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There's a great deal movement on this week's chart, with three
singles entering the top ten, two entering the top five, a new number one,
thirteen bullets, and six debuts. I believe all this activity is due to the
increasing number of voters participating each week. Over the last few months,
the number of voters has increased by almost 800. This significant increase in
voters makes the Singles Chart much more accurate; the impact of statistical
anomalies, such as mass voting for a song, are lessened, thereby providing a
better reflection of the popularity of singles on a global scale.
Keep up that voting.
The Bee Gees only manage a solitary week on top with "Alone" as
Collective Soul's "Precious Declaration" surges past to claim their first
number one on our chart. "Precious..." is still a very young single so it has
the potential to stay on top for a while. It is presently number one on the
American Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and starting to crossover to the Pop
chart, where it's number 65 in its third week. It's also charting in Japan,
where it was number 24. Don't count out the Bee Gees, however. "Alone" is
presently in the top ten in Austria, Germany, Ireland, and Switzerland. Also,
it's been a top ten hit in the United Kingdom, and a top forty hit in Japan,
and, according to an American syndicated radio show I was listening to
Saturday night, it's number one in Poland. So don't be surprised if it returns
to the top, especially following the release of their critically acclaimed
album "Still Waters" in the United States in the next few weeks. U2's "Staring
At The Sun" is another strong contender for the top in the next couple weeks,
leaping nine spots from 13 to 4 this week. This track is enjoying some high
debuts this week, coming in at number three in the United Kingdom and
number 30 in the United States. Their previous single, "Discotheque", which
tumbles to 28 this week, is still going strong in Japan and Italy, where it's
numbers two and three respectively.
"Say You'll Be There" by the Spice Girls rises from 50 to 46 this
week fueled, most likely, by the increasing popularity of it in the Americas,
where "Wannabe" has run its chart course. "Say You'll..." is 29 on the
American airplay chart (up from 48) and should make the overall chart once it
is available as a commercial single in the next couple of weeks. "Say
You'll..." is also number three in Argentina and five in Venezuela. When
"Wannabe" was first released in the Americas, months after it had run its
course in Europe and Asia, it climbed back up our chart, and it looks like
"Say You'll..." is doing the same thing. Many consider "Wannabe" to be a
novelty hit and gauge the potential of the Spice Girls by how well the more
'serious' songs do. Consider what happened in Australia. "Wannabe" was number
one for eleven weeks and is one of the longest-running singles of all time on
the Australian chart. "Say You'll..." only managed to peak at 14. Fans of the
Spice Girls shouldn't worry about their Antipodean success, however, since
"2 Become 1" debuts in Australia at number 5. The act also had the three
aforementioned singles in the top ten in New Zealand simultaneously.
