September 21, 1992 Volume 7 66.00 ERIC CLAPTON UND :,REAKQUTS WILDCARD EN VOGUE Atco ViAV THEY LON KID 40E Mercury MARY J. BLIGE SAIGCV KICK Enic •P•ANNE VEGA A&M Upt/MCA SWING OUT S r: T.LC. • ERT CRAY Mercury DAVID SANBORN See Page 14 MARY 4. • WAITS Is'an ,iPLG -• A.L.T. & THE EXTREME ALANNAH MYLES SMART E'S Summer 8 z Relit lit Peace Song Instead Of.. Sesames Treet MM 31456-8015-2 Ar3 .1 BB At! AG 4-10082 AMN YANKEES HEIGHTS THE RAMONES TROOP Where Wm Ooh How Do You— Poison Heart Sweet November We 4-18728 Capita 79526 Ai AG 4723 DON E L S. OF BROW' ROXETTE ROGER WATERS Lot» Ilishis Th Se The Mime How Do You Do What God Wants IsloPLG 314512-725 Pump/W.115188-2 SBK ERG E2-56252 Colunt'a CSK 4607 MM. REST IN PEE The first track From the new album Ill SIDES TO EVERY STORY 1„,„,„.2.1 Produced by Nuno Bettencourt •Co-Produced by Bob St. John Management: Arma Milton, assisted by Scott Bernstein tor Andon Artists Inc. assnciation with Louis Levin for Louis Levin Management EXCLUSIVE! AM 1992 A&M Records rIc Ail ulna reserved September 21, 1992 Volume 7 Issue 310 $6.00 DENNIS LAVINTHAL Publisher LENNY BEER Dollar Bill Editor In Chief SINGLES TONI PROFERA Boyz II Men still are holding on to the lead, but Patty Executive Editor 8 Smyth is at least getting close. DAVID ADELSON Vice President/Managing Editor MICHAEL ST. JOHN DIALOGUE Senior Broadcast Editor ROY TRAKIN PolyGram Music Publishing Group U.S.' Colin Cor- 38 Senior Editor nish and Mike Sandoval stopped counting Billy Ray ANITA WEBB Operations Manager Cyrus royalties long enough to do the "Achy Breaky" with HITS' resident master of the two-step, KAREN GLAUBER Post Modern Editor Roy "Hee Haw" Trakin. J.J. JOHNSON Jams Editor DARRYL LINDSEY JAMS Jams Broadcast Editor Bill Bennett has been riding high Epic's Trey Lorenz wants "Someone To Hold," but LONN FRIEND 47 since he came to DGC over a Metal Editor he didn't quite have JAMS' resident dutch uncle J.J. year ago and helped turned JANIE HOFFMAN "Jizzmaster" Johnson in mind. Metal Broadcast Editor Nirvana into asuccess story for TODD HENSLEY the ages. This week, he was CONNIE BREEZE POST MODERN named General Manager of a ED BROWN Broadcast Editors Were Ivana and Suzanne Vega separated at birth? 51 new team — the combined Only their pediatricians know for sure. promotion forces of Geffen and NICK BULL KERRY D'OYEN DGC, and placed solely in DEVA ANDERSON METAL charge of leading his troops into Research Editors battle for the likes of current and MARK PEARSON Ugly Kid Joe storm the charts and meet their match Research Coordinator 68 future releases from Peter KANDACE TAYLOR in America's Second Least Wanted duo, Thelma & Gabriel, Izzy Stradlin, the Quiet Storm Editor Louise. TERRY MOSER