It looks like Alvin Stardust had a hit here in Australia after all given how this was the biggest hit in the glam rock genre during its peak, although curiously this was a flop over in NZ despite him having a hit over there with “Pretend” almost a decade later. Then again, the kiwis weren’t that big with the glam rock scene, at least not to the extent we Aussies were.
This was one of the biggest hits of the decade here in Australia, it’s the first of only two hits that Easybeats frontman Stevie Wright had several years after the demise of said band and a song that promised him a long and prosperous solo career that didn’t end up happening once Countdown launched later in the year. At least the song’s legacy remains as strong as ever due to a cover from 2005 made for charity.
These guys were a two-hit wonder everywhere in the world except for America where this failed to become a hit for them, this was due to a cover from Bo Donaldson and the Heywood’s charting over there instead of this version likely due to the American band being a better fit for these lyrics about a foolish young soldier who loses his life in a war despite being warned against it.
This was the second and final hit that Paper lace managed to achieve in most parts of the world, it’s a biographical song about Al Capone which is full of historical inaccuracies which obviously didn’t prevent the song from becoming a huge success upon its initial release. They did achieve a third hit in certain parts of the world with “Black eyed boy,” however that would be the last anyone would hear from them.
Billy Shake AKA William Shakespeare was one of the few Australian singers to score a hit here during the first half of the decade, I guess his brand of glam rock couldn’t be ignored here even without a popular TV program to promote his music. I guess if you wanted to hear something akin to Gary Glitter but find the man to be too problematic, this guy is your best bet as he never had any such controversies to his name.
It makes sense that these guys would perform this track on Countdown thirteen years after its initial release given how it was indeed one of the biggest hits of the decade here in Australia back in the day. Interestingly, this was only a hit in America two years after it became a massive worldwide success, even more curiously it was around the time that they topped our charts with “Fox on the run.”
This is often considered to be one of the worst songs of the decade, mainly because it has a rather upbeat tone despise the really depressing subject matter of coping with death which even at the time rubbed audiences the wrong way. It was the only hit for the Canadian folk singer Terry Jacks albeit a huge one likely because of the backlash it received back in the day.
I don’t know what’s stranger, the fact that Sister Janet mead wasn’t the first woman of the cloth to find a massive worldwide hit (that honour going to Sœur Sourire from a decade prior) or that she did so with a rock and roll cover of the Lord’s prayer. OK so calling this rock and roll is a stretch as this is more of a pop rock track given that it successfully retains the melody of the religious hymn in this rendition.
This was the only hit that Ross Ryan had in his career, although he made many other attempts to score a hit with his other less gimmicky songs in his career to little avail. Indeed, this song was only a hit due to the novelty of it being the standout track from his album based around the mythological Greek flying horse.
This was the first Billboard chart topper for Olivia Newton John, although she had massive success in Australia and her native UK throughout the first half of the decade as a country star when female country singers were dominating the mainstream. This was written by Peter Allen around the time he came out as gay, meaning it’s possible this was about how he fell in love with a guy who was in a straight relationship that he gave to Livie to straightwash the scenario.
From what I can gather, Aunty Jack was a character from a show centred around her that was a massive success on Australian TV despite being heavily controversial for its politically incorrect humour (proving that this type of humour has ALWAYS received backlash and not just in recent years.) The show was cancelled which resulted in this novelty track being recorded and finding massive success from upset fans.
This is a sample of the score that came from the film the Sting, it’s another instrumental track that found success during the first half of the decade worldwide due to it doing an amazing job at recreating the feel of a 30’s neo noir setting that audiences appreciated at the time. It was Marvin Hamlisch’s only hit, although film composers scoring hits were becoming rarer by this point in time.
Sweet were on a roll when they released this cover of a rockabilly track from the early 60’s, after all glam rock was at the height of its popularity this year no thanks to Countdown promoting the genre on TV over the likes of all the easy listening that these guys had to compete with during the first half of the decade.
This was the first solo hit from Daryl Braithwaite in his career, suffice to say it’s quite different from the more mature tracks that he would become known for during the late 80’s and early 90’s. What’s interesting is that this was his first number one hit both solo and with Sherbet, meaning that he didn’t have any chart toppers prior to Countdown promoting his music.
