Of the five new singles debuting this week in 1991 that I write about, two of them were much bigger hits overseas, while one of them only registered a chart placing in Australia. But before taking a look at these, I have updated some earlier posts with the following:
20 February 1989 - a video has been added for Ordinary Mortals, and a bubbling WAY down under entry from Barbra Streisand;
6 March 1989 - a bubbling WAY down under entry from Bryan Ferry;
8 May 1989 - a bubbling WAY down under entry from White Lion;
31 July 1989 - a bubbling WAY down under entry from Wendy & Lisa;
21 August 1989 - a bubbling WAY down under entry from Kon Kan;
20 November 1989 - a bubbling WAY down under entry from Kon Kan;
27 November 1989 - a bubbling WAY down under entry from Jermaine Jackson;
8 January 1990 - a bubbling WAY down under entry from Regina Belle;
21 January 1991 - a bubbling WAY down under entry from Kon Kan.
Jimmy Somerville's solo career was not very 'loved' by the Australian record-buying public.
Top 150 debuts:
Number 145 "Struck by Lightning" by Stray Cats
Peak: number 143
Peak date: 11 March 1991
Weeks in top 150: 3 weeks
Known chart run: 171-145-149-143
Weeks on chart: 6 weeks
We saw American rockabilly group Stray Cats bubble under in July 1989. "Struck by Lighting" was the second single from the band's sixth studio album Let's Go Faster (number 57, March 1991). It followed "Cross of Love" (number 94, January 1991), which was Stray Cats' final single to dent the Australian top 100.
"Struck by Lighting" appears to have only charted in Australia, although only an Australian pressing is listed on discogs. On the ARIA state charts, "Struck by Lightning" peaked highest in South Australia/Northern Territory, where it reached number 105.
Scottish singer Jimmy Somerville graced our presence previously in December 1989. As mentioned then, none of Jimmy's solo singles peaked higher than number 62 in Australia; he had much greater success locally as the lead singer of Bronski Beat and The Communards.
"To Love Somebody", a reggae cover version of a Bee Gees track, was released as a single to promote The Singles Collection 1984/1990 (number 114, February 1991), a compilation album covering Jimmy's solo work to date, as well as singles from The Communards and Bronski Beat that he sang lead on.
Internationally, Jimmy's version of "To Love Somebody" peaked at number 8 in the UK in November 1990. It was also a top 10 hit in Ireland, the Netherlands, Austria and New Zealand, and a top 20 hit in Germany, France and Switzerland.
Locally, "To Love Somebody" had its greatest success in South Australia/Northern Territory, where it reached number 136.
We will next see Jimmy in 1995.
Bubbling WAY down under:
Number 168 "Heavenly City" by Candy Dulfer
Peak: number 168
Peak date: 25 February 1991
Weeks on chart: 1 week
Dutch saxophonist Candy Dulfer came to the attention of Australia via her instrumental duet with David A. Stewart from Eurythmics, "Lily Was Here" (number 10, November 1990). "Heavenly City" was her second solo single release in Australia, following "Saxuality" (released in Australia in September 1990, did not chart). Both tracks were lifted from Candy's debut album Saxuality (number 133, January 1991).
Internationally, "Heavenly City" peaked at number 50 in the Netherlands in October 1990, and number 178 (number 123 on the compressed chart) in the UK in October 1990.
In Australia, "Heavenly City" was most popular in Western Australia, where it reached number 126.
English electronic dance/hip hop group Stereo MC's formed in London in 1985. "Elevate My Mind" was the lead single from the band's second album Supernatural (number 132, March 1991). Internationally, "Elevate My Mind" peaked at number 74 in the UK in September 1990, and number 39 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in July 1991, which made them the first British rap group to dent the American top 40. It's rather unusual that an act like Stereo MC's would initially do better in the US than in their homeland.
In Australia, "Elevate My Mind" performed strongest in Western Australia, where it reached number 98 on the state chart.
We shall see Stereo MC's bubble under next in 1993.
Number 176 "Get Here" by Oleta Adams
Peak: number 151
Peak date: 6 May 1991
Weeks on chart: 3 weeks
American singer Oleta Adams first bubbled under on the Australian chart in May 1990. Earlier during the same month she did the same thing as a guest vocalist with Tears for Fears, with whom she landed her biggest 'hit' in Australia, with "Woman in Chains" (number 39, January 1990).
"Get Here", a song written and originally recorded by Brenda Russell in 1988, was the second single released in Australia from Oleta's third album Circle of One (number 131, September 1990). Oleta decided to record the song after hearing it being played in a record store in Stockholm. With lyrics about crossing the desert like an Arab man, Oleta's version of the song became a timely release for troops in the Gulf War.
Internationally, "Get Here" reached number 4 in the UK in February 1991, and number 5 in the US in March 1991 - where it was Oleta's only single to dent the Billboard Hot 100. The single also peaked at number 28 in the Netherlands in January 1991, number 4 in Ireland, number 80 in Germany in March 1991, and number 43 in New Zealand in June 1991.
Locally, "Get Here" performed strongest on the Western Australian state chart, where it reached number 136.
I am surprised by "Get Here"'s lack of success in Australia. It seemed to gain decent airplay and I caught the video on TV a number of times. I think there may have even been an ad for the single I heard on radio.
While "Get Here" would be Oleta's biggest solo international hit by far, in Australia, she had another single that peaked higher, which we shall see in November 1991.
Next week (4 March): Four top 150 entries and one bubbling WAY down under debut.
Three of this week in 1991's top 150-peaking debuts are from artists aged over 40. So, if you're in that age-bracket and haven't yet conquered the charts, there is still hope! Let's take a look at this week's pop relics...
Mica Paris made a small 'contribution' to the chart this week in 1991.
Top 150 debuts:
Number 119 "You're Amazing" by Robert Palmer
Peak: number 103
Peak date: 4 March 1991
Weeks in top 150: 7 weeks
Top 150 chart run: 119-104-103-108-111-118-120
Weeks on chart: 8 weeks
We last saw English singer Robert Palmer in November 1989, and here he is with the second single released in Australia from his tenth studio album Don't Explain (number 29, January 1991).
Interestingly, "You're Amazing" was not issued as a single in the UK, where they instead went with "Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You" (number 89, May 1991), which was released as the third single from the album locally.
