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Bernabe T. Jara
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January 27, 1996
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SECTION 1: COMMENTARY
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This week WATERFALLS exits the TOP 70 after 47 weeks with 2883
points.
If you remember, our SONG OF THE YEAR 1995 was WATER RUNS DRY by
BOYZ II MEN with 2882 points.
Both songs, however, are beaten by RUN-AROUND which has 42 weeks
and 2959 points. The all-time champ, so far.
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By the way, we've had a lot of letters asking our opinion about
BILLBOARD's Single Of The Year, 1995: GANGSTA'S PARADISE by
Coolio.
Just one thought: If you go the HOT 100 SINGLES AIRPLAY, 1995
you'll find GANGSTA'S PARADISE at No. 50.
BILLBOARD tells us that the HOT 100 is a combination of sales
and airplay. But, if the SINGLE OF THE YEAR is No. 50 in airplay,
that indicates that SALES is the only important factor for them.
Besides, GANGSTA'S PARADISE is a RAP song which is mainly where
the singles buying public is. On the other hand, WATER RUNS DRY
is the third single from an album that has sold 11 million of
copies. So there's no incentive for those 11 million to buy the
song again, right?
We stand by our ranking.
If you consider radio airplay, TV rotation, singles sales and
albums sales: the most popular song of 1995 is WATER RUNS DRY.
And the best-sold single of the year is GANGSTA'S PARADISE, no
doubt about that.
Bernabe T. Jara (bar...@ix.netcom.com)
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SECTION 2: RANKING
These are the 70 most popular songs in the USA this week
As reported by all the media: print, radio, and TV
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FH: AMERICA'S TOP 70, January 27, 1996
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TW: This Week/ LW: Last Week/ WL: Weeks on List/ LR: Lyrics
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TW LW WL TITLE, Artist, LR......................... PTS MOV ACCU
1 1 15 ONE SWEET DAY, Mariah Carey/Boyz II Men 28 170 1 1442
2 2 13 EXHALE (SHOOP SHOOP), Whitney Houston, 30. 135 4 1308
3 3 20 NAME, Goo Goo Dolls, 24................... 114 0 1706
4 7 23 BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S, Deep Blue S--, 23. 108 11 1000
5 6 11 HEY LOVER, LL Cool J & Boyz II Men, 33.... 100 2 832
6 9 11 ONE OF US, Joan Osborne, 01............... 99 16 577
7 5 12 YOU'LL SEE, Madonna, 27................... 94 -7 917
8 12 12 TIME, Hootie & the Blowfish, 28........... 92 14 668
9 4 15 DIGGIN' ON YOU, TLC, 31................... 92 -16 1296
10 11 19 MISSING, Everything But The Girl, 03...... 91 11 631
11 8 20 FANTASY, Mariah Carey, 20................. 82 -5 2241
12 10 21 RUNAWAY, Janet Jackson, 18................ 79 -3 2271
13 16 28 AS I LAY ME DOWN, Sophie B. Hawkins, 17... 70 3 1866
14 13 12 BEAUTIFUL LIFE, Ace of Base, 28........... 70 -5 819
15 15 14 BEFORE YOU WALK OUT OF MY LIFE, Monica, 03 69 0 702
16 18 22 TELL ME, Groove Theory, 25................ 67 1 1221
