We've got s much calmer week here as "I Try" by Macy Gray settles in for a second week at number one, its got sales on lock at the moment and looks really comfortable for a stay at number one, mostly because "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65 which remained at number two is not really a threat to "I Tty" anymore as its bleeding sales.
It makes "Mascara" by Killing Heidi, which jumped two places to number three, a strong player as it is strong across the board, this will challenge for number one in the weeks ahead, it blew past "Don't Call Me Baby" by Madison Avenue down one place to number four. "Don't Call Me Baby" looks to finally be on its way out thank goodness.
A song that is becoming a surprising huge hit is "Steal My Sunshine' by Len which jumped five places to number 5 this week, this song has some momentum on its side, this will go higher.
All this meant M2M's "Don't Say You Love Me" got pushed back two places to number six this week as momentum from the Pokemon movie dries up for this song.
"Better Off Alone" by Alice Deejay enjoys a one place rise to number seven pushing past "Will 2K" by Will Smith which dropped two places to number eight and "Waiting for Tonight" by Jennifer Lopez which slipped two places to number nine.
Finally wrapping up the top ten is Bloodhound Gang's "The Bad Touch" which climbed three to number ten as they do it like they do on the Discovery Channel.
Gains
Most of the big gains are for songs that have momentum like "What a Girl Wants" by Christina Aguilera up six to 15 and "S Club Party" by S Club 7 up six to 14.
"Everywhere You Go" by Taxiride climbed from 31 to 26, a song I wish I liked more to be quite honest.
However the biggest gain of the week came from Salt 'N' Pea with "The Brick Song Versus Gitty Up" rising ten places to 34
Re- Entry
Just the one re-entry this week and it comes from Moby with "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad" back at 42.
Losers
Ilanda's "Tasty" looks like may well be on its way out as it plunged from 37 to 50 this week while "Formula" by DJ Visage dropped nine places to 48.
Europe's "The Final Countdown 2000" is on it's final countdown on the chart as it plunged 7 places to 47.
The eternal flame on the charts is flickering for Human Nature as their pretty solid cover of "Eternal Flame" hit 36 this week.
Britney Spears "(You Drive Me) Crazy" got taken away seven places to 23.
New Entries
Savage Garden's new single "Affirmation" is the highest charting debut this week, it enters at 22. William Orbit's "Barber's Adagio for Strings plucked its way in at number 39.
An American hardcore punk band called Amen have an ARIA singles charting song with "Lover" in at 41.
Finally Latino heartthrob Enrique Iglesias has "Rhythm Dvine" in at number 46.
Thursday, 23 January 2020
Thursday, 16 January 2020
ARIA Singles top ten/ Chart Review: 13th January. Is Dance Monkey is about to be dethroned for good?
So all signs point toward there being a new number one sooner rather than later and that new number one may not even come from our current top ten speaking of which "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I held onto number one for a twentytbird week...yes, its sales are still very good but streaming is showing sudden signs of slowing down going forward and that isn't a good sign
I'd say it's good news for "Don't Start Now" by Dua Lipa which remains at number two however it's started to slip on sales, its really holding on by virtue of streaming, it managed to stave off the big challenge of one of the big movers within the top ten which is "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd, this song is gaining traction on sales and streaming so it's one to watch over the next few weeks.
That pushed "Roxanne" by Arizona Zervas back to number four, its only real presence is on streaming and it's looking tenuous there for it, same could be said for "Circles" by Post Malone which remained at number five this week despite losing ground on sales and on streaming.
Maroon 5 fell two places to number six with "Memories" (Good) while "Ride It" by Regard dropped back to number seven.
At number eight is the highest debut of the week which is *sigh* unfortunately "Yummy" by Justin Bieber. Now I am expecting this song to fall off as the well deserved backlash against this song continues.
Tones and I slipped back one place to number nine with "Never Seen the Rain" while "Adore You" by Harry Styles remains at number ten.
