This was the last hit single that Will Smith had anywhere in the world, although by this stage he was more well known as an actor than a rapper given how he only released two albums in the new millennium. I know I'm far from the first person to make this observation, but I feel this was meant to be the theme to his film Hitch which has him playing a love doctor for Kevin James in a rare rom com he stars in.
This is another contender for the worst song of the decade according to the internet (no arguments from me) largely thanks to the lyrics being much creepier than you would otherwise expect as well as James Blunt's performance being highly irritating to many listeners. It was also the first Billboard chart topper to not come from an American, Canadian or Jamaican artist since Savage Garden from the start of the decade.
This is the last hit that Jessica Simpson had in her career, mainly because this cover of the Nancy Sinatra classic serves as the theme song to the theatrical adaptation of the Dukes of hazard which was a critical failure due to its outdated depictions of the redneck culture. She happens to star in the film as Daisy Duke which earned her a Razzie for worst actress due to how bad her performance was.
This was the debut single for the Pussycat dolls, a former burlesque troupe turned girl band who scored massive success with this track where even upon its initial release I remembered being widely mocked for how overconfident the lyrics are. I'm not that familiar with the Busta Rhymes feature as they never played it on the radio back in the day, I'm guessing to promote the song as a sexual fantasy for those attracted to the band members would have.
It's funny how Joel Turner failed to make it onto Australian idol during its first season (something to do with him being "unsuitable" for the series) and yet he would have massive success with this track he released about the youth of the day being lost with what the mainstream is pushing onto them. It was a massive hit for the rapper and beatboxer, but unfortunately it was the peak of his success.
Although these guys did have minor success earlier in the decade with their debut album, it was this lead single to their second album which made them an international household name likely due to the endorsement of De la soul who provide a guest verse on certain versions of this track (that admittedly I'm unfamiliar with to this day.) It even allowed the band to crossover to America due to how funky it is.
Well, we've certainly come a long way from when this type of RNB was shunned by the Australian public haven't we? Here we have the one and only hit that Mario had outside of his native America as we have this tender ballad he made to the love of his life which touched the hearts of many a listener upon its initial release. Unfortunately for him, none of his other Billboard hits managed to connect with an international audience.
This was the first song from the Rogue Traders to have Natalie Bassingthwaighte on lead vocals, Natalie of course being a former cast member of Neighbours making this another example of the show launching a pop star in Australia. Naturally this would eventually become a huge success in the UK for the band, although aside from NZ, the rest of the world wouldn't take to the band's music.
Given the discourse that "Milkshake" by Kelis has had since its release in America, I'd hate to think of how the internet would react to this track from the Sugababes given how it's also built around a sexual innuendo that I doubt most of it would understand (here's a hint, the button in question isn't to an elevator like the video suggests.) They would only have one more hit in Australia after this before they faded into obscurity.
It looked like Madonna's career was done for when she released her ill-fated concept album American life in 2003, however she was able to brush over that disaster with her next album which was a throwback album to the disco era starting with this lead single that samples "Gimme gimme gimme" by Abba. It was a massive hit everywhere in the world except her native America where it was only a modest success.
Although Nelly had already demonstrated his desires to be a country artist from the start of the decade with songs such as "Ride wit me" and "Country grammar," it was this collaboration with Tim McGraw that finally won him over with the country scene in his native America given how immensely popular this was on the Billboard country charts. It was also a massive international hit for the otherwise inner-city rapper.
This is one of those songs that many people feel is one of the worst of the decade, I can't say I disagree mainly because I don't have a lot of patience for songs that are about forced positivity which this song exemplifies. Still, enough people back in the day were touched by Daniel's reassurance that things will get better that it was a massive worldwide hit for him, heck it even topped the Billboard charts the following year.
The legends are true people, there was a remix of the Beverly Hills cop theme that was a massive hit during the midpoint of the 00's from a CGI frog (although it looks more like an alien to me) complete with a video that even acknowledges how annoying this song is by having it be chased down by robots looking to destroy him. I guess if you're into memes from early YouTube videos then this is the song and video for you.
