AUSTRALIAN MUSIC CHARTS – COMPILED BY NOSTALGIA RADIO As played on Australian radio stations TOP 60 SONGS 1980-1989 TOP 60 SONGS 1990-1999 1: Locomotion - Kylie Minogue 1: Gangsta’s paradise - Coolio 2: Dancing in the dark - Bruce Springsteen 2: (Everything I do) I do it for you - Bryan Adams 3: Australiana - Austen Tayshus 3: Wannabe - Spice Girls 4: Simply irresistible - Robert Palmer 4: I will always love you - Whitney Houston 5: I just called to say I love you - Stevie Wonder 5: Macarena - Los Del Rio 6: Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jnr. 6: MMMBop - Hanson 7: Islands in the stream - Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton 7: I don’t want to miss a thing - Aerosmith 8: La Bamba - Los Lobos 8: Baby, one more time - Britney Spears 9: Never gonna give you up - Rick Astley 9: Love shack - B-52’s 10: Down under - Men at Work 10: Nothing compares 2 U - Sinead O’Connor 11: Run to paradise - Choirboys 11: Black or white - Michael Jackson 12: Flashdance….what a feeling - Irene Cara 12: I’d do anything for love - Meat Loaf 13: Old time rock and roll - Bob Seger 13: Zombie - Cranberries 14: You’re the voice - John Farnham 14: Don’t speak - No Doubt 15: (I’ve had) the time of my life - Bill MeDley & 15: Truly madly deeply - Savage Garden Jennifer Warnes 16: It’s all right - East 17 16: We are the world - USA for Africa 17: Mambo No. 5 - Lou Bega 17: Kokomo - Beach Boys 18: Achy breaky heart - Billy Ray Cyrus 18: Shaddap your face - Joe Dolce 19: Falling in love with you - UB 40 19: Gloria - Laura Branigan 20: Please forgive me - Bryan Adams 20: The only way is up - Yazz anD the Plastic Population 21: Killing me softly - Fugees 21: Walk like an Egyptian - Bangles 22: Doctor Jones - Aqua 22: Electric Blue - Icehouse 23: Never ever - All Saints 23: Venus - Bananarama 24: No Scrubs - TLC 24: Teardrops - Womack & Womack 25: Blue (dab ba dee) - Eiffel 65 25: Faith - George Michael 26: Blaze of glory - Jon Bon Jovi 26: I got you - Splitz Enz 27: Unchained melody - Righteous Brothers 27: You keep me hangin’ on - Kim WilDe 28: Amigos para siempre - Jose Carreras & Sarah 28: Power of love - Jennifer Rush Brightman 29: Start me up - Rolling Stones 29: Are you gonna go my way? - Lenny Kravitz 30: Eternal Flame - Bangles 30: Love is all around - Wet Wet Wet 31: Angel / Into the groove - MaDonna 31: Tomorrow - Silver Chair 32: Time warp - Original Rocky Horror Picture Show 32: Here’s Johnny - Hocus Pocus Cast 33: Mouth - Merril BainbriDge 33: It’s just not cricket - Twelfth Man 34: Hold me, thrill me, kiss me, kill me - U2 34: Eye of the tiger - Survivor 35: Kiss from a rose - Seal 35: (Just like) starting over - John Lennon 36: Pretty fly (for a white guy) - Offspring 36: Funkytown - Pseudo Echo 37: Believe - Cher 37: Wired for sound - Cliff RicharD 38: Something about the way you look tonight - Elton John 38: Come on Eileen - Dexy’s MiDnight Runners 39: Candle in the wind - Elton John 39: I’m gonna be 500 miles - Proclaimers 40: Cup of life / Maria - Ricky Martin 40: If I could - 1927 41: Last kiss - Pearl Jam 41: Counting the beat - Swingers 42: Vogue / Keep it together - MaDonna 42: Wake me up before you go go - Wham! 43: U can’t touch this - MC Hammer 43: Crazy little thing called love - Queen 44: Grease - Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta 44: If I could turn back time - Cher 45: Informer - Snow 45: All night long - Lionel Ritchie 46: I swear - All-4-One 46: When the going gets tough - Billy Ocean 47: How bizarre - OMC 47: Don’t worry, be happy - Bobby McFerrin 48: I’ll be missing you - Puff Daddy & Faith Evans + 112 48: What about me? - Moving Pictures 49: Iris - Goo Goo Dolls 49: Right here waiting - RicharD Marx 50: My heart will go on - Celine Dion 50: Total eclipse of the heart - Bonnie Tyler 51: You’re still the one - Shania Twain 51: Chain reaction - Diana Ross 52: All I want to do is make love to you - Heart 52: Turning Japanese - Vapors 53: I’ve been thinking about you - LonDon Beat 53: Stars on 45 - Stars on 45 54: Sign - Ace of Base 54: Like a prayer - MaDonna 55: Confide in me - Kylie Minogue 55: Ant music - Adam anD the Ants 56: Men in Black - Will Smith 56: Tainted love - Soft Cell 57: How am I supposed to live without you? - Michael 57: Crazy for you - MaDonna Bolton 58: Touch me - Samantha Fox 58: Don’t know much - LinDa RonstaDt & Aaron Neville 59: Flame - Cheap Trick 59: Horses - Darryl Braithwaite 60: The Look - Roxette 60: Under the bridge - ReD Hot Chilli Peppers From the book “Australian Radio History” by Bruce Carty Ph.D. - ([email protected]).