it comes from Brown's debut album of the same name so how's the song.
It's fine...I guess? Sam Brown's vocals do a lot of heavy lifting here as she warns her partner to stop and rethink his actions before hurting her or to better coin it "breaking her heart" even if the rather elegant production doesn't do anywhere near enough to play up the drama here, this is a relationship on the edge of crumbling and yet it feels way too elegant for me. Decent song but could be better.
37. "End of the Line" by The Traveling Wilburys
A brand new single from The Traveling Wilburys as "Handle With Care" begins its exit from the chart after a really impressive run although it's important to mention that "End of the Line" was originally released in 1988 before the band decided to make it the group's second single and the song features everybody in the group apart from Bob Dylan so what to make of the song?
Uhh...this is also pretty great, a song about not wasting a moment of life and not to sit around wondering what if because you never know when the end of the line for your life made come, be happy and take life as it comes but always live it to the full. I also really like how incredibly organic the song is with the guitars and the twang that made me think this was almost a country song. Yeah damn great, check this out!
It also means it's a tight go for best of the week, I think I'll give it to "The End of the Line" by The Traveling Wilburys only because I love the message of it.
"Stop" by Sam Brown gets worst of the week but its really not a bad song.
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