All 4 1994. 11th September. My Wild Flowers Dreams Confide In Me: I Love Football and Nightlife

A busy as hell week here and I have to say, things look like they may be headed for a bit of a shake up as we got the return of Kylie Minogue to deal with but she isn't a player in our top ten so let's get to that where for another week "I Swear" by All-4-One ruled the roost but the question is for how much longer. 

"Love Is All Around" by Wet Wet Wet continues to be a like a pimple on a backside remaining at number two, can people please just be done with this gooey nonsense clogging the charts?

"Swamp Thing" by The Grid climbed one spot to number three, it ultimately pushed back "100% Pure Love" bv Crystal Waters back to nunber four

"7 Seconds" by Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry moved up two spots to number five which was nice to see while "Stay (I Missed You)" by Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories lived up to it's name and remained at number six and "Baby, I Love Your Way" by Big Mountain slumped two spots to number seven.

Rest of our top ten are gains with "Son of a Gun" by JX u[ one to number eight, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" by Elton John up one to number nine and finally "Rhythm of the Night" by Corona climbed one to number ten.

Losers

"Snake Skinned Shoes" by The Black Sorrows as done well to stick around for as long as it has but it's down sevcn place to forty seven and appears to be headed on it's way out likewise for "Alone Like Me" by The Sharp which collapsed ten spots to number forty four.

"Don't Turn Around" by Ace of Base suffered a six place fall down to twenty seven while "Hey D.J" by Lighter Shade of Brown is shouting for the D.J a little less loudly as it slipped eight to twenty four.

Gains

Not much in the way of gains this week with "Regulate" by Warren G and Nate Dogg up eleven spots to twenty but other than that...pretty quiet, most movement stymied by the new entries this week so let's get to that, shall we?

New Entries

A whopping seven new entries this week, let's begin with...

50. "My Enemy" by Culture Shock

Starting off with a weekly dose of Eurodance and its already a bad sign when I am greeted what sounds like a casio keyboard playing a painfully gerneric melody along with vocals that are absolutely buried in the mix and sounds terrible. I won't be revisiting this song anytime soon. Can we do better please?

49. "Wild Flowers" by Things of Stone and Wood

Well this is better.. a piano led song from Things of Stone and Wood that's actually pleasant with the drums really doing a lot of heavy work with the song's content appearing to be a running commentary on how we as humans always seem doomed to repeat past mistakes and the rise of racism with the line that hits asnd resonates the hardest being "Why do Nazis seem to grow like wild flowers?", a troubling question in 1994 and probably even more timely in 2025! Good song all up. 

43. "Ain't Nobody" by Jaki Graham

Now for our regularly scheduled cover of the week, this time this cover is of Rufus and Chaka 1983 song "Ain't Nobody" which went on to become something of a medium hit in the US on the Billboard Hot 100 but didn't cross over to Australia so now we've got a version released by British singer/songwriter Jaki Graham hittinng the charts and I will say I like this a fair bit more because Graham has some real distinctive power and presence on the microphone, she sounds phenomenal here and I love how fresh it sounds, the original does hasn't aged as well as some might hope it as especially sound wise. I'll take this though!

42. "Dreams" by The Cranberries

So The Cranberries are an Irish rock act that apparently released this song in late 1992 and went on to appear on the band's debut album "Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We" and yeah, this song is legitimately great, I love how distinctive in sound to the point the melody washes over you and then there's frontwoman Dolores O'Riordan who vocally just makes her presence on the mic known, she sounds so good here and given the song is about her first love back in Ireland it makes sense that she sounds lovestruck and to a point giddy. Yeah, check this out!

41. "I Love the Nightlife (Disco Round)" by Alicia Bridges

Well here we go, this is here because of the movie "The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert", this song originally was a decent sized hit in 1979 saw the song reach number nine on the Kent Music Report chart and reach number forty six on the year end chart for the same year now it's being re released in line with the release of "The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert"...I got to say it's a song that's very much of it's time and does feel out of place on a chart that's smothered in euro-dance, pop and grunge rock with hints of r'n'b and hip hop given this is a disco song and Alicia Bridges does have a terrific voice even if she sounds way too casual about loving the nightlife and wanting to boogie, it's good fun but I don't see this disco revival lasting.

