Good 1992 Vibrations: 8th March. I'm Under The Saltwater Bridge, Please Come as You Are

 So this week feels fairly standard for 1992. A few shifts in the top ten with a major one right at the top along with a few new entries lower down the chart so let's get right into it with news of a brand new number one...that's right.."Saltwater" by Julian Lennon has taken top spot thanks to impressive sales, it pushed past "Love You Right" by Euphoria which slipped to number two as its sales couldn't go with "Saltwater" but it still held up ahead of "Justified & Ancient" by The KLF which held steady at number three, the same goes for "Lets Talk About Sex" by Salt 'n' Pepa at number four

Meanwhile teen spirit pushed Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" up one spot to number five while "Tip of My Tongue" by Diesel got a three place jump to number six! Yay!

Michael Jackson's "Remember The Time" remains at number seven while "Finally" by CeCe Peniston finally moved up two places to number eight. 

"Dizzy" by Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff spends its first week inside the top ten up three places to number nine.

"Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" by George Michael and Elton John slipped five places to number ten as sales won't sustain this much longer.

Gains

"Don't Talk Just Kiss" by Right Said Fred somehow jumped from 23 to 18...just why? The song is garbage...ughhh...In better news though, "I Can't Dance" by Genesis rose ten places to 20.

Voice of The Beehive's bizarre cover of "I Think I Love You" jumped from 37 to 24 for some strange reason while Pearl Jam's "Alive" rose eight spots to 26.

"Peace" by Sabrina Johnston climbed from 35 to 29 while Simply Red's "Stars" climbed from 41 to 33...NICE!

Losers

Roxette's "Spending My Time" is down six places to number 50 while "Cool Jesus" by Maybe Dolls is also down six places to 46..

Guns 'n' Roses cover of "Live and Let Die" slipped six places to 38 while U2's "Mysterious Ways" plunged from 21 to 35 and "Black or White" by Michael Jackson stumbled from 34 to 27. UB40's "Kingston Town plunged from 25 to 31. 

In good news "Addams Groove" by MC Hammer dipped down from 18 to 25. 

New Entries

Four entries this week so let's start with...

49. "Ghost of a Texas Ladies Man" by Concrete Blonde

So Concrete Blonde are back with the lead single for their upcoming sophomore album called "Walking in London" and honestly I am not impressed...it's this song that's trying to be some kind of stomping country song in the vein of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" yet its nowhere near as engaging or as compelling as the latter no matter no much the instrumentation and the vocal "Whoa ohs" are trying to make it feel and the vocals do absolutely nothing but sound harsh so yeah...not good.

45. "Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven" by Bryan Adams

So the guy who had one of the biggest hits of 1991 and probably ever is back with a new single...and folks, if you thought "Everything I do (I Do it For You" was cringey than trust me, this song is a whole new level of cringe that I didn't think was possible at least "Everything I Do" had some sort of treacly sick sincerity to it but this? Well this is Bryan Adams going on about how this girl helped him get nutted and that she was so good at it he thought he'd died and gone to heaven as way of describing the orgasm he had after...ewww. All that is matched by instrumentation that doesn't match the mood at at all and sudden drops in instrumentation where Adams vocals sound too soft and not loud enough which is an issue that pervades the song. 

If this song inspires thoughts of your last orgasm...congratulations...I guess...but as for me, I am skipping this.

43. "Under The Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Oh thank god...a song that doesn't blow chunks, "Under the Bridge" is the latest single from "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" and while I will confess to not being a Red Hot Chili Peppers fan, "Under the Bridge" is a monster song with a fantastic chorus to boot..yeah, it builds slowly but my god the band make that build worth it as the song escalates with the guitars and the female backing vocals in the middle eight. 

The song is written by Anthony Kiedis who was experiencing feelings of alienation and loneliness and he felt vulnerable in this big city like Los Angeles and wanting to be back with friends, family and the band. The song just connects for me and yeah I hope this is a massive hit. Great song!