Don't Explain was Robert's first studio album following his Addictions Volume 1 (number 10, December 1989) compilation. I have a theory, evidence for which has been demonstrated many times, that an artist's popularity often takes a nosedive following a greatest hits album - even if the compilation is a big success.
Where "You're Amazing" was released, it peaked at number 28 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in January 1991, and apparently at number 14 in Canada - but I cannot verify the Canadian peak, as the reference cited for it on Wikipedia has expired. Hmmm.
On the ARIA state charts, "You're Amazing" performed strongest in South Australia/Northern Territory, where it reached number 72. The single registered on the top 100 on four of the five state charts, only falling short in Victoria/Tasmania.
"You're Amazing" fared better on the Australian Music Report singles chart, where it reached number 93.
I personally think "You're Amazing" was the right choice to follow-up "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" (number 4, January 1991), Robert's duet with UB40, despite the single flopping. Robert never charted higher than 89 on the Australian singles chart following "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight". That single brought a close to Robert's string of ten top 40 singles in Australia between 1979 and 1990.
I am not sure why "You're Amazing" flopped. I heard it played on the radio a bit at the time, though never saw the video until now, which, unless I am mistaken (which I probably am), seems to have Jennifer Lopez in it as one of Robert's three back-up girls. I can only put it down to popular music styles changing in the early 90s, and Robert, at the ripe old age of 42 when this was released, may have been getting a bit too 'old' to be a successful pop star.
Number 147 "Well, Did You Evah!" by Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop
Peak: number 106
Peak dates: 11 March 1991 and 18 March 1991
Weeks in top 150: 7 weeks
Chart run: 147-140-111-106-106-110-122
Weeks on chart: 7 weeks
I like Deborah Harry, whom we last saw in August 1990. I don't mind Iggy Pop, whom we last saw in February 1990. Put the two artists together and this should be good, right?
Wrong! Or so I think.
I've heard/seen "Well, Did You Evah!" a couple of times before, but can never, for the life of me, remember how it goes, which is never a good indication. The only things I can recall about the song are the word "swellegant" and the video was filmed in black and white.
The song was recorded for the HIV/AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Blue (number 38, January 1991), where a bunch of different artists recorded (often radically reworked) versions of Cole Porter songs. Neneh Cherry's "I've Got You Under My Skin" (number 61, November 1990) from the album was a minor hit in Australia in 1990.
Internationally, "Well, Did You Evah!" peaked at number 42 in the UK in January 1991, and number 29 in Ireland during the same month.
On the ARIA state charts, "Well, Did You Evah!" was most popular in South Australia/Northern Territory, where it reached number 58.
"Well, Did You Evah!" peaked higher on the Australia Music Report singles chart, reaching number 97.
We will next see Deborah in 1993, and Iggy in 1994.
Number 148 "I Can't Stand It!" by Twenty 4 Seven featuring Captain Hollywood
Peak: number 130
Peak date: 25 February 1991
Weeks in top 150: 5 weeks
Known chart run: 169-148-130-135-138-148
Weeks on chart: 11 weeks
Dutch Eurodance group Twenty 4 Seven broke into the Australian charts in a big way in early 1994 with "Slave to the Music" (number 2, February 1994), but before then, they made some minor ripples outside the top 100 with "I Can't Stand It!".
Originally released in the Netherlands in late 1989 with rapper MC Fixx It, the verses of "I Can't Stand It!" were soon re-recorded with Captain Hollywood after MC Fixx It left the group. A music video for both versions was filmed, however, and I have embedded the second one, with Captain Hollywood, below, as that is the version that charted in Australia. You can view the original version of the video with MC Fixx It here.
Internationally, "I Can't Stand It!" reached the top 5 in the UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Sweden. It also reached the top 20 in the Netherlands, the top 30 in New Zealand, and the top 40 in France and Belgium.
Australia wasn't quite as sold on "I Can't Stand It!", although, outside of possibly the club scene (which I was then too young to be part of), the song obtained little exposure locally.
On the ARIA state charts, "I Can't Stand It!" performed strongest in Western Australia, where it reached number 87.
The single fared better on the Australian Music Report singles chart, where it reached number 100.
Captain Hollywood would eventually move on to his own 'solo' project, er, the Captain Hollywood Project, landing a minor hit in Australia in 1993 with "More and More" (number 43, August 1993). We'll see Captain Hollywood Project bubble under in 1993 and 1994.
The female vocalist on "I Can't Stand It!", Nancy Coolen - simply known as Nance, would stick with Twenty 4 Seven throughout their hit-making (in Australia) period in 1993-4.
We will see Twenty 4 Seven bubble under again in 1995, with Nance still on female vocal duties.
Number 149 "Proof" by Paul Simon
Peak: number 134
Peak date: 4 March 1991
Weeks in top 150: 8 weeks
Top 150 chart run: 149-136-134-144-143-138-141-138
Between 1972 and 1990, Paul Simon placed 15 singles within the Australian top 100. The biggest of those was the inescapable-at-the-time "You Can Call Me Al" (number 2, November 1986). Before going solo, Paul was one half of Simon & Garfunkel, from whom we saw the other member, Art, bubble under in October 1981.
"Proof", which I had not heard before, was the second single lifted from Paul's eighth solo studio album The Rhythm of the Saints (number 3, November 1990), following "The Obvious Child" (number 42, November 1990).
It seemed, by this stage, that Paul was more interested in recording interesting albums (if you like his sort of music), experimenting with 'world' music, than landing hit singles. Though I'm sure there would have been some pressure, still, to land a hit, given the massive success of Paul's previous album Graceland (number 1, October 1986), which spent 42 consecutive weeks in the top 10 of the Australian albums chart between October 1986 and July 1987.
Elsewhere, "Proof" peaked at number 89 in the UK in February 1991.
Bubbling WAY down under:
Number 155 "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" by Iron Maiden
Peak: number 155
Peak date: 18 February 1991
Weeks on chart: 1 week
English heavy metal band Iron Maiden formed in London in 1975. Between
1982 and 1993, they placed 6 singles on the Australian top 100 chart,
with "Run to the Hills" (number 27, September 1982) being the biggest of those. The band fared better on the albums chart, with The Number of the Beast
(number 8, August 1982) being the biggest - though not highest-charting
- of those, being certified platinum. We saw the band's lead singer,
Bruce Dickinson, solo in 1990.
"Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" was the second and final single lifted from Iron Maiden's eighth studio album No Prayer for the Dying (number 23, November 1990), following "Holy Smoke" (number 93, November 1990). "Bring Your Daughter..." peaked at number 1 in the UK in December 1990, taking advantage of the post-Christmas market there with lower sales, giving the band their only number 1 single in their homeland. The single also peaked at number 6 in Ireland in January 1991, number 19 in Switzerland in January 1991, number 17 in the Netherlands in February 1991, and number 47 in New Zealand in March 1991.
Locally, "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" was most popular in Victoria/Tasmania, where it reached number 136.
For those not into metal, Iron Maiden are probably best known in Australia for being name-checked in the chorus of Wheatus' "Teenage Dirtbag" (number 1 for four non-consecutive weeks between November 2000 and January 2001).
Innocence joined us a mere four weeks ago, and here they are with the fourth single - and third to chart in Australia - from their debut album Belief (number 115, February 1991).
"A Matter of Fact" peaked at number 37 in the band's native UK in December 1990.
On the ARIA state charts, "A Matter of Fact" performed strongest in New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory, where it reached number 155.
Masterboy are a German eurodance act. "Dance to the Beat" was their debut release. "Dance to the Beat" peaked at number 26 in Germany in August 1990, and, curiously, does not appear to have charted anywhere else besides Australia.
On the ARIA state charts, "Dance to the Beat" was most popular in Western Australia, where it reached number 135.
I hadn't heard this track before. While I like the musical backing, I am not as sold on the vocals, even though they are only spoken.
I was not aware of Masterboy until catching one of their videos on a new releases episode of rage (these ran between 1993 and 1995 on Friday mornings) in 1994. We will next see Masterboy in 1994, with that track.
Number 181 "Situation" (Remix) by Yazoo
Peak: number 167
Peak date: 25 February 1991
Weeks on chart: 3 weeks
After Vince Clark left Depeche Mode in November 1981, he formed Yazoo with singer Alison Moyet. The pair released two albums, Upstairs at Eric's (number 10, November 1982) and You and Me Both (number 34, September 1983), and went their separate ways in May 1983. Alison embarked on a solo career, and Vince would eventually go on to form Erasure.
On the singles charts in Australia, Yazoo scored a pair of top 10 hits with "Only You" (number 7, August 1982) and "Don't Go" (number 6, November 1982). They also landed two more top 100 singles, with "The Other Side of Love" (number 86, February 1983) and "Nobody's Diary" (number 17, August 1983).
"Situation" originally appeared on the American and Canadian pressings of the Upstairs at Eric's album, where the duo had to change their name to Yaz (not to be confused with English recording artist Yazz!). It was released as a single in North America, Asia and continental Europe (not the UK), and peaked at number 73 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in October 1982, number 18 in the Netherlands in November 1982, and number 7 in the Flanders region of Belgium in December 1982. You can listen to the original 1982 version of "Situation" here.
The 1990 remix of "Situation" peaked at number 14 in the UK in December 1990, number 38 in the Flanders region of Belgium in January 1991, number 36 in Germany in February 1991, and number 40 in France in June 1991.
In Australia, the remixed version of "Situation" performed strongest in New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory, where it reached number 154 on the state chart.
This was Yazoo's final Australian singles chart entry, although a later album, Only Yazoo (The Best of) (number 261, December 1999), registered on the albums chart.
Number 184 "Contribution" by Mica Paris
Peak: number 184
Peak date: 18 February 1991
Weeks on chart: 1 week
We first saw English singer Mica Paris bubble under in 1989.
"Contribution" was the lead single and title track from Mica's second studio album Contribution (number 234, September 1993), which somehow did not chart in Australia until 1993, following her third album Whisper a Prayer (number 225, August 1993) - which yielded no charting singles in Australia. Perhaps this late chart entry for the second album is due to the chart going a bit lower by then.
Internationally, "Contribution" peaked at number 33 in the UK in October 1990.
On the ARIA state charts, New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory made the biggest "contribution" (ho ho) to this single's chart 'success', as it reached number 163 there.
I only know a handful of Mica Paris tracks, but like most of what I have heard. "Contribution" is one I had not heard before, but I enjoyed it and would listen to it again.
Mica will join us once again in 1995 with a song I did hear at the time.
Next week (25 February): A mere two new top 150 debuts and three bubbling WAY down under entries. That should give me some time to add a bunch of newly-uncovered bubbling WAY down under entries from 1989-1991.
One thing tying all of this week in 1991's new entries together is that all but one of them has a male lead vocal. Let's take a look.
New Order: how does it feel... to keep charting with the same song?
Top 150 debuts:
Number 129 "I Wanna Get with U" by Guy
Peak: number 129
Peak date: 11 February 1991
Weeks in top 150: 2 weeks
Top 150 chart run: 129-140
Going by the artist name, I was expecting Guy to be a solo artist, but it's actually a trio, made up of Teddy Riley, Aaron Hall and Damion Hall. Damion replaced original band member Timmy Gatling after the band's first album Guy, released in 1988.
"I Wanna Get with U" was the lead single from Guy's second album The Future (number 129, February 1991). Annoyingly, for me, the song was titled just "Wanna Get with U" (no "I" at the start) on the album and on the single artwork in the band's native US. Elsewhere, it was titled "I Wanna Get with U" on the single sleeve.
Internationally, "I Wanna Get with U" peaked at number 50 in the US in December 1990, and number 28 in the Netherlands in January 1991.
Top 150 chart run: 139-141-144-145-126-125-122-128-128
Weeks on chart: 10 weeks
One-time New Edition member Johnny Gill joined us previously in December 1990 with the second single from his second solo album titled Johnny Gill (number 110, September 1990), and here he is with the third - in Australia, anyway. "My My My" was the second single from the album in Johnny's native US.
I would have heard "My My My" on the American Top 40 radio show at the time, but couldn't remember how it went. Listening to the song again now, it has that stereotypical early 90s 'lurve' ballad saxophone on it, and sounds like an obvious L.A. Reid/Babyface production.
Internationally, "My My My" peaked at number 10 in the US in September 1990, number 31 in New Zealand in October 1990, number 89 in the UK in October 1990, and number 37 in the Netherlands in November 1990.