Gains
The biggest gain this week was "Before You Go" by Lewis Capaldi which jumped six places to number 12.
"My Oh My" by Camila Cabello and Da Bay rose from 25 to break into the top 20 at 19...unfortunately...it's not a good song.
Re Entries
Just the one re-entry this weekend that being Khalid's "Up All NIght" at 48.
Losers
The biggest loser this week is "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X which slipped from 16 back to 29 as it leaves gracefully, it took "Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello down eight places with it to 28 and "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee down from 27 to 33.
Travis Scott's "Highest in The Room" lost it's grip and fell from 15 to 21.
Drop Outs
All the drop outs are 2018 or 2019 hits with 2018's "Lucid Dreams" by Juice WRLD gone taking with it 2019 hits like "Choir" by Guy Sebastian and "The Git Up" by Blanco Brown.
Also gone are "Truth Hurts" by Lizzo and "Teeth" by 5 Seconds of Summer
New Entries
The rest of our new entries have to be a lot better than "Yummy" by Justin Bieber new in at number eight, right?
Well there's the new US number one 'The Box" by Roddy Ricch at 18, this song is huge right now, there's potential for a big climb into the top ten in Australia next week.
US group Brockhampton score their first ARIA singles charting song with "Sugar" new in at 37. Surprised it's taken this long with their immense social media popularity.
Finally the very poor "The Reaper" by The Chainsmokers and Amy Shark is in at 47.
So that wraps up the week and wow, I am not sure if "Dance Monkey" can get a 25th week at number one, the challengers are coming for it. We'll probably get boosts for "Lose You to Love Me" by Selena Gomez off the back of her album being released and maybe Halsey's new song, we'll see when the chart updates on Saturday at 5pm AEDT
I'd say it's good news for "Don't Start Now" by Dua Lipa which remains at number two however it's started to slip on sales, its really holding on by virtue of streaming, it managed to stave off the big challenge of one of the big movers within the top ten which is "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd, this song is gaining traction on sales and streaming so it's one to watch over the next few weeks.
That pushed "Roxanne" by Arizona Zervas back to number four, its only real presence is on streaming and it's looking tenuous there for it, same could be said for "Circles" by Post Malone which remained at number five this week despite losing ground on sales and on streaming.
Maroon 5 fell two places to number six with "Memories" (Good) while "Ride It" by Regard dropped back to number seven.
At number eight is the highest debut of the week which is *sigh* unfortunately "Yummy" by Justin Bieber. Now I am expecting this song to fall off as the well deserved backlash against this song continues.
Tones and I slipped back one place to number nine with "Never Seen the Rain" while "Adore You" by Harry Styles remains at number ten.
Gains
The biggest gain this week was "Before You Go" by Lewis Capaldi which jumped six places to number 12.
"My Oh My" by Camila Cabello and Da Bay rose from 25 to break into the top 20 at 19...unfortunately...it's not a good song.
Re Entries
Just the one re-entry this weekend that being Khalid's "Up All NIght" at 48.
Losers
The biggest loser this week is "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X which slipped from 16 back to 29 as it leaves gracefully, it took "Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello down eight places with it to 28 and "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee down from 27 to 33.
Travis Scott's "Highest in The Room" lost it's grip and fell from 15 to 21.
Drop Outs
All the drop outs are 2018 or 2019 hits with 2018's "Lucid Dreams" by Juice WRLD gone taking with it 2019 hits like "Choir" by Guy Sebastian and "The Git Up" by Blanco Brown.
Also gone are "Truth Hurts" by Lizzo and "Teeth" by 5 Seconds of Summer
New Entries
The rest of our new entries have to be a lot better than "Yummy" by Justin Bieber new in at number eight, right?
Well there's the new US number one 'The Box" by Roddy Ricch at 18, this song is huge right now, there's potential for a big climb into the top ten in Australia next week.
