ARIA Singles Chart Top Ten/Chart Review. 17th May. Miss the Interlude of Higher Power Rage is All I know so far

 So this week was surprising more so for what of the new songs hit the chart including one song I absolutely did not expect but before we get to the new entries, let's look at the top ten where we have a new number one and it's not the song I expected because unfortunately "Body" by Russ Millions and Tion Wayne rode streaming to number one. Streaming is all it's got because it's not a player on digital sales right now however streaming is going to probably mean this has got a few weeks at number one in it. Lovely.

It leaped past "Kiss Me More" by Doja Cat feat. SZA which was all set to take the number one spot until it got overtaken on streaming and while it's got some sales, it's stuck at number two for the time being. 

All of this pushed last week's number one "Without You" by The Kid Laroi and the remix feat. Miley Cyrus (which ARIA somehow decided to credit this week which would likely piss stans off if they'd noticed) down to number three as it wasn't a strong number one anyway and got to number on inflated numbers from the remix release.

Rebounding one spot is "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals to number four but this song is starting to fade away gradually however it did enough to move past "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" by Lil Nas X which stumbled back to number five as streaming slowed down granted it could get a boost with the new single "Sun Goes Down" coming next week,

"Peaches" by Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar and Giveon slipped one place to number seven mostly because it hasn't got the same steam on streaming and sales dipped. The same could be said for "Save Your Tears" by The Weeknd down one to number eight as streaming wavers.

Riding on the back of renewed streaming and the meme of DaBaby and the favourite for the Billboard Hot 100 number one next week, "Levitating" by Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby returned to the top ten up two places to number nine...this song has had a very weird run. 

Finally also returning to the top ten is "The Business" by Tiesto up two spots to number ten and I'd argue that's more because streaming remembered this song. Thing is it's not really a net gain for the top ten that this song is back but anyway...

Gains

"Bed" by Joel Corry, Raye and David Guetta jumped four places to 23 but that was really about it as gains were pretty slow. across the board this week.

Losers

We're also slim on the major losers front this week, there were six place losses for "Anyone" by Justin Bieber to 42 and "Calling My Phone" by Lil Tjay and 6lack to 32.but other than that it's a bit of a slower week on that front.

Drop Outs

Three hits last year dropped out those being "Holy" by Justin Bieber feat. Chance the Rapper, "WAP" by Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion and "Lemonade" by Internet Money and Gunna feat Don Toliver and NAV

The only other drop out was "Mr Brightside" by The Killers.

New Entries

So four new entries this week, beginning with...

44. "Higher Power" by Coldplay

When I saw that this charted in the top 50 this week, I was shocked, nothing from "Everyday Life" charted so why would I expect this to chart? Well as it turns out, Coldplay have spent a lot of time listening to a playlist that includes "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd and "Let's Love" by David Guetta and Sia but lacks the anthemic swell that is so desperately needed for a song about somebody having a higher power or the tightness that makes "Blinding Lights" work, it's not bad per se but it's not really something I'd go back too all that often. 

31. "Miss the Rage" by Trippie Redd feat. Playboi Carti

I should have expected this one to show up however and I wish it hadn't because the song is garbage, Trippie Redd's first verse is all video game references before in the second verse, Carti brags he is going to drug this girl/"hoe" and then have sex with her before the end of the weekend before the usual bragging about their typical wealth, cars and this girl pleasuring Carti, the "She got me drippin'" is just ewww.

Then there's the awful production, this song sounds like it was lazily recorded and released without any proper mixing done whatsoever because it sounds terrible with that squealing annoyance under a trap beat and game sound effects louder than both Trippie and Playboi Carti so yeah...AVOID THIS SHIT.

25. "All I Know So Far" by Pink.