This was a cover of a novelty song from the 60’s from a duo by the name of Paul and Paula, I’m guessing this was done as a joke given how this cover is from TV host Ernie Sigley and comedian Denise “Ding dong” Drysdale only a decade after the original track. It proved to be an even bigger his than the original here in Australia likely due to the star power on display.
The kung fu craze of the 70’s was inexplicably popular, as such we have this tribute from Carl Douglas which is surprisingly not racist in the slightest as this was back in the early days of political correctness preventing people from making caricatures of non-western culture such as the kung fu craze. The song has been covered and remixed several times of the years, which is why you still hear the original to this day.
This is the final entry from Helen Reddy to appear on this list, it’s another pop country ballad that was a massive success for the pioneering feminist back in the day, proving that even back then, the music industry wasn’t opposed to progressive ideas despite what online activists will otherwise tell you.
In most parts of the world, this was the final hit that Ray Stevens had as “Misty” from the following year didn’t do very well due to it being one of his rare country ballads that was devoid of any humour or irony that connected with audiences in the places where it did become a success. Here we have him writing a comedy track about a streaker harassing a married couple that I’m sure audiences found hilarious at the time.
Well, this is a song that’s gone down in infamy, mainly for the lyrics which suggests that Paul Anka’s girlfriend (played by Odia Coates in this song) is having his baby purely for his benefit and not for hers. I get that this song was supposed to be a celebration of starting a family, but I can absolutely see how it’s gone down in infamy as being one of the worst songs of all time.
If you can believe it, this remains the biggest hit in David Bowie’s career here in Australia given how none of his other songs managed to get to number one or even last long enough to be among the biggest of their respective eras. This comes from his covers album Pin ups, meaning that this is a cover of an obscure 60’s track (from the McCoy’s of “Hang on Sloopy” in this case) which resulted in said albums success.
This was the only hit that the British glam rock band the Rubettes were able to achieve here in Australia, although like most glam rock bands from the UK, they did considerably better in their homeland and throughout Europe as glam rock continued to thrive during the second half of the decade in the northern hemisphere whilst it was pushed aside here in favour of local artists promoted by Countdown.
This was clearly inspired by the Wizard of Oz given how the yellow brick road in that movie is what immediately springs to mind when mentioning it, naturally the nostalgia of the (then) thirty-five-year-old film was what made this a huge success for Elton John in addition to it being the title track of his magnum opus double album.
Often considered to be Suzi Quatro’s signature track, this was indeed a massive hit for her here in Australia back in the day, so much so that she would perform it in the dying days of Countdown thirteen years after its initial release to massive fanfare. This just goes to show how fondly remembered the track remains even after all these years, as well as further proof women in rock was a thing in the early 70’s.
This is the final hit that Gary Glitter had here in Australia as his fortunes seemed to have run out fairly early on in the glam rock days with us Aussies, even so, at least it remains as his biggest hit here given how there’s still plenty of entries to come from the former legend of glam rock.
Suzi was on a roll when she released her second single from her debut album, so much so that it became her second consecutive chart topper here in Australia in addition to the album itself being a massive success for her. She was also massively successful in the UK given how the Brits also didn’t have an issue with her being one of the faces of glam rock despite being an American woman.
If this sounds like a KC and the Sunshine band song to you, you’re not far off as it was written by Harry Casey who was the lead singer of the disco band. This was George McCrae’s only hit worldwide likely due to it arriving a little too early to the disco bandwagon to be seen as anything more than a novelty at the time, if it had of come out even a year later then he probably would’ve had a ton more success.
Boy was this hard to do research on, this was the one and only hit from American band Osmosis who scored a hit here in Australia with this ballad and virtually nowhere else in the world. You can still find this on oldies stations to this day, which is perhaps why it’s easier to look up the song over the band on the internet.
Glen Campbell had an impressive run on the Australian charts during the first half of the decade, indeed this was his biggest hit here despite this not being a hit in his native America. His popularity would die out here the following year when he sold out to become as he puts it “a rhinestone cowboy” which ironically is where his popularity skyrocketed in his homeland.
This was the final hit that the Hollies managed to achieve here in Australia, although I’m sure they would’ve had continued success in the second half of the decade had Countdown not pushed them aside in favour of our local music scene. It’s strange to think these guys found more success in the 70’s than they did in the 60’s down under considering how they greatly benefitted from the British invasion in America.
