This is my biggest project yet! I've decided to rank all the biggest songs and albums to make it big here in Australia by how well they did on our charts from 1970 to 2009. The reason I'm not including the 2010's and beyond is because let's face it, I want this list to be a celebration of all the biggest and best songs to appeal to us Aussies and I feel that the vast majority of songs and albums that made it big after 2009 won't have the lasting cultural impact that even amid level hit from 1973 still has decades later. I'll be including stats from both the ARIA AND AMR charts meaning that all singles from mid-1988 onwards as well as albums that charted between mid-1988 and late 1998 will have two entries on this list to showcase how well they did on each chart (you'll know the difference when an entry has THIS IS THE ARIA ENTRY rather than my commentary on it.) One final thing, this will be presented as a countdown, meaning that I'm breaking tradition by having each entry be more successful than the last as opposed to the opposite like every other list on this site.
#7300
This was the lead single to Australian crawl's biggest album Sirocco, it's a good representation of their music as while the music continues to captivate audiences to this day, people feel that James Reyne needed to learn to enunciate his vocals as they tend to have a hard time trying to figure out what he's trying to say. For what it's worth, the song is about how the person he's singing to is in denial with things going good for them.
#7299
Well at least David Bowie was able to have some success in Australia during the second half of the decade, although you'd think a man who's such a force of creativity in the music scene would've thrived during the Countdown era. Indeed, the last time he troubled the charts here was with "Sorrow" back in 1974, and yet he was able to score a string of hits throughout the rest of the world with his work.
#7298
This was the first of two hits that the Silver convention were able to score worldwide this year, although we won't be looking at their other hit as "Get up and boogie" wasn't that big of a success here in Australia. Both songs had a combine total of twelve words to them, meaning that these ladies weren't known for their complex songwriting and were just meant to be listened to on the dance floors.
#7297
If you're still convinced that James Blunt is a one hit wonder with "You're beautiful," consider the fact that he scored a third hit from his debut album here in Australia which has been much better received over the years than his other two big hits from the album. All of this success led to him making a follow up album the following year that was also a massive hit everywhere in the world except for America.
#7296
This was originally the second single from Chris Isaak's biggest album Forever blue, it flopped here likely due to how inescapable the album was but was given a second chance four years later when it appeared in the film Eyes wide shut. The film is notable for being the last one to be directed by Stanley Kubrick before his death and also for being the third to star husband and wife Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.
#7295
(THIS IS THE ARIA ENTRY)
#7294
This was the only hit from the American husband and wife duo Nu shooz, a song that was released to deafening silence the previous year but was given the remix treatment where it became a massive hit this year. For some reason, I always thought this was an Ace of base track, I think because the woman sounds similar to the girls from the 90's band. It was their only hit but at least it was a huge international one.
#7293
If you're wondering where the heck this power ballad from this American hard rock band came from, apparently it was a surprise hit in their native America which was convincing enough for us Aussies to follow suit in making it a hit over here. I guess it does fit in with all the hair metal that was coming out around this time, although it's noticeably more successful than what Def Leppard was releasing.
#7292
Less than a year after the final album to come from his father, Julian Lennon released his debut album Valotte which was a huge worldwide success for him likely due to him being the son of one of the most famous musicians of the twentieth century. This was the big hit from the album which sounds similar to what his father would've released if he had lived to see the 80's, I guess this was better than nothing.
#7291
This could've very well been the last hit single that Mariah Carey had in Australia given what was about to come next for her in the new millennium (we won't be discussing it here.) Fortunately, she was able to return with her 2005 effort the Emancipation of Mimi which we'll get to on the 2005 list. For now, we have this anthem about sticking it to the cheating scumbag that Mariah was dating at the time complete with a huge budget music video.
#7290
There haven't been that many instrumentals to make it big in Australia over the years, have they? Here we have David A Stewart (one half of the Eurythmics) and Dutch saxophonist Candy Dufler scoring a big hit with this track which I'm sure was the soundtrack to some steamy love scene that I wasn't able to track down to verify for this post. Candy would go on to be an in-demand session musician following this collaboration.
#7289
D Generation were a comedy troupe that were very popular in the late 80's in Australia, similar to the Comedy club but not quite as successful. Like the Comedy club, they found moderate success in the music industry with this mashup of five popular songs from Jimmy Barnes, Kylie Minogue, John Farnham, Little river band and James Reyne with them inserting their comedy throughout the runtime.
