Boom. We have a really busy week here as 1996 continues to wind
down, we're not far from the chart year finishing, there are plenty of changes
to the top ten including a new entry in the top 5 and a slew of new entries
further down the charts however what wasn't affected by any change was the
number one which for yet another week is "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls
and look, there's just nothing getting near it right now.
It's closest competition is
"Where Do You Go?" by No Mercy which climbed one place to number two
but its close for that number two spot as "What's Love Got to Do With
it" by Warren G feat. Adina Howard dropped one place to number three.
There's a new entry at number
four coming from The Prodigy with "Breathe". A good sales week
ensured a strong debut for this song.
"Sometimes When We
Touch" by Newton remains at number five (unfortunately) while one of the
big climbers this week is Savage Garden's "To the Moon and Back"
which jumped ten places to number six, it could be a contender for number one
soon.
What won't be contending for
number one is "I Love You Always Forever" by Donna Lewis as it
slipped down three places to number seven.
The second song to reach the
top ten this week comes from Human Nature as "Wishes" rises from 11
to 8, it's the band's first top ten hit.
Slipping down two places is
"Don't Stop Movin'" by Livin' Joy at number 9 while “It’s All Coming
Back to Me Now” by Celine Dion wraps up the top ten by remaining at number ten.
Gains
Shania Twain looks set for a stint in the top ten as her single “(If
You’re not in it for Love) I’m Outta Here” rocketed up 11 places to number 13.
Dead Or Alive move up ten places with “You Spin Me Round (Like A
Record) (’96 Remix” at number 28.
Interestingly Puff Johnson’s “Over and Over” rose hard to 29…this
kind of rhythm and blues is very radio friendly so keen to see if this continues
to have traction going forward.
Tori Amos continues her rise with “Hey Jupiter/Professional Widow”
rising to 34 from 43.
Keith Sweat’s “Twisted” rose seven places to 30
Re-Entries
“Macarena” by Los Del Mar feat. Pedro Castano is back at 47 for
some strange reason.
Losers
A lot of former hits lost ground hard this week with “Lover Lover”
by Jimmy Barnes dropping from 25 to 42 and “I Want You” by Savage Garden falling
from 30 to 41.
“I’ll be There for You” by The Remembrandts took a plunge from 20
to 33 as this song dies off naturally while Mark Morrison’s follow up “Crazy”
isn’t charting the same course as “Return of the Mack” as it plunged from 22 to
37 this week.
“Macarena” by Los Del Rio fell out of the top ten to 15 (Good).
New Entries
So we have a slew of new entries aside from The Prodigy’s “Breathe”
which as mentioned earlier debuted at number four.
We must go all the way down to 36 to find the next new entry
though which is “Mama Said” by hard rock stars Metallica. British pop outfit Deuce
are in at 44 with “On the Bible”
American rock rap band 311 have entered the chart at 45 with “Down”.
Honestly it’s pretty awful so I don’t expect it to stick around.
Gina G is finally following up “Ooh Ahh…(Just A Little Bit)” with
another high energy dance song reminiscent of Kylie Minogue called “I Belong to
You’ which entered the ARIA chart at number 48.
Finally a song that I think might do well well into 1997 is “No
Diggity” by Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre which entered at 50. It has potential
to be huge.