17 26 10 THE WORLD I KNOW, Collective Soul, 01..... 65 15 320
18 17 23 GANSTA'S PARADISE, Coolio, 17............. 61 -6 2150
19 21 17 HAND IN MY POCKET, Alanis Morissette, 25.. 60 -1 1174
20 22 25 TIL I HEAR IT FROM YOU, Gin Blossoms, 15.. 58 -1 1654
21 20 24 BACK FOR GOOD, Take That, 21.............. 58 -3 1522
22 23 29 ONLY WANNA BE W--, Hootie & Blowfish, 12.. 57 -1 2371
23 37 10 BE MY LOVER, La Bouche, .. 56 15 251
24 28 7 TONITE'S THA NIGHT, Kris Kross 56 7 238
25 36 28 ROLL TO ME, Del Amitri, 19................ 55 10 1664
26 25 33 CARNIVAL, Natalie Merchant, 12............ 54 3 1707
27 24 16 ANYTHING, 3T, 31.......................... 52 1 460
28 27 15 GOOD INTENTIONS, Toad The Wet Sprocket, 31 49 -1 613
29 19 14 BULLET WITH BUTTER-, Smashing Pumpkins, 27 49 -13 735
30 33 9 WONDERWALL, Oasis, .. 48 2 223
31 31 10 GLYCERINE, Bush, 02....................... 48 1 331
32 39 17 DREAMING OF YOU, Selena, 27............... 43 3 715
33 14 9 TOO HOT, Coolio 43 -27 362
34 30 34 KISS FROM A ROSE, Seal, 07................ 42 -6 2753
35 54 8 WONDER, Natalie Merchant, .. 40 22 74
36 58 5 NOBODY KNOWS, The Tony Rich Project, .. 39 23 75
37 34 17 MY FRIENDS, Red Hot Chili Peppers, 29..... 39 -7 663
38 32 13 YOU REMIND ME OF SOMETHING, R. Kelly, 32.. 38 -9 591
39 43 7 GET TOGETHER, Big Mountain 36 5 163
40 44 7 SITTIN' UP IN MY ROOM, Brandy, .. 35 7 97
41 42 13 SET U FREE, Planet Soul 34 3 282
42 38 7 I GOT ID, Pearl Jam, .. 34 -6 237
43 29 7 SOON AS I GET HOME, Faith Evans, 02....... 34 -14 246
44 47 16 HOOK, Blues Traveler, 24.................. 31 9 177
45 35 9 FREE AS A BIRD, The Beatles, 29........... 29 -17 286
46 57 5 DON'T CRY, Seal 26 9 79
47 53 2 CALIFORNIA LOVE, 2Pac/Dr. Dre 26 8 44
48 46 9 1979, Smashing Pumpkins, .. 26 2 195
49 49 8 WHEN LOVE AND HATE COLLIDE, Def Leppard 30 23 3 118
50 67 6 BRAIN STEW, Green Day, 02................. 22 12 51
51 65 12 I MISS YOU, Monifah 22 11 88
52 51 6 NO ONE ELSE, Total 21 2 84
53 40 8 EARTH SONG, Michael Jackson, .. 18 -19 204
54 45 10 CRUISIN', D'Angelo 17 -8 168
55 63 6 WE GOT IT, Immature 16 4 46
56 55 11 HOOKED ON YOU, Silk 16 -2 173
57 59 13 NATURAL ONE, Folk Implosion 15 1 166
58 52 24 LET ME BE T--, Blessid Union of Souls, 23. 14 -5 806
59 56 32 YOU OUGHTA KNOW, Alanis Morissette, 11.... 13 -5 1473
60 -- 1 JESUS TO A CHILD, George Michael, 03...... 12 12 12
61 77 5 IRONIC, Alanis Morissette 12 6 23
62 -- 1 TWENTY FOREPLAY, Janet Jackson, .. 11 11 11
63 61 12 WHERE EVER YOU ARE, Terry Ellis 11 -2 124
64 75 8 LET'S PLAY HOUSE, The Dogg Pound 10 3 72
65 66 6 CUMBERSOME, Seven Mary Three, .. 10 0 45
66 78 7 RIDIN' LOW, L.A.D. f. D. Taylor 9 3 37
67 73 6 JUST A GIRL, No Doubt 9 1 47
68 60 42 RUN-AROUND, Blues Traveler, 06............ 9 -5 2959
69 81 3 WHERE DO U WANT ME TO PUT IT, Solo 8 4 15
70 74 7 I REMEMBER, Boyz II Men 8 0 43
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BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S, Deep Blue Something
BULLET WITH BUTTERFLY WINGS, Smashing Pumpkins
LET ME BE THE ONE, Blessid Union of Souls
ONLY WANNA BE WITH YOU, Hootie & the Blowfish
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Section 3: REST OF THE SAMPLE
