Hits of Australia and NZ: Hits in Australia 00's VI

Well time for me to round out these lists based on how long a song charted here in Australia, although this time I’m only going as far as early 2009 and will be using the physical charts from 2006 onwards given how entries from that year onward lasted indefinitely on the charts and that ARIA reduced their physical charts to a top fifty in mid-2009 (that and 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.

#70 for 2008

#56 for 2005

#61 for 2000

#53 for 2001

#62 for 2000

#49 for 2003

#57 for 2005

#74 for 2006

#82 for 2007

#50 for 2003

#83 for 2007

#63 for 2000

#54 for 2001

#46 for 2004

#75 for 2006

#64 for 2000

#55 for 2001

#47 for 2004

#58 for 2005

#51 for 2003

#52 for 2003

#72 for 1999

#65 for 2000

#43 for 2002

#59 for 2005

#76 for 2006

#60 for 2005

#77 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

#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

#78 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

#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

#84 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.