US group Brockhampton score their first ARIA singles charting song with "Sugar" new in at 37. Surprised it's taken this long with their immense social media popularity.
Finally the very poor "The Reaper" by The Chainsmokers and Amy Shark is in at 47.
So that wraps up the week and wow, I am not sure if "Dance Monkey" can get a 25th week at number one, the challengers are coming for it. We'll probably get boosts for "Lose You to Love Me" by Selena Gomez off the back of her album being released and maybe Halsey's new song, we'll see when the chart updates on Saturday at 5pm AEDT
2000 Sound: 16th January. New number one
So this week we saw even more chaos with shifts in our top ten and shifts up and down the chart which makes me think this year could be a wild ride but unlike last week, the number one is affected because we got a new number one that being "I Try" by Macy Gray which climbed nine places to reach the top of the Australian chart summit and I have no idea how long it will stay there.
It jumped ahead of both "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65 which dropped to number two and "Don't Call Me Baby" by Madison Avenue which dropped to number three. Both songs look to be on their way out out of the top ten...finally...
M2M rose one place to number four with "Don't Say You Love Me" while Killing Heidi's "Mascara" jumped two places to number five as it shapes as the challenger to "I Try" for number one.
What won't be challenging for number one is "Will 2K" by Will Smith which fell three places to number six as did "Waiting for Tonight" by Jennifer Lopez which slipped three places to number seven.
Alice Deejay's "Better off Alone" is the first of three songs new to the top ten this week jumping three places to number eight Vanessa Amorosi's "Absoliitely Everybody" which rose four places to number nine this week.
Finally Len's "Steal My Sunshine" rose two places to number ten and looks set to be a massive hit this year.
Gains
Not too many big gains this week with S Club 7's "S Club Party" looking like it might well be a top ten hit after it gained eight places to 20.
"I See You Baby" by Groove Armada broke into the top 20 climbing from 27 to 19 however the biggest gain of the week belongs to Aleesha Rome's "Search My Heaven" which jumped from 49 to 33 this week.
Re- Entries
Just one re-entry with R.E.M back at number 46 with "The Great Beyond"
Losers
The Vengaboys holiday in Ibiza inside the top 50 looks over as "We're Going to Ibiza" drops 12 places to 50 while "Weir" by Killing Heidi dropped ten places to 34 and S Club 7's "Bring it All Back" slipped ten to 18.
Europe's "The Final Countdown 2000" dropped seven places to 40
New Entries
The biggest new entry comes from Metallica with Michael Kramer and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra with an orchestral version of "Nothing Else Matters" at 28.
Deadstar are in at 43 with "Deeper Water", this song has some traction on radio so we'll see what happens.
Finally Salt 'N' Pepa have hit the chart again with "The Brick Song Versus Gitty Up" at number 44.
It jumped ahead of both "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65 which dropped to number two and "Don't Call Me Baby" by Madison Avenue which dropped to number three. Both songs look to be on their way out out of the top ten...finally...
M2M rose one place to number four with "Don't Say You Love Me" while Killing Heidi's "Mascara" jumped two places to number five as it shapes as the challenger to "I Try" for number one.
What won't be challenging for number one is "Will 2K" by Will Smith which fell three places to number six as did "Waiting for Tonight" by Jennifer Lopez which slipped three places to number seven.
Alice Deejay's "Better off Alone" is the first of three songs new to the top ten this week jumping three places to number eight Vanessa Amorosi's "Absoliitely Everybody" which rose four places to number nine this week.
Finally Len's "Steal My Sunshine" rose two places to number ten and looks set to be a massive hit this year.
Gains
Not too many big gains this week with S Club 7's "S Club Party" looking like it might well be a top ten hit after it gained eight places to 20.
"I See You Baby" by Groove Armada broke into the top 20 climbing from 27 to 19 however the biggest gain of the week belongs to Aleesha Rome's "Search My Heaven" which jumped from 49 to 33 this week.
