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CHART: Australian top 50 singles (1/2/1998)

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Jamie M Scuglia

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Jan 29, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/29/98

CONTENTS:
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 10 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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Austria 23/01/1998 8 8 TORN - Natalie Imbruglia
Finland 26/01/1998 3 3 TORN - Natalie Imbruglia
France 24/01/1998 36 22 IT'S ALRIGHT - Deni Hines
France 24/01/1998 19 19 TORN - Natalie Imbruglia
Netherlands 31/01/1998 3 2 TORN - Natalie Imbruglia
New Zealand 25/01/1998 7 7 TORN - Natalie Imbruglia
New Zealand 25/01/1998 25 25 TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY (REMIX) - Savage Garden
Norway 16/01/1998 16 16 TORN - Natalie Imbruglia
Sweden 19/01/1998 1 1 TORN - Natalie Imbruglia
Sweden 19/01/1998 51 11 TO THE MOON AND BACK - Savage Garden
Switzerland 25/01/1998 8 8 TORN - Natalie Imbruglia
U.K. 25/01/1998 19 2 TORN - Natalie Imbruglia
U.K. 25/01/1998 23 16 ALL NIGHT ALL RIGHT
- Peter Andre featuring Warren G
U.S. 31/01/1998 2 1 TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY - Savage Garden
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2. Number one singles at this time of year from past years:
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| 1989: KOKOMO - The Beach Boys |
| 1990: LOVE SHACK - The B-52's |
| 1991: I TOUCH MYSELF - The Divinyls * |
| 1992: LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX - Salt 'N' Pepa |
| 1993: I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - Whitney Houston |
| 1994: ALL FOR LOVE - Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting |
| 1995: ZOMBIE - The Cranberries |
| 1996: BOOMBASTIC - Shaggy |
| 1997: FREAK - Silverchair * |
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3. This week's big movers:
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| Number 29 to 13: TOO MUCH - Spice Girls |
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4. This week's veteran single:
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| Number 17: HOW DO I LIVE - Trisha Yearwood |
| Debut date: 17/8/1997 |
| Peak position: number 3 |
| Weeks at peak: 2 weeks |
| Weeks in chart: 25 weeks |
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5. New records into the top 50 Australian singles chart this week:
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| 39. BLACK BUGS - Regurgitator * |
| 47. TOUCH, PEEL AND STAND - Days Of The New |
| 48. 3AM - Matchbox 20 |
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6. Records leaving the top 50 Australian singles chart this week:
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| (46) BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - Marilyn Manson |
| (47) BACK THEN - C.D.B. * |
| (49) I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER - Diana King |
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7. This week's top 50:

The post-Christmas sales slump is in full-force this week as the top 5
singles remain unchanged except for Celine Dion and Chumbawamba swapping
positions. This gives Canada's 29 year-old Celine Dion the fourth top 3
hit of her career in Australia with "My Heart Will Go On". This is song
is featured in the movie "Titanic" - the soundtrack of which has bulleted
to the number one position on the Australian albums chart this week.

The new single from the Spice Girls is sleek, smooth and sophisticated and
is this week's biggest mover. The second track lifted from the "Spice
World" album, titled "Too Much", climbs 16 places, from number 29 to
13 this week, meaning that each of the Spice Girl's six single releases
in Australia has made the top 13, including their only chart topper so
far, their debut single from 1996, "Wannabe". Meanwhile, the Spice
Girls' movie was a bit of a disappointment in its first week of release
in Australia. Expected to be the biggest movie of the week, it only
managed to be the 6th largest grossing movie of that week.

