CHART: Australian top 50 singles (8/11/1998)
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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Austria 1/11/1998 2 #2 IMMORTALITY - The Bee Gees & Celine Dion
Czech Rep. 26/10/1998 19 #5 IMMORTALITY - The Bee Gees & Celine Dion
Czech Rep. 26/10/1998 20 #7 BREAK ME, SHAKE ME - Savage Garden
Czech Rep. 26/10/1998 44 #40 ISLANDS IN THE STREAM - The Bee Gees
France 24/10/1998 42 #9 TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY - Savage Garden
Germany 2/11/1998 4 #2 IMMORTALITY - The Bee Gees & Celine Dion
Germany 2/11/1998 86 #86 BREAK ME, SHAKE ME - Savage Garden
Ireland 31/10/1998 28 #14 TO THE MOON AND BACK - Savage Garden
Japan 1/11/1998 90 #87 BLOOD RUNS HOT - Swoop
Korea 31/10/1998 24 #8 TORN - Natalie Imbruglia
Netherlands 24/10/1998 34 #34 TO THE MOON AND BACK - Savage Garden
New Zealand 1/11/1998 32 #32 SECOND SOLUTION / PRISONER OF SOCIETY
- The Living End
New Zealand 1/11/1998 50 #16 POLYESTER GIRL - Regurgitator
Switzerland 1/11/1998 13 #8 IMMORTALITY - The Bee Gees & Celine Dion
U.K. 1/11/1998 34 #3 TO THE MOON AND BACK - Savage Garden
U.S. 7/11/1998 25 #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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| 1988: DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY - Bobby McFerrin |
| 1989: SWING THE MOOD - Jive Bunny and The Mastermixers |
| 1990: JUKEBOX IN SIBERIA - The Skyhooks * |
| 1991: I'M TOO SEXY - Right Said Fred |
| 1992: ACHY BREAKY HEART - Billy Ray Cyrus |
| 1993: ALL THAT SHE WANTS - Ace Of Base |
| 1994: TOMORROW - Silverchair * |
| 1995: GANGSTA'S PARADISE - Coolio |
| 1996: WANNABE - Spice Girls |
| 1997: SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT / |
| CANDLE IN THE WIND 1997 - Elton John |
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3. This week's big movers:
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| Number 6 to 3: ROLLERCOASTER - B*witched |
| Number 23 to 11: FINALLY FOUND - Honeyz |
| Number 36 to 24: CRUEL - Human Nature * |
| Number 34 to 25: CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOU BABY - Smash Mouth |
| Number 40 to 26: SAVE THE DAY - The Living End * |
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4. This week's veteran single:
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| Number 37: 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: 42 weeks |
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5. New records into the top 50 Australian singles chart this week:
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| 39. RAINCLOUD - Lighthouse Family |
| 44. DOPE SHOW - Marilyn Manson |
| 47. (RE) TWISTED (EXCUSE ME) - Wayne G |
| 50. ADDICTED TO BASS - Josh Abrahams * |
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6. Records leaving the top 50 Australian singles chart this week:
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| (47) LOOKING FOR LOVE - Karen Ramirez |
| (48) GOD IS A D.J. - Faithless |
| (49) PURE MORNING - Placebo |
| (50) GHETTO SUPASTAR (THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE) |
| - Pras Michel featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard and introducing Mya |
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7. This week's top 50:
Green Day's "Redundant" and "Time Of Your Life" slips back to number five
this week after 5 weeks playing second-fiddle to the biggest selling
single yet again this week. Aerosmith's "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing"
spends a 9th big week at the top. As well as being the longest running
number one single for the year, it starts to make headway into the all time
list of the longest runs at number one for a single over the last 10 years.
This is how things stand currently.
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WEEKS AT
YEAR NUMBER ONE TITLE - ARTIST
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1995/1996 13 GANGSTA'S PARADISE - Coolio
1991 11 (EVERYTHING I DO) I DO IT FOR YOU - Bryan Adams
1996/1997 11 WANNABE - Spice Girls
1992/1993 10 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - Whitney Houston
1996 9 MACARENA - Los Del Rio
1997 9 MMM BOP - Hanson
1998 9 I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING - Aerosmith
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Congratulations to Melbourne band, the Living End - their debut album has
just gone to number one on the albums chart. Not only that, but their
first charting release, the double A-sided single, "Second Solution /
Prisoner Of Society" is officially the second longest running top 50
charting single of the last 10 years. It has spent 42 weeks in the top
50, an achievement only surpassed by Guns N' Roses "November Rain"
which spent a total of 43 weeks in the top 50 during 1992 and 1993.
Three new entries into the chart this week plus one re-entry. The highest
new comer is the latest single from the English duo that go by the name
of the "Lighthouse Family". Following up on their chart-topping single
"High" comes their new release from the "Postcards From Heaven" album.
