Finally, after weeks of careful curation, 96FM’s Music Director unleashed our official countdown on Australia Day.
While the long weekend is a smorgasbord of music hot lists, the 96fm’s Top 96 Australia Day Countdown was the one where you’re pretty much guaranteed to know all of ‘em.
Here’s how the countdown played out…
96FM’s TOP 96 AUSTRALIA DAY COUNTDOWN 2019
96 HUNGRY TOWN Big Pig
95 FOREVER YOUNG Youth Group
94 SOLID ROCK Goanna
93 COMPUTER GAMES Mi-Sex
92 SHE HAS TO BE LOVED Jenny Morris
91 DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? Hunters And Collectors
90 YOU’RE SO VAIN Chocolate Starfish
89 HORROR MOVIE Skyhooks
88 UNGUARDED MOMENT The Church
87 WHAT ABOUT ME? Moving Pictures
86 DON’T GO NOW Ratcat
85 HIT & RUN Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons
84 LISTENING Pseudo Echo
83 DOWNHEARTED Australian Crawl
82 TOO MANY TIMES Mental As Anything
81 SEND ME AN ANGEL Real Life
80 BACK IN BLACK AC/DC
79 TREATY Yothu Yindi
78 I SEND A MESSAGE INXS
77 MEAN TO ME Crowded House
76 HEAVEN (MUST BE THERE) Eurogliders
75 GIRLS ON THE AVENUE Richard Clapton
74 FOREIGN LAND Eskimo Joe
73 MY OBSESSION Icehouse
72 BOYS IN TOWN Divinyls
71 STRAIGHT LINES Silverchair
70 OUT OF MIND OUT OF SIGHT Models
69 MOST PEOPLE I KNOW THINK THAT I’M CRAZY Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs
68 GET SET Taxiride
67 COUNTING THE BEAT Swingers
66 CRY IN SHAME Diesel
65 TUCKER’S DAUGHTER Ian Moss
64 ZEBRA John Butler Trio
63 TAKE ME BACK Noiseworks
62 THE REAL THING Russell Morris
61 HARLEY AND ROSE The Black Sorrows
60 POWER AND THE PASSION Midnight Oil
59 AMAZING Alex Lloyd
58 THE BOYS LIGHT UP Australian Crawl
57 