Well, this feels like a pretty significant week even if the changes were somewhat expected so let's dive straight into the top ten where as expected "Like a Prayer" by Madonna took the number one spot, I'd say it's mostly because of the attention that's been on the song due to the religious controversy around the music video but sales for this song have been excellent.
We also have a new number two with "She Drives Me Crazy" by Fine Young Cannibals rising to be the closxest threat to Madonna but I am wondering if sales have peaked for this song.
All of this pushed last week's number one "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers back two places to number three as sales fell hard and couldn't compete with the top two. As I expected, sales are falling away for "Tucker's Daughter" by Ian Moss back two number four.
Surprisingly holding steady is "You Go It" by Roy Orbison while "The Living Years" by Mike + The Mechanics rose one to number six.
Then we have a new entry at number seven, it comes courtesy of "Too Many Broken Hearts" by Jason Donovan, I'll have more to say about the quality of the song later but solid sales propelled this song to debut in the top ten....I'm not sure that's a good thing by the way...
Then we have the second top ten entry for The Proclaimers as "I'm On My Way" climbed from 16 to reach number eight likely because of how well "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" has been doing which raised some public curiosity about the new song.
Falling three places is "Teardrops" by Womack & Womack to number nine while "Soul Revival" by Johnny Diesel & The Injectors suffered the biggest fall of any song in the top ten this week down four places to number ten.
Gains
The big story this week is that "Stop" by Sam Brown broke into the top twenty by climbing four places to 17...jooyy.
In much better news "Chained to the Wheel" by The Black Sorrows climbed ten places to 27. I'm happy about that while "Cumb Things" by Paul Kelly and The Coloured Girls rose from 42 to 36 and "voice of Reason" by Noise Works jumped from 50 to 43.
Losers
New Order's "Fine Time" is having a rough time on the chart as it tumbled eight spots to 41. Phil Collins "Two Hearts" is finally on it's way out as it tumbled from 20 to 33 this week.
Finally falling out of the top ten is "Kikomo" by The Beach Boys which fell from 8 to 15...I ain't complaining about that!
New Entries
50. "Over Tomorrow" by Pseudo Echo
So this is the second single from Pseudo Echo's second album "Race" and man, this song feels like it's trying to be a combination of Bon Jovi, INXS and the hair metal rock craze in the instrumentation and it doesn't really work here especially as lead vocallist Brian Canham sounds buried under the guitars here. I would also question what the song going for because by about the middle of the song it sounds like a ballad! Either way, it's pretty generic stuff that I am not going to remember down the track. I'm moving on...
47. "Lost In Your Eyes" by Debbie Gibson
So here we have the lead single for American singer/songwriter Debbie Gibson ahead of her new album "Electric Youth" and while lyrically it's your pretty standard love song, I do like it does not just stick to being a piano ballad by introducing a guitar on the second verse which made the song somewhat interesting even if there's something weirdly dispassionate about Debbie Gibson's delivery. Look, I'll take this...even if it's just for now., it's okay.
46. "Celebrate The World" by Womack & Womack
Ooh this is the follow up single I have been waiting for for awhile, There's not that much info out there about this song which is a bit of a shame because it's a pretty good song even if the chorus sounds a bit repetitive lyrically but it's a cute song aimed at celebrating people's differences and how the world can be in harmony in spite of the differences people have. It's not quite as sharply written as "Teardrops" but it goes down smooth so yeah, I'll take it!
45. "So Good" by Wa Wa Nee
So a new single from Wa Wa Nee as the follow up to 1988's "Can't Control Myself" and comes from the album called "Blush" and yeah "So Good" is a very Wa Wa Nee sounding song even if the sound has matured more from 1986's "Stimulation" but wow that introduction is long for a song that is basically about this girl looking 'so good' and when the vocals sound oddly weedy...yeah I am not a fan of this at all.
39. "Ring My Bell" by Collette
And here's your regularly scheduled cover for the week...this time it's New Zealand born, Australia based singer Collette covering Anita Ward's 1979 disco classic which peaked at number three on Australia's Kent Music Report charts and dear god, this is by any standard of music,,,a mess, I may not like the original all that much but why does Collete's version feature what sounds a like woman grunting in the background with only what can be described as a very generic eighties dance beat over it, this is the sort of cover that leaves somebody reaching for the headache relief...ugh.
7. "Too Many Broken Hearts" by Jason Donovan
A new single from Jason Donovan, it being the third from "Ten Good Reasons" and yeah this one is a fairly cut and paste Stock, Aitken and Waterman song in that Rick Astley or any other male star on that label could have recorded the song. It's all about how this girl wants to finish this relationship and leave but Donovan doesn't want her to leave and vows to continue to fight for her to stay because there's already "too many broken hearts in the world", dude, if she wants to leave let her, don't let yourself get painted into being an abusive asshole so yeah this isn't all that good....
That wraps up a pretty underwhelming week with the worst going to "Ring My Bell" by Collette for being the worst kind of noise to be called 'music'.
The best...tough call...but it's going to "Celebrate The World" by Womack and Womack because the song works more often than not.
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