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SBS Australia
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- SBS Australia
Never Tear Us Apart by INXS voted as Australia's favourite song
Aussie power ballad Never Tear Us Apart by 1980s rock royalty INXS has taken out the title of number one song on Triple J's special edition Hottest 100 countdown dedicated to Australian artists. Audiences have been voting for months to reveal Australia's favourite song in the annual countdown that showcases some of the nation's best homegrown music talent. Celebrating on behalf of the band, founding member and drummer Jon Farriss joined the radio station on Saturday night to reflect on the win. "We feel so blessed and we're very grateful," Farriss said. Australian hip hop royalty The Hilltop Hoods came in at number two with their 2003 hit The Nosebleed Section. Queensland pop duo The Veronicas and their 2007 hit Untouched, Missy Higgins' breakout 2004 single Scar and Don't Dream It's Over by Crowded House rounded out the top five. Reflecting on their number three spot, Jess and Lisa Origliasso said for "just two girls from Brisbane", the countdown had brought them to tears. "We're on top of the world right now ... this is such a huge honour for us," Jess Origliasso said. Higgins also joined the radio station, telling presenters she couldn't believe Scar still resonated with Australian audiences more than 20 years since its debut. "I can't quite believe it — I feel like the luckiest person ever," she said moments after the song was played. Missy Higgins says she feels like "the luckiest person ever" after Scar came in at number four. Source: AAP / Joel Carrett The countdown is typically comprised of the best songs of the year from all over the world but the youth station hosted a special mid-year poll dedicated to Aussie artists and tracks to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Belgian-born Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Gotye squeezed in to cinch the number 10 spot with his 2011 hit Somebody That I Used To Know. Other notable mentions included Australian music great John Farnham, voted in at number 15 with his 1986 hit You're the Voice. Daryl Braithwaite's The Horses came in at number 30, with Natalie Imbruglia's Torn voted in at 32. More than 2.65 million votes were tallied for the countdown, the station's fourth-largest poll, according to the broadcaster. Eight tracks in the countdown were separated by fewer than 10 votes and only 30 votes separated songs 100 and 101. The countdown kicked off at 10am AEST on Saturday and wrapped at 8pm.
News.com.au
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Surprises and upsets as Triple J reveals Hottest 100 of Aussie songs
Australian music broadcaster Triple J yesterday revealed the results of their huge listener poll to name the 100 best Australian songs of all time – and there were a few upsets. Rock legends INXS took out the top spot with their classic ballad Never Tear Us Apart, but there were some more divisive choices elsewhere in the top 10. Coming in at second place was the Hilltop Hoods' 2003 single Nosebleed Section, a track that's now 10 x platinum here in Australia despite never actually charting in the ARIA top 50. Some in the comments section as the results were revealed on Triple J's Instagram expressed their surprise that the Aussie hip-hop act had pulled off such a high placing. Another surprise, given Triple J's indie leanings: The Veronicas' 2007 pop-dance hit Untouched has now been deemed the third-best Australian song of all time. Among those celebrating it as 'the national anthem' were those who were less enthusiastic about its placing: 'I don't get it! It's not a bad song, but seriously…. the 3rd best Australian song of all time??' asked one commenter. 