74 Alien Ant Farm – Smooth Criminal * !!!

This week: 13 new entries, 0 climbers, 1 non-movers & 26 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…

13 new entries :
• 38 Maxwell D – Serious
• 34 Marilyn Manson – The Nobodies * !!!
• 30 Fatboy Slim – A Song for Shelter
• 29 Ed Case & Sweetie Irie – Who
• 28 Nelly – Batter Up
• 23 Macy Gray – Sweet Baby
• 18 Spritualized – Stop Your Crying
• 15 Staind – It’s Been A While * !!!
• 13 Darude – Out of Control
• 11 Redman – Smash Sumthin’
• 6 Artful Dodger & Melanie Blatt – Twenty Four Seven
• 2 Supermen Lovers – Starlight
• 1 Bob The Builder – Mambo No.5 :O ===

so the following dropped out :

• 40 Lowgold – Beauty Dies Young
• 39 Tweenies – Do the Lollipop
• 38 O-Town – All Or Nothing
• 37 Embrace – Wonder
• 36 Missy Elliott – One Minute Man
• 35 Freefall – Sky Dive
• 34 De Nada – Love You Anyway
• 33 MOP – Ante Up
• 32 112 – Peaches & Cream
• 30 Shade Sheist – Where I Wanna Be
• 28 Groove Armada – Superstylin’
• 27 Foxy Brown
• 16 Charlatans – Love is the Key

0 climbers : 1 non-movers :

• 7 Eve

and 26 going down. Big fallers include :

• 10 (4) Louise
• 35 (18) DJ Luck and MC Neat
• 36 (25) Lifehouse
• 37 (22) Weekend Players
• 39 (31) American Hi-Fi
• 40 (21) 3LW

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

• 55 Lil Devious – Come Home
• 58 Shimon & Andy C – Body Rock
• 65 Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci – Stood on Gold
• 67 Spooks – Sweet Revenge
• 69 Akabu – Ride the Storm
• 71 JFK – Good God
• 75 Biscuit Boy – Mitch

Of this week’s highlights and lowlights…

74 Alien Ant Farm – Smooth Criminal * !!!A rocking cover of the Michael Jackson hit, I was really surprised it had gonein so low, until Gareth Reed told me it was an import with the UK releasecoming out next week and sure to hit Top 10.

34 Marilyn Manson – The Nobodies * !!!Joint single of the week and a regular on MTV2, this shouts as loud andproud as most of his output, but one has to question the opening of the songwhich sounds like Hear’Say’s “Pure and Simple”.

15 Staind – It’s Been A While * !!!A song that’s been doing the rounds on MTV2 for some time and they recentlyhit the No.1 in the album chart with “Break the Cycle”, but this is far moredeserving of a No.1 single than Bob the fucking Builder!

6 Artful Dodger & Melanie Blatt – Twenty Four SevenThe first solo effort from an ex-All Saint and what a boring, turgid effortit is. You can just about hear her sing, but she’s not got the strength for alead voice and it sends you to sleep.

1 Bob The Builder – Mambo No.5 :O === *1st Week at No.1*

This really is dreadfully sad. A few changed lyrics so that carpentry termsreplace girls’ names and do you really want to hear Neil Morrissey singing asong while sounding bored?

This is the 11th single in a row to go straight in at No.1 :

• 1. DJ Pied Piper – Do You Really Like It
• 2. Shaggy feat. Rayvon – Angel
• 3. Moulin Rouge – Lady Marmalade
• 4. Hear’Say – The Way To Your Love
• 5. Roger Sanchez – Another Chance
• 6. Robbie Williams – Eternity / The Road to Mandalay
• 7. Atomic Kitten – Eternal Flame
• 8. So Solid Crew – 21 Seconds
• 9. Five – Let’s Dance
• 10. Blue – Too Close
• 11. Bob The Builder – Mambo No.5