On the ARIA state charts, "My My My" performed strongest in New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory, where it reached number 94.
We will see Johnny again as a solo artist in 1996, but before then, he will bubble under as both a featured artist and as part of his former group in 1992.
Number 141 "Heartbreaker (At the End of Lonely Street)" by Dread Zeppelin
Peak: number 138
Peak date: 18 February 1991
Weeks in top 150: 5 weeks
Top 150 chart run: 141-138-139-142-146
I have heard this one before, once, as it's my rip of the video (which is blocked in Australia on YouTube) embedded below. But I had no recollection of the song. Prior to listening to it again, two things sprung to mind, going by the band name: it's no doubt by a 'joke' act, and it's almost certainly going to be 'dread'-ful (ho ho). I was right on both accounts.
Surprisingly, for once the UK exercised some restraint, and this steaming pile of novelty rubbish did not become a massive hit there, stalling at number 83 in August 1990. And also, for once, the Kiwis displayed poorer musical taste than their Aussie counterparts, as this single went all the way to number 40 there in February 1991. Oh, New Zealand!
"Heartbreaker..." is lifted from the album Un-Led-Ed, which reached number 93 in Australia in April 1991. The group also had another charting album in Australia, 5,000,000*, which peaked at number 150 in July 1991. Oh, Australia!
Number 144 "Hotel California" by Jam on the Mutha
Peak: number 144
Peak date: 11 February 1991
Weeks in top 150: 1 week
Top 150 chart run: 144
Speaking of things you can tell about a song before ever hearing it, I assume that this track is a (probably cheap and nasty) dance cover version of the Eagles song "Hotel California". Well, I was right on that assumption, though it's slightly better than I was expecting. My expectations, however, were low.
One interesting thing - for me, anyway, is that the vocalist on this track, Andy Caine, is a name I recognise as co-writing Yazz's "Fine Time" (number 60, March 1989).
This version of "Hotel California" peaked at number 62 in the UK in August 1990.
Number 146 "Inside Out" by Traveling Wilburys
Peak: number 117
Peak date: 18 February 1991
Weeks in top 150: 6 weeks
Chart run: 170-146-117-133-126-142-137
Weeks on chart: 7 weeks
Supergroup Traveling Wilburys burst onto the scene in late 1988 with "Handle with Care" (number 3, January 1989) and the album Volume One (number 1, February 1989). Their debut album was the highest-selling album of 1989 in Australia, and was on heavy rotation in my family car's cassette deck, thanks to my dad picking up the album.
Surprisingly, both "Handle with Care" and Volume One were much bigger in Australia than in the UK, where two-fifths of the band's original five members are from. Of course, Roy Orbison died in December 1988, about six weeks after Volume One was released. Two further singles were issued from the album, "End of the Line" (number 12, April 1989) and "Heading for the Light" (number 88, June 1989).
The band's second album, minus Roy, was titled Vol. 3 (number 14, November 1990), to "confuse the fuckers", to quote George Harrison. Arguably, band member Tom Petty's 1989 album Full Moon Fever (number 13, June 1989), was Vol. 2, as all of the then-surviving Wilburys appear on it.
"Inside Out" was the second single lifted from Vol. 3, and followed "She's My Baby" (number 58, November 1990). The band also landed a minor 'hit' on the Australian chart with the charity single "Nobody's Child" (number 66, September 1990).
Internationally, "Inside Out" also charted in Canada, where it reached number 50.
Locally, "Inside Out" performed strongest on the South Australia/Northern Territory state chart, where it reached number 76.
My dad didn't buy Vol. 3, so I never heard this one at the time.
Two more Wilburys have died since Vol. 3, their last studio album. George Harrison succumbed to lung cancer in 2001, aged 58, and Tom Petty died in 2017 following a heart attack, aged 66.
We shall see Traveling Wilburys again in April 1991.
Number 148 "The First Time" by Surface
Peak: number 103
Peak dates: 1 April 1991 and 8 April 1991
Weeks in top 150: 10 weeks
Top 150 chart run: 148-(out for 1 week)-148-124-115-114-107-103-103-105-121
Weeks on chart: 13 weeks
Here's another one I would have heard on American Top 40 at the time, but have no recollection of. It also sounds like another Babyface production to my ears, but isn't.
"The First Time" is lifted from Surface's third studio album 3 Deep (number 146, April 1991). While the group had been releasing material since 1983, "The First Time" was the band's first single to chart in Australia. Surface never landed a top 100-peaking single or album in Australia.
Internationally, "The First Time" topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in January 1991, and peaked at number 60 in the UK in January 1991, number 18 in Canada in March 1991, and number 7 in New Zealand in March 1991.
On the ARIA state charts, "The First Time" performed much stronger in New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory, where it reached number 54, than on any of the other state charts. The single missed the top 100 on three of the four remaining state charts, peaking at number 89 in Western Australia, which was its second strongest state. I can only assume, therefore, that the single received a lot more airplay in New South Wales than in other states.
On the Australian Music Report singles chart, "The First Time" peaked at number 78.
While I've never compiled a list of my favourite songs of all time, New Order's "Blue Monday" would land somewhere on it. The 1983 single originally peaked at number 13 in Australia in August 1983, spending 26 weeks on the chart. It then re-entered in March 1987, presumably due to renewed interest following the success of "Bizarre Love Triangle" (number 5, March 1987), climbing to number 69 in April 1987 and spending another 9 weeks in the top 100.
"Blue Monday" had similar chart longevity in the UK, where it initially peaked at number 12 in April 1983, before falling to as low as number 82 in July 1983, before rebounding back up to a new peak of number 9 in October 1983, in an unbroken chart run lasting 38 weeks. Between 1983 and 1988, "Blue Monday" notched up 69 weeks in the UK top 100, becoming the best-selling 12" single of all time in the process.
Clocking in at seven and a half minutes, a single/7"-friendly edit of "Blue Monday" was not produced until Quincy Jones remixed the track in 1988, resulting in another single release. "Blue Monday 1988" reached number 3 in Australia in June 1988, on the first (unpublished) singles chart produced in-house by ARIA. You will otherwise see a number 4 Australian peak listed for "Blue Monday 1988" on sites such as Wikipedia and australian-charts, which is technically incorrect.
