This is one of the first hits to make it big thanks to the power of the internet, specifically how Scottish singer Sandi Thom uploaded this track she recorded in her bedroom to her Myspace account (remember when that was a thing?) which attracted the attention of her eventual management. It was a huge success here in Australia likely due to it being a love letter to how much she loved both punk rock and hippy culture of the 70's.
This was the only hit that the Scissor sisters managed to have here in Australia, although considering they named themselves after a sexual act often used between two women, it's impressive they had any success in the mainstream at all anywhere in the world. Then again, it seemed like it was impossible for this to fail given how it's a throwback to the 70's disco (particularly in the style of Leo Sayer) which was all the rage at the time.
I guess her previous album was a commercial disappointment for Avril Lavigne, so it makes sense that she would go in the complete opposite direction with her third album by appealing to a more mainstream audience like she does with this lead single. Naturally this was a success given that it was released during a time where high school drama was all the rage in the mainstream, and this would be the perfect soundtrack to those situations.
I'm not sure if this song would've been as big as it was were it not "presented" by Timbaland for OneRepublic, however it did become a massive worldwide hit for the band regardless as it was not only produced by him but was also included on his solo album for some reason. The band would have several spikes in popularity over the years given how slow their recording output has been.
This was the last hit single that Christina Aguilera achieved as a lead artist, even then it was a massive flop in the UK and her native America likely due to the Brits and her fellow Americans not taking to her third album as much as we Aussies and kiwis did back in the day. I guess this does achieve the goal of sounding like it was made for the troops coming home from WWII from the 40's.
There were no signs of Akon slowing down even here in Australia where he was considerably less successful than the rest of the world, heck this lead single to his second album proved to be more successful here than in most parts of the world likely due to the presence of Eminem who reduced himself to the odd guest verse during his hiatus from recording a new album throughout the second half of the decade.
For whatever reason, Alicia Key's second album was a complete dud outside of her native America, I'm guessing this was due to the existence of the bootleg remix of "Karma" known as "Karmastition" which I vividly remember playing on the radio in lieu of anything from the album back in the day. Fortunately, her third album was able to spawn a massive hit with its lead single which restored her popularity worldwide.
It looks like Santana was able to get in one more big hit in the new millennium before they were once again relegated to a legacy act, here they recruit Chad Kroeger of all people who managed to give them their second biggest hit in their career (behind "Smooth" with Rob Thomas of course) proving how much the general public loved him and Nickelback before the internet told them not to love them anymore.
This was Fergie's biggest solo hit from her solo album, it's a song that showcases her talents as a vocalist which is perhaps why it remains her biggest hit despite it being far from the first song you think of when going over her catalogue. I guess if she had of released this as the lead single from the Dutchess then it would've not only been even bigger (if that was at all possible) but also a signature track in her catalogue.
This was the first of only two hit singles that Timbaland achieved as a lead artist here in Australia, the other was with Katy Perry at the start of the new decade which seems to be the opposite of this track with Keri Hilson as that song is about a post breakup while this was about two people hooking up with each other. This was Keri's only hit here, although she had much more success over in NZ and her native America.
It looked like Beyonce's second solo album would be a huge flop for her worldwide given how the singles on the standard edition failed to become hits for her, she obviously had other plans as this bonus track from the deluxe edition managed to become a huge hit for her which restored the popularity of the album shortly after its release. The song is best known for the lines "to the left to the left" which she repeats throughout the track.
Following the success he had with "Love generation," Bob Sinclar released this track which heavily samples "Gonna make you sweat" from C+C Music factory which became a hit here in Australia. I will say that it was a slow rise to its success given how it lingered in and out of the top twenty at first before finally reaching the upper echelons of the charts several months after its initial release.
This is a song I want to like but don't because of Akon's chanting throughout the track, I'm obviously in the minority here as this remains Gwen's biggest solo hit and arguably her biggest hit overall given that its popularity rivals that of "Don't speak" from a decade prior down under. She would have one more hit after this before fading into obscurity as a solo artist, although she did reform No doubt in 2012.
This was the first of three big hits that Mika was able to achieve from his debut album worldwide, not bad for an artist who was widely criticised at the time for being a childish caricature of a teen idol by those who didn't realise that was the appeal of his music (not that I blame his naysayers if I'm being honest.) This was a song about how showbusiness tends to screw up celebrities no matter how well adored they are.