'God this song sounds like a Raspberry Cruiser,' wrote another (which could be a diss or a compliment, frankly). The placing made The Veronicas the highest-charted females in a male-heavy top 100 – but they were joined in the top five by Missy Higgins, who scored a number four placing for her 2004 number one hit Scar. Rounding out the top five was another controversial entry: The classic Crowded House ballad Don't Dream It's Over. A brilliant song, sure, but as many asked in the comment section: Can we really claim it as our own when half the band (among them the man who actually wrote the song, Neil Finn) are from New Zealand? Powderfinger, Paul Kelly, Gotye and back-to-back entries from Cold Chisel rounded out the top 10. Some other surprises and notable entries, further down the list: • A couple of massive Aussie anthems made the list: John Farnham's You're The Voice at #15 and Daryl Braithwaite's The Horses at #30. • She might be our biggest pop export, but Kylie Minogue had to settle for a top 30 placing for her sole entry – Can't Get You Out Of My Head made it to number 27. • It pretty much hasn't left the charts since it was released over a decade ago, but Vance Joy's 16 x platinum monster Riptide only just snuck into the top 50 at #48. • Those who missed out: Not a single entry in the top 100 for beloved Aussie acts like Sia, Something For Kate, Troye Sivan, Madison Avenue, Tina Arena, Pete Murray, The Vines or The Easybeats. Triple J's Hottest 100 of Australian Songs – the top 100: 100. The Screaming Jets – Better 99. Midnight Oil — Blue Sky Mine 98. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Red Right Hand 97. Savage Garden – I Want You 96. Stevie Wright – Evie (Parts 1, 2, 3) 95. Spiderbait – Calypso 94. Flight Facilities – Claire de Lune (feat. Christine Hoberg) 93. The Avalanches – Since I Left You 92. ICEHOUSE – Electric Blue 91. The Whitlams – No Aphrodisiac 90. Spiderbait- Black Betty 89. Amyl And The Sniffers – Hertz 88. Angus & Julia Stone – Chateau 87. Gang Of Youths – The Deepest Sighs, The Frankest Shadows 86. Gotye – Hearts A Mess 85. DMA'S – Delete 84. The Go-Betweens – Streets Of Your Town 83. Ben Lee – Cigarettes Will Kill You 82. Peking Duk – High (feat. Nicole Millar) 81. You Am I – Berlin Chair 80. Empire Of The Sun – We Are The People 79. The Cat Empire – Hell0 78. Eskimo Joe – Black Fingernails, Red Wine 77. Killing Heidi – Weir 76. The Veronicas – 4ever 75. The Church – The Unguarded Moment 74. The Waifs – London Still 73. Hilltop Hoods – 1955 (feat. Montaigne, Tom Thum) 72. Silverchair – Freak 71. Drapht – Jimmy Recard 70. Powderfinger – (Baby I've Got You) On My Mind 69. Crowded House – Weather With You 68. Grinspoon – Chemical Heart 67. Regurgitator – ! (The Song Formerly Known As) 66. Midnight Oil – Power And The Passion 65. Ocean Alley – Confidence 64. Hilltop Hoods – Cosby Sweater 63. Redgum – I Was Only 19 (A Walk In The Light Green) 62. Sticky Fingers – Australia Street 61. Chet Faker – Talk Is Cheap 60. Gang Of Youths – Let Me Down Easy 59. INXS – Need You Tonight 58. The Avalanches – Frontier Psychiatrist 57. Bernard Fanning – Wish You Well 56. Jimmy Barnes – Working Class Man 55. The Presets – My People 54. Divinyls – I Touch Myself 53. Thelma Plum – Better In Blak 52. Missy Higgins – The Special Two 51. Matt Corby – Brother 50. Hunters & Collectors – Holy Grail 49. Ball Park Music – It's Nice To Be Alive 48. Vance Joy – Riptide 47. Goanna – Solid Rock 46. Bag Raiders – Shooting Stars 45. Daddy Cool – Eagle Rock 44. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Into My Arms 43. Wolfmother – Joker And The Thief 42. Gang Of Youths – Magnolia 41. The Living End – Prisoner Of Society 40. Violent Soho – Covered In Chrome 39. Australian Crawl – Reckless (Don't Be So …) 38. Crowded House – Better Be Home Soon 37. AC/DC – Back In Black 36. Yothu Yindi – Treaty 35. ICEHOUSE – Great Southern Land 34. Spacey Jane – Booster Seat 33. Augie March – One Crowded Hour 32. Natalie Imbruglia – Torn 31. AC/DC – Highway To Hell 30. Daryl Braithwaite – The Horses 29. The Church – Under The Milky Way 28. Silverchair – Straight Lines 27. Kylie Minogue – Can't Get You Out Of My Head 26. Flume – Never Be Like You (feat. kai) 25. Hunters & Collectors – Throw Your Arms Around Me 24. Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream 23. Jet – Are You Gonna Be My Girl 22. Paul Kelly & The Messengers – To Her Door 21. Men At Work – Down Under 20. Angus & Julia Stone – Big Jet Plane 19. Tame Impala – The Less I Know The Better 18. Midnight Oil – Beds Are Burning 17. Silverchair – Tomorrow 16. RÜFÜS DU SOL – Innerbloom 15. John Farnham – You're the Voice 14. Powderfinger – These Days 13. AC/DC – Thunderstruck 12. The Angels – Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again 11. The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition 10. Gotye (feat. Kimbra) – Somebody That I Used to Know 9. Paul Kelly – How to Make Gravy 8. Cold Chisel – Khe Sanh 7. Cold Chisel – Flame Trees 6. Powderfinger – My Happiness 5. Crowded House – Don't Dream It's Over 4. Missy Higgins – Scar 3. The Veronicas – Untouched 2. Hilltop Hoods – The Nosebleed Section 1. INXS – Never Tear Us Apart
