It's unusual to have two different songs with the same title in the Top 40 at the same time. It happens this week, as the latest from Uncle Kracker, "Smile," enters at No. 37 while Jermaine Jackson's "Smile" moves up one to No. 16. The Jackson song is the latest version of a standard, while the Uncle Kracker song is a new composition that only shares the title.
Prior to this week, the "same-title, different-song, same-week" phenomenon happened at least twice. For three weeks beginning Aug. 27, 1988, two songs titled "Don't Be Cruel" charted -- one a remake of the Elvis Presley hit by Cheap Trick, the other an original that marked the solo debut of Bobby Brown.
Then amazingly, the week of Sept. 15, 1996, this happened not once but twice. The title "Missing You" was in the countdown by Tina Turner (a remake of the John Waite hit from '84) at No. 13 while an original collaboration from Brandy, Tamia, Gladys Knight and Chaka Khan was at No. 16. At the same time, two songs debuted with the title "Last Night" -- an R&B ballad by Az Yet at No. 23 and a British soul ballad by Eve Gallagher at No. 24. (The Az Yet song dropped out the next week, keeping this a brief quirk in the record book.)
This week, as Mariah Carey notches her latest Top 10 hit with "Obsessed" moving 12-10, her multioctave rival and one-time collaborator Whitney Houston returns to the charts, with "I Look to You" entering at No. 38. It's the title track from her new album expected to be released in September.
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