ARIA Top 50 Singles weekending 4th September 2006

 

1 (2) I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker – Sandi Thom

2 (1) SexyBack – Justin Timberlake

3 (5) Hips Don’t Lie – Shakira ft Wyclef Jean

4 (4) Unfaithful - Rihanna

5 (3) Buttons – Pussycat Dolls

6 (6) Promiscuous – Nelly Furtado

7 (7) Mistake – Stephanie McIntosh

8 (8) Ain’t No Other Man – Christina Aguilera

9 (10) Who Knew - Pink

10 (9) What’s Left Of Me – Nick Lachey

11 (11) This Time I Know It’s For Real – Young Divas

12 (New) Me and You - Cassie

13 (New) Lonely – Shannon Noll

14 (17) Smile – Lily Allen

15 (13) Stars Are Blind – Paris Hilton

16 (15) Miss Murder - AFI

17 (12) I Write Sins, Not Tragedies – Panic! At The Disco

18 (14) Déjà vu - Beyonce

19 (18) Sexy Love – Ne-Yo

20 (New) Right Where You Want Me – Jesse McCartney

21 (21) A Public Affair – Jessica Simpson

22 (19) Revolution – The Veronicas

23 (New) We Run This – Missy Elliott

24 (23) Tell Me Baby – Red Hot Chili Peppers

25 (24) For You I Will (Confidence) – Teddy Geiger

26 (16) Crazy – Gnarls Barkley

27 (27) Over My Head (Cable Car) – The Fray

28 (25) Running - Evermore

29 (31) Ridin’ – Chamillionaire

30 (20) Black Fingernails, Red Wine – Eskimo Joe

31 (34) I’m Not Missing You – Stacie Orrico

32 (29) Animals - Nickelback

33 (26) I Love My Chick – Busta Rhymes

34 (New) Original Fire - Audioslave

35 (30) Breaking Free – Troy & Gabriella

36 (22) Temperature – Sean Paul

37 (28) Nothing At All – Kasey Chambers

38 (New) Smiley Faces – Gnarls Barkley

39 (33) Be Without You – Mary J Blige

40 (40) Flaunt It – TV Rock

41 (35) We’re Coming Home – Rogue Traders

42 (37) All This Love – The Similou

43 (32) We Are The Champions (Ding A Dang Dong) – Crazy Frog

44 (38) Not Ready To Make Nice – Dixie Chicks

45 (41) You Raise Me Up - Westlife

46 (39) Nothing Lasts Forever – The Living End

47 (43) So What – Field Mob ft Ciara

48 (New) Tell Me Why - Supermode

49 (44) So Under Pressure – Dannii Minogue

50 (36) I Love It – Sneaky Sound System

 

ARIA Top 50 Albums weekending 4th September 2006

 

1 (New) Modern Times – Bob Dylan

2 (1) Carnival – Kasey Chambers

3 (3) I’m Not Dead - Pink

4 (9) Stadium Arcadium – Red Hot Chili Peppers

5 (2) Back To Basics – Christina Aguilera

6 (5) The Best Of – Chris Isaak

7 (4) Loose – Nelly Furtado

8 (New) Here’s To The Heroes – The Ten Tenors

9 (6) Black Fingernails, Red Wine – Eskimo Joe

10 (11) Back To Bedlam – James Blunt

11 (10) Taking The Long Way – Dixie Chicks

12 (New) A Matter Of Life and Death – Iron Maiden

13 (8) High School Musical – Original Soundtrack

14 (18) St. Elsewhere – Gnarls Barkley

15 (15) A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out – Panic! At The Disco

