Week commencing 13 July 1992

Among this week in 1992's new entries peaking outside the top 100, we have two variants of the word 'desire' as a name, as well as songs about unconscious desires and setting your loving free.  Ooh-er!  Shall we take a look?

 

Des'ree looking pained at the fact that Australia didn't seem to love this single in 1992.

 

Top 150 debuts:

 

Number 119 "Ballroom Blitz" by Tia Carrere

Peak: number 101

Peak date: 10 August 1992

Weeks in top 150: 7 weeks 

Top 150 chart run: 119-111-123-109-101-122-128

 

American actress Tia Carrere (pronounced 'career'), born Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo, had her first taste of fame as an actress on US soap opera General Hospital.  She landed the role of Cassandra Wong in the movies Wayne's World and Wayne's World 2, which led to her recording 'career', with this cover version of The Sweet's "The Ballroom Blitz", which reached number 1 on the Go-Set chart (then Australia's official chart) for one week in January 1974, appearing on the Wayne's World: Music from the Motion Picture soundtrack album (number 15, August 1992).  Although I have never seen either Wayne's World movie, I do a double-take every time I see Garth from the movie, as he bears an uncanny resemblance to the maths teacher I had at school in 1992 (and 1994 and 1996).

Internationally, Tia's version of "Ballroom Blitz" peaked at number 26 in the UK in June 1992, and number 14 in Ireland in June 1992.

This single would be Tia's only foray into the ARIA top 150.

 

Number 125 "Why Should I Love You?" by Des'ree

Peak: number 102

Peak date: 3 August 1992

Weeks in top 150: 7 weeks

Known chart run: 185-125-114-113-102-106-114-120

Weeks on chart: 9 weeks

 

English singer-songwriter Des'ree, born Desirée Annette Weekes, made a small splash on the Australian chart with her debut single "Feel So High" (number 28, March 1992), which had no fewer than three different music videos filmed for it, and took four months to reach its peak here after debuting at number 166 in November 1991.  She followed it up with "Mind Adventures" (number 89, May 1992), the title track from Des'ree's debut album Mind Adventures (number 39, August 1992).

"Why Should I Love You?" was issued as the third and final single from Mind Adventures.  Naturally, being my favourite single from the album, it performed the worst on the chart, just falling short of the ARIA top 100.

Internationally, "Why Should I Love You?" peaked at number 44 in the UK in June 1992.  Within Australia, the single was most successful in New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory, where it reached number 86.

I remember catching the video for this one on rage as a new release before the top 60 chart aired, and liking it.

We'll next see Des'ree in 1995.

Number 130 "Now That the Magic Has Gone" by Joe Cocker

Peak: number 107

Peak date: 27 July 1992

Weeks in top 150: 11 weeks 

Top 150 chart run: 130-132-107-119-119-118-124-126-122-143-148

We last saw Joe Cocker in 1990.

 

"Now That the Magic Has Gone" was issued as the second single from Joe's thirteenth studio album Night Calls (number 23, September 1992), following "Feels Like Forever" (number 74, June 1992).  A memorable story I can tell about the Night Calls album is that my sister bought it for my mum as a present that year (on cassette, no less), and the price tag detector thing in JB Hi-Fi went off when she walked out of the store with the tape in a bag, even though she had paid for it.  Unfortunately, I was not there to witness...

 

Internationally, "Now That the Magic Has Gone" peaked at number 28 in the UK in May 1992, and number 71 in Canada in October 1992.

 

Joe will join us next in October 1992.

Number 147 "Desireé" by Rick Vito duet with Stevie Nicks

Peak: number 147

Peak date: 13 July 1992

Weeks in top 150: 1 week

Top 150 chart run: 147

 

From Des'ree above to now "Desirée"... this track was a duet between Rick Vito and Fleetwood Mac stalwart Stevie Nicks, whom we last saw in February 1992, which I had never heard before and was not aware of at the time.

American guitarist and singer Rick, born Richard Francis Veto, was part of Fleetwood Mac between 1987 and 1991, taking over from lead guitarist Lindsey Buckingham. Although Rick had been performing as a session musician since the early 1970s, "Desirée" was the lead single from his debut solo album King of Hearts.  I cannot find evidence of this single charting elsewhere at the time of writing.

 

While this will be the only occasion we'll see Rick on his own, Stevie will join us again in 1994.

Bubbling WAY down under:

 

Number 171 "Cool As Ice (Everybody Get Loose)" by Vanilla Ice featuring Naomi Campbell

Peak: number 171

Peak date: 13 July 1992

Weeks on chart: 3 weeks

By this point in 1992, American rapper Vanilla Ice, whom we last saw in 1991, was pretty much universally perceived as a joke whose career was over, a mere 18 months or so since it had begun.  Although his chart 'career' was not quite over yet in Australia, with this title track from Vanilla's film debut, Cool As Ice, which bombed at the box office, yielding less than one quarter of its US$6 million budget.  Not even teaming up with supermodel Naomi Campbell, who also appeared in the film, helped.

The only other place "Cool As Ice (Everybody Get Loose)" charted was on the US Billboard Hot 100, where it reached number 81 in October 1991.  I guess the later Australian chart-entry date is due to the film's release being delayed here (like just about everything else back in those days).

On the state charts, "Cool As Ice..." performed strongest in Victoria/Tasmania, where it reached number 157.

We shall see Vanilla Ice once again, in 1994, and Naomi will bubble under on her own too that year.

 

 

Number 197 "Set Your Loving Free" by Lisa Stansfield

Peak: number 164

Peak date: 20 July 1992

Weeks on chart: 4 weeks

 

Poor English songstress Lisa Stansfield, whom we last saw a mere seven weeks ago, didn't normally have much luck on the Australian chart, with only two of her fifteen charting singles (not including one with Blue Zone and one with Coldcut, which also missed the top 50) in Australia denting the top 50! Still, you have to admire the Australian branch of her record company for their persistence, and not just giving up on her.

 

"Set Your Loving Free" was released as the fourth and final single from Lisa's second solo studio album Real Love (number 40, January 1992).  Internationally, the single peaked at number 28 in the UK in May 1992, number 42 in the Netherlands in July 1992, and number 57 in Germany in July 1992.

In Australia, "Set Your Loving Free" performed strongest in New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory, where it reached number 143.

I am pretty sure I heard/saw this one at the time, either on UK Chart Attack, or the video on rage.  While it's a nice enough song, it doesn't really stand out among Lisa's catalogue for me.

Lisa will join us next in 1993 with yet more Aussie flops.

