CHART: Australian top 50 singles (20/9/1998)
Jamie M Scuglia
1. Australian/New Zealand artist chart performance overseas
2. Number one singles from this time of year since 1989
3. Australian top 50 singles chart: Big Movers
4. Australian top 50 singles chart: Veteran Single
5. Australian top 50 singles chart: New Entries
6. Australian top 50 singles chart: Singles leaving the chart
7. Australian top 50 singles chart: Number 1 to 50
8. Australian top 50 albums chart
9. This week's feature song lyrics
1. How Australian/New Zealand acts are doing overseas this week.
`TW' = this week's chart position
`HP' = highest chart position ever reached on that chart
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Country Week TW HP TITLE/ARTIST
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Czech Rep. 7/09/1998 6 #6 IMMORTALITY - The Bee Gees & Celine Dion
France 5/09/1998 9 #9 TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY - Savage Garden
France 5/09/1998 34 #15 IMMORTALITY - The Bee Gees & Celine Dion
France 5/09/1998 80 #56 WISHING I WAS THERE - Natalie Imbruglia
Germany 14/09/1998 8 #6 IMMORTALITY - The Bee Gees & Celine Dion
Germany 14/09/1998 86 #84 EVERYTIME YOU CRY
- John Farnham and Human Nature
Hungary 12/09/1998 10 #5 WISHING I WAS THERE - Natalie Imbruglia
Ireland 24/08/1998 18 #11 IMMORTALITY - The Bee Gees & Celine Dion
Ireland 24/08/1998 24 #15 YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT
- John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
Korea 12/09/1998 12 #8 TORN - Natalie Imbruglia
New Zealand 10/09/1998 18 #16 POLYESTER GIRL - Regurgitator
New Zealand 10/09/1998 40 #40 WISHING I WAS THERE - Natalie Imbruglia
New Zealand 10/09/1998 42 #35 KISS THE GIRL - Peter Andre
Singapore 17/09/1998 9 #4 CRY - The Mavis's
Slovak Rep. 5/09/1998 8 #8 BREAK ME, SHAKE ME - Savage Garden
Sweden 7/09/1998 13 #12 IMMORTALITY - The Bee Gees & Celine Dion
Sweden 7/09/1998 42 #39 BREAK ME, SHAKE ME - Savage Garden
Switzerland 13/09/1998 9 #8 IMMORTALITY - The Bee Gees & Celine Dion
Switzerland 13/09/1998 50 #7 TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY - Savage Garden
U.K. 13/09/1998 10 #3 TO THE MOON AND BACK - Savage Garden
U.S. 19/09/1998 22 #1 TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY - Savage Garden
U.S. 19/09/1998 34 #24 TO THE MOON AND BACK - Savage Garden
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2. Number one singles at this time of year from past years:
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| 1988: SIMPLY IRRESISTABLE - Robert Palmer |
| 1989: RIGHT HERE WAITING - Richard Marx |
| 1990: BLAZE OF GLORY - Jon Bon Jovi |
| 1991: (EVERYTHING I DO) I DO IT FOR YOU - Bryan Adams |
| 1992: AMIGOS PARA SIEMPRE (FRIENDS FOR LIFE) |
| - Jose Carreras and Sarah Brightman |
| 1993: I'D DO ANYTHING FOR LOVE (BUT I WON'T DO THAT) - Meatloaf |
| 1994: CONFIDE IN ME - Kylie Minogue * |
| 1995: KISS FROM A ROSE - Seal |
| 1996: MACARENA - Los Del Rio |
| 1997: MEN IN BLACK - Will Smith |
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3. This week's big movers:
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| Number 6 to 2: VIVA FOREVER - Spice Girls |
| Number 11 to 5: LAST THING ON MY MIND - Steps |
| Number 38 to 30: CELEBRITY SKIN - Hole |
| Number 43 to 31: SWAY - Bic Runga * |
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4. This week's veteran single:
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| Number 34: SECOND SOLUTION/PRISONER OF SOCIETY - The Living End * |
| Debut date: 25/1/1998 |
| Peak position: number 4 |
| Weeks at peak: 5 weeks |
| Weeks in chart: 35 weeks |
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5. New records into the top 50 Australian singles chart this week:
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| 14. CRUEL - Human Nature * |
| 36. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS - Tina Arena * |
| 46. LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU - Robbie Williams |
| 48. GOT THE LIFE - Korn |
| 49. TEARDROPS - Lovestation |
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6. Records leaving the top 50 Australian singles chart this week:
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| (37) WON'T KEEP A GOOD GIRL DOWN - Marie Wilson * |
| (46) THE ROCKAFELLER SKANK - Fatboy Slim |
| (48) TOP OF THE WORLD - Brandy |
| (49) BELOVED - Wendy Matthews * |
| (50) RAY OF LIGHT - Madonna |
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7. This week's top 50:
