This is it! The very best songs to have been released by Australians between , ranked in order of excellence, assuming of course that nothing amazing comes out in the next few weeks. A few things to remember though, as your spite-fingers angrily hover above the fury-keys on your Twitter-phone. Each artist can only have one song on the list, to make it more fun and fairer. I have tried to be fairly broad in regards to gender, genre, et al. If I did, please feel free to tweet at me , come around to my house and yell at me, or maybe make your own list, because it is a fun exercise, and you will be surprised how many rabbit holes you will fall into while doing so. As we said in the s, YOLO. Surf-pop that sounds like it was recorded through the wall of the neighbouring apartment.

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Now think of just Aussie songs, tough call! We turned to our resident Millennial to take a first cut and see what an Aussie top 20 might look like:. The way this song is written, coupled with the classic Australian Christmas themes that Joe speaks of in his letter to Dan make this a timeless song that any Australian music fan will sing until the cows come home, and my personal favourite Aussie song and Christmas carol. Our very own Beatles with one of the greatest rock n roll hits of the 20th century. Friday on my Mind represents everything that a working class Aussie bloke wants throughout their week, Friday. An incredible anthem from an incredible group. This despairing track illustrates the life of a person in constant need of something that only ever seems to be around for a brief period, and by the time the person has realised what they have, its gone. I relate to this song on a lot of levels, mostly when I think about the friends that I leave behind in my hometown when I leave for University. An absolute ripper of a tune that will forever be in my playlists. One of two Vietnam War inspired songs on this list, and probably the most arm-in-arm Australian song there is.
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