Number 204 "The Male Monster from the Id" by The Chills

Peak: number 163

Peak date: 24 August 1992

Weeks on chart: 10 weeks

We last saw Kiwi band The Chills in 1990.

 

"The Male Monster from the Id" was the lead single from the band's third studio album Soft Bomb (number 99, August 1992).

 

Internationally, "The Male Monster from the Id" peaked at number 8 in New Zealand in July 1992.

 

In Australia, "The Male Monster from the Id" was most popular in Western Australia, where it reached number 133.

 

I have heard/seen this one a couple of times over the years on rage, but could barely remember how the song went.

 

In case you're wondering what the "id" is, in Freudian psychology, it's the part of our psyche that harbours our unconscious desires, particularly aggression and libido - essentially without conscience (that being the superego).  Yay, I learnt something semi-useful in psych class at uni...

 

We shall next see The Chills in October 1992.

Next week (20 July): Six new top 150 entries, plus six bubbling WAY down under debuts.

 

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Week commencing 6 July 1992

This week in 1992 has to be one of the most jam-packed weeks I have ever had to write about, with no fewer than fifteen new songs to write about/listen to!  Shall we take a look?

 

Julian Lennon: getting a life didn't help him get a hit with this single in 1992.

 

Top 150 debuts:

 

Number 109 "The Full House Mega Mix" by Brahms 4 featuring The Music of John Farnham

Peak: number 109

Peak date: 6 July 1992

Weeks in top 150: 5 weeks 

Top 150 chart run: 109-121-130-138-141

When you think of dance music, Aussie singer John Farnham, whom we last saw in 1989, is not exactly an artist that springs to mind, although I do like the extended version of "Age of Reason" (number 1 for four weeks in July-August 1988).  Someone, using the name Brahms 4, obviously thought it was a good idea to put together this megamix, using several John Farnham tracks, including "Age of Reason", "That's Freedom" (number 6, October 1990), and "Pressure Down" (number 4, February 1987).  Looking at the videos I have embedded for those three tracks, the stupid record company have cropped the original 4:3 picture so that it appears widescreen, cutting off a good chunk of the image in the process.  Ugh.

Listening to this track for the first time as I write this post, a great dance megamix it is not, using only three tracks (and one of those, the "Pressure Down" segment, is quite short) but lasting more than 7 minutes.

 

Looking at discogs.com, Brahms 4 released another John Farnham megamix in 1996, titled "Ten Year Anniversary Mega Mix".  I had assumed the ten year anniversary meant that of John's Whispering Jack (number 1 for 25 weeks between November 1986 and June 1987) album, but it contains "That's Freedom" and "Chain Reaction" (number 6, August 1990), which were not on that album.  The track appeared as a B-side on John's "A Simple Life" (number 29, June 1996) single.

We shall next see John in 1994.

 

 

 

Number 111 "Get a Life" by Julian Lennon

Peak: number 104

Peak date: 13 July 1992

Weeks in top 150: 6 weeks

Chart run: 111-104-116-121-129-139

Weeks on chart: 6 weeks

 

Julian Lennon first appeared on the Australian charts with his debut single, "Too Late for Goodbyes" (number 13, December 1984), in November 1984.  Between then and 1992, Julian notched up nine top 100 singles in Australia, with "Saltwater" being the biggest of those, spending four weeks at number 1 in March 1992, though taking 25 weeks to get there from its debut at number 145 in September 1991.  My favourite Julian single is possibly the underrated "Say You're Wrong" (number 31, June 1985).  Taking another swipe at clueless record labels, someone badly needs to replace these 240p videos on Julian's official YouTube channel.  Ugh (again).

"Get a Life" was the third single released locally from Julian's fourth studio album Help Yourself (number 5, March 1992), following "Saltwater" and "Help Yourself" (number 30, April 1992).

 

Internationally, "Get a Life" peaked at number 56 in the UK in April 1992.

 

In Australia, "Get a Life" was most popular in Victoria/Tasmania, where it reached number 91.

 

I hadn't heard this one before.  I think it's OK, but not great, and not something I would seek out to listen to again, though I did like some of Julian's singles.  If a music video was filmed for this track, it has not yet made its way onto YouTube.  It is listed as an added track to the playlist on the Australian version of MTV (remember that?) in The ARIA Report; so I assume a video was made.

 

We'll next see Julian in 1999.

 

Number 115 "The World Is Stone" by Cyndi Lauper

Peak: number 106

Peak date: 27 July 1992

Weeks in top 150: 7 weeks

Chart run: 115-108-108-106-110-128-145

Weeks on chart: 7 weeks

We last saw Cyndi Lauper in 1989.

 

"The World Is Stone" is a cover version of  "Le Monde est Stone" by Fabien Thibeault, with lyrics re-written in English.  The French version of the song was recorded for the 1978 Candian-French musical Starmania.  Cyndi recorded her rendition for an English version of the show, Tycoon, with lyrics by Tim Rice.

Internationally, "The World Is Stone" peaked at number 15 in the UK in June 1992, number 16 in Ireland in June 1992, number 100 in Germany in July 1992, number 2 in France in September 1992, and number 41 in the Flanders region of Belgium in November 1992.

In Australia, "The World Is Stone" performed strongest in Queensland, where it reached number 81.  The single fared better nationally on the Australian Music Report singles chart, where it peaked at number 96.

 

While I liked most of Cyndi's singles released in the 80s, I didn't find anything she released in the 90s that I have heard particularly memorable.  Granted, that was a cursory listen for the most part.  While I have heard "The World Is Stone" before, I couldn't remember how the song went.  Listening to it now, the song isn't bad, though it's hardly among her best.

 

Cyndi will join us next in 1993.

 

Number 117 "Sense" by The Lightning Seeds

Peak: number 107

Peak date: 20 July 1992

Weeks in top 150: 8 weeks

Top 150 chart run: 117-109-107-114-113-125-120-(out for 2 weeks)-149

Weeks on chart: 11 weeks

We last saw English band The Lightning Seeds in 1991.  Since then, they scored their second, and final, ARIA top 100 single in Australia, with "The Life of Riley" (number 98, May 1992).

 

"Sense" was the title track and second single issued from The Lightning Seeds' second studio album Sense (number 83, July 1992)

 

Internationally, "Sense" peaked at number 31 in the UK in June 1992, and number 39 in New Zealand in September 1992.

 

In Australia, "Sense" was most popular in South Australia/Northern Territory, where it reached number 74.

 

I wasn't aware of this song, or The Lightning Seeds, at the time, but have seen the video for "Sense" a couple of times over the years.  I like it.