33. "That's The Thing About Football" by Greg Champion

Oh this is timely especially with the AFL finals underway, Greg Champion is from ABC's Coodabeen Champions and is also a songwriter and guitarist, he co wrote this song with Mike Brady (the man behind "Up There Cazaly") and Paul Kelly...now that's some serious pedigree of Australian music talent there so what about the song? Well it's definitely written to be an anthem for going to the footy and it does have one killer hook even if it takes a bit to get there. It's definitely a novelty track but one that I can respect the hell out of. Nice.

31. "Confide In Me" by Kylie Minogue

And the biggest new song of the week is the lead single from Kylie Minogue's fifth studio album and I have to say this is a pretty daring choice of lead single mostly because this is a move away from the clean cut pop sound from the Stock Aitken and Waterman era and into something darker and dare I say edgier thanks to her signing with dance label Deconstruction records , there's elements of eastern music, indie music and even trip hop and Kylie's vocals on this are just...wow...she sounds absolutely incredible on the hook

That vocal delivery from Minogue makes sense for the content of the song to where she seduces and tries to manipulate people to confude in her, she can manipulate a situation between her and another person and that she holds the power. Yeah, this song is one of Kylie's best. Check this out,

However it's not the best of the week, that's going to "Dreams" by The Cranberries...it was a close run thing. 

However worst falls out easily...that's going to Culture Shock for whatever the hell "My Enemy" is.

ARIA Singles Top 50 Chart Review. 8th September

 What do you get when you combine ARIA's brand new rules and a Sabrina Carpenter album bomb? The short answer is an absolute mess and one that doesn't actually answer as to whether ARIA's changes have worked and I suspect we're not going to find out next week because Justin Bieber decided to drop a whole second album/deluxe edition of "SWAG" that will inevitably mean further album bomb chaos on the chart next week. Ugh.

However we'll get to Justin Bieber next week, we've still got the matter of this week's chart to get through so let's get to our top ten where for yet another week, "Golden" from K-Pop Demon Hunters continues to rule the roost at number one and it is a dominant number one across the board here, nothing is touching this song right now.

Former number one "Ordinary" by Alex Warren remains at number two as a result but it's not matching the dominance of "Golden" and really is starting to look a weak number two at this point.

We hit our first sign of the Sabrina Carpenter album bomb at number three with "Tears" arrival, now I don't think this song has the streaming traction it needs to challenge "Golden",  I will have more to say about this song later.

It did push "No Broke Boys" by Disco Lines and Tiaashe back one spot to number four as while it has streaming on board, it's just not getting anywhere near the traction in other channels, the same applies for "Soda Pop" from K-Pop Demon Hunters as it slipped one to number five, 

Rising six places to number six and one of the biggest gainers of the week is "Man I Need" by Olivia Dean, I am happy about this one, glad to see the better song becoming a hit. 

The biggest gainer of the week though is "Manchild" by Sabrina Carpenter which climbed thirteen places to number seven off the back of the album dropping...wish the song was better. 

The rest of the top ten are all from K-Pop Demon Hunters with "Your Idol" down three to eight, "How It's Done" down two to nine and "What It Sounds Like" slipping two spots to number ten. 

Gains

So apart from "Manchild" by Sabrina Carpenter rising thirteen to return to the top ten and "Man I Need" by Olivia Dean up six to number six, there was not a lot in the way of gains thanks to the Sabrina Carpenter album bomb.

Re-Entries

So we did get one return this week with "Gabriela" by Katseye back at number forty seven. 

Losers

Given most of the chart lost hard this week, I am going to limit this to double digit losses this week. We begin with "Die With a Smile" by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars which slumped thirteen to forty while former number one hit "Birds of a Feather" by Billie Eilish slipped ten spots to thirty nine.

What worries me is the sevcenteen place collapse to thirty seven of "The Subway" by Chappell Roan..now I know it's triggered by the Sabrina Carpenter album bomb but this song has been going in the wrong direction for weeks now, we need to correct that, Australia...and urgently.

At least "Yukon" by Justin Bieber slumped sixteen to thirty four and "Beautiful Things" by Benson Boone got slapped down twelve to twenty nine. 

