This week in 1989: new entries from Youssou N'dour & Peter Gabriel, Kenny Rogers, Tim Finn, Yello, The Jeff Healey Band, David Essex, and Vanessa Williams.
This week in 1989: new entries from Priscilla's Nightmare, Lucinda Williams, Michael Ball, Jody Watley with Eric B. & Rakim, Brother Beyond & Swing Out Sister.
This week in 1989: new entries from Sam Brown, Spandau Ballet, Young MC, The Sugarcubes, No Face, Extreme, The Beautiful South, Chaka Khan, Marshall Crenshaw, and E.G. Daily.
This week in 1989: new entries from Weddings Parties Anything, E-Zee Possee, Richard Clapton, Elliot Goblet, Wanda Jackson, Diana Ross, Womack & Womack, and The Doobie Brothers.
This week in 1989: new entries from Paul Kelly and The Messengers, Janz, Bachelors from Prague, Bee Gees, Randy Crawford, The Alarm, Gipsy Kings, Thompson Twins, and Patti LaBelle.
This week in 1989: new entries from Joe Camilleri, Robert Palmer, S'Express, Sydney Youngblood, Ice Tiger, Ramones, De La Soul, Hazell Dean, Paul Simpson featuring Terri Jeffries, and James Freud.
This week in 1989: new entries from Grace Jones, Don Henley, Jefferson Airplane, Robert Palmer and Queen, and a re-entry of a two-year old single from U2.
This week in 1989: new entries from Prince with Sheena Easton, Damian, Oz Art for Ozone, Eric Clapton, Zan, White Lion, Tommy Emmanuel, Tom Petty, London Boys, and Olivia Newton-John.
This week in 1989: the final chart for the year and the decade, with new entries from Melissa Etheridge, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Pop Will Eat Itself, Michelle Shocked, Simply Red, and Cyndi Lauper. Plus, I have updated some earlier posts from 1989 (linked within this week's post) with new uncovered bubbling WAY down under entries from Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, Karyn White, Pseudo Echo, and Big Country. https://www.bubblingdownunder.com/2020/12/week-commencing-18-december-1989.html
^ Thanks for the info, OBOne! I have no recollection of hearing that PWEI song before, though I only really knew 'Wise Up! Sucker' by them at the time.
I find the chart history of PWEI to be rather odd. They had fair success in the UK but only one single that i know of made the top 100 (X,Y and Zee Number #89 in 1991) and yet everything else fell below the top 100. Aussie chart pickers must have liked that one enough to boost it's success i suppose. Thank you very very much for the blog this year. It's nice to have this info out there preserved for posterity as it were. Look forward to 1990.
This week in 1990 - the first ARIA chart of the 1990s... with new top 150 entries from James Reyne, The Shivers, Gene Pitney, and Katrina and The Waves.
This week in 1990 - new entries from The Georgia Satellites, Underworld, Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles and Chaka Khan, Malcolm McLaren and the Bootzilla Orchestra, and Paul Simpson featuring Adeva.
This week in 1990: new entries from Fine Young Cannibals, Texas, David Byrne, After 7, Transvision Vamp, Boxcar, Sybil, Blow featuring Roy Hamilton, Club Veg, Tanita Tikaram, and Jimi the Human & Spectre 7. In fact, this week has the highest number of top 150-peaking debuts for 1990.
I had no idea Boxcar were australian, but what i wanted to comment on was your mentioning that australia wasn't ready for electronic music made by local artists and i think you have a very valid point. It would take some time and my thinking is if Beatfish didn't have two fairly recognisable faces from two well known australian bands as part of it's line up 'Wheels Of Love' might not have been such a big hit. When you look at 'Dead Eyes Opened'in 1994 the success of that single i would attribute to the wave of techno that was becoming popular in 1994 and especially in 1995. Even bands like Infusion in the 2000s weren't that successful. I guess aussies like their rock and plenty of it.
'Wheels of Love' was a fairly middling hit, really, peaking at #26. 'Dead Eyes Opened' seemed to gain exposure/popularity via the Triple J Hottest 100. If I remember correctly, it was used in a Triple J ad on the ABC, possibly promoting the hottest 100 voting, towards the end of '94/very early '95. But, oddly, Severed Heads' follow-up, 'Heart of the Party', which sounds relatively commercial (minus the darker-themed lyrics) - and was produced by Boxcar - tanked at #115. Last edited:
What's great about what you do is for someone like myself who thrives on statistics you provide that with your weekly blog especially now since you include how many weeks the song stayed in the top 150, where it peaked, the week that it peaked and so on. It must be very interesting information from the point of view of a music lover to be able to look at the info you have for reference from time to time. I've only ever seen a top 150 albums chart and a top 100 albums chart from 2 weeks in september 1989 and was amazed by the information that was there. I rarely comment on your blog,but always look forward to fridays and read it every week. You do chart lovers a great service
^ Thank you! I didn't know when I started this blog how well it would be received/whether it would have an audience, as it's fairly niche interest, so it's nice to see that some people appreciate it. It's only today, actually, that I've added the peak date info, after a request from an anonymous user; but I have only added it for the 1990 posts so far. It will take time to go back and do the 1989 posts.