Worth noting here, also, is that "Blue Monday 1988" topped the Victorian/Tasmanian state singles chart in June 1988, as did New Order's "Bizarre Love Triangle" (number 5, March 1987) for four weeks in February and March 1987. New Order did not otherwise score a number one single in Australia.
"Blue Monday 1988" re-charting in 1991 is presumably due to the single being issued on CD, for the first time, in Australia in January 1991.
While number 151 may not seem terribly impressive, it is somewhat 'good' for a re-issued single in Australia at that time. Re-issued singles of songs that were hits the first time around generally did not chart at all in Australia, back then, unlike in the UK, or now when any old track is eligible to chart. Furthermore, this release of "Blue Monday 1988" presumably happened without any promotion. I certainly was not aware of its re-release at the time, as a casual New Order fan.
The re-issue must have caught on in Western Australia, as this release of "Blue Monday 1988" peaked at number 70 on the Western Australian state chart.
Another incarnation of "Blue Monday" will bubble under in 1995, but, before then, we shall next see New Order in 1994.
Number 163 "Wow Wow-Na Na" by Grand Plaz
Peak: number 153
Peak date: 18 February 1991
Weeks on chart: 9 weeks
Now this track is a bit of an oddity. Produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, though production credits are given to the pseudonym DJ Crazyhouse (because SAW were not deemed 'cool' at the time), the track is heavily inspired by Together's "Hardcore Uproar" (which was not not released in Australia, but peaked at number 12 in the UK in August 1990), and featured the still-unreleased vocals from the chorus of Kakko's (a Japanese singer SAW failed to land any success with) version of "Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)". "Na Na Hey Hey..." being a cover of the Steam song from 1969, which peaked at number 21 on the Go Set chart in March 1970. Bananarama also landed a minor hit in Australia with their version of "Na Na Hey Hey..." peaking at number 38 in May 1983.
Internationally, "Wow Wow-Na Na" peaked at number 41 in the UK in September 1990.
Locally, "Wow Wow-Na Na" performed strongest in Western Australia, where it reached number 94 on the state chart.
Number 174 "Flashback Jack" by Adamski
Peak: number 174
Peak date: 11 February 1991
Weeks on chart: 1 week
We first saw Adamski in May 1990. "Flashback Jack" was the third single released in Australia from Adamski's debut album Doctor Adamski's Musical Pharmacy (number 144, November 1990).
Internationally, "Flashback Jack" peaked at number 46 in the UK in November 1990. In Australia, the single performed strongest in Queensland, where it reached number 143.
English singer Paul Young has visited us twice previously, in May 1990 and September 1990, with the first two singles from his fourth studio album Other Voices (number 102, July 1990). "Heaven Can Wait" was issued as the third, and - in Australia - final, single from the album.
Internationally, "Heaven Can Wait" peaked at number 71 in the UK in October 1990.
On the ARIA state charts, "Heaven Can Wait" performed strongest in Victoria/Tasmania, reaching number 142.
A fourth single from Other Voices, "Calling You", was released in the UK, peaking at number 57 there in January 1991.
We will next see Paul on his own in October 1991, but before then, we will see him duet with another artist in September.
Number 178 "Wap Bam Boogie" by Matt Bianco
Peak: number 178
Peak date: 11 February 1991
Weeks on chart: 1 week
Matt Bianco, despite the name, is a group and not a solo artist. Hailing from the UK, the group landed two minor 'hits' in Australia during the 1980s, "Whose Side Are You On?" (number 57, June 1985) and "Yeh Yeh" (number 64, March 1986). We have previously seen Basia, who was once part of the group, bubble under.
"Wap Bam Boogie" was issued as a single in its own right to promote the release of the compilation album The Best of Matt Bianco (number 147, November 1990).
Internationally, "Wap Bam Boogie" peaked at number 76 in the UK in December 1990.
While "Wap Bam Boogie" would become Matt Bianco's final single to chart in Australia, the group landed two further charting albums: Samba in Your Casa (number 172, February 1992), and The Things You Love (number 1224, November 2016).
Next week (18 February): Four top 150 debuts, and five bubbling WAY down under entries.
Ah, readers, we're into February 2022 and what a joy this year has been so far! Let's step back in time to 1991 to remember the 'good old days' with another six Australian chart flops served fresh for you here. Except, one of the six songs is from 1977, and two are from albums released in 1989. Not exactly '90s', hey? But here's what the Australian public were buying... or rather, not buying in bucket loads, this week in 1991...
Peter Gabriel sporting a hair-don't that looks like it came from the 70s, just like his latest single, in 1990.
Top 150 debuts:
Number 125 "Storm Front" (live at Yankee Stadium) by Billy Joel
Peak: number 114
Peak date: 11 February 1991
Weeks in top 150: 7 weeks
Chart run: 125-114-118-116-122-122-133
Weeks on chart: 7 weeks
Despite Billy Joel's Storm Front (number 1, November 1989) album topping the Australian albums chart, the singles released from it after "We Didn't Start the Fire" (number 2, November 1989) were all flops, with "I Go to Extremes" (number 48, February 1990) being the only other one to crack the top 100.
That didn't stop the record company issuing umpteen singles from the album, however, and "Storm Front" - this time, an Australian exclusive live single to coincide with his early 1991 Australian tour - was the fifth (!) in a row to miss the top 100... with still one more single from the album to come! We last saw Billy bubble under in December 1990.
Technically, this live version of "Storm Front", performed at Yankee Stadium, was taken from disc two of Billy's Australian-only Souvenir: The Ultimate Collection (number 1, February 1991) compilation box set, which contains two Greatest Hits discs, the Storm Front album, a disc with five live tracks at Yankee stadium, an interview disc, and a free set of steak knives. OK, well, not the last one, but they might as well have include those too.
Still, with both Souvenir and Storm Front topping the ARIA albums charts, I doubt the record company were too bothered by most of the singles flopping... and so they kept churning them out.
"Storm Front" performed strongest in Queensland, where it reached number 72 on the state chart.
You can listen to the studio version of the track, for contrast, here.
We will see Billy again in early 1992 with the eighth and final single lifted from Storm Front, and (spoiler alert... though not really, as I wouldn't be writing about this song otherwise), yes, it was another one to miss the ARIA top 100.