Drop Outs

So given "Man's Best Friend" by Sabrina Carpenter entered the chart in its entirety. we have a sizeable list of drop outs and with the new rules in mind, I am going to start with the songs that dropped out and could return next week, let's begin with Alex Warren with both "Bloodline" feat Jelly Roll and "Carry You Home"  making their exits alongside "Mystical Magical" by Benson Boone and "Azizam" by Ed Sheeran.

Taking their exits and definitely won't be back though and we got major ones here in namely "Lose Control" by Teddy Swims and "Pink Pony Club" by Chappell Roan, they are gone from the top 50 and are now on the new "On Replay" chart.

Joining both those songs on the new replay singles chart are the songs that I have been touting would like "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls, "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac, "Something in the Orange" by Zach Bryan, "All The Stars" by Kendrick Lamar & SZA, "Breakin' Dishes" by Rihanna and finally..."Don't Dream It's Over" by Crowded House. 

New Entries

We have a lot of Sabrina Carpenter to talk about so I will endeavour to keep this pretty short overall so not making the top twenty and are neither best or worst of the week..."Don't Worry I'll Make You Worry" at number thihrty two (this song was close to worst of the week), "Never Getting Laid" at number twenty eight, "We Almost Broke Up Again Last Night" at twenty seven, "Goodbye" at number twenty six, "House Tour" at twenty three and "Go Go Juice" at twenty one.

That still leaves us with a meaty chunk of "Man's Best Friend to talk about so let's dive in and get started with...

20. "Sugar Talking" by Sabrina Carpenter

So expect to hear me talk a lot about innuendo but here it's Sabrina getting fed up with men not speaking her love language to her and still trying to slide into her bed through charisma and look, I get it, I hate having guys get in my face and want love when it's not earned or I don't feel the same way about them but I don't know the instrumental just does nothing for me at all here, it just feels so downtuned and doesn't do much. Not bad but not good either...something I expect to be saying a lot lately. 

19. "Nobody's Son" by Sabrina Carpenter

So this song has caused a lot of anger with critics naming this as the worst song on "Man's Best Friend" so let's see if a pair of fresh ears can find something out of the song that's...uhhh, no...I cannot...this song is one of the worst songs I've ever heard from Sabrina Carpenter, it's actually as toxic as anything I heard put across on that godawful Jessie Murph album from earlier this year yet Sabrina Carpenter sells mens mental health and guy who needs space away from his girlfriend as him "crying in bed" with a chrous that sounds straight from a British comedy sitcom with instrumentation playing off very real toxicity in a relationship like its fucking camp...no...just no. Sabrina, you are better than this. 

15. "My Man on Willpower" by Sabrina Carpenter

So this is the song from the album that I mostly dislike because of how muddy and one note the production feels here all while Sabrina complains about this guy in her life having found some self control and disicipline to not go to water every time she wears "slutty pyjamas and that he isn't fawning over her anymore. Look, maybe it's part of the wider joke on the album but maybe dude has had enough of the toxicity and is just ready to move on because yeah, given how painfully dull this song is...I don't blame him

13. "When Did You Get Hot?" by Sabrina Carpenter

So this is one of the songs that goes vaguely close to working where Sabrina goes to a convention with her friends and meets up with a guy she's known for awhile and she realizes that this guy is actually now good looking instead of what he used to be. I think it's nice that a lot of the toxic dynamics that appeared in a few of the songs we discussed previously don't appear here and the line about naked twister back at his place was genuinely funny. Cool song.

3. "Tears" by Sabrina Carpenter. 

Now we finish the week off with a glossy retro disco song from Sabrina Carpenter where she admits to being horny by a guy doing the most basic of house duties to the point 'tears' run down her thigh. I do think its funny but I also wonder how the hell this song is getting radio airplay considering kids are going to ask how on earth tears can fall down thighs. It is the correct choice of single from "Man's Best Friend"

That was the week and yeah, "Tears" gets best of the week here, really didn't have that much competition. Worst is going to "Nobody's Son" even though "My Man on Willpower" is eye roll worthy. 

