Not much change near the top of the chart this week, but among the two new songs to the Top 40 is an interesting addition: Jermaine Jackson's "Smile," which he sang at the memorial for his deceased brother, Michael, this week. MTV.com has more background information on the song itself, which originally appeared in a Charlie Chaplin movie.
Though eclipsed by Michael and sister Janet, Jermaine has had a credible chart career as a solo artist. On Billboard's charts, he scored Top 10 hits with his 1972-73 cover of the Shep & the Limelites' hit "Daddy's Home" and with the Stevie Wonder-written "Let's Get Serious" in 1980. On my charts, his most successful hit was also his most recent, "I Think It's Love," which went to No. 1 in 1986. Jermaine and Michael just missed the Top 10 in 1984, hitting No. 11 for three weeks with "Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming (Too Good to Be True)." That song wasn't released as a single largely because of squabbling between the Jackson brothers' respective labels (Arista for Jermaine and Epic for Michael).
Back at the top of the chart, Carolina Liar holds behind David Cook for a second week and at No. 2 for a fifth week. The last song to hold that long at No. 2 without hitting the top was David Gates' "Love Is Always Seventeen" in late 1994 and early 1995. Only two other songs have held at No. 2 for five weeks without hitting No. 1 -- Dan Fogelberg's "Hard to Say" in 1981 and Bruce Springsteen's "I'm on Fire" in 1985. No song has been runner-up longer.
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