There were 103 songs analyzed this week. These songs are either
on their way out or coming in:
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71 71 7 GRIND, Alice In Chains 8 0 56
72 69 5 JUST TAH LET U KNOW, Easy-E 8 -1 42
73 62 15 SOLITUDE, Edwin McCain 8 -5 200
74 85 3 NOT GON' CRY, Mary J. Blige 7 4 14
75 80 2 VISIONS OF A SUNSET, Shawn Stockman 7 3 11
76 68 38 DECEMBER, Collective Soul, 13............. 7 -3 1841
77 87 6 ROSEALIA, Better Than Ezra, 01............ 6 4 17
78 76 26 I WANNA B WITH U, Fun Factory 6 -1 379
79 72 17 POSSUM KINGDOM, Toadies, 02............... 6 -2 262
80 41 11 LOVE U 4 LIFE, Jodeci 6 -30 231
81 -- 1 CAUGHT A LITE SNEEZE, Tori Amos 5 5 5
82 64 10 I WANT YOU BACK, Pure Soul 5 -7 70
83 48 22 LUMP, The Presidents of the USA, 23....... 5 -16 755
84 -- 1 FU-GEE-LA, Fugees 4 4 4
85 92 2 I WANT TO COME OVER, Melissa Etheridge 4 3 5
86 -- 1 BEWARE OF MY CREW, L.B.C. Crew 3 3 3
87 83 6 SANTA MONICA, Everclear 3 0 14
88 -- 1 FAST LIFE, Kool G Rap 2 2 2
89 -- 1 STAYIN' ALIVE, N-Trance 2 2 2
90 88 3 NAKED, Goo Goo Dolls 2 0 5
91 -- 1 ALL CRIED OUT, Denine 1 1 1
92 -- 1 ENERGY, Devone 1 1 1
93 93 3 RUBY SOHO, Rancid 1 0 3
94 86 3 YOU PUT A MOVE IN MY HEART, Quincy Jones 1 -1 4
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Section 4: BOWING OUT
Out of the 103 songs, these step out of the chart because they
lose all their points:
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95 94 47 WATERFALLS, TLC, 07....................... 0 -1 2883
96 91 3 HURRICANE, The Click 0 -2 5
97 89 3 IT MATTERS TO ME, Faith Hill 0 -2 4
98 90 5 GOLD, Prince, 03.......................... 0 -2 8
99 84 3 I'M OUTTA HERE, Shania Twain 0 -3 6
100 82 9 THROW YOUR HANDS UP, L.V. 0 -4 20
101 79 5 EAST 1999, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony 0 -5 12
102 70 11 BLESSED, Elton John, 01................... 0 -9 142
103 50 21 WHO CAN I RUN TO? Xscape, 26.............. 0 -20 726
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Section 5: NEW ALBUMS
LAST WEEK's albums are confirmed to be already in the stores.
All other info might be subjected to changes.
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.............................LAST WEEK (Release date: January 16)
3T, Brotherhood (MJJ)
BANDIT QUEEN, Hormone Hotel (Mammoth)
BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET Soundtrack (Daring)
BUTTERFLY TRAIN, Distorted Retarded Peculiar (Up)
the CORRS, Forgiven Not Forgotten (Lava)
GOLDEN SMOG, Down By The Old Mainstream (Ryko)
michael HALL, Day (Dejadisc)
LAWNMOWER MAN 2: CYBERSPACE Soundtrack (UNI)
LA BOUCHE, Sweet Dreams (RCA)
elliot MURPHY, Selling The Gold (Dejadisc)
NO DOUBT, Tragic Kingdom (Interscope)
MYSTIDIOUS MISFITS, A Who Dat?
RESTORATION Soundtrack (BMG/Milan)
tony RICH PROJECT, Words (Arista)
SHIVERS, Buried Life (Restless)
SOMETHIN' FOR THE PEOPLE, Somethin' For The People
TESLA, Time's Makin' Changes - Best Of Tesla (Geffen)
.............................THIS WEEK (Release date: January 23)
tori AMOS, Boys For Pele
the BUZZCOCKS, French
FROM DUSK TILL DAWN Soundtrack
L.V., I Am L.V.