There weren’t a lot of RNB groups to make it big in Australia back in the day, one of the lucky few who did was the Stylistics who scored a massive hit with this RNB ballad due to how inescapable it was throughout the rest of the world. Like many RNB groups of the day, they had more success over in NZ even during the second half of the decade, giving you an idea of how much they loved RNB.
This is the other big hit that Perry Como had here in Australia throughout the decade, I guess this was proof of concept that 50’s crooners were able to find success two decades later given how the rest of the decade would see the likes of his contemporaries such as Al Martino and Johnny Mathis charting throughout the world.
This was the first of only two hits that British singer Peter Shelley had throughout the world (no relation to the Buzzcock’s Pete Shelley) his other hit was a sleeper hit this year in Australia and thus won’t be making an appearance on here. This likely would’ve been even bigger if Countdown had not taken over the music scene here as it was a hit the previous year before the show’s introduction.
This was the biggest solo hit that Ringo Starr had here in Australia, we’ll look at his other two big hits later down this list but suffice to say this is the entry from him that gives me the least to talk about as it just confirms him as the talented drummer of the fab four and little else given its lack of legacy.
One of the biggest names in country music to never achieve much commercial success is Tanya Tucker, around this time, she was the Leann Rimes of her generation as she was looking to break into the country market in her native America with ballads such as this one that became a success for Australian singer Judy Stone who had a career of covering songs from international artists for Australian audiences.
It’s hard to believe this song was ever taken seriously given how it will be forever remembered for its bizarre “ooga chucka’s” at the end of each chorus, however it may surprise you to learn this was a cover of a BJ Thomas track which naturally omitted that inane chant this version uses. Unsurprisingly, this was Blue Swede’s only hit anywhere in the world due to how gimmicky this cover is.
Suzi was definitely on a roll when she released this track given how it was sandwiched between “48 crash” and “Devil gate drive” from earlier on this list, although it obviously wasn’t quite as inescapable as the three entries we’ve looked at already hence its lower placement on this list.
This was the second and final hit that Lieutenant pigeon scored in Australia, it was one more hit they had here compared to the rest of the world where they remain a one hit wonder with “Mouldy old dough” from two years prior. They were an instrumental band whose key member was a woman who was in her fifties due to her being the mother of the lead instrumentalist.
This was the only hit that Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot had here in Australia, although I’m a bit surprised this was the case considering how well folk music did throughout the decade down under even after Countdown launched this year. This is a fine upbeat number which perhaps explains its success in a year that’s filled with midtempo ballads with some bounce to their instrumentation.
While this wasn’t their debut single, this was the song that put Abba on the map thanks to the song winning Eurovision for this year with its upbeat instrumentation and lyrics about the historical surrender of Waterloo used to compare to the love the two couples shared for each other. It’s a song that’s endured throughout the decades thanks to its unique premise as well as how cheerful it is.
We have another two for one deal on this list, this time it’s with Elton’s heartfelt tribute to Marilyn Monroe as well as his third Billboard chart topper which incidentally feels like a continuation of “Crocodile rock” from the start of this list both lyrically and musically. Naturally this allowed both songs to be a success here in Australia due to the strong album sales of the album they were pulled from.
Even without the assistance of Countdown, Sherbet were already one of the biggest Australian bands of the 70’s when they released their third album Slipstream. The title track was a huge hit earlier in the year for the band, however it was this second single from the album that made them a huge success due to it being one of the first songs to be performed on the show when it launched late this year.
This was the song that made Hot chocolate a household name outside their native UK as they had struggled to translate the success they had earlier in the decade internationally prior to its release, it’s one of their low tempo ballads dedicated to an Emma in Errol Brown’s life that naturally connected with audiences at a time where RNB struggled to find success here in Australia.
This was the other hit that Vicki Lawrence had here in Australia, again it was far more a success with us Aussies than it was with her fellow Americans, suggesting that it was a hit here due to a tour she had rather than her involvement with the Mary Tyler Moore show.
We have another Oscar winning ballad to make it on this site, this time it’s the love theme from Barbra Streisand’s movie of the same name which helped her score her first Billboard chart topper as well has her first hit here in Australia since “Second hand rose” from eight years prior. The film remains a classic to this day thanks to strong performances from her and her co-star Robert Redford.
