Distinctive songs of the Antipodies
Each country has certain songs that were
hits in that one location but
nowhere else. This page lists the biggest hit songs of the Antipodies
that failed to chart elsewhere. For the whole period (1960 to
2004) these are:
# |
Artist |
Song Title |
Year |
Region |
1 |
The Swingers |
Counting The Beat |
1981 |
Antipodean |
1 |
Daddy Cool |
Eagle Rock |
1971 |
Antipodean |
1 |
Bob Hudson |
Newcastle Song |
1975 |
Antipodean |
4 |
The Shadows |
The Boys |
1962 |
Antipodean |
5 |
Dave Dobbyn & Herbs |
Slice of Heaven |
1987 |
Antipodean |
6 |
Normie Rowe & The Playboys |
Que sera sera (Whatever will be will be) |
1965 |
Antipodean |
7 |
Gwyneth Paltrow & Huey Lewis |
Cruisin' |
2001 |
Antipodean |
8 |
The Hollies |
Too Young to Be Married |
1971 |
Antipodean |
9 |
Big Audio Dynamite |
Rush |
1991 |
Antipodean |
10 |
Johnny O'Keefe |
I'm Counting On You |
1961 |
Antipodean |
11 |
Celine Dion |
The Power of The Dream |
1996 |
Antipodean |
11 |
Sonia Dada |
You Don't Treat Me No Good |
1993 |
Antipodean |
13 |
Austen Tayshus |
Australiana |
1983 |
Antipodean |
14 |
Graham Bond |
Farewell Aunty Jack |
1974 |
Antipodean |
15 |
The Twelfth Man |
It's Just Not Cricket |
1984 |
Antipodean |
16 |
Spiderbait |
Black Betty |
2004 |
Antipodean |
17 |
Guy Sebastian |
Angels Brought Me Here |
2003 |
Antipodean |
18 |
Daryl Braithwaite |
The Horses |
1991 |
Antipodean |
19 |
Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs |
I Told The Brook |
1965 |
Antipodean |
20 |
John Farnham |
Sadie (The Cleaning Lady) |
1967 |
Antipodean |
This has also been calculated for each decade.
Distinct songs of the Antipodies: 1960s
For the 1960s the most distinct songs were:
These were calculated for data version 2.3.39
Distinct songs of the Antipodies: 1970s
For the 1970s the most distinct songs were:
# |
Artist |
Song Title |
Year |
Region |
1 |
Bob Hudson |
Newcastle Song |
1975 |
Antipodean |
1 |
Daddy Cool |
Eagle Rock |
1971 |
Antipodean |
3 |
The Hollies |
Too Young to Be Married |
1971 |
Antipodean |
4 |
Graham Bond |
Farewell Aunty Jack |
1974 |
Antipodean |
5 |
Stevie Wright |
Evie (Part 1) |
1974 |
Antipodean |
6 |
Col Joye |
Heaven is My Woman's Love |
1973 |
Antipodean |
6 |
Drummond |
Daddy Cool |
1971 |
Antipodean |
8 |
Blackfeather |
Boppin' The Blues |
1972 |
Antipodean |
9 |
Helen Reddy |
Free & Easy |
1975 |
Antipodean |
9 |
Mark Williams |
Yesterday Was Just the Beginning of my Life |
1975 |
Antipodean |
11 |
The Mom & Dads |
The Rangers Waltz |
1972 |
Antipodean |
12 |
Pussycat |
My Broken Souvenirs |
1977 |
Antipodean |
12 |
John Rowles |
Tania |
1978 |
Antipodean |
12 |
Mark Williams |
It Doesn't Matter Anymore |
1977 |
Antipodean |
12 |
Jon Stevens |
Jezebel |
1979 |
Antipodean |
16 |
Vicki Lawrence |
He Did With Me |
1973 |
Antipodean |
17 |
Dragon |
Are You Old Enough? |
1978 |
Antipodean |
18 |
Peter Allen |
I Go to Rio |
1977 |
Antipodean |
19 |
Sherbet |
Summer Love |
1975 |
Antipodean |
20 |
Susan Raye |
LA International Airport |