16 (7) Here Come The Drums – Rogue Traders

17 (20) Piano Man: The Very Best Of – Billy Joel

18 (16) Alright, Still – Lily Allen

19 (12) PCD – Pussycat Dolls

20 (21) See The Sun – Pete Murray

21 (14) Boy From Oz – Hugh Jackman

22 (26) Wasted Sleepless Nights: Greatest Hits – The Angels

23 (13) The Secret Life Of… - The Veronicas

24 (28) Wolfmother - Wolfmother

25 (23) Real Life - Evermore

26 (New) Half The Perfect World – Madeleine Peyroux

27 (17) All The Right Reasons - Nickelback

28 (36) Switch - INXS

29 (25) Sacrament – Lamb Of God

30 (Re) The Essential – Johnny Cash

31 (44) 12 Gardens Live – Billy Joel

32 (New) Supremacy – Hate Breed

33 (New) A Public Affair – Jessica Simpson

34 (19) A Girl Like Me - Rihanna

35 (33) Lift – Shannon Noll

36 (43) Presenting – David Hobson

37 (New) Crisis - Alexisonfire

38 (30) Black Holes and Revelations - Muse

39 (48) The Essential – Roy Orbison

40 (46) Smile It Confuses People – Sandi Thom

41 (27) Idlewild - Outkast

42 (22) Oral Fixation Vol.2 - Shakira

43 (42) Bat Out Of Hell - Meatloaf

44 (32) Tea and Sympathy – Bernard Fanning

45 (New) The Platinum Collection – John Williamson

46 (49) Greatest Hits – Red Hot Chili Peppers

47 (31) The New Bush – Lee Kernaghan

48 (Re) The Essential – Bob Dylan

49 (35) Why Try Harder: The Greatest Hits – Fatboy Slim

50 (Re) X and Y - Coldplay

 

 

 

Chart Commentary from Gavin Ryan

 

Source: ariacharts.com.au

 

Well, Justin is debuting at No.1 in the UK, and has jumped from 31 to 1 in

the U.S., but this week he falls to No.2 on the Australian charts. Taking his

place is the former UK No.1 single (June 4th for 1 week) "I Wish I Was a Punk

Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)" by Sandi Thom.

 

She is the first Female artist from the UK to the top of the Australian

charts since Jamelia did so with "Superstar" back in March 2004, almost 2 1/2

years ago. It's also the first time since Will Smith's "Switch" back in May 2005

that a song that didn't debut within the Top 10 has climbed to the No.1 positon.

Sandi's 'Wish' debuted at No.15 6 weeks ago.

 

Another feat that this song accomplishes is to be the first since Meat Loaf's

8 week No.1 single "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" from

September 1993 to 10 or more words in it's title, Sandi has 12 for the record.

And the longest No.1 title in Australia is the November 1943 song "(As Long As

You're Not in Love With Anyone Else) Why Don't You Fall in Love With Me" by

Dinah Shore which has 18 words in it's title.

 

As for the words within the title, it's the first time at the top for

'Wish', 'Punk', 'Rocker' and 'Flowers', but we've had one 'Hair' there before,

The Cowsills back in June 1969 with their rendition of the stage musical theme

"Hair". By the way in case you thought it was a No.1 that i'd missed, Scott

McKenzie's "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)"

only made t to No.2 nationally back in July 1967, although it was No.1 in

several states.

 

The highest new entry to the charts comes in at No.12, and it's a former

U.S. No.3 single from 19 year-old Cassie. "Me and U" is her first chart entry in

Australia, and she has some serious supporters in her corner: namely industry

legends Tommy Mottola (who counts among his discoveries Mariah Carey and

Jennifer Lopez) and Sean "Diddy" Combs who signed Cassie to his Bad Boy

roster.

 

She was born and raised in New London, Connecticut, Cassie and her

brother grew up with music. Her father plays the trumpet, mom is a

pianist, and with their encouragement Cassie started singing. Her

self-titled album is out September 9th Right behind her at No.13 is

"Lonely" by Shannon Noll.

 

It's the fourth single from his former No.1 album "Lift", and follows on

from the previous three singles "Shine" (No.1, Oct 2005), "Left"

(No.10, Dec 2005) and "Now I Run" (No.6, May 2006). This is his eighth

since overall, all previous seven having reached the Top 10.