#7288
Well, this was a different side of Sheena Easton that he hadn't seen prior, granted there was always a seductive side of her in her music, but this was the first time she had placed it front and centre in her image. It became a huge success for her here and in America, I'm guessing her fellow Brits weren't interested in watching the woman who made it big with "Morning train" try to titillate them.
#7287
Madonna was on a roll this year as she scored her third hit from her debut album, although I get the feeling my British readers will be surprised to see this ballad on this list given how it only became a hit over in the UK two years after its initial release. What's more confusing is that "Lucky star" was her big breakthrough on Billboard despite it being a massive flop here, presumably because it was the fourth single and released mere months prior to "Like a virgin."
#7286
This was the first big hit that Air supply had internationally, I'm not sure how that happened except perhaps due to this being much bigger over in NZ this year as this was far from their biggest hit here in Australia in their catalogue. Whatever the reason was, this made them a household name the following year in America and set the band up for great success throughout the early 80's.
#7285
This was more in line with some of the bigger hits that Leo Sayer would score this decade, although it wasn't as big as what was still to come given how this has become one of his more forgotten songs in his catalogue over the years. Even so it was a good steppingstone for the likes of "You make me feel like dancing" and "Thunder in my heart."
#7284
This was a hit here in Australia likely due to the similarities it had with "Halo" from earlier on this list as both songs were written and produced by Ryan Tedder which led to accusations of him recycling songs to give to artists. As this was the only time two songs of his sounded this similar to each other, these claims quickly went away as he continued to have success as a songwriter and occasionally with his band.
#7283
(THIS IS THE ARIA ENTRY)
#7282
I wonder if the term MILF existed around the early 00's, this is essentially an anthem for that subculture as the lyrics of the song explicitly detail how the underage narrator was in love with an older woman (at least he acknowledges that this was a weird phenomenon he was having.) It was a surprise hit here in Australia likely due to us Aussies finding the situation hilarious to the point where we wound up loving it.
#7281
This was only a sleeper hit here in Australia for the Gorillaz, a British band that consists of an animated counterpart with art done by the same people who made the Tank girl comics in the 90's. Their debut single was a hip hop track named after the Hollywood actor (despite his name not appearing once in the lyrics) which was a surprise hit for the band considering how quirky and unconventional the song is.
#7280
You'd think that the album cycle to J-Lo's second album would've been more successful for her given how she was one of the most successful celebrities at the turn of the new millennium, although I think in this case, it was due to a part where she goes "play my motherf**king song" which of course had to be censored in the radio and also led to rumours that she was little more than an entitled diva.
#7279
Whereas her earlier entry on this list didn't spark any controversy (well at least from anyone who didn't despise teen pop with a passion) this on the other hand raised a few eyebrows due to it heavily sampling "Jack and Diane" from John Mellencamp where she takes on the role of Diane in the song. It was a massive hit here in Australia likely due to nostalgia, however fans of the heartland rocker weren't too pleased about this.
#7278
With a name like the one these guys gave themselves; you'd think that they would have politically charged lyrics in their music. While they did occasionally get political in their music, their main schtick was novelty tracks such as this that were obviously meant to be played on shows like Beavis and Butthead rather than have any critical analysis applied to them. Indeed, this was a huge hit for the band whose acronym reads POT USA.
#7277
This was the only hit that Tony Toni Tone was able to achieve here in Australia, although like other groups of colour, they found more success over in NZ throughout the 90's which should tell you which country was more open to music of colour back then. Here they score their only hit with a new jack swing staple that proved too irresistible for us Aussies to resist back in the day like their other material.
#7276
Mariah was on a roll this year given how this became her fifth Billboard chart topper in a row since all four of her singles from her debut album went to number one in America, indeed this is the best song in her career so far as it's both bouncy and displays a personality she had lacked up until this point in her career. She would appear on MTV unplugged the following year to silence any rumours she wasn't the real deal.
#7275
This was one of two hits that British band the Quick were able to achieve here in Australia, this is curious considering they never had any success in their homeland and yet they scored two hits here during the early 80's. I'm guessing the Brits didn't care for their brand of new wave dance music, perhaps if they had a dance competition like we Aussies did throughout the 80's they would've had more success.
