ARIA Singles Chart Top ten/Chart Review: 22nd February. Love Story of Calling My Phone

 This week saw the top ten see something of a clean out and unfortunately, it looks like some of the quality that was in the top ten got replaced by...well....ugh...you'll see, it's rough however what's not so rough is that "Drivers License" by Olivia Rodrigo spent a sixth week at number one however its leaking ground on both sales and streaming which makes "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals a player for number one as its got streaming on side for a run at number one next week.

A new entry at number three for American rapper Lil TJ and 6lack with a song called "Call My Phone". Now apparently this became a thing off a tik tok meme but more about that later however this song got some insane streaming tis week that saw it debut so high.

It disrupted the top ten though with "Without You" by The Kid Laroi pushed back to number four as it just lost out on streaming/ The same goes for Tiesto's "The Business" down one to number five although I expect this song to stick around...unfortunately.

However up one spot to number six is "Save Your Tears" by The Weeknd thanks to good streaming although it probably gained because "Mood" by 24kGoldn and Iann Dior tumbled two places to number seven.

Also down two spots is "Levitating" by Dua Lipa feat. Dababy to number eight as it gracefully looks set to leave the top ten

Arriving to the top ten for the first time and is the unpleasant turd that is "Goosebumps (remix)" by HVME and Travis Scott up five places to number nine. Only one word for this...ewww.

Returning to the top ten is "So Done" by The Kid Laroi at number ten up one spot from last week.

Gains

Biggest gain of the week belongs to Ava Max with "My Head & My Heart" up to 12 spots to 29 which is some good news as I still really like the song. That was the only major gain outside of the top ten.

Losers 

Biggest loser of the week belonged to "What You Know bout Love" by the late Pop Smoke which tumbled ten spots to number 43.

A slew of songs fell six places including "Take You Dancing" by Jason DeRulo to 45, "Dynamite" by BTS to 42, "WAP" by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion to 34 and "Therefore I Am" by Billie Eilish to 31

Drop Outs

A bunch of 2020 hits fell off the chart including "Savage Love" by Jawsh 685 and Jason DeRulo, "Don't Start Now" by Dua Lipa, "For the Night" by Pop Smoke and "Midnight Sky" by Miley Cyrus

The only song I'd say is a bit of a non starter that fell off was "Monster" by Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber

New Entries

Five new entries on the chart this week, we begin with....

47. "Astronaut In the Ocean" by Masked Wolf

So this is your very definition of sleeper hit, this song was released 18 months ago only for it to blow up on Tik Tok this year, it's by a little known Australian MC who goes by the rap name Masked Wolf and well...this song is interesting mostly because the chorus reminds me a lot of what Juice WRLD was doing before he died while his flow on the verses reminds of Eminem, he is quick and while there's no real story here other than Masked Wolf showing that he has overcome mental health problems, he could have built the story a little better and the song itself feels pretty short but this is still better than I expected coming off it blowing up on Tik Tok so yeah check this out if you are curious.

27. "We're Good" by Dua Lipa

So Dua Lipa released the deluxe edition of "Future Nostalgia" and I got to be honest as somebody who loved the tightness of the pop on the standard edition of the album...the extra songs really didn't anything for me and "We're Good" kind of falls into that category of not having the tightness to it that makes for a great Dua Lipa song, it's not precisely bad but given what was on Future Nostalgia, disappointment hurts here.

21. "Love Story (Taylor's Version)" by Taylor Swift 

So here's the first of the newly recorded Taylor Swift songs with the first album to be re recorded and released to be "Fearless" on April 9th with Taylor's first Australian number one in 2008 "Love Story" the first re release single and...well I actually like this more than the original...for one thing the new version strips out a lot of the syuthetic elements that didn't mesh at all with Taylor's vocal and gives the song a much more organic country sound which is fantastic so yeah I am okay with this version. Good job Taylor. Now to if you can make "You Belong With Me" tolerable for me, you'll be doing brilliantly.

