Aussie tastes really do lie square in between American and British, don't they? There are some songs here that could've definitely hit the top of the charts in the USA, and some that definitely could've hit the top of the charts in the UK, but not necessarily vice-versa. Also, bless them for giving the absolute legend "Weird Al" Yankovic a #1 hit!
childhood memories I remember my older sister and I would have our ears open and ready to press ‘play’ and ‘record’ when we’d hear our favourite songs on the radio 😏😆😻😎
Yeah I used surprise people by being able to recognize songs by the first two notes. You had to develop that skill to have any hope of catching songs on the radio to record lol
Being an Aussie teenager in the 70s and 80s this clip sure brings back memories, especially of our skating and night club days ❤ I still have most of these singles and albums 😂
A great walk down memory lane but I have my Countdown official charts and my original radio top 40 charts NSW and some of these are songs are way off. I wouldn't trust the Kent report or Wikipedia. I know where I was and despite what Wiki says, Van Halen's Jump went to #1 In 1984. I taped it off the Top 40 radio at #1. It stayed there for weeks. I've lost many brain cells since my teens but I used to look forward to it being the last clip as it was #1 on Countdown.
i was a club dj all through the 80's and each song reminds me of a particular club and era... for me the best time was somewhere between 1980-84 with such a great variety of sounds and styles... the later 80's were more dance floor driven where the club chart hits began to merge with the pop chart... eg: Boom Boom... still some great tracks but most were more aimed at club sound more than general listening by then... 1980-84 was nearly as good as 1975-79 which was a magic time of mega classics.
This brought back some amazing memories of great music, and you've scored yourself another subscriber. Thank you so much for posting this and brightening my day.
Paul Lekakis was no1 in South Africa, but they played the instrumental the whole 20 weeks the song charted because the lyrics was too risky for that time for the radio station that broadcast the official charts. But some other radio stations did play the song with him singing
Nice compilation! A couple of things, though: 1. The version of Kylie Minogue's 'Locomotion' used here was not the version that was a hit in Australia. The version you have used was the Stock Aitken Waterman-produced version Kylie recorded with them in 1988. 2. You have used the Australian Music Report (known as the Kent Music Report until July 1987) charts after the ARIA-produced chart came into being in June 1988 (the self-proclaimed 'official' Australian chart thereafter). There were some differences, e.g. 'A Groovy Kind of Love' (#2 ARIA), 'Teardrops' (#2 ARIA), 'Tucker's Daughter' (#2 ARIA), and 'Now You're In Heaven' (#5 ARIA) were not #1 singles on the ARIA chart.
I concur, bubblingdownunder. The 1990s compilation uses the official ARIA charts, but this one uses the The Australian Music Report from mid-1988 (when ARIA started producing their own charts). Other than that, it's an EXCELLENT compilation! 🙂
So mixed between the British and American charts, from Shakey to Rick Springsfield. Not to mention a healthy amount of Tasman sea talent and unique to Oz No. 1s
Jak zwykle świetne zestawienie. Jeżeli można coś podpowiedzieć to kanadyjski chart numery 1 z lat 90tych. Mieli naprawdę świetną listę, lepsza od amerykańskiej
I really do love this compilation, but it would be even better if it used the official ARIA charts for the entire decade (ARIA started producing their own charts from July 1988, rather than endorsing the Kent Music Report).
Isn't it odd there"s not one Acca Dacca, Divinyls, Cold Chisel, Midnight Oil or INXS in there. What a shame we let them down! Even though she's our treasure, could have done without all the Kylie bubble gum!🇦🇺✌😉
Ahh. You're right.😉 Original Sin and the Oils - Species Deceases. But Barnsey only had 1 - Too Much Ain't Enough Love. ( I don't think the other Cold Chisel's would like to be classified as solo Barnsey.) But I saw Swanee and the Party Boys and I saw Mossy - Tuckers Daughter.
AC/DC never charted singles, they charted albums and sold out arenas. Bon's highest-charting singles were 10 and 9, High Voltage and It's a Long Way to the Top consecutively. Their two highest-charting singles in Australia are 5 and 4, Heatseeker and Thunderstruck. They sell albums, concert tickets and merchandise, not singles.
Surprised by the lack of INXS (only 1), expected something from Listen like thieves, and nothing from Back in Black by AC/DC…also expected Angry Anderson’s wedding song
Technically it was but Midnight Oil`s Species Deceases was the first to debut at No 2 but that was an EP , to me really Kylie`s Got to be certain was the first actual song to debut at No 1 .