Re- Entries
Just one re-entry with R.E.M back at number 46 with "The Great Beyond"
Losers
The Vengaboys holiday in Ibiza inside the top 50 looks over as "We're Going to Ibiza" drops 12 places to 50 while "Weir" by Killing Heidi dropped ten places to 34 and S Club 7's "Bring it All Back" slipped ten to 18.
Europe's "The Final Countdown 2000" dropped seven places to 40
New Entries
The biggest new entry comes from Metallica with Michael Kramer and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra with an orchestral version of "Nothing Else Matters" at 28.
Deadstar are in at 43 with "Deeper Water", this song has some traction on radio so we'll see what happens.
Finally Salt 'N' Pepa have hit the chart again with "The Brick Song Versus Gitty Up" at number 44.
Monday, 13 January 2020
Saturday Song Review: What do you get when you mix Avril with Sigrid? Torine's "Make U Cry"!
This is a bit of a weird choice especially when it's considered Khalid, Halsey, Selena Gomez etc all dropped new music on Friday but I wanted to write about something I actively liked especially after the hyper negativity of the debut edition of this series and while the song I am going to write about today isn't on the the New Music Friday AU and NZ Spotify playlist, it was one I felt I just had to talk about especially given who she reminds me of.
So who is Torine? She's an Norwegian EDM/pop act that broke on to the scene last year with "Dancing In My Sleep" in Norway and has worked with Alan Walker, a DJ/producer who has been hugely successful across Europe with "Make U Cry" being the third song Torine has released.
Okay, if you can imagine taking Avril Lavigne's delivery on some of her slower songs and Sigrid's enchanting vocals then Torine would fit somewhere in the middle, Torine really does sound like Avril on the verses here.
As for "Make U Cry" as a song? It's got some solid guitar with the very European esque electronic production, it's really not bad and while the lyrics are probably the only area of the song that are a bit of an issue (in that they feel as though they don't really scratch the surface of the issues here) but for a short pop song, it's effective, I really enjoyed this and would take whatever Torine has in store for us over ehatever The Chainsmokers did with that god awful "The Reaper" song with Amy Shark.
So yeah check out "Make U Cry" by Torine. Looking forward to hearing more.
Rating 8/10
Thursday, 9 January 2020
ARIA Singles Top Ten/Chart Review: 6th January 2020
So all the Christmas songs left and what we have is kind of interesting plus with Justin Bieber's terrible new song showing up next week, this week kind of felt like it was back to normal and by back to normal, I mean "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I back at number one for a 22nd week.
Dua Lipa is back at number two with "Don't Start Now", I am not certain if it can go number one, needs sales and streaming to pick up but the fact that these two songs are stalling the momentum of "Roxanne" by Arizona Zervas is really a good thing because the only thing holding up "Roxanne" right now is streaming, it's really behind on sales right now.
J'd say it's vulnerable to "Memories" by Maroon 5 which returned to number four but that spent the week also bleeding on streaming even as its sales hold up well. "Circles" by Post Malone is also showing signs of weakness as well as it jumped back up to number five, it slipped on streaming and sales aren't there for it.
Same could be said of "Ride It" by Regard which climbed back to number six but again this song is n shaky footing and is vulnerable to "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd which looks as though it finally has some momentum behind it at number seven, this song is a monster on sales and is catching up on streaming, fully expect this to be top five at next chart update.
Tones and I's second song in the top ten 'Never Seen the Rain" climbed back to number eight on good sales because streaming is messy at this point.
Same could be said for "Good as Hell" by Lizzo which came back at number 9 and "Adore You" by Harry Styles which returned to number 10.
Gains
The biggest gain this week came from Travis Scott's "Highest in the Room" which climbed from 36 to 15 probably off the release of JACKBOYS album.
"Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X climbs 11 places to 16 and strangely "My Oh My" by Camila Cabello and DaBaby rose eleven places to 25.