15. "Cover Me In Sunshine" by Pink and Willow Sage Hart

Well then...I didn't see this coming especially as this is the best performing Pink song in a long time but put Pink in a studio with her nine year old daughter to record a song aimed at making people smile during a pandemic and I think there's a reason it debuted as high as it did because yeah less not mince words this is adorable and the production is acoustic guitar that can sound country if you squint. Yeah I'm not going to dunk this song, it is adorable and achieves what it sets out to do which is make people smile during a tough time in the world right now. Nice job from both Pink and Willow.

3. "Call My Phone" by Lil Tjay and 6lack

So the second hip hop song to get big on Tik Tok comes from two American rappers although it is mostly Lil Tjay's song with 6lack handling the hook all about the end of a relationship and Lil Tjay trying to make it clear to a girl that it's over and it's time for her to leave him alone and move on although it's not a good look when Lil Tjay says he might buy his 'new bitch' Dior (really, give yourself some time to get over the break up!)

Look the song is fine from a production standpoint even if it does sound a Pop Smoke song at points. I'll take it even if it's really only a solid song rather than excellent.

So that wraps up our week and there's no real clear stand outs one way or the other, I'm giving worst of the week to "We're Good" by Dua Lipa purely for being the most disappointing of the five new entries. Best goes to "Cover Me In Sunshine" by Pink and Willow Sage Hart just edging out "Love Story (Taylor's Veraion)" by Taylor Swift.

Next week: something from that deluxe edition release of Ariana Grande's album "Positions" and maybe the collab between Amy Shark and Keith Urban but we'll find out on Saturday when the chart updates at 5pm AEDT

New Music Friday Review: 12th February: What it feels like when only love can save me now

 "Only Love Can Save Me Now" by The Pretty Reckless feat Matt Cameron and Kim Thayil

So this seems to pretty likely to be the next single from the recently released The Pretty Reckless album "Death by Rock n Roll" this time bringing on board Matt Cameron of Soundgarden and Kim Thayil of Pearl and also Soundgarden for this song as The Pretty Reckless are big fans of Soundgarden.

There was a reason for bringing the members of Soundgarden on board because this song is basically a homage to Soundgarden and the band's frontman the late Chris Cornell. The whole song souds like it's straight out of the 90s grunge era and Pretty Reckless frontwoman Taylor Momsen sounds fantastic. Also that guitar solo from (I think) Matt is AWESOME. Check this song and indeed the rest of that Pretty Reckless album, it's something special.

Rating: 9/10

"Take Me Away" by Morgan Wade

So American bluegrass, pop and rock singer Morgan Wade caught my attention late last year with "Don't Cry" and with this song...all I can say is don't sleep on Wade's album "Reckless" when it is released in March so yeah I am literally putting this here as a reminder to you all to check this amazing artist's work out and oh yeah, the song "Take Me Away" is outstanding.

Rating: 8/10

"What It Feels Like" by Nipsey Hussle and Jay Z

So I am a bit leery of writing about the work of artists released after they have died, mostly because I am always concerned that any new release is cashing in on the legacy the dead artist left as we've seen with XXXtentacion and Juice WRLD (Yes, it's getting to that point with Juice unfortunately) so this new song involving Jay Z and the late Nipsey Hussle kind of bothered me but than I learned that the track has been in the making when Nipsey died, it's taken eight years for the song to be released so was the wait worth?

Well...I think it was, I love the instrumentation and the energy that both Jay Z and Nipsey Hussle bring to the song, I don't think this will be a hit but it's still excellent and well worth your time checking out.

Rating 8/10

"Big" by Rita Ora, David Guetta and Imanbek feat. Gunna.

Okay...stop...just stop! Why do pop acts especially ones like Rita Ora feel the need to have the underwhelming presence of Gunna on their songs? I mean I half expect this sort of crap from Bebe Rexha's next album if that's ever going to happen but anyway back to this song and really...it's rubbish, the production squishes Rita Ora's vocals into this flat as hell monotone that's completely uninteresting combined with production from Imanbek and David Guetta that is really dime a dozen and doesn't fit at all with the song's title.

The song sucks is what I am trying to say. It's not the worst thing I've heard but wow...it's on the list of suck.