Rihanna certainly had success prior to this lead single to her third album, however it was the theme of friendship in the lyrics that allowed audiences to make this an inescapable hit and that she was in it for the long haul which wasn't a certainty prior to the song's release. Apparently, people have misinterpreted the song to be about sex, I guess I can see that although I won't burden my readers with that thought process.
Although it wasn't their highest charting single in Australia (that honour goes to "Hook me up") this was indeed the biggest hit that the Veronicas had here which allowed it to become a massive international hit for the duo worldwide by the end of the decade. They remain a one hit wonder in the northern hemisphere with this track, I'm guessing due to audiences not getting the gimmick of them singing in unison on their songs.
Well, this might've been the duet to sink the reputation of both artists involved, bear in mind that the original from Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush was a huge hit in Australia exactly twenty years prior to when Shannon Noll and Rogue trader's frontwoman Natalie Bassingthwaighte took their stab at the ballad to massive commercial success. I bring this up because fans of the original were not thrilled with this remake.
This was the second single from Good charlotte's third album Good morning revival, it also remains as their biggest hit in Australia likely due to it being released at the height of emo rock as well as benefitting from strong digital sales which is something that could've boosted the success of their material from earlier in the decade. The band would release one more album in 2010 before going on hiatus while Joel Madden became a judge on the Voice Australia.
Well, I guess this wasn't a huge departure from her earlier work as the production does make it fit with the likes of "I'm like a bird" even if the subject matter is about her moving on from a toxic relationship rather than finding her spirituality. Depending on where in the world you're from, this was either the third single from her album or the fourth and final single as the album cycle was different in each country.
This was the one and only hit from the Plain white T's, an American band who originally released this track the previous year to deafening silence only for it to pick up momentum this year for whatever reason. I guess it was popular due to the indie sphere becoming more mainstream now that the digital storefront was supporting music that wasn't centred around reality TV.
The last time Crystal Waters had any success in the music scene was back in 1994 where "100% pure love" became a massive hit for her here in Australia and eventually her native America, fast forward thirteen years and she manages to score another hit here with this track largely thanks to the music video which really hammers home the trumpet production throughout the track.
This was the sequel to "My humps" that apparently everyone was asking for back in the day as it once again has Fergie brag about how hot she is and Will I am validating her ego with his own verse, I guess she at least has more of a presence on here which justifies this being a solo single from her.
This is another song on this site that I'm going to have a hard time being nice to, mainly because it repeats the word suicidal a disturbing number of times (fifteen to be exact) despite it not being a song about that subject matter and instead about how in love Sean Kingston is with the girl he's singing to. I guess there's also the Ben E King sample from JR Rottem, however that's not really why people dislike this song.
This was the second hit from JT's second solo album Futuresex/Lovesounds, an album that seemed to want to make JT into a sex symbol which it arguably succeeded in doing given how successful it and the singles were in addition to him being considered one of the sexiest men of the decade. This was also the song which made T.I a household name here in Australia due to his guest verse being memorable.
I guess this was meant to be Fergie's attempt at creating a power fantasy for the working-class population for what it's like to have the lifestyle of the rich and famous, it paid off given how this was a massive hit for her and would've been her biggest solo hit were it not for her earlier entry on this list stealing that title from this track. The song is perhaps best known for Fatman scoop's infamous line "if you ain't got no money take your broke ass home."
It seems strange that the first international hit that Fall out boy has would be a song about them being unhappy with being seen as an emo band, although many people (me included) dislike this song more for it being the type of emo rock that would appeal to the Emos of the day which makes this song all the more ironic given how that was likely the crowd that made this a massive success for the band.
This was the lead single from Delta's third album, it was equally as successful as the songs from her first two albums even though the public had really begun to turn on her as a person due to her relationship with Brian McFadden who was considered a massive public nuisance while he was with her. They eventually came around for her once they broke off their engagement.
This had a bit of a slow rise to its peak in popularity here in Australia, I'm guessing this was due to it being huge in the indie sphere which had exploded in popularity around this time due to most of the digital downloads coming from that sector of the music industry down under. Once it did find its way to the mainstream, this proved to be one of the biggest hits of the decade for the NZ band.
It looked like that Fall out boy finally managed to take the international charts by storm this year given how this and their earlier entry were both massive hits for the band despite them failing to dent the charts outside of their native America with their earlier material from the decade. To this day, I have no idea why they decided to name this song with all of the vowels taken out of the title.
Following the massive success of Rob Thomas's solo album from two years prior, he rejoined Matchbox 20 who released this song from their greatest hits album which proved to be their biggest hit here in Australia likely due to it being explicitly about how far they had come in their career since their initial breakthrough. Sure, you can argue that it's about a relationship, however that's my interpretation of the song.