Sundays, Aerosmith, RUSTY STAGGERS Coverdale/Page, The Simpsons, BETSY ALTOMARE ALBUMS Stone Roses and the Waterboys. DAN FITZGERALD It's still Claptou leading Pearl Jam, but new industry He'll be an instant success if BUDDY DEAL 76 star Mary J. Blige soars to #4. Research Assistants only he can avoid standing MICHAEL ALLEN between Stephanie Seymour and Computer Operations Courtney Love. Hitsbound 27 Top Tens 72 RANDI RASKIND Art Director En Vogue & Trey Lorenz. Clapton's come alive. REBECCA ESMERIAN Editorial Design BRIAN LINDSEY Requests 34 Breakouts 74 ELLIE LEACOCK Saigon is kicking. It's an Ugly day. VAN ARNO Art & Design Earpicks 42 DANNY FIELDS Trey's the day. Contributing Editor MICHAEL FLYNN Facility Manager Front Page 13 Post Toasted 57 On The Cover COLOR WEST Near Truths 22 Rerap Lithography 75 Eric Clapton goes Far Truths 14958 Ventura Blvd. 25 Wavelength 82 "Unplugged," only to get Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 short-circuited by this HITS' (818) 501-7900 cover appearance. "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" from the album ADRENALIZE 38-30 HITS TOP FIFTY ALBUMS! 18-15 HITS TOP FIFTY SINGLES! 9 HITS REQUESTS! 19-11* R&R! MUSIC TELEVISION' PWR99 #4 WIXX 18-9 PRO-FM 17-14 WDFX 19-16 Q105 #4 WZPL 14-10 KIRS 19-14 KPLZ 19-16 WKBQ #5 KEGL #10 Z100 #14 Q101 23-18 Q995 #5 KKRZ 14-11 KXXR 20-15 KPXR 23-18 93Q 9-6 Q102 17-12 WFHT 22-15 KIIS 22-19 PWRPIG 9-7 WQGN 19-12 WZOU 21-16 B94 24-19 KLUC 16-7 WEGX 15-13 KDWB 25-22 BIG UEE "Divine Thing" from the album HOTWIRED STRESS! 30-27 HITS TOP FIFTY SINGLES! ON AT 166 TOP 40s! WZPL add KLUC #3 KF95 #4 WNVZ KKRZ deb 23 WFHT 9-4 KTUX #4 KEGL 7 WLRW deb 23 WZYP 6-4 K106 9-5 KHTK 1,-8 WSTW #2 KWNZ #4 KTRS 6-5 WPST #3 KYYY #4 Y102 #5 i 9-5 HITS TOP FIFTY ALBUMS! Billy Ray CYRUS ON AT: "Could've Been Me" MIX96 WOMP WZOQ from the album SOME GAVE ALL KISR WQUT WZYQ WHTO WYYS XL93 WKSF "Am IThe Same Girl" Z.. from the album SWING OUT SISTER DEBUT 50 HITS TOP FIFTY SINGLES! BREAKER 34*R&R! KIIS add KWTX add KKSS deb 14 KFFM 22-16 KKR g add U93 add KKXX deb 29 KDWB 28-25 wTIc add WAAL add KISN 7-5 K106 35-26 KZZU add WFHT add 98PXY 11-8 WKSS 31-28 WA E add WHHY add 92Q #10 KIRS 35-29 Z10 add WJMX add 93Q 18-10 KXXR 35-32 KPR add WKFR add MIX96 18-11 WB 0 add WKSF add KQMQ 27-11 aaa wmAr add WSSX 18-13 1 "Work To Do" from the album THE COMFORT ZONE EA PICKS WINNE I OUt OF THE BOX! WX S add KTFM add 194 add KTMT add KM EL add WKSS add BOSS97 add KWNZ add KPL add WGTZ add KAY107 add WCGQ add WIOQ add KJ103 add KCHX add WFHT add WPGC add B95 add KDON add WKPE add PWHPIG add KC101 add KFFM add WMME add WHHH add WCKZ add KFRX add WQGN add WWHT add KF95 add KKRD add WYYS add KHTK add KTUX add KNOE add WZYP add WTIC add Flp re ALBUM #115 WEEKS IN A ROW! OVER 4 MILLION ALBUMS SOLD! erecluit "SOMETHING GOOD" 21*-15* BB DANCE SINGLES! ALREADY TOP 5 PHONES AT: - HITS POST MODERN! KHFI AND WFHT ON AT: 43*-39* BB 12" SALES CHART! 