Rating: 3/10

Good 1992 Vibrations: 16th February. It's Only Natural that I'm Dizzy.

 So this week was interesting to say the least even if the top ten was partially stagnant and we only had three new entries but let's begin with the top ten because we've got an interesting battle going on but this week saw "Let's Talk About Sex" by Salt 'n' Pepa remaining at number despite a drop in sales, its now facing a challenge from 'Love You Right" by Euphoria which is gaining on sales but just not enough to take the number one spot...yet.

"Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me" by George Michael & Elton John remained at number three mostly because it couldn't close the margins to the songs above it but it also means its under pressure from "Saltwater" by Julian Lennon which rose one spot to number four, this song has some momentum behind it and could be a player for number one soon.

Also rising one place to number five is Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" while "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana climbed two spots to number six as "Justified & Ancient" by The KLF remained steady at number seven.

However most of the above gains can be explained by the sudden collapse of "Cream" by Prince and The New Power Generation which tumbled four slots to number eight. Ouch.

We have two new arrivals to the top ten this week with Big Audio Dynamite II"s "The Globe" Breaking it on up five to number nine while Cece Peniston's "Finally" finally broke into the top ten up three slots to number ten

Gains

Let's deal with the good news first with the good to great debuts last week having massive gains like  "Remember The Time" by Michael Jackson rocketing from 42 to 15 and "Tip of My Tongue" by Diesel bolting up nine to 19!

The bad news is that Clivilles & Cole's bastardisation of U2's "Pride (O the Name of Love" rose nine to 16, "If You Go Away" by NKTOB jumping twelve spots to 26 and "I adore mi amor" by Color Me Badd jumped from 31 to 27 for no adequately explained reason.

Re Entries

Just the one re entry and that was from Sabrina Johnston with "Peace" at number 41

Losers

Again most of our big losers are 1991 songs with "All 4 Love" by Color Me Badd thankfully sliding six spots to 28, "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred (more on Right Said Fred in the new entries) down nine to 29, Roxette's "Spending My Time" slipped from 24 to 32, "Do Anything" by Natural Selection tumbled from 26 to 34, "There Will Never Be Another Tonight" by Bryan Adams down six to 36, "No Son Of Mine" by Genesis down nine spots to 44 and "Change" by Lisa Stansfield down seven to 47.

"Once Bitten, Twice Shy" by The Angels slipped seven spots off its debut last week to number 50.

New Entries

Three new entries this week, let's start with...

49. "It's Only Natural" by Crowded House

So here's the third single from Crowded House's album "Woodface" and yeah, this is excellent, granted its an oddly cheery upbeat song about death and reuniting wherever we go after we die. The guitars sound as organic as ever and Neil and Tim Finn's vocal harmonies are stunning as they are on several tracks on the album! Check this out!.

40. "Don't Talk Just Kiss" by Right Said Fred

Seriously? We indulged "I'm Too Sexy" as the weird novelty crap that it was and now we've got a second song from Right Said Fred on the chart and this is way worse than "I'm Too Sexy" because for one the lead vocals lack any charisma or personality that might make the song interesting and as for the lyrics...don't Talk, just kiss and let your tongue fool around" I think I'll pass on that. Ew. Skip this song.

35. "Dizzy" by Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff

"Dizzy" was originally a 1969 hit for Tommy Roe which peaked at number two so of course in 1992 the thing to do is have a cover recorded by comedian Vic Reeves and alternative rock band The Wonder Stuff and I actually like Vic Reeves version a lot better. 

The original felt too cloying plus that production has not aged well and sweet and I am not convinced that Tommy Roe sells the frustration of the song all that well.

However Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff give the song a bit of energy and bombast to turn it into this really fun rock jam plus it feels like Vic Reeves nailed the frustration and confusion of the lyrics a heck of a lot better. Check it out, it's not bad.

It's not that best of this week though, that's going to Crowded House for "It's Only Natural". Right Said Fred get worst of the week with "Don't Talk Just Kiss".

Next week...we could see a change for number one but we'll have to wait and see. 

