Distinctive songs of the Antipodies

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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:

# Artist Song Title Year Region
1 The Shadows The Boys 1962 Antipodean
2 Normie Rowe & The Playboys Que sera sera (Whatever will be will be) 1965 Antipodean
3 Johnny O'Keefe I'm Counting On You 1961 Antipodean
4 Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs I Told The Brook 1965 Antipodean
5 John Farnham Sadie (The Cleaning Lady) 1967 Antipodean
6 The Beatles Honey Don't 1965 Antipodean
7 The Atlantics Bombora 1963 Antipodean
8 Normie Rowe & The Playboys Ooh La La 1966 Antipodean
9 Rob EG 55 Days At Peking 1963 Antipodean
10 Russell Morris The Real Thing 1969 Antipodean
11 Bee Gees Spicks & Specks 1967 Antipodean
12 Johnny O'Keefe She's My Baby 1960 Antipodean
13 The Easybeats Sorry 1966 Antipodean
14 Lucky Starr I've Been Everywhere 1962 Antipodean
15 Ray Columbus & The Invaders She's A Mod 1964 Antipodean
16 John Farnham Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head 1969 Antipodean
17 Johnny Young Step Back 1966 Antipodean
18 Russell Morris The Girl That I Love 1969 Antipodean
19 The Beatles Boys 1964 Antipodean
20 The Beatles Hold Me Tight 1964 Antipodean

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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