#7274
Well, I hope you're in the mood for Elton John portraying himself as a native islander trying to save the life of a sex worker of colour, because that's what he does on this song which was a Billboard chart topper for him this year. Even if this song were written and performed by a person of colour, it would still be problematic even for its time due to the insistence of them deciding what's best for the woman in question.
#7273
These guys were on a roll this year as this became their second hit around the world likely due to how irresistibly catchy it is, although it has been used in sports themes like their earlier entry on this list. They would score two more hits in Australia the following year from their second album, although throughout Europe they were one of the most popular bands of the decade from any genre.
#7272
(THIS IS THE ARIA ENTRY)
#7271
Conway Twitty is widely considered to be one of the greatest country artists of all time, even so, it was a bit of a surprise that he scored a hit in Australia with this gem given how he was considered past his prime at this point due to not scoring a hit since his breakthrough in the late 50's.
#7270
This was John Farnham's final hit he had until his 1980 comeback with "Help," I guess he was seen as a relic of the 60's by this point in time which was a stigma that wouldn't hold once he released his magnum opus in 1986.
#7269
Given the success of the Mike Curb congregation from earlier on this list, these guys had to be referred to as the English congregation here in Australia as well as anywhere else in the world that "Burning bridges" had charted in order to avoid confusion with them. In any case, this was a decent hit here in Australia, although it was much bigger internationally likely due to the lack of confusion.
#7268
This was the second hit that the Doors had from their final album L.A woman, it's another song that's been fondly remembered over the years due to how much oldies stations love to play it. I guess if the album weren't so successful, it would've been even bigger here due to our charts revolving around physical sales which the album ate up for this song.
#7267
(THIS IS THE ARIA ENTRY)
#7266
We have another entry from a song that would be a perfect fit for Dance dance revolution, Dreamworld were a Swedish band who scored their only hit with this song here in Australia due to it being another worthy banger for our dance floors upon its initial release. I'm not sure how we Aussies were able to discover all of these gems back in the day, however they make for a great playlist for a night out.
#7265
This was originally an album track from Vagabond heart that wasn't released as a single anywhere in the world, however it finally saw the light of day as a single two years after the album's release due to Rod performing it on MTV unplugged which compelled audiences to check out the cover of the Van Morrison track this year and make it a huge success.
#7264
This was the only hit that the Doobie brothers were able to achieve in Australia, although they had plenty of success in their native America throughout the decade with their other singles which are regular staples on oldies stations here. I guess they were another victim of having more success with their albums back in the day, although Minute to minute was the only best seller for them down under.
#7263
(THIS IS THE ARIA ENTRY)
#7262
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.
#7261
This was the penultimate hit that Brandy had here in Australia, it's a cover of the Phil Collins classic (which was his penultimate here funnily enough) that she turned into a duet by recruiting RNB singer Ray J. If the name Ray J sounds familiar to you, that's because he was the reason why Kim Kardashian became famous later in the decade after the pair starred in a sex tape together.
#7260
This was originally recorded by Bob Seger for his 1978 album Stranger in town, it wasn't a hit anywhere, but it remains popular on oldies stations to this day. This year Kenny Rogers decided to turn the ballad into a duet with Sheena Easton of all people where it became a huge hit for the two of them, I'm guessing due to audiences finding chemistry between the aging country star and Scottish diva.
#7259
Smokie were on a roll this decade as this was their second big hit, they had followed their top entry from earlier on this list, it's not as memorable as their other entries I've featured on this site which explains why it wasn't among their bigger hits back in the day.
#7258
This was a random hit that Nelly had this year about grillz, for the uninitiated, those are the fake teeth that rappers and other celebrities tended to wear throughout the decade, meaning Nelly made a song specifically about how he finds women wearing the mouthpieces to be sexy. I guess enough people also found the mouth gear to be sexy which is why it was a massive hit for him worldwide.
#7257
(THIS IS THE ARIA ENTRY)
#7256
One of the sillier tracks to become a hit here, we have this metal band scoring a hit with a track about how they don't like to be called dude. If there's a more dated song to become a hit from the start of the decade, then I'm unaware of it as this couldn't be more dated if it had the TMNT rapping over this with Vanilla ice for one of their films.