ARIA Singles Top Ten/Chart Review: 15th February. Save Your Tears, Up goes The Business

Another pretty quiet week this week and I am not sure how much more weeks of consecutive quiet we are going to get (seen this week's avalanche of new releases yet?) but let's not muck around and get stuck into the top ten where for a fifth week, it's "Drivers License" by Olivia Rodrigo, it's dominant across the board...on sales and streaming, nothing got near it in this past week.

"Heat Waves" by Glass Animals, stuck at number two, just can't match "Drivers License" on streaming and it's leaking on sales. The same could be said of "Without You" by The Kid Laroi at number three but it's sales and streaming are still decent.

Look, i am not happy about "The Business" by Tiesto rising four places to number four and has strength across the board, this song just sounds miserable to me, I have no idea who appreciates those horrible vocals.

Both "Mood" by 24k Goldn and Iann Dior at number five and "Levitating" by Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby at number six. The latter should get a gain next week of the back of the release of the deluxe edition of "Future Nostalgia" but otherwise with it losing streaming I think we can expect to see this song take its leave soon.

Rising eleven places on the back of The Weeknd's Super Bowl performance is "Save Your Tears" at number seven, time will tell if it's streaming can hold up because it's going to need to given sales have already fallen off.

"Fly Away" by Tones and I suffered on streaming with high sales not enough to save it dropping four places to number eight.

Down two spots to number nine is "Head & Heart" by Joel Corry & MNEK, this song is starting to fall away gracefully now.

Also down two spots is "Good Days" by SZA, now come on, this song deserves to be in the top five of this chart...its gorgeous!

Gains

Pretty quiet week overall on this front but there was a seven place gain for "Prisoner" by Miley Cyrus feat. Dua Lipa to 27, "Paradise" by Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy jumped four spots to 19,  "Best Friend" by Saweetie feat. Doja Cat up five to 35 and "My Head & My Heart" by Ava Max up six spots to 41.

Re Entries

Just the one re entry with "For the Night" by Pop Smoke back at 50.

Losers

Well there was only really the only major loser which was "Take You Dancing" by Jason DeRulo which slipped six places to 39.

Drop outs

No complaints here with "Breaking Me" by Topic feat. A7S and "The Difference" by Flume feat. Toro Y Moi dropping out.

Hitting the charts elsewhere

So like last week, we only have the one new entry to the ARIA singles chart so let's check out a song that is rising up the UK charts and could well do the same in Australia but we're going to Canada...

49. On the Canadian Billboard Hot 100: "I'm Not Pretty" by JESSIA

So here have 20 year old unsigned Canadian artist Jessia who has a top 50 hit in Canada with this song thanks largely due to virality on Tik Tok and it's not hard to see why the song took off on Tik Tok, "I'm Not Pretty" is insanely catchy and it's got a solid alternative pop rock groove to it and JESSIA sings with plenty of attitude and gusty...reminds me a bit of fellow Canadian Avril Lavigne to a certain extent. Check this out. 

Getting back to the ARIA singles chart though....

New Entries

20. "Up" by Cardi B

This is Cardi B at her most ridiculous...flexing on her haters and having fun courtesy of a song that leans into the Chicago drill sound (drill becoming more popular in mainstream hip hop) and is full of instantaneously quotable lines like "If I had a dick, you'd probably lick it like a lollipop" which is actually pretty hilarious. All in all if "WAP" and "Up" are examples of what is on this upcoming Cardi B sophomore album, I'm keen. Bring it on.

Next week: Pink's collab with her nine year old daughter, Taylor Swift's rerecording of "Love Story" and just maybe a breakthrough for The Pretty Reckless...we'll find out next week when the chart updates at 5pm AEDT on Saturday

New Music Friday Review: 5th February Glad You Exist is What GLAM! People Say

 Okay...first off before we dig into some reviews, I must apologise for it being so late this week..mostly because I haven't felt inspired to write anything for a lot of the new stuff that appeared on Spotify's New Music Friday playlist especially when you consider I don't cover what is likely to chart here, the choices are limited here but I did manage to pull out a few releases worth a few words so here goes..