"Castles" by Freya Ridings got a boost from 37 to 29 this week while "Post Malone" by Sam Feldt feat Rani jumped from 41 to 33 and 'Trampoline" jumped nine places to 35 for SHAED.
Re- entries
A couple of re-entries this week with the best of those being 'How Do You Sleep?" by Sam Smith at 47, "Yellow Hearts" by Ant Saunders at 48 and "Teeth" by 5 Seconds of Summer at 49.
Losses
Unsurprisingly the big loss came for Juice WRLD's 2018 hit "Lucid Dreams" as it plummeted 20 places to 22. "Own It" by Stormzy feat. Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy dropped six places to 46, The Weeknd also dropped six places to 36 with "Heartless" (although I think people have realized "Blinding Lights" is the better of the two new songs The Weeknd released).
The other real big loser was "Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles which fell eleven places to 23.
Drop Outs
All the Christmas music fell off the chart this week so apart from that we also unfortunately lost "Lover" by Taylor Swift.
It wasn't a good week for Harry Styles with his lead single 'Lights Up" along with album tracks "Falling" and "Golden" making their exits along with "Bandit" by Juice WRLD and Young Boy Never Broke Again.
New Entries
So we got five new songs on the chart this week with the biggest coming from New Zealand's Benee with "Glitter" at 34, this song seems to have a bit of traction on streaming so we'll see what happens especially if sales start to match it.
Riton finally hits the chart with "Turn Me On" feat. Oliver Heldens and Vula, a track that samples Yazoo's famous melody on 80s smash hit "Don't Go".
A song that was big in the UK last year has finally reached the Australian chart that being "Sorry" by Joel Corry at 40.
Don Toliver's "No Idea" is in at 43 and finally 'Purple Hat" by Sofi Tukker at 50
I like the look of the top ten at the moment, its not perfect (still two pretty awful songs in the top five), anyway expecting Justin Bieber to enter the chart along with a couple of bushfire relief appeal songs so we'll see what happens when the chart updates on Saturday at 5pm
Dua Lipa is back at number two with "Don't Start Now", I am not certain if it can go number one, needs sales and streaming to pick up but the fact that these two songs are stalling the momentum of "Roxanne" by Arizona Zervas is really a good thing because the only thing holding up "Roxanne" right now is streaming, it's really behind on sales right now.
J'd say it's vulnerable to "Memories" by Maroon 5 which returned to number four but that spent the week also bleeding on streaming even as its sales hold up well. "Circles" by Post Malone is also showing signs of weakness as well as it jumped back up to number five, it slipped on streaming and sales aren't there for it.
Same could be said of "Ride It" by Regard which climbed back to number six but again this song is n shaky footing and is vulnerable to "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd which looks as though it finally has some momentum behind it at number seven, this song is a monster on sales and is catching up on streaming, fully expect this to be top five at next chart update.
Tones and I's second song in the top ten 'Never Seen the Rain" climbed back to number eight on good sales because streaming is messy at this point.
Same could be said for "Good as Hell" by Lizzo which came back at number 9 and "Adore You" by Harry Styles which returned to number 10.
Gains
The biggest gain this week came from Travis Scott's "Highest in the Room" which climbed from 36 to 15 probably off the release of JACKBOYS album.
"Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X climbs 11 places to 16 and strangely "My Oh My" by Camila Cabello and DaBaby rose eleven places to 25.
"Castles" by Freya Ridings got a boost from 37 to 29 this week while "Post Malone" by Sam Feldt feat Rani jumped from 41 to 33 and 'Trampoline" jumped nine places to 35 for SHAED.
Re- entries
A couple of re-entries this week with the best of those being 'How Do You Sleep?" by Sam Smith at 47, "Yellow Hearts" by Ant Saunders at 48 and "Teeth" by 5 Seconds of Summer at 49.
