Tiffany's Australian chart career started on a high, with three consecutive top 15 hits. But single number four bombed, and the lead single from Tiff's second album Hold an Old Friend's Hand (number 56, January 1989), "Radio Romance" (number 65, January 1989), stalled at number 65. Tiffany's Oz chart trajectory continued its steep decline with this, the second single (though first in the US) from the album, "All This Time". Is it just me, or does Tiff sound like she has a cold on this track? I also thought the same thing about her vocals on "Radio Romance".
Internationally, "All This Time" peaked at number 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in February 1989, number 4 in Canada, number 47 in the UK in February 1989, and number 24 in Ireland in February 1989.
Locally, "All This Time" was most popular in South Australia/Northern Territory, where it reached number 79 on the state chart.
If you thought this would be Tiffany's last foray into the Australian charts, you would surprisingly be wrong. She has a bubbling WAY down under 'hit' coming up later in the year, and will be seen again in 1990 and 1993! Who knew?!
This single was the Pogues' first appearance on the Australian singles chart, although an earlier-released single dueting with Kirsty MacColl would more-recently nudge the top 50. I assume the "I love your breasts, I love your thighs" lyrics are not referencing KFC... The Pogues join us again in 1990.
Before the term 'catfish' meant someone trying to trick you into an online relationship by using somebody else's pics, it was the name of an Australian band, who scored a number 72 'hit' in Australia in late 1988 with "The Early Hours". This follow-up didn't do quite as well. While it's not the sort of thing I'd normally listen to, I think this track is pretty decent. Catfish will join us again in 1991.
Bubbling WAY down under:
Some readers may have known that before "Toy Soldiers" became an international smash hit for Martika, she had some more-subdued success with her debut single, "More Than You Know", which peaked at number 18 in the US in April 1989. While the single would go on to peak at number 32 in Australia when re-issued in January 1990, upon its initial release, "More Than You Know" debuted at number 160 this week on the Australian singles chart.
Next week (27 March): we have six new entries, including an ex-member of Frankie Goes to Hollywood - though it's not who you might think.
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"more than you know" is probably my favourite of martika's songs, good to hear it bounced back and charted better later
ReplyDeleteAnd that catfish song is good! Appreciate the way this blog is unearthing songs that deserve better than sinking without a trace. Always makes me wonder how radio programmers can decide to keep a song alive forever ("girls just wanna have fun", please stand up) and leave others that may be still popular to disappear forever. Who gets to decide what's a classic??
Thanks, I hope that this blog does unearth some songs readers like that they wouldn't have otherwise heard.
DeleteEven though I've always liked flops, I don't know all of the songs I'm writing about, so some of them are also new discoveries for me.
That's a good question about who gets to decide which songs become classics. I have sometimes wondered e.g. if the 'best' song/album of all time (which I know is highly subjective) is something that no-one has ever heard, because it was a total flop.
OMG 😲 the freaky teeth jaws on the The Pogues the poor girl she didn't know they were going to turn her into KFC 😊
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