41. "Come As You Are" by Nirvana

So here's the latest single from Nirvana and honestly I like this a lot more than "Smells Like Teen Spirit" mostly because this songs feels lot more melodic than the more raucous and anthemic "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and there's more visceral anger here from Kurt Cobain as he sings about the often contradictory nature of other people's expectations on other people (according to Cobain) so yeah check this out if you are into alternative grunge rock because yeah this works well.

So two good...two kind of bad to really atrocious, I am giving worst of the week to "Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven" by Bryan Adams. Best is going to "Under the Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers because yeah...the song is a fucking classic.

ARIA Singles Top Ten/ Chart Review: 8th March. Josh, Heartbreak Anniversary is on Friday!

 So we had some changes to the top ten this week and a fair bit of movement up and down the chart so let's get stuck into it because for a second week it's "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals at number one thanks mostly due its dominance on streaming because it's sales while good are starting to waver and it's facing some STIFF competition for top spot next week.

It held up ahead of both "Drivers License" by Olivia Rodrigo at number two and "Without You' by The Kid Laroi holding steady at number three mostly because neither have the streaming presence anymore.

That might be good news for "The Business" by Tiesto which regained a spot to number four as it's in position to take advantage of any weakness above it BUT like I said there are some MASSIVE new releases heading for the charts next week however it did push past "Calling My Phone" by Lil Tjay and 6lack which dropped a spot to number five as interest in this song is fading ALREADY.

Unfortunately the worst song in the top ten "Goosebumps" by HVME and Travis Scott climbed one place because streaming won't let this song fucking die in a pit of fire already. It meant that "Save Your Tears" by The Weeknd got pushed back one to number seven. 

Steady at number eight is 'Mood" by 24kGoldn and Iann Dior and "Levitating" by Dua Lipa and DaBaby at number nine. Both these songs look likely to exit the top ten next week. 

However we do have a new arrival to the top ten that being "Cover Me in Sunshine" by Pink and Willow Sage Hart which climbed six places to number ten because of strength on sales and is growing on streaming. It's Pink's 27th top ten hit in Australia and Willow Sage Hart's first. I'm not surprised by this, Australia loves Pink and almost anything she releases does pretty well. plus the radio LOVES this song.

Gains

So outside the top ten the biggest gain of the week came for "Your Love (9pm)" by ATB, Topic and A7S up 21 spots to number 24. 

The other two are cases of continued momentum with "My Head & My Heart" by Ava Max up six places to number 21 and "Astronaut In the Ocean" by Masked Wolf up nine spots to break into the top twenty at 16. 

Losers

The biggest loser this week is "Love Songs Ain't for Us" by Amy Shark and Keith Urban as it fell ten places to 32 because it really only has sales with only a small amount of streaming.

"Afterglow" by Ed Sheeran looks to be fading away naturally down seven to number 40.

Drop Outs

Much to my disappointment, "Martin & Gina" by Polo G fell out...that song deserved better.

Also gone are "Willow" by Taylor Swift and "Send It" by Hooligan Hefs. 

New Entries

Three new entries this week starting with...

41. Friday by Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa and Hyperman

Well this requires some explanation, this song is by English DJ and producer Riton who teamed up with Scottish house music project Nightcrawlers and brought in Internet sensations Mufasa and Hyperman, both who are responsible for viral videos on Youtube. 

Now it should be said that the song does lean heavily on a remix of the Nightcrawlers 1992 hit "Push the Feeling On" which is kind of ironic because while objectively this is fine enough, I'm not feeling this at all, it just doesn't do anything for me, it feels kind of flat in a way I would expect a song about it being Friday to feel. That's all.

38. Josh by Peach PRC

Ahh so another act I need to explain, Peach PRC is a Australian pop singer/songwriter. Peach being her preferred stage name. This song being her first to hit the ARIA singles chart top fifty after some pretty impressive promotion on streaming and going viral on Tiktok.