"What Other People Say" by Sam Fischer and Demi Lovato

So what the hell is Demi Lovato doing? She's released song after song with there being no sign of an album coming any time soon and it's not like any of the songs she has released have had any kind of chart run or success, it feels like she's just releasing music for the sake of it (granted a lot of artists are due to the fact they cannot tour because of the pandemic) so why not team up with Australian singer/songwriter Sam Fischer for a song about caring about what other people have to say about them.

The problem is that Demi is an overwhelming vocal presence on the track that you'd barely know Sam is on the track, it really should have been credited as being by Demi Lovato featuring Sam Fischer because she really does steal the show. It's not a bad song but both Demi and Sam have done better.

Rating: 6/10

Onto something a bit brighter and very much 80s inspired....

"GLAM!" by Allie X

So Allie X, a Canadian indie pop singer/songwriter who has been around for a large part of the 2010s and into the 2020s, returned with this track from the upcoming deluxe edition of her underwhelming "Cape God" album and my god, Allie X might just have joined the category of acts that do The 1975 sound better than the actual The 1975, Allie X has got the sound down pat here and she sounds great over this mid to late 80s style production with the slightly modern touch. Love it!

Rating: 8/10

Time to turn down the energy for some boyfriend country

"Glad You Existed" by Dan & Shay

At some point, Dan & Shay are going to have start writing interesting songs that are a little more than bland pop country, sure "Tequila" is pretty good but they've not really impressed me at all since then so with this new song and I don't know, the production is closer to pop than country and the lyrics play to them being glad their loved ones exist but I don't know it just feels like typical polite Dan & Shay fodder where it's not particularly bad but it's at all interestingly.

Rating: 6/10

Good 1992 Vibrations: 9th February. Tip of My Tongue Loves You, Right?

So a week where there's SEVEN new entries and plenty of movement up and down the chart (some of it good, some of it pretty terrible) however let's get stuck into the top ten first where things might be starting to get interesting even with "Let's Talk About Sex" by Salt -n- Pepa spending a third week at number one and while it's still pretty strong, it's going to come under some pressure from Euphoria's "Love You Right" which climbed three places to number two...I wish I understood the appeal of that song.

"Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" by George Michael and Elton John remains steady at number three. I kind of want to say this is still a player for the top spot but it feels like its hanging back waiting should either song above it collapse.

What is on it's way out is "Cream" by Prince and the New Power Generation which slipped two places to number four...more on Prince and the New Power Generation later in the new entries. 

In the most surprising news of the week, Julian Lennon's "Saltwater" climbed four places to number five. It's not a bad song and right now given where 1992 is trending, I'll take it.

"Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen climbed four places to number six mostly due to the film "Wayne's World" and it's placement in the movie which is utterly hilarious by the way.

Also staying in it's slot is "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana at number eight.

"Black or White" by Michael Jackson collapsed five places to number nine which is unsurprising (there's something we'll get to related to this song in the new entries) while "Ain't No Sunshine" by Rockmelons feat. Deni Hines slipped four places to number ten. Both songs are on the way out...bit of a pity as both songs are damn good to great.

Gains

The biggest gain of the week belongs to the pretty tepid and bland ballad "If You Were With Me Now" by Kylie Minogue and Keith Washington and also rising hard was "If You Go Away" by NKTOB as it climbed eight places to 38...WHY?

The other major gain probably also falls in the category of not good with Freaked-Out Flower Children's "Spill the Wine" up six places to 34.

The one gain I am delighted about is "One Word" by Baby Animals "One Word" up eight places to 15...that is just AWESOME.

Losers

So ALL of the losers this week are1991 songs that are making their way out like "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby" which collapsed down from 29 to 47, Gang Starr's "Lovesick" which slipped from 33 to 46. C&C Music Factory's "Just a Touch of Love (Every Day)" lost a lot of love plummeting from 27 to 41.

Lisa Stansfield's "Change" dived from 26 to 40 and "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred is heading south down nine to 20. 

New Enties

So we have a tonne of new entries this week so I am going to endeavour to keep my thoughts on these pretty short...starting with...