 

The Lightning Seeds will join us next in 1995.

 

Number 123 "Everything Changes" by Kathy Troccoli

Peak: number 106

Peak date: 13 July 1992

Weeks in top 150: 8 weeks

Top 150 chart run: 123-106-110-108-112-116-115-126

Kathy Troccoli, born Kathleen Colleen Troccoli, is an American Christian contemporary singer-songwriter.  While I am an atheist, I can appreciate some 'Christian' pop music, as long as it's not preachy (or I pretend I am not a native English speaker).  "Everything Changes" fortunately does not fall into the 'preachy' category, perhaps because it was written by beige songwriter extraordinaire Diane Warren.

I first became acquainted with this song, and Kathy, via the American Top 40 radio show.  "Everything Changes" has that oh-so-American, polished/over-produced, middle of the road pop sound typical of the early 90s, but is quite enjoyable, nonetheless.  The kind of thing they might have used when cutting to an ad break on The Ricki Lake Show or even The Oprah Winfrey Show.  Something that could put you in a in a good mood on a cloudy, rainy day (though I actually love those!).  I'm not going to lie - this is my favourite new entry this week, and I have listened to it about five times in a row while writing this post...

 

Vocally, Kathy reminds me a little of Taylor Dayne.  While researching this post, I learnt that Kathy actually sang backing vocals on Taylor's "I'll Be Your Shelter" (number 4, November 1990), and that "Everything Changes" was produced by Ric Wake, who produced that Taylor track.  According to Kathy, "Everything Changes" was first offered to Taylor Dayne - how stupid was she to turn this track down?!  I had not seen the music video for "Everything Changes" until writing this post.

Despite being lifted from Kathy's fourth studio album Pure Attraction (released in Australia in April 1992, missed the top 150) - her first in five years, "Everything Changes" appears to be Kathy's first, and only, single released commercially in Australia; although at least two earlier albums were released here (but did nothing on the charts).

Internationally, "Everything Changes" peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in April 1992.

In Australia, "Everything Changes" was much more popular in Victoria/Tasmania than anywhere else, reaching number 44 on the state chart.  I recall seeing this one printed on the reverse of the ARIA chart in my state (Victoria), and assuming it probably just missed the top 60 on the national chart (which aired on rage).  How wrong I was!  "Everything Changes" also performed much better on the Australian Music Report singles chart, where it peaked at number 47.

 

"Everything Changes" took its sweet time to creep into the ARIA top 150, having been released locally on 23 March 1992.  This would be Kathy's only top 150 charting entry in Australia.

 

 

Number 129 "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)" by Bruce Springsteen

Peak: number 107

Peak date: 17 August 1992

Weeks in top 150: 9 weeks

Top 150 chart run: 129-127-125-127-120-114-107-115-128

Weeks on chart: 11 weeks 

We last saw Bruce Springsteen as an uncredited featured artist in 1991.

Bruce made his debut on the Australian singles chart in 1975 with "Born to Run" (number 38, December 1975).  Between then and now, Bruce amassed 22 top 100 singles chart entries in Australia, with the biggest of those being "Dancing in the Dark" - which, despite 'only' peaking at number 5 in September 1984, ended up the number 1 single of 1984 in Australia (based on chart runs, as the Kent/Australian Music Report annual charts were), as it spent a mammoth 53 weeks in the top 50, and 64 weeks in the top 100.  Bruce had higher-peaking singles here, however, with "Born in the U.S.A." (number 2, February 1985) and "Streets of Philadelphia" (number 4, April 1994).

My favourite Bruce songs are probably "Streets of Philadelphia", the middle-8 section (the "ain't no angel gonna greet me here" part) of which can give me chills, "Brilliant Disguise" (number 17, November 1987), and "I'm on Fire" (number 12, April 1985) - though I kind of like Tori Amos' live rendition of "I'm on Fire" even more.

Taking a leaf out of Guns N' Roses' book, Bruce released two new albums simultaneously in early 1992, Human Touch (number 3, April 1992) and Lucky Town (number 6, April 1992); his first new studio albums since Tunnel of Love (number 5, October 1987).

"57 Channels (And Nothin' On)" was released as the second single from Human Touch, although the third single from the two-album project overall.  It followed "Human Touch" (number 17, March 1992) and "Better Days" (number 75, June 1992).

 

Internationally, "57 Channels..." peaked at number 68 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in June 1992, number 32 in the UK in July 1992, number 26 in Ireland in July 1992, number 32 in Sweden in August 1992, number 9 in Norway, and number 39 in the Netherlands in August 1992.

In Australia, "57 Channels..." performed strongest in South Australia/Northern Territory, where it reached number 49.  Its next-highest state chart peak was number 78 in Queensland.

 

I caught the video for "57 Channels..." as a new release on rage.  If I remember correctly, it was the first video shown that night as part of the new releases section.

We will next see Bruce in November 1992.

 

 

Number 131 Third World Posse EP by Sepultura

Peak: number 116

Peak date: 27 July 1992

Weeks in top 150: 9 weeks

Top 150 chart run: 131-148-(out)-116-124-134-129-134-144-129

 

Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura, which is the Portuguese word for grave, formed in 1984.  The Third World Posse EP, which appears to have only been released in Australia, contained five songs, lead by the track "Dead Embryonic Cells", which I have embedded below.  This track originally appeared on their fourth studio album Arise, which was released in Australia in June 1992, but missed the top 150.

I cannot find evidence of "Dead Embryonic Cells" charting elsewhere.  Despite generally not liking the heavier side of metal much at all, I didn't actually hate this one.

The Third World Posse EP performed stronger on the Australian Music Report singles chart, where it just crept into the top 100, spending one week at number 99 in August 1992.

We shall next see Sepultura in 1994.

 

 

Number 142 "Weight of the World" by Ringo Starr

Peak: number 142

Peak date: 6 July 1992

Weeks in top 150: 1 week

Top 150 chart run: 142

As the drummer in The Beatles, Ringo Starr (born Richard Starkey) needs no introduction.  His solo work, however, isn't exactly known by the masses - at least not my age-group.  Ringo notched up six Australian top 100 singles, however, between 1971 and 1976, with 1973's "Photograph" being the biggest of those, spending two weeks at number one in January-February 1974.

In more-recent times, Ringo made an appearance playing drums in the music video for Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down" (number 16, July 1989), which does not currently appear to be available on YouTube (stupid record companies again...).  For my generation (Xennial/MTV), Ringo is perhaps best known for narrating the TV series Thomas & Friends, based on Thomas the Tank Engine.