This was the debut single from the Veronicas, one of the very few Australian artists to ever have the chance to work with the likes of Max Martin and Dr Luke which of course led to their eventual international fame with their second album. People seem divided on them as their fans (which includes me) praise them for the same reason their detractors despise them, that being their gimmick of singing in unison as if they were one person.
"Goodies" wasn't that big of a success here in Australia due to its obvious absence on my previous list, however that didn't mean that Ciara was a no show in our music scene as her second single managed to be a huge success for her here. Admittedly this might be due to the presence of Missy Elliott as the two would collaborate twice this year, the second time being on "Lose control" which is still to come on this list.
Following the demise of No doubt, Gwen Stefani decided to embark on a solo career which began with this track which is about taking chances in life. I'm guessing this was chosen as her solo debut as a plea towards the fans of her band to give her solo direction a chance which they obviously headed as her solo album proved to be a huge success for her largely due to the success of this lead single.
Given how two of the members had released highly successful albums between the trio's third and fourth album, the fact this was able to pick up where the singles from Survivor left off three years prior is impressive as you'd think fans would've gravitated away from the group by this point. Indeed, Destiny fulfilled was their final album as a unit as they would go their separate ways after its album cycle was done.
Oh, do I not like Simple Plan, this is coming from someone who feels that the likes of Good Charlotte and Nickelback receive too much flak from the internet which means I don't dislike them simply because the internet tells me to. Here we have their biggest hit, which was the lead single to their second album, an album that many have mocked over the years for how highly immature it is even for emo rock.
This was the lead single to BEP's (that's Black Eyed Peas for short) second album with Fergie, and it seems that she had more creative control over this project as we have her providing a chorus to how each of the original members would treat her which is further emphasised with the music video of them being in a reality show where she was the prize the members was trying to win.
This was the first song that Akon had a hit with outside of his native America, I'm guessing due to the countless jokes that have been made that involve him duetting with Alvin and the Chipmunks as that's what it sounds like to most people whenever they listen to this ballad. The chorus is a sped-up version of "Mr. lonely" from Bobby Vinton released forty years prior to when this became a huge international chart topper.
Following the staggering success he had with Matchbox 20, Rob Thomas decided to embark on a solo career which began with the lead single to his solo album that was a massive worldwide success for him. Unlike most lead singers of popular bands in this vein, there's a distinct difference between his solo material and his work with Matchbox 20 which means that there was a vision he had that differed from his band.
It looks like 2pac was still able to find success in the mainstream nine years after his death as Eminem decided to take one of his previously unreleased songs and pair it with "Indian sunset" by Elton John which helped it become the rappers biggest hit here in Australia as well as getting him out of the one hit wonder bin that "California love" had trapped him in months prior to his untimely demise.
We looked at their previous collaboration on the 2004 list, so now let's look at the second collaboration between Baby Bash and Frankie J only with their roles reversed on this track as Baby Bash is now playing second fiddle to the RNB singer for his one and only hit internationally. I mean it when I say that their roles were reversed as this is essentially the same song as "Suga suga" when it comes to the subject matter.
He may not have won the second season of Australian idol; however, Anthony Callea can still take comfort in the fact that his cover of a showtune from a long forgotten animated film from 1998 was far bigger than the song that helped Casey Donovan claim victory over that season of the reality show.
This is where it all started for Rihanna, although you wouldn't be able to tell that she would become one of the most inescapable artists of the next decade given how this was the type of club banger that many of her contemporaries would have a hit with before fading into obscurity shortly after its success. Indeed, she would evolve from this sound whilst still keeping her commanding presence she provides on here.
There were no signs of these girls slowing down in the music industry as their second single managed to become a massive worldwide hit for them, this time it's with one of their ballads which showcases a more restrained side of them which I'm sure also titillated their audiences the same was as their other songs did.
This is often considered as one of the worst songs of the decade, mainly for how repetitive it is as well as how awful the lyrics are. Basically, it's a song that serves more as a warmup to Fergie's solo album as it can be considered the predecessor for that album's single "Fergalicious" which also has her and Will I am gawking at how attractive she is.
