Hey there, I thought I’d make a list ranking the longest charting singles from what I believe to be the most lucrative time in music history here in Australia. This list is fairly straight forward, each entry appears A: by how long they charted for and B: how well they did during their chart run. The only other thing is that the charts became somewhat redundant starting in 2007 where ARIA allowed for digital downloads which effectively removed the shelf life of each single. This means I’ve decided to include the chart runs of songs on the digital and single charts from this period to give an idea of how long a song would’ve lasted on the charts without this change whilst allowing songs that didn’t chart on the physical chart to appear on here as well.
This was technically the first song that the Spice girls released following the departure of Ginger Spice earlier in the year, admittedly the plan was to always have this as the fourth and final single from Spiceworld, however I get the feeling this wouldn’t have been as big as it was if it wasn’t for the drama going down with the girls prior to its release.
1998 31 weeks
One of the earliest forms of electronic dance music (or EDM for short) was known as acid house, this is basically music you dance to while taking substance known as acid (look up what that means in your own time.) By far the biggest hit from this sub-genre is this breakthrough single from Yazz who managed to achieve massive success around the world with this trumpet heavy dance track.
1988 31 weeks
This gospel track from the sister duo Mary Mary was a massive flop in their native America, I’m not sure why as it was a massive hit for them everywhere else in the world including here in Australia where gospel music usually doesn’t do so well as evidence by the absence of Mary J Blige on this site. For what it’s worth, we Aussies were much more receptive to musicians of colour going forward in the 00’s.
2000 31 weeks
This was the second of three hits that 3oh!3 had in most parts of the world, the first was “Don’t trust me” which was a song that was originally uploaded to YouTube before it was picked up as a single several months later and their third hit was a collaboration with Kesha during the height of the club boom. Here they collaborate with Katy Perry for a song that I’m sure most people have forgotten even exists.
2009 31 weeks
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2007 31 weeks
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2008 31 weeks
So Carly Simon was still able to find success going into the 80’s, admittedly there was every indication that she would be one of the most popular artists of the decade had MTV not launched this year and ruined her chances at replicating the success she had throughout the 70’s. I also have to admit that outside of her magnum opus “You’re so vain,” I’ve never been that much of a fan of her music.
1980 31 weeks
It feels weird that this song is Jessica Simpson’s biggest hit here in Australia, mainly because it was tied to her reality show the Newlyweds where her and her (then) husband Nick Lachey were filmed in their day to day lives similar to what the Kardashians would be on Keeping up with the Kardashians. It also serves to present her as who she really is which people have criticised for it failing to do.
2004 31 weeks
It’s hard to think that this woman began the decade as a member of Wilson Phillips, one of the most successful artists of the early 90’s in their native America that only managed a single hit song internationally with their debut single “Hold on.” Fast forward six years and we have the second of two hit singles she had in Australia and seemingly nowhere else in the world.
1996 31 weeks
This was the lead single to the Saturday night fever soundtrack, an album/soundtrack that showcases the Bee gees at their finest through their vocal harmonies as well as how catchy their disco production is. I never quite understood why there have been so many covers of this track in particular over the years, I would’ve thought that “Staying alive” or “Night fever” would be the song to be revisited over and over again from this album.
1977 31 weeks
This wasn’t Samantha Sang’s first song to chart in Australia, she had attempted to have a pop career a decade prior under her real name Cheryl Gray to no avail likely due to her being a child singer during a time where we Aussies were into psychedelia and protest music. She was given a second chance at a career with this ballad written by the Brothers Gibb which took off for her not just locally but internationally as well.
1977 31 weeks
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2008 31 weeks
This was the first of a string of hits that Ja Rule managed to achieve here in Australia, I think it’s due to him having a bunch of features on his songs (in this case RNB singer Case) who usually bring him a catchy chorus to connect his verses with. In this sense, he was the predecessor to Flo Rida as that’s exactly what the follow east coast rapper did once the hits for this guy dried up.
2001 31 weeks
This is one of those songs that’s meant to be an anthem for the frat boys of the world, as such it was a massive hit for Cobra starship as it seemed inevitable that this type of song would make it big in the club boom that was exploding this year.