15-12 S.I.N. MIX SHOW CHART! Q995 add KWOD deb 29 WHYT 16-9 S.I.N. CLUB CHART! KHFI add KS104 22-19 KHTK #1 S.I.N. ALTERNATIVE! WFHT RESPECT AND THANKS TO KATE BUSH & MOTORHEAD C 1992 L. ,d,.. -.000,01"..51 -406-mee‘ Catch atotally different " The blistering new single if ' veíize Lath/ from A.L.T. & THE L HITS TOP _FIFTY SINTG-1_,US 2 L T Moving into the Top Ten is K. WS. which goes #11-8 with the stellar performance on the MTV Awards, a triple platinum al- A H single Top Ten in sales. Arrested Development leaps #14-9 bum, and a #44-28 move. Wildcard Mary J. Blige moves W SI with sales and heavy MTV. Charles & Eddie moves #31-22 K T S #47-34 with the #4 selling album. TLC comes on the chart at S with single sales kicking in this week. En Vogue is hot with a #38, and Saigon Kick debuts at #41. W W A E E G E E ARTIST TITLE LABEL COMMENTS K K rn 111 BOYZ II MEN END OF THE ROAD Motown 2178 Impossibly big 3 BOBBY BROWN HUMPIN' AROUND MCA 54342 From #3 Lp Lino PATTY SMYTH SOMETIMES LOVE... MCA 54403 Top 10 single sales r3i 4 1 GUNS N' ROSES NOVEMBER RAIN Geffen 19067 From Top 20 Lp TLC BABY-BABY-BABY La Face/An i 24028 Finally peaking ri 5 u SHAKESPEAR'S SISTER STAY London/PLG 869-730 Beginning to peak 10 HI-FIVE SHE'S PLAYING... Jive 42067 Smash 1151 8 K.W.S. PLEASE DON'T GO Next P/Lon/PLG 339 From upcoming Lp 9 ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE EVERYDAY Chry/ERG 50397 Top 5single sales 10 ELTON JOHN THE ONE MCA 54423 Falling now 12 12 HOUSE OF PAIN JUMP AROUND T. Boy 526 Monster seller 5 6 MADONNA THIS USED TO BE... Sire/WB 18822 Peaked 161 10 TECHNOTRONIC MOVE THIS SBK'ERG 50400 Peaked 23 20 14 FIREHOUSE WHEN ILOOK... Epic 74440 Former WILDCARD 25 18 DEF LEPPARD HAVE YOU EVER... Mercury 864-136 Top 20 single sales 1171 16 BRYAN ADAMS DO IHAVE TO SAY... A&M 1611 Steady 21 19 IJADE IWANNA LOVE... Giant/Rep 4-18950 Selling singles now 14 SIR MIX-A-LOT BABY GOT BACK Def Amer/Rep 18947 Falling slowly TOAD THE WET... ALL IWANT Columbia 74355 From Top 50 Lp 21 20 GENESIS JESUS, HE KNOWS ME Atl/AG 87454 Steady PM DAWN I'D DIE WITHOUT YOU LaFacelArista 24034 Breaking CHARLES & EDDIE WOULD ILIE... Capitol 44809 Selling singles now INXS NOT ENOUGH At/AG 87437 Selling now 1271 CELINE DION NOTHING BUTA... Epic 74336 Developing at radio 30 26 DEEP BACK TO THE HOTEL Profile 5367 Steady (Based on a combination of sales and airplay) 8 HITS September 21, 1992 là à f The n4w single from the hit albJm Mad Mad World, following up i 1 the Top 5Gold single j "life It A Highway." • 4 GET WASHED AWAY.