So how's the song, it's your pretty basic break up song where she wants this guy named Josh to stop calling her and outlines all his immature traits (the song opens with the line "Does your mom still buy your clothes?" cause that's real mature to out that kind of shit in public) which eventually result in her cutting him off and just leaves me unimpressed with just how juvenile and catty this song is especially when she's rubbing it in about the song being on music playlists...it's not just Josh that needs to grow up here, clearly and the instrumentation is just bland as hell...NEXT.

29. Heartbreak Anniversary by Giveon

So I will confess I paid this song absolutely no attention when it first turned up on the Spotify top 50 in Australia and only began taking notice a few weeks ago when it turned up rather low down on the USA Billboard Hot 100 and with this being Giveon's first song to turn up on the ARIA singles top 50, what did we get?

Well it turns out we got a solid R'n'B cut that might well be one of the best of the year so far with its piano and bits of guitar spiking through out the song as Giveon parses through his feelings about the 1 year anniversary of his split with his ex and the pain he has felt since she left him and misses her a lot. It's a lot more maturely written than a certain other new entry this week. I like this. Let's make it a hit.

"Heartbreak Anniversary" runs away with best of the week this week while "Josh" by Peach PRC gets the worst of the week for being just ridiculously juvenile.

Next week is going to be an overload of new songs so we'll see what happens when the chart updates at 5pm AEDT on Saturday. 

New Music Friday Review: 26th February. BED is all She Wrote under Pictures.

"BED" by Joel Corry, Raye and David Guetta

So here is the follow up to "Head and Heart" from Joel Corry, this time teaming up with David Guetta and Raye and much like "Head and Heart" with MNEK, I kind of like this more than I probably should. Joel Corry seems to know what sort of vocalist he wants on a song eg: MNEK on "Head & Heart" was an inspired choice as is Raye here where it feels like the instrumental supplied by Corry and Guetta works well for her voice, it's not a bad song. Check it out.

Rating: 8/10

"All She Wrote" by Six60

So new single by New Zealand group Six60...and while I tolerate Six60 a lot more than other people would, this song is almost as though the group found a book full of song writing cliches and tried to stuff them into every single inch of the song, pair that with the production and you have a pretty forgettable and generic song. Pass.

Rating: 4/10

"Pictures" by AACACIA

Aacacia is an R 'n' B artist hailing from New Zealand and I am going to make no bones about this, "Pictures" is one of my favourite songs of the year. I love Aacacia's vocal delivery that is soulful and keeps the song tight as hell plus memorable too boost and that guitar drives the instrumentation seals the deal.  Check this out...it's well worth it.

Rating 9/10

"Only Wanna be With You" by Post Malone

Yeah, I am covering this...Post Malone covering Hootie and the Blowfish thanks to Pokemon of all things and well...its interesting and it definitely feels like a song that can be associated with Pokemon with the sound effects in there. Post Malone's singing needs some work but I'll say this...it's better than the original by a fair margin? Check it out if you are curious.

Rating: 7/10

Good 1992 Vibrations: 1st March: I Think I Love You Again Tonight

 Okay so we've got a bit of a steady week here and yet glancing at the top ten, I feel like we're in for a couple of shake ups soon? Let's get this show on the road starting with the top ten where yet again...unfortunately...Euphoria remain at number one with "Love You Right" but it's leaking sales and coming under significant pressure from "Saltwater" by Julian Lennon at number two which is gathering momentum to challenge.

Behind these two is "Justified & Ancient" by The KLF which climbed one spot up to number three, it pushed past "Let's Talk About Sex" by Salt 'N' Pepa which dropped one place to number four.

This left "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" by George Michael & Elton John stuck at number five and Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at number six.

In some good news, "Remember The Time" by Michael Jackson climbed five places to join the top ten at number seven. Thrilled about this as the song damn great.

Stuck at number eight is "The Globe" by Big Audio Dynamite. Kind of surprised this has hung around the top ten if I am to be honest.

Also rising into the top ten is Diesel's "Tip of My Tongue" up three places to number nine. Again, another great song in the top ten, maybe 1992 is starting to look good finally?

Then bringing up the end of the top ten we have "Finally" by Cece Peniston still at number ten and really starting to clog up the chart.