"Weight of the World" was issued as the lead single from Ringo's tenth solo studio album Time Takes Time, which was released in Australia in June 1992 but missed the top 150.

Internationally, "Weight of the World" peaked at number 74 in the UK in May 1992, number 37 in Sweden in May 1992, number 21 in Switzerland in June 1992, and number 51 in Germany in June 1992 - where it oddly spent five non-consecutive weeks at that position.

I don't recall hearing, or being aware of this one at the time.

 

 

Number 144 "I'm Cryin'" by Shanice

Peak: number 140

Peak date: 13 July 1992

Weeks in top 150: 4 weeks

Known chart run: 175-144-140-149-144

Weeks on chart: 6 weeks

Shanice Wilson made her debut appearance on the Australian charts in August 1988, at the tender age of 15, with "I'll Bet She's Got a Boyfriend" (number 69, August 1988).  She would return three years later, minus the surname, with "I Love Your Smile" (number 8, May 1992), which took almost six months after its debut at number 183 in November 1991 to reach its peak in Australia, initially stalling at number 135 in January 1992.

 

Although it was her biggest career hit, Shanice apparently was not happy about "I Love Your Smile" - another one I first became acquainted with via the American Top 40 radio show - being released as the lead single from her second studio album Inner Child (number 111, May 1992), and cried when she had been told this news.  Shanice instead wanted to go in more of an r&b direction than the poppy sound of "I Love Your Smile".

"I'm Cryin'" was issued as the second single from Inner Child in Australia, stalling in the lower region of the top 150.  It performed strongest on the Queensland state chart, where it reached number 122.

Internationally, "I'm Cryin'" peaked at number 69 in the Netherlands in April 1992, and number 47 in Germany in April 1992.  The track also peaked at number 11 on the meaningless US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in May 1992.

I don't recall hearing this one before.  It's much more subdued than Shanice's previous two charting singles in Australia.  Not bad, but it doesn't quite grab me either.  I liked "Silent Prayer", her duet with Johnny Gill, which reached number 31 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in May 1992, much better - that's another one I became familiar with via American Top 40, but it was not issued as a single in Australia.

 

I recently watched a short biographical video on Shanice's career on YouTube, which suggests she fell on some rough times earlier this century, including a period of homelessness.  Thankfully, Shanice has gotten her life back together since then.

Shanice will next join us in November 1992.

 

Number 145 "The Man with the Mastermixes" by Quadrophonia

Peak: number 145

Peak date: 6 July 1992

Weeks in top 150: 2 weeks

Top 150 chart run: 145-149

 

Dutch/Belgian electronic group Quadrophonia formed in the late 1980s. They landed two Australian top 100 'hit' singles, with "Quadrophonia" (number 73, September 1991) and "The Wave of the Future" (number 83, September 1991).  A third single, "Find the Time", was released in Australia in March 1992, but missed the top 150.  An album, Cozmic Jam (number 93, October 1991) dented the top 100 locally.

"The Man with the Mastermixes" was issued as the band's fourth single in Australia, containing mixes of the track "The Man with the Master Plan" from the Cozmic Jam album.  The Second Wave mix, embedded below, was the main single version.  Interestingly, I cannot find evidence of this one charting anywhere else.  It appears that Australia was very slowly catching on to the emerging clubbier, 'rave choon' tracks coming out of Europe, though few troubled the upper region of our charts in 1992.

 

 

Number 149 "Wrapped Around Her" by Joan Armatrading

Peak: number 148

Peak date: 3 August 1992

Weeks in top 150: 4 weeks

Top 150 chart run: 149-(out for 2 weeks)-149-148-150

Weeks on chart: 9 weeks

 

We last saw England-based singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading in 1990.

 

"Wrapped Around Her" was the first release from Joan's thirteenth studio album Square the Circle (number 106, August 1992).  Internationally, the single peaked at number 56 in the UK in May 1992.

 

In Australia, "Wrapped Around Her" was most popular in Western Australia, where it reached number 124 on the state chart.

To my surprise, the music video for "Wrapped Around Her" was not on YouTube until I uploaded the video embedded below from my collection for this post.  I remember catching the video as a new release on rage.

A second, and final, single from Square the Circle, "True Love", was released in Australia in October 1992, but failed to chart.

We shall next see Joan in 1995.

 

 

Number 150 "Real Wild Life" by Ed Kuepper

Peak: number 132

Peak date: 24 August 1992

Weeks in top 150: 11 weeks

Top 150 chart run: 150-(out for 1 week)-147-147-137-147-150-132-(out for 5 weeks)-149-(out for 2 weeks)-150-144-142

We last saw Australian-based singer-songwriter Ed Kuepper a mere seven weeks ago.

"Real Wild Life" was issued as the lead single from Ed's sixth solo studio album Black Ticket Day (number 45, August 1992).  The single had an interesting top 150 chart run, falling out out for a week after its first week in, then returning for six weeks, before falling out for five weeks, bouncing back for one week, dropping out again for two, before its final top 150 run of three weeks.  The single was still in the top 150 as late as 9 November 1992, which is not bad for a release that climbed no higher than number 132.

 

To my surprise, I have actually heard this one before, and like it... and after listening to it to write this post, "Real Wild Life" is now stuck in my head.  Its flute (?) riff during the intro sounds like it has been used in a TV advertisement, though I can't place my finger on it.

We'll next see Ed in 1993.

 

 

Bubbling WAY down under:

 

Number 175 "Feed My Frankenstein" by Alice Cooper

Peak: number 169 

Peak date: 13 July 1992

Weeks on chart: 3 weeks

We last saw Alice Cooper in 1991.  "Feed My Frankenstein", a cover of a track originally performed by Zodiac Mindwarp and The Love Reaction, was released as the belated third and final single from Alice's twelfth studio album Hey Stoopid (number 15, July 1991), after being featured in the 1992 film Wayne's World, the soundtrack of which peaked at number 15 in August 1992.

Internationally, "Feed My Frankenstein" peaked at number 27 in the UK in May 1992.

In Australia, "Feed My Frankenstein" performed strongest in Victoria/Tasmania, where it reached number 149.

While Alice would go on to have further top 100 'hit' singles in Australia with "Lost in America" (number 65, July 1994) and "It's Me" (number 77, August 1994), "Feed My Frankenstein" would be his last to peak within the number 101-200 region of the chart.

Alice would have one later low-charting single, with his number 83 single from 1972, "Elected" (number 1346, July 2016) re-charting in 2016.

