16 Sheryl Crow – Soak Up the Sun

This week: 14 new entries, 1 climbers, 3 non-movers & 22 downers.

(* – my current favourites)
(!!! – Single Of The Week!!!)
(:O === the current all-time hate that makes even my smilie want to hurl!)
( (R) – Repeat., ie. a re-release)

A brief analysis on the current chart situation…

14 new entries :
• 39 Elton John – Original Sin
• 37 Del Amitri – Just Before You Leave
• 33 Roger Goode – In the Beginning
• 29 Cliff Richard – Let Me Be The One
• 25 DJ Tiesto – Lethal Industry
• 24 Aurora – Dreaming
• 23 Stereophonics – Vegas Two Times
• 22 Aaron Carter – Leave It Up To Me
• 21 Future Breeze – Temple of Dreams
• 19 Ladies First – I Can’t Wait
• 18 Michelle Branch – Everywhere
• 16 Sheryl Crow – Soak Up the Sun
• 7 X-Ecutioners – Goin’ Down
• 2 Britney Spears – I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman

so the following dropped out :

• 40 Iron Maiden – Run to the Hills
• 39 S Club 7 – You
• 38 Rik Waller – I Will Always Love You
• 37 Adam F – Where’s My
• 36 Ja Rule – Always on Time
• 35 Mis-Teeq – B With Me
• 34 Kylie Minogue – In Your Eyes
• 33 Busta Rhymes – Break Ya Neck
• 32 Beverley Knight – Shoulda Woulda Coulda
• 31 Pet Shop Boys – Home and Dry
• 30 Westlife – World of Our Own
• 29 Marc et Claude – Tremble
• 27 Natalie Imbruglia – Wrong Impression
• 26 Bluetones – After Hours

1 climbers :

• 5 (6) Nickelback

3 non-movers :

• 1 Gareth Gates
• 3 Shakira
• 12 Darren Hayes

and 22 going down. Big fallers include :

• 13 (7) Positiva
• 27 (19) Outkast
• 30 (18) Travis
• 32 (16) Badly Drawn Boy
• 34 (21) Sum 41

New entries from No.41-75. See who missed out this time round :

• 45 Kings of Tomorrow – Young Hearts
• 47 Hoobastank – Crawling in the Dark
• 51 T Factory – Message in a Bottle
• 53 Hermes House Band – Que Sera Sera
• 57 Sugarcoma – You Drive Me Crazy/Windings
• 59 Members of Mayday – Sonic Empire
• 60 Tall Paul – Everybody’s A Rockstar
• 64 Alec Empire – Addicted To You
• 73 DJ Zinc – Reachout

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

16 Sheryl Crow – Soak Up the SunHer first single in a while, but a definitely lacklustre effort with lazylyrics. An “All I Wanna Do” for the 21st Century?

7 X-Ecutioners – Goin’ Down *A rap track with one of the singers from Linkin Park, and damn good itis too. Getting regular airplay on MTV2.

2 Britney Spears – I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a WomanA dreadful, turgid ballad.

1 Gareth Gates – Unchained Melody :O === *3rd Week at No.1*

The runner-up in Pop Idol and it didn’t sell enough to beat Will Young’s1.1 million sales in the first week, but it still sold more than Hear’Say’sdebut.

However, it’s a terrible cover version. His voice is far away from thestrength that’s needed to cover it. Practically on a par with Robson & Jerome.

For those who care, both of Will’s tracks are on here too, but sung byGareth.

This is the 6th single in a row to go straight in at No.1 :

• 1. Aaliyah – More Than a Woman
• 2. George Harrison – My Sweet Lord (R)
• 3. Enrique Iglesias – Hero
• 4. Westlife – World of Our Own
• 5. Will Young – Anything is Possible/Evergreen
• 6. Gareth Gates – Unchained Melody