The Guardian
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Triple J Hottest 100: Never Tear Us Apart by INXS voted best Australian song ever
Never Tear Us Apart by INXS has been named the best Australian song of all time in Triple J's poll of the country's favourite homegrown hits. The 1987 song topped the Hottest 100 of Australian Songs, a spin-off of Triple J's annual poll of the year's most popular tracks. The poll, which aired on Saturday, was open to Australian releases from any time in history. Never Tear Us Apart was a global hit for INXS, charting in the US, UK and Europe as well as at home in Australia. The ballad, written by the band's frontman, Michael Hutchence, for his then-girlfriend, reigns in a crowded discography as the group's most unforgettable anthem, made wondrous by Hutchence's desperate, stirring vocals. INXS also had their track Need You Tonight feature in Saturday's poll, at No 59. The Hilltop Hoods came second in the poll with their 2013 single The Nosebleed Section. The hip-hop track was a ten times platinum-selling hit in Australia and is still one of the highest-selling homegrown singles of all time. The top five was rounded out by The Veronica's Untouched in third, Missy Higgins' breakthrough hit Scar in fourth and Crowded House's Don't Dream It's Over in fifth. The latter was one of three appearances in the poll from the band, which formed in Melbourne but whose frontman, Neil Finn, was born and raised in New Zealand, a heritage that has sparked a decades-long debate about which country gets to claim the rock group. While the top ten spanned tracks from the 1970s, 80s and 90s, the 2000s had more songs overall in the poll than any other decade. The top ten also included two tracks from Cold Chisel – Flame Trees and Khe Sanh – as well as Powderfinger's My Happiness, Paul Kelly's Christmas classic, How To Make Gravy, and Gotye and Kimbra's chart-topping collaboration Somebody That I Used to Know. Double J announced The Hottest 100 of Australian songs in the wake of January's Hottest 100, which featured just 29 songs from Australian acts. That's a poor showing compared with previous years, when homegrown acts have typically made up more than 50% of the songs in the countdown – and an uncomfortable result for a station that is government-mandated to support Australian music. Lachlan Macara, the head of Triple J, promised at the time that the station had 'some big things cooking on how we can remind people about the unique cultural worth of Australian music'. He attributed the 2025 poll's lack of local acts in part to a changing music industry, in which social media and streaming platforms are increasingly important for music discovery, but can be tough to crack. 'What I hear from Australian artists is that it can be a real challenge to cut through the algorithm,' he said. 'But we'll keep playing our part in supporting Australian artists and try to give them a chance to reach the wide audiences they deserve … I think there's a chance to have a wider conversation about how we can all support Australian music.' The Hottest 100 of Australian Songs has proven a big success for the station. Triple J counted more than 2.65m votes for the poll, more than any of the last four years of the annual song poll received. According to Triple J, it is the fourth-biggest Hottest 100 they have run. While it was a social media hit with millennial and Gen X Australians – with many posting their votes on Instagram – Double J revealed that 18 to 29-year-olds were still the most popular voters. One Australian artist not placated by the special edition poll was Ben Lee, who posted on Instagram that every year of the Hottest 100 should be local-only. 