1971 |
Antipodean |
These were calculated for data version 2.3.39
Distinct songs of the Antipodies: 1980s
For the 1980s the most distinct songs were:
# |
Artist |
Song Title |
Year |
Region |
1 |
The Swingers |
Counting The Beat |
1981 |
Antipodean |
2 |
Dave Dobbyn & Herbs |
Slice of Heaven |
1987 |
Antipodean |
3 |
Austen Tayshus |
Australiana |
1983 |
Antipodean |
4 |
The Twelfth Man |
It's Just Not Cricket |
1984 |
Antipodean |
5 |
Moving Pictures |
What About Me? |
1982 |
Antipodean |
6 |
Australian Crawl |
Reckless |
1983 |
Antipodean |
7 |
Redgum |
I Was Only 19 |
1983 |
Antipodean |
8 |
Ian Moss |
Tucker's Daughter |
1989 |
Antipodean |
9 |
Devo |
DevO Live |
1981 |
Antipodean |
10 |
Slim Dusty |
Duncan |
1981 |
Antipodean |
11 |
When The Cats Away |
Melting Pot |
1988 |
Antipodean |
11 |
Tex Pistol & Rikki Morris |
Nobody Else |
1988 |
Antipodean |
11 |
Holidaymakers |
Sweet Lovers |
1988 |
Antipodean |
14 |
Toots & The Maytals |
Beautiful Woman |
1982 |
Antipodean |
14 |
Prince Tui Teka |
E Ipo |
1982 |
Antipodean |
16 |
Patea Maori Club |
Poi E |
1984 |
Antipodean |
16 |
Jimmy Cliff |
Reggae Nights |
1984 |
Antipodean |
18 |
All of Us |
Sailing Away |
1986 |
Antipodean |
19 |
The Models |
Out of Sight, Out of Mind |
1985 |
Antipodean |
20 |
Dave & the Dynamos |
Life Begins at Forty |
1983 |
Antipodean |
These were calculated for data version 2.3.39
Distinct songs of the Antipodies: 1990s
For the 1990s the most distinct songs were:
# |
Artist |
Song Title |
Year |
Region |
1 |
Big Audio Dynamite |
Rush |
1991 |
Antipodean |
2 |
Celine Dion |
The Power of The Dream |
1996 |
Antipodean |
2 |
Sonia Dada |
You Don't Treat Me No Good |
1993 |
Antipodean |
4 |
Daryl Braithwaite |
The Horses |
1991 |
Antipodean |
5 |
Hocus Pocus |
Here's Johnny |
1995 |
Antipodean |
6 |
Cdb |
Let's Groove |
1995 |
Antipodean |
7 |
Silverchair |
Tomorrow |
1994 |
Antipodean |
8 |
Melissa |
Read My Lips |
1991 |
Antipodean |
9 |
Euphoria |
Love You Right |
1992 |
Antipodean |
10 |
Faith No More |
Easy |
1993 |
Antipodean |
11 |
Deep Obsession |
Lost in Love |
1998 |
Antipodean |
11 |
Bus Stop |
Kung Fu Fighting |
1998 |
Antipodean |
11 |
Che Fu |
Without A Doubt |
1998 |
Antipodean |
14 |
Cdb |
Hey Girl |
1996 |
Antipodean |
14 |
Boyz II Men |
In the Still of the Night |
1993 |
Antipodean |
14 |
Peter Andre |
Get Down On It |
1996 |
Antipodean |
14 |
Mo Thugs |
Thug Devotion |
1996 |
Antipodean |
14 |
Push Push |
Trippin' |
1991 |
Antipodean |
14 |
Bitty McLean |
It Keeps Rainin' |
1993 |
Antipodean |
14 |
Hammond Gamble & the Red Nose Band |
You Make The Whole World Smile |
1993 |
Antipodean |
14 |
Ratcat |
Tingles EP (Ain't That Bad) |
1991 |
Antipodean |
14 |
BLACKstreet |
No Diggity |
1996 |
Antipodean |
14 |
DLT |
Chains |
1996 |
Antipodean |
14 |
Ratcat |
Don't Go Now |
1991 |
Antipodean |
14 |
Parker Project |
Tears On My Pillow |
1991 |
Antipodean |
These were calculated for data version 2.3.39
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