Gains

So the gains this week are pretty awesome..."Dizzy" by Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff jumped from 24 to 12...YAY!

I'm also fine with "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to be a long long time)" by Kate Bush up nine spots to 14.

What thrilled me was "It's Only Natural" by Crowded House leaping from 41 to 19! AWESOME!

"I Can't Dance"  by Genesis slid up seven to 30.

Losers.

So let's deal with these quickly because there's quite a few beginning with former chart topper "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred which plummeted from 35 to 49 this week while Color Me Badd's "All 4 Love" skidded down 10 places to 48. 

Metallica's "The Unforgiven" hit a ten place slide to 48 as did Roxette's "Spending My Time" to 44, 

Pleasingly "If You Go Away" by NKTOB suffered an eleven place drop to 42 while "Come to Me" by Diesel fell back nine to 38 (Am fine with this, it's had a really damn good run)

In good news, "I Adore Mi Amor" by Color Me Badd slumped six places to 30...can it just disappear from the chart altogether though...

Guns 'n' Roses cover of "Live and Let Die" dropped from 25 to 32 while "Ain't No Sunshine" by Rockmelons feat Deni Hines plunged eleven spots to 28 and "Black or White" by Michael Jackson dropped eight spots to 27. 

"Cream" by Prince and The New Power Generation fell out of the top ten down to 16.

New Entries

46. "Get Ready for This" by 2 Unlimited

Okay, this is a bit weird. 2 Unlimited are a dance act that are comprised of two Belgian producers that created the duo in The Netherlands with this being their debut single and...it's fine? I mean, it's a good hype anthem and the rapping has a good flow and energy to it for it being 1992 and I do like how the production is toned back to suit the female vocals. It's fine enough and is better than some of the other dance cuts I've heard in 1992 so far.

39. "Again Tonight" by John Mellencamp

So I've made no secret that "Jack & Diane" is one of my favourite songs, I love the story telling in the song and there's several other songs in John Mellencamp's discography that I like as well so how's "Again Tonight"?

Honestly? I am a little disappointed, more because this feels like Mellencamp slipping into Bryan Adams impersonation mode, this song feels like a Bryan Adams song in every single sense of the word from the production to Mellencamp's crooning on the hook...geezus....if I wangted to listen to Bryan Adams, I'd listen to "Can't Stop This Thing We Started"...thanks.

37. "I Think I Love You" by Voice of the Beehive

Ahh another group I have to explain so turns out Voice of the Beehive are an American alternative pop rock trio from California with this song being the second single from their sophomore album called "Honey Lingers" and it seems they are providing us a cover of the song by The Partridge Family that was released in 1970 and peaked at number one in Australia in 1971 so we've got our cover song of the week here, folks!

Now I should warn you I don't care for the original at all...the song has always felt somewhat mediocre to me but regardless how's the cover? Well, they did something with it that's for sure, they've turned the pop song into this alt pop rock thing that's not quite as weird as it seems to want to be. The vocals really don't do much for me here either, there's some nice vocal harmonies but it does feel like something Bananarama would have done after mangling The Beatles.

34. "Alive" by Pearl Jam

Dear god...I hope I can find some quality here,...maybe with American grunge rock band Pearl Jam with this song being their debut single from the band and well...yeah, it's grunge rock which given the success of an act like Nirvana this year so far, I'm really not surprised another band would break through with sort of sound and you know what? "Alive" is really damn good.

The song is the opening song of a trilogy following the story of a young man who finds out the man he thinks is his dead father is actually his step father (geez...this blog entry turned into Maury Povitch or Jeremy Kyle pretty quick) as his mother's grief leads her to having an incestuous relationship with the son (Ew). The band's lead vocallist Eddie Vedder has said the lyrics are in part true and in part fiction...it's a gripping song (I love a song that tells a story). 

The instrumentation also play up the darkness and add to the story that Vedder is telling so yeah I recommend this. Check it out.