2009 31 weeks
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2008 31 weeks
This was the first official single from Jessica Mauboy given that the only songs she released prior to this were the ones she sung on the fourth season of Australian idol, here she somehow manages to recruit Flo Rida to give her a guest verse which no doubt helped this song to become a massive hit here in Australia upon its initial release. I’m guessing it was meant for an international market who sadly didn’t take to this.
2008 31 weeks
This was the debut single for one of the most prominent female hip hop stars of all time, although it’s interesting to note that this never became a hit for them in their native America and only saw crossover success when it became a surprise hit for them over in the UK. The girls would go on to have massive success throughout the 90’s even though they wouldn’t score a massive hit on Billboard until 1993.
1988 31 weeks
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2008 31 weeks
The only American idol contestant to see success with their victory single outside of America apart from Jordin Sparks was Fantasia from four years prior, although I get the feeling this victory single was a success here in Australia mainly due to the buzz she received with her collaboration with Chris Brown from earlier on the list which would explain why that song was heavily delayed in order for this to become a hit.
2008 31 weeks
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2008 31 weeks
There won’t be a lot of appearances from Coldplay on this site, at least not on my 00’s lists as their popularity would largely be confided to their albums in the southern hemisphere due to illegal downloads eating up the success of their singles. The exception to this was their debut single which was a massive hit here in Australia like it was in their native UK.
2000 31 weeks
This was bundled with Jewel’s earlier entry on this list in America, presumably to allow these songs to break records on Billboard which seems to be the reason for why the Billboard charts panned out the way they did throughout the 90’s. Here in Australia, this was given a separate release where it managed to become a hit in its own right proving that we Aussies would’ve made Jewel a household name if we knew about her two years prior.
1997 31 weeks
This guy scored a massive success eight years prior with “Baby don’t get hooked on me,” it was by far one of the cheesiest songs of the 70’s that seemed destined to trap him in the one hit wonder bin. He was able to escape from that bin with this track due to a performance that had Kenny Rogers on stage with him.
1980 31 weeks
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2006 31 weeks
This was the only notable success for the Spanish duo Baccara, mainly due to their unique vocals as well as the groovy disco beat which helped it stand out from many of their contemporaries this decade. There was little surprise this would be a hit in Australia given how inescapable it was in the UK, although I get the feeling this still would’ve been a hit here regardless because of how bit it was throughout Europe.
1977 31 weeks
You’d think these guys would be a French band given how their biggest hit was a song from the French genre chanson, you’d be wrong as these guys were based in America and only saw success throughout Europe due to how catchy this update of a 50’s chanson track was throughout this decade. They did eventually score a hit on Billboard with “Boy from New York,” I’m guessing to pander to American culture.
1976 31 weeks
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.
2006 31 weeks
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2007 31 weeks
This was the second single to be released from Heavy nova, a song that initially struggled to find success here due to it being one of his more subdue ballads but eventually became a success due to it being one of his bigger hits in his native UK. Apparently, the Brits didn’t care for “Simply irresistible” but latched on to this track from the album, proving what they liked about his music and what they didn’t.
1988 31 weeks
This was Aaliyah’s only hit here in Australia, although much like her big hit in NZ from two years prior, this was also a song featured from a film which in this case was a film she also starred in. That film is of course Romeo must die which was panned by critics for its clunky story but praised for the performances from Aaliyah and her co-star Jet Li, suggesting she was also a talented actress as well as a singer.
2000 31 weeks
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.
2007 31 weeks
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2007 31 weeks
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2008 31 weeks
While this wasn’t Yothu Yindi’s debut single in Australia, it was the song which made them a household name due to how incessantly catchy it is despite the lyrics being about how the band wants the Australian government to sign a treaty with the aboriginal community (something that’s still yet to happen as of this writing.) International readers will recognise this as the song that plays when Brendan Frasier flips over to MTV in Encino man, which gives you an idea of how American audiences received this.
1991 31 weeks
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2007 31 weeks
Much like the album cycle for I’m not dead, this title track from Funhouse also got pushed back as the fifth single here in Australia in order for P!nk’s earlier entry on this list to be released as the fourth single which proved to be the right move as both of these songs were massive hits in the southern hemisphere as well as in certain parts of Europe just like “Leave me alone” and “Dear Mr President” was two years prior.