49. "I Can't Dance" by Genesis

I have an odd relationship with Genesis, I don't mind some of their eighties material even if I find Phil Collins solo work to be mostly mediocre at best (hey, that's being kind...I know people who absolutely despise his music) however "I Can't Dance" being the second single from their album called "We Can't Dance" behind "No Son of Mine" which peaked at 29 in 1991.

So how is "I Can't Dance"? Honestly, its a pretty catchy goofy number that's not anything close to being serious, it's Genesis poking fun at themselves and the video cements that. I don't mind this, it's a bit of fun. Check it out.

48. "Do You Feel Like I Feel?" by Belinda Carlisle

So looks like this week is replacing the bland ballads of last week with up tempo numbers with this song being the second single from Carlisle's album "Live Your Life Be Free" and honestly I want to like this song more than I do...Belinda Carlisle's vocals and the delivery don't match the energy of the song, she doesn't sound as good here as she did on a song like "Summer Rain" or even "Heaven is a Place on Earth" which is a bit of a shame because I do like the music here but even so I don't see this sticking around so let's just move on.

43. "Once Bitten Twice Shy" by The Angels

Ahh finally...some Australian rock courtesy of The Angels except that it's a cover of a 1975 song from Ian Hunter and this just isn't doing anything for me at all especially as I don't really care all that much for the original, look, The Angels have done better even as recently as  1990's "Beyond Salvation" but here the vocals are grating as all hell without having any of the visceral power and the music itself is pretty ehh... I am going to forget this exists beyond "Good 1992 Vibrations"

42. "Remember The Time" by Michael Jackson

So we're dealing with Michael Jackson twice this week, we'll get to the other thing a bit later but "Remember The Time" is the second single from "Dangerous" and honestly I really like this. Michael Jackson is delivering the kind of performance where his charisma shines all over the track and the production is honestly pretty great using that new jack swing to great effect and the lyrics play to the reminiscing about the moment of meeting and falling in love with someone. This is good! Hope it does well!.

28. "Tip of My Tongue" by Diesel

Oh look more Aussie music, this time leaning into more of the pop/rock sound coming from Diesel and another single from the impressive album :"Hepfidelity" and look, this might well be one of the best singles from that album, I love how the guitar matches his nervous energy as Diesel sings about the moment he wants to express his feelings to this girl, he knows in his heart what he wants to say but can't find the way to say, its right there but for whatever reason he can't. Also that guitar solo is fantastic. Check this song out!

21. "Diamonds & Pearls" by Prince & The New Power Generation

Ohh boy...Prince is another act I have mixed views on, I love a LOT of his 80s sound, he brought an energy to his music that I got swept up with songs like "1999", "Raspberry Beret", "Lets Go Crazy" etc however I'm sorry I don't like "Cream" AT ALL...that hook just rubs me up the wrong way so for the follow up, we get this and I'm sorry even if the critics are rushing to praise this, I just can't, Prince sounds flat here and ends up getting outshone by his female backing vocalist Rosie Gaines who sings her nut off and doesn't go with the flat, lowkey vibe of the song which is weird because its a song all about offering up love yet it feels I'm listening to a funeral. Pass.

Finally...

18. "Black or White (Clivilles & Cole (C&C) Remixes)" by Michael Jackson

Oh come on...I dealt with Clivilles & Cole last week and their horrendous butchering of U2's "Pride (In the Name of Love)"...I really didn't want to have to deal with them again this week and considered leaving this out given that I love the original version of "Black Or White" and that its a 1991 song but we may as well deal with the remix here and look...this remix is HEADACHE inducing and manages to make Michael sound like a chipmunk here. Yeah this is garbage.

It's also easily the worst song here given the second worst song new this week is forgettable/mediocre. As for the best...it's a toss up but I'm giving this to "Tip of My Tongue" by Diesel over "Remember the Time" by Michael Jackson, both are really damn good though. 

ARIA Singles Top Ten/Chart Review: 8th February. The Business of My Head & My Heart

 So we have a cool down week here where we find out what is settling in to become smash hits long into 2021 and while we'll get to the bad signs in our gains in a second but there's some positives in our top ten like "Drivers License" by Olivia Rodrigo holding on to the number one spot for another week, this song looks pretty comfortable at the top for now, it's got streaming and sales for now as I don't see what in the top ten right now could challenge it.