17. "Foreplay (EP)" by Candy Harlots

I saw the title of the EP and the name of the band and instantly my stomach sunk even before I heard the song...geezus christ...really? Turns out Candy Harlots are a glam metal band that hail from Sydney and were originally known as Helter Skelter wuth this being their first thing to hit the charts...

So I'm going to keep this brief...the instrumentation is impressive with the pounding drums and a guitar solo that's not band bbut the lead vocallist sounds like he spent time listening to Bon Jovi,,,there is no power or presence in his vocal delivery. Not impressed at all, I'm dipping.

So that wraps up the week, worst of the week is going to "Again Tonight" by John Mellencamp for being disappointing. Best is going to "Alive" by Pearl Jam. Hopefully next week is much better than this...

ARIA Singles Top Ten/Chart Review: 1st March: Love Songs ain't for 9pm, Martin & Gina!

 So my bad feelings about popular music in 2021 are increasing mostly thanks to this week where we got a couple of shifts that point to some bad signs ahead and honestly the bad news starts right from the top where "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals took the number one, it's got streaming on lock right now and sales are fine. It pushed past "Drivers License" by Olivia Rodrigo which pretty much slipped across the board on sales and streaming.

However it stayed above  "Without You" by The Kid Laroi which returned to number three switching places with "Calling My Phone" by Lil Tjay and 6Lack

"The Business" by Tiesto at number five and "Save Your Tears" by The Weeknd at number six remained steady. I am not sure if these two songs will get any higher but we'll see. 

Much to my annoyance "Goosebumps (remix)" by HVME and Travis Scott climbed two places to number seven. Just why this audio nightmare is climbing is beyond me.

The last three songs are all hits that are fading naturally with "Mood" by 24K Goldn and Iann Dior down one place to number eight, "Levitating" by Dua Lipa and DaBaby down one to nine and "Head & Heart" by Joel Corry and MNEK down one to number ten

Gains

Well at least "Up" by Cardi B is up seven places to number 12 while "Astronaut in the Ocean" by Masked Wolf up a massive 22 places to 25.

Fleetwood Mac rebound six places to 30

Losers

"Afterglow" by Ed Sheeran and "Willow" by Taylor Swift both slipped nine places. "Afterglow" to 33 and "Willow" to 37. 

Sadly "Prisoner" by Miley Cyrus and Dua Lipa slipped eight to 40 and in not so sad news "Holy" by Justin Bieber feat. Chance The Rapper also down eight to 41.

Finally in disappointing news, "Good Days" by SZA went down six places to 18.

Drop Outs 

The drop outs aren't surprising with "Love Story (Taylor's version)" by Taylor Swift, "My Ex's Best Friend" by Machine Gun Kelly feat. Blackbear and "Take You Dancing" by Jason DeRulo gone.

New Entries

Three new entries this week, we start off with...

50. Martin & Gina by Polo G

Okay so I don't how this happened or how it got here now in February 2021 when this was a minor hit in the USA last year but hey I'll take it. Polo G is an American rapper, singer and song writer hailing from Chicago with this song being the best song from his album "The Goat" because yeah "Martin and Gina" is fantastic with it's sweet guitar rollick and Polo G comparing his relationship with this girl to a couple amed Martn and Gina from a US sitcom called "Martin". I am so glad this finally turned up on the Australia charts. Let's make this a hit...I'm down for it.

45. Your Love (9pm) by ATB, Topic and A7S

Sigh...another song going down the path of remembering late 90s dance, this time this song samples wholesale from ATB's 1999 hit "9pm (Till I Come)" and honestly I feel like while this song is fine it might well have the same thing for me as "Breaking Me" which I actually got really tired of toward the end of 2020 (I blame the overplay on radio a lot) and there's just not enough re contextualization of the sample which makes me feel like I'd rather listen to the original and even then I don't like the original so yeah...this gets a skip for me.