#7255
(THIS IS THE ARIA ENTRY)
#7254
Well, this is something different from Chicago, here we have a jazz rock track in the vein of early Santana or Blood sweat and tears which became a moderate success at the start of the decade worldwide for the band. I guess the genre became more niche as the decade went along, hence why they transitioned to a soft rock sound with their hit "If you leave me now."
#7253
This was the other big hit that Urban Cookie collective managed to achieve this year, although I feel that vocalist Diane Charlemagne doesn't give in as good a performance as she does on their earlier track which is perhaps why this wasn't as big as "The key the secret." Even so, it was a massive success for the British band, although it didn't do their album any favours as that was a huge flop this year.
#7252
I guess this guy having two Billboard chart toppers this year makes sense given how much of his back catalogue was finding success through covers around this time, this was the bigger of the two hits here in Australia proving that older crooners were among the more popular artists from around this time.
#7251
Well, here's the other half of Duran Duran scoring their big hit this year with the song I mentioned earlier on this list, although it's worth noting that they didn't achieve the same level of success as the Power station did given they had replaced Simon with Robert Palmer on their songs. Still, this was a decently big hit for its time, although this was the last hit any of the members would have here.
#7250
(THIS IS THE ARIA ENTRY)
#7249
This was the first of two hits that Italian band Alex Party managed to score in Australia, although it was their only hit in the UK as the Brits didn't get on board with "Wrap me up" from the following year. This song has a straightforward message of not giving someone a second chance after they treated you bad in a relationship, it's surprising how rare this type of song is given how most love songs are in the music scene.
#7248
Sheila E was the on again off again girlfriend of Prince, so it only makes sense that she was able to score a massive hit with a song that he wrote for her during the height of his popularity. She was another vocalist to achieve massive success by playing the drums on her songs, although I think she's the first solo female drummer/vocalist to achieve a hit in the music industry and second after Phil Collins.
#7247
(THIS IS THE ARIA ENTRY)
#7246
This was only the second hit that Peter Andre was able to achieve in his career, although most of my non-Australian readers likely didn't even realise he had any success prior to "Mysterious girl" from two years later given how his earlier work as since faded into obscurity due to its failure outside of Australia.
#7245
Evidently there was this teen comedy series from the 90's known as Party of five, it was apparently popular enough for its theme song to be a huge success this year for the band the Bodeans. The show premiered in 1994, which means this song was already two years old by the time it became a success this year, although the Friends theme from before also had this circuitous route to success down under.
#7244
(THIS IS THE ARIA ENTRY)
#7243
Following the demise of both Rage against the machine and Soundgarden, members of both bands decided to combine forces and form a new band called Audioslave who found instant success with their first album due to their respective fanbases following them towards their new venture. It would be their biggest success together even though they released several other albums throughout the decade.
#7242
This was a surprise hit for Livie given how she hadn't found any success since the Main event concert from 1998, here she cashes in on the duets trend that had taken off at the start of the new millennium which allowed her to have a hit album for the first time since her 1981 magnum opus Physical.
#7241
This is the second volume of the Panel series that found success here in Australia, these albums would peak in 2002 with The latest collection entry, however each of them did decently in their own right.
#7240
This was the debut album for one Alex Lloyd, an Australian indie folk singer/songwriter who initially struggled to find success with this entry the previous year likely due to it being pushed aside for a bunch of what I like to call "last hurrah" releases from the big names of the 90's. It finally rose up the ranks this year likely due to Triple J placing the singles on their yearend list for 1999 to belatedly promote the album.
#7239
(THIS IS THE ARIA ENTRY)
#7238
I'm not sure why this greatest hits package became a success given how it came out barely two years after the previous album which collected all of the biggest hits from Bryan Ferry and his band Roxy music, I guess it came with a remix of his signature tune which resulted in us Aussies rediscovering his back catalogue again so soon after the last time we did so.
#7237
This was a bit of a commercial disappointment for John Williamson compared to his previous album, although he would bounce back by the end of the decade with his next album, which suggests this was more of a dud than his popularity fading as quickly as it came around this time.
#7236
Well, here's the soundtrack to Paul McCartney's cinematic disaster I mentioned earlier on this list, I guess the fact it spawned his final hit in his career (at least for thirty years it was) did allow it to become a minor success here in Australia even if everything else about the film was panned by critics and audiences.