We’ve looked at the renditions from Kylie Minogue and Ritz on this site, time now to look at the first version of this track that was a huge hit here in Australia from the hard rock band Grand funk (better known as Grand funk railroad by my American readers.) Given how the original from Little Eva was a massive flop here, I’m not particularly sure why this was a hit for the band down under and not their other songs.
I guess if Countdown hadn’t of taken over the Australian scene, then this country legend would’ve had more success here throughout the 70’s, as is it was his only hit here likely due to it being a huge hit on the Billboard country charts at the time. He continued charting on the Billboard country charts well into the 80’s, proving he was a household name in the Nashville music scene.
This was the big breakthrough hit that David Essex had in his career, it’s a bit of a far cry from all the other songs we’ve featured so far on this list given how this feels more in line with the glam rock scene of when it was released rather than the more pop friendly tracks from the second half of the decade. Interestingly enough, it remains his only hit in America despite how much bigger his later catalogue was over this.
This was the biggest hit the New seekers had in their native UK, naturally this meant that it would be a huge hit here in Australia despite the fact that these guys struggled to follow up the success of their earlier entry with their releases from between these two songs. If you can believe, it was NZ where these guys were at their most popular given how they clogged the Listener charts.
This was a moderate hit in Gary and Dave’s native Canada from the previous year, indeed it took quite a while for it to crossover here in Australia as it was released at the start of the year to deafening silence only for it to gain popularity towards the end of the year. As it turns out, the two men were also aviators which would explain why they didn’t have another hit in their career.
This guy isn’t the bassist for Queen despite them sharing the same name, instead he was an Australia TV composer who scored his one and only hit for the TV show Rush which was a popular Australian crime show from the 70’s that was remade in the late 00’s. From what I can gather, it was the Magnum P.I of its time, making this another occasion that American media stole from Australian media throughout history.
It had been well over a year since Livie last touched our charts with “Banks of the Ohio” by the time she released this country ballad, as such it makes sense that it wasn’t the runaway success that or “I honestly love you” was from earlier on this list despite being among her more popular pre-Grease country ballads.
From what I can gather, Ketha Ebstein was a singer from east Germany who represented the country multiple times over the years to varying degrees of success. Her only success here in Australia was with this English cover of a song she released in her homeland to deafening silence, your guess is as good as mine as to how we Aussies came across this track back in the day.
Linda George is best known for her role as the acid queen in the theatrical adaptation of the Who’s concept album Tommy, however she also had a hit this year as Miss Linda George (back when underage performers were referred to as Miss or Little) that became a hit for her this year. She mostly stuck to theatre after she became a one hit wonder, as did most female artists from the pre-Countdown era.
Well, we had to get to this track eventually, this is yet another song on this list that has gone down in infamy due to the subject matter which depicts Ringo Starr “owning” a sixteen-year-old he has the hots for. This was originally a hit for Johnny Burnette in 1960 (the father of Rocky Burnette of “Tired of toeing the line” fame) who would tragically pass away four years after his version made it big.
There are two versions of this track that exist, there’s the version with the disco trio Love unlimited which features vocalist from the three women of colour on the track. The other version is the instrumental version which is the version that became a massive worldwide hit given how it was commissioned from a group of session musicians by Barry White for one of his concerts with the girls.
This is by far the biggest hit that Charlie Rich had throughout the world, although this wasn’t the case in NZ given how this bombed on the Listener charts and that “On my knees” from later in the decade was his big hit over there. I guess the kiwis weren’t that into country music like the rest of the world was given how few of these country entries were a success on those charts.
John Denver had been active in the music industry for the better part of a decade at this point, sure he had success in his native America, but it was when this lead single to his album Back home again became a surprise success in the UK that he finally saw massive international success. The song has become a bit of a meme over the years due to how overdramatic the ballad has remained since its initial release.
There was no shortage of underage performers who made it big in the 70’s, our latest entry comes from the Moir sisters who were a family trio of young women who scored their one and only hit with a song they wrote. I guess the fact they wrote this did put them on a higher league than the likes of the Osmonds and the teen idols from the second half of the decade, although they sadly remain a one hit wonder regardless.