Aerosmith spend a second week at number one with "I Don't Want To Miss A
Thing". Meanwhile, some interesting things happen this week in the top
10. Bolting up from number 6 to 2 is the Spice Girls with "Viva Forever".
This equals the chart peak of their mid-1997 hit "2 Become 1" and the
only single of theirs to have charted higher was their debut release,
"Wannabe". As a general rule, subsequent singles released from a
particular album by an artist tend to do poorer on the charts than the
previous singles. However, the Spice Girls' "Spiceworld" album is one
case in which this could not be more further from the truth. Their
first single off that album, "Spice Up Your Life", peaked at number 8,
and, as expected, their second single, "Too Much", peaked lower at number
9. However, they released "Stop" which peaked surprisingly at number 5,
and now the fourth single from their album, the ballad "Viva Forever",
is this week at number 2. Meanwhile, another act to defy logic on the
charts is Steps. "Last Thing On My Mind" peaked at number 5 four weeks
ago, and after a gradual drop over the past few weeks down to number 11,
the single bullets up from number 11 back up to its former peak position
of number 5. The consumer's desire for Steps continues on the albums
chart with their debut album, "Step One", charging up from number 13 to 5.
With their recent promotional tour of Australia and TV ads promoting their
album, this English group are riding high on a wave of popularity here.
And finally, top cap off a rather curious top 10, another group, this time
the all-girl Iris group B*witched, make an interesting re-entry back into
the top 10 after falling to number 13 last week.
New into the charts this week is the latest release from Sydney male
4-piece group, Human Nature. The first single off their forthcoming
"Counting Down" album is the ballad "Cruel" which enters the charts at
number 14 this week, being one of the most added songs to radio playlists
across Australia recently. Despite a slow start to their career in 1996
with the release of two mildy successful singles, they moved away from the
pop/dance sound of these first releases into more vocal and harmonic
ballads which really got their career off the ground and set them apart
from everyone else. Their double A-side single "Wishes / Last Christmas"
was a huge top 10 hit for them over the Christmas of 1996, and their
success in 1997 included a swag of hits plus the top 10 singles "Don't
Say Goodbye" and the collaboration with John Farnham titled "Everytime
You Cry".
The second new entry into the charts this week comes from Melbourne's
Tina Area. The fourth single from her "In Deep" album is a remake
of the old Foreigner hit, "I Want To Know What Love Is", which comes
in at number 36 this week. Tina does a superb version of this song,
and with Foreigner band member Lou Gramm doing backing vocals on this
track, it is sure to be an international smash.
Take That bad boy Robbie Williams continues his successful solo career
this week, three years after the demise of the highly successful band
that he was once a member of. His album "Life Thru A Lens" features the
singles "Old Before I Die", the ballad "Angels", and now his new single
"Let Me Entertain You". Unlike "Angels", this is quite a heavy sounding
rock single, and in the music video to this song, you'll see Robbie
imitating the band Kiss with the facial make-up he wears. In the UK,
Robbie's new single is titled "Millennium" and it debuts at number one
over there this week. This is the first release from his forthcoming
album "I've Been Expecting You".
Korn debuted at number one on the Australian albums chart at the end of
last month with "Follow The Leader", and the first single from that
album, "Got The Life", comes in at number 48 this week. The last time
we saw Korn in the top 50 singles chart was back in mid 1997 when
"A.D.I.D.A.S. (All Day I Dream About Sex)" peaked at number 45.
The final new entry into the charts this week is at number 49. It
comes from Lovestation and is titled "Teardrops". And yes, this is a
cover of Womack And Womack's number 2 hit from early 1989, except it
has a more funkier and contemporary sound to it. And while the husband
and wife team of Womack And Womack enjoyed huge success with "Teardrops",
their follow-up, "Celebrate The World", struggled on the charts, peaking
at only number 39, and since then, they have been absent from the
Australian charts.
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| The top 50 Australian singles chart |
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TW LW HP WI
1. ( 1) #1 6w I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING - Aerosmith [2 weeks at #1]
2. ( 6) #2 3w VIVA FOREVER - Spice Girls
3. ( 2) #1 17w HIGH - Lighthouse Family
4. ( 4) #2 9w WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT - Five
5. (11) #5 13w LAST THING ON MY MIND - Steps
6. ( 3) #1 16w IRIS - The Goo Goo Dolls
7. ( 9) #7 6w REDUNDANT - Green Day
8. ( 5) #4 12w BUSES AND TRAINS - Bachelor Girl *
9. ( 7) #2 13w GHETTO SUPASTAR (THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE)
- Pras Michel featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard and introducing Mya
10. (13) #8 10w C'EST LA VIE - B*witched
11. ( 8) #7 13w THIS IS HOW WE PARTY - S.O.A.P.