Dan Weber
The following Top 100 contains the best music singles in the world.
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 56 - Week 17 - April 21, 1997
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TW LW NW Artist - Title Label/Publisher HI ID
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1 2^ 7 Collective Soul - Precious Declaration Atlantic/Warner 1 [1654]
2 1 5 Bee Gees - Alone Polydor 1 [1651]
3 3 8 Aerosmith - Falling in Love: Is Hard on theColumbia/Sony 2 [1635]
4 13* 4 U2 - Staring at the Sun Island/Polygram 4 [1677]
5 7^ 7 Def Leppard - Breathe a Sigh Polygram 5 [1646]
6 14* 2 Michael Jackson - Blood on the Dancefloor Epic/Sony 6 [1709]
7 9^ 6 3T - Gotta Be You Epic/Sony 7 [1662]
8 12^ 22 Backstreet Boys - Quit Playing Games Jive/Zomba 8 [1445]
9 4 26 No Doubt - Don't Speak Interscope/MCA 1 [1410]
10 8 18 Celine Dion - All By Myself Columbia/Sony 8 [1534]
11 6 15 REM - Electrolite Warner 6 [1535]
12 10 17 Jewel - You Were Meant for Me Atlantic/WEA 10 [1527]
13 5 18 Madonna - Don't Cry for Me Argentina Maverick/WEA 1 [1539]
14 19^ 11 White Town - Your Woman Chrysalis/EMI 14 [1591]
15 26* 7 Savage Garden - I Want You Sony 15 [1638]
16 15 18 Cardigans - Lovefool Polygram 9 [1533]
17 11 12 Babyface - Everytime I Close My Eyes Epic/Sony 7 [1587]
18 33* 4 INXS - Elegantly Wasted Mercury 18 [1683]
19 17 11 Nine Inch Nails - The Perfect Drug Interscope 17 [1603]
20 22^ 6 Spice Girls - Mama Virgin 20 [1655]
21 16 14 Sheryl Crow - Every Day is a Winding Road A&M/Polydor 11 [1511]
22 27^ 4 Spice Girls - Who Do You Think You Are Virgin 22 [1682]
23 23 26 Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart LaFace/Arista/BMG 1 [1408]
24 24 12 Wallflowers - One Headlight Interscope/Uni 24 [1541]
25 34* 5 Pet Shop Boys - A Red Letter Day Parlophone/EMI 25 [1671]
26 29^ 6 Metallica - King Nothing Mercury 26 [1650]
27 28^ 12 Depeche Mode - Barrel of a Gun Warner/WEA 9 [1594]
28 18 13 U2 - Discotheque Island/Polygram 4 [1565]
29 20 12 David Bowie - Little Wonder RCA/BMG 1 [1593]
30 67* 7 Mark Owen - Clementine RCA/BMG 30 [1631]
31 32^ 16 Celine Dion - To Love You More Columbia/Sony 30 [1521]
32 44* 4 David Bowie - Dead Man Walking RCA/BMG 32 [1696]
33 41^ 4 112 - Cupid Bad Boy/Arista 33 [1658]
34 31 15 Counting Crows - A Long December DGC/ 23 [1553]
35 25 21 En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love) Elektra/WEA 10 [1450]
36 21 20 3T - I Need You Epic/Sony 3 [1500]
37 45^ 9 Prince/TAFKAP/The Artist - The Holy River EMI 36 [1633]
38 37 19 R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly Jive/BMG 15 [1516]
39 30 10 Live - Lakini's Juice Uni/MCA 26 [1595]
40 36 11 Blur - Beetlebum Parlophone/EMI 6 [1596]
41 39 22 The Prodigy - Breathe XL/ 13 [1478]
42 38 12 Bush - Greedy Fly Interscope/Universal 22 [1569]
43 56* 5 Veruca Salt - Volcano Girls Uni 43 [1668]
44 51^ 9 Prince/TAFKAP/The Artist - Somebody's Somebody NPG/EMI 33 [1632]
45 46^ 31 Rush - Test for Echo Atlantic/WEA 11 [1347]
46 50^ 25 Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There Virgin/EMI 8 [1423]
47 48^ 7 Monica - For You I Will Warner Sunset/Atlantic 44 [1643]
48 100* 2 The Charlatans - North Country Boy Beggar's Banquet/ 48 [1710]