This was the second single from Avril Lavigne's third album, it's a ballad that wouldn't sound out of place on her first two albums which suggests she released it to reassure her older fans that not everything on the album would be like her earlier entry on this list. It was a massive hit for her here in Australia and in certain parts of the world, although other parts wanted her to stick to her new direction.
This is the only other entry that Kanye West will be making as a lead artist on the Australian side of my site, although he'll certainly have more of a presence on the NZ side and he did admittedly rack up a bunch of hits here as a featured artist on other people's songs. Here he scores his biggest hit down under likely due to the song sampling Daft punk's "Harder better faster stronger" for his empowerment anthem.
This was the fifth hit in a row that Fergie achieved from the Dutchess, I think this is about how she feels like she's clumsy given how I've heard this song hundreds of times back in the day and could never made out what she was saying. I think the song was a hit for the music video which seems to depict her as part of a popup book which audiences found amusing back in the day.
It seems weird that these guys had struggled for mainstream success earlier in the decade given how often I still hear songs from their debut album to this day, I guess if we had of tracked the digital downloads of those songs then we could have a better representation of how well they did back then. Oh well, we at least have this lead single to the band's second album to represent their music on this list.
Oh, wow do I remember hearing this nonstop in every commercial at the time of its release, I'm guessing this is how it managed to become such a huge hit for the Potbelleez as the Australian indie band didn't have much support from Triple J at the time which is odd because you'd think the station would promote their music. This was big enough to gain minor success over in NZ shortly after it stormed our charts.
If you're wondering why this song only appears on this list and not the previous list, that's because it wasn't released as a single here in Australia until this year despite it being a massive worldwide success for Hinder the previous year. This is another song that's gone down in infamy as one of the worst songs of the decade due to how melodramatic the situation is in the lyrics, although I don't agree with this sentiment.
This took its sweet time in finding success here in Australia, this is because it wasn't promoted on our digital stores until the start of this year despite coming from an album that was released in 2005 (much like the previous entry.) In any case, we have this second single from the Fray which is about the narrator coming to grips with him losing a friend to depression and how he could've prevented that from happening.
This was the third big hit in a row that P!nk was able to score here in Australia, this time it's with a song that's about how she's out with her friends and is getting hit on by a guy that she's clearly not interested in and how she handles the situation. If this sounds familiar to anyone, that's because this very premise was used by Meghan Trainor a decade later with her hit single "No" and was widely ridiculed for how poorly she copied this track.
This was the second single to come from Mika's debut album, it was also a massive hit here in Australia even though it didn't have a particularly interesting subject matter like his earlier entry on this list. I should point out that he was a member of the LGBT community which is perhaps why his debut album appealed to the queer community when it first came out, although his popularity didn't extend to his second album.
This was the first big hit that Silverchair had since the turn of the millennium, sure their fourth album Diorama was a huge success for them earlier in the decade, however it failed to spawn any hits for them here in Australia or anywhere else in the world. Perhaps if digital downloads were legal when it was initially released, it would've had a big hit like this lead single to their fifth and final album.
This was a song that P!nk released exclusively in Australia and NZ and the UK due to how well her fourth album I'm not dead was doing in all three countries, as such my American readers will likely be confused as to what this song even is given how it was never released in her homeland due to her not being as popular there around this time. It was a huge hit in the southern hemisphere and a flop in the UK.
This was the first of three hit singles that Dutch DJ Fedde le grand managed to achieve worldwide thanks to having a provocative music video to accompany it going viral on YouTube, imagine how much bigger this would've been if the mainstream included YouTube views onto their respective charts.
It's easy to think that the duo's earlier entry on this list was the lead single to their second album, it turns out this title track was as well as it being their highest charting single as it debuted at number one here which is something none of their other tracks were able to do throughout the 00's. This was passed up as the lead single internationally as "Untouched" was their lead single overseas instead.
This is the censored version of one of the more controversial songs to come out of the decade, replace the word love with f**k and you'll start to see why as that's the only change made in the song which has some macabre production to juxtapose with Akon's voice. Snoop Dogg is also on here to provide a verse which is also creepier if you're looking at the censored version.
This is the lead single to Gwen Stefani's second album the Sweet escape, it was a massive hit upon its initial release despite it instantly garnering criticism for a wide range of reasons from the music video which depicted her as a sexually provocative nun to the sample of "The lonely goatherd" from the Sound of music. These criticisms led to the song not being as successful as the title track from the album.