 

Alice had further low-charting albums in Australia, including Welcome to My Nightmare (number 217, June 1993), Alice Cooper Classicks (number 133, September 1995), Brutal Planet (number 213, April 2001), Dragontown (number 182, November 2001), Killer (number 450, January 2002), The Life and Crimes of.... (number 424, February 2002), The Best of Alice Cooper (number 332, July 2007), Lace and Whiskey (number 464, May 2008), Along Came a Spider (number 147, August 2008), Spark in the Dark: The Best of Alice Cooper (number 397, August 2009), Theatre of Death Life at Hammersmith 2009 (number 507, October 2010), and more I can't be bothered typing out.

 

 

 

Number 191 "Please Don't Go" by Boyz II Men

Peak: number 191

Peak date: 6 July 1992

Weeks on chart: 3 weeks

 

We last saw American vocal quartet Boyz II Men in May 1992.

"Please Don't Go" was released as the third single in Australia from the group's debut album Cooleyhighharmony (number 4, January 1993).  I hadn't heard this one before, and although I am not generally a huge Boyz II Men fan, this one wasn't too bad - probably because it's missing some of the vocal histrionics that would typify their later, bigger, sappier hits.

Internationally, "Please Don't Go" peaked at number 49 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in May 1992, and number 3 in New Zealand - where they seemed to lap up early 90s r&b - in February 1993.  The single also peaked at number 10 on the meaningless US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart in April 1992, number 38 on the Radio Songs chart in May 1992, and number 8 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in May 1992.

Domestically, "Please Don't Go" was most popular in South Australia/Northern Territory, where it reached number 157 on the state chart.

If a music video was filmed for "Please Don't Go", it has not yet made its way onto YouTube.

Boyz II Men will join us next in 1998.

 

 

 

Number 198 "Androgynous" by Crash Test Dummies

Peak: number 198

Peak date: 6 July 1992

Weeks on chart: 2 weeks

We last met Canadian band Crash Test Dummies in 1991.

 

"Androgynous" was the band's second single released down under, lifted from their debut album The Ghosts That Haunt Me (number 110, April 1992).  The single was released in mid-April 1992 locally, but took almost three months to scrape into the ARIA top 200.  "Androgynous" is a cover version of a song originally performed by The Replacements, on their 1984 album Let It Be, telling the tale of a gender non-conforming couple.  Listening to both versions as I wrote this post, I prefer the original, which I quite like.

Internationally, "Androgynous" peaked at number 73 in Canada.

In Australia, "Androgynous" was most popular in Western Australia, where it reached number 171.

Crash Test Dummies will join us next in 1995.

 

 

Next week (13 July): Four top 150 entries and three bubbling WAY down under debuts.

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Week commencing 29 June 1992

Before diving into this week in 1992's new entries peaking outside the ARIA top 100, I have updated a bunch of earlier posts:

 

* 31 July 1989 - with new bubbling WAY down under entry from Spirit of the Forest;

* 16 July 1990 - with new bubbling WAY down under entry from Pop Will Eat Itself;

* 6 August 1990 - with new bubbling WAY down under entry from Revenge;

* 20 August 1990 - with new bubbling WAY down under entry from Cameo;

* 21 October 1991 - with new bubbling WAY down under entry from Shabba Ranks featuring Maxi Priest;

* 23 March 1992 - with new bubbling WAY down under entry from Shabba Ranks featuring KRS-1.

 

Londonbeat: Australia wasn't really thinking about them in 1992.

 

Top 150 debuts:

 

Number 119 "Thrill Me" by Simply Red

Peak: number 109

Peak date: 20 July 1992

Weeks in top 150: 9 weeks

Chart run: 193-119-110-114-109-119-116-120-125-149

Weeks on chart: 10 weeks

 

We last saw English band Simply Red at the end of 1989.

 

"Thrill Me" was issued as the fourth single from the band's fourth studio album Stars (number 7, April 1992), which was certified double-platinum in Australia, and was the highest-selling album of 1991 and 1992 in the UK.  It followed the singles "Something Got Me Started" (number 29, November 1991), "Stars" (number 29, March 1992) and "For Your Babies" (number 55, May 1992).

 

Internationally, "Thrill Me" peaked at number 33 in the UK in May 1992, number 30 in Ireland in May 1992, and number 58 in the Netherlands in June 1992.

 

Within Australia, "Thrill Me" was most popular in New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory, where it reached number 90 on the state chart.

 

Despite missing the ARIA top 100, "Thrill Me" spent seven consecutive weeks of its chart run in the top 120, which is not too bad for a single falling short of the top 100.

 

While I quite possibly have heard "Thrill Me" before, I don't think I have actually listened to it until writing this post.  It's not bad, though hardly a career highlight.

 

Simply Red will join us next in September 1992.

 

Number 130 "The Wild Life" by Slaughter

Peak: number 130

Peak date: 29 June 1992

Weeks in top 150: 5 weeks

Known chart run: 178-130-139-133-138-140

Weeks on chart: 8 weeks

 

We last saw American glam metal band Slaughter in 1991.  Their style of music was really on its last legs commercially around this time in 1992.

"The Wild Life" was the lead single and title track from Slaughter's second studio album The Wild Life (number 95, June 1992).  Internationally, the single peaked at number 64 in the UK in May 1992.

Domestically, "The Wild Life" was most popular in Victoria/Tasmania, where it reached number 103.

This was Slaughter's final charting release in Australia.

 

 

Number 139 Unexplained EP by EMF

Peak: number 136

Peak date: 6 July 1992

Weeks in top 150: 6 weeks

Top 150 chart run: 139-136-139-141-146-138

Weeks on chart: 10 weeks

 

English band EMF last graced our presence in 1991.

 

The Unexplained EP was the first new material EMF released following their debut album Schubert Dip (number 44, June 1991).  The EP was led by the track "Getting Through", for which the music video is embedded below.  "Getting Through" would later appear on the band's second studio album Stigma (number 143, November 1992).

Internationally, the Unexplained EP peaked at number 18 in the UK in April 1992, and number 16 in Ireland.

 

In Australia, the Unexplained EP performed strongest in South Autralia/Northern Territory, where it reached number 105.

 

I don't recall hearing "Getting Through" at the time, but remember seeing the EP reviewed in Smash Hits magazine.

 

We shall next see EMF in 1993.

 

 

Number 142 "You Bring on the Sun" by Londonbeat

Peak: number 135

Peak date: 20 July 1992

Weeks in top 150: 4 weeks

Known chart run: 153-142-137-137-135

Weeks on chart: 8 weeks

English band Londonbeat made their first appearance with a single peaking between number 101 and 150 in mid-1991.