All 4 1994: 4th September. You Mean Standing Outside the World, Enough is Enough

Alright, no mucking around, let's drive straight into things with the top ten this week because the top three didn't change at all, mostly down to margins being too big to close so "I Swear" by All-4-One at number one, "Love is All Around" by Wet Wet Wet at number two and "100% Pure Love" by Crystal Waters at number three.

"Swamp Thing" by The Grid climbed one spot to number four, its got decent momentum, it's just a question if that momentum can get bigger to catch the top three but for now, it was big enough to push past Big Mountain's "Baby, I Love Your Way" by Big Mountain down one to number five.

Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories are starting to push for a spit in the top fove as "Stay (I Missed You)" climbed one to number six while "7 Seconds" by Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry moved up three to number seven.

Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun" remains in the number eight hole this week while "Son of a Gun" by JX slipped three places to number nine.

In the best and possibly best news on the charts for 1994, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" by Elton John got a six place boost to join the top ten at number ten! So so happy to see it here. Let's hope it can rise higher in the weeks ahead. 

Losers

Not really that much in terms of big losers this week although we did see Kulcha's "Don't Be Shy" slide from twenty seven to thirty eight and former number one "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" by Crash Test Dummies slip ten to thirty.

"Only to Be With You" by Roachford slumped from twenty one to twenry nine...bit of a shame this song is on the downswing, it's not bad. 

Gains

Ir's on the gains front that things are interesting because rhere was an eleven place gain for Joshua Kadison's "Jessie" to number seventeen while "Rockin' For Myself" by Motiv 8 feat. Angie Brown rocketed with bullet points from forty one to eighteen,

Up seven splots to thirty is "American Life in the Summertime" by Francis Dunnery while "Regulate" by Warren G & Nate Dogg climbed nine to thirty one. 

Most annoyingly "Afternoons and Coffeespoons" by Crash Test Dummies climbed six places to forty two. 

New Entries

49. "You Mean the World To Me" by Toni Braxton

Surprised we didn't get an immediate follow up single to "Breathe Again" (a song that is good but has become kind of forgettable) and I got to admit I was curious what we'd get going in and yeah, we got a pretty sweet love song combining both piano and guitar but allowing Toni Braxton's vocals to shine and shine they do, there's a passion in the vocals from Toni that really make the song believeable. I dig it. 

48. "No More Tears (Enough is Enough)" by Kym Mazelle & Jocelyn Brown

Ahh, it's been awhile since we dealt with a cover version on in one of these retro episodes but today we get to deal with Kym Mamzelle and Jocelyn Brown's take on the hit duet between Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer, the original hitting number 8 on the Kent Music Report charts in 1979,  

Now it starts out well enough, it starts out favouring soft but strong vocals then dives into this weird Eurodance/disco vibe that really doesn't work especially when in comparision the production helped both Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand but on this cover, it feels like both Kym Mamzelle and Jocelyn Brown are having to sing shout to be heard over the noisy production. 

I'll stick to the original...next!

47. Standing Outside the Fire" by Garth Brooks

So Garth Brooks on the charts and briefly stepping away from being in 1994 mode, I'm going to confess that I cannot find a decent enough version of the song to be able to review this properly. I may also have to do this with any future Garth Brooks songs that chart. Sorry.

43. "Alrabaiye (Take Me Up)" by Amadin feat. Swing

And we end the week with more eurodance because that's the way we want to finish with one of the more screechy and annoying songs I've heard in quite some time and when I say screechy I am talking about the vocals that get increasingly more annoying as the beat that never changes so yeah... this isn't good. Next!

That was our week and the best and worst fall out easily, for the first "Alrabbiaye (Take Me Up" by Amadin feat. Swing...obviously. Best of the week is going to "You Mean the World to Me" by Toni Braxton. 

ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart Review: 1st September

 So this is the final week before everything changes for the ARIA singles chart going forward so before we dive into this week's goings on on the ARIA singles chart, let's dive into the changes that will hit the singles chart next week with ARIA announcing a few months ago that songs that were released two years or more ago will be jettisoned from the top fifty and onto an "On Replay Chartt" however ARIA will give special provision to older tracks that are going viral so what that means is songs like "Don't Dream It's Over" by Crowded House, "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac and "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls are spending effectively their last week in the ARIA top fi

Now we've got that all out of the way, let's get to the top ten and really...it's not even a story this week as that barely moved, of course, "Golden" by from K-Pop Demon Hunters remained at number one this week now that could come under fire from Sabrina Carpenter next week expecially if  Carpenter's album doesn't get a big push behind it. 