This was a massive flop in Nitty's native America, I'm guessing because his fellow Americans didn't appreciate the interpolation of the Archies "Sugar sugar" on the chorus. It appears we Aussies did as this was a number one hit over here, although it's often considered one of the least memorable chart toppers in recent memory down under due to most people (me included) often forgetting that it even exists.
This was a mashup of "Numb" from Linkin Park and "Encore" from Jay Z that the two acts performed on MTV that was released as a single, it was a massive hit for both parties likely due to the popularity of the former who had already had a hit with their track the previous year as well as the latter's popularity steadily growing thanks to his relationship with Beyonce.
We've finally arrived at what many people consider to be the quintessential track from Green day as it doubles as both a breakup anthem as well as a song attacking the American political climate of the mid 00's. For me, I always felt this song was a rip off of Avril Lavigne's "My happy ending" mostly for the "oh oh's" feeling ripped from that song on this track, although many have argued it working better on here.
And who says that teen pop was dead by the midpoint of the decade? Granted it certainly didn't have a stranglehold of the music scene like it did at the start of the decade, but that didn't mean that songs such as this debut single from Jesse McCartney didn't have a chance at being a massive worldwide hit. Interestingly this flopped in his native America even though he would have massive success over there later in the decade.
This served as the world's introduction to Brian McFadden and Delta Goodrem as a couple given how this duet appears on both of their albums from around this time, it was the first hit that the former had as a solo artist and would've been the latter's seventh consecutive chart topper had it been released before "Mistaken identity" which finally broke her impressive record on the Australian charts.
Well, this is a surprise, I don't think anyone had expected the Backstreet boys to have a hit this far into the decade given how the boy band wars had come to an end by 2001 and that they were crowned the definitive champions of said wars. Even so, this finally gave them a chart topper here in Australia as none of their other songs managed to reach the top spot like this did down under.
This was another song from Missy Higgins that was released as an E.P, as such it was able to become a massive hit for her despite coming from an already highly successful album that was still selling strong numbers when this first came out. It more or less made her the rival of Delta Goodrem who was another Australian pop diva who found previously unheard-of success from one album.
This was one of only two hits that Kanye West had as a lead artist here in Australia, the other would be "Stronger" from two years later which had him sampling Daft Punk of all people for a self-empowerment anthem. Here he recruits Jamie Foxx who was fresh off his Oscar winning performance as Ray Charles to provide him a chorus to connect his verses about a woman who's only into him for his wealth.
I think this was the first sign of JT maturing into the sex symbol he would become on his second album Futuresex/Lovesounds the following year, although here he's playing second fiddle to Snoop Dogg who would score one of his last hits as a lead artist with this track even though he remained quite popular as a featured artist for many years after this came out.
Well, I did promise myself and my readers I'll be nice to each and every entry I talk about on this site, so I will say that this did get a chuckle out of me when it first came out even if that was because I was twelve years old at the time. No doubt this was the reason why this lead single to Encore and the album itself was a success for Eminem as many people felt it was a giant drop off in quality back in the day.
Although "Breakaway" was the first song from Kelly Clarkson to showcase a more personal side of her, that was also the theme to the second Princess diaries flick which obviously didn't convince anyone that she was anything more than the winner of a reality series. Those preconceptions were shattered when she released the second single from the album of the same name which has become an anthem for breakups.
This is the first of three Billboard chart toppers to compare sex to candy this decade, the other two being "Laffy taffy" from a group called D4L and "Lollipop" from Lil Wayne, neither of these other songs were hits in Australia which makes this the biggest hit down under with this premise by default. It's also the only one out of the three to get a female perspective as we have Olivia handling the chorus on this track.
It's worth noting that "4ever" was pulled from shelves in order to encourage the success of the duo's second single as well as their album here in Australia, otherwise that would've easily been an even bigger success than it already was back in the day. Here we have said second single which was also a massive success for them back in the day and confirmed them as one of the hot new acts in the pop rock genre.
Considering this was the biggest hit of the decade over in America, you may be shocked to see how low this second single from Mariah Carey's comeback album the Emancipation of Mimi is on this list. Alas this isn't the result of its success being taken away due to illegal downloads, it just wasn't as inescapable here in Australia or indeed anywhere else in the world as it was on the Billboard charts.