So it's not surprising we've got a new song from Pink following the surprise success of "Cover Me in Sunshine" with her daughter and here, this is the title track for her documentary and designed to be an empowerment song to her daughter which hotyeah you can definitely tell but in terms of songs in the cannon of empowerment songs, it's fine, it's a bit of a "Fuck the haters, they can do what they want to you but you be you" sort of song, it's basically Pink putting all the lessons she's learnt in life into a song for her daughter and sound wise, it's edging closer to the pop/rock sound Pink is awesome at so yeah while I'm not hugely keen on the fact it's an empowerment song, I get what it's trying to do. 

20. "Interlude" by J Cole

Oh boy, I'll say this...I find J Cole to be incredibly over rated and found "Middle Child" to be the sort of intensely annoying track that was basically Cole blowing hot air about being at the top of his game. Here though, well it's really just an extended verse from J Cole as he raps about gun violence in southern US, his come up as a successful rapper and how the music industry manipulates the charts etc. It's kind of what I've come to expect from J Cole really but ehh, again I don't think I will be returning to it.

So that was our week...the worst fell out easily with "Miss the Rage" by Trippie Redd and Playboi Carti nabbing that but I'm giving best of the week to "All I Know So Far" by Pink, I'm only lukewarm on the song at best but on a week like it...it gets it. Next week: Olivia Rodrigo, Tones and I and others likely hit the chart but we'll see when the chart updates on Friday at 5pm. 

Good 1992 Vibrations: 10th May. Viva Make Mistadoblina Happen in Las Vegas

 So this week feels like one of those weeks where the chart rakes on a serious influx of new entries and the top ten calms down a little although there's signs of a shift at the top however "Under The Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers remains at number one for another week but those sales margins are getting shaky which leaves it open to the threat that's coming from "To Be With You" by Mr Big up one place to number two this week. Now "To Be With You" has momentum on it's side unfortunately so this could be number one next week.

It was enough to surpass "Way Out West" by James Blundell and James Reyne down one spot to number three, it's coming under pressure from "Stay" by Shakespears Sister stuck at number four.

The next three songs also held their positions this week with " Not A Day Goes By" by Rick Price at number five, "Get Ready for this" by 2 Unlimited at number six and "Be My Baby" by Teen Queens at number seven.

Racing up from 24 all the way to number eight is "I Love Your Smile" by Shanice and yeah I am happy to see this song here. I still like the song a lot and hope it rises higher in the weeks to come.

Also rising into the top ten is "Nothing Else Matters" by Metallica which climbed three places to number nine. Now that is just fucking awesome.

Completing the top ten is "Alive" by Pearl Jam which slipped one place to number ten.

Gains

So I already mentioned the big gain for "I Love Your Smile" by Shanice but there were some major gains lower down the chart as well like "Djapana (Sunset Dreaming)" by Yothu Yindi up six to 13 and "That Word (L.O.V.E)" by The Rockmelons feat Cutty Ranks, Nardo Ranks and Deni Hines which climbed 12 places to 14 which is just awesoe. 

"Why" by Annie Lennox rose from 21 to break into the top twenty at 17, it brought Girlfriend's "Take It From Me" with it as the girl group's debut single climbed eight spots to number 20. 

Sound Unlimited Posse somehow got a ten place boost to number 23 with "Kickin' to the Undersound" while "Sound" by James also got a big boost up from 43 to 28...yay...not.

In really awesome news, "Weather With You" by Crowded House climbed ten places to number 34. 

Finally "America: What Time is Love" by The KLF climbed eight places to 40.

Losers

This week was a busy one so let's begin with "Tip Of My Tongue" by Diesel which recoiled down from 27 to 44 this week while "Come As You Are" by Nirvana slipped over from 34 to 41 sadly.

"November Rain" by Guns 'n' Roses is finding the sun shining as it fell nine places to number 39 whie "Diamonds & Pearls" by Prince and The New Power Generation stumbled six places to 37 and Australia isn't giving Kylie Minogue any more time with "Give Me Just a Little more time" collapsing from 29 to 36.

