*** INTERNET SINGLES TOP 100 * EDITION 073 ***

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"Bitch" by Meredith Brooks spends a second week at number one,
having deposed "I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy and Faith Evans
(featuring 112) last week. With the phenomenal global success of Alanis
Morissette's third album (she had two previous ones released only in her
native Canada), record labels are frantically searching for "the next
Alanis" to tap into the extremely lucrative demographic that wants angry
female rock and has embraced Morissette and, to a lesser extent, No
Doubt, with hopes of profiting the way Maverick Records, Morissette's
label, has. Brooks appears to be the first to achieve some kind of global
success, with "Bitch" making the top ten in the United States, United
Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand; however, it remains to be seen if
she can even approach the sales of Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill."
Take, for example, the performances of the two albums in the United
States, the music market I have the most familiarity with and the most
information about. At this time, "Jagged Little Pill" has been certified
15 times-platinum, which commemorates sales of 15 million copies of that
album in the United States! Obviously, this has been over a long period
of time, more than two years. Brooks' album, "Blurring the Edges" has,
after fourteen weeks, climbed only as high as 22 and been certified gold
for sales of 500,000 copies. Excellent for a new artist, especially based
on only one single, but certainly not another Morissette. One has to
consider, though, what Morissette's album sales would have been had her
first three radio singles ("You Oughta Know", "Hand In My Pocket", and
"All I Really Want") been commercially available in a form other than the
entire album or import copies of cd singles from Europe. Would earlier
single releases have eaten into the overall sales of her album? One has
to wonder if that is happening to Brooks since "Bitch" has also been
certified gold for sales of the single. Would 500,000 more copies of
"Blurring the Edges" have been sold if "Bitch" had not been a commercial
single in the United States? One can only wait to see how her next single
does before passing judgment.

Ten singles bullet this week, including the new Hanson single,
"Where's the Love," which debuts at number 26. It is receiving votes from
France, the U.S., the UK, Germany, Netherlands, Venezuela, and New
Zealand. To my knowledge, it is only available as a single in Australia,
where it debuts at number two this week. "MMMBop" falls from two to four
on that chart, giving Hanson two singles in the top five at once in
Australia. They became the first act to debut at number one in Australia
with their debut single, and almost managed to pull it off with their
first two singles. However, "I'll Be Missing You," the single that
knocked "MMMBop" off the top in the United Kingdom, United States,
Australia" and on our chart, stopped "Where's the Love" from achieving
that record.

Bulleting from 100 to 69 this week is "How Do I Live" by LeAnn
Rimes, THE country music sensation of the moment. Two facts are
interesting about this single. First, it is the highest charting country
single ever on our chart, not hard considering it is only the second one
to make the top 100 ("It's Your Love" by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill was
the first, peaking at 89 last month). Secondly, notice Tip 35 this week
on the Runners-Up chart, "How do I Live" by Trisha Yearwood. Yearwood is
also an American country singer, and this is the same song as Rimes'.
Yearwood's version is from the soundtrack for the movie "Con Air." Rimes
originally recorded it for the film, but had her version rejected by the
soundtrack producers in favor of Yearwood. Rimes' American label, Curb,
decided to release it as a commercial single anyhow, just one week before
Yearwood's. Each has found its own musical niche. The version by Rimes
has gotten as high as six on the American pop charts while Yearwood only
climbed as high as 23. On the American country chart, however, Yearwood's
version is triumphant, moving up to number six while the version by Rimes
peaked at 43. As "Con Air" is released around the world, it will be
interesting to see which version ends up being a bigger hit
internationally. Yearwood's debuts at twenty in Australia this week while
Rimes' is in the top ten in Canada.