Losses
Unsurprisingly the big loss came for Juice WRLD's 2018 hit "Lucid Dreams" as it plummeted 20 places to 22. "Own It" by Stormzy feat. Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy dropped six places to 46, The Weeknd also dropped six places to 36 with "Heartless" (although I think people have realized "Blinding Lights" is the better of the two new songs The Weeknd released).
The other real big loser was "Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles which fell eleven places to 23.
Drop Outs
All the Christmas music fell off the chart this week so apart from that we also unfortunately lost "Lover" by Taylor Swift.
It wasn't a good week for Harry Styles with his lead single 'Lights Up" along with album tracks "Falling" and "Golden" making their exits along with "Bandit" by Juice WRLD and Young Boy Never Broke Again.
New Entries
So we got five new songs on the chart this week with the biggest coming from New Zealand's Benee with "Glitter" at 34, this song seems to have a bit of traction on streaming so we'll see what happens especially if sales start to match it.
Riton finally hits the chart with "Turn Me On" feat. Oliver Heldens and Vula, a track that samples Yazoo's famous melody on 80s smash hit "Don't Go".
A song that was big in the UK last year has finally reached the Australian chart that being "Sorry" by Joel Corry at 40.
Don Toliver's "No Idea" is in at 43 and finally 'Purple Hat" by Sofi Tukker at 50
I like the look of the top ten at the moment, its not perfect (still two pretty awful songs in the top five), anyway expecting Justin Bieber to enter the chart along with a couple of bushfire relief appeal songs so we'll see what happens when the chart updates on Saturday at 5pm
2000 Sound: 9th January 2000. Uh...What the hell happened?
We have...unmitigated chaos on the chart this week, a LOT happened so we better get right to it, the only thing that didn't change was that "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65 spent a ninth week at number one.
Madison Avenue climbed one place to number two with "Don't Call Me Baby" but from there? Well at number three is the first of several songs to climb into the top ten, Will Smith's "Will 2K" which rocketed up 13 places to number 3 somehow.
Jennifer Lopez has another top 5 hit with "Waiting for Tonight" jumping 5 places to number 4 while M2M up seven places with "Don't Say You Love Me" to number five (the song is off the Pokemon movie soundtrack)
UK boyband Five have climbed five places to claim the number six slot with "Keep On Movin'" wile making the biggest move of the week is Aussie band Killing Heidi as "Mascara" flies into the top ten from 38 to to number 7, its shaping as a potential future number one.
S Club 7 were one of the victims of all the shuffling with 'Bring It All Back" dropping four places to number 8 while Cliff Richard's "The Millennium Prayer" was hit the hardest this week as it fell seven places to number 9
Finally "I Try" by Macy Gray drops three places to round out this week's top ten at number ten.
Gains
Already talked about some of the big gains in the top ten but the big gains were also in amongst the rest of the chart especially as "I See You Baby" by Groove armada has hit 27 from 40 this week while "Better off Alone" by Alice Deejay has hit 11 from 24 and "Steal My Sunshine" by Len hit 12 from 28!.
ATB's "Don't Stop" is up to 17 from 34 this week while "Pray" by Tina Cousins is one of the smaller gains this week up to 16 from 23
Losers
A lot of the losers are 1999 songs on their way out so "Sister" by Sister2Sister hit 15 from 6 and "Smooth" by Santana feat. Rob Thomas dropped to 14 from 5.
Meanwhile "Burning Down the House" by Tom Jones and The Cardigans burnt its way down from 13 to 20.
"That's the Way It is" by Celine Dion is going in the wrong direction by dropping eight places to 22.
"Weir" by Killing Heidi got hit hard dropping 14 places to 24 as did former chart topper "Last Kiss" by Pearl Jam which stumbled 12 places to 32.
Savage Garden's "I Knew I Loved You" hit the skids to 34 from 21 while Ricky Martin is shaking his bon bon all the way down nine places to 36 with "Shake Your Bon Bon"
Dropping eight places is The Vengaboys holiday song "We're going to Ibiza" to 38 while Backstreet Boys drop from 22 to 43 with "Larger than Life" and "I Got a Girl" by Lou Bega loses all its momentum to 46.
