| David Bowie
remains on top for a third week with "Little
Wonder," a song that is presently charting
only in Japan, where it is number 5. The story
this week is the plethora of large jumps by
relatively young songs. Leading the way is
"Excuse Me Mr." by No Doubt. Breaking
out of the United States, it jumps 24 spots from
48 to 24. White Town leaps 34 spots from 63 to 29
with "Your Woman." A recent number one
in the United Kingdom and Lebanon, it's presently
in the top ten in Ireland and Iceland, and was
described by a local DJ here in Milwaukee as
having extremely creepy introductory music; music
he wouldn't want to wake up to (Actually, the
music is morbidly refreshing!). The third big
mover, the biggest one on this week's chart, is
Aerosmith's "Falling In Love (Is Hard On the
Knees)," which vaults 56 places from 96 to
40. It's breaking out of the United States, where
it's number one on the Album Rock Tracks chart,
and the United Kingdom, where it debuts at number
22. Our bottom three debuts this week
are all crossing from the American R & B
charts. "One in a Million" by Aaliyah
(#93) is presently number four on the R & B
airplay chart (it is not available as a
commercial single in the USA and therefore
ineligible to chart on the overall R & B
chart); "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" by Az
Yet featuring Peter Cetera (#94) is number 24 R
& B and number 14 pop (though it's also
number two in Singapore); and Monica's "For
You I Will" (#96) is number 7 R & B,
with a debut at 9 on the pop chart, giving her a
perfect record: all four of her singles have made
the American top ten.
Bits
and Pieces: The top two on this week's British
chart are at opposite ends of our chart this
week. "Don't Speak" by No Doubt spends
a third week on top in the United Kingdom, and
slips from 2 to 3 on our chart; while the debut
at number two, "Hush" by Kula Shaker,
is Tip 49 on the Runners-Up chart...Those who
have proclaimed the death of freestyle music
receive their comeuppance this week as Jocelyn
Enriquez scores what is probably the biggest
global freestyle hit ever. Her recent number 49
American single, "Do You Miss Me,"
moves into the top ten in, of all places,
Singapore, where it's number seven. It was also a
recent top twenty hit in Canada...The Spice Girls
take their fourth single "Mama" (Tip 5
this week) into its first top ten this week as
leaps from 16 to 8 in Lebanon. Expect it to debut
in the UK top ten in the next week.
Dan
Weber
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