So no premable just going to dive straight into our top ten where for yet another week, it's "Kiss Me" by Sixpence None the Richer at number one, it's got really nothing that's seriously challenging it for the top spot right now so it's looking pretty comfortable.
I say that because the top three is the same as last week with "No Scrubs" by TLC at number two and "Sometimes" by Britney Spears at number three.
"Man! I Feel Like a Woman" by Shania Twain did move up one spot to number four while the other top ten new entry from last week "Beautiful Stranger" by Madonna made some moves up three to number five.
This leaves "Livin' La Via Loca" by Ricky Martin stuck at number six while "I Want It That Way" by Backstreet Boys slumped three spots to number seven...could potentially be on the way out, we'll have to see.
"Look at Me" by Geri Halliwell fell back one slot to number eight while "We Like to Party (The Vengabus)" by Vengaboys remains at number nine and "9pm (Til I Come)" by ATB holds steady at number ten.
Losers
So we start our losers with The Chemical Brothers "Hey Boy, Hey Girl" down nine to forty having not quite been able to get the traction it needs for a chart run.
Also down nine to thirty seven is "Canned Hear" by Jamiroquai which for me is disappointing as that song is good and deserves better.
We'll talk about Monifah in the new entries this week but previous hit "Touch It" is on the way out down eight to thirty three.
Gains
Not much in the way of gains this week but the biggest of the lot are at least Australian with "Time of Our Lives" by Marcia Hines up six to thirty one and "Get Set" by Taxiride up from thirty four to twenty nine.
Re-Entries
Just the one return this week with Westlife's "Swear It Again" back at number forty three.
New Entries
Three new entries this week, we're trepidatiously starting with...
46. "Tarzan & Jane" by Toy-Box
Aqua, you guys have some explaining to do because my god...I am speechless, to explain Toy-Box are a male and female bubblegum pop duo comprising of Amir El-Falaki and Anila Mirza with this being their debut single that was somehow championed by UK's Smash Hits magazine and somehow I think this song missed tbe early 90s big beat era because this is all ridiculous big chunky beats as these two role play Tarzan and Jane to a comedic degree even if comedy wasn't the intention of the song but seriously when El Falaki shouts on the bridge "Go cheetah, get banana. Go monkey, get funky!"...all I could do was laugh.
Meanwhile all Mirza harps on is about Tarzan being handsome and Jane riding an elephant. The whole song feels like a bad "Barbie Girl" by Aqua type pastiche. I'd take Baltimora's 1985 hit "Tarzan Boy" over this, at least Tarzan's jungle call is better incorporated in that song than it is here. Next!
18. "Bad Girl" by Monifah
Alright, round two with Monifah, you all know I absolutely do not like "Touch It" so I had to hope this would be better and sadly no...this is not it. Monifah's in her bad girl bag trying to show us all she's confident and got all the goods, she's got them Gucci shoes only for a hook that reminds me of kindergarten kids being sing songy when they want to pick on another classmate! Seriously, nothing to extend the awful "bad girl" reference anywhere other than lazy flexing. This is fucking shit too...next!
11. "If You Had My Love" by Jennifer Lopez
So it's a bad sign when we're needing American singer and actress Jennifer Lopez to save our week but none the less here we are and I don't know that this gets there, it's definitely better than the other two songs we've dealt with but I wish the song had more going for it instrumentally especially with that programmed drum line that doesn't sound good, live drums for the win!. The acoustic guitar and piano are fine.
As for the content, it's Lopoz laying the ground rules for a relationship with this admirer of hers, she won't tolerate him cheating on her which I thought was a standard rule in a monogamous relationship? It then goes to him promising her forever together on the bridge which seems like a bridge too far when it's considered she demonstrated on the first verse that she outright doesn't trust him not to cheat.
However in a really terrible week, it's the best of the week because at least that hook is actually decent.
As for the worst, god...throw a struck match between them and light the fucking bonfire because both are god awful...I'll give it to Toy-Box because "Tarzan & Jane" is an atrocity that makes me realize we had it good in 1997 with Aqua's "Barbie Girl"
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