Killing Timr's "Dream alone" lost all it's momentum from last week as it tumbled twelve places to 35 while "I Can't Dance" by Genesis is loosing groove down eleven to 31. "High" by The Cure getting lower as it slipped from 16 to 29.

Bryan Adams nauseating "Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven" plunged eleven to 25 while "I Think I Love You" by Voice of the Beehive also stumbled eleven to 24 while former top ten hit "Dizzy" by Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff slipped ten to 22.

Finally "Marvellous" by The 12th Man feat. MCG Hammer tumbled out of the top ten down from 8 to 15.

New Entries

50. “Kiss Me” by Indecent Obsession

This is the lead single from Brisbane pop/rock band Indecent Obsession’s second album “Indio” and honestly, I am not sure what to make of this…mostly because this sounds confused sound wise, it’s almost as though the song is trapped in the 80s but wanting to take leap into a more conventional 90s route, think of a mix of Glass Tiger’s “Don’t Forget Me When I’m Gone” and Roxette’s material last year. Then there’s the lyrics which are corny as hell…seriously “Excuse me for staring, your looks have me blinded” and then he wants her to kiss him already. 

Look, the song is catchy but so are most STDs. If you want to feel like the 80s haven’t gone away than this might be your thing more than it was for me.

49. “Twilight Zone” by 2 Unlimited

I tolerate “You Ready for this?” more because I can see it’s value as a hype anthem for sports events etc and I was kind of interested to hear something new from 2 Unlimited however I wasn’t expecting what we got which was clattering noises, somebody screaming “Woo!” every couple of seconds and rapping that reminded me more of “Pump up the Jam” by Technotronic. Yeah, this can join “James Brown is Dead” by L.A. Style on the audio torture noise pile. Yuck.

48. “Viva Las Vegas” by ZZ Top

In this week’s edition of “Cover Songs in 1992”, we get ZZ Top with a cover of Elvis Presley’s 1964 hit “Viva Las Vegas” which they recorded for their Greatest Hits album and I don’t know what to say about it except the vocals are buried under neath the guitars and the whole cover sounds like it’s rooted in about 1984 or they may as well have asked New Kids On the Block to record a cover. It’s certainly strange and probably not that bad but it’s not something I’m keen on coming back to any time soon. 

46. “Mistadobalina” by Del Tha Funky Homosapien

Alright so this song is the second single from American hop hop artist Del Tha Funky Homosapien’s debut album and features a sample of The Monkees song “Zilch” and is about a guy who thinks he is so hip and cool but isn’t and yeah it’s the sort of behaviour that can lead to intense annoyance and frustration however I cannot help but laugh to a degree, it’s the delivery of the lyrics here that cracks me up however I will say it’s the best of the new entries so far mainly because at least he sounds like he is rapping with some taste for the groove of the song and that at least can hook me into the song. Check this out if you are curious. 

45. “Make It Happen” by Mariah Carey

Here is the final single from Mariah Carey’s album “Emotions” and honestly while I didn’t like the title track (a cover of Samantha Sang’s “Emotions”), this song is pretty solid as Mariah tells the story of her rise in fame and how her faith in God kept her going in spite of all the struggles she faced. What I also appreciate about the track is that the music is upbeat and includes a mix of pop, r’n’b, dance and even elements of trance to create a vibe. I do wish the backing vocals did not sound like they were whispering but that’s a minor nitpick, I enjoyed this a lot. 

21. “In the Closet” by Michael Jackson

So, here’s the third single from Michael Jackson’s album “Dangerous” and while “Remember The Time” is still a darn great song, I’m really not feeling this one and I’m not sure why. I just feel like the song is a little over produced to a degree. Yes, the chorus is catchy but again I think for a song called “In the Closet” there is almost too much happening to the point where the omnipresent beeps and drums overwhelm any sense of melody the song has. It’s not precisely bad but like a couple of other songs, it’s not one I am really all that keen to revisit. 