Kylie Minogue made a landmark debut on the Australian albums chart last
week with the long awaited release of "Impossible Princess". This is her
first album since the 1994 release of her "Kylie Minogue" album which
yielded the number one single, "Confide In Me". "Impossible Princess"
debuted at number 4 last week and has slipped back to number 8 this week,
already being accredited as a gold selling album. The first track
released from this album, "Some Kind Of Bliss", had a very disappointing
performance on the UK and Australian charts, and wasn't even able to make
the top 20 in either country. However, things were different with the
second single. "Did It Again" debuted at number 14 in the UK and reached
number 15 here last week and there's still some life left in that single.
Radio stations across the country have been overwhelmingly supportive of
both the singles released from "Impossible Princess" which has gone a long
way to the success of that album. The last album of Kylie's to chart
higher than "Impossible Princess" was the 1992 release of "Greatest Hits"
which marked the end of her association with the highly successful English
hit music factory, Stock/Aitken/Waterman.

Three new entries into the chart this week. Coming in at number 39 is
the second release from Australian band Regurgitator's "Unit album".
The single "Black Bugs" is the follow-up to their number 41 hit "Everyday
Formula". American group Days Of The New have just released their
self-titled debut album and the first single from that, "Touch, Peel
And Stand", comes in at number 47 this week. Check out their web site
at http://www.outpostrec.com/days/. And lastly, Matchbox 20 are
riding high in Australia with the top 10 success of their single "Push"
and their platinum selling top 5 album, "Yourself Or Someone Like You".
Their latest single is "3 A.M" and it comes in at number 48 this week.

/-------------------------------------\
| The top 50 Australian singles chart |
/---------------| 1st February 1998 |----------------\
/ \-------------------------------------/ \
TW LW HP WI
1. ( 1) #1 { 8} DOCTOR JONES - Aqua [6 weeks at #1]
2. ( 2) #2 {11} AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME - Backstreet Boys
3. ( 4) #3 { 7} MY HEART WILL GO ON - Celine Dion
4. ( 3) #1 {13} TUBTHUMPING - Chumbawamba
5. ( 5) #4 { 9} TOGETHER AGAIN - Janet Jackson
6. ( 6) #6 {14} YOU SEXY THING - T-Shirt
7. ( 9) #7 { 8} TORN - Natalie Imbruglia *
8. ( 7) #3 {14} DO YA THINK I'M SEXY? - N-Trance featuring Rod Stewart
9. (11) #7 {18} COCO JAMBOO - Mr. President
10. (10) #10 {15} WALKIN' ON THE SUN - Smash Mouth

11. (13) #11 {12} IT'S LIKE THAT - Run DMC Vs. Jason Nevins
12. ( 8) #2 {12} I WILL COME TO YOU - Hanson
13. (29) #13 { 2} TOO MUCH - Spice Girls
14. (12) #8 {17} PUSH - Matchbox 20
15. (17) #15 {11} ALL CRIED OUT - Allure featuring 112
16. (15) #15 { 7} DID IT AGAIN - Kylie Minogue *
17. (19) #3 {25} HOW DO I LIVE - Trisha Yearwood
18. (18) #1 {21} SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT /
CANDLE IN THE WIND 1997 - Elton John
19. (16) #8 {15} SPICE UP YOUR LIFE - Spice Girls
20. (20) #20 { 5} NOT THE SUNSCREEN SONG - John Safran *

21. (21) #21 { 8} PASH - Kate Ceberano *
22. (26) #22 { 6} MEET HER AT THE LOVE PARADE - Da Hool
23. (22) #22 {11} SUNCHYME - Dario G.
24. (14) #13 { 3} GIVEN TO FLY - Pearl Jam
25. (27) #25 {10} GETTIN' JIGGY WIT IT - Will Smith
26. (32) #26 {14} I WANNA BE THE ONLY ONE - Eternal featuring BeBe Winans
27. (25) #10 {19} MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS
- Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase
28. (23) #20 {24} IF YOU COULD ONLY SEE - Tonic
29. (24) #12 {21} FOOLISH GAMES - Jewel
30. (28) #26 {16} HITCHIN' A RIDE - Green Day