'I can't help but feel that this initiative — the Hottest 100 of Australian songs — is a bit of a band-aid for a deeper conversation we need to be having about what role Triple J need to be playing in Australian music culture, and fostering new Australian talent,' he said in a video post. 'I reckon in the Hottest 100 every year, it should only be eligible to vote for Australian songs. There's enough platforms around the world for international music.' Lee's 1999 track Cigarettes Will Kill You placed at No 83 in Saturday's poll. One of the many Australians to publicly reveal their votes was the country's prime minister, Anthony Albanese, whose list included Midnight Oil's Beds Are Burning, a 1986 protest track about Aboriginal land rights, and songs from Spiderbait, You Am I and The Go-Betweens. Albanese should be pleased to hear that Beds Are Burning landed at No 18. How To Make Gravy was also among his picks, while another of his favourite tracks, The Angels' Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again, placed at No 12.
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Triple J's Hottest 100 Australian Songs divides fans with iconic number one pick: 'Your ears are painted on'
Triple J 's Hottest 100 Australian Songs wrapped with an iconic hit on Saturday night, but not everyone was happy to hear the Down Under classic take the crown. Never Tear Us Apart by INXS took the number one spot, beating out The Nosebleed Section by Hilltop Hoods and Untouched by The Veronicas. While most took to social media to praise the 1987 single, a few others seemed to think there were more deserving Aussie artists who didn't get a spot on the list. 'NOLLSY WAS ROBBED AGAIN,' one person raged, referencing singer-songwriter Shannon Noll who shot to fame as runner-up on Australian Idol in 2003. 'How is there no Sia in the top 100? Chandelier? Soon We'll Be Found?' said another. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. A third pointed out 'genre defining song' (I'm) Stranded by The Saints and Wide Open Road by The Triffids as 'an iconic aural representation of our country'. 'Neither got in the top 100 Australian songs. Australia, your ears are officially painted on,' they added. 'Well, it's been fun... somewhat. Goodnight,' commented another. While there were some naysayers online, the majority of X users appeared to agree INXS, fronted by the late Michael Hutchence in its heyday, deserved the win. 'I can ABSOLUTELY live with this. What a f***ing great song. We made it guys! Thanks for an awesome day, it's gone down as one of the great ones,' wrote one. 'COP THAT YOU GEN Z D***HEADS! INXS! GREATEST EVER,' commented another passionate listener. A third added: 'Rest in peace, Michael. Cheers to the excellentness [sic] of Australian music.' 'Never Tear Us Apart by INXS is just amazing... no way to really describe it. Poetic and [the] music is fire,' someone else noted. 'R.I.P. Michael. I wish you could hear that Australia loved this song so much still!' they added. Never Tear Us Apart, as the most popular pick of 2.64 million votes, officially emerged as the best Australian song of all time on Saturday night. It comes after INXS shot back onto the music charts in May, more than a decade after the iconic Australian band broke up. The group stormed the UK charts thanks to the 40th Anniversary re-release of their breakthrough, fifth studio album Listen Like Thieves. Originally released in October 1985, the album was the first by the band to make its mark on a global scale. Listen Like Thieves boasted a number of successful singles, including the title track and Kiss the Dirt (Falling Down the Mountain). This Time was also a hit, as well as What You Need, which peaked at No.2 in Australia and No.5 on Billboard's Hot 100 at the time of its release. The Listen Like Thieves re-release topped four separate rankings in the UK earlier this year, most of which did not exist when the record was originally released. While most took to social media to praise the 1987 single, a few others seemed to think there were more deserving Aussie artists who didn't get a spot on the list It immediately became INXS' highest-ever peak on the Official Album Sales chart, debuting at No.16. The band had been together for 35 years when drummer Jon Farriss made the announcement INXS would no longer be touring together in November 2012. They were supporting Matchbox Twenty at Perth Arena when the announcement was made. 