22. Love Songs Ain't for Us by Amy Shark feat. Keith Urban 

Another single from the upcoming sophomore album from Amy Shark called "Cry Forever" which is released on 30th April, this time with Keith Urban on board and Ed Sheeran with a co write on the song and boy, you can absolutely tell this is a Ed Sheeran song in the writing that said Amy Shark delivers the song well and when that chorus hits with enough almost country swell to make it work. I kind of like this probably more than I should. I will also say that it's unfortunate that Keith Urban wasn't given a verse on the song, this song had duet opportunities to explore from both Amy and Keith's perspectives. 

I am giving worst of the week to "Your Love (9pm) by ATB, Topic and A7S...that song does nothing for me. Best is going to "Martin & Gina" by Polo G because I'd love to see that song get big...its damn good.

Next week...I'm not sure, it could be a pretty quiet one but we'll find out on Saturday at 5pm AEDT

New Music Friday Review: 3, 2, 1... Stop for a Minute

"3, 2, 1" by 24kGoldn

So 24kGoldn is going to eventually have to expand on making rip offs of "Mood" and as much as I like the ridiculous "Coco" feat DaBaby...that song feels and sounds like "Mood" with different lyrics so how is 24kGoldn's latest effort called "3, 2, 1"?

Well it's about as catchy as you'd expect from 24kGolden but the lyrics feel like the same subject matter as "Mood" where 24kgoldn is cussing out this girl as he is confused over her feelings toward him and lying even with the rock production sounding good here. I am getting the feeling that 24kGoldn needs to change up his material soon. Also why does this song sound like Fall Out Boy merged with Panic! At the Disco?

Rating: 6/10

"Overdrive" by Conan Gray

I made no secret of my disdain for "Maniac"...I wasn't comfortable with the lyrical sentiment of the song at all and I wasn't so crash hot on the album "Kid Krow" either so I wasn't expecting much from Gray's new single "Overdrive" but it turns out the song is really damn good. There's a pop sensibility to the song that makes the song work so much better than previous songs like 'Maniac".

"Overdrive" sounds incredibly big as a pop song possibly can as the lyrics talk about escaping from the worries of the world and freedom all while finding love unexpectedly. It's actually reminiscent of a lot of the pop I heard in the early 2000s. I like it!

Rating 8/10

"To The Island" by Crowded House

So here's the second single from the upcoming 7th Crowded House studio album called "Dreamers Are Waiting" which is released on 4th June and honestly I actually like this one a lot! This actually feels like Crowded House have dipped a little bit into the sound of Split Enz as Neil Finn sings about escaping to an island...the song was written pre pandemic but honestly I think that has been everyone's wish to escape to an island during this pandemic, right?

Look, just check this out, it's good. 

Rating: 8/10

"Way Less Sad" by AJR

What is not good is A fucking J fucking R. Seriously? How is it that this shit is into their FOURTH fucking album cycle where by the writing is still skin crawlingly repulsive and makes the band sound like bloody Kevins (I don't know the name of the make version of Karens) and it's not like the music here redeems anything and the gang vocals make this sound even more generic and worthless like its stuck back in 2017. Just listen to anything else other than this.

Review: 2/10

So uh...I kind of saved the best till last.

"Stop for a Minute" by Polish Club

Now this is more like it. This is the catchiest pop rock song I have heard in ages and mainly because I feel like this song reminds me a LOT of Mariana's Trench although I will stress Novak doesn't quite have the vocals of Josh Ramsey but still this thing is a banger straight out of the late 80s just recorded in 2021 but still this is damn awesome and a lot of fun. 

CHECK THIS OUT!

Rating 9/10

Good 1992 Vibrations: 23rd February Mustang Sally slow that Mustang down Euphoria Loves You Right at Number One

What a frustrating week this was...but let's not waste any more time and get straight into the top ten where we have a brand new number one courtesy of Euphoria's "Love You Right". now it got to top spot because it managed to keep up it's sales momentum...Honestly I'm not that happy about this song being number one but ehh, at least "Saltwater" by Julian Lennon which rose two places to number two and looks like it may well challenge for number one sooner rather than later...I hope...

All this pushed "Let's Talk About Sex" by Salt 'n' Pepa off the number one spot back to number three as it's sales fell away and means its coming under significant pressure from "Justified and Ancient" by The KLF up three places to number four which is great...pleased that this is doing so well.