 

"You Bring on the Sun" was issued as the lead single from Londonbeat's third studio album Harmony (number 181, November 1992).  Internationally, the single peaked at number 32 in the UK in June 1992, number 9 in Sweden in July 1992, number 9 in Norway, number 7 in the Netherlands in July 1992, number 3 in the Flanders region of Belgium in July 1992, number 10 in Austria in July 1992, number 26 in Germany in July 1992, and number 14 in Switzerland in August 1992.

In Australia, "You Bring on the Sun" performed strongest in Western Australia, where it reached number 87.

 

I caught the video for "You Bring on the Sun" as a new release on rage, and was surprised that it didn't do better on the charts here. 

It's hard to believe that Lononbeat's lead vocalist, Jimmy Helms, is now aged 82!  He was 49, not 44 as I had previously reported (I guess they knocked a few years off his age at the time), when "I've Been Thinking About You" topped the Australian singles chart in early 1991.  Maybe there's hope for me to have a successful pop career yet...

We shall next see Londonbeat in November 1992.

 

Bubbling WAY down under:

 

Number 184 "Mr. Loverman" by Shabba Ranks

Peak: number 163

Peak date: 28 June 1993

Weeks on chart: 12 weeks

We last saw Jamaican dancehall artist Shabba Ranks in March 1992.

"Mr. Loverman" started out as the 1988 single "Champion Lover", recorded by English lovers rock singer Deborahe Glasgow.  Shabba then featured vocals from the song on the original version of "Mr. Loverman", appearing on his Rappin' with the Ladies album in 1990.  Deborahe passed away in January 1994, aged 28, following a cerebral haemorrhage resulting from lymphatic cancer.  Due to Glasgow's illness, the song was re-recorded with female vocals provided by Chevelle Franklin for its single release, which was remixed by David Morales.  This version was added to the second pressing of Shabba's 1992 album X-tra Naked (number 188, February 1993).  The song also appeared on the soundtrack of the 1992 movie Deep Cover.

 

Internationally, "Mr. Loverman" peaked at number 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in August 1992, and it initially peaked at number 23 in the UK in August 1992, before reaching a higher peak of number 3 in March 1993 when re-released.  The single also peaked at number 31 in Sweden in August 1992, number 21 in the Netherlands in September 1992, number 33 in the Flanders region of Belgium in October 1992, number 17 in Germany in November 1992, number 22 in Austria in November 1992, number 8 in Ireland in March 1993, and number 19 in France in July 1993.

 

"Mr. Loverman" also peaked at number 2 on the meaningless US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in July 1992, number 4 on the Hip-Hop/R&B Airplay chart in July 1992, number 2 on the Dance Singles Sales chart in July 1992, number 7 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Single Sales chart in July 1992, and number 55 on the Radio Songs chart in August 1992.

"Mr. Loverman" had quite a protracted chart run in Australia, despite its number 163 peak, which it reached a day shy of one year after it debuted at number 184.  In its twelve weeks spent on the ARIA singles chart, "Mr. Loveman" was charting in June of 1992, and January, March, June, July and August of 1993.

 

I first heard the song when seeing the video on a special Video Hits: Adults Only episode, which aired in the middle of the night during the Easter school holidays in April 1993, and I remember watching live.  I am not sure why the video was selected for that special - perhaps because it is meant to be 'sexy'?  Many of the other videos shown were more risqué.

 

On the state charts, "Mr. Loverman" performed strongest in Western Australia, where it reached number 106 in March 1993.

 

The "Shabba!" you hear on the track during the chorus is uttered by Maxi Priest, sampled from their 1991 collaboration "Housecall".

 

The drum pattern from "Mr. Loverman" was sampled on Alanis Morissette's "You Learn" (number 20, July 1996).

We shall next see Shabba in December 1992.

 

 

Number 189 "Controlling Me" by Oceanic

Peak: number 168

Peak date: 3 August 1992

Weeks on chart: 5 weeks

 

English electronic dance act Oceanic formed in Merseyside, and landed a number 3 hit in the UK with their debut single "Insanity" in September 1991, which peaked at number 31 in Australia in April 1992, almost five months after its debut at number 155 in November 1991.  Interestingly, "Insanity" performed much stronger in Victoria/Tasmania, where it reached number 11, and Western Australia, where it reached number 14, than elsewhere.  They followed it up with "Wicked Love" (number 96, May 1992), which did not fare nearly as well.

"Controlling Me" was released as the third single from Oceanic's first, and only, album That Compact Disc by Oceanic (number 131, July 1992), which was titled That Album by Oceanic and That Cassette by Oceanic on the LP and cassette formats, respectively.  I remember seeing the CD (I was going to say album, but vinyl was pretty much dead in Australia, other than perhaps 12" singles for DJs, by this point in 1992) in a record store and thinking 'that's an interesting title'.

Internationally, "Controlling Me" peaked at number 14 in the UK in June 1992, and number 19 in Ireland in June 1992.

Domestically, "Controlling Me" performed strongest in Western Australia, where it reached number 134.

While "Controlling Me" would be Oceanic's final single released in Australia, they had one more minor chart 'hit' in the UK with "Ignorance" (UK number 72, November 1992), featuring Siobhan Maher on vocals.  I remember hearing the song on the UK Chart Attack radio show and liking it.

 

 

Next week (6 July): A bumper edition week with twelve new top 150 entries and three bubbling WAY down under debuts.

 

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Week commencing 22 June 1992

This week in 1992's new entries peaking outside the top 100 in Australia is a real mixed bag, with everything from a cover of an old 60s hit, a remix of an early 70's 'classic', some indie dance, house music, and... Enya.  Shall we take a look?

 

James: another frustratingly low Australian chart position.

 

Top 150 debuts:

 

Number 104 The 1992 Mixes EP by Daddy Cool

Peak: number 104

Peak date: 22 June 1992

Weeks in top 150: 15 weeks

Top 150 chart run: 104-106-106-111-133-133-(out for 4 weeks)-116-120-115-116-119-118-109-108-122

 

The original release of "Eagle Rock" by Australian band Daddy Cool spent ten weeks at number 1 in Australia between June and August 1971, becoming the biggest hit of that year.  Even though I was born seven years after that song was released, I was quite familiar with it from an early age, such was Australian radio's penchant for playing "classic rock" until the mid-1990s.  A quite memorable clip of the band performing the song in 1975, complete with 'sharpie' bogan dancing in the audience, can be viewed here.