#7235
This is the final album that Neil Young had any sort of success within his career, mainly because he was unable to adapt to the 80's in a way that could satisfy his fans which led to his overall popularity going downhill from here on out.
#7234
Although these guys would go on to have a massive success later in the decade with "He's gonna step on you again" (albeit with a different lineup than the one found here) this was the only successful album that the Party boys had during their time together which was a live album they recorded presumably at many 21st birthday parties.
#7233
This was the only notable success for Joan Jett and the Blackhearts here in Australia, although at least they only appeared on Countdown long after the albums success in order to promote their back catalogue here in Australia. Still there was little chance this was going to fail here due to combination of Joan's sexual appeal and the pop punk of the record to give it a sense of female empowerment.
#7232
(THIS IS THE ARIA ENTRY)
#7231
Given how this album managed to spawn one of Pat Benatar's biggest hits here in Australia (arguably it was her biggest hit overall) it makes sense that it managed to become a modest success for her which makes it another album to be as such during the rise in female singer/songwriters this year.
#7230
(THIS IS THE ARIA ENTRY)
#7229
Well, this is one way of acknowledging you have a rich back catalogue that fans had unfairly ignored at this point, RHCP released this greatest hits package to help fans discover what they had missed out on from their 80's material which proved to be a success for them.
#7228
If you're looking for a collection of songs that were among the biggest hits of the first four years of the 80's, then this is the perfect find as it collected many songs in this vein into one convenient package that was only a modest success here for some reason.
#7227
These girls have been described as the Australian equivalent of the Spice girls, it's there as they were a five piece who specialised in dance pop with elements of RNB and hip hop thrown into the mix. As such you have to wonder what happened to their popularity given how inescapable their British counterparts would be during the second half of the decade, I guess they were too ahead of their time.
#7226
(THIS IS THE ARIA ENTRY)
#7225
They were described as the 90's equivalent of Abba, even though that was truer of their later material as this first album from Ace of base was more in line with the reggae trends of the day rather than the Europop that made their 70's equivalent a household name. They were a surprise success in America, so much so that this was given an American edition over there which was what was popular on Billboard.
#7224
Following a string of failed singles and albums where he tried to become a teen idol, the son of Jimmy Barnes David Campbell decided to reinvent himself as a throwback artist where he covered swing tunes from the first half of the twentieth century that saw massive success for the son of the Cold chisel frontman. It was a niche that helped him find further success with his subsequent follow ups.
(THIS IS THE ARIA ENTRY)
#7222
Well, you know a song is bumping when it's able to crossover to Australia despite it being a hip hop track and having some casual misogyny in the third verse, although when it comes to sexism this is quite tame for Snoop Dogg considering how much worse his later material would be towards women. Indeed, we Aussies wouldn't give him another hit until "Beautiful" nine years later which is the antithesis of his 90's tracks.
#7221
Dr Hook were on a roll this year as they found a second hit here in Australia with another soft rock ballad, this confirmed that they had matured from the comedy rock from the first half of the decade and wanted to appeal to a more mainstream audience. I guess we Aussies were a little ahead of the curve in this regard as their popularity here dwindled just as it was beginning to explode internationally.
#7220
This was the second hit that Jimmy Barnes was able to score from his album Two fires, it continues his winning streak from his earlier entry proving yet again that he was one of the most popular artists to transition from the 80's to the 90's down under. The third single from the album bombed, however he would return the following year with "When your love is gone" became a surprise hit for him.
#7219
This was the only hit that Sister Sledge had here in Australia, I feel that it's a bad representation of their music given how the family group are best known for their disco classics from the late 70's such as "We are family" and "He's the greatest dancer." I think this was a hit here due to this being an excellent time for Motown in our music scene despite most people feeling that artistically the label was at a low point.
#7218
This was the final hit that Ronan Keating had in his career, mainly because it's a cover of the Bob Seger classic but using the Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton format as that version was more popular back in the day. Here he recruits 60's legend Lulu who finally escapes the one hit wonder bin after over thirty years given how she never had another hit on her own in Australia apart from "To sir with love" in 1967.
#7217
It looked like Terence Trent D'arby would be a one album wonder as his second album was a complete failure for him at the start of the decade, fortunately his third album spawned this hit for him in Australia and NZ which helped him escape that fate in both countries. This is a departure from his earlier material as he went in a more rock direction from here on out in his career.