31. (33) #29 {11} PHENOMENON - L.L. Cool J.
32. (35) #32 { 5} STAY - Sash! featuring La Trec
33. (31) #9 {12} TELL HIM - Celine Dion and Barbara Streisand
34. (30) #6 {11} THE MEMORY REMAINS - Metallica
35. (34) #31 {10} FREE - Ultra Nate
36. (37) #35 { 4} BEACHBALL - Burnette
37. (36) #33 { 9} OOH LA LA - Coolio
38. (38) #38 { 4} BACK TO YOU - Bryan Adams
39. (--) #39 { 1} BLACK BUGS - Regurgitator *
40. (39) #34 {15} ONLY WHEN I SLEEP - The Corrs

41. (40) #35 { 7} PEOPLE GET READY - Human Nature *
42. (41) #40 { 5} CHOOSE LIFE - PF Project featuring Ewan McGregor
43. (45) #43 { 3} FLY - Sugar Ray featuring Super Cat
44. (42) #42 { 4} DAMMIT (GROWING UP) - Blink 182
45. (43) #43 { 2} SECOND SOLUTION / PRISONER OF SOCIETY - The Living End *
46. (44) #27 { 9} BUTTERFLY - Mariah Carey
47. (--) #47 { 1} TOUCH, PEEL AND STAND - Days Of The New
48. (--) #48 { 1} 3AM - Matchbox 20
49. (50) #49 { 2} THE DRUGS DON'T WORK - The Verve
50. (48) #41 { 5} SMACK MY BITCH UP - The Prodigy
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* - Denotes Australian/New Zealand Artist
Australian/New Zealand content this week: 7/50 singles (14%)
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
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8. Australian top 10 albums chart (25/1/1998)
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1. ( 1) AQUARIUM - Aqua
2. ( 2) BACKSTREET'S BACK - Backstreet Boys
3. ( 3) YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU - Matchbox 20
4. (--) IMPOSSIBLE PRINCESS - Kylie Minogue *
5. ( 4) TITANIC - Soundtrack
6. ( 7) SPICEWORLD - Spice Girls
7. ( 5) LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE - Celine Dion
8. ( 6) 20000 WATT RSL: THE MIDNIGHT OIL COLLECTION - Midnight Oil *
9. ( 8) PIECES OF YOU - Jewel
10. ( 9) SAVAGE GARDEN - Savage Garden *
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Australian top 10 albums chart (1/2/1998)
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1. ( 5) TITANIC - Soundtrack
2. ( 2) BACKSTREET'S BACK - Backstreet Boys
3. ( 6) SPICEWORLD - Spice Girls
4. ( 3) YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU - Matchbox 20
5. ( 1) AQUARIUM - Aqua
6. ( 7) LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE - Celine Dion
7. (10) SAVAGE GARDEN - Savage Garden *
8. ( 4) IMPOSSIBLE PRINCESS - Kylie Minogue *
9. ( 8) 20000 WATT RSL: THE MIDNIGHT OIL COLLECTION - Midnight Oil *
10. ( 9) PIECES OF YOU - Jewel
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9. This week's feature song lyrics

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3AM - Matchbox 20
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She say it's cold outside and she hands me my raincoat
She's always worried about things like that
She says it's all gonna end and it might as well be my fault
And she only sleeps when it's raining
And she screams and her voice is straining

CHORUS:
She says baby
It's 3 am I must be lonely
When she says baby
Well I can't help but be scared of it all sometimes
Says the rain's gonna wash away I believe it

Ahe's got a little bit of something, God it's better than nothing
And in her color portrait world she believes that she's got it all
She swears the moon don't hang quite as high as it used to
And she only sleeps when it's raining
And she screams and her voice is straining

(CHORUS)

She believes that life is made up of all that you're used to
And the clock on the wall has been stuck at three for days, and days
She thinks that happiness is a mat that sits on her doorway
But outside it's stopped raining

(CHORUS)

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