Daniel Weber

The following Top 100 contains the most popular singles at this time.
Vote for a single in this chart if you think other people should buy it too.
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Internet Singles Top 100 Edition 73 - Week 34 - August 18, 1997
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TW LW NW Artist - Title Label/Publisher HI ID
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1 1 14 Meredith Brooks - Bitch Capitol 1 [1778]
2 3^ 11 Radiohead - Paranoid Android Capitol/EMI 2 [1849]
3 2 10 Puff Daddy/Faith Evans - I'll Be Missing You Arista/BMG 1 [1861]
4 6^ 7 Michael Jackson - History {!} Epic/Sony 4 [1903]
5 8^ 6 Michael Jackson - Ghosts Epic/Sony 5 [1905]
6 5 16 Hanson - MMMBop Mercury 1 [1768]
7 4 16 Blur - Song 2 Parlophone/EMI 4 [1740]
8 9^ 6 Will Smith - Men in Black Columbia/Sony 8 [1923]
9 13^ 3 Radiohead - Karma Police Parlophone/EMI 9 [1944]
10 11^ 5 Oasis - D'You Know What I Mean? {!} Epic/Sony 10 [1925]
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11 7 19 Michael Jackson - Blood on the Dancefloor Epic/Sony 1 [1709]
12 19* 6 The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony Hut/Virgin 12 [1902]
13 12 23 3T - Gotta Be You Epic/Sony 3 [1662]
14 10 24 Savage Garden - I Want You Sony 3 [1638]
15 17^ 22 Bee Gees - Alone Polydor 1 [1651]
16 14 11 Aerosmith - Hole In My Soul Columbia/Sony 9 [1845]
17 26* 4 Sheryl Crow - A Change Would Do You Good A&M/Polydor 17 [1930]
18 16 12 Jon Bon Jovi - Midnight in Chelsea Mercury 4 [1833]
19 24^ 15 REM - How the West Was Won and... Warner 19 [1749]
20 18 24 Collective Soul - Precious Declaration Atlantic/Warner 1 [1654]
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21 34* 6 Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home Sony 21 [1908]
22 15 11 En Vogue - Whatever Elektra/Warner 13 [1836]
23 31^ 37 The Prodigy - Breathe XL/Warner 13 [1478]
24 28^ 18 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit DW/Universal 24 [1716]
25 20 21 David Bowie - Dead Man Walking RCA/BMG 8 [1696]
26 -* 1 Hanson - Where's the Love? {!} Mercury 26 [1966]
27 25 37 3T - I Need You Epic/Sony 3 [1500]
28 40* 5 Collective Soul - Listen Atlantic/Warner 28 [1924]
29 27 20 Depeche Mode - It's No Good Epitaph/Pias/Warner 6 [1708]
30 32^ 12 Babyface & Stevie Wonder - How Come, How Long Sony 20 [1813]
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31 23 36 Spice Girls - 2 Become 1 Virgin/EMI 6 [1531]
32 21 21 U2 - Staring at the Sun Island/Polygram 4 [1677]
33 35^ 34 Jewel - You Were Meant for Me Atlantic/WEA 8 [1527]
34 33 11 Smashing Pumpkins - The End Is The Beginning... Virgin 15 [1834]
35 67* 2 Jewel - Foolish Games Atlantic/Warner 35 [1946]
36 22 11 Eternal - I Wanna Be the Only One 1st Avenue/EMI 20 [1835]
37 47^ 15 Toni Braxton - I Don't Want To Arista/BMG 21 [1748]
38 58* 3 Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's BackJive/Zomba 38 [1937]
39 50^ 7 Bee Gees - I Could Not Love You More Polydor 28 [1872]
40 44^ 4 Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life Elektra/Warner 40 [1939]
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41 30 13 Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench EMI 23 [1769]
42 43^ 20 DC Talk - Colored People Virgin/Cema 37 [1637]
43 29 12 No Doubt - Sunday Morning Interscope/Universal 20 [1832]
44 69* 4 Sarah McLachlan - Building a Mystery BMG 44 [1929]
45 42 7 Depeche Mode - Home Epitaph/Pias/Warner 30 [1867]
46 41 26 Prince/TAFKAP/The Artist - Somebody's Somebody NPG/EMI 12 [1632]
47 53^ 21 Spice Girls - Who Do You Think You Are Virgin 17 [1682]