'We've done the album like a live show and what is there is there,' frontman Michael Hutchence told Rolling Stone in 1985. 'We want to present this record as a band—the idea of six people playing together and using traditional sounds.' Never-before-heard INXS demos, featuring vocals from the late frontman, were released to mark the milestone 40th anniversary. The extra tracks were released on May 9 as part of the reissue of the rockers' 1985 album, which reached number one in Australia. Among the unreleased songs was a candid studio moment where Michael's charismatic voice echoed through early takes of their '80s hit track This Time. The anniversary edition reignited nostalgia and appreciation for INXS' enduring legacy, under the guidance of executive music producer Giles Martin. INXS continued to perform with lead singer Michael Hutchence until his tragic death in Sydney in 1997 aged 37, where he committed suicide in a hotel room. Michael died at Sydney's Ritz Carlton, now known as the Intercontinental Hotel Double Bay, while depressed and under the influence of alcohol and drugs. A post-mortem examination found alcohol, cocaine, codeine, Prozac, Valium and other prescribed benzodiazepines—or 'benzos'—in Michael's urine and blood. In late 1995, Michael told British music magazine Vox: 'I don't wanna be a f***ing cliche. I don't need to be dropping off in a hotel bath. 'I've come close, though. I'm surprised I've survived and so are a lot of my friends.' The Australian group was one of the world's most successful rock bands in the late '80s. Following their formation in 1977, they stormed the charts with songs including Need You Tonight, Good Times, New Sensation and Kick. They are one of Australia's highest-selling bands of all time, with over 50 million albums sold worldwide. Their 2011 greatest hits album has spent a record 623 weeks on the ARIA top 100 albums chart. Its success followed the release of the 2014 Channel Seven mini-series about the band called Never Tear Us Apart.
ABC News
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Big Pineapple Fest celebrates 10 years with Hilltop Hoods, Baauer, Jungle Giants and more
Things are looking bright for Pineys – Big Pineapple Festival is ripe for the picking for its 10th anniversary edition! The rolling Pineapple Fields are set to come alive at the start of November with a smorgasbord line-up of homegrown talent, emerging artists and international mates hitting the stage. It wouldn't be a milestone birthday without the stalwarts of Australian music festivals. That's right, Hilltop Hoods are locked to headline Big Pineapple Fest this year, with The Cat Empire, The Jungle Giants, PNAU and Polaris bulking out the line-up. Coming across the ditch, SIX60 will bring their infectious grooves, Hands Like Houses will be opening up the pit, US duo MKTO will be flying in, and Rum Jungle and Thelma Plum are set to deliver plenty of serenades and singalong moments. A bombshell new stage has entered the Big Pineapple villa this year – the Superlove Arena. An immersive stage dedicated to dance music, it will showcase a heap of sets and B2B moments from some monster names, including Baauer, Anna Lunoe, Bushbaby, Nina Las Vegas, Wongo and more. And that's not all! The new crop of artists popping up in this year's Pineapple harvest is certified fresh and includes Beckah Amani, Betty Taylor, HEADSEND and IVANA. Then there's all the classics you know and love – the lantern parade, the Great Australian Pineapple Toss and the iconic ferris wheel – all folded into one big camping weekend on Gubbi Gubbi Land. Tickets for Big Pineapple Festival are on sale from 8am AEST on Tuesday 29 July, with a presale kicking off the day before. Check out the festival's website for answers to all your burning questions. Get your eyes on the line-up and dates below, and we'll see you in the fields. Big Pineapple Festival 2025 Saturday 1 November - Pineapple Fields, Woombye, Gubbi Gubbi Land, Sunshine Coast Qld
