Step Back in Time: This Week in May 1989

It's time to step in the time machine and travel back to 1989, yes, a year with more turbulence than Donald Trump's seemingly ill fated US Presidency. To be exact we're travelling back to this week in 1989 where Madonna had spent several weeks at number one with "Like A Prayer", did she keep it? We're about to find out.

But before we get to the top ten. A future number one debuted. Roxette's "The Look" entered the chart at number 45 this week in 1989.

At number ten is The Black Sorrows with "Chained to the Wheel" which dropped to number 10 after reaching a high of number 9. Still a seriously good song today if you ask me!

Debbie Gibson was also dropping places, she'd dropped 2 places to number 9 with "Lost in Your Eyes", this song peaked at number 7 in Australia. It was a number 1 hit in both the USA and Canada. Never quite reached the same heights in Australia though

Well I mentioned Roxette earlier and their future number one. Another song that was headed to number one this week was The Bangles with "Eternal Flame" which climbed 4 places to number 8 this week. Number 1 in the USA, United, Kingdom and parts of Europe.

The Proclaimers had a top 10 hit with "I'm On My Way" dropping 3 places to land at number 7, it peaked at number 3.

At number 6 is Paul Norton's "Stuck On You" which was rise of two places. Yes, a song I don't remember all that well but it ended up peaking as high as number 3.

Colette climbed 1 place to number 5 with a cover of Anita Ward's big hit "Ring My Bell"...yoou can ring my beellll...anyway, it would stay at number 5 for three weeks. I'd recommend not pressing play on the below video unless you are keen on making your ears bleed.

At number 4 is Sam Brown's "Stop", a climb of one spot. This song was huge in Europe where it was number 1 in Norway and Belgium and also hit number 4 in the United Kingdom

Maintaining its position was former number 1 "She Drives Me Crazy" by Fine Young Cannibals at number 3. It also went to number 1 in New Zealand and Austria.

After 5 weeks at number 1, Madonna's "Like a Prayer" made way to go to number 2. Doesn't need to be said just how big this song was around the world, does it? Pretty darn obvious, of course some of it can be argued due to the controversy over the clip but its still a wonderful song that holds up today.

The new number 1 this week in 1989 belonged to Mike and the Mechanics with "The Living Years". It went number one in the US and Canada also however it wasn't a long time number one in Australia and would be knocked off the next week.

So that brings an end to this week's Step Back in Time. Next week I think we're winding the clock back to 1998 but we'll see but anyway here's one of the songs, you'll see, it's Usher with "You Make Me Wanna"

Coming up ARIA Chart top ten where we'll find out if "I'm the one" has held on to number one and also a massive New Music Friday Review this week with some big names releasing new singles including Selena Gomez, Camila Cabello strikes out completely on her own for the first time since leaving 5th Harmony and Liam Payne is the last of the One Direction lads to release a solo single.

See you then.

Step Back in Time: ARIA chart from 14th June 1992

I have always wanted to do Throwback Thursday so Australian Chart Attack is going to have a segment where we look back on the top 10 from Australian charts past. today I've wound the clock back to 14th June 1992 for a specific reason that I'll explain shortly (it will go back to this week in a certain year from next week)

So unlike what I do with the ARIA chart review, I am going to count backwards from 10 to 1. 

At number 10 was "Stay" by Shakespear's Sister. A 5 place drop from the previous week. Now this song. It peaked at number 3 in Australia but was a huge hit in the UK and Ireland where it went to number 1 and also to number 4 in the US on the Billboard Hot 100.

At number 9 was a Michael Jackson song that I quite frankly don't at all remember entitled "In The Closet". Some of Jackson's biggest fans might remember it but I really don't remember this. It was from Jackson's eighth album Dangerous and peaked at number 5 in Australia. "In the Closet" climbed 2 places from number 11 to break into the top 10.

At number 8 for those heavy rock fans is Metallica with the classic "Nothing Else Matters". A 4 place climb from number 12.

The Red Hot Chilli Peppers made waves in 1992 with "Under the Bridge" which dropped one place to number 7. "Under the Bridge" was a former chart topper in Australia in 1992 and indeed around the world including going number 1 in the Netherlands and Belgium. Only reached number 2 on the US Billboard hot 100. The album "Blood, Sugar, Sex and Magik" is probably one of the most significant albums of the early 90s.

At number 6 was Frente with their EP entitled "Clunk" which was up 2 places . Frente of course were known for songs like "Ordinary Angels" and "Accidentally Kelly Street". As "Ordinary Angels" was on the Clunk EP, it will

That word...ahh yes, the feel good song of the 90s sat at number 5, you know the one...yes, "That Word (L.O.V.E)" by The Rockmelons featuring Cutty and Nardo Ranks and Deni Hines. This song peaked at number 4 in Australia and number 5 in New Zealand.
That wooorrrd....

The previous week's number 1 one "One in a Million" by Euphoria (Yes, the pop group Jodhi Meares was in for a time). "One in a Million" dropped to number 4.

Kriss Kross emerged as a likely number 1 after it climbed to number 3 with "Jump" and boy they weren't kidding when they said they would make us JUMP because it jumped four places from number 7! Yikes! Australia wasn't the only place where this song had people jumping because the US sent it number 1.

Mr Big had spent three weeks at number 1 so it was on the slide, this week was their second at number 2 in Australia with "To Be With You" It ended up being the 4th biggest song in Australia in 1992,

Now we have reached the reason I wanted to do June 14th 1992 because at number 1 was Australian female pop band Girlfriend with "Take It From Me" with news today the band are reuniting to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their hit single which spent two weeks at number 1 in Australia in June 1992.