Well time for me to round out these lists based on how long a song charted here in Australia, although I'll be using the physical charts from 2006 onwards given how entries from that year onward lasted indefinitely on the charts. That said ARIA reduced their physical charts to a top fifty in mid-2009, meaning entries from 2009 will be lower on here than they probably deserve to be (bearing in mind that David Kent only produced a top twenty chart for his books following the discontinuation of the AMR charts in 1999.) If I didn’t do this, then the top half of this list would be dominated with entries from 2006 onwards which I feel isn’t fair for the first half of the decade.
#72 for 1999
#65 for 2000
#43 for 2002
#59 for 2005
#77 for 2006
#60 for 2005
#78 for 2006
#44 for 2002
#53 for 2003
#45 for 2002
#54 for 2003
#48 for 2004
#55 for 2003
#49 for 2004
#56 for 2001
#56 for 2003
#57 for 2001
#46 for 2002
#58 for 2001
#42 for 2009
#59 for 2001
#47 for 2002
#61 for 2005
#62 for 2005
#60 for 2001
#57 for 2003
#63 for 2005
#50 for 2004
#64 for 2005
#61 for 2001
#51 for 2004
#66 for 2000
#62 for 2001
#79 for 2006
#58 for 2003
#48 for 2002
This was first heard during the end credits of the first Tomb raider film, apparently this song was so well received from the film that it was eventually released as a single where it became a huge sleeper hit here in Australia likely due to Triple J catching wind of the track. It remains Basement Jaxx's only hit worldwide, although I do remember hearing "Good luck" quite a bit on the radio two years later.
#65 for 2005
This is the final hit that Hilary Duff has had in her career as of this writing, it was the second single from her greatest hits package Most wanted which received heavy criticism at the time due to being a greatest hits package that was released two years after her first hit "Why not" from the Lizzie McGuire soundtrack.
#52 for 2004
#64 for 2005
#43 for 2009
#59 for 2003
#77 for 1999
#67 for 2000
#49 for 2002
Well at least this song didn't have to rebound on our charts in order for it to be a success here in Australia, sure it never quite saw the dizzying heights of success it had in NZ (let alone on Billboard) however it stuck around consistently for quite some time which suggests how much we Aussies at least viewed this as a guilty pleasure when it was first released.
This will be the only other new entry from Good charlotte on this list given how it was the lead single to their second international album, although it doesn't escape my notice that both new entries from them on here are the lead singles to their respective albums even if this didn't have as strong a message as their earlier entry did.
#50 for 2002
#86 for 2007
I did say when I featured this on the NZ side of my site that it was strange how this failed to feature on this side of my site, this is because of Bow wow's earlier entry on this list which suggested that we Aussies were more receptive towards making him a household name as an adult than the kiwis were. Indeed, we were initially on board with this prospect but changed our minds the older he got.
#51 for 2002
This likely would've been more of a success here in Australia had ARIA incorporated digital sales during the height of its popularity, as is, it did fairly well as the fourth single from the Rogue traders first album with Natlie on vocals given how it was already a massive success by the time it was released as a single.
This was also a huge sleeper hit for Scribe here in Australia back in the day, in fact this is what allowed his album to also be a sleeper hit here two years after its initial release in his homeland given how it initially struggled to find an audience with us Aussies when his earlier entry became a success.
It looks like Fragma weren't one hit wonders after all as they managed to score a second hit with this track here in Australia, although it's another entry I remember being far more popular back in the day than its placement on here would otherwise suggest. I guess this is due to it being a massive hit in the UK as were many of these news entries on this list.
#68 for 2000
20 weeks
#53 for 2004
#63 for 2001
#52 for 2002
#44 for 2009
#54 for 2004
#67 for 2005
#69 for 2000
#68 for 2005
#80 for 2006
#55 for 2004
#56 for 2004
#57 for 2004
#69 for 2005
#53 for 2002
#60 for 2003
#70 for 2005
#81 for 2006
#73 for 2008
#61 for 2003
#58 for 2004
This is another song that was technically a hit twice here in Australia as this rebound on our charts when the album it was pulled from was finally released. I was a bit surprised it wasn't an inescapable hit on our digital charts given how much airplay it received at the time like many other hits on our digital charts.
#64 for 2001
#62 for 2003
#63 for 2003
#64 for 2003
#59 for 2004
#60 for 2004
#70 for 2000
#61 for 2004
#62 for 2004
#71 for 2005
#63 for 2004
#87 for 2007
#74 for 2008
#71 for 2000
#54 for 2002
#55 for 2002
#72 for 2000
The hits kept on coming for BEP going into the new decade as this fourth single from the E.N.D (Energy never dies for the uninitiated) was a massive worldwide hit for the quartet. Evidently this was stitched together with "Imma be" in their native America due to its video serving as a continuation to that video, it would explain why that track was the third Billboard chart topper for them on the album.
#65 for 2001
#82 for 2006
#56 for 2002
#65 for 2003
#73 for 2000
#88 for 2007
#74 for 2000
#66 for 2003
#57 for 2002
#75 for 2000
There was this weird trend in 2000 where a song would debut high and then retreat to the lower half of our charts soon after, this is one of those songs which is weird as it's the third single from Killing Heidi's debut album (technically fourth as "Leave me alone" was bundled with "Mascara.") Although this was the band's final hit here, they did achieve minor success with their next two albums.
#58 for 2002
#64 for 2004
#76 for 2000
#72 for 2005
#73 for 2005
#66 for 2001
I did mention this was a modest hit here in Australia back in the day when I featured it on the NZ side of my site, I should elaborate in that it was a big sleeper hit here even though both JoJo and Bow wow managed to achieve success prior to this song's release here. Heck it was even released on time over here, further proving that tardiness is a good way of finding success in the southern hemisphere.
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