16. “One in a Million” by Euphoria

So here’s the biggest new entry of the week and it’s from Euphoria, the song being their second single from the upcoming debut album and yeah while this does feel pretty generic and standard lyrics about love, there’s none of that screeching that makes “Love You Right” a pain to listen to and credit to the group for attempting a saxophone solo and while I can’t shake the thought that this song sounds like something that could be used for a TV station promo, it’s fine enough. 

That wraps up our week and the best and worst fall out easily in the end, the worst of the week is going to 2 Unlimited for “Twilight Zone” an unlistenable dud which is kind of unforgivable. Mariah’s getting the best of the week for “Make It Happen”. 

ARIA Singles Top Ten/Chart Review: 10th May. Your Power Without You

 Ugh...the top ten or at least most of the top half of it makes me want to cringe this week and not for good reasons. The remix game finally hit the Australian charts in a big way this week and it starts right at the very top as we have a new number one that being "Without You" by The Kid Laroi which got the top thanks to streaming ff the back of a new remix featuring Miley Cyrus (ARIA haven't credited Miley's role though) which helped the song to surpass it's competition, I don't think it's a particularly strong number one though as lying in wait, rising three places to number two is "Kiss Me More" by Doja Cat feat SZA, it's just a matter of time before this song takes the top spot as it's got streaming and a bit of a sales presence.

What caught me off guard was the sudden big eighteen place rise for "Body" by Russ Millions feat. Tion Wayne at number three because like "Without You", it got a remix with a whole slew of other people that got wind on streaming and therefore meant it rocketed up the ARIA singles chart this week...sadly...the song is not good.

All of this saw "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" by Lil Nas X slip three places to number four as streaming and sales slowed down, the same goes for "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals down three to number five as it's slowly but surely on the way out now while "Peaches" by Justin Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar and Giveon plunged three places to number six as streaming stalled this week.

"Save Your Tears" by The Weeknd lost all it's momentum from the Ariana Grande remix down three to number seven while "Astronaut In the Ocean" by Masked Wolf fell two places to number eight although this got a remix with G Eazy so expect a boost for this next week unfortunately.

Then we have a new entry at number nine, "Your Power" by Billie Eilish, it's got passable sales and streaming but like most Billie Eilish songs, this might well fall away quickly.

Finally falling three places to number ten is "Rapstar" by Polo G because for some reason streaming has just started to bleed for this song already.

Gains

So I already talked about the big gains for "Body" by Russ Millions and Tion Wayne up 18 to number three however there was an album related boost for Amy Shark's "Love Songs Ain't For Us" feat. Keith Urban as it rose 14 places to 22 while "Runaway" by Aurora is up five off it's debut last week to 30. 

Re Entries

Just one return this week that being "Mr Brightside" by The Killers back at number 50, this song has traction on streaming somehow...folks, we could have given this traction to "Caution" or "My Soul's Own Warning" from that last The Killers album which was pretty darn great.

Losers

Not too many major losers this week, "Anyone" by Justin Bieber is down six to 36 while "Deja Vu" by Olivia Rodrigo fell four places to number 13 and "The Business" by Tiesto slopped four places to number 12. 

Drop outs

Not complaining about the drop outs here with "Mr Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version)" and "Bang!" by AJR both gone and in the the latter's case...good fucking riddance.ar 

New Entries

Just the one new entry this week.

9. "Your Power" by Billie Eilish

I've already written about this song at length so what I will say here though is this song is one of the best of the year so far, if you want to read what I have to say than click the following link: Review of "Your Power" by Billie Eilish,

And that wraps up a pretty short week, next week could see Pink and Coldplay with new songs on the chart this week but we'll have to see when the chart updates at 5pm AEST on Friday

New Music Friday Review: 30th April She Said Heels and Elevator Boots in Hand in Church

 "She Said" by Harper Finn

Holy shit! A pop song with groove in 2021...well at least that's what Harper Finn delivers with this pop song ode to the women in his life and it does sound closer to a pastiche to The Weeknd on "Starboy" if anything else but this is still pretty damn good even if it feels very late 80s. Check this out, its still good. 

