Right behind it is "Whatta Man" by Salt 'n' Pepa feat. En Vogue up three places to number two. The same three place rise occurred for Celine Dion's "The Power Of Love" to number three.
Thankfully both songs pushed "Said I Loved You...But I Lied" by Michael Bolton down two number four while "Slave to the Music" by Twenty 4 Seven feat. Stay-C and Nance down one to number five.
Moving up five places to number six is "Without You" by Mariah Carey because of course we need one overwrought love ballad in the top ten.
Former number one "Give It Up" by Cut 'n' Move slipped four places to number seven as it's making a s natural exit from the top ten.
Remaining at number eight is "Feelin' Alright" by EYC while up one place to number nine is "Sing Hallelujah" by Dr Alban.
Finally a three place drop for "Asshole" by Denis Leary rounds out our top ten.
Losers
A few big losers mostly down the lower end of the top 50 this week beginning with "Somebody Dance With Me" by DJ BoBo which slipped twelve places to fifty while former chart topper "All That She Wants" by Ace of Base took a six place slide to forty eight.
?Boom! Shake the Room" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince tumbled from thirty four to forty three while the boring "Please Forgive Me" by Bryan Adams stumbled down ten places to forty two.
"Got to Get It" by Culture Beat is reaching but falling nine to thirty nine while in the biggest fall of the week "Hero" by Mariah Carey just utterly collapsed from nineteen to thirty four.
"Feels Like Heaven" by Urban Cookie Collective slipped seven to thirty while "Stay (Faraway, So Close" by U2 tumbled from fifteen to twenty one and "All For Love" by Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting fell from nine to fourteen.
Gains
It's a bit quieter on the gains front this week with "What's My Name" by Snoop Doggy Dogg up seven to thirteen while "Things Can Only Get Better" by D:Ream up five to nineteen.
Also having a decent gain is "Mountain" by Chocolate Starfish which had a seven place gain to thirty three.
"Return to Innocence" by Enigma jumped from forty one to thirty seven.
New Entries
47. "Breathe Again" by Toni Braxton
We're starting with a single from American r'n'b singer Toni Braxton with this song being written by Babyface. The lyrics do strike me as being a bit clingy here with Braxton claiming that if her boyfriend were to break up with her, she'd have a nervous breakdown which yeah gives me icky vibes to a degree but I do like the song's production and how Braxton's vocals interweave easily with the backing vocals and how she almost sounds like she's letting out a breath upon singing "breathe again". I don't think it's great but it's fine enough. Check it out if you are curious.
45. "I Can See Clearly Now" by Jimmy Cliff
A cover of a 1972 Johnny Nash song has debut on the chart this week and it comes from Jamaican reggae singer Jimmy Cliff, the cover was recorded for 1993 movie Cool Runnings (you know that movie about the Jamaican bobsled team?) and look, I generally give a lot of shit to bad cover version but honestly, I love this version especially as it's probably become the standard version that most people now sing. Its got that bright optimism and Cliff is matching that optimism in his vocal delivery. I dig it!
44. "Helping Hand" by The Screaming Jets
So the fourth single from "Tear of Thought" and I think this one is definitely more memorable for that guitar lick that features quite prominently and that hook which does make the song memorable even though it; does take its damn sweet time to get moving which might make sense from a lyrical perspective as it appears all about wanting to find somebody who is willing to help him but he knows that that person could turn against him. It's an interesting song for sure.
41. "Let Me Show You" by K-Klass
British house act K-Klass with their take on eurodance and I'm sorry but what's so different about this one that hasn't been done before? Same piano with a thumping base and a screechy sounding female vocallist that really adds nothing to the song. I'd say move on from this quick but chances are you'll forget it exists.
32. "Mr Jones" by Counting Crows
Debut single from American rock band Counting Crows which comes from their album "August and Everything After" and oddly this song kind of epitomises the dreams of wannabe rock stars, they want to be big stars so that they will never ever wind up lonely and everyone loves him when in reality life on the road as a rockstar can be inherently lonely and that fan love can get weird.
I really admire what this song is trying to do with the lyrics and the instrumentation especially when the song slows down to focus on the dreams of this rockstar kind of as a mirror. I like it! Good song!
22. "Loser" by Beck
I have been dreading covering this song from American artist Beck mostly because the song just doesn't resonate me with as much as it does with a lot of other people who I respect, there's only so much goodwill you can give that hook which does hold up the song quite well but when the verses are mostly just nonsense that lend no additional weight to the hook then it's going to leave me wanting at the best of times especially when he is saying to this girl that he is loser so she should kill him...yeah, not keen.
That ends our week so worst of the week goes to "Let Me Show You by K-Class while Jimmy Cliff gets best of the week for "I Can See Clearly Now"
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