48 49^ 6 Celine Dion - Call The Man Epic/Sony 44 [1898]
49 51^ 11 Robyn - Do You Know (What it Takes) RCA/BMG 45 [1821]
50 36 37 Garbage - #1 Crush Mushroom/BMG 7 [1497]
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51 55^ 23 Spice Girls - Mama Virgin 11 [1655]
52 63^ 6 Cake - I Will Survive Mercury 52 [1837]
53 39 39 Backstreet Boys - Quit Playing Games Jive/Zomba 7 [1445]
54 37 22 Veruca Salt - Volcano Girls Uni 34 [1668]
55 59^ 4 R. Kelly - Gotham City (From Batman & Robin) Jive/BMG 55 [1928]
56 54 28 Nine Inch Nails - The Perfect Drug Interscope/Universal 17 [1603]
57 46 29 Wallflowers - One Headlight Interscope/Uni 13 [1541]
58 62^ 3 Gary Barlow - So Help Me Girl RCA/BMG 58 [1940]
59 56 10 Bob Carlisle - Butterfly Kisses Verity/BMG 29 [1850]
60 45 22 The Verve Pipe - The Freshmen RCA/BMG 31 [1666]
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61 52 26 Prince/TAFKAP/The Artist - The Holy River EMI 19 [1633]
62 60 4 U2 - Last Night on Earth {!} Island/Polygram 60 [1926]
63 65^ 7 Blur - On Your Own Food/Parlophone/EMI 57 [1900]
64 48 15 Republica - Drop Dead Gorgeous Deconstruction/BMG 27 [1772]
65 66^ 3 Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply Sony 65 [1934]
66 38 21 Offspring - Gone Away Columbia/Sony 16 [1665]
67 71^ 15 Gary Barlow - Love Won't Wait RCA/BMG 15 [1756]
68 64 43 No Doubt - Don't Speak Interscope/MCA 1 [1410]
69 100* 2 Leann Rimes - How Do I Live Atlantic/Warner 69 [1869]
70 57 25 Aerosmith - Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees) Sony 2 [1635]
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71 61 9 Sneaker Pimps - Six Underground Clean Up/Virgin 45 [1851]
72 99* 2 Live - Turn My Head RAD/Universal 72 [1927]
73 77^ 23 Metallica - King Nothing Mercury 26 [1650]
74 86^ 2 SWV & Puff Daddy - Someone RCA/BMG 74 [1933]
75 88^ 22 Alanis Morissette - Mary Jane Maverick/Warner 35 [1644]
76 87^ 6 Skunk Anansie - Brazen 'Weep' One Little Indian/Virgin 76 [1887]
77 92^ 29 Babyface - Everytime I Close My Eyes Epic/Sony 7 [1587]
78 80^ 35 Celine Dion - All By Myself Columbia/Sony 8 [1534]
79 72 19 Paula Cole - Where Have All the Cowboys... Imago/Warner 15 [1712]
80 68 12 Duran Duran - Out of My Mind Virgin/EMI 28 [1811]
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81 85^ 5 Pet Shop Boys - Somewhere Atlantic/Warner 81 [1904]
82 75 11 Sash! - Ecuador Multiply/Byte 57 [1784]
83 90^ 23 Az Yet feat. Peter Cetera - Hard to Say I'm Sorry BMG 48 [1626]
84 78 7 Supergrass - Sun Hits The Sky Parlophone/EMI 63 [1870]
85 76 3 Savage Garden - Break Me Shake Me Sony 76 [1907]
86 73 19 Madonna - Another Suitcase in Another... Warner 14 [1697]
87 -^ 1 Coolio Feat. 40 Thevz - C U When i Get TheTommy Boy/Pias 87 [1953]
88 94^ 2 Alisha's Attic - Air We Breathe Mercury 88 [1965]
89 97^ 3 Celine Dion - Je Sais Pas (Live) Epic/Sony 89 [1853]
90 84 24 Def Leppard - Breathe a Sigh Polygram 5 [1646]
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91 82 14 Texas - Halo Mercury 66 [1745]
92 74 32 REM - Electrolite Warner 6 [1535]
93 -^ 1 Notorious B.I.G. Feat. Puff Da - Mo Money Mo ProblemsBMG}93 [1945]
94 81 31 Sheryl Crow - Every Day is a Winding Road A&M/Polydor 11 [1511]
95 96^ 11 Daft Punk - Around the World Virgin 61 [1801]
96 70 12 Live - Freaks RAD/Universal 34 [1814]
97 93 2 Primal Scream - Star Creation/Warner 93 [1897]
98 79 9 Smashing Pumpkins - Eye Virgin 47 [1829]
99 -^ 1 Radiohead - Let Down Parlophone/EMI 99 [1970]
100 83 15 Erasure - Don't Say Your Love Is... Maverick/Warner 40 [1730]
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Dropped Out:

89 41 Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There Virgin/EMI 8 [1423]
91 11 Moist - Tangerine EMI 65 [1770]
95 15 Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize Arista/BMG 57 [1752]
98 23 Monica - For You I Will Warner Sunset/Atlantic 44 [1643]

The following singles have not yet received enough points to enter the chart:
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1 11^ 2 Savage Garden - To the Moon and Back Sony 1 [1967]
2 2 5 Paul McCartney - The World Tonight Parlophone/EMI 2 [1935]
3 5^ 4 Elvis Presley - Always on My Mind RCA/BMG 3 [1947]
4 40^ 2 Mansun - Wide Open Space Parlophone/EMI 4 [1977]
5 50^ 2 Texas - Black Eyed Boy Mercury 5 [1987]
6 36^ 2 Fiona Apple - Criminal Sony 6 [1973]
7 13^ 2 Boyzone - Picture of You Polydor 7 [1968]
8 1 5 Mary J. Blige - I Can Love You MCA/Universal 1 [1941]
9 16^ 4 311 - Transistor Capricorn/Mercury 9 [1950]
10 7 5 The Braxtons - Slow Flow Atlantic/Warner 6 [1942]
11 37^ 2 Smash Mouth - Walkin' on the Sun 11 [1974]
12 10 4 Robbie Williams - Lazy Days Chrysalis/EMI 7 [1943]
13 15^ 4 Cake - Frank Sinatra Capricorn/Mercury 13 [1952]
14 17^ 3 10000 Maniacs - More Than This Geffen/Universal 14 [1954]
15 35^ 2 Sugar Ray - Fly 15 [1972]
16 20^ 3 911 - The Journey Virgin 16 [1955]
17 18^ 2 Matchbox 20 - Push 17 [1969]
18 45^ 2 98 Degrees - Invisible Man 18 [1982]
19 44^ 2 Dru Hill - Never Make a Promise Island 19 [1981]
20 24^ 4 The Verve Pipe - Villains RCA/BMG 20 [1951]
21 26^ 3 Prefab Sprout - Electric Guitars Columbia/Sony 21 [1957]
22 30^ 3 3 Colours Red - Copper Girl Creation/Sony 22 [1961]
23 48^ 2 Wet Wet Wet - Yesterday Pressure/Mercury 23 [1985]
24 34^ 2 Wallflowers - The Difference Interscope/Uni 24 [1971]
25 25 3 Bloodhound Gang - Why Is Everybody AlwayGeffen/Universal 25 [1956]
26 22 4 Alannah Myles & Zucchero - What Are We Waiting For EMI 22 [1948]
27 23 4 The Kelly Family - When The Boy Came Into TowKellife/EMI 23 [1949]
28 27 3 Shaggy - Piece of My Heart Virgin 27 [1958]
29 28 3 Massive Attack - Risingson Virgin 28 [1959]
30 29 3 Todd Terry - Something's Going On Logic/BMG 29 [1960]
31 31 3 George Strait - Carrying Your Love with Me MCA/Universal 31 [1962]
32 32 3 Pam Tillis - All the Good Ones Are Gone Arista/BMG 32 [1963]
33 33 3 Underworld - Moaner Junio Boy's Own/Warner 33 [1964]
34 38^ 2 Artificial Joy Club - Sick and Beautiful 34 [1975]
35 39^ 2 Trisha Yearwood - How Do I Live 35 [1976]
36 41^ 2 Foo Fighters - Everlong EMI 36 [1978]
37 42^ 2 Lonestar - Come Cryin' to Me 37 [1979]
38 43^ 2 Reel Big Fish - Sell Out 38 [1980]
39 46^ 2 Magoo and Timbaland - Up Jumps Da Boogie 39 [1983]
40 47^ 2 Rome - Do You Like This RCA/BMG 40 [1984]
41 49^ 2 Mary J. Blige - Everything MCA/Universal 41 [1986]
42 -^ 1 Usher - You Make Me Wanna... 42 [1988]
43 -^ 1 702 - All I Want 43 [1989]
44 -^ 1 Diana King - I Say a Little Prayer 44 [1990]
45 -^ 1 Billy Joel - To Make You Feel My Love 45 [1991]
46 -^ 1 Olive - Outlaw {!} 46 [1992]
47 -^ 1 Robin Cook - Comanchero 47 [1993]
48 -^ 1 Scooter - The Age of Love 48 [1994]
49 -^ 1 Rammstein - Du Hast 49 [1995]
50 -^ 1 Wes - Alane 50 [1996]

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| TW : This Week | The Internet Singles Charts are compiled using |
| LW : Last Week | votes sent by people from all over the world. |
| NW : Number of Weeks | The latest charts are published every Monday on |
| HI : Highest Position | Usenet in the rec.music.misc newsgroup. |
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| * : Bullet | If you send your votes, do it like this: |
| {!}: Smash Single | > 5 Invisible Man The Trousers [1034] |
| | > 4 I love you Bam-Bam [] |
| | > 4 All night long Paulo Manziati [1087] |
| | > 3 Moonshine U42 [1049] |
| | > 4 Get Ready Take Five [] |
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