Unlike Guy Sebastian who rushed out a second album to cash in off the success he had from winning the first season of Australian idol, Shannon Noll took his time with a follow-up album which resulted in him retaining his popularity he had from the show for its release as evidence by how successful its lead single was. This popularity sadly wouldn't translate to his third album he released two years later.
This is a song I don't really remember from back in the day, likely because I remember "Over and over" being played on the radio while this song was charting which should give you an idea of where the radios priorities were back in the day. Still, this was a massive hit and one that finally convinced Christina Aguilera to realise her dream of making a double album of throwback hits from the forties.
This was the second and final hit that Missy Elliott had here in Australia as well as being the other track on this list where she had a hit with Ciara given how the RNB singer is on here to not only provide a chorus for the rapper but also provide her own rap verse to try her hand at a hip hop track. It was a massive hit for the pair and suggested the possibility of them making an album together that never came to be.
This is often cited as the song where fans of No doubt officially gave up on Gwen Stefani, I'm guessing because it remains her biggest hit in her native America even though there are plenty of other contenders for that honour throughout the rest of the world. It may also be because this is a diss track towards Coutney Love of all people who called her a cheerleader, I guess her revenge was to act like one on this track and video.
This is the last hit that everyone involved with this track had here in Australia, although in their native America, R Kelly would have one more hit with "Same girl" with Usher later in the decade. I guess the controversial RNB singer was added to the track to help break up the monotony of this being the third collaboration between Ja Rule and Ashanti as it's yet another "thugs need love too" anthem the pair made.
I feel I have the same opinion of this song as what many people do, namely that while I love J-Lo's performance on this track, it's sadly cancelled out by that trumpet playing throughout the track which seems to be off key for some reason. It's because of this clash in sounds that the song was a success but not as much as her previous efforts from earlier in the decade, although it's still more coherent than the rest of the album.
This is one of two hits that the Rogue traders had from their debut album that wasn't based off a sample from an older track (their first single was based off an Elvis Costello sample) the other was "We're coming home" which was too much of a sleeper hit to make it on this site. This was a huge hit for the band as it was the song they released once they dropped their album which was a massive success.
I guess Snoop Dogg had return to what made him a household name a decade prior on this track given how he presented himself as a pimp that was in charge of the club scene on this track, although he brought back Pharrell from "Beautiful" to ease his new fanbase into the type of music his core fanbase loved him for. It was a much bigger hit worldwide for the rapper likely due to us Aussies not being into club music at the time.
Two of the biggest names in NZ music managed to score a massive hit this year here in Australia with this collaboration, here we have P-Money who was ahead of the curb when it came to producers taking lead credit for a song they don't provide any vocals on and Scribe who delivers one of his solid rap performances which made him such a household name in his homeland.
This was the third victory single to come out of Australian idol, although at least this time, the winner in question had more of a career than her predecessor as Kate scored a second solo hit after this as well as a ton of success as one of the members of Young divas.
There was a theme on Gwen Stefani's album where she was playing with pop cliches of wanting to be rich and famous only to then denounce those desires as she already had everything she wanted in her life at the time, it was very clever for its time and perhaps the real reason why it was a massive success back in the day. This second single from the album is the finest example of that as well as it being her reunion with Eve from earlier in the decade.
For whatever reason, "Behind these hazel eyes" was a massive commercial disappointment here in Australia despite how well I remember hearing that song on the radio back in the day. Fortunately, the fourth single from Breakaway was a massive hit for Kelly Clarkson due to it being about her dealing with her parents' divorce and how it left her emotionally scarred growing up.
We haven't had many actors from Home and away to make it big in the music industry, one of the lucky few was Tammin Sursock who scored a massive hit with this song about being in a pointless relationship with someone who isn't willing to meet her halfway in said relationship. It was a big hit for the Australian actress; however, it was also her only hit as she's more well known for her TV roles these days.
Time to look at what I believe is the most over hated song of the decade, yes, this lead single from Nickelback's third album All the right reasons does have strange lyrics about reminiscing on the good times, however there are far worse songs on this list alone and even from Nickelback that I don't understand why this is often considered to be one of the worst songs of the decade by the internet.
There was a time where people took this song seriously, I guess because this was during the height of emo and that the video depicted a violent car crash caused by drink driving and convinced themselves this was a PSA about how that can ruin one's life. Still, there's a reason this has become a meme over the years, it's so overdramatic that it's easy (and let's be honest fun) to mock whenever mentioning it.
This was the theme to a German kids cartoon of the same name, originally, I heard it in a German class I was taking at school and dismissed it as something my teacher wanted to share with the class, she was heavily pregnant at the time after all. As it turns out, she was actually trying to be hip and with it as this was a surprise hit this year throughout the world much like the Bob the builder theme from earlier in the decade.
The legends are true people, Lindsay Lohan did in fact have a singing career that consisted of two albums that saw a moderate amount of success for the former Disney star. This was the lead single of her first album which was her version of "Piece of me" from Britney Spears as it addresses her public behaviour (back when it was mostly innocuous) and how she was fed up with tabloids exploiting it for profit.
This was originally a hit for Savage in his native NZ where it didn't have Akon providing a guest verse for him, that version wasn't released here in Australia as he was able to afford the international RNB singer by the time it was released down under almost a year after its initial release. He had a ton of other hits in his homeland; however, he remains a one hit wonder with this song (OK a two-hit wonder if you count the Joel Fletcher remix.)
This is the victory single for the second winner of Australian idol, there's not much I can say about these songs other than them making many of these winners one hit wonders here in Australia.
We have another double entry to appear on this site, this time it's from Anthony Callea who offered audiences a two for one deal with an original track from him along with a cover of a Simon and Garfunkel classic. It was an easy hit for the singer, and one that compelled him to come out as gay shortly after its success.
The Wrights were a supergroup consisting of members of bands and artists that were some of the biggest names in Australian music during the 00's, here they cover the Stevie Wright classic for its thirtieth anniversary (they were a little late when they released it as a single) which was promoted for charity and thus became a success as a result.
While this wasn't the debut single to come from Ricki Lee (we'll get to that in a bit) it was the song that confirmed the Australian idol contestant from season two that she was the real deal despite being eliminated early on that season. Indeed, she was a fan favourite for that season which makes her early elimination that much more shocking at the time and especially in retrospect.
This was the last hit that Destiny's child was able to achieve in their career internationally, although they had one more hit on Billboard with "Cater 2 u" which is the opposite of what Beyonce would become known for throughout her solo career. Indeed, most of their catalogue saw a more lovestruck side of Beyonce and company which she would distance herself from the further into her solo career she got.
It may not have had any endorsements from De la soul like their earlier entry on this list, however this second single from the Gorillaz was still a massive worldwide success for the British band due to it being just as funky as their other hit from their second album this year. Although they consisted of a real-world band, their gimmick was their comic book style cartoon band that they used for their music videos.
This was the second single from Missy Higgin's debut album, although it's worth noting that this wasn't released as an E.P which explains why it wasn't as big as the other two songs from the album which did come with their own E.P as well as them receiving plenty of airplay just like this song did.
Not counting her collaboration with Busta Rhymes on "I know what you want," this was the first hit that Mariah Carey had in the 21st century anywhere in the world given how she began the century with her acting debut in Glitter, a movie so infamous that it reportedly was responsible for her declining mental health earlier in the decade. Here she returns to form with the lead single to her comeback album under her alter ego Mimi.
This was an amazing year for Ciara as she scored a third hit in a row around the world with this track, here she recruits Ludacris to provide a guest verse for her which normally wouldn't have done the song any favours (save for Usher's "Yeah") but in this case it likely helped Ciara have that third hit here in Australia as the album they all came from failed to become a success like the singles were.
Well, if you wanted to hear Shannon Noll's take on a song specifically written for the Australian cricket team in the late 70's, you're probably one of the many people who made this a hit during the early months of the year back in the day. Again, this is a song that's much lower on this list due to how quickly it dropped off the charts despite it being a massive hit.