"Raincloud", a top 10 hit for them in the UK, enters the charts at number
39 this week.
The latest album by Marilyn Manson, "Mechanical Animals", debuted on the
Australian albums chart at number one back in September, and off that
album comes this week's number 44 new entry, the single "Dope Show".
Despite great success with their albums over the last few years, the
highest charting single for Marilyn Manson only made it to number 28,
and it was the song "Sweet Dreams" back from 1996.
The final new entry comes from Australia's Josh Abrahams. This local
alternative artist has an album out titled "Sweet Distorted Holiday",
and from that comes the single "Addicted To Bass". Josh was responsible
producing the "Sunscreen" song with Baz Luhrmann - a song later sent-up
by John Safran with his version being called "Not The Sunscreen Song".
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| The top 50 Australian singles chart |
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TW LW HP WI
1. ( 1) #1 13w I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING - Aerosmith [9 weeks at #1]
2. ( 3) #2 12w FROM THIS MOMENT ON - Shania Twain
3. ( 6) #3 5w ROLLERCOASTER - B*witched
4. ( 4) #3 7w CRUSH - Jennifer Paige
5. ( 2) #2 13w REDUNDANT - Green Day
6. ( 8) #6 2w SWEETEST THING - U2
7. ( 5) #5 5w EVERYBODY GET UP - Five
8. ( 7) #4 10w MUSIC SOUNDS BETTER WITH YOU - Stardust
9. ( 9) #2 10w VIVA FOREVER - Spice Girls
10. (10) #5 7w UNDER THE BRIDGE / LADY MARMALADE - All Saints
11. (23) #11 3w FINALLY FOUND - Honeyz
12. (11) #8 17w LIFE - Des'ree
13. (13) #1 23w IRIS - The Goo Goo Dolls
14. (14) #14 3w IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND - Stars On 54
15. (12) #12 3w I WANT YOU BACK - Melanie B. featuring Missy Elliot
16. (17) #10 11w SWAY - Bic Runga *
17. (18) #17 4w THANK U - Alanis Morissette
18. (16) #15 10w HORNY '98 - Mousse T. Vs. Hot 'n' Juicy
19. (15) #15 7w LADIDI LADIDA - S.O.A.P.
20. (22) #20 10w ONE WEEK - Barenaked Ladies
21. (20) #13 5w PUSHING BUTTONS E.P. (BLACK FRIDAY) - Grinspoon *
22. (19) #19 2w OUTSIDE - George Michael
23. (21) #19 9w BECAUSE WE WANT TO - Billie
24. (36) #14 8w CRUEL - Human Nature *
25. (34) #25 5w CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOU BABY - Smash Mouth
26. (40) #25 6w SAVE THE DAY - The Living End *
27. (27) #15 17w KUNG FU FIGHTING - Bus Stop featuring Carl Douglas
28. (24) #4 19w BUSES AND TRAINS - Bachelor Girl *
29. (33) #3 22w THE BOY IS MINE - Brandy and Monica
30. (30) #29 11w CELEBRITY SKIN - Hole
31. (29) #10 11w I'LL NEVER BREAK YOUR HEART - Backstreet Boys
32. (25) #1 24w HIGH - Lighthouse Family
33. (32) #5 20w LAST THING ON MY MIND - Steps
34. (37) #14 24w THE WAY - Fastball
35. (26) #10 9w I DON'T LIKE IT - Pauline Pantsdown *
36. (28) #28 2w ! (SONG FORMERLY KNOWN AS) / MODERN LIFE - Regurgitator *
37. (31) #4 42w SECOND SOLUTION / PRISONER OF SOCIETY - The Living End *
38. (35) #18 17w CASANOVA - Ultimate Kaos
39. (--) #39 1w RAINCLOUD - Lighthouse Family
40. (42) #40 4w ONE FOR SORROW - Steps
41. (41) #2 16w WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT - Five
42. (38) #38 2w JACKIE - B.Z. featuring Joanne
43. (39) #39 5w A LITTLE BIT - Pandora
44. (--) #44 1w DOPE SHOW - Marilyn Manson
45. (44) #32 5w FIRST NIGHT - Monica
46. (43) #31 5w I STILL LOVE YOU - Next
47. (RE) #19 25w TWISTED (EXCUSE ME) - Wayne G
48. (45) #37 8w GOT THE LIFE - Korn
49. (46) #6 17w C'EST LA VIE - B*witched
50. (--) #50 1w ADDICTED TO BASS - Josh Abrahams *
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* - Denotes Australian/New Zealand Artist
Australian/New Zealand content this week: 9/50 singles (18%)
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 (8/11/1998)
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1. ( 2) THE LIVING END - The Living End *
2. ( 4) HITS - Phil Collins
3. ( 1) LEFT OF THE MIDDLE - Natalie Imbruglia *
4. ( 6) SULTANS OF SWING - THE VERY BEST OF - Dire Straits
5. (--) UP - R.E.M.