New Entries
So we have a lengthy list of new arrivals with the highest debut of the week belonging to Christina Aguilera's "What a Girl Wants", her follow up to "Genie In a Bottle" which was huge in 1999. "What A Girl Wants" is in at 21.
Speaking of second singles, S Club 7 are back with their new single "S Club Party" at 28 as "Bring It all Back" prepares to leave the top ten.
It was a hit in 1987 but Europe are trying to repeat their success with "The Final Countdown 2000" in at number 33.
TLC's new single "Dear Lie" is in at number 37 while American DJ/producer Paul Johnstone is in at 39 with "Get Get Down"
Aussie popstar Aleesha Rome hits the ARIA chart at number 49 with 'Search My Heaven".
Finally British DJ Moby is in at 50 with "Why Does My Heart Feel so Bad?"
Madison Avenue climbed one place to number two with "Don't Call Me Baby" but from there? Well at number three is the first of several songs to climb into the top ten, Will Smith's "Will 2K" which rocketed up 13 places to number 3 somehow.
Jennifer Lopez has another top 5 hit with "Waiting for Tonight" jumping 5 places to number 4 while M2M up seven places with "Don't Say You Love Me" to number five (the song is off the Pokemon movie soundtrack)
UK boyband Five have climbed five places to claim the number six slot with "Keep On Movin'" wile making the biggest move of the week is Aussie band Killing Heidi as "Mascara" flies into the top ten from 38 to to number 7, its shaping as a potential future number one.
S Club 7 were one of the victims of all the shuffling with 'Bring It All Back" dropping four places to number 8 while Cliff Richard's "The Millennium Prayer" was hit the hardest this week as it fell seven places to number 9
Finally "I Try" by Macy Gray drops three places to round out this week's top ten at number ten.
Gains
Already talked about some of the big gains in the top ten but the big gains were also in amongst the rest of the chart especially as "I See You Baby" by Groove armada has hit 27 from 40 this week while "Better off Alone" by Alice Deejay has hit 11 from 24 and "Steal My Sunshine" by Len hit 12 from 28!.
ATB's "Don't Stop" is up to 17 from 34 this week while "Pray" by Tina Cousins is one of the smaller gains this week up to 16 from 23
Losers
A lot of the losers are 1999 songs on their way out so "Sister" by Sister2Sister hit 15 from 6 and "Smooth" by Santana feat. Rob Thomas dropped to 14 from 5.
Meanwhile "Burning Down the House" by Tom Jones and The Cardigans burnt its way down from 13 to 20.
"That's the Way It is" by Celine Dion is going in the wrong direction by dropping eight places to 22.
"Weir" by Killing Heidi got hit hard dropping 14 places to 24 as did former chart topper "Last Kiss" by Pearl Jam which stumbled 12 places to 32.
Savage Garden's "I Knew I Loved You" hit the skids to 34 from 21 while Ricky Martin is shaking his bon bon all the way down nine places to 36 with "Shake Your Bon Bon"
Dropping eight places is The Vengaboys holiday song "We're going to Ibiza" to 38 while Backstreet Boys drop from 22 to 43 with "Larger than Life" and "I Got a Girl" by Lou Bega loses all its momentum to 46.
New Entries
So we have a lengthy list of new arrivals with the highest debut of the week belonging to Christina Aguilera's "What a Girl Wants", her follow up to "Genie In a Bottle" which was huge in 1999. "What A Girl Wants" is in at 21.
Speaking of second singles, S Club 7 are back with their new single "S Club Party" at 28 as "Bring It all Back" prepares to leave the top ten.
It was a hit in 1987 but Europe are trying to repeat their success with "The Final Countdown 2000" in at number 33.