12. (12) #12 5w FROM THIS MOMENT ON - Shania Twain
13. (10) #10 4w I'LL NEVER BREAK YOUR HEART - Backstreet Boys
14. (--) #14 1w CRUEL - Human Nature *
15. (14) #14 10w LIFE - Des'ree
16. (17) #15 11w TOO CLOSE - Next
17. (16) #3 15w THE BOY IS MINE - Brandy and Monica
18. (18) #16 10w KUNG FU FIGHTING - Bus Stop featuring Carl Douglas
19. (22) #19 2w I DON'T LIKE IT - Pauline Pantsdown *
20. (23) #18 10w CASANOVA - Ultimate Kaos
21. (21) #21 3w MUSIC SOUNDS BETTER WITH YOU - Stardust
22. (15) #10 3w THE THINGS I LOVE IN YOU - Cold Chisel *
23. (20) #10 17w TURN BACK TIME - Aqua
24. (19) #14 17w THE WAY - Fastball
25. (26) #10 10w COME WITH ME - Puff Daddy featuring Jimmy Page
26. (24) #19 11w FEEL IT - The Tamperer featuring Maya
27. (30) #24 8w DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM? - Happyland *
28. (27) #27 2w BECAUSE WE WANT TO - Billie
29. (28) #17 8w UH LA LA LA - Alexia
30. (38) #30 4w CELEBRITY SKIN - Hole
31. (43) #31 4w SWAY - Bic Runga *
32. (29) #27 5w LA BOMBA - Ricky Martin
33. (25) #13 23w BRICK - Ben Folds Five
34. (32) #4 35w SECOND SOLUTION / PRISONER OF SOCIETY - The Living End *
35. (34) #25 5w THE DAY YOU COME - Powderfinger *
36. (--) #36 1w I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS - Tina Arena *
37. (45) #37 3w HORNY '98 - Mousse T. Vs. Hot 'n' Juicy
38. (41) #38 3w HOW COULD YOU? - K-Ci and JoJo
39. (36) #19 19w TWISTED (EXCUSE ME) - Wayne G
40. (42) #40 3w ONE WEEK - Barenaked Ladies
41. (33) #21 11w INTERGALACTIC - Beastie Boys
42. (31) #16 3w DROWNED WORLD (SUBSTITUTE FOR LOVE) - Madonna
43. (47) #39 6w GO DEEP - Janet Jackson
44. (40) #27 12w JUST THE TWO OF US - Will Smith
45. (35) #5 20w STOP - Spice Girls
46. (--) #46 1w LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU - Robbie Williams
47. (39) #38 12w IMMORTALITY - Celine Dion and the Bee Gees
48. (--) #48 1w GOT THE LIFE - Korn
49. (--) #49 1w TEARDROPS - Lovestation
50. (44) #14 19w POLYESTER GIRL - Regurgitator *
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* - Denotes Australian/New Zealand Artist
Australian/New Zealand content this week: 10/50 singles (20%)
TW - Denotes chart position this week
LW - Denotes chart position last week
HP - Denotes highest position ever reached on the chart
WI - Denotes the total weeks spent in the chart
RE - Denotes a single that has re-entered the chart this week
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8. Australian top 50 albums chart (20/9/1998)
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1. (--) INTERNATIONALIST - Powderfinger *
2. ( 2) LEFT OF THE MIDDLE - Natalie Imbruglia *
3. (30) ROMANZA - Andrea Bocelli
4. (--) CELEBRITY SKIN - Hole
5. (13) STEP ONE - Steps
6. ( 1) YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU - Matchbox 20
7. ( 3) POSTCARDS FROM HEAVEN - Lighthouse Family
8. ( 5) ARMAGEDDON - Soundtrack
9. ( 4) COME ON OVER - Shania Twain
10. (21) SONGS FROM ALLY MCBEAL - Vonda Shepard
11. ( 6) BACKSTREET BOYS - Backstreet Boys
12. ( 7) BACK TO TITANIC - James Horner
13. (12) FOLLOW THE LEADER - Korn
14. ( 8) VUELVE - Ricky Martin
15. (11) AQUARIUM - Aqua
16. (14) CITY OF ANGELS - Soundtrack
17. (17) BACKSTREET'S BACK - Backstreet Boys
18. (15) WHATEVER AND EVER AMEN - Ben Folds Five
19. (20) SPICEWORLD - Spice Girls
20. (10) GREASE - Soundtrack
21. (18) LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE - Celine Dion
22. ( 9) GREATEST HITS - Dean Martin
23. (23) HELLO NASTY - Beastie Boys
24. (22) RAY OF LIGHT - Madonna
25. (27) ALL SAINTS - All Saints
26. (28) 5IVE - Five
27. (37) SUPERNATURAL - Des'ree
28. (39) SLIGHTLY ODWAY - Jebediah *
29. (25) TITANIC - Soundtrack
30. (36) UNIT - Regurgitator *
31. (35) URBAN HYMNS - The Verve
32. (34) DUDE RANCH - Blink 182
33. (40) IMPOSSIBLE PRINCESS - Kylie Minogue *
34. (33) WELCOME TO HAPPYLAND - Happyland *
35. (38) RELOAD - Metallica
36. (41) ADORE - Smashing Pumpkins
37. (29) PSYENCE FICTION - Unkle
38. (16) THE 3 TENORS - PARIS 1998 - 3 Tenors
39. (49) LEMON PARADE - Tonic
40. (19) TRY WHISTLING THIS - Neil Finn *
41. (46) MEZZANINE - Massive Attack
42. (45) INTERNATIONAL VELVET - Catatonia
43. (26) TROPHY NIGHT - Weddings Parties Anything *
44. (47) SLIDING DOORS - Soundtrack
45. (43) WEDDING SINGER VOLUME 2 - Soundtrack
46. (--) SALTY HEAVEN - Luka Bloom
47. (--) MERMAID AVENUE - Billy Bragg & Wilco