Rating: 8/10

"Church" by Tina Arena

So here's the first English language single from Tina Arena since her 2014 EP with "Church", a song she co wrote and co produced and my god, this song might just be one of my favourite songs of the year with its almost gothic swell and Tina Arena absolutely belting and sounding great as per usual. I'd love to see this become a hit if that was even possible because this is awesome.

Rating: 9/10

"Heels in Hand" by Priscilla Block

So this is the latest single from one of the newer female country artists Priscilla Block, she's been slowly working her way toward the American country mainstream even if her sound borders on being pop country but yeah I kind of like this in spite of what sounds like drum machines but it's got enough going for it in terms of the twangy guitars and Block having a pretty solid presence behind the microphone as she sings about what this night out in her heels is doing to her with this guy...I like this enough,

Rating: 7/10

"Elevator Boots" by Counting Crows

And now for some nineties nostalgia, the Counting Crows are back with a new single except this song is more stripped back than any of the songs that the band released in their hey day in the 90s, think more late 70s/ early 80s soft rock in the vein of "Key Largo" by Bertie Higgins etc, that said I like this a lot more than I like the sloppily written "Key Largo", for one thing, the song tells the story of Bobby and how everybody wants to know him in spite of the fact he likely doesn't even know or understand all that much about himself and how every show he plays could be his last...which is an interesting reflection on life for the band as a whole. Just nice to have Counting Crows back and even better with a good song!

Rating: 8/10.

Good 1992 Vibrations. 3rd May. Weather with the Kickin' Clunk Undersound

 So this week saw some shifts...most of them for the better and while to degree 1992 popular music wise has to a degree felt saturated by European techno tracks and sappy love ballads, there's some quality starting to shine through and nowhere is this more evident than at number one with "Under the Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers maintaining the number one spot, it held up ahead of "Way Out West" by James Blundell and James Reyne at number two and I'm not sure it's got the momentum to take the number one spot.

Unfortunately what does have momentum and is looming large is "To Be With You" by Mr. Big which climbed three places to number three somehow. Ugh. It also doesn't improve all that much because right behind it is "Stay" by Shakespears Sister up one place to number four.

Fortunately "Not a Day Goes By" by Rick Price rebounded two places to number five this week. Good to see. Glad this song is hanging around.

All of this saw "Get Ready For This" by 2 Unlimited plummet three places to number six as sales fell off and is now coming under pressure from "Be My Baby" by Teen Queens which rose two places to number seven this.

The utter collapse of "Marvellous" by The 12th Man feat. MCG Hammer has begun as the song fell four places to number eight. 

Pearl Jam's "Alive" continues to push into the top ten as it rose one spot to number nine this week while making it's way out is "Let's Get Rocked" by Def Leppard down two to number ten.

Gains

So there are some hugely positive shifts in the gains here, firstly " Nothing Else Matters" by Metallica  climbed from its debut of 29 to number 12 while "That Word (L.O.V.E)" by The Rockmelons fear Cutty and Nardo Ranks and Deni Hines up off it's debut from 42 to 26 while Girlfriend's "Take It From Me" also climbed off its debut of 41 to 28!.

Also up off it's debut last week was Prince and the New Power Generation which got a ten place boost to break into the top twenty at number 18. Rising nineteen places all of a sudden to 23 is "Dream Alone" by Killing Time...where did that come from? 

Finally "Sometimes (Live)" by Midnight Oil rose eleven places off it's debut last week to 36 somehow.

Re Entries

Just one new entry this week, back at number 48 is "America: What Time Is Love?" by The KLF.

Losers

So as per usual, let's start at the bottom and work our way up, falling six places to 49 is "Justified & Ancient" by The KLF. Michael Jackson might well have to "Remember The Time" his top ten hit was on the charts soon as it fell hard from 24 to 46 this week. 