Ultimately the impending Sabrina Carpenter album bomb might be bad news for a few songs hoping to make a play for number one with "Ordinary" by Alex Warren remaining at number two, "No Broke Boys" by Disco Lines and Tinashe at number three and "Soda Pop" from K-Pop Demon Hunters at number four.

Then we get to the only move inside the top ten with "You Idol" by K-Pop Demon Hunters moving up one to number five, it pushed "Daisies" by Justin Bieber back to number six (I am actually considering this song for my year end best list given how slow this year has been for the hits). 

Holding steady at number seven is "How It's Done" from K-Pop Demon Hunters while it's pretty much the same thing for "What It Sounds Like" also from K-Pop Demon Hunters at number eight, "Back to Friends" by Sombr at number nine and finally "Free" by K-Pop Demon Hunters at number ten. 

Gains

The better Olivia Dean song "Man I Need" has exploded up the charts off it's debut last week racing up a massive thirty one places to number twelve. 

Unfortunately the worst song from "Don't Tap the Glass" continues to gain traction for Tylor the Creator with "Sugar On My Tongue" up eighteen to nineteen. 

Re-Entries

Two returns this week with "Mystical Magical" by Benson Boone back at forty six while "Bloodline" by Alex Warren and Jelly Roll is back at forty one

Losers

Biggest loser this week was "Don't Dream It's Over" by Crowded Houser at number forty six but with the new chart rules coming, it's going to exit anyway otherwise there's not a real lot here on the losers front. 

Drop Outs

The drop outs aren't unexpected here with "Which Ones?" by Drake and Central Cee and "Jump" by Blackpink exiting.

Also exiting having made the year end list for 2025 are "Messy" by Lola Yound and "Luther" by Kendrick Lamar and SZA.

"I Remember Everything" by Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves jumped off the top fifty before it was pushed off by ARIA.

New Entries

Three new entries this week, let's get keep things rolling with...

48. "Strategy" by Twice

Another song from Twice debuting on the chart, this one has been around awhile even with a guest feature from Meghan Thee Stallion although the version with Meghan isn't tbe one that charted here and she would have been handy here because geez this retro glossy sound that comes off as too overly polished is not a good fit for Twice and doesn't even match the lyrical content of the song where Twice are trying to get this guy's attention and have crafted out a "strategy" to get him, it's all a bit childish and that production just does not help. Next!

45. "Breakin' Dishes" by Rihanna

People miss Rihanna that much that they are desperate enough to chart older songs, in this case, I don't mind because this song is from an era of Rihanna I absolutely love where she's kicking ass in pop rock and really making it work, this song is from the album "Good Girl Gone Bad" released in 2007 and featured the hits "Disturbia" and my favourite Rihanna song "Shut Up and Drive". Now I will say that unless Rihanna's label can prove that this song is a viral hit and deserves to stay on the chart, it will get booted next week.

Which is a shame because I think this is a pretty good song overall especially with Rihanna's bratty charisma that reminds me a lot of Avril Lavigne although I will say I am concerned that lyrics where Rihanna is leaning toward domestic violence isn't exactly a good thing and some of the production doesn't hold up that well in 2025 especially that weird noise tbat underpins the song but I still dig this given what it is trying to do. Check it out if curious.

28. "Jealous Type" by Doja Cat.

"Born Again" by Lisa, Doja Cat and Raye is one of my favourite pop songs of the year and apart of it is because of Doja Cat's singing before jumping into a rap verse, Doja proved herself to be versatile on that song so would that also prove to be true on the lead single for her 80s inspired album "Vie"? Well yeah and I think she absolutely nailed it, it's glossy, it's got groove and Doja Cat is not shying away from admitting that she's the one to get jealous over men who are with girls who are not her, now sure that reads as a little possessive but Doja Cat is owning it and she's well aware of the dynamic and she doesn't want to end up hurting this dude with her behaviour. I love this song...check it out!