The 1992 Mixes EP contained a 'Dance Mix' of "Eagle Rock" as its lead track, a video for which is embedded below.  The other two tracks on the "EP" (so, really it was just a 3-track CD single) were the "Daddy Cool Megamix" and "Eagle Rock, 1992."  While I can't find either of those tracks on YouTube, I can link a 'news' report on this single/EP's release from 1992 here.

According to The ARIA Report, these mixes were released to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the release of "Eagle Rock".  This lead to the CD release of the Daddy Cool compilation album Daddy's Coolest (Volume 1), which peaked at number 35 in October 1992, after originally peaking at number 5 in September 1982 when it was just titled Daddy's Coolest.  The 1992 updated versions of the tracks do not appear on this compilation, however.  A volume 2 of Daddy's Coolest was released in November 1984, but did not chart.

The chart run for The 1992 Mixes was split in two, initially spending six weeks in the top 150, before exiting for four weeks and then returning to the top 150 for another nine week-run, climbing back up to number 108 in October 1992.  The EP ties with a track we saw in May by Apotheosis for the most weeks spent in the top 150 for a single debuting in 1992 that peaked between numbers 101 and 150, registering a tally of 15 weeks.

 

 

Number 125 "Book of Days" by Enya

Peak: number 111

Peak date: 29 June 1992

Weeks in top 150: 5 weeks

Top 150 chart run: 125-111-116-122-127

Weeks on chart: 7 weeks

 

We last saw Irish songstress Enya in 1989.

"Book of Days" was the third single issued from Enya's third studio album Shepherd Moons (number 8, December 1991), following "Caribbean Blue" (number 74, November 1991) and "How Can I Keep from Singing?" (number 47, January 1992).

 

The original album version of "Book of Days" was sung in Gaelic, but it was re-recorded with English lyrics for its inclusion on the Far and Away soundtrack album (number 124, June 1992), and for its single release.  I am surprised that this single appears to have been released in Australia at least a month before its release in Enya's home country and Europe.

 

Internationally, "Book of Days" peaked at number 12 in Ireland, number 10 in the UK in August 1992, and number 34 in Sweden in November 1992.

 

Within Australia, "Book of Days" performed strongest in Victoria/Tasmania, where it reached number 84 on the state chart.

 

I remember hearing this song at the time, and feel it may have done better on the chart had it been re-titled "Far and Away".  While Enya's albums generally sold well in Australia, she had to wait nearly seven years after her first top 40 single "Orinoco Flow" (number 6, February 1989) to land her second, with "Anywhere Is" (number 34, December 1995).

 

We shall next see Enya in 1996.

Number 139 "Mix It Up" by Dan Reed Network

Peak: number 139

Peak date: 22 June 1992

Weeks in top 150: 4 weeks

Top 150 chart run: 139-143-140-144

American funk rock band Dan Reed Network formed in Portland, Oregon in 1984.  The group had the most, although still modest, success in the UK, landing six top 75 singles there between 1990 and 1991, although none peaked higher than number 39.

 

"Mix It Up" was the only Dan Reed Network single to dent the top 150 in Australia, although an earlier album Slam peaked at number 140 in June 1990.  "Mix It Up" was lifted from the band's third studio album The Heat, which was released in Australia in June 1992 but missed the top 150 locally.

Internationally, "Mix It Up" peaked at number 49 in the UK in July 1991.

 

I don't recall hearing this one before, but it's not bad.

 

Number 141 "Divine Thing" by The Soup Dragons

Peak: number 133

Peak date: 29 June 1992

Weeks in top 150: 6 weeks

Known chart run: 152-141-133-135-134-137-137

Weeks on chart: 11 weeks 

Scottish band The Soup Dragons formed in 1985.  Their debut album This Is Our Art was released in Australia in June 1988, but did not chart locally.  Oddly, no singles from that album appear to have been released in Australia.

The Soup Dragons finally made a dent on the Australian chart in November 1990, when "I'm Free", the first single from their second album Lovegod (number 54, February 1991), debuted and climbed to number 9 in February 1991.  That song was originally recorded by The Rolling Stones in 1965, and would become the only Soup Dragons single to trouble the top 50 in Australia.

The Soup Dragons followed up that track with the equally-good but far less-successful "Mother Universe" (number 67, April 1991), and a non-album single "Electric Blues", which was released in Australia in November 1991 but failed to chart.

"Divine Thing" was the lead single from The Soup Dragons' third album Hotwired (number 177, July 1992).  Internationally, "Divine Thing" peaked at number 53 in the UK in April 1992.

 

In Australia, "Divine Thing" performed strongest in South Australia/Northern Territory, where it reached number 96.

 

I recall catching the video for "Divine Thing" on rage as a new release, but could barely remember it when I came to write this post.

 

The Soup Dragons will join us once more, in 1993.

Number 142 "Constant Craving" by k.d. lang

Peak: number 138 (in 1992); number 38 (in 1993)

Peak dates: 29 June 1992 and 6 July 1992 (1992 chart run); 5 April 1993 (overall)

Weeks in top 150: 33 weeks (5 weeks in 1992, 17 weeks in 1993, 11 weeks in 1994)

Top 150 chart run: 142-138-138-146-143

Re-entry 8 March 1993: 116-68-43-41-38-43-42-43-42-52-48-49-54-64-72-77-99

Re-entry 14 March 1994: 149-112-60-53-51-54-61-75-81-98-98

Weeks on chart: 59 weeks (all chart runs combined)

We first saw k.d. lang dueting with Roy Orbison in 1989.

"Constant Craving" was issued as the lead single from k.d.'s second studio album Ingénue (number 3, April 1994), which reached its eventual peak on the Australian chart almost two years after initially peaking at number 56 in June 1992.

"Constant Craving" experienced a similar fate on the Australian chart, released locally on 11 May 1992 and debuting at number 196 on 8 June 1992, climbing to number 138 for two consecutive weeks in June/July 1992.  The single was then re-issued in March 1993, re-entering at number 116 on 8 March 1993 before climbing to its highest peak of number 38 on 5 April 1993.  The renewed interest in the track came after Ingénue was nominated for a Grammy for the best album of the year, and "Constant Craving" won the Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards, held on 24 February 1993.

 

"Constant Craving" re-entered the ARIA top 150 again at number 149 on 14 March 1994, rebounding back to number 51 on 11 April 1994, following a promotional visit from k.d. down under, and her guest-hosting at the 1994 ARIA Awards on 30 March 1994.  Somehow, I was not aware of "Constant Craving"'s resurgence on the chart in 1994 at the time; I guess partly because rage ceased airing the top 60 chart, reverting back to a top 50, in March 1994.