Number 133 "Solsbury Hill" by Peter Gabriel (1991 release)
Peak: number 121 (in 1991); number 45 (in 1977)
Peak date: 4 March 1991
Weeks in top 150: 10 weeks (1991 release)
Top 150 chart run: 133-127-135-132-121-133-142-136-142-149
Weeks on chart: 11 weeks (1991 release)
This single originally peaked at number 45 in Australia on 4 July 1977, and spent 12 weeks on the top 100.
Prior to Phil Collins taking over vocal duties, Peter Gabriel was once the lead singer in the English progressive rock band Genesis. He left the group in 1975, embarking on a solo career. "Solsbury Hill" was Peter's debut solo single, released in 1977.
Surprisingly, "Solsbury Hill" only peaked at number 45 in Australia in July 1977. I say "surprisingly" because the song was still in high rotation on radio during the 1980s. I knew the song for years, aged in single digits, before I knew the song's title or who performed it. That's not something I can say about many singles from 1977 that missed the top 40.
"Solsbury Hill" fared much better in Peter's native UK, reaching number 13 there in May 1977. The song was an apt choice to launch Peter's solo career, as its lyrics deal with, in Peter's own words, "being prepared to lose what you have for what you might get... It's about letting go."
At this point in time, Peter had placed seven singles on the Australian top 100, with his biggest hits being "Sledgehammer" (number 3, June 1986) and "Don't Give Up" (number 5, April 1987); the latter being a duet with Kate Bush. Both tracks were lifted from Peter's fifth studio album So (number 5, June 1986). Peter also bubbled under with "Red Rain", another single from So, in August 1987, and we last saw him teaming up with Youssou N'Dour in July 1989.
"Solsbury Hill" originally appeared on Peter's debut album Peter Gabriel (number 25, June 1977). The single was re-released to promote Peter's greatest hits compilation album Shaking the Tree (Sixteen Golden Greats) (number 41, December 1990). This time around, a music video was made for the song, although Peter does not appear in it.
Internationally, the re-issue of "Solsbury Hill" peaked at number 57 in the UK in December 1990, and number 26 in the Netherlands in January 1991.
On the ARIA state charts, "Solsbury Hill" performed strongest in Victoria/Tasmania, where it reached number 90.
Top 150 chart run: 145-143-132-142-138-145-141-139-147-143
Information Society hail from Minnesota, and formed in 1982. "Think" was the lead single from their second studio album Hack, and the band's second single issued in Australia, following "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)", released in December 1988.
"Think" peaked at number 28 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and number 20 in the Netherlands in March 1991.
I have heard this one before. Someone on a music forum recommended it to me about a decade ago, but I've got a feeling that I probably heard it on the American Top 40 radio program at the time. I like the song, but don't love it.
"Think" was Information Society's only single to dent the ARIA top 150.
Number 147 "If I Have to Stand Alone" by Lonnie Gordon
Peak: number 147
Peak dates: 4 February 1991 and 11 February 1991
Weeks in top 150: 2 weeks
Top 150 chart run: 147-147
Weeks on chart: 4 weeks
American-born though at this point English-produced (hello Stock Aitken Waterman!) Lonnie Gordon graced our presence in September 1990, with her second single released in Australia. Here she is again, with the third.
"If I Have to Stand Alone", the title track from Lonnie's debut album If I Have to Stand Alone (number 173, April 1991), was an uptempo number more akin to "Happenin' All Over Again" (number 33, August 1990) than her previous single, which was a ballad. Not that it helped Lonnie's chart fortunes - here or in the UK - where the single stalled at number 68 in November 1990, leading to the album being shelved by the much more-fickle/risk averse UK record company.
You have to love Australian record companies from this era, seemingly releasing whatever product they could license, regardless of its success on the chart (or were they just clueless, rather than being good-willed?). I remember seeing loads of copies of Lonnie's album in a bargain bin at JB Hi-Fi, which had just opened in my city, in early 1992 - although I did not purchase the album until the 2009 expanded, remastered re-issue.
Working against "If I Have to Stand Alone"'s favour was the fact that Stock Aitken Waterman were definitely perceived as being 'uncool', if not much worse things, at this time. Their commercial heyday had well and truly passed.
Speaking of 'uncool', I loved a comment I read on the music video embedded below (which turns out to be one of my YouTube uploads) some years ago, which referred to Lonnie's "office lady look" in the video.
On the ARIA state charts, "If I Have to Stand Alone" performed strongest in Queensland, where it reached number 104.
I didn't actually hear this track at the time, though remember seeing the single in the shops.
We will next see Lonnie in July 1991, with a new sound and a radically different look.
Number 150 "Too Tired" by Gary Moore featuring Albert Collins
Peak: number 130
Peak date: 4 March 1991
Weeks in top 150: 7 weeks
Top 150 chart run: 150-137-133-134-130-147-144
Weeks on chart: 9 weeks
By this point, Northern Irish singer and guitar maestro Gary Moore had landed two decent-sized hits in Australia, with a cover version of The Easybeats' "Friday on My Mind" (number 25, September 1987), and the original "Still Got the Blues (For You)" (number 18, July 1990). Gary last joined us in April 1989. My favourite Gary Moore track that I know is "Over the Hills and Far Away" (number 94, April 1987).
"Too Tired" was the fourth and final single lifted from Gary's eighth studio album Still Got the Blues (number 5, July 1990). It followed "Oh Pretty Woman" (number 50, June 1990), "Still Got the Blues (For You)", and "Walking by Myself" (number 55, November 1990). This time, Gary teamed up with American blues guitarist Albert Collins, covering a song originally recorded by Johnny Guitar Watson.
Internationally, "Too Tired" peaked at number 71 in the UK in December 1990.
On the ARIA state charts, "Too Tired" performed strongest in South Australia/Northern Territory, where it reached number 87.
Sadly, Albert died from lung cancer in 1993, aged 61. Gary has also since passed on, aged 58, following a heart attack linked to alcoholism, in 2011.
Number 169 "It's OK (It's Alright)" by Fine Young Cannibals
Peak: number 169
Peak date: 4 February 1991
Weeks on chart: 1 week
British band Fine Young Cannibals have joined us twice previously, in February and April of 1990. After a ten month gap, "It's OK (It's Alright)" was issued as the sixth and final single from The Raw & The Cooked (number 1, July 1989) in Australia in January 1991. It came just short of two years since the album's first single "She Drives Me Crazy" (number 1, March 1989) was released in Australia, in early February 1989.
