Hits of the 90's Australia IV

I've decided to rank the songs of the 90's based on how long they charted here in Australia, this is to give an idea of which songs became a success despite being pulled from shelves and which ones persisted with no resistance from our music scene. I've also included a few new entries from post 1992 given how I covered the lower half of the charts from the pre-Oz music charts era already on this site and thus wanted to give these entries some representation on my site. I’ll also spare my return readers commentary for songs that appeared on my other Australian list for the 90’s on this site and only include commentary from entries that are either new to this list or marked their debut on my Oz music charts list or the 1980-1992 list.

#46 for 1997

#25 for 1994

#27 for 1995

#40 for 1999

#43 for 1998

#41 for 1999

#42 for 1999

#34 for 1990

#20 for 1991

#28 for 1995

#43 for 1999

#24 for 2000

#26 for 1994

#29 for 1995

#27 for 1994

#35 for 1990

#20 for 1992

#47 for 1997

#44 for 1998

#48 for 1997

#36 for 1990

#30 for 1995

#49 for 1997

#31 for 1996

#28 for 1994

#31 for 1995

#37 for 1990

#38 for 1990

#29 for 1994

#28 for 2000

#32 for 1995

#32 for 1996

#50 for 1997

#51 for 1997

#21 for 1992

#45 for 1998

#21 for 1991

#52 for 1997

#22 for 1991

#44 for 1999

#45 for 1999

#37 for 1993

#53 for 1997

#46 for 1999

These guys are best known for their big hit in their native America "I believe," however five years later they scored a huge sleeper hit here in Australia with this gem making it one of the first hits going into the 00's here. I'm not sure why we gravitated towards this and not their big American hit given how they both sound similar to each other and have the same spiritual lyricism to boot.

#33 for 1995

While it didn't quite make the cut for my 1995 list on this side of my site, it appears we Aussies were intrigued by this RNB cover of the Bee gees classic enough for it to be a sleeper hit down under back in the day. Naturally it did take a while for this to see the light of day here as opposed to in NZ where it was an instant success months before it was released here.

If you're wondering why this incessantly catchy song didn't at least make one of my year end lists, that's because Regurgitator made the strange decision in not having this be the lead single to their magnum opus Unit likely to avoid any accusations of them selling out as this is admittedly very different from the rest of their catalogue due to how bouncy it is. Also yes, the video is bizarre and a worthy candidate for my weirdest videos lists.

This is another two for one deal as many people forget that RHCP's cover of the Ohio players classic was bundled with a song from Engelbert Humperdinck back in the day (side note, the fact that a song called "Lesbian seagull" is from one of the most chased crooners of the 60's boggles my mind.) This was of course taken from the theatrical film Beavis and Butthead released during the height of their popularity.

#54 for 1997

#39 for 1990

"Earth song" might've been the bigger hit that MJ had here in Australia, however his other song about the environment he released in the 90's also did decently well with us Aussies even if it took its sweet time in finding an audience with us as opposed to the rest of the world where it was an instant success for the king of pop.

If this entry from R.E.M seems random to you, that's because this was the theme to the Andy Kauffman biopic Man on the moon which allowed it to become a sleeper hit here in Australia just as the decade was coming to an end. I guess this makes it the second song the band wrote for the comedic legend as well as their first hit given how "Man on the moon" failed to become a hit here back in the day.

It seems natural that this would be a sleeper hit for Keith Sweat here in Australia given how "Twisted" from earlier did manage to connect with us Aussies, although it was VERY late to the party here, hence why it didn't reach the dizzying heights of success it achieved in NZ or what his earlier entry achieved over here.

25 weeks

#33 for 1996

#46 for 1998

#55 for 1997

#30 for 1994

#34 for 1995

#22 for 1992

#38 for 1993

#56 for 1997

#47 for 1998

#23 for 1991

#23 for 1992

#47 for 1999

#34 for 1996

#35 for 1995

#35 for 1996

#40 for 1990

#31 for 1994

#57 for 1997

#32 for 1994

#36 for 1996

#58 for 1997

#48 for 1998

#49 for 1998

#24 for 1992

#39 for 1993

#41 for 1990

#42 for 1990

#59 for 1997

#50 for 1998

#48 for 1999

#25 for 1992

#40 for 1993

#43 for 1990

#24 for 1991

#26 for 1992

#41 for 1993

#33 for 1994

#25 for 1991

#27 for 1992

#26 for 1991

#37 for 1996

#44 for 1990

#36 for 1995

#45 for 1990

#46 for 1990

#38 for 1996

#47 for 1990

#39 for 1996

#60 for 1997

#34 for 1994

#37 for 1995

#40 for 1996

#42 for 1993

#28 for 1992

#41 for 1996

#35 for 1994

#51 for 1998

#38 for 1995

#27 for 1991

#43 for 1993

#28 for 1991

#42 for 1996

#29 for 1991