49 80* 4 Offspring - Gone Away Columbia/Sony 49 [1665]
50 40 14 Whitney Houston - Step by Step Arista/BMG 37 [1540]
51 35 32 Michael Jackson - Stranger in Moscow Epic/Sony 1 [1364]
52 60^ 5 Bjork - I Miss You Polydor 52 [1672]
53 58^ 3 Depeche Mode - It's No Good Epitaph/Pias 53 [1708]
54 75* 10 Placebo - Nancy Boy Elevator/ 54 [1606]
55 54 3 Blackstreet - Don't Leave Me Interscope 54 [1678]
56 47 9 No Doubt - Excuse Me Mr. Trauma/Interscope 23 [1628]
57 42 21 Smashing Pumpkins - Thirty Three Virgin/EMI 25 [1498]
58 49 20 REM - Leave Warner 29 [1490]
59 43 19 Spice Girls - 2 Become 1 Virgin/EMI 6 [1531]
60 55 21 Garbage - #1 Crush Mushroom/BMG 7 [1497]
61 53 3 DC Talk - Colored People Virgin/Cema 53 [1637]
62 72^ 16 Beck - Devils Haircut Geffen/Universal 62 [1496]
63 65^ 7 Az Yet feat. Peter Cetera - Hard to Say I'm SoArista/BMG 56 [1626]
64 74^ 3 Madonna - Another Suitcase in Another... Warner 64 [1697]
65 90* 2 Paula Cole - Where Have All the Cowboys... Imago/Warner 65 [1712]
66 52 22 2PAC - I Ain't Mad at Cha' Death Row/Interscope 20 [1439]
67 99* 2 Bruce Springsteen - Secret Garden Columbia/Sony 67 [1674]
68 71^ 9 Silverchair - Abuse Me Sony 68 [1604]
69 69 8 Luscious Jackson - Naked Eye Capitol/Cema 61 [1600]
70 63 6 Skunk Anansie - Hedonism One Little Indian/ 63 [1618]
71 61 23 Garbage - Milk Mushroom/BMG 12 [1469]
72 62 7 Aaliyah - One in a Million Blackground/Atlantic 57 [1627]
73 59 12 Suede - Saturday Night Nude/ 29 [1584]
74 66 6 Daft Punk - Da Funk Virgin/EMI 55 [1640]
75 64 10 Offspring - All I Want Sony 35 [1598]
76 95^ 21 Marilyn Manson - Beautiful People Interscope/Uni 43 [1429]
77 83^ 20 Metallica - Mama Said Vertigo/Mercury 28 [1508]
78 57 8 Eternal - Don't You Love Me EMI 44 [1642]
79 79 10 Barbra Streisand/Bryan Adams - I Finally Found SomeoSony 63 [1485]
80 93^ 4 Kula Shaker - Hush Columbia/Sony 80 [1670]
81 70 6 Apollo 440 - Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Dub Stealth Sonic/ 69 [1630]
82 -^ 1 Tic Tac Toe - Warum? RCA/BMG 82 [1673]
83 96^ 3 Allure feat. Nas - Head over Heels Sony 83 [1659]
84 77 22 Enigma - Beyond the Invisible Virgin 15 [1451]
85 86^ 11 DC Talk - Jesus Freak Virgin 36 [1599]
86 76 3 The Fugees - Rumble in the Jungle Mercury/ 76 [1680]
87 68 23 Cranberries - When You're Gone Island/Mercury 21 [1464]
88 -^ 1 Real McCoy - One More Time Arista/BMG 88 [1687]
89 -^ 1 The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats Virgin 89 [1711]
90 84 25 Nirvana - Aneurysm DGC/Geffen 19 [1407]
91 78 5 The Verve Pipe - The Freshmen RCA/BMG 59 [1666]
92 73 5 Alanis Morissette - Mary Jane Maverick/Warner 50 [1644]
93 85 28 Def Leppard - All I Want is Everything Mercury 13 [1388]
94 91 2 Sash! - Encore Une Fois Multiply/Byte 91 [1653]
95 81 12 Pearl Jam - Off He Goes Sony 61 [1561]
96 82 19 Bryan Adams - Star A&M/Polydor 35 [1513]
97 -^ 1 Suede - Lazy Columbia/Sony 97 [1715]
98 98 2 Alisha's Attic - Indestructable Polygram 98 [1695]
99 -^ 1 Ray J. - Let it Go Elektra/WEA 99 [1656]
100 -^ 1 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit DW/Universal100 [1716]
Dropped Out:
87 37 Spice Girls - Wannabe Virgin 6 [1247]
88 4 Space - Female of the Species Gut/ 62 [1667]
89 42 Bon Jovi - Hey God Mercury 8 [1202]
92 34 3T & Michael Jackson - Why Epic/Sony 1 [1261]