This was the final hit that JoJo managed to achieve in her career, this was due to legal troubles with her label who refused to allow her to release new music due to her second album underperforming and also refusing to let her out of their contract for whatever reason (she was only thirteen when she signed to her label, which it turns out is illegal as she was a minor.) At least she's finally been able to release new music since.
This was the only hit to come from Kelly Clarkson's third album My December, an album that was panned by critics for being too much of an emotional trainwreck as she recorded it without much guidance from her management at the time. I and many others have defended the album for being an honest look at her emotional state at the time, however her label insisted on them having more control over her music after it was released.
This victory single came from by far the most controversial winner of Australian idol as Damien Leith wasn't even an Australian citizen when he won the fourth season of the series, not helped is that his victory came at the expense of Jessica Mauboy who would've been the only aboriginal contestant to win the show.
This had a bit of a delay to its release here in Australia, although once it came out it was a modest success for Rihanna and Ne-yo who sing with each other about how they don't like the fact they have feelings for each other. It would be largely overshadowed by "Please don't stop the music" due to how long it took for this to take off here in Australia.
This was the penultimate hit that Akon had as a lead artist here in Australia, although he would still have a ton of hits moving forward as a featured artist for the likes of David Guetta and even the king of pop himself before his tragic death in 2009. This was a bit of a contrast to his other big hit this year given how this is him being remorseful about a relationship ending rather than wanting to force his love on someone.
This was the third hit to come from Mika's debut album, he had a fourth hit with "Big girl" but that's too much of a sleeper hit to be making an appearance on this site of mine. Once that track fell off the charts, his popularity seemed to come to an end as his second album was a huge failure for him by the end of the decade.
This was the second and final hit that TV rock had here, likely due to us fellow Aussies realising that they were a bit of a one trick pony as I and many others can't tell the difference between this and their previous hit "Flaunt it" from the previous year.
This was supposed to be the fourth single from I'm not dead and in P!nk's native America it was, however, it was pushed back as the fifth single in the parts of the world where her earlier entry was released as a single likely due to fears that it being pushed as a single would result in her getting cancelled similar to how Madonna and the Dixie chicks did earlier in the decade. Of course, that didn't end up happening as this became a huge hit for her worldwide with little issue.
It appears Beyonce and Shakira watched the Bette Midler flick Outrageous fortune and wanted to make a song based on that movie's plot of her and Shelley Long falling in love with the same man only to find out he had been lying to both of them (minus the terrorist subplot of course.) The result is this song which was the second single off the former's deluxe edition of her second solo album and a massive worldwide hit for them both.
This is the final hit to come from 50 cent before he became yesterday's news in the realms of hip hop, I think he already was by this stage but still scored a hit due to having JT on the chorus during the height of the RNB singer's own popularity. Nowadays 50 cent is best known for his problematic social media where he constantly says inappropriate things online to further justify him getting cancelled.
This is the second song from JT to address his failed relationship with Britney Spears, although this one seems much more caustic than "Cry me a river" mainly because it came out during the height of her meltdown which (in my opinion) says a lot about the type of person he really is in retrospect. I guess if you divorce the context of what this song is about, it's easy to see how this was a huge success from him back in the day.
Well, this this fourth single from Loose says (or third if you're from the UK) all good things come to an end which is what happened for Nelly Furtado once the album cycle ended this year as she's yet to find another hit anywhere in the world with her subsequent material. At least she managed to have four massive hits in a row worldwide from an album that got her out of the one album wonder bin.
This was the fifth hit in a row that the Pussycat dolls had here in Australia, it was a massive success here due to it being a female empowerment anthem about how they don't need the satisfaction of a man to have their lives fulfilled. I guess you can say it's hypocritical for them to have a song like this given their other entries on this site, however I and many others do agree that it's their best song by a mile.
This was the lead single to Good Charlotte's third album Good morning revival, much like their earlier entry on this list, this likely wouldn't have been as big a hit in Australia had it been released earlier in the decade given how the likes of "Lifestyles of the rich and famous" and "Predictable" failed to appear on this site despite them both receiving tons of airplay upon their respective initial releases.
This was released the previous year to deafening silence here in Australia, I guess we Aussies felt that we didn't need a folk song from a Scottish woman even though Sandi Thom dominated our charts with her entry from the top of this list. It was given a second chance when it was featured in the film the Devil wears Prada which is considered one of the best rom coms of the decade.
