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:

#	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