6. ( 9) COME ON OVER - Shania Twain
7. ( 3) THE LAST WAVE OF SUMMER - Cold Chisel *
8. ( 5) ROMANZA - Andrea Bocelli
9. ( 7) UNIT RE-BOOTED - Regurgitator *
10. ( 8) SONGS FROM ALLY MCBEAL (TV SOUNDTRACK) - Vonda Shepard
11. (10) YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU - AGAIN - Matchbox 20
12. (--) DIVAS LIVE - Various
13. (11) 5IVE - Five
14. (16) B*WITCHED - B*Witched
15. (12) NIMROD - Green Day
16. (13) AQUARIUM - Aqua
17. (15) STEP ONE - Steps
18. (18) FOLLOW THE LEADER - Korn
19. (20) INTERNATIONALIST - Powderfinger *
20. (14) REAL LIFE - Marie Wilson *
21. (17) ALL SAINTS - All Saints
22. (21) SPICEWORLD - Spice Girls
23. (19) SAVAGE GARDEN - Savage Garden *
24. (25) MECHANICAL ANIMALS - Marilyn Manson
25. (24) BACKSTREET'S BACK - Backstreet Boys
26. (23) CELEBRITY SKIN - Hole
27. (22) POSTCARDS FROM HEAVEN - Lighthouse Family
28. (36) PROLONGING THE MAGIC - Cake
29. (--) THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL IV - THE "ROYAL ALBERT HALL" CONCERT
- Bob Dylan
30. (29) THE BEST OF VAN MORRISON - Van Morrison
31. (34) ARMAGEDDON - Soundtrack
32. (26) ETERNAL NIGHTCAP - Whitlams *
33. (30) TITANIC - Soundtrack
34. (27) VIAGGIO ITALIANO - Andrea Bocelli
35. (31) MARCY PLAYGROUND - Marcy Playground
36. (--) THE MASTERPLAN - Oasis
37. (47) GREASE - Soundtrack
38. (32) BLADE - Soundtrack
39. (43) LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE - Celine Dion
40. (39) BACKSTREET BOYS - Backstreet Boys
41. (41) SUPERNATURAL - Des'ree
42. (28) PHOTOGRAPH SMILE - Julian Lennon
43. (--) CHISEL - Cold Chisel *
44. (--) SUMO II - The Superjesus *
45. (38) ON A DAY LIKE TODAY - Bryan Adams
46. (42) URBAN HYMNS - The Verve
47. (33) SPEAK OF THE DEVIL - Chris Isaak
48. (37) SLIGHTLY ODWAY - Jebediah *
49. (40) BACK TO TITANIC - James Horner
50. (50) VUELVE - Ricky Martin
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9. This week's feature song lyrics
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RAINCLOUD - Lighthouse Family
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There ain't no point holding back the touch
Still gonna get ya
'Cause every little bird's gotta learn to fly
Sooner or later
I don't wanna lose you
Can't always do what you wanna do
There ain't no point holding back the touch
Don't waste your time
'Cause everything is out there
And there's no limits out there
We could be reaching out for anything if we try enough
CHORUS:
Let the daylight end
On a better day
it's been too long waiting, baby
Under a raincloud
There ain't no point holding holding back desire
Still gonna get ya
Strangers on a train driving through the night
Soon overtakes ya
If someone feels the same as you
Might as well just do what you wanna do
There ain't no point holding back desire
Don't waste your time
'Cause everything is out there
And there's no limits out there
We could be reaching out for anything if we try enough
(CHORUS x2)
'Cause everything is out there
And there's no limits out there
We could be reaching out for anything if we try enough
(CHORUS x4 AND FADE)
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DOPE SHOW - Marilyn Manson
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The drugs they say make us feel so hollow
We love in vain narcissistic and so shallow
The cops and queers to swim you have to swallow
Hate today, no love for tomorrow
We're all stars now in the dope show
We're all stars now in the dope show
There's a lot of pretty, pretty ones
That want to get you high
But all the pretty, pretty ones
Will leave you low and blow your mind
We're all stars now in the dope show
We're all stars now in the dope show
They love you when you're on all the covers
When you're not then they love another
The drugs they say are made in California
We love your face
We'd really like to sell you
The cops and queers make good-looking models
I hate today
Who will I wake up with tomorrow?
There's a lot of pretty, pretty ones
That want to get you high
But all the pretty, pretty ones
Will leave you low and blow your mind
They love you when you're on all the covers
When you're not then they love another
There's a lot of pretty, pretty ones
That want to get you high
But all the pretty, pretty ones
Will leave you low and blow your mind, blow your mind
We're all stars now in the dope show
We're all stars now in the dope show
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