"It's OK (It's Alright)" was, however, presumably released as a single at this point to promote the band's remix album The Raw & The Remix (number 114, March 1991).
"It's OK (It's Alright)", while being a decent track, presumably did not chart that well because it was from an already two years-old album that most people who liked the band probably already owned. I also did not hear the track at the time, so it presumably received very little promotion.
No proper music video was filmed for "It's OK...". In lieu of a video, a live performance was used. The studio version of the track is embedded below.
"It's OK (It's Alright)" did not chart in any other country. On the state charts, "It's OK (It's Alright)" performed strongest in New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory, where it reached number 154.
Fine Young Cannibals quietly disbanded in 1992. I was unaware of any official announcement of their split happening.
The group returned in 1996 for a best-of compilation The Finest (number 56, December 1996) - despite only having released two studio albums. They also had one further charting single in Australia with "The Flame" (number 85, November 1996).
Next week (11 February): Six top 150 debuts and five bubbling WAY down under entries.
This week's new entries are a mixture of songs from veteran artists and newcomers, songs that I knew at the time and those that I didn't. Let's take a look at them.
Scott Carne: Australians weren't sold on being given these 'freedoms' in 1991.
Mark's Australian breakthrough would not come until 1990, when "Show No Mercy", written by Harry Vanda and George Young from The Easybeats, reached number 8 in July 1990. All of the songs on Mark Williams ZNZ (number 45, October 1990), Mark's first studio album since 1979, were penned by Vanda/Young. Beyond its chart life, "Show No Mercy" became somewhat of a sporting anthem. The single was credited to Mark Williams ZNZ - I am not sure what the ZNZ means.
Mark followed up "Show No Mercy" with "Fix of Love" (number 28, November 1990). "Spell Is Broken" was the third and final single lifted from Mark Williams ZNZ. While "Spell Is Broken" missed the top 100, it spent a respectable 14 weeks in the top 150.
On the state charts, "Spell Is Broken" was most popular in South Australia/Northern Territory, where it reached number 56.
Mark released another studio album Mind Over Matter (number 133, June 1993), and we will see him bubble under again with a single from this in 1993. Mark went on to become a vocal coach on the Australian series of Popstars in the early 2000s, and since 2006 has been the lead singer of the Australian/New Zealand band Dragon.
Number 128 "Romeo" by Dino
Peak: number 105
Peak date: 25 February 1991
Weeks in top 150: 8 weeks
Top 150 chart run: 128-109-107-111-105-108-111-127
Dino, real name Dean Esposito, began his career as a top 40 radio DJ in Las Vegas. He then ventured into recording his own music, and his debut single, "Summergirls", was released in 1988, reaching number 50 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in August 1988.
While Dino released three singles in Australia in 1988-89, none of them reached the top 150. I recall reading about Dino in the Australian edition of Smash Hits, but do not recall hearing "Romeo" before.
Internationally, "Romeo" reached number 6 in the US in October 1990, becoming his biggest hit there. The single also peaked at number 48 in New Zealand in February 1991.
"Romeo" peaked at number 80 on the Australian Music Report singles chart.
We shall see Dino again in 1993.
Number 138 "Unchained Melody" by Techno-Color featuring Twiggy
Peak: number 102
Peak date: 11 February 1991
Weeks in top 150: 9 weeks
Top 150 chart run: 138-126-102-125-113-132-132-139-131
As you might have guessed from the song title, and perhaps the artist name too, this track is a dance cover version of The Righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody" (number 1, November 1990), which had recently topped the chart. I can't tell you anything else about this one, other than I hadn't heard it before, and there are German, Spanish and Australian pressings of the single listed on discogs.com.
Number 140 "Freedom" by Scott Carne
Peak: number 110
Peak date: 11 March 1991
Weeks in top 150: 11 weeks
Top 150 chart run: 140-139-112-120-115-118-110-115-112-118-130
Here's one I did hear at the time. Scott Carne was the lead singer in Australian band Kids in the Kitchen, who placed 9 singles on the Australian chart between 1983 and 1988, with "Change in Mood" (number 10, December 1983) and "Current Stand" (number 12, October 1985) being their biggest hits.
After Kids in the Kitchen disbanded in 1988, Scott went on to front the Elvis tribute band Priscilla's Nightmare, whom we saw bubble under in 1989.
Scott then embarked on a solo career. His debut solo single "All I Want to Do" (number 77, October 1990) seemed to gain a reasonable amount of attention, but faltered on the ARIA singles chart.
"Freedom" was issued as Scott's second solo single, and fared even worse on the chart, although it did perform stronger on the Australian Music Report singles chart, where it reached number 84.
If you ask me - and no-one did, but since this is my site, I'll offer my 2 cents' worth anyway - Scott's solo career probably failed due to his new sound/image being too radical a change from his Kids in the Kitchen days. Scott had moved with the times, adopting a 'Madchester'/'baggy'-type look and sound for these two singles (think Happy Mondays or The Soup Dragons), but this didn't resonate with the Australian record-buying public, as those acts generally didn't do that well here commercially. It's a shame, as Scott's solo singles were fairly decent.
I assume there was a solo album recorded, but it never saw the light of day - which is an unusual turn of events for Australian record companies, who normally still released these things even if the singles were not hits, in the early 1990s. In fact, "Freedom" appears to have been Scott's final solo release, full-stop!
Number 142 "Human Work of Art" by Maxi Priest
Peak: number 142
Peak date: 28 January 1991
Weeks in top 150: 1 week
Top 150 chart run: 142
Weeks on chart: 2 weeks
English reggae singer Maxi Priest, real name Max Elliott, has the unusual distinction of only landing major hits or flops - with nothing in-between - on the Australian chart. All three of his ARIA top 50 hits reached the top 10, including, by this point, "Wild World" (number 8, August 1988) and "Close to You" (number 2, September 1990), and his future collaboration with Shaggy, "That Girl" (number 7, August 1996). None of Maxi's other singles peaked higher than number 80 on the Australian charts.
"Human Work of Art" was the third single lifted from Bonafide (number 25, September 1990). It followed "Close to You" and "Peace Throughout the World" (number 87, October 1990).
Internationally, "Human Work of Art" peaked at number 71 in the UK in December 1990.
