CHART: Australian top 50 singles (7/3/1999)
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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France 20/02/1999 11 #11 TO THE MOON AND BACK - Savage Garden
France 20/02/1999 34 #3 I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFETIME - Tina Arena
France 20/02/1999 57 #56 I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS - Tina Arena
Japan 28/02/1999 32 #24 CIGARETTES WILL KILL YOU - Ben Lee
Japan 28/02/1999 87 #87 LONELY - Merril Bainbridge
Netherlands 26/02/1999 4 #4 I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFETIME - Tina Arena
New Zealand 28/02/1999 24 #24 WHAT A FEELING - Marcia Hines
New Zealand 28/02/1999 33 #6 BUSES AND TRAINS - Bachelor Girl
Sweden 22/02/1999 33 #33 TEARS OF PEARLS - Savage Garden
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2. Number one singles at this time of year from past years:
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| 1989: I'M GONNA BE (500 MILES) - The Proclaimers |
| 1990: NOTHING COMPARES 2 U - Sinead O'Connor |
| 1991: I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT YOU - Londonbeat |
| 1992: SALTWATER - Julian Lennon |
| 1993: YOU DON'T TREAT ME NO GOOD - Sonia Dada |
| 1994: IT'S ALRIGHT - East 17 |
| 1995: ANOTHER NIGHT - M.C. Sar and The Real McCoy |
| 1996: ONE OF US - Joan Osborne |
| 1997: DON'T SPEAK - No Doubt |
| 1998: MY HEART WILL GO ON - Celine Dion |
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3. This week's big movers:
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| Number 11 to 7: THIS KISS - Faith Hill |
| Number 24 to 17: TOUCH IT - Monifah |
| Number 46 to 35: YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - New Radicals |
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4. This week's veteran single:
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| Number 34: REDUNDANT / TIME OF YOUR LIFE - Green Day |
| Debut date: 9/8/1998 |
| Peak position: number 2 |
| Weeks at peak: 5 weeks |
| Weeks in chart: 30 weeks |
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5. New records into the top 50 Australian singles chart this week:
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| 3. THE ANIMAL SONG - Savage Garden * |
| 14. WHISKEY IN THE JAR - Metallica |
| 32. HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE - Dru Hill featuring Redman |
| 45. WE LIKE TO PARTY - Vengaboys |
| 49. CRASH - Propellerheads |
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6. Records leaving the top 50 Australian singles chart this week:
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| (43) INSTANT MOMENTS - R.O.O.S. |
| (47) I DON'T LIKE THE DRUGS (BUT THE DRUGS LIKE ME) |
| - Marilyn Manson |
| (48) CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOU BABY - Smash Mouth |
| (49) I'M YOUR ANGEL - Celine Dion and R. Kelly |
| (50) HORNY '98 - Mousse T. Vs. Hot 'n' Juicy |
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7. This week's top 50:
Britney Spears safely spends a second week at number one with "Baby One
More Time" as Silverchair's massive debut at number 3 last week with
"Anthem For The Year 2000" drops back to number 5 this week. Meanwhile
Shania Twain has scored three top 2 hits in succession as "That Don't
Impress Me Much" moves up to number 2 this week. However, the big
action this week is at number 3...
Back in July 1996, an unknown Brisbane band called "Savage Garden",
consisting of vocalist Darren Hayes and guitarist/keyboardist Daniel
Jones, debuted on the Australian singles charts at number 27 with the
highly radio-aired song "I Want You". That song peaked at number 4,
and whoever thought that it would be all downhill after the big success
of their debut single, would have been majorly mistaken. Their next two
singles, "To The Moon And Back" and "Truly, Madly, Deeply", topped the
Australian singles charts in early 1997, while their debut delf-titled
album ended up as the biggest selling album in Australia for 1997.
However, their success was not limited to Australia. The American
music market, one of the toughest for Australian artists to break
into, embraced the music of Savage Garden. In late 1997, "I Want
You" went top 5, and early last year, "Truly, Madly, Deeply" topped
the U.S. charts - the only Australian single this decade to do so.