MARTA MARTA, Marta Marta
SPEECH, Speech
............................NEXT WEEK (Release date: January 30)
jon ANDERSON, Toltec
ray CHARLES, Strong Love Affair
the D.O.C., Helter Skelter
Easy E, St8 Off Tha Streetz of Muthaphu**in Compton
aimee Mann, I'm With Stupid
MINISTRY, Filthy Pig
VARIOUS ARTISTS, Songs of West Side Story
................................RELEASES IN THE NEAR FUTURE BY:
-1000 MONA LISAS, New Disease (RCA) -Feb 27
-16 HORSEPOWER, Sackcloth 'N' Ashes (A&M) -Feb 6
-BAD RELIGION, The Gray Race (Atlantic) -Feb 13
-tracy BONHAM, The Burdens Of Being Upright (Island) -Mar 12
-jackson BROWNE, Looking East (Elektra) - Feb 13
-nick CAVE, Murder Ballads (Reprise) -Feb 20
-COWBOY JUNKIES, Lay It Down (Geffen) -Feb 27
-neil DIAMOND, Tennessee Moon (Columbia) -Feb 6
-DOMINO, Physical Funk (Outburst/RAL/Island) -Mar 19
-GIN BLOSSOMS, Congratulations I'm Sorry (A&M) -Feb 13
-HOME ALIVE: The Art of Self-Defense (EPIC) -Feb 20
-mike JOHNSON, Year of Mondays (TAG) -Feb 13
-KOOL & THE GANG, State Of Affairs (Curb) -Feb 13
-MAXWELL, Maxwell's Urban Hangout Suite (Columbia) -Mar 19
-curtis MAYFIELD, People Get Ready! -compilation- (Rhino)-Feb 27
-michael McDERMOTT, self-titled (EMI) -Jan 29
-MR. WRONG Soundtrack -A Grant, J Osborne, Queen- (Hollywood)
-the NEW POWER GENERATION, Exodus (Reprise) -Feb 20
-NEWSBOYS, Take Me To Your Leader (Star Song) -Feb 20
-iggy POP, Naughty Little Doggie (Virgin) -Feb 6
-PULP, Different Class (Island) -Feb 27
-lou REED, Set The Twilight Reeling (Warner Bros.) -Feb 20
-SA-DEUCE, self-titled (Elektra) -Feb 27
-WESSYDE GOOD SQUAD, Around The World (Sony 550) -early April
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Section 6: TOMORROW'S HITS
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..................................Songs from the Media:
(**: new) ARTIST, Title / Weeks on list
** 1000 MONA LISAS, You Oughta Know (ALANIS MORISSETTE's hit) / 1
16 HORSE POWER, Black Soul Choir (cd SACKCLOTH 'N' ASHES) / 2
ACE OF BASE, Lucky Love (European hit, cd THE BRIDGE) / 12
ALICE IN CHAINS, Heaven Beside You / 5
ARETHA FRANKLIN, It Hurts Like Hell (cd WAITING TO EXHALE) / 7
AZTEC CAMERA, Sun (cd FRESTONIA) / 7
BLESSID UNION OF SOULS, Oh, Virginia / 2
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, Dead Man Walking (cd soundtrack) / 5
** C+C MUSIC FACTORY, Musica Es Mi Vida / 1
** CONNIE & JUNIOR, Lift Me Up / 1
CORONA, I Don't Wanna Be A Star (European hit) / 5
** COWBOY JUNKIES, A Common Disaster (cd LAY IT DOWN) / 1
** CURTIS, Radical (cd TRUTH FROM LIES) / 1
D'ANGELO, Lady (cd BROWN SUGAR) / 2
DEBORAH COX, Who Do U Love / 2
DEL AMITRI, Tell Her This / 3
** DIANA KING, Ain't Nobody (cd TOUGHER THAN LOVE) / 1
** DOMINO, Physical Funk (cd PHYSICAL FUNK) / 1
DOUG E. FRESH, Hands In The Air / 2
ENYA, Anywhere Is (cd THE MEMORY OF TREES) / 8
ERIK SERMON, Welcome (cd DOUBLE OR NOTHING) / 2
EXPOSE, I'll Say Goodbye for the Two of Us (cd GREATEST-) / 8
** FOO FIGHTERS, Big Me / 1
** FRANK BLACK, Men In Black / 1
FUN FACTORY, Celebration / 7
** FUN FACTORY, Doh Wah Diddy (German Hit) / 1
** GLORIA ESTEFAN, Tres Deseos (cd ABRIENDO PUERTAS) / 1
GREEN DAY, Stuck With Me (U.K.'s Hit) / 2
GRIPSTA, Pop Goz The Nine / 3
GROOVE THEORY, Keep Tryin' / 3
** GROVER WASHINGTON JR., The Playing Field (cd PEOPLE) / 1
** IVAN NEVILLE, After All This Time (with brother AARON) / 1
JAMES INGRAM, So This Is Love (cd CINDERELLA SOUNDTRACK) / 2