2009 31 weeks
Although he remains a one hit wonder internationally with “Undercover angel,” Alan O’day was able to score a second hit here in Australia with this track about how much he likes skinny girls. I guess everyone is entitled to their preferences and to be fair, this is meant to be tongue in cheek about how thin girls were becoming from around this time.
1980 31 weeks
This was the lead single to the Corrs third album, an album which saw them branch away from their Celtic sound they had on their previous two albums in favour of more conventional adult contemporary. This paid off for them big time internationally as this was a massive worldwide success for them, however it wasn’t as big here in Australia likely due to us feeling like they sold out with this track.
2000 31 weeks
Yet another surprise I’ve made when going through the Australian charts of the 90’s, I was five years old when this song came out and I can tell you this was overplayed to hell and back upon its release here. What’s more curious is that the album it came from didn’t even touch our charts until a year after its release, so you can’t even say that this was the victim of strong album sales like most of the other entries on this list.
1997 31 weeks
There didn’t seem to be any room for piano driven rock music in the late 90’s, however Ben Folds Five proved otherwise as they managed to score a massive hit here in Australia with this track likely due to how well they were promoted on Triple J. This was their only hit here, although it remains one of the more popular tracks to come out of the second half of the decade from the rock scene.
1998 31 weeks
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2007 31 weeks
The 90’s might have been wrapping up this year, however that didn’t mean its trends were as we have this trance track from this German DJ becoming a massive worldwide success after a full decade of successful European DJ’s making it big with EDM. I guess this is one of the more popular instrumentals of the decade as well as most of the big hits from the genre in Australia had vocals attached to them.
1999 31 weeks
Here’s a song that became a hit purely through the controversy caused by the music video, after all it’s not every day where you see a nineteen-year-old woman dancing around in a bikini that’s clearly too small for her to the point where she has to adjust the bikini multiple times throughout the video’s runtime. This resulted in the video being banned in the UK due to partial nudity, which of course made the song a huge success worldwide.
1988 31 weeks
Well, I finally managed to feature a song from Kiss that’s more in line with what their fanbase wants rather than their supposed sell-out period from the turn of the 70’s/80’s, although this only took off here in Australia due to their live album which helped the song skyrocket up our charts after months of being trapped in obscurity from its initial release.
1976 31 weeks
This was the song that broke Evermore through into the Australian market given how their fellow kiwis largely ignored them back in the day even though NZ idol wasn’t anywhere near as intrusive with their mainstream as what Australian idol was for ours. Indeed, I feel this would’ve been as big as their two hits from their second album here were it not for the reality show clogging up our charts when it came out.
2004 31 weeks
This is one of those melodramatic songs that’s received a ton of backlash over the years due to its podophilic storytelling, I guess this is why it was only a sleeper hit here in Australia as there’s been very few tracks to make it big with such a problematic premise to them. Still its success in Benny’s native America was undeniable which was enough for us to check it out likely as a guilty pleasure.
1980 31 weeks
The last time Underworld bothered the charts anywhere in the world was with their debut single “Underneath the radar,” fast forward eight years and we have them finally escaping the one hit wonder bin with their theme song to the cult classic Trainspotting. This likely would’ve been more of a mainstream success here in Australia were it not for how popular the soundtrack was by the time it was released.
1996 31 weeks
This was the third single from P!nk’s Funhouse album, though it was a hit here in Australia, it’s obvious that her audience was more interested in her moving on from her husband (despite the fact the two didn’t end up getting a divorce) rather than begging him to take her back like she does on this track.
2009 31 weeks
It only seems fitting that I finally include the big hit that Uriah heep had in NZ on this side of my site as it did stick around for quite some time in the lower half of our charts back in the day. I guess we Aussies didn’t have as much love for this track as fellow rock opera tracks from the likes of Meat Loaf and ELO but appreciated it enough to not completely ignore it either.
1978 31 weeks
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2006 31 weeks
It looks like Stacie Orrico was able to score one more hit in her career here in Australia before she faded into irrelevancy, although interestingly this came from her final album which was released the same time as JoJo’s final album in the mid 00’s.
2006 31 weeks
I’m a bit surprised this wasn’t a mainstream success here in Australia given how A: it remains a staple on our radio to this day and B: it being well received back in the day despite coming from a highly successful album. I guess this was the full extent of the band’s popularity here as not only was this the only song to chart for a considerable time here, but the album it came from was their only successful one as well.