I wish that similar info beyond #100 was accessible for the UK charts, pre-November 1994 on the Chart Log UK site, as it definitely exists as far back as at least 1983.
This week in 1990: new entries from V. Spy V. Spy, Mantronix featuring Wondress, The Beach Boys, The Smithereens, Eddie Money, The Beatmasters featuring Claudia Fontaine, Camper Van Beethoven, Eddie Murphy, W.A.S.P., Babyface, Terence Trent D'Arby, and Basia.
This week in 1990: new entries from Chosen Few, Sonia, and Ben Leibrand; and 3 updated 1989 posts with new entries from They Might Be Giants, The House of Love, and Gladys Knight.
This week in 1990: 10 new top 150 entries, including Max Q, The Stone Roses, Billy Joel, Wildland, Replay, The Trilobites (fronted by a current channel 9 news reporter!), De Mont, Tracey Arbon, Whitesnake, and Steve Hoy.
I first saw this on Rage and they used the low budget film clip, rather than the "live" one. I remember the lemon rolling across the screen at the beginning.
This week in 1990: new top 150 debuts from Colin Hay Band, Weddings Parties Anything, They Might Be Giants, Cliff Richard, Innocence, Don Henley, and Def Leppard; plus a bubbling WAY down under entry from Queen.
This week in 1990: new entries from The Celibate Rifles, Bonnie Raitt, Jude Cole, The 4 of Us, FPI Project featuring Sharon Dee Clarke, Absolute, Tina Turner, and The Alarm.
This week in 1990: new entries from Sonia, Ecco Homo, Big Fun, Partners Rime Syndicate, Kaoma, Joe Cocker, Adamski, Five Star, Bonnie Raitt, Go 101, and Laura Branigan.
This week in 1990: new entries from Bobby Brown, The Notting Hillbillies, Bad English, Donald Wasn't, Kim Wilde, Everything But the Girl, Norma O'Hara Murphy, and Michel'le.
This week in 1990: new entries from Giorgio Moroder Project featuring Paul Engemann, Pretenders, The Chills, Salt 'N' Pepa, Nick Lowe, and Grayson Hugh and Betty Wright.
This week in 1990: new entries from Suzanne Vega, Malcolm McLaren, Melissa Etheridge, Sharon O'Neill, Rebel MC, Adrian Belew featuring David Bowie, Depeche Mode, The Booz'n Bang'n Dance Crew, and Bruce Dickinson.
This week in 1990: new entries from Joan Armatrading, The Sundays, Swanee, Bruce Hornsby & The Range, Inspiral Carpets, Wildland, and The Beautiful South. Plus a music video that supposedly captured a ghost on film.
This week in 1990: new entries from The West Coast Rap All-Stars, Paula Abdul, Aztec Camera, Andrew Ridgeley, Bang the Drum, The Shivers, and Seduction.
The first in a new series of posts, I write about singles that made the Kent Music Report beyond #100 lists. This week in 1981: new entries from Tom Jones and Malcolm McCallum.
This week in 1990: new entries from Boo-Ya T.R.I.B.E., Scrap Metal, Paul Young, The Mission, John Hiatt, Ben Liebrand featuring Nasty Chat, Splash, Hithouse featuring Reggie, Rita MacNeil, and Jean-Michel Jarre.
This week in 1990: new entries from Glenn Medeiros, Belinda Carlisle, Girl Overboard, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Beloved, Mighty Big Crime, Ngaire, and Rebel MC.
This week in 1990: new entries from Luciano Pavarotti, Heart, Sam Brown, Digital Underground, Dieter Kleeman, A Tribe Called Quest, Van Morrison, Double Trouble, and Queensrÿche.
This week in 1990: new entries from Jeff Lynne, Deep Purple, The Pogues, Charlie Sexton, Inner City, The Jeff Healey Band, Craig McLachlan and Check 1-2, Sybil, and Morrissey.
This week in 1990: new entries from Alson, Paul McCartney, Pretenders, Paul Norton, Ray Lyell and The Storm, Dan Fogelberg, Kate Ceberano, The Vaughan Brothers, and Sting; plus 3 updated posts from earlier in the year containing new entries from Damn Yankees and Kate Ceberano and Her Sextet.
This week in 1990: the chart finishes before number 150 for the first and only time since it extended beyond #100 in January 1989, plus new entries from The Charlatans, Lowen & Navarro, John Williamson, and Public Image Limited.