All up that was our week, not a bad one but best and worst do fall out easily with worst going to "Strategy" by Twice and best of the week to "Jealous Type" by Doja Cat.

All 4 1994: 28th August. Regulate Afternoons and Coffeespoons whiile Children play

This was an interesting week...more for the fact that there were some shifts in our top ten that I find exceedingly interesting going forward...now of course our top four didn't change with "I Swear" by All-4-One holding the number one spot ahead of "Love is All Around" by Wet Wet Wet at number two, "100% Pure Love" by Crystal Waters at number three and "Baby, I Love Your Way" by Big Mountain at number four. 

Then we get to all the shifting that happened with "Swamp Thing" by The Grid moving up four to number five, it's got momentum thanks to sales and could rise higher in the weeks ahead. 

JX got a one place gain to number six with "Son of a Gun" while Lisa Loeb launched four spots into the top ten with "Stay (I Missed You)". 

This saw "Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden tumble two to number eight while "I Like to Move It" by Reel 2 Real slipped back one to number nine.

Rising four spots into the top ten is the brilliant "7 Seconds" by Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry. It's a terrific song and am happy to see it here.

Losers

Sad to see "You Got Me Floatin'" by P,M Dawn not really getting all that much traction, its down seven to number fifty. 

The losses continued this week for Eternal as "Stay" collapsed a further nine spots to forty three. "Snake Skinned Shoes" by The Black Sorrows toppled from twenty one thirty eight...ouch!

The chart fire is well and truly going out for "Light My Fire" by Cluh House feat. Carl has it stumbled nine slots to thirty seven. 

Finally tumbling out of the top ten is "Absolutely Fabulous" by Absolutely Fabulous as it crashed six spots to number eleven.

Gains

There are a lot of gains this week so let's start with "Rhythm of the Night" by Corona which smashed it's way up from twenty seven to fourteen. I'd not be surprised if this breaks into the top ten. 

Also gaining big is "LetitGo" by Prince which jumped ten places to twenty two this week while Public Enemy hit an eleven place sweet spot with "Give It Up" hitting twenty four.

Joshua Kadison's appeal to "Jessie" earnt that song an eight place gain to twenty eight while 'American Life In the Summertime" by Francis Dunnery continues to climb up nine to thirty.  

New Entries

Five new entries this week beginning with...

48. "Afternoon & Coffeespoons" by Crash Test Dummies

Time for the follow up to "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" and well...rhis is better than "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" even if the instrumentation reminds me a lot of "Happy Birthday Helen" by Things of Stone and Wood however it's tbe lead vocals that drive me up the wall and the fact it does feel like he is trying to force each word to feet into the song hard, the vocal delivery just makes me want to grind my teeth so yeah...no thanks, I am moving on. 

47. "Rain (Let the Children Play)" by Marcia Hines

The lead single from Marcia Hynes eighth studio album "Here and Now" has arrived on the charts and I don't know? Maybe for a song where it's about letting the children play, I was expecting something a bit more infectious and energetic or at least reflective of children playing but instead we get this meditative piano ballad that suits Marcia's voice but doesn't really hit in the way that I was hoping it would. It's good but could stand to be better.

41.  "Rockin' For Myself" by Motiv 8 feat Angie Brown

The moment I saw the artists involved I knew this was an electronic dance cut, Motiv 8 is the stage name of British electronic dance producer Steve Rodway. This song uses a rather prominent sample of Italian act 49ers 1992 single "Move Your Feet" and I guess this is solid, I like Angie Brown's vocals and there's almost somehow a gospel vibe to the song that works in it's favour. I dig this. Check it out!

40. "Regulate" by Warren G & Nate Dogg

Getting an eclectic mix of songs this week because we're diving into R'N'B and hip hop with Warren G and Nate Dogg with this song intriguingly using a four bar sample of Michael MacDonald's "I Keep Forgettin' (Every time You're Near) along side "Sign of the Times" by Bob James and an interpolation of "Let Me Ride" by Dr Dre and I got to say there's a smooth slickness to the use of the samples and the interpolation that make me dig this a fair bit even if the production doesn't quite match content which centres around the stealing of property! Cool song. I dig it. 