1996 31 weeks
This is another EDM track that was a huge bomb on the ARIA charts but did fairly well on the AMR charts, as such it was a shoe in for this list as it didn’t quite rack up the points from the latter charts to qualify for a year end list of mine but was definitely noteworthy to appear on this list alongside the other near hits that appear on here.
1997 31 weeks
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2007 31 weeks
This wasn’t Robert Palmer’s first hit single here in Australia (that of course was “Bad case of loving you”) however this was a huge sleeper hit for him years before he joined forces with members of Duran Duran to become the Power station which gives you an idea of how his sound shifted throughout his career. This was the second single he released in the 80’s after “Johnny and Mary” which remains a favourite on oldies stations.
1981 31 weeks
This is the only hit that Eagle eye cherry had in his career, I’m a bit surprised at this given how he’s the half-brother of rapper Neneh Cherry who saw substantial success throughout the 90’s worldwide. I’m even more surprised this was a sleeper hit here in Australia at the time given how it seemed to be inescapable on the radio when it was first released.
1998 31 weeks
This was released during the final month of the decade here in Australia, although it only took off here due to the success of JB’s second hit which was the one where he began to receive tons of online hate.
2009 31 weeks
We have another brand-new entry on this list, this time it’s from the Verve pipe who scored their one and only hit worldwide with this post grunge track which is usually attributed as the song that kickstarted the genre following the demise of grunge from earlier in the decade. Despite their failure to score a second hit even in their native America, these guys are still active as of this writing.
1997 31 weeks
Gary Moore is best known as the guitarist from Thin Lizzy who curiously never had much success here in Australia back in the day, heck he had more success with his solo outing than his band ever did which began with this cover of the Easybeats classic two decades after its success in the UK. I wouldn’t say this replaced the original given how it only became a success due to its refusal to die on our charts.
1987 31 weeks
This is now the third version of this Johnny Nash classic to feature on my site following the original and the Jimmy Cliff version from 1994, I bet you didn’t realise that the Celtic band Hothouse flowers put their name on the reggae classic given how they did just that for their second album from 1990. It was due to this becoming a sleeper hit that said album was a massive success here in Australia for them.
1990 31 weeks
This might be a bit of an anomaly for my American readers as this was never released as a single over there for some reason, for everyone else this remains the biggest hit from Wings which seems fitting as it’s a song that honours Paul’s Scottish heritage more than anything else he’s ever released.
1977 30 weeks
Were it not for the popularity of the biopic about Ritchie Valen’s life, I doubt Los lobos would’ve achieved any form of success during their impressive career. Fortunately, the biopic was a critical and commercial success which led to their cover of Valen’s signature tune becoming a massive worldwide success for them.
1987 30 weeks
This was the first of a string of hits that American singer Anastacia had in Australia, I bring this up because she curiously never had a hit on the Billboard charts despite being a massive success throughout Europe. I guess this was due to her fellow Americans confusing her for a woman of colour initially and being taken aback when they saw she wasn’t, she does admittedly have a lot of soul in her vocals.
2000 30 weeks
This was all set to become another flop for Enrique Iglesias given how it had such a slow climb to the top of the charts worldwide, however it received a sudden boost when it was chosen as the unofficial theme song to the 9/11 attacks as it would play over news coverage of the aftermath of the disaster. This allowed the album it serves as the lead single for to become a massive success for the Latin crooner.
2001 30 weeks
Often considered to be one of the greatest songs of all time (rightfully so in my opinion) this nearly six-minute rock opera initially struggled to find an audience due to its crushing length on the radio as well as record executives finding it too silly to be pushed as a single. Needless to say, the general public disagreed with those assessments.
1976 30 weeks
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2008 30 weeks
Well, they did score a massive hit earlier in the decade by adding hip hop verses to a Bee gees classic, so why not repeat the formula by replacing “Staying alive” with one of Rod Stewart’s more upbeat tracks from the 70’s? The results were equally successful for the band as this too was a massive hit for them throughout the world.
1997 30 weeks
This remains the biggest hit in Cliff Richard’s career in Australia, although I guess if we were going with sales then technically his remake of his debut single from later in the decade would claim that prize. In any case we have the crooner score a massive hit with this upbeat track right around the time MTV first launched proving he was still hip with the kids when the music scene drastically changed.