Internationally, "Constant Craving" peaked at number 8 in Canada in May 1992, number 38 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in October 1992, number 15 in the UK in March 1993 - after originally peaking at number 52 there in May 1992, number 15 in Ireland in March 1993, and number 61 in Germany in May 1993.

For what it's worth (not much in my book - as regular readers will know), "Constant Craving" also peaked at number 33 on the US Billboard Radio Songs chart in September 1992, number 22 on the Pop Airplay chart in October 1992, and number 2 on the Adult Contemporary chart in October 1992.

Within Australia, "Constant Craving" performed strongest in New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory, where it reached number 28 in April 1993.  The single peaked on all state charts in 1993, other than in Western Australia, where it reached its highest position of number 40 in April 1994.

One memory of "Constant Craving" I have is singing it randomly with a female student in my form while playing basketball (which I hated) in year 9 P.E. class.

We'll next see k.d. in 1993.

 

 

Number 143 "Everybody in the Place" by The Prodigy

Peak: number 125

Peak date: 6 July 1992

Weeks in top 150: 9 weeks

Known chart run: 170-143-128-125-136-139-126-128-146-143

Weeks on chart: 13 weeks

We last saw English electronic group The Prodigy in 1991.

 

I first became aware of The Prodigy through the UK Chart Attack radio show, which would air new releases and new entries from the UK singles chart that had not yet crossed over internationally (particularly in the US).  Through that show, I would hear many tracks months before they made a dent on the Australian chart.  I didn't cotton on to the program though until April 1992, so missed hearing "Everybody in the Place" on the program.  The track was the band's second single, lifted from their debut album Experience (number 163, January 1997).  I do recall catching the video for "Everybody in the Place" on rage in 1996, though.  I would have enjoyed the track in 1992 if I had heard it then.

 

Internationally, "Everybody in the Place" peaked at number 2 in the UK in January 1992, number 2 in Ireland in January 1992, and number 65 in the Netherlands in April 1992.

In Australia, "Everybody in the Place" was most popular in Western Australia, where it reached number 54.  Oddly, the first three Prodigy singles were more popular in Western Australia than anywhere else in the country - who knew they were such trend-setters?  The next-highest state chart peak "Everybody in the Place" achieved was number 88 in South Australia/Northern Territory.  It missed the top 100 in the remaining states.

 

An earlier, different version of "Everybody in the Place" appeared on The Prodigy's 12" single, limited to 7,000 copies, What Evil Lurks, which peaked at number 168 (number 118 on the compressed chart) in the UK in March 1991.

We will next see The Prodigy in 1993.

 

Number 146 "Born of Frustration" by James

Peak: number 134

Peak date: 6 July 1992

Weeks in top 150: 5 weeks

Top 150 chart run: 146-135-134-138-146

Weeks on chart: 7 weeks

 

We last saw English band James in 1989.

 

"Born of Frustration" was released as the second single from the band's fourth studio album Seven (number 123, May 1992).  It followed "Sound" (number 28, May 1992), which was the band's highest-peaking single in Australia.

Internationally, "Born of Frustration" peaked at number 13 in the UK in February 1992, and number 69 in the Netherlands in February 1992.  The track also peaked at number 5 on the US Billboard Alternative Airplay chart in April 1992.

Locally, "Born of Frustration" performed strongest on the New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory state chart, where it reached number 112.

I don't think I was aware of this track at the time, but have since caught the video a couple of times on rage.

We shall next see James in 1993.

 

 

Number 149 "Your Love Is Lifting Me" by Nomad

Peak: number 149

Peak date: 22 June 1992

Weeks in top 150: 1 week

Top 150 chart run: 149

Weeks on chart: 5 weeks

 

We last saw British house duo Nomad in 1991. 

 

"Your Love Is Lifting Me" was presumably intended to be the lead single from Nomad's second album, which never eventuated.  Internationally, the single peaked at number 60 in the UK in April 1992, number 31 in the Netherlands in June 1992, and number 39 in the Flanders region of Belgium in July 1992.

Domestically, "Your Love Is Lifting Me" performed strongest on the South Australia/Northern Territory state chart, where it reached number 118.

I don't recall hearing this one at the time.  Presumably, its success was hampered by a lack of promotion.  It deserved to do much better.

We shall see Nomad once more in November 1992.

 

Bubbling WAY down under:

 

Number 184 "So Right" by K-Klass

Peak: number 184

Peak date: 22 June 1992

Weeks on chart: 3 weeks

We last saw British dance act K-Klass in January 1992.

 

"So Right" was K-Klass's second single released in Australia, though it did not appear on their debut album Universal (number 140, May 1994).

 

Internationally, "So Right" peaked at number 20 in the UK in April 1992, and number 19 in Ireland.

 

Locally, "So Right" performed strongest in Western Australia (was dance music bigger there than elsewhere in Australia in 1992?), where it reached number 160.

I don't recall hearing this one before, but quite enjoyed it.  It's a shame that this more club-orientated dance music wasn't more commercially-successful in Australia in the early 1990s.

We shall next see K-Klass in 1993.

Number 198 "The Days of Pearly Spencer" by Marc Almond

Peak: number 193

Peak date: 29 June 1992

Weeks on chart: 2 weeks

 

We last saw English singer Marc Almond in 1991.

 

"The Days of Pearly Spencer" was the third and final single issued from Marc's seventh solo studio album Tenement Symphony, which was released in Australia in November 1991 but failed to chart.  The song is a cover version of a song originally released by David McWilliams in 1967, which peaked at number 32 in Australia on the Go-Set singles chart (Australia's official chart at the time) in July 1968.

 

Internationally, "The Days of Pearly Spencer" peaked at number 4 in the UK in April 1992, number 8 in Ireland, number 44 in the Netherlands in May 1992, number 32 in the Flanders region of Belgium in May 1992, number 16 in Austria in June 1992, number 31 in Sweden in June 1992, and number 21 in Germany in July 1992.

Locally, "The Days of Pearly Spencer" was most popular in Western Australia, where it reached number 173.

 

I hadn't heard this one before, but enjoyed it.

"The Days of Pearly Spencer" was Marc's final single to chart in Australia, although he had later low-charting albums with Stardom Road (number 425, July 2007), The Velvet Trail (number 1053, March 2015), Shadows and Reflections (number 1000, October 2017) and Chaos and a Dancing Star (number 1061, February 2020).

The music video (if it becomes unblocked):

 

 

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