Neil’s Top 30 Australian Songs
In this countdown, Neil selects his favourite Aussie classics … how many of these would you include in your list?
- The Real Thing – Russell Morris
- Flame Trees – Cold Chisel
- Because I Love You – Masters Apprentices
- Are You Old Enough – Dragon
- Let Go – Brian Cadd
- Khe Sanh – Cold Chisel
- Kings Of The World – Mississippi
- Reminiscing – Little River Band
- Slippin’ Away – Max Merritt & The Meteors
- I Touch Myself – Divinyls
- One Perfect Day – Little Heroes
- Under The Milky Way – The Church
- Working Class Man – Jimmy Barnes
- Over The Rainbow – Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs
- Evie – Stevie Wright
- Leaps and Bounds – Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls
- Don’t Fall In Love – The Ferrets
- Burn For You – INXS
- The Carnival Is Over – The Seekers
- I Am Pegasus – Ross Ryan
- I’ll Be Gone – Spectrum
- I’m Counting On You – Johnny O’Keefe
- I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself – Marcia Hines
- Seasons Of Change – Blackfeather
- Howzat – Sherbet
- Carmilla – Jon English
- Throw Your Arms Around Me – Hunters & Collectors
- By My Side – INXS
- Girls On The Avenue – Richard Clapton
- Bonnie, Please Don’t Go – Kevin Johnson
The next 10 cabs off the rank if we had taken it to number 40 – in chronological order:
- Love Machine – Pastoral Symphony – 1968
- Highway 31 – Johnny Chester – 1969
- Rachel – Russell Morris – 1970
- Melanie Makes Me Smile – The Strangers
- Golden Miles – Healing Force – 1971
- I Love You, I Honestly Love You – Olivia Newton-John – 1974
- How Deep Is Your Love – Bee Gees – 1978
- Reckless – Australian Crawl – 1983
- He’s Just No Good For You – Mental As Anything – 1987
- To Her Door – Paul Kelly – 1987