Success came for them across Europe, in the UK, and Asia. Some of their
singles are up to two years old and are still currently charting strongly
in countries around the world, and their self-titled album is still
selling like crazy, with worldwide sales well in excess of 11 million
copies. However, this week, sees the first Savage Garden single on the
Australian charts for over a year, as "The Animal Song" crashes into the
charts at number 3. Poised for release in the U.S., this single is
lifted from the soundtrack to the movie "The Other Sister", which has a
web site at http://www.theothersister.com/. As an exclusive service to
readers of this posting, the lyrics to "The Animal Song" are included in
the lyrics section further below.
Metallica's "Garage Inc." album yielded them a number 11 hit back last
November with "Turn The Page". This week, their new release from
that album, "Whiskey In The Jar", comes in at number 14. Meanwhile,
from the soundtrack to the movie "Rush Hour" comes this week's new number
32 hit. "How Deep Is Your Love", a former top 3 U.S. hit for Dru Hill
featuring Redman, is not a cover of the Bee Gees' original. However,
that Bee Gees' song was recently covered by a group called Portrait in
1995 and more successfully by Take That in 1996 - the last song that group
recorded before breaking up.
Stay tuned next week to see if one of the biggest hits of the year,
by Britney Spears, can spend a third week at number one, or if Shania
Twain manages to score two chart topping singles from her current chart
topping album "Come On Over", or maybe Savage Garden's number 3 debut
with "The Animal Song" was just a sample of bigger things to come next
week as they try and score the third number one single of their career
in Australia out of a total of just 6 single releases.
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| The top 50 Australian singles chart |
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TW LW HP WI
1. ( 1) #1 6w BABY ONE MORE TIME - Britney Spears [2 weeks at #1]
2. ( 4) #2 3w THAT DON'T IMPRESS ME MUCH - Shania Twain
3. (--) #3 1w THE ANIMAL SONG - Savage Garden *
4. ( 2) #1 15w BELIEVE - Cher
5. ( 3) #3 2w ANTHEM FOR THE YEAR 2000 - Silverchair *
6. ( 5) #5 6w LULLABY - Shawn Mullins
7. (11) #7 6w THIS KISS - Faith Hill
8. ( 6) #3 19w JACKIE - B.Z. featuring Joanne *
9. ( 7) #5 14w NO MATTER WHAT - Boyzone
10. ( 9) #9 13w DOO WOP (THAT THING) - Lauryn Hill
11. ( 8) #1 17w PRETTY FLY (FOR A WHITE GUY) - The Offspring
12. (10) #8 6w HOW DO I DEAL - Jennifer Love Hewitt
13. (12) #4 14w WHEN YOU'RE GONE - Bryan Adams featuring Melanie C.
14. (--) #14 1w WHISKEY IN THE JAR - Metallica
15. (15) #15 7w HAVE YOU EVER? - Brandy
16. (14) #10 22w A LITTLE BIT - Pandora
17. (24) #17 3w TOUCH IT - Monifah
18. (13) #6 9w GOT THE FEELING - Five
19. (20) #12 7w ALL TORN DOWN - The Living End *
20. (17) #17 7w BIG BIG WORLD - Emilia
21. (23) #21 6w HEARTBEAT / TRAGEDY - Steps
22. (22) #15 18w ADDICTED TO BASS - Josh Abrahams and Amiel Daemion *
23. (19) #14 6w CHOCOLATE SALTY BALLS (P.S. I LOVE YOU) - Chef
24. (18) #13 16w ZORBA'S DANCE - LCD
25. (21) #3 12w GOODBYE - Spice Girls
26. (16) #11 10w I WANT YOU BACK - N' Sync
27. (25) #11 11w MALIBU - Hole
28. (27) #27 5w SAVE TONIGHT - Eagle Eye Cherry
29. (30) #29 8w SLIDE - The Goo Goo Dolls
30. (28) #28 10w BODY MOVIN' - Beastie Boys
31. (26) #26 24w GOT THE LIFE - Korn
32. (--) #32 1w HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE - Dru Hill featuring Redman
33. (29) #29 4w DANCING BABY (OOGA CHAKA) - Trubble
34. (37) #2 30w REDUNDANT / TIME OF YOUR LIFE - Green Day
35. (46) #35 2w YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE - New Radicals
36. (35) #35 5w PRAISE YOU - Fatboy Slim
37. (31) #2 29w FROM THIS MOMENT ON - Shania Twain
38. (36) #36 6w MIAMI - Will Smith
39. (32) #3 20w FINALLY FOUND - Honeyz
40. (39) #4 27w MUSIC SOUNDS BETTER WITH YOU - Stardust
41. (38) #25 16w HANDS - Jewel
42. (34) #1 24w CRUSH - Jennifer Paige