1981 30 weeks
It looked like the third album from the Bangles would be a huge commercial disappointment worldwide, however much like their previous album, a huge chart topper from the album saved it from flopping in the form of this heartfelt ballad which some have described to be creepy due to Suzanna Hoffs performance. I personally disagree as she’s too earnest and lovestruck for it to be intentionally creepy, although it didn’t prevent the girls from breaking up this year.
1989 30 weeks
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2007 30 weeks
So, does any of my readers know what a bogan is? If you don’t, it’s basically what we Australian refer to as a redneck which in turn is someone who lives in a rural area that’s highly out of touch with mainstream society (to put it mildly.) Comedian Bob Hudson decided to make a song about this type of person which he included on his comedy album which became a surprise hit for him in Australia and NZ.
1975 30 weeks
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2007 30 weeks
So, this turned out to be Julian Lennon’s biggest hit outside of America, granted “Too late for goodbyes” wasn’t that big of a deal in Australia as even “Now you’re in heaven” managed to be a bigger hit for him here. That said, this was also decently successful for him in his native UK, in fact it was able to match the success of his debut single over there seven years after that came out.
1991 30 weeks
This is often considered to be Toni Braxton’s signature tune, mainly due to how long it lasted at number one on Billboard as it stayed there for an impressive eleven weeks back in the day. I personally prefer her other ballads over this as I find that she’s over singing too much on this track, “Breathe again” is a much better example of her powerful vocals put to good use.
1997 30 weeks
Although their debut single was a huge success for them, it was this second single from 1927 which made them a household name and allowed their album ….Ish to become a huge success just as the decade was beginning to wind down. They were pipped for great things going into the 90’s, however their second album was a huge commercial failure for them much like it was for Icehouse.
1988 30 weeks
This is the biggest hit that Rod Stewart had over in America, although it’s worth noting that regardless of what his biggest hit was in each country that he was one of the biggest names in music throughout the decade worldwide. To give you context, he released at least one mega hit every year for four consecutive years.
1976 30 weeks
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2007 30 weeks
This was the lead single to what is often considered to be one of the greatest albums of all time Bat out of hell (no arguments here) so it may surprise you to learn that it was a massive flop in Meat Loaf’s native America and only became a success here in Australia due to it being promoted by Countdown. The album did eventually take off on Billboard when the third single became a hit for him there.
1978 30 weeks
It had been seven years since Tracy Chapman troubled the charts with her debut single “Fast car,” so to see her back in the spotlight with this led single to her fourth album was a bit of a welcome surprise given how well she adapted to the changing sounds of folk music from these two albums. Unfortunately, this comeback was short lived as she once again fell into obscurity after this dropped out of the charts.
1995 30 weeks
You better believe that Jack Black had a music career as a side gig to his acting career, although aside from this one hit he had here in Australia, said music career didn’t yield much success for him and his partner in crime Kyle Gass who together make up Tenacious D. This is a throwback to those old cowboy tracks about how the narrator encounters the devil and hijinks ensuing from that premise.
2002 30 weeks
The last time we saw Linda Ronstadt in the mainstream was over a decade prior when she scores a massive hit with her album Living in the U.S.A, although it’s worth noting that Linda is known for experimenting with her sound and as such often reinvents it to varying degrees of success. Here she decides to release a song about how growing old kind of sucks but at least she’s with the person of her dreams, that apparently being Aaron Neville who is the person she’s duetting with here.
1989 30 weeks
It looked like that Daryl’s previous album’s success was a fluke and that he would again fade into obscurity, however he then released this cover of the Ricki Lee Jones track (best known for its usage throughout Jerry Maguire later in the decade) which became a huge success for him likely due to backing vocals from Margaret Urlich who was fresh off the success of her solo album Safety in numbers.
1991 30 weeks
Much like Joan Jett from earlier in the decade, these guys had a hard time trying to market their music to a mainstream audience as they were too rock for pop, too sexy for rock and too successful to be alternative. Eventually they threaded the needle in their native UK which allowed them to score a hit with this lead single from their debut album that saw even more success here in Australia likely due to audiences being infatuated with lead singer Wendy James.