 

Coming in at No.20 is OC cast member Jesse McCartney with his fourth

Australian single "Right Where You Want Me". It's the title track of his second

album, which is out September 16th, and follows up his three singles from last

year, "Beautiful Soul" (No.1, April 2005), "She's No You" (No.10, June 2005)

and "Get Your Shine On" (No.34, Sept 2005).

 

At No.23 is the first single from the forthcoming Best of for Missy Elliott

entitled "Respect M.E." (Sept 9th) on which she is stradling a big black

Stallion. That single is "We Run This", and is her first chart entry since the

No.38 single "Teary Eyed" back in October 2005. Her last Top 10 was the

No.7 single from July 2005, "Lose Control".

 

The new album for Audioslave "Revelations" is out Monday, and from it the

single "Original Fire" debuts at No.34. It's the third Top 40 Australia single

for the boys, previous hitting No.34 with "Be Yourself" in May 2005, and

No.35 in May 2003 with "Like a Stone". So all three songs have had a very

similar chart peak.

 

Finally the follow-up to the No.2 Australian single "Crazy" comes in at

No.38 this week. "Smiley Faces" is the second single for Gnarls Barclay

from their "St. Elsewhere" album, and the single was a recent No.10 single

in the UK.

 

Well, what's History if you can't re-write it. And this week it has been

done by the second ever American to hit the top of the albums chart,

Bob Dylan.

Debuting at No.1 is Bob's new album "Modern Times" (possibly due to

Father's Day here in Australia). This is his fourth No.1 album, the first

was back in March 1968 for one week, "John Wesley Harding", and his

next two weren't until the 1970's with "Desire" (Feb 1976, 3 weeks) and

"Slow Train Coming" (Oct 1979, 2 weeks).

 

It now brings Bob into second place behind Santana as the biggest gap

between No.1 albums. Bob's gap (from 1979 to 2006) is 26 years,

11 months, and Santana's gap is 29 years, 1 month. It's also the first time

that either the words 'Modern' and 'Times' has appeared on the top of the

albums chart, and this album is the 150th No.1 album by a Male Solo

American Artist.

 

This week last year (funnily enough also Father's Day) was the week that

"Tenology-The Best of" the Ten Tenors reached it's peak of No.8. Well this

week they match that peak by debuting at No.8 with their latest effort,

"Here's to the Heroes".

 

Coming in at No.12 is "A Matter of Life and Death" by longtime chart

veterans Iron Maiden. They first hit the Australian charts back in 1982

with the classic "The Number of the Beast" which reached No.8. This is their

15th album to make our charts, and their last effort was the September

2003 album "Dance of Death" which also debuted and peaked at No.12.

 

 

Here is a list of the No.1 songs this week on the Australian charts for the past

66 years...

 

2006 - I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (with Flowers in My Hair) - Sandi Thom

2005 - Don't Cha - The Pussycat Dolls (2nd of 5 weeks)

2004 - She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5 (1st of 4 weeks)

2003 - Where is the Love - Black Eyed Peas feat Justin Timberlake (3rd of 4

weeks)

2002 - Complicated - Avril Lavigne (3rd of 6 weeks)

2001 - Hanging By a Moment - Lifehouse (5th of 5 weeks)

2000 - Music - Madonna (2nd of 3 weeks)

1999 - Last Kiss - Pearl Jam (7th of 7 weeks)

1998 - High - Lighthouse Family (1 week only)

1997 - Men in Black - Will Smith (1st of 4 weeks)

1996 - Macarena - Los Del Rio (1st of 9 weeks) 10 YEARS AGO

1995 - Kiss from a Rose - Seal (2nd of 6 weeks)

1994 - I Swear - All-4-One (4th of 5 weeks)

1993 - I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) - Meat Loaf (1st of 8

weeks)

1992 - Amigos Para Siempre (Friends for Life) - Jose Carreras & Sarah Brightman

(4th of 6 weeks)

1991 - (Everything I Do) I Do it for You - Bryan Adams (6th of 11 weeks)

1990 - Epic - Faith No More (2nd of 3 weeks)

1989 - If You Don't Know Me By Now - Simply Red (3rd of 3 weeks)