43. (44) #43 2w FLY AWAY - Lenny Kravitz
44. (41) #13 22w PUSHING BUTTONS E.P. (BLACK FRIDAY) - Grinspoon *
45. (--) #45 1w WE LIKE TO PARTY - Vengaboys
46. (33) #25 7w TO YOU I BELONG - B*witched
47. (45) #1 30w I DON'T WANT TO MISS A THING - Aerosmith
48. (42) #42 3w EVERLASTING NIGHT - Dannii *
49. (--) #49 1w CRASH - Propellerheads
50. (40) #13 14w WHEN YOU BELIEVE - Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston
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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
RE - Denotes a single that has re-entered the chart this week
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8. Australian top 50 albums chart (7/3/1999)
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1. ( 1) COME ON OVER - Shania Twain
2. ( 7) THE MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL - Lauryn Hill
3. ( 3) BEST OF 1980-1990 - U2
4. ( 5) AMERICANA - The Offspring
5. ( 2) YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY - Fatboy Slim
6. ( 6) LIVE - ONE NIGHT ONLY - Bee Gees *
7. ( 9) SONGS FROM ALLY MCBEAL (TV SOUNDTRACK) - Vonda Shepard
8. ( 4) CELEBRITY SKIN - Hole
9. ( 8) THE LIVING END - The Living End *
10. (10) FOLLOW THE LEADER - Korn
11. (15) B*WITCHED - B*Witched
12. (11) SPIRIT - Jewel
13. (17) LEFT OF THE MIDDLE - Natalie Imbruglia *
14. (12) 5IVE - Five
15. (14) GREATEST HITS - 2Pac
16. (--) FANMAIL - T.L.C.
17. (21) DIZZY UP THE GIRL - Goo Goo Dolls
18. (19) BREATHING TORNADOS - Ben Lee *
19. (16) BELIEVE - Cher
20. (13) CHEF AID: THE SOUTH PARK ALBUM - Soundtrack
21. (26) YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU - AGAIN - Matchbox 20
22. (24) ROMANZA - Andrea Bocelli
23. (18) LADIES & GENTLEMEN... THE BEST OF... - George Michael
24. (31) HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MAIN EVENT - Farnham, Newton-John, Warlow *
25. (23) NEVER SAY NEVER - Brandy
26. (22) INTERNATIONALIST - Powderfinger *
27. (34) MOON SAFARI - Air
28. (20) HELLO NASTY - Beastie Boys
29. (--) PRACTICAL MAGIC - Soundtrack
30. (27) HITS - Phil Collins
31. (32) SUPPOSED FORMER INFATUATION JUNKIE - Alanis Morissette
32. (--) BIG WILLIE STYLE - Will Smith
33. (--) NOMAD SOUL - Baaba Maal
34. (25) SEHNSUCHT - Rammstein
35. (29) SULTANS OF SWING - THE VERY BEST OF - Dire Straits
36. (36) URBAN HYMNS - The Verve
37. (--) CITY OF ANGELS - Soundtrack
38. (46) MEZZANINE - Massive Attack
39. (--) WITHOUT YOU I'M NOTHING - Placebo
40. (33) DIVAS LIVE - Celine, Gloria, Aretha, Shania, Mariah
41. (35) NIMROD - Green Day
42. (28) UNIT RE-BOOTED - Regurgitator *
43. (40) WIDE OPEN SPACES - Dixie Chicks
44. (47) ADAM BRAND - Adam Brand
45. (43) STEP ONE - Steps
46. (50) OK COMPUTER - Radiohead
47. (41) GARAGE INC. - Metallica
48. (49) DOSAGE - Collective Soul
49. (30) MECHANICAL ANIMALS - Marilyn Manson
50. (45) #1'S - Mariah Carey
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9. This week's feature song lyrics
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THE ANIMAL SONG - Savage Garden
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When superstars and cannonballs are running through your head
And television freak show cops and robbers everywhere
Subway makes me nervous, people pushing me too far
I've got to break away
So take my hand now
CHORUS:
Cause I want to live like animals
Careless and free like animals
I want to live
I want to run through the jungle
With the wind in my hair and the sand at my feet
I don't have any difficulties keeping to myself
Feelings and emotions better left up on the shelf
Animals and children tell the truth, they never lie
Which one is more human
There's a thought, now you decide
Compassion in the jungle
Compassion in your hands, yeah, yeah
Would you like to make a run for it
Would you like to take my hand, yeah, yeah
(CHORUS)
Sometimes this life can get you down
It's so confusing
There's so many rules to follow
And I feel it
Cause I just run away in my mind
Superstars and cannonballs are running through your head
Television freak show cops and robbers everywhere