Well, the Osmonds might not have had any success here in Australia, however the same can’t be said for their Canadian knockoff the Defranco family who managed to score a huge hit with their debut single as well as in America and their homeland. Basically, we have a rip-off of a rip-off here as the Osmonds are widely considered to be a knockoff of the Jackson 5 (who we’ll thankfully get to eventually.)
Well, I did mention that this was a huge hit for Sherbet earlier in the year when we looked at their other big hit they had this year, so let’s look at this title track to Sherbet’s third album which indeed confirmed them as a household name a year after “Cassandra” from their previous album put them on the map. They did have minor success during the first half of the decade; however, this was where they made it big.
We’ve already looked at this song on the NZ side of my site when it was rereleased in the early 90’s due to it being featured in a jean commercial in the UK, time now to look at its original release where it became the big breakthrough for the Steve Miller band due to it topping the Billboard charts for them. It was a huge hit here in Australia as well, hence why it managed to appear on this list of mine.
This was the last solo hit that Neil Diamond had in Australia, although he continued to find massive success with his albums and even scored a hit with a duet with Barbra Streisand later in the decade. I guess Countdown prevented him from scoring any more hits here but allowed his popularity to flourish with his albums.
It’s strange to think that the Drifters were able to score two hits in the 70’s in Australia and the UK given how their fellow Americans had long abandoned their catalogue by this point in time. This was the first of those two hits which helped the RNB quartet retain an audience for the third consecutive decade in both countries.
Of all the songs to become a hit for Barry White here in Australia, I was not expecting this to be one of them given how it was far from his biggest hit in his native America (that and I think of Rick Astley whenever I look at the song title.) Confusingly, this was his only hit down under, meaning that the likes of “Can’t get enough of your love” and “You’re the first the last my everything” bombed with us Aussies.
This was a short-lived covers band from Australia who scored two hits during the first half of the decade with cover songs, this one being of the Merry Clayton track that’s best known nowadays for Cher’s rendition for her film Mermaids. These guys likely would’ve had more success here had they stuck around once Countdown launched, alas they called it quits mere months after the show premiered.
This was the one and only hit for the Dutch band Golden earring, a song that was a massive success throughout Europe the previous year and only crossed over to Australia this year due to it being a surprise hit on Billboard. It remains a popular rock and roll track from the 70’s to this day, so at least they have a strong legacy with this one hit of theirs.
There was a popular TV crime series known as Van der Valk (Dutch for “of the falcon”) which aired from 1972-1977 back in the day. As with most popular TV series, its theme song was quite popular in the music scene here in Australia as well as in the show’s native UK where it topped the British charts.
This was the first big hit that Leo Sayer had in his career, naturally it was a decent success here in Australia even if this would’ve likely benefitted from Countdown’s promotion given how big the rest of his catalogue was from the second half of the decade here. My American readers will likely be more familiar with the Three dog night version that became a hit on Billboard in lieu of this version.
This was the final hit for Brian Cadd here in Australia, interestingly Countdown didn’t seem interested in promoting his music despite how much success he had both solo and with his two previous bands Axiom and the Twilights over the last decade. I guess if he had of joined the Little river band like his previous band mates then his solo career could’ve thrived in the second half of the 70’s.
This was the final hit that the New seekers managed to achieve before they called it quits to allow the genuine article to score a comeback the following year with “Sparrow song,” they were meant to be the British equivalent of the Australian band but fell short due to selling themselves as a pop band as opposed to a folk band like the genuine article was.
From what I can gather, Max Bygraves was a British comedian who saw no success as a musician save for this showtunes number hat was originally meant for the Andrew Lloyd Webber production joseph and the technicolor raincoat. The song is best known for the Jason Donovan rendition from the late 80’s as that version was a massive hit throughout Europe.
This was the last hit that the Brothers Gibb had before they had transitioned to disco, it’s a good representation of their sound while they were a trio but before they were having us jam to their music on the dance floor.
These guys had been active since the mid 50’s, which means they scored their final hit in Australia and most parts of the world two decades after their initial breakthrough. They had another hit earlier in the year with “Like sister and brother” meaning this RNB ballad didn’t come out of nowhere for the band down under, indeed they were fairly successful worldwide as both of these songs were huge in the UK.
I’m a bit surprised that David Cassidy didn’t have a second inescapable hit here in Australia given how popular his top entry on this list was, at least he has another entry on this list as this two for one deal managed to be a success for the pop crooner and actor down under.