1988 - Perfect - Fairground Attraction (3rd of 4 weeks)

1987 - Locomotion - Kylie Minogue (5th of 7 weeks)

1986 - Papa Don't Preach - Madonna (5th of 6 weeks) 20 YEARS AGO

1985 - We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) - Tina Turner (3rd of 3 weeks)

1984 - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go - Wham! (7th of 7 weeks)

1983 - Australiana - Austen Tayshus (2nd of 8 weeks) Return to the Top

1982 - Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band (1st of 2 weeks)

1981 - Dev-O Live (EP) - Devo (3rd of 3 weeks) Return to the Top

1980 - Moscow - Genghis Khan (3rd of 6 weeks)

1979 - My Sharona - The Knack (1st of 5 weeks)

1978 - You're the One That I Want - Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta (5th of 9

weeks)

1977 - I Go To Rio - Peter Allen (5th of 5 weeks)

1976 - Dancing Queen - Abba (1st of 8 weeks) 30 YEARS AGO

1975 - Fox on the Run - The Sweet (5th of 6 weeks)

1974 - Evie - Stevie Wright (4th of 6 weeks)

1973 - Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy (4th of 5 weeks)

1972 - Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast - Wayne Newton (1st of 3 weeks)

1971 - Daddy Cool - Drummond (1st of 7 weeks)

1970 - In the Summertime - The Mixtures (1st of 6 weeks)

1969 - Honky Tonk Woman / You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling

Stones (1st of 5 weeks)

1968 - Dream a Little Dream of Me - Mama Cass (1 week only)

1967 - Up-Up and Away - 5th Dimension (1st of 2 weeks)

1966 - Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles (1st of 8 weeks) 40 YEARS

AGO

1965 - Help! / I'm Down - The Beatles (4th of 8 weeks)

1964 - I Should Have Known Better / If I Fell - The Beatles (1st of 5 weeks)

1963 - 55 Days at Peking - Rob E.G. (4th of 4 weeks)

1962 - Roses are Red (My Love) - Bobby Vinton (4th of 4 weeks)

1961 - I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door - Eddie Hodges (5th of 7 weeks)

1960 - Clap Your Hands - The Beau-Marks (3rd of 4 weeks)

1959 - The Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton (6th of 6 weeks)

1958 - A Pub With No Beer - Slim Dusty (1 week only)

1957 - A White Sports Coat (and a Pink Carnation) - Marty Robbins (4th of 4

weeks)

1956 - Portuguese Washerwoman - Joe "Fingers" Carr (2nd of 3 weeks) 50 YEARS

AGO

1955 - (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets (3rd of 6

weeks)

1954 - The Happy Wanderer - Frank Weir / The Obenkirchen Children's Choir (6th

of 8 weeks)

1953 - Song from Moulin Rouge (Where is Your Heart) - Percy Faith (3rd of 6

weeks)

1952 - Ay-Round the Corner - The Weavers / Les Welch (3rd of 4 weeks)

1951 - Mockin' Bird Hill - Donald Peers (1 week only)

1950 - My Foolish Heart - Gordon Jenkins / Joe Loss (4th of 4 weeks)

1949 - Far Away Places - Bing Crosby (3rd of 5 weeks)

1948 - Serenade of the Bells - Sammy Kaye (1 Month only)

1947 - The Anniversy Song - Bing Crosby / Al Jolson (1 Month only)

1946 - On the Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe - Bing Crosby / Judy Garland (2nd of

2 Months) 60 YEARS AGO

1945 - Don't Fence Me in - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters (1st of 3 Months)

1944 - Vict'ry Polka - Bing Corsby & The Andrews Sisters (1 Month only)

1943 - White Christmas - Bing Crosby (4th of 5 Months)

1942 - (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover - Vera Lynn (3rd

of 3 Months)

1941 - Down Argentina Way - Shep Fields / West End Players (1 Month only)

1940 - Till the Lights of London Shine Again - Joe Loss (2nd of 3 Months)

 

Thanks to Gavin Ryan

 

 

Vile number 1 single -_-