So 1989 has been thus far a really competitive and interesting year at the top of the charts apart from the run of "kokomo" having its run at the top and that's typified because returning to number one is "She Drives Me Crazy" by Fine Young Cannibals, it's strong right now but it will interesting to see if it can hold on to the top spot for more than a week because right behind it at number two is last week's number one "Like A Prayer" by Madonna, believe it or not, this could still return to number one next week! It's just as strong as "She Drives Me Crazy"
Interested onlooker is "The Living Years" by Mike + The Mechanics..now this is a player for the top having rebounded one spot to number three as it could take the number one if the top two show any signs of weakness, it muscled past "I'm On My Way" by Yhe Proclaimers which fell back to number four (I'd be fine if this song left).
Staying at number five is "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" by The Proclaimers, it's starting to weaken and should be on the way out soon especially "Stop!" by Sam Brown continues its rise up the chart this week up two to number six leaving me confused and kind of bewildered that a milquetoast ballad is getting this much traction.
However it did force "Tucker's Daughter" by Ian Moss back one to number seven, it's peaked and pretty much on its way out anyway.
Then we have the first of two new arrivals to the top ten with "One Summer" by Daryl Braithwaite rising from 11 to number eight. Makes sense for a song reminiscing about summer to be doing well in autumn...
"Too Many Broken Hearts" by Jason Donovan suffered two broken hearts down to number nine.
Finally the second of the new arrivals to the top ten is "Lost in Your Eyes" by Debbie Gibson up seven to number ten. Good for Debbie, I guess.
Gains
So I already mentioned "Lost in Your Eyes" by Debbie Gibson rising seven to the top ten so let's look outside the top ten and it looks like "Chained to the Wheel" by The Black Sorrows is headed for the top ten after it rose five to be on the cusp at number eleven and yes, it's great news!
I'll also happily take "Stuck on You" by Paul Norton up seven to number 13 and "Now You're in Heaven" by Julian Lennon climbing from 29 to 15...that's fine.
Also fine is "Eternal Flame" by The Bangles got one of the biggest gains of the week as it broke into the top twenty rising from 30 to 18.
However I Do have to question why "Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart" by Marc Almond feat. Gene Pitney got a nine place boost to 24 or why "Wild Thing" by Sam Kinison jumped from 39 to 25 all of a sudden...neither are all that good.
"Wild Thing" by Tone Loc rose thirteen places off it's debut to 27 and "Twist in My Sobriety" by Tanita Tikaram climbed five places to 30
Losers
We've got almost just as many losers this week with former top ten hits headlining those moving down with "Especially for You" by Kylie Minogue falling from 42 to 49 and former number one hit "Kokomo" by The Beach Boys headed for the exit sliding nine places to 43 (thank goodness)
Unfortunately "Celebrate The World" by Womack & Womack slipped from 37 to 44 while their chart topper "Teardrops" fell away from 19 to 34 however in the best news of the week "Baby I Love Your Way - Free Bird" by Will to Power utterly collapsed sliumping from 24 to 40...thank goodness.. I really do not want that song to be a hit.
"Real Gone Kid" by Deacon Blue is kind of looking gone at this point as it tumbled from 26 to 32 while also in unfortunate news is the eight place drop of "Buffalo Stance" by Neneh Cherry (Come on the song is awesome, Australia!)
"Orinoco Flow" by Enya is thankfully sailing down the charts eight spots to 22...YAY!
Down six to 16 is "Soul Revival" by Johnny Diesel & The Injectors while "You Got It" by Roy Orbison fell five to 14.
New Entries
50. "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul
Well this is a nice easy way to start the new entries...this is the third single from American singer and dancer Paula Abdul, taken from her debut album "Forever Your Girl" with the first two singles "Knocked Out" and "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me)" failing to impact the ARIA top 50 so how is "Straight Up" Well it's the sort of song that's bound to be a pop guilty pleasure in a couple of yeaes with it's new jack swing merged with dance pop sound and that chorus is catchy enough to get stuck in your head. Abdul wants this guy to be honest with her and tell her his intentions. Fun song...check it out.
47. "Hurricane" by James Freud
Lead single from former Models frontman James Freud's album "Step Into The Heat" and unfortunately I am more ehh on this song than I wasnt to be and it mostly comes down to the vocal production...I have no idea by Freud is byrued behind the guitars and drums in the mix and mixed so low even the backing vocals are louder than him! It's a shame because the instrumentation is pretty damn great but yeah just a shame that the one element here that doesn't work...
41. "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler
I am going to state this because it needs to be said, Bette Midler has a wonderful voice but frequently suffers from some of the most milquetoast material ever recorded..."The Rose" is possibly one of the dullest songs I've ever heard and so with this song originally recorded by Kamahl in 1982 with Midler recording it for the soundtrack of the awful film Beaches so how is the song?
Ugh. Lyrically its pretty generic, cliched and really damn corny not helped by the way Midler delivers the chorus and then proceeds to sound like a cat needing some barbed dick or a bunch of cats in a bag being strangled. I loathe this overwrought mess of a song....NEXT!
39. "Young Years" by Dragon
Well I got hopes for this one, the second single from Dragon's ninth album "Bondi Road". I am kind of surprised it's here as the previous"River" only peaked at number 81 so I was curious with what they'd do with this single and turns out this is pretty great! Yeah, it's a song reminiscing about the past and the stuff they used to do growing up together. I also love that saxophone that plays the lead melody in the opening part of the song. Yeah, I'll take this...Great stuff.
38. 'Fire Woman" by The Cult
Last song of this week comes from British band The Cult and is the first single from their fourth album "Sonic Temple" and while I get what they are trying to do with the roaring guitars and everything, I am not sure I am going to remember this all that much especially with the lack there of a hook which given it's a rock song, I love rock songs that leave me singing it after the song has finished so yeah while it's from an instrumental standpoint fine, it's not my thing.
So that leaves me with a pretty easy week as far as best and worst of the week goes...worst is going to "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler. Best falls the way of "Young Years" by Dragon ahead of "Straight Up" by Paula Abdul.
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