However it's rise puts "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" by George Michael Elton which slipped two places to number five this week as the song peaked on sales. 

Staying steady at number six is "Smells Like Teen Spirit"  by Nirvana which really is consistent on sales right now nothing more however that wasn't the case for Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" as it slipped two spots to number seven.

Rising one spot to number nine is Big Audio Dynamite II's "The Globe" which is becoming quite the hit right now while staying at number ten is Ce Ce Peniston's "Finally"

Gains

We have a lot of gains this week so let's begin at number 11 and work our way down because I am thrilled that "Remember The Time" by Michael Jackson is catching on as it climbed from 18 to 11...it'll be top ten soon, folks.

The same can be said for "Tip Of My Tongue" by Diesel which rose seven places to number 12...again, excellent.

What I'm not so thrilled about is that "Diamonds & Pearls" by Prince & The New Power Gaeneration jumped from 21 to 13...seriously?

In one of the bigger surprises of the week though, U2's "Mysterious Ways" got a second wind and jumped from 24 back into the top twenty at 18. I'm find with that I like the song.

"Dizzy" by Vic Reeves & The Wonder Stuff jumped eleven places to 24 off it's debut last week as did Crowded House's "It's Only Natural" jumped from 49 to 41, both these getting healthy rises is great but why on earth did "Don't Talk Just Kiss"by Right Said Fred leap from 40 to 27? Wasn't "I'm Too Sexy" embarrassing enough for you all?

"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Jimmy Barnes got a ten place boost to 28 while "I Can't Dance" by Genesis climbed nine spots to 47.

Losers

Richard Marx looks to be on the way out with "Keep Coming Back" down nine spots to 48 while "No Son of Mine" by Genesis skidded six to 50.

Color Me Bad's "All 4 Love" plunged ten spots to 38...Good. "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred had his sexy meter fail taking a crash from 29 to 35. 

Diesel's "Come to Me" slipped six places to 29 while "Black or White" by Michael Jackson stumbled seven to 18.

New Entries

Four new entries to sift through this week, let's begin with....

47. "Feel So High" by Des'ree

So this is the debut single for British singer songwriter Des'ree, it peaked as high as 13 on the British official charts so of course, it would take until late February for the song to make its way onto the Australian charts but anyway it's here so what did we get? Honestly, not impressed, that percussion slathered all over the top of the song kills it and distracts from Des'ree herself and yeah she's got a nice vocal delivery and all but when the production is this clunky and this lazy, it ruins what could have been a solid song. Next!

46/ "Stars" by Simply Red

Well here's another song that was on the UK charts in 1991 and only just hitting the Australian charts now, "Stars" is the second single from Simply's Red album entitled 'Stars", it got as high as number eight in the UK so I was curious about this one especially as Simply Red have had consistent hits now for a couple of years and yeah, this one is probably the most wistful yet dreamy I've heard Mick Hucknall on a Simply Red song with instrumentation to match. I love how the guitars interplay to create this dreamy sense of atmosphere with Hucknall crooning his way through the song hoping his special other hears him. I'll take it!

43. "Mustang Sally" by The Commitments/Andrew Strong

So I thought we were all done with covers for a bit until I looked up the origins of this song, turns out it was originally written and recorded in 1965 by Mack Rice, the song got picked up and covered by Irish singer Andrew Strong for the film "The Commitments' and yeah I like this! It's catchy, plenty of fun and Strong delivers the lyrics well, I can see why the film loved the song. Good job by Andrew. Hope this sticks around.

42. "Cool Jesus" by Maybe Dolls

So here's the follow up to "Nervous Kids" from Maybe Dolls and I'm not really feeling this? The instrumental is fine enough but the vocals from Loene Carmen don't really stir anything or grab my attention, this feels like it needed some stronger vocals. Just saying.

That completes our week and the worst fell out easily this week...that's going to "Feel So High" by Des'ree while the best is going to Simply Red for "Stars" just ahead of "Mustang Sally" by The Commitments.