TLC's new single "Dear Lie" is in at number 37 while American DJ/producer Paul Johnstone is in at 39 with "Get Get Down"
Aussie popstar Aleesha Rome hits the ARIA chart at number 49 with 'Search My Heaven".
Finally British DJ Moby is in at 50 with "Why Does My Heart Feel so Bad?"
Saturday, 4 January 2020
Saturday Song Review: "Yummy" by Justin Bieber...a gastronomic disaster of a song
Justin Bieber is back with
a new single entitled “Yummy” after spending some time away from music…okay,
not completely away, he has been a guest artist on others songs like
“Despacito” by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, the two DJ Khaled songs/posse cuts
that I’ve completely forgotten about and “10,000 Hours” by Dan and Shay last
year, “Yummy” is the first single from the new album that’s supposed to be
coming this year and with Bieber looking to go down the R ‘n’ B lane, I was kind
of interested so what did we get from the Biebs on “Yummy” and was it a delight
to the ears?
Honestly, “Yummy’ is the sort
of song that leaves you with that feeling in the pit of your tummy that this meal
is not at all yummy and a complaint needing to be delivered to the chef or the
chefs that cooked this up because what Justin Bieber has served up as his lead
off single for a brand new album is some of the most bargain barrel and lazy
trend hopping I’ve seen in some time, there is no creativity on display in the
instrumentation AT ALL with pop fused with trap that fucking Post Malone did
better on “Hollywood’s Bleeding”. “Yummy’ doesn’t even give have a satisfying
pay off within the instrumentation among the pop/trap drear.
Although considering those
behind the production include Sasha Sirota (featured artist on Zac Brown’s atrocious
song “Swayze”) and Poo Bear (also has a credit on the last Zac Brown Band
album) its not really surprising the instrumentation and production on this
song suck.
The boring instrumentation means
we’re forced to focus on the lyrics and honestly? The lyrics are terrible with
that chorus being one of of the most bargain barrel and lazy I’ve heard in some
time, he repeats “yummy-yum” six times and ‘babe’ six times, I mean come on THREE
people (In this case Bieber, Ashley Boyd and Poo Bear) sitting around a table
should be able to come up with a better chorus than this:
“Yeah, you got that yummy-yum
That yummy-yum, that
yummy-yummy
Yeah, you got that
yummy-yum
That yummy-yum, that
yummy-yummy
Say the word, on my way
Yeah babe, yeah babe, yeah
babe
Any night, any day
Say the word, on my way
Yeah babe, yeah babe, yeah
babe
In the mornin' or the late
Say the word, on my way”
Also I can’t help but think
that “Yummy-yum” is rhyming slang for “eating out’ and I don’t mean at a
restaurant or fast food (think sexual innuendo and then be completely grossed
out)
Also if the song is about his
wife Hailey then why the hell does he call her a stallion in the first verse? A
stallion is a male horse!.
The prechorus contains the
proverbial bragging about money with Justin begging Hailey to help him spend the
millions they have between him (like his fans could connect to having millions of
dollars and yet again the instrumentation doesn’t much that feeling of that
much god damn luxury.
So the instrumentation and
the lyrics are garbage, what about Justin Bieber himself? Well, it doesn’t help
Bieber sings the chorus with the same amount of enthusiasm or passion that I
have for putting on still damp socks, he sounds bored out of his mind, if this
is a love song you’d think Bieber would insert some passion into his vocals
especially on the chorus where midway through he leaps into a Post Malone
cadence because somehow he has to make the song INTERESTING.
If Justin Bieber wants to go
down the R’n’ B lane, he could do better by getting in contact with Usher or at
least stars within the R’n’B fold that can make the songs smooth as all hell
and sexier than this mess rather than working with Poo Bear who seems to get
around as much as bloody Marshmello.
"Yummy" isn't a good sign for what we might get on this new album because if it's more garbage like this than...oh dear.
Avoid this song like its got
a food poisoning warning over it because you’ll end up with a bad tummy ache in
the end.
Rating; 1/10
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