Animals and children tell the truth, they never lie
Which one is more human
There's a thought, now you decide
Compassion in the jungle
Compassion in your hands, yeah, yeah
Would you like to make a run for it
Would you like to take my hand, yeah, yeah
(CHORUS)
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WHISKEY IN THE JAR - Metallica
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As I was going over the Cork and Kerry Mountains
I saw Captain Farrell, and his money he was countin'
I first produced my pistol and then produced my rapier
I said "Stand and deliver, or the devil he may take ya"
I took all of his money and it was a pretty penny
I took all of his money, yeah, and I brought it home to Molly
She swore that she loved me, no, never would she leave me
But the devil take that woman, yeah, for you know she tricked me easy
Musha rain dum-a-doo dum-a-da
Whack for my daddy-o
Whack for my daddy-o
There's whiskey in the jar-o
Being drunk and weary I went to Molly's chamber
Takin' my Molly with me, but I never knew the danger
For about six or maybe seven in walked Captain Farrell
I jumped up, fired my pistols, and I shot him with both barrels
Musha rain dum-a-doo dum-a-da, ha, ya
Whack for my daddy-o
Whack for my daddy-o
There's whiskey in the jar-o
Yeah, whiskey, yo, whiskey...
Oh-oh, ya
Now some men like a fishin', but some men like the fowlin'
Some men like to hear, to hear the cannonball a-roarin'
But me, I like sleepin', `specially in my Molly's chamber
But here I am in prison, here I am with a ball and chain, yeah
Musha rain dum-a-doo dum-a-da, ha, ya
Whack for my daddy-o
Whack for my daddy-o
There's whiskey in the jar-o
Whiskey in the jar-o
Musha rain dum-a-doo dum-a-da
Musha rain dum-a-doo dum-a-da, hey
Musha rain dum-a-doo dum-a-da
Musha rain dum-a-doo dum-a-da, ya.
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HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE - Dru Hill featuring Redman
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Yeah, whoa...
Yo, yo, yo, yo
Look around brother, ha, ha
Def Jam, Def Shawn
Frank Rock
Yo, yo, yo, yo
Look around brother
We keep it hot, Dru Hill
Def Squad from the top one time
Hey mami you know that I like it when you call me papi
But is seems like that you be creeping that you've been seeing another chico
And baby you know that he can't go down like me
And you know the nigga can't freak like me
So mami tell me one little thing
How deep is your love for me
CHORUS:
How deep is your love for me
Tell me what it's gonna be
Do you see yourself
Fucking with a nigga like me
On the low low so your friends won't know me
How deep is your love for me
Tell me what it's gonna be
Do you see yourself
Fucking with a nigga like me
On the low low so your friends won't know me
Ven aqui little mami
Puerto Rican I see way you wiggle it
The way you move your body
He can't make it get wetter than me
But I bet he keep telling you he better than me
Ooh you know that he can't go down like me
And you know that he can't go freak like me
So baby tell me one little thing
How deep is you love for me
(CHORUS)
Ay Dios mio
Te extrano mucho
Ven aque mi papi morenito
Y damelo duro
Damelo papi chulo
Yo, yo, yo, yo, buenos dias mama, creep with doctor bullshit, when I
talk my teeth should rot, I'm from the Ritz which means I'm born to dog,
you heard this, wanna a shot at it, warn them all, I hit em off from the
bathroom stall, tappin' ass and they get gas to pass, platinum cars,
then I'm like yo, yo going about my crew, bikes with double pipes and we
quick to lose on the tunnel pike, I'm the one that turned you out, dug
it out, it was the shit that made us snug it out, what you like
shit freaky, you down with it, your other man's a punk with a hand to
punk tha grunge, ride out tough, even Honey Comb hide out, duck the hour
rush, better choose quick chick, I got tracks to dust, Dru Hill, Def
Squad, if you askin' us
(REPEAT CHORUS UNTIL FADE)
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