Did it take you particularly long to put together that 1991 preview on your blog, i'm wondering. So much obscurity that even i can't name all those clips
This week in 1990: new entries from Billy Joel, Wilson Phillips, Depeche Mode, Living Colour, Caron Wheeler, Inspiral Carpets, Status Quo, and Mr. Lee.
This week in 1990 (the final chart survey for the year): new entries from Daryl Hall & John Oates, Angry Anderson, John Lennon, Russell Morris, Doug Anthony All Stars, Bass-O-Matic, Clouds, 808 State, Real Life, Soul II Soul featuring Kym Mazelle, and The Human League.
Great write up about Mel & Kim (didn't know about the FLM meaning), I was also a big fan back in the day and was pretty sad when Mel died. By the time Kim released her solo stuff I had moved on to different music and never listened to it sadly.
This week in 1991: new entries from Shane Howard, The Farm, A Homeboy A Hippie & A Funki Dredd, Al B. Sure!, Jazzi P, Everyday People, Kid Sensation, Louie Louie, Holly Johnson, Winger, Innocence, The Chimes, Sybil, Big Pig, and The 2 Live Crew.
This week in 1991: new entries from Mark Williams, Dino, Techno-Color featuring Twiggy, Scott Carne, Maxi Priest, Dave Stewart and The Spiritual Cowboys, Stress, a-ha, and Edie Brickell & New Bohemians.
This week in 1991: new entries from Billy Joel, Peter Gabriel, Information Society, Lonnie Gordon, Gary Moore featuring Albert Collins, and Fine Young Cannibals.
This week in 1991: new entries from Guy, Johnny Gill, Dread Zeppelin, Jam on the Mutha, Traveling Wilburys, Surface, New Order, Paul Young, and Matt Bianco.
This week in 1991: new entries from Robert Palmer, Deborah Harry & Iggy Pop, Twenty 4 Seven featuring Captain Hollywood, Paul Simon, Innocence, and Mica Paris.
This week in 1991: new entries from Steve Winwood, The Righteous Brothers, Duran Duran, Culture Beat featuring Lana E. and Jay Supreme, Chicago, and Depeche Mode.
This week in 1991: new entries from Chris Rea, Adventures of Stevie V, Paul Kelly and The Messengers, Morrissey, Tall Tales and True, Butthole Surfers, Kelly Marie, Eurythmics, The Lightning Seeds, and Young Disciples. Plus some earlier posts updated with newly uncovered peaks for Gary Moore, Alexander O'Neal, Sa-Fire, and Danny Wilson.
This week in 1991: new entries from Alexander O'Neal, Ben Liebrand featuring Tony Scott, George Thorogood & The Destroyers, The Sisters of Mercy, and Off-Shore.
This week in 1991: new entries from Collette, Del Amitri, No Justice, The Fixx, The Zoo featuring Mick Fleetwood and Billy Thorpe, Bee Gees, Stephen Cummings, Double Dee featuring Dany, and Soho.
This week in 1991: new entries from Vanilla Ice, Queen, Traveling Wilburys, The Charlatans, Young MC, Keith Sweat, Lisette Melendez, David Lee Roth, ZZ Top, and Bombalurina featuring Timmy Mallett.
This week in 1991: new entries from Sting, Candyman, Happy Mondays, The Farm, Harriet, The Cover Girls, Surface, Kim Appleby, and Love In Effect featuring Jazzie B.
This week in 1981: new entries from Eric Clapton and His Band, Neil Diamond, Kevin Johnson, MEO 245, Linda George, Jimmy Buffett, Sister Sledge, Atla, and Cheetah.
This week in 1991: new entries from Jellyfish, The Waterboys, Sonic Youth, The Riptides, Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams, Beats International, and Listen Up.
This week in 1991: new entries from The Highwaymen, N-Joi (x2!), The Fargone Beauties, Elisa Fiorillo, The Cockroaches, White Lion, Queen, and Great White.
This week in 1991: new entries from Chris de Burgh, Redhead Kingpin and The F.B.I., Stephen Cummings, Ya Kid K, Praise, 808 State featuring Björk, Rococo, Boxcar, and Bizarre Inc.
This week in 1991: new entries from Pat Benatar, One-Eyed Jacks, Paul Kelly and The Messengers, Alexander O'Neal, Died Pretty, The Rolling Stones, and Morrissey.
This week in 1991: new entries from Sheila E., Rick Astley, Divinyls, Red Not Blue, Alias, Violent Femmes, Mondo Rock, Straitjacket Fits, Londonbeat, and Deacon Blue.
This week in 1991: new entries from Keith Urban, Foreigner, Tommy Page, Sting, Urban Dance Squad, Whitney Houston, Culture Beat featuring Lana E. and Jay Supreme, and Cinderella.