** JERALD DAEMYON, Summer Madness / 1
** JOE, All The Things (Your Man Won't Do) / 1
KIZZY ROCK, Bounce It Y'All / 2
KORN, Shoots & Ladders / 3
KUT KLOSE, Surrender / 3
KYLIE MINOGUE/NICK CAVE, Where The Wild Roses Grow / 5
LA BOUCHE, Sweet Dream / 3
LISA LOEB & SEVEN STORIES, Toffee / 2
** LL COOL J, Doin It (cd MR. SMITH) / 1
LL COOL J, I Shot Ya (cd MR. SMITH) / 4
MAD SKILLZ, Move Ya Body / 2
MADONNA, Oh, Father (U.K.'s Hit) / 2
MARIAH CAREY, Open Arms (cd DAYDREAM) / 8
MAXWELL, ...Till The Cops Come Knockin (cd MAXWELL'S URBAN--) / 2
** MEAT LOAF, Not A Dry Eye In The House (cd WELCOME TO THE--) / 1
MICHAEL BOLTON, A Love So Beautiful (Roy Orbison's hit) / 6
** MICHAEL MCDERMOTT, Summer Days (cd self-titled) / 1
MICHAEL SPEAKS, I Specialize / 4
MIKE JOHNSON, One Way Out (cd YEAR OF MONDAYS) / 2
MINISTRY, The Fall (cd FILTHY PIG) / 5
** MOLELLA & OUTHERE BROTHERS, If You Wanna Party / 1
MONTELL JORDAN, Daddy's Home / 3
** MORPHINE, Mile High (cd THINGS TO DO IN DENV-- Soundtrack) / 1
NENEH CHERRY, Trouble Man (cd THE MUSIC OF MARVIN GAYE) / 3
** NEWSBOYS, Cup of Tea (cd TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER) / 1
OASIS, Don't Look Back In Anger / 2
OLETA ADAMS, Never Knew Love (cd MOVING ON) / 2
OMAR, There's Nothing Like This / 2
OZZY OSBOURNE, See You On The Other Side (cd OZZMOSIS) / 4
PATRA, Dip and Fall Back / 5
PEARL JAM, Merkinball / 4
PETER CETERA, Faithfully / 7
** PHYLLIS HYMAN, I Refuse To Be Lonely / 1
PRESIDENTS OF THE USA, Peaches / 2
** PULP, Common People (cd DIFFERENT CLASS) / 1
QUEEN, A Winter's Tale (U.K.'s hit) / 3
** QUEEN, Too Much Love Will Kill You / 1
R. KELLY, (You To Be) Be Happy / 4
** RADIOHEAD, High And Dry / 1
** REGINA BELLE, You Make Me Feel Brand New (cd REACHIN' BACK) / 1
ROD STEWART, So Far Away (cd TAPESTRY tribute) / 6
** SA-DEUCE, Don't Waste My Time (cd SA-DEUCE) / 1
** SHAGGY f. GRAND PUBA, Why You Treat Me So Bad (U.K.'s hit) / 1
SIMPLY RED, Remembering The First Time / 4
** SMIF-N-WESSUN, Wrekonize / 1
SOMETHIN' FOR THE PEOPLE, You Want This Party Started / 6
SOUL ASYLUM, Promises Broken (cd LET YOUR DIM--) / 10
SPEECH, Like Marvin Said (ex-ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT) / 5
STING, Moonlight (cd SABRINA soundtrack) / 6
TERRY ELLIS, What Did I Do To You (cd SOUTHERN GAL) / 2
TESLA, Steppin' Over (cd THE BEST OF TESLA) / 4
** THE BOGMEN, Suddenly (cd LIFE BEGINS AT 40 MILLION) / 1
THE DOGG POUND, New York, New York / 5
** THE NIXONS, Sister / 1
** THE TEMPTATIONS, Some Enchanted Evening / 1
TOM PETTY--, Waiting For Tonight (cd PLAYBACK) / 6
TONY BRAXTON, Let It Flow (cd WAITING TO EXHALE) / 8
** TRACY BONHAM, Mother Mother (cd THE BURDENS OF BEING--) / 1
VICTOR, Promise (cd VICTOR) / 3
WESSYDE GOOD SQUAD, Crazy (cd AROUND THE WORLD) / 2
** WILL DOWNING, Sorry, I / 1
YOLANDA ADAMS, Gotta Have Love / 2
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grant
Durkee) writes:
>
> I agree that "Gangsta's Paradise" shouldn't be #1
> for the year in Billboard. It got no higher than #7 on the airplay chart.
It
> got the bulk of its points from sales
i don't quite understand your logic here. if it sold more records, then it
is the public's #1. or are you suggesting that radio MD's should determine
the #1 "on behalf of" the record-buying nation?
--
grant
e-mail:gr...@grantg.demon.co.uk