It's comfortably ahead of "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals which remains at number two as it lost out on sales and its streaming has not been able to match that of "Drivers License", the same goes for "Without You" by The Kid Laroi which thankfully remained stuck at number three despite it's parent album "F*** Love" going to number one on the ARIA albums top 50 and meant that The Kid Laroi is now the youngest artist to have ever taken the number one spot on the ARIA album chart.

Rising two places to number four is "Fly Away" by Tones and I, it needs to get streaming back onside in order to rise much further but it got to number four on good sales numbers and decent if not robust streaming.

Well it got ahead of "Mood" by 24kGoldn and Iann Dior which slipped to number five as it's losing ground in all channels now as is "Levitating" by Dua Lipa feat DaBaby which also stumbled one spot to number six although I expect this will get a boost following the release of the deluxe edition of "Future Nostalgia" on February 12th.

In good news, returning to the top ten is SZA's "Good Days" rising five places to number seven, this song appears to be doing well even if Australia radio is ignoring it unfortunately.

Cracking the top ten this week is Tiesto's "The Business" which also jumped five places to number eight. Sigh. I just don't like this song and think the vocals sound absolutely miserable.

"So Done" by The Kid Laroi remains at number nine while Justin Bieber's "Anyone" stays at number ten

Gains

The gains are a mix of good and bad. The good being that "Streets" by Doja Cat jumped from 27 to 14 this week and I'll also take "Save Your Tears" by The Weekend up eleven to 18.

However why is HVME's atrocious remix of Travis Scott's "Goosebumps" up six to 16 or "Best Friend" by Saweetie feat Doja Cat up eight spots to 40. Ugh. 

"Looking for Me" by Paul Woolford, Diplo and Kareen Lomax rose eight to 32 because of course it did.

Re Entries

Just the one return this week with "My Ex's Best Friend by Machine Gun Kelly and Blackbear back number 46

Losers

The biggest losers are off the back off the Hottest 100 with Flume's "The Difference" feat Toro y Moi down 18 down to 41, "WAP" by Cardi B and Megan The Stallion down to 25,

Drop Outs

Both "Get on the Beers" by Mashd n Kutcher feat. Daniel Andrews and "I'm Good?" by Hilltop Hoods left and probably won't be back either.

New Entries

So we've only got the one new entry to discuss so how about we check in with a song that's rising in Belgium before we get to it...

Number 18 in Belgium: "Strangers" by Laura Tesoro and Loic Nottet feat. Alex Germys

So to explain both Laura Tesoro and Loic Nottet are household names in Belgium, both have competed for Belgium at Eurovision. Laura with "What's the Pressure" and Loic with "Rhythm Inside', they linked up with fellow Belgian Alex Germys who is a producer for this song and...this is solid stuff, it's got a solid groove and Loic and Laura have a decent chemistry and those harmonies for the chorus are outstanding. The song tells the story of a relationship where the love has clearly gone out of the relationship and now it feels like they are two strangers sharing the bed. Its a mid tempo song that hooks the listener in. Give it a listen, it's not bad!

Getting back to the ARIA singles chart and our only new entry of the week....

47. "My Head & My Heart" by Ava Max

Oh thank god this finally showed up, Ava Max is absolutely killing it in Europe with "Who's Laughing Now" breaking into the top ten in Belgium and I have been wondering when Australia is going to give her another top ten hit after "Sweet but Psycho" in 2019, well here's 'My Head & My Heart" a song that interpolate's the ATC 2000s classic "All Around the World (La La La La)" and does it well that it honestly makes this song a lot of fun, the lyrics describe a confrontation Ava Max has had with an ex and she can't get it out of her head and now wants him to repair her broken heart. I'll take this, let's take this opportunity to give Ava Max a hit this time, hey, Australia?

So that wraps up this week on the singles chart. Next week, it looks like Cardi B's new single and the collab between Sam Fischer and Demi Lovato will show up but we'll see when the chart updates on Saturday at 5pm AEDT