In good news, the artsy pretentious wank that is "Sound" by James fell ten places to 43....thank goodness.

"Human Touch" by Bruce Springsteen dropped from 37 to 42 while "Help Yourself" by Julian Lennon slipped ten places to 40. 

"Insanity" by Oceanic plunged seven places to 38 while "Baby Love" by Dannii Minogue tumbled from 26 to 32 while "Diamonds & Pearls" by Prince & The New Power Generation dipped from 25 to 31. 

Sadly, "Tip Of My Tongue" by Diesel tumbled ten places to 27 and "I Can't Dance" by Genesis slipped six places to 20.

New Entries

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

44. "Weather With You" by Crowded House.

So here's yet another single from "Woodface" and honestly this song is fit for summer! Seriously with those guitars playing off against each other and then the harmonies of Neil and Tim Finn kicking in with lyrics about how we as human beings are taking our shit with us and how we create the environment we are in, how we take it with us which is kind of wild considering how bright and breezy the song is instrumentally but yeah it's still fantastic, if you haven't heard "Woodface" than I highly recommend you do so!

35. "Clunk (EP)" by Frente

So Frente are an Australian group with Angie Hart providing lead vocals with this EP charting on the singles chart and I got to be honest...I'm not at all impressed...Those vocals on "Ordinary Angels" are enough to give Panadol a headache. Come on girl...sing with a consistent tone or register that doesn't make you sound off key although I do suspect that was the whole point. I prefer "Accidentally Kelly Street" to this. Just saying.

33. "Kickin' to the Undersound" by Sound Unlimited Posse

So Sound Unlimited Posse are an Australian four piece hip hop group hailing from Burwood in Sydney with this song sampling songs from Australia's history like "Eagle Rock" by Daddy Cool and 'Down Under" by Men at Work, the song isn't all that impressive, sure the members have some seriously impressive flow but the production feels so much like a cut and paste job to the point it's not cohesive. I wouldn't say it's completely bad but Aussie hip hop can do so much better than this.

That completes the week with "Weather With You" by Crowdcd House comfortably taking best of the week while "Kickin' to the Undersound" by Sound Unlimited Posse takes the worst of the week. 

New Music Friday Review Part 1 April 30: "Your Power" by Billie Eilish

Normally I avoid reviewing songs that are going to chart on the ARIA Singles chart for New Music Friday Review so mostly to avoid becoming repetitive and the big songs that chart get reviewed anyway but I realized while listening to "Your Power" by Billie Eilish that the paragraph I afford a new song entering the chart during the ARIA singles top ten/chart review blog was not going to be enough given how dark the themes and ideas of the song are and I wanted to give the song it's full due.

Gtanted, Billie Eilish's lyrics always require a lot of deeper thought and there's always a lot of depth to the subtext of many of the songs she has written especially on the debut album "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?" and that felt like the case with the darker songs she has released for this upcoming album entitled "Happier Than Ever" beforehand with the Bond theme "No Time to Die" and "Therefore I Am" so what did we get with "Your Power"?

Well, we might have gotten one of the most appropriate songs this year in line with all the talk around consent and domestic violence in Australia with Eilish asking people in positions of power over others not to abuse that position or status and even to a degree points how so many people who gain great power tend to abuse that position be it politicians or somebody placed in a position of trust within a relationship or family dynamic. 

As always the lyrics from Eilish are pointed and she finds a way to share her own personal experience of an abuse of power following the end of her relationship with an adult when she was underage but Eilish is clever enough to ensure that everybody can connect to the song especially in a world where it feels like abuses of power are becoming more and more common just not in the political world but in our communities with the cases of domestic violence and sexual assault. Eilish is triggering that need for reflection and how we as human beings can get better to recognise that with power over others comes responsibility and for somebody like Eilish to recognise that is something special.