1988 30 weeks
Following the success of “Perfect” from the previous year, Vanessa Amorosi was finally able to score a chart topper here in Australia with the lead single to her fourth album Hazardous given how she was here to stay going into the 2010’s. It turns out that wasn’t the case as there was apparently a track so bad on the album that it single handily killed her career, although I completely missed this phenomenon.
2009 30 weeks
If the vocals on this track seem familiar to you, that’s likely due to the fact that this was the one and only hit from the voice actress of Garnet from Steven Universe years prior to being cast in the LGBT Cartoon network series. Here the English vocalist recruits Kanye West to provide her a guest verse for little reason other than to have him be the American boy in question she’s singing about.
2008 30 weeks
This was initially a flop for Tina Charles in Australia, that’s a bit strange because she already had success with “I love to love” and with her band 5000 volts prior to this being released as a single. It was fortunately given a second chance here following the international success of its follow up “Dr love” which also needed a second chance in order to find an audience here due to this being promoted when that was released.
1977 30 weeks
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2007 30 weeks
You’d think that this would be one of the biggest hits of the decade here in Australia, admittedly it was huge and the reason why it wasn’t bigger was due to it being the second single to come out of Slippery when wet after “You give love a bad name” which somehow flopped here. This song’s success was more likely due to it being a huge hit in the UK where it was the lead single from the album rather than their other track.
1987 30 weeks
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2008 30 weeks
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2008 30 weeks
It looked like that Pete Murray’s debut album would only be a moderate success when it was released the previous year, however it become an overnight success this year thanks to the second single becoming a massive surprise hit for the Australian folk singer this year. I’m willing to bet if digital sales were legal this year, it would’ve easily been the biggest hit of the year given its ubiquity on the radio.
2004 30 weeks
This was the only hit that Wyclef Jean had as a lead artist in Australia, although I get the feeling this was only a hit because it seemed like it was meant to be a reunion duet with Lauryn Hill that was instead a duet with the female member of City High once he realised he wasn’t going to make up with his Fugees co member. He would have another hit with Shakira later in the decade whilst she would fade into obscurity.
2002 30 weeks
So, there was a phase one for the boy band wars of the decade, I don’t blame my American readers for not knowing that as it largely took place in the UK between these guys and Take that. Even though Take that won the first round of the boy band wars in their homeland, these guys took home the prize in Australia likely due to the majority of their discography being more upbeat than their rivals.
1993 30 weeks
This doesn’t feel like an 80’s song to me, I’m guessing because there were so few songs whose main instrument was the violin this decade that it feels like something that came from the 90’s or even early 00’s. In any case, it took Sam Brown a few tries for this to become a success for her likely due to how different it sounded to everything else on the charts, she eventually got there in the early months of the year.
1989 30 weeks
It appears that rave tracks were still a thing going into the new millennium, so much so that this was able to crossover to Australia during a time where EDM was quickly losing its popularity in our music scene. There’s not much to say about the group in question, Public domain was a British EDM group who had their success before fading into obscurity in their native UK.
2001 30 weeks
It’s a bit of a shame that the members of New Edition never saw much success here in Australia, indeed after Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill was the member with the best charting song down under with a song that didn’t even crack the Billboard charts. I’m not even sure how this managed to become a hit here when it was such a failure in his native America.
1993 30 weeks
This had a bit of a climb to its success here in Australia, mainly because we Aussies didn’t seem to have much love for British artists this decade, although at least we had more love for them than America where they had close to no success on Billboard. Liberty X were the runners up on the first season of Popstars UK, meaning they were more popular here than the winners Hear’say who never charted here.
2002 30 weeks
It looked like that Lenny Kravitz would be yesterday’s news following the commercial failure of his fourth album Circus, indeed his fifth album titled 5 (clever name mate) looked set to fail until he scored a surprise hit with this radio juggernaut. This no doubt led to him covering the 70’s classic “American woman” which he submitted for the Austin Power Spy who shagged me soundtrack.
1999 30 weeks
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.
2006 30 weeks
Although this did take a while to become a hit here in Australia, at least it eventually became as such on its initial release unlike the rest of the world where the girls needed to find success with their next album Break out in order for this to be a success. This is one of the most upbeat songs in their catalogue as well as the most sexually suggestive which is likely why it won us Aussies over initially.
1982 30 weeks