35. "The Ballad of Oz " by Daddy Cool

So this was credited with the B side from Skyhooks called "Happy Hippy Cut" so I am only going to review the song credited first which is this song from Daddy Cool and...I am already reminded of "Eagle Rock" in the instrumentation especially with the guitars and handclaps. I appreciate the song is telling a story but I don't know...I just can't get behind it when all the instrumentation wants me to do is go back to better Daddy Cool songs. Don't hate it but sure don't love it either.

That was our week, bit of a rough one but best and worst fall out reasonably easy. For best, I'm going with "Regulate" by Warren G and Nate Dogg...the production killed did enough for me.

As for the worst, yeah it's got to be "Afternoons and Coffeespoons" by Crasb Test Dummies

ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart Review: 25th August.

 Look, let's just get stuck into this week because again...it was another pretty slow week apart from the two new entries and the fact that K-Pop Demon Hunters have almost taken over the entire top ten. 

Speaking of K-Pop Demon Hunters and the top ten, let's get to that because "Golden" by K-Pop Demon Hunters cast remains at number one and...unless Sabrina Carpenter can bring an absolute belter of an album bomb, I don't see what's knocking off this song from number one until Taylor Swift eithet releases a lead single or drops her album in October, it's dominant on sales, streaming and even on Youtube. 

Alex Warren held steady at number two with "Ordinary" albeit on now faltering margins ahead of "No Broke Boys" by Disco Lines and Tinashe which rose one spot to number three,. 

"Soda Pop" by cast of K-Pop Demon Hunters rose one spot to number four, in fact the Netflix show helped push "Daisies" by Justin Bieber back two spots to number five. 

"Your Idol" held steady at number six as did "How It's Done" at number seven both for K-Pop Demon Hunters. 

"What It Sounds Like" by K-Pop Demon Hunters bounced up one to number eight, it pushed back Sombr's "Back to Friends" to number nine (I expect this to get a sizeable boost back up the chart with Sombr having dropped an album yesterday)

Finally K-Pop Demon Hunters bookend the top ten with "Free" up four spots to number ten.

Gains

Sombr's "12 to 12" got a seven place gain to number seventeen...I expect this to go top ten and become a massive hit. 

We've got more Olivia Dean to discuss in the new but her previous single "Nice to Each Other" climbed a massive twenty one spots to twenty four! I am not sure why, it could be off the back of people liking the new single and wanting to hear what she has done previously. 

Losers

Blackpink's "Jump" is jumping the wrong way down eight to number fifty while "Messy" by Lola Young down nine to forty nine.

"Azizam" by Ed Sheeran slipped six to number forty six while it was the same sized slip for "The Door" by Teddy Swims as it slammed into door forty four on the chart.

However I am pissed that "The Subway" by Chappell Roan continues to go in the wrong direction down six to sixteen. Ugh, the fact that such a great song continues to slide says a lot about the stale and sragnant nature of the charts in 2025. 

Drop Outs

Not complaining about losing "Mystical Magical" by Benson Boone...that song can stay out of the top fifty if you ask me. Also gone is "Mr Brightside" by The Killers.

New Entries

Two new entries, starting with...

43. "Man I Need" by Olivia Dean

So given "Nice to Each Other" continues to give me the ick every week it's on the chart but I guess second time lucky right? Well yeah, this is actually pretty good! It's got this nice gospel sound even if it doesn't quite get there., she just wants this guy to be the man she needs in her life and to be on the same page as her. Its definitely a cute song and worth checking out. Olviia Dean, you've redeemed yourself here.

37. "Sugar On My Tongue" by Tyler, the Creator.

Oh come on, this is the song we're choosing to make a hit from "Don't Tap the Glass" when "Ring Ring Ring" was rught there and sctreaming hit? Yeah, "Sugar on My Tongue" is one of the weaker songs from that new Tyler album and it's mostly because of the weird ass production that has breathing sounds forming part of the melody and this weird ass analogy comparing this girl's body to "sugar on my tongue" which just feels creepy even if Tyler didn't intend it to be.

It's not terrible but we could have done better. "Sugar on My Tongue" gets worst of the week howeverr "Man I Need" by Olivia Dean gets best of the week, really dug that song.