#7216
This was the first of three hits that I'm talking was able to achieve in Australia, a band that's best known for introducing Kate Ceberano into the music industry as she served as the lead vocalist for this band of otherwise middle age white men. OK that's not fair as she was one of two female vocalists of colour and there was also a third woman of colour on bass, but Kate was the star of the show thanks to her amazing voice.
#7215
This is the first of two hits that the Stranglers had here in Australia, this means that they're one of the few punk bands to make it big on our charts given how we Aussies seemed to be allergic to the genre back in the day. That said, this is one of their more experimental tracks which is perhaps how this crossed over here from their native UK in the first place.
#7214
While these guys only had one inescapable hit here in Australia with "Hot love," their fortunes were much better in their homeland as this became yet another chart topper in the UK for the glam rock band as well as another staple on oldies stations to this day.
#7213
That's right, Ernie from Sesame Street managed to score a hit here in Australia with a song about how much he loves his rubber duckie, the theme song needed to be remixed in 1992 for that to touch the charts, yet one of the shows cast members had a hit with us Aussies no problem back in the day.
#7212
This was the second and final hit that BJ Thomas was able to achieve in Australia, third if you consider that John Farnham stole his second hit here with his rendition of "Raindrops keep falling on my head." I guess Glen Campbell was the country star of choice here in Australia during the height of our fascination with the genre considering how much bigger he was compared to this guy down under.
#7211
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.
#7210
This will be the final appearance from Mandy Moore on my site as the teen idol didn't have any hits as an adult later in the decade, it's a pity because her voice didn't deteriorate transitioning to adulthood and she shifted from teen pop to adult contemporary with her later material. Here she incorporates middle eastern production which was a surprisingly common troupe throughout the decade in western music.
#7209
There are two songs with this title that appear on this list, although this was by far the bigger of the two entries due to how well it did in America for Looking glass. I guess we Aussies weren't that keen on having a love ballad dedicated to a girl named Brandy be that successful given how low it appears on this list.
#7208
(THIS IS THE ARIA ENTRY)
#7207
One of the more popular songs to come from the UK this year was this cover of an obscure reggae track from the early 70's, in fact I'm willing to bet more people are familiar with the Baha men version from the mid 90's than the original as that's seemed to have popped up in recent years for some reason. In any case we have this version from the British band Toploader crossing over here in Australia due to its funky beat.
#7206
This was the only hit that Van McCoy was able to achieve in his lifetime in most parts of the world, although the Brits did give him a second hit later in the decade with "The shuffle" which is a less conventional disco record due to it being in a 6/4-time signature as opposed to the more conventional 4/4-time signature like this and many other dance tracks are. Sadly, Van would die of a drug overdose by the end of the decade.
#7205
Named after the heritage he was a part of Panjabi MC initially broke through with this track throughout Europe the previous year given how popular Indian style music was becoming throughout the early 00's worldwide. This year, he recruited Jay-z to provide him a guest verse which allowed this to crossover here in Australia, although I get the feeling the true intent of this remix was to gain him an American audience.
#7204
This was the only other hit that Toni Pearen was able to score in her singing career, although like I said earlier, her acting career did lead to her becoming a popular TV host once the hits dried up later in the decade. Again, she never released anything as embarrassing as her E-Street co-star Melissa Tkautz, which means she hasn't been relegated to a reality star over the years and is still respected in the industry.
#7203
This was a Hispanic hip hop duo who scored their one and only hit in Australia this year with this bop of a track, although in NZ their big hit was "On a Sunday afternoon" which topped their charts two years prior. If the production on this track sounds familiar to you, that's because Mariah Carey would sample it on her big hit "Honey" later in the decade. This wasn't a hit in America so it's anyone's guess how she came across this track.
#7202
Well, we haven't had a song like this feature on this site for a while, this is the only hit from pub rock band the Poor who managed to breakthrough this year with a song that would've been one of the biggest hits of its year had it been released in the 80's. This is the best proof I have for the times shifting against Australian music as there were plenty of songs from the underground this year that sounded just like this.
#7201
Finally, we have an entry from Talking heads on my site, admittedly this was a victim of having most of its sales eaten up by the highly lucrative album that spawned it as a single, however the fact it still manages to make the cut on this list (albeit barely) should a testament to how much we Aussies loved this track back in the day. That love continues through its presence of oldies stations of course.
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