94 24 Robert Miles feat. M. Nayler - One & One BMG 22 [1436]
97 37 Radiohead - The Bends Parlophone/EMI 23 [1260]
The following singles have not yet received enough points to enter the chart:
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Runners Up Internet Singles Top 100 Edition 56 - Week 17 - April 21, 1997
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Tip 1 4 No Doubt - Different People Interscope/MCA [1707]
Tip 2 3 Supergrass - Richard III EMI [1718]
Tip 3 4 Sheryl Crow - Hard to Make a Stand A&M [1699]
Tip 4 4 Belinda Carlisle - I Wouldn't Be Here If I... Chrysalis [1706]
Tip 5 2 Erasure - Don't Say Your Love Is... Maverick/Warner [1730]
Tip 6 3 Ginuwine - Tell Me Do You Wanna Epic/Sony [1720]
Tip 7 4 Beautiful South - Blackbird on the Wire Go! Discs/ [1698]
Tip 8 2 Robbie Williams - Old Before I Die Chrysalis/EMI [1731]
Tip 9 3 Supertramp - You Win I Lose EMI [1722]
Tip 10 3 Scooter - Fire Club Tools/K-Tel [1714]
Tip 11 1 Blur - Song 2 Parlophone/EMI [1740]
Tip 12 1 Shola Ama - You Might Need Somebody WEA/Warner [1741]
Tip 13 1 The Braxtons - The Boss Warner [1742]
Tip 14 1 Future Sound of London - We Have Explosive Virgin [1743]
Tip 15 4 Mary J. Blige - Love Is All We Need Universal [1702]
Tip 16 4 Tony Toni Tone feat. DJ Quick - Let's Get Down Mercury [1703]
Tip 17 4 Smoke City - Underwater Love Jive/Zomba [1701]
Tip 18 3 Cast - Free Me Polydor [1727]
Tip 19 4 Fun Lovin' Criminals - King of New York Chrysalis/EMI [1704]
Tip 20 3 Sound Lovers - Run a way Mighty/Polydor [1717]
Tip 21 3 Reef - Consideration Epic/Sony [1721]
Tip 22 2 The Brand New Heavies - Sometimes Mercury [1729]
Tip 23 4 Tall Paul - Rock Da House VC/ [1700]
Tip 24 4 Sylk 130 - Gettin' Into It Columbia/Sony [1705]
Tip 25 3 Richard Marx - Until I Find You Again EMI [1719]
Tip 26 3 Quad City DJ's - Space Jam Atlantic/Warner [1723]
Tip 27 3 Brian Kennedy - Put the Message in the Box RCA/BMG [1724]
Tip 28 3 N-Trance - D.I.S.C.O. All Around The World/ [1725]
Tip 29 3 DJ Quicksilver - Belissima Positiva/Polygram [1726]
Tip 30 3 Dreamworld - Everytime I Fall for Your Eyes [1728]
Tip 31 2 Robert Miles - Princess of Light BMG [1732]
Tip 32 2 Clueless - Don't Speak Zyx/ [1733]
Tip 33 2 Yazz - Never Can Say Goodbye E/W/ [1734]
Tip 34 2 Boyzone - Your Song Polydor [1735]
Tip 35 2 Human Nature - Tellin' Everybody Sony [1736]
Tip 36 2 Worlds Apart - You Said EMI [1737]
Tip 37 2 Jon Secada - Too Late, Too Soon EMI [1738]
Tip 38 2 Funky Green Dogs - Fired Up! Twisted UK/MCA [1739]
Tip 39 1 Bryan Adams - 18 Till I Die A&M/Polydor [1744]
Tip 40 1 Texas - Halo Mercury [1745]
Tip 41 1 Beck - The New Pollution Geffen/Universal [1746]
Tip 42 1 George Michael - Star People Virgin [1747]
Tip 43 1 Toni Braxton - I Don't Want To Arista/BMG [1748]
Tip 44 1 REM - How the West Was Won and... Warner [1749]
Tip 45 1 SWV - Can We Jive/BMG [1750]
Tip 46 1 Xzibit - The Foundation BMG [1751]
Tip 47 1 Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize Arista/BMG [1752]
Tip 48 1 Orbital - The Saint Internal/Mercury [1753]
Tip 49 1 Ghetto People feat. L-Viz - Fever Epic/Sony [1754]
Tip 50 1 MC Lyte feat. Xscape - Keep On Keepin' On Warner [1755]
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