This was the only hit that Maria Muldaur managed to achieve in her career anywhere in the world, it’s a folk ballad detailing a steamy date she went on which was guaranteed to be a success for her due to the level of details she provided connecting with audiences of the moment.
This is the only hit to come from Brownsville station, a rare American glam rock band who quite surprisingly managed to make it big in their homeland give how rare it was for glam rock to become a success on Billboard (even from local artists such as Suzi Quatro.) Motley Crue fans will know this as one of that band’s signature tracks due to their rendition being a minor success on Billboard in the 80’s.
Eurovision this year was so popular that Olivia Newton John managed to score a massive hit worldwide with her entry for the UK despite it only coming in fourth place in the contest, it’s a well performed ballad that no doubt caught the attention of her future American audience who gave her a Billboard chart topper with her earlier entry on this list.
There was no stopping these guys given how they saw massive success with their top entry on this list, although it’s worth noting they weren’t always in the glam rock genre as a lot of their earliest work was more in line with teen pop (at least what the early 70’s would define as such.)
This was the lead single to Suzi Quatro’s second album, it was a bit of a false start for the album given how she would find more success with its second single that would dominate the early months of the following year for the American glam rocker.
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.
This is the only entry from Marie Osmond to appear on this side of my site, mainly because her duets with Donny failed to become a success here in Australia (possibly due to their incestual nature which was unintentional on their part.)
This is another one of those cheap covers of an international track from an Australian artist that got big throughout the decade, although at least we’ll eventually get to the original version of this track further down the list as opposed to some of the other entries that missed out from appearing on this list.
I guess if Elvis Presley could have massive success by incorporating Hawaiian music into his sound, then why not Herb Ohta who was a Hawaiian native? This was his only hit worldwide due to it being a hybrid of Hawaiian music and Chanson which was a popular type of French music from the mid 50’s.
Almost a year prior to them nearly topping our charts with “When will I see you again,” Three degrees has a moderate success with Mother father sister brother (MFSB for short) which did quite well internationally for the RNB ballad. For what it’s worth, the girl group of colour went on to have massive worldwide success for the remainder of the decade.
You all thought that Kiki Dee was a one hit wonder with her duet with Elton John, didn’t you? Well, what if I told you that not only did she have a second hit, but that second hit came out two years prior to her supposed big break with one of the biggest names in music of all time? This is that hit which is a pop ballad that took its sweet time in finding an audience here but was a modest success once it did.
We have one final entry on this list that had its success partially eaten up here in Australia due to a local rendition stealing its thunder, this time we have Johnny O’Keefe and unknown singer Margaret McLaren to thank for why the original from Carly Simon and her (then) husband James Taylor didn’t see the levels of success here they did internationally with this collaboration.
This was the first hit that the Glitter band managed to achieve once they had established themselves as the hottest new name in their native UK due to of course being the backing band for Gary Glitter, it’s a glam rock track much likes the rest of their and their troubled frontman’s catalogue which of course was guaranteed success here in Australia this year as well.
I’m as surprised as you are that this wasn’t a gigantic hit here in Australia, although admittedly this is a mere snippet of what was available from the album which was indeed one of the biggest hits of the decade down under as well as the rest of the world. Naturally this wasn’t originally a single given how the album didn’t intend on having one, however it got pushed as a single when it was used in the film the Exorcist.
Well, we looked at the Cash Backman version from earlier, time now for the original version from Jim Stafford which tells the story of two men fighting over a girl. I’m not sure if this was an issue at the time, however modern historians often get thrown off by the song given how it’s not revealed at the end that the narrator isn’t referring to bill as “his girl,” rather he’s simply telling Bill that the girl in question is taken.
Our final entry on this list comes from Roberta Flack, one of the more popular artists during the first half of the decade in Australia despite being and female RNB singer of colour which normally is a combination of words that doesn’t give you much success here. Indeed, her voice was so distinct that even we Aussies fell in love with her three Billboard chart toppers as this was easily the weakest hit of the three here.
This was released the same time as when Wings dropped their magnum opus Band on the run, naturally you’d think this would be on the album but alas it wasn’t which means that no song from the album appears on this list. I’m not sure why we Aussies passed up on the singles given how well they did internationally back in the day as well as their presence on oldies stations to this day.
