IRELAND - IRMA Top 50 Singles (LINK)
Smooth Criminal
Week #01 (13/04/06):#22
Week #02 (20/04/06):#41
Leave Me Alone
Week #01 (20/04/06):#30
UK
Leave Me Alone
Week # 1 (24/04/06): #15
UK Top 30 Physical Singles weekending 23rd April 2006
1 (1) Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
2 (New) S.O.S. - Rihanna
3 (2) No Promises – Shayne Ward
4 (New) From Paris To Berlin - Infernal
5 (3) One – Mary J Blige & U2
6 (New) Dance, Dance – Fallout Boy
7 (New) Leave Me Alone – Michael Jackson
8 (New) Dreams – Deep Dish ft Stevie Nicks
9 (4) So Sick – Ne-Yo
10 (New) Never Wanna Say – Soundbwoy Ent
11 (New) The Yeah Yeah Song – The Flaming Lips
12 (New) Most Precious Love – Blaze ft Barbara Tucker
13 (New) Music Is Power – Richard Ashcroft
14 (8) No Tomorrow - Orson
15 (11) Stupid Girls - Pink
16 (5) It’s Chico Time – Chico
17 (15) Naïve – The Kooks
18 (10) Here We Go – Trina ft Kelly Rowland
19 (13) Pump It – Black Eyed Peas
20 (14) Put Your Records On – Corinne Bailey Rae
21 (12) Beep – Pussycat Dolls
22 (New) La Camisa Negra – Juanes
23 (9) Unpredictable – Jamie Foxx
24 (New) Cosy Prisons – A-ha
25 (26) That’s My Goal – Shayne Ward
26 (New) Dimension - Wolfmother
27 (6) Better Do Better – Hard-Fi
28 (21) Nasty Girl – Notorious B.I.G.
29 (25) Thunder In My Heart Again – Meck ft Leo Sayer
30 (19) Why Won’t You Give Me Your Love – The Zutons
CHART COMMENTARY from JAMES MASTERTON
24/04/06
from uk.launch
[...]
In at Number 15 with his ninth Top 20 hit in as many week is Michael Jackson. Chronologically we've reached 1989 with the reappearance of 'Leave Me Alone' which came complete with a tongue in cheek animated video stuffed with Terry Gilliam-esque surrealism as images from the more outlandish tabloid claims about his lifestyle floated around. What made the original release of the track so distinctive was that although it was the 3,000th single release from the 'Bad' album, not everyone owned a copy already. 'Leave Me Alone' began life as the "bonus track" on the CD release, a common promotional tactic back then as record companies tried to give consumers an extra incentive to pick up the still relatively new format. Normally such tracks were an afterthought of b-side quality, the left over track from the sessions that didn't merit inclusion on the album itself. Jackson turned that on its head by not only releasing it as a single but seeing it become one of his biggest hits, hitting Number 2 swiftly after release.
Enrico