As for the music itself, it's a restrained acoustic guitar and just Eilish's vocals which again make the the song even more powerful and give the message Eilish is conveying more power.  This might be one of my favourite likely hits this year so far and it might just be one of the more important songs that Billie Eilish will ever release. 

ARIA Singles Chart Top ten/ Chart Review. 3rd May. Save Your Tears and Runway

So again another reasonably quiet week. Yeah we got some moves on the chart but we only got the one new entry so the turnover on the chart this week has been relatively slow...that said if we get an album bomb from DJ Khaled next week then I am not complaining about this week being quiet.

So let's get started with the top ten where nothing changed at the very top with "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" by Lil Nas X maintained the number one spot for a second week and honestly it's really only there because it's more consistent on streaming and doing better on sales than its closest rivals.

Speaking of it's closest rivals, the surprise was that "Heat Waves" by Glass Animals rebounded to number  stwo as this song got a second wind on streaming, it surpassed "Peaches" by Justin Bieber feat Daniel Caesar and Giveon, mostly because it started to fall back on streaming as "Heat Waves" went ahead of it this week but it's a running battle. 

Returning to the top ten is "Save Your Tears" by The Weeknd which climbed 15 places to number four thanks to a remix that features Ariana Grande (Most notably wasn't credited by Ariana when the chart was released on Friday). The remix created a streaming surge which saw this song return and that probably won't last.

Rising three places to number five is "Kiss Me More" by Doja Cat feat. SZA...this song is a number one hit in the making, it's getting its ducks in order on streaming, just needs sales to get on board and this will be number one soon...mark my words/

It pushed back "Astronaut in the Ocean" by Masked Wolf down one place to number six as streaming fell back for this...thank goodness, I am pretty well sick of this song. 

"Rapstar" by Polo G also fell back three places to number seven, this song is starting to have the feelings of what happened to "Calling My Phone" by Lil Tjay and 6lack earlier this year, Tiesto's "The Business" fell one place to number eight as it's on its way out naturally.

Slipping three places to number nine is "Deja Vu" by Olivia Rodrigo as it lost momentum on streaming this week. 

Hanging onto the top ten at number ten is "Without You" by The Kid Laroi but we're not going to see this song leave the top te just yet as it will get a boost from the just released remix that features Miley Cyrus

Gains

So I already mentioned "Save Your Tears" by The Weeknd returning to top ten at number four but there was a seven place gain for "Body" by Russ Millions and Tion Wayne up to 21...again,,,we don't need this shit becoming a hit.

Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" refuses to leave the chart as it rose five places to 31 while Amy Shark's "Love Songs Ain't Fir Us" feat. Keith Urban jumped eight places to 36 as it got something of a resurgence on streaming...expect this to get a further boost thanks to the release of Shark's album "Cry Forever"

"Martin & Gina" by Polo G climbed four places to number 42.

Wha

Losers 

Only two major losers this week with "Mr Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version)" continuing to make it's way out of the chart down 12 place to number 45.

"My Head & My Heart" by Ava Max fell down seven places to number 38 (I haven't thought about that song in AGES)

Drop Outs

The lone drop out is "What Other People Say" by Sam Fischer and Demi Lovato....am perfectly fine with that if I am being honest.

New Entries

Just one new entry this week...

35. "Runway" by AURORA

So a 2016 single from Norweigan singer AURORA hits the ARIA singles chart after...of course...it blew up on Tik Tok, so how it is? Honestly, I kind of like this and it probably speaks more effectively during a pandemic now than it did in 2016 given the song is about wanting to escape and get home to family, it's a smart understated some minimalist song that Aurorar wrote when she was 11 or 12 (which given the lyrics is incredibly impressive), it reminds me of a sound that I think Billie Eilish would be impressed by and that's not a bad thing at all. Check this out of you are curious.

No best or worst of the week as we only have the one new entry. As for next week, Billie Eilish and maybe something from that worthless DJ Khaled album but we'll see what happens when the chart updates at 5pm AEST on Friday.