On the ARIA state charts, "Human Work of Art" performed strongest in Victoria/Tasmania, where it reached number 128.
Cliff Richard recorded a version of "Human Work of Art", which peaked at number 24 in the UK in June 1993.
Number 144 "Love Shines" by Dave Stewart and The Spiritual Cowboys
Peak: number 144
Peak date: 28 January 1991
Weeks in top 150: 2 weeks
Known chart run: 169-144-148
Weeks on chart: 7 weeks
Dave Stewart's first foray onto the Australian charts came when he was a member of The Tourists. Their version of Dusty Springfield's "I Only Want to Be with You" reached number 6 in Australia in August 1980. The band split during a promotional tour to Australia later in 1980, and Dave, together with lead singer Annie Lennox, went on to form Eurythmics (no 'The').
As one half of Eurythmics, Dave scored 15 top 20 singles in Australia between 1983 and 1989, with "Would I Lie to You?" going all the way to number 1 in June 1985. The duo's working relationship went on hiatus for a decade following the release of their seventh studio album We Too Are One (number 7, September 1989), allowing Dave and Annie to explore solo projects.
Dave's first 'solo' single was the instrumental "Lily Was Here" (number 10, November 1990), on which saxophonist Candy Dulfer received a featuring credit. "Lily Was Here" was recorded for the soundtrack of the 1989 Dutch movie De Kassière, which translates as 'the cashier', although the film's title in English was Lily Was Here. The Lily Was Here soundtrack album peaked at number 29 in Australia in November 1990.
"Lily Was Here" was a slow burner on the Australian chart, taking 32 weeks to climb to its peak, after debuting at number 139 in April 1990. "Lily Was Here" reached its local peak almost a year after it topped the Dutch singles chart, and spent a total of 51 weeks on the Australian chart. Its chart longevity was assisted by the single peaking at different times on the state charts, spanning from June (Western Australia) to December 1990 (South Australia/Northern Territory).
Dave's new band The Spiritual Cowboys landed a number 57 single in Australia with "Jack Talking" in October 1990. "Love Shines" was issued as the second single from Dave Stewart and The Spiritual Cowboys (number 51, November 1990).
"Love Shines" peaked at number 88 in the UK in October 1990, and number 49 in the Flanders region of Belgium in December 1990.
In Australia, "Love Shines" performed strongest in Western Australia, where it reached number 72 on the state chart. The single peaked higher nationally on the Australian Music Report singles chart, reaching number 94.
The only place I heard or saw "Love Shines" at the time was on Video Hits' Saturday morning program, which featured selections from the lower half of the Australian Music Report's top 100 chart. Listening to this track now, for the first time in many years, it unfortunately highlights Dave's vocal limitations. While I enjoyed "Jack Talking", and this one too at the time, listening to "Love Shines" now... I don't think it's that great.
We shall next see Dave Stewart and The Spiritual Cowboys in November 1991.
Number 150 "Beautiful People" by Stress
Peak: number 132
Peak date: 25 March 1991
Weeks in top 150: 7 weeks
Top 150 chart run: 150-(out for 2 weeks)-136-138-136-140-138-132
As I start writing this, I have no idea who or what Stress is; I've never heard of this track, or group, before.
After learning that the band's drummer was later in the group Soul Asylum, I was going to assume that Stress were an American group; but given that this single charted (lowly) in the UK and nowhere else, that would suggest they were probably a British group. "Beautiful People" peaked at number 74 in the UK in October 1990.
The band released two further singles in Australia, "Flowers in the Rain" (May 1991) and "Rosechild" (October 1991), but neither dented the top 150.
Bubbling WAY down under:
Number 155 "I Call Your Name" by a-ha
Peak: number 155
Peak date: 28 January 1991
Weeks on chart: 1 week
We saw a-ha last November with the lead single from their fourth studio album East of the Sun West of the Moon (number 122, November 1990). "I Call Your Name" was the second - and final, in Australia - single released from the album.
Despite having a copy (shhh!) of a-ha's music videos DVD in my collection, I've never actually listened to or watched "I Call Your Name" before. I'm a fan of most of a-ha's singles from the 1980s, but as with "Crying in the Rain", I don't enjoy this one much at all, and find it rather dull and boring. I can see why a-ha were struggling to land hits by this point, if this is what they were releasing.
"I Call Your Name" fared better overseas, though it was still only a minor hit. The single peaked at number 44 in the UK in December 1990, number 38 in the Netherlands in January 1991, number 37 in Germany in January 1991, and number 45 in France in March 1991.
On the ARIA state charts, "I Call Your Name" performed strongest in New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory, where it reached number 144.
A third single from East of the Sun West of the Moon, "Early Morning", was released in Europe, but not in Australia.
Number 165 "Mama Help Me" by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Peak: number 165
Peak date: 28 January 1991
Weeks on chart: 1 week
American band Edie Brickell & New Bohemians burst onto the Australian chart with "What I Am" (number 18, March 1989) in early 1989. Since then, however, it has all been downhill. The band's second single "Circle", which is my favourite, stalled at number 80 in May 1989, though spent 17 weeks on the chart. Their third single, "Love Like We Do", released in Australia in August 1989, failed to chart.
The band landed a third, and final, top 100 single on the ARIA chart with their version of Bob Dylan's "A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall" (number 85, April 1990), from the Born on the Fourth of July soundtrack (number 83, April 1990).
"Mama Help Me" was the lead single from Edie Brickell & New Bohemians' second studio album Ghost of a Dog (number 148, December 1990). The single was released in Australia towards the end of November 1990, taking just over two months to register a chart placing. "Mama Help Me" did not chart anywhere else that I can ascertain.
I'm fairly sure I haven't heard "Mama Help Me" until now, despite being a fan of the singles from the band's first album. While I like the song, I'm not super keen on the chorus "mama mama mama"'s.
A second single from Ghost of a Dog, "Black & Blue", was released in Australia in April 1991 but failed to chart.
Edie parted ways with The Bohemians soon after, although they reformed in 1997. Edie embarked on a solo career, having some minor chart 'success' in the interim. She is, unfortunately, probably better known these days for her sometimes tumultuous marriage with Paul Simon.
We shall see Edie Brickell again, on her own, in 1994.
Next week (4 February): Five new top 150 debuts and one bubbling WAY down under entry.