Next week...probably that new Doja Cat single. 

All 4 1994: 21st August If You Leitgo, Rhythm of the Tunnel follows

So it's a bit of a standard week here, the top ten is settling down at least in the top half and we have our usual group of new entries to talk about later so let's not waste any more time and get through this top ten where of course "I Swear" by All-4-One retained the niumber one slot, its got a comfortable margin over former number one "Love Is All Around" by Wet Wet Wet which remained at number two.

Also holding steady are the trio of "100% Pure Love" by Crystal Waters at number three, "Baby, I Love Your Way" by Big Mountain at number four and " Absolutely Fabulous" by Absolutely Fabulous" at number five. 

From there "Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden reached a new peak up one to number six,  "Son of a Gun" by JX shot up two spots to number seven.

After six weeks of stalling at number six, "I Like To Move It" by Reel 2 Real feat. The Mad Stuntman fell two spots to number eight.

The big surprise this week was the massive gain by "Swamp Thing" by The Grid as it climbed off it's debut of forty three to number nine.

Finally down two places to number ten is "Shine" by Collective Soul, that song has lost it's shine with the public rather quickly.

Losers

Now we get to the losers where "Whoomp! (There It Is)" by Tag Team sliding seventeen spots to fifty while "I Believe" by Marcella Detroit slipped from thirty two to forty six. 

The Pretenders "I'll Stand by You" sitting position on the charts keeps getting lower and lower as it plunged another nine spots to forty four. 

"The Winner Is..." by Southend with Nik Fish slumped from twenty eight to forty one wbile "Lonely" by Frente! collapsed eleven spots to forty. 

"Stay" by Eternal is continuing to fall, this time tumbling from twenty one to thirty four while "Vasoline" by Stone Temple Pilots slipped seven to thirty one

Crash Test Dummies former number one hit "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" slumped ten spots to twenty two. 

Gains

Solid amount of big gains outside the top ten this week with "Do You Wanna Get Funky?" by C&C Music Factory up from thirty one to nineteen while "Find Me (Odyssey to Anyoona)" by Jam & Spoon feat. Plavka is up fourteen spots to twenty six. 

Up ten to twenty nine is the underwhelming "Heaven 'n' Hell" by Salt 'N' Pepa  Finally "Speed" by Billy Idol sped up eight to thirty eight. 

Re-Entries

We do have one re-entry with "Hey Jealousy" by Gin Blossoms back at forty nine

New Entries

Four new entries this week, starting with

48. "If You Go" by Jon Secada

To kick things off, the "Just Another Day" dude is back and the problems kick in yet again because the instrumental is somehow louder in the mix than Jon Secada is at points. A very early nineties piano track where Jon Secada croons about how all he really wants is this girl and if she goes there'll be something missing in his life which is actually really fucking guilt trippy. So bad writing and bad production combine for a pop song not worth the sum of it's parts....NEXT!

42. "Tunnel" by The Screaming Jets

Moving onto The Screaming Jets and I will be honest that I haven't really cared that much about a Screaming Jets single since 1991's "Better" so I don't hold a lot of hope for this and you know what? I think I dig this one, I like what the instrumentation is doing and Dave Gleeson is actually trying to do what sounds like either an odd nasal impersonation of Michael Stipe but hey the song works, the hook kicks ass so hey, I'll take it. 

32. "Letitgo" by Prince

Alright so I like "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" which was under another alias The Symbol so I was curious to see what this song would offer up snd yeah, it's a dark but ultimately very funky R'n'B with hints of hip hop jam where Prince admits he has a lot of feelings pent up inside him and now he wants to let everything go so he can move on with life. Yeah, you know what? I'll take this. Good song.

27. "The Rhythm of the Night" by Corona

Eurodance this time from Corona, a group out of Italy and yeah, this a pretty incredible dance track especially in terms of production where big doofy beats are somewhat held bacl to allow lead vocalist Giovanna Bersola (aka Jenny B) to shine, she sounds absolutely phenomenal here. Good song, hope it catches on. 

However I am going to give "Letitgo" by Prince the best of the week...that song resonated a bit more for me. Worst falls out easily..."If You Go" by Jon Secada...seriously. enough of the guilt tripping ex partner songs please.