48. (--) HELLBILLY DELUXE - Rob Zombie
49. (50) THE WEDDING SINGER - Original Soundtrack
50. (42) REMASTERS - Led Zeppelin
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9. This week's feature song lyrics
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CRUEL - Human Nature
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You can say love's, forever,
And find it never stays,
In you I've recovered,
The one thing that must remain.
I'm tired of a world undone,
I've figured out you're my setting sun,
It's cruel,
The way I'm needing you,
I guess I'll play the fool,
It's my heart not my mind,
And it's taking over,
Cruel,
Suddenly it's true,
No longer can I choose,
It's in you I'm defined,
And there is no other.
Oh, it's cruel,
Oh, it's cruel.
I can hold back, emotions,
Get lost, in a maze,
But this urgency, tells me,
I just, can't refrain.
Dreams have come, and passed me by,
But now it's time, to redefine.
It's cruel,
The way I'm needing you,
I guess I'll play the fool,
It's my heart not my mind,
And it's taking over,
Cruel,
Suddenly it's true,
No longer can I choose,
It's in you I'm defined,
And there is no other.
I've seen it come and go so many times,
But this is critical,
The truth, I can't hide,
And I don't know why.
It's cruel,
The way I'm needing you,
I guess I'll play the fool,
It's my heart not my mind,
And it's taking over,
Cruel,
Suddenly it's true,
No longer can I choose,
It's in you I'm defined,
And there is no other.
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I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS - Tina Arena
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Gotta take a little time
A little time to think things over
I better read between the lines
In case I need it when I'm older
This mountain I must climb
Feels like a world upon my shoulders
Through the clouds I see love shine
It keeps me warm as life grows colder
In my life there's been heartache and pain
I don't know if I can face it again
Can't stop now, I've travelled so far
To change this lonely life
I want to know what love is
I want you to show me
I want to know what love is
I want you to show me
I'm gonna take a little time
A little time to look around me
I've got nowhere left to hide
It looks like love has finally found me
In my life there's been heartache and pain
I don't know if I can face it again
Can't stop now, I've travelled so far
To change this lonely life
I want to know what love is
I want you to show me
I want to know what love is
I want you to show me
Lord help me to be strong
On this road I travel on
When I'm lost and lonely find me!
My journey's just begun
And I'm not the only me!
'Cause I wanna know
I wanna know
I want to know what love is
I want you to show me
I want to know what love is
I want you to show me
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LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU - Robbie Williams
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Hell is gone and heaven's here
There's nothing left for you to fear
Shake your arse come over here
Now scream
I'm a burning effigy
Of everything I used to be
You're my rock of empathy, my dear
So come on let me entertain you
Let me entertain you
Life's too short for you to die
So grab yourself an alibi
Heaven knows your mother lied
Mon cher
Separate your right from wrongs
Come and sing a different song
The kettle's on so don't be long
Mon cher
So come on let me entertain you
Let me entertain you
Look me up in the yellow pages
I will be your rock of ages
Your see through fads and your crazy phases yeah
Little Bo Peep has lost his sheep
He popped a pill and fell asleep
The dew is wet but the grass is sweet my dear
Your mind gets burned
With the habits you've learned
But we're the generation that's got to be heard
You're tired of your teachers and your school's a drag
You're not going to end up like your mum and dad
So come on let me entertain you
Let me entertain you
Let me entertain you
He may be good he may be outta sight
But he can't be here so come around tonight
Here is the place where the feeling grows
You gotta get high before you taste the lows
So come on
Let me entertain you
Let me entertain you
So come on let me entertain you
Let me entertain you
Come on come on come on come on...
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