The Oz Top 40 Countdown
For the week ending August 23, 2003
(Week 34/52)


2 Wks
Ago
Last
Week
This
Week
"Title," Artist
Weeks
Peak
Peak Date
30
28
40
"Low," Kelly Clarkson 3
28
8/16/03
15
15
39
**BIGGEST FALLER**
"I'm In Heaven," Jason Nevins feat. Holly
7
9
7/26/03
32
31
38
**LONGEVITY CHAMP**
"Don't Let Go," David Sneddon
16
3
6/21 & 6/28/03
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37
"Ka-Ching!," Shania Twain
5NC
22
4/12/03
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36 "Never (Past Tense)," Roc Project feat. Tina Arena
8NC
23
7/5/03
24
29
35
"All In My Head," Kosheen
3
24
8/9/03
**NEW**
34
"Fly On The Wings Of Love," XTM feat. Annia
1 34
8/23/03
13
22
33
"In This Life," Chantel Kreviazuk 7
10
7/26/03
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32
"We Used To Be Friends," The Dandy Warhols
8NC
17
5/3/03
23
26
31
"Sweetest Sin," Jessica Simpson 3
23
8/2/03
20
27
30
"Sorry," Justin Guarini 8
20
7/5, 7/12, 8/2
& 8/9/03
**NEW** 29
"Maybe Tomorrow," Stereophonics
1
29
8/23/03
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28
"Last Nite," Vitamin C
6NC
28
8/23/03
**NEW** 27
"Secude Me Now," India
1
27
8/23/03
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21
26
"When Will I See You Again," Erasure
(B-Side to "Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)")
9NC
19
4/26/03
29
19
25 "Girl In The Moon," Darius Danesh 5
19
8/16/03
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36
24 "The Scientist," Coldplay 2
24
8/23/03
---
25
23
"Kids In America," American Juniors
(B-Side to "One Step Closer")
2
23
8/23/03
21
30
22
"Virtuality," VBirds 8
15
7/26 & 8/2/03
22
39
21
**BIGGEST MOVER**
"Real Things," Javine
4
21
8/23/03
14
23
20
"Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)," BT 4
14 8/9/03
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17
19
"One Step Closer," American Juniors 2
17
8/16/03
38
20
18
"Never Gonna Leave Your Side," Daniel Beddingfield 9
6
6/28 to 7/19/03
19
18
17
"Can't Hold Us Down," Christina Aguilera feat. Lil' Kim
5
17
8/23/03
11
13
16
"I Should Know," Dirty Vegas 7
7
7/26/03
16 14
15
"I Can't Let You Go," Ian Van Dahl
3
14
8/16/03
10
12
14
"Shut Up," Nick Lachey 7
4
7/19 & 7/26/03
7
11
13
"Sunshine," Gareth Gates 6
5
7/26 & 8/2/03
5
9
12
"Four Minute Warning," Mark Owen 5
5
8/9/03
6
10
11
"Hollywood," Madonna 11
3
7/5 & 7/12/03
**NEW** 10
**HIGHEST DEBUT**
"Baby I Need U,"
Jennifer Lopez
1
10
8/23/03
9
6
9
"Fake," Simply Red 5
6
8/16/03
1
4
8
"Getaway," Becky Baeling 7
1(5)
7/12 to 8/9/03
17
7
7
"Thank You Baby! (For Makin' Someday Come So Soon)," Shania Twain 3
7
8/16 & 8/23/03
4
2
6
"Crazy In Love," Beyonce Knowles feat. Jay Z 13
2(3)
7/5, 7/12 & 8/16/03
12
8
5
"Scandalous," Mis-teeq 8NC
5
8/23/03
8
5
4
"When I See You," Macy Gray 15
4
8/23/03
2
1
3
"If You Love Me," Becky Baeling 6
1(1)
8/16/03
3
3
2
"Pretty Green Eyes," Ultrabeat 4
2(1)
8/23/03
26
16
1
**NUMBER ONE**
"Into You," Fabulous feat. Tamia
4
1(1)
8/23/03


Comments:

Well, as I head back to school, my charts get a bit of a shake up!  Coming from nowhere, Fabulous takes the number one spot this week.  Only a few rap songs have made my chart, and only a rare few have made it to number one.  Since starting my charts in 1997, only four "rap" songs (songs that feature spoken word in them) have made it to the summit.  The first was "Do For Love" by 2 Pac back in 1998.  The second came in 2001 with "Butterfly" by Crazytown.  "Lazy" by X-Press 2 feat. David Byrne really isn't a rap song, but it does have spoken word it in.  That was the number one song of last year.  And finally, Crazytown hit number one again at the end of last year with "Drowning."

What really does it for me with this track is the vocal so Tamia, and the songs smooth edge.  I can just picture driving downtown on a warm saturday night listening to this.  During this time of year, it is exactly the song I want to hear to relieve any stress.  "Into You" marks the tenth song to reach the summit in 2003.  At this time last year, we were already on song 17.  It was also at about this time last year that my charts had a rapid turnover.  Only time will tell if this trend happens again this year.

This week sees four debuts.  J Lo makes this week's biggest debut and finds herself in the top 10 for the first time since last year.  The first three singles from her latest album have not done that well.  In fact, the first two didn't chart, and the third "I'm Glad," only made the top 30.  This ballad, though VERY corny, is good enough to give her another hit.  Dance act India finally debut this week with "Seduce Me Now."  The former #1 on the Billboard Dance Chart has bubbled under for a while due to the fact that I still don't have a high quality recording of it.  If  I can get one, this song might do much better.

The Stereophonics make their chart debut with "Maybe Tomorrow."  "Have A Nice Day" was one of my favorites in 2001 and this one is not quite as good, but could fare well on my chart.  Finally, the massively popular (at least in the UK) single from XTM finally charts here.  I could only resist those grooving dance synths for so long before I had to chart it.  In addition to four debuts this week, we also have four reentries.  This means that 8 songs fall off the chart this week, including four long running songs.  Because of this, the longevity champ award this week goes to David Sneddon with 16 weeks.  This is the first time in a while that a song with under 20 weeks has had this award.

Finally, Javine pulls a 180 from last week and earns biggest mover award, while Jason Nevins earns biggest faller award.

Ok, time's up for now.  That's all for this week ... until next week ....



Bubbling Under

This
Week
Last
Week
"Title," Artist
41
*NEW* "Finest Dreams," Richard X vs. Kellis
42
49
"White Flag," Dido
43
*NEW*
"More To Life," Stacie Orrico
44
46
"Train On A Track," Kelly Rowland
45
41
"Take Me Away," Lifehouse
46
42
"Summertime," Beyonce Knowles
(B-Side To "Crazy In Love")
47
45
"Why Can't I?," Liz Phair
48
47
"Nothing But You," Paul Van Dyk
49
54
"Real," Plumb
50
*NEW* "I Must Not Chase The Boys," Play



Falling Off The Charts

Last
Week
"Title," Artist
Weeks
Peak
Peak Date
40
"American Life,"Madonna 20NC
5
6/28 & 7/5/03
38
"Taxi Ride," Tori Amos 20NC
7
6/7 to 6/21/03
37
"Something That You Said," The Bangles 22
6
6/7/03
35
"Miss Independent," Kelly Clarkson 19
9
4/19/03
34
"The Night," Scooter 10
13
6/14 & 7/19/03
33
"Fool No More," S Club 8 10
1(4)
6/14 to 7/5/03
32
"Must Be Dreaming," Frou Frou 3
24
8/2/03
24
"Come On Over," Kym Marsh 10
4
6/28 to 7/12/03



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