This often gets lost in the shuffle when it comes to BEP's catalogue, mainly because it wasn't as big a hit as all their other entries on this site likely due to it being a rehash of "Shut up" from their previous album only with Fergie also needing to defend herself from her partner like the other three with theirs. It was still a hit for the group, mainly for the laid-back production and the sentiment still coming through.
This often gets lost in the shuffle for the singles from Mariah Carey's comeback album, mainly because it wasn't a huge number one hit in her native America like "We belong together" or "Don't forget about us" was nor as memorable as "It's like that" despite that being her lowest charting song on the album worldwide. It could also be that a much more famous song with this name has since come out over the years.
I don't think "He's a dream" gets enough love from the Flashdance soundtrack, American EDM duo Deep dish seemed to agree as they took the track from Shandi and remixed it where it became a massive hit in Australia and the UK over two decades after the film came out. I guess in order to honour its source material, the duo named the remix after the film rather than the original track.
There was no escaping 50 cent during the midpoint of the decade as he managed to rack up hit after hit both as a lead artist as well as with his features, most notably with the Game who won't be appearing on this list despite scoring two hits worldwide with his hip hop numbers. I feel the production is why this song was a hit as it's by far the most recognisable of producer Scott Storch from his catalogue.
We have another EDM song for this list, this time it's from the British/Australian duo the Bodyrockers who scored a massive hit worldwide with their one and only hit from their one and only album. It's a song that was a big success back in the day and has lived on due to its usage in commercials over the years, although the duo would go their separate ways when they failed to score a second hit.
This is the final hit that Bon Jovi was able to achieve anywhere in the world, it was a bit of a surprise hit here in Australia given how they didn't have one since the start of the decade with "It's my life." I guess the general public wanted to give them one more hit before they became a legacy band as everything they've released ever since has only been a success due to nostalgia for their older work.
Following the demise of Aqua from earlier in the decade, keyboardist Lazyboy decided to embark on a solo career which was a complete failure for him save for this spoken word track about how lazy he felt America was becoming during the midpoint of the 00's. I'm not sure if this was supposed to be taken seriously or what, but it was a huge hit for him here in Australia and nowhere else in the world.
Well, this is just bizarre, we have this diss track that Eminem made to Insult the comic dog that somehow managed to become a hit for the rapper despite the fact that he was going after a comic strip whose gimmick was that they were poking fun at people like they were the Muppets. I guess people found this funny back in the day, it's certainly hilariously ironic that Eminem of all people would attack the publication.
You may be forgiven into thinking that this is a song explicitly about 9/11 given how the music video depicts a relationship which ends where a guy ends up fighting in Iraq, however it was actually about Billie Joe Armstrong has to cope with the death of his father every year which happened in September when he was a child. I guess he didn't want to make the ballad too personal when he released it as a single, hence the video.
Well, if nothing else, you can't accuse Robbie Williams of being one dimensional as this was his venture towards ska pop which I suppose wasn't too far removed from his venture towards swing from earlier in the decade. It was a big hit for him worldwide, although it would be one of his last hits as his next album would see him venture towards hip hop which fans didn't appreciate.
I get the feeling this second single from Destiny fulfilled had a bit of an identity crisis here in Australia given how I'm actually not that well familiar with the version that has both T.I and Lil Wayne on the track and instead just with the version with the trio by themselves. I guess the two rappers were meant to be the soldiers in question that the girls were singing about throughout the track.
During the midpoint of the decade, INXS decided to host a competition on who would be their lead vocalist given how Jon Stevens (who replaced Michael Hutchence after his tragic death in 1997) left the group to pursue other interests. They landed on Canadian singer JD Fortune who scored a hit with the band with this track likely due to them turning the competition into a reality series around this time.
This was the second single to come from Good charlotte's third album the Chronicles of life and death, an album that was a huge success despite this and its lead single "Predictable" being the only songs I remember hearing from the band at the time. Granted I remember this song being played a lot back in the day, which possibly means it had its success eaten up by digital piracy like most other rock songs throughout the decade.
We Aussies didn't seem to care that Ashlee Simpson had embarrassed herself on SNL like the rest of the world did, otherwise she wouldn't have scored three more hits after the incident down under beginning with this third single from her debut album which I remember being inescapable back in the day despite it only ranking this high on this list. I guess this could've been bigger if more people were proud to admit they enjoyed it.
This was one of two sentimental songs that can be found on Encore, here it's about Eminem rapping to his daughters Hailee and Lainnie about how he was doing his best to support them even though he was considered one of the most controversial people of the decade (despite his previous album successfully addressing these controversies.) It was his biggest hit from Encore on Billboard likely due to audiences finding the sentiment to be sweet.
You thought this thing was a one hit wonder back in the day, didn't you? It turns out there were several albums worth of remixes that he made back in the day including this remix of one of the bigger hits of the 70's from Hot butter that was also a huge success worldwide and even decently successful here in Australia.
Even though she was widely mocked online for her SNL performance from the previous year, that didn't seem to prevent Ashlee Simpson from finding further success with her second album at least here in Australia as it managed to spawn not one but two hits for her back in the day. This was the first of those two hits which is a plea to her sister to get over that she was dating someone she used to date (given that she was married and all.)
This was the one song from Eminem's Encore that received universal acclaim from even the most diehard of haters from the rapper, mainly because it was a song about how he feared that the youth of the day would eventually become conscripted into fighting for the American army given the questionable politics of the (then) American president George Bush. It also received praise for sampling "Toy soldiers" by Martika in a tactful manner.
Remember how I said in my 1985 list that "Dr Beat" would be more well known nowadays for a dance remix from the mid 00's? Well, here's that remix which was a massive hit worldwide for the British DJ Mylo who was part of a trend of reviving older songs for a (then) modern audience which no doubt helped younger generations discover the original track 21 years after its initial release.
Rob Thomas was on a roll here in Australia as he managed to score a second hit with his solo debut, this is a complete contrast with his earlier entry as while that was about him wanting to be with someone, here he's complaining about how his heart was broken by someone he fell in love with too quickly which creates a narrative between the two songs. This narrative didn't continue with the third single which is perhaps why if flopped here.
This was the debut single from Ricki Lee Coutler who achieved massive success throughout the decade both solo and as a member of Young divas despite being knocked out of the second season of Australian idol rather early in the competition (I'd say it was due to her being born in NZ except that wasn't a hinderance for Stan Walker later in the decade.) It's been mostly overshadowed by her other hits throughout the decade.
It looked like Kasey Chamber's third album would be a mere modest success when it was released the previous year, however it received a boost in popularity this year when this track from the album became a surprise hit during the early months of the year.
For those who didn't know, Tamara Jabber was the main vocalist for the Popstars group Scandal'us, meaning that this was the song she released following the group's demise from earlier in the decade. I guess she wanted to present herself as the more sexually charged version of Sophie Monk on this track, this did somewhat pay off as it was a bit hit for her but only for this one song.
This was the only hit that American singer Amerie was able to achieve not just in Australia but anywhere in the world, I guess she was unable to compete with the likes of Ashanti and Ciara in the realms of female RNB save for this one hit which showcases a provocative side of her that few could ignore. It's a pity that she wasn't bigger because I personally think she had the best voice of these three I mentioned.
This is the only other hit that Pete Murray managed to achieve in his career, although he was more of an album artist as his first three albums were all massive hits here which would explain the lack of success he had with his singles. Indeed, this was the lead single to his second album which did spawn the fan favourite "Opportunity" which became a huge hit on the radio the following year.
You know this thing was inescapable when the inevitable Christmas track was a massive hit for it back in the day, the Crazy frog was so hated back in the day that many publications gave it alternative names to "the annoying thing" which its official creators called it.
This feels like something the band released as a single to bait the people who don't like them into making angry rebuttals to them (I certainly have over the years, but I digress) given how this was back in the day that people went out and bought music, this means that enough people enjoyed this track to make it a success for the band here in Australia.
This is the last that Britney Spears had before her infamous meltdown from 2007, as this site is meant to be a safe space, I won't go into the details of what caused it to happen, however fans feel that it was when the quality of her music began to take a noticeable downward turn again for reasons I won't discuss here. One thing I will bring up is that this song does feel like a precursor to her next hit "Gimme more."
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