Following the success she had with the Young divas from the previous year, Ricki Lee decided to give her solo career another shot which went over much better as this became a huge success for her. The supergroup also kept going this year by replacing her with Jessica Mauboy, she would follow suit the following year and have a much more prominent career as well.
This was the second single from Rihanna's Good girl gone bad album, it wasn't nearly as big a hit as her earlier entry on this list even though we Aussies certainly appreciated the rock edge this song has. It kind of reminds me of "Black cat" from Janet Jackson as that was another rock track from an artist who only released RNB tracks prior to its success, and indeed Rihanna would have more rock hits in her career.
This was the victory single for by far the least popular winner of Australian idol, it was a hit as expected, however I doubt anyone even remembers who Natalie Gauci is considering she didn't even release a studio album following her win on the show.
There was a five-year gap between Maroon 5's debut and sophomore album, although it didn't feel as long given how most people didn't even know about the band until 2003 when "Harder to breathe" began making the airwaves from their debut. Here we are with the lead single to their second album which was a much more instantaneous hit for the band worldwide due to their popularity being as strong as ever.
If you're wondering what this song even is, it was the theme song to Happy feet which is a film that divides audiences to this day due to how preachy they tend to find the environmental message of the film. It was a massive box office success worldwide which allowed this theme to be a hit here in Australia for the unknown singer Gia Farrell.
This is the last hit that Kylie Minogue has had to date in her career, although she has tried to recapture her past glory over the years which does lead her to still occasionally chart even to this day. I will say that she's doing a better job at being a legacy pop diva than Madonna as she's yet to release something with the intention of it becoming a meme such as what Madonna's latest singles from the 2010's.
I bet you were beginning to forget that Kelly Rowland had a solo career given how omnipresent Beyonce was even this soon after the demise of Destiny's child throughout the world. Here she is with her first single from her second album which comes complete with a guest verse from Eve who was also still scoring hits this far into the decade despite her also not having much success as a lead artist for several years by this point.
Also known as the song that introduced the phrase "it's Britney bitch," we have this lead single to Britney's fifth album Breakout which saw a much more provocative side of the (then) troubled pop star following a string of public drama that forced her to be placed into her father's conservative ship (which the less I say about the better.) It was a massive hit for her likely due to fans wanting to support her during what was a dark period of her life.
This was the second single from Delta Goodrem's third album, here she incorporates new age into her sound which helps elevate the message of regaining one's personal believes in something after it's been destroyed. While it was a hit for her, it wasn't as big as a lot of her other entries on this site so far, suggesting that people didn't find it as inspiring as she had hoped.
Given the success of their earlier entry on this list worldwide, Hinder was finally able to find massive success with their album which included this second single from the band that was a hit only here in Australia and their native America. These were the only two hits that the band was able to achieve as their second album failed to become a success for them the following year when it was released.
This is the final hit that Gwen Stefani had in her career both solo and with No Doubt, heck she hasn't even had a hit since as a featured artist which should give you an indication of how far into obscurity she's fallen since her second album. At least she ended things on a high note as this third single from said album was one of the better received in her career after two singles that still divide fans to this day.
This was the second hit that the Young divas had here in Australia that was a cover of a song produced by Stock Aiken and Waterman back in the day and was a huge flop down under, this time they update the Lonnie Gordon classic from 1990 which I'm willing to bet was many people's introduction to the dance pop classic of that era given how popular this cover was.
This arrived a little late to the party here in Australia given how it was already a huge hit for Sean Kingston months prior in NZ and his native America, however it did eventually find success here likely due to the popularity of his debut single "Beautiful girls." He would have one more hit down under with Justin Bieber on "Eeenie meenie" before fading into obscurity worldwide.
This was both the lead single to Linkin Park's third album Minutes to midnight as well as the theme song to the first Transformers film, it also serves as the turning point with their sound as they moved on from nu metal into alternative rock which would only last for the remainder of the decade before they changed their sound again in 2010. It seems weird that they would recycle this song for "New divide" later in the decade.
This is a song whose success caused controversy this year, mainly because Dean Geyer came in third place on the fourth season of Australian idol and yet was able to score a hit here over the runner up which was Jessica Mauboy. Of course, the controversy has long since died out due to her being way more successful than either artist from that season to appear on this list.
This was a hit twice here in Australia, the first time was on its initial release and the second was when the album became a success worldwide several months after its initial release. I get the feeling it was this track that finally allowed many of their contemporaries to find success such as Fall out boy and the Fray as there was a sudden rise in tracks like this finding success following its success.
This would've been Guy Sebastian's final hit in his career given how his fourth album Memphis album failed to produce a hit single for him and that none of his albums were that successful (barring his debut of course.) He would score a massive comeback by the end of the decade which would extend his popularity well into the 2010's.
Well given how the Crazy frog was no longer able to score hits in the music scene, this allowed the German creation Gummibear to fill in for the amphibian which managed to score one hit this year thanks to its CGI video making the waves on YouTube. This won't be making my weird videos list as it was obvious that the bizarre imagery on there was intentional much like it was on Crazy frog's videos.
This was the second big hit to come from Fedde Le Grand this year, this time it's a remix of a track from Danish pop star Camille Jones from two years prior that became a massive hit not so much for the track itself but rather for its strange music video which showcases a bunch of secretaries being sexually provocative to an office worker throughout its runtime.
This was another E.P that Missy Higgins managed to score a hit with on the singles charts, although this formula didn't work out as well for her as despite it debuting at number one on our charts, it was only half as successful as the other two E.P's I've mentioned on this site from her. Still at least the album overall was a massive success.
This was the lead single to the Rogue traders second and final album with Natalie Bassingthwaighte as their lead vocalist, as you can tell, it wasn't as inescapable as the previous entries I've featured on this site so far which should tell you how it struggled to find an audience back in the day. Their next single was a much bigger hit for them the following year, proving their time in the spotlight wasn't over just yet.
Given how Nicole Scherzinger was able to revive Diddy's popularity the previous year, it only makes sense that he was score a second hit from around this time with the assistance of Christina Aguilera who was also as the height of her popularity thanks to the success of her album Back to basics.
Well, if you couldn't tell by the title of this song, this was a novelty track about the hobby ping pong that became a surprise hit for the Australian band Operator please likely due to this being an excellent time for offbeat songs to make it big in the mainstream worldwide. I'm willing to bet that if streaming had existed back then, this would be one of the biggest hits of all time down under as well as a huge international hit.
This was the final hit that Young divas achieved here in Australia, this being a cover of the Loverboy track from 1981 and had Ricki Lee replaced in the group with Jessica Mauboy given how the former had a massive hit this year with her earlier entry on this list.
Well, I guess you can say this being a success for the Foo fighters was a consolation for all of the near hits they had throughout their career prior to this point, after all, rock music was the biggest casualty of digital piracy throughout the decade which was no longer an issue this year. Still, you can consider this a stand in for the likes of "Best of you" and "The one" which naturally received much more airplay back in the day.
I guess it was about time I featured a Powderfinger track on this site, they were indeed one of the biggest bands of the decade here in Australia and no doubt would've had other appearances on here had digital downloads been legal during the first half of the decade. As such, we have their lead single to their third album of the decade which was more of a sombre ballad compared to their earlier work.
This section will cover songs that would've flopped on our charts were it not for how well they sold on the digital charts in Australia, it goes to show how necessary it was to allow these charts to integrate to the mainstream given how these next few entries were very popular here back in the day.
This was the third and final hit that Fedde Le Grand managed to achieve this year, this time it's with Danish singer Ida Corr, or more specifically a remix of a song from Ida Corr which saw no success even throughout Europe for her. Just like the other two songs on this list, this song's popularity was largely thanks to the video in where there were a bunch of clones of the singer participating in a big band.
This will be the only appearance from John Butler Trio on the singles charts given how they were more of an albums band here in Australia during their run in the mainstream, although it's possible that "Zebra" was a much bigger hit that had its sales eaten up by digital piracy from earlier in the decade considering how much airplay that received back in the day from the band.
This is the fourth and final single to be released here in Australian from JT's second album, although most other parts of the world had "Summer love" released as a single too which perhaps makes this an example of the album cycle being different depending on where in the world you're from. This was a common theme this year as there have been several entries on this list where that was the case.
This was the first hit that Gym class heroes had in their career, mainly due to it sampling "Breakfast in America" from Supertramp likely to help them establish a fanbase through the nostalgia circuit that was becoming increasingly popular around the time the digital age began taking over the mainstream worldwide. Lyrically this makes sense given how both songs are about the narrator finding their girlfriend to be mediocre for them.
Even though this will be the only appearance of Sneaky sound system on this site, I should point out that their other two hits from their debut album "Pictures" and "I love it" were also very popular back in the day and that this was the only song from the album to reach the upper echelons of the charts upon its release. I think it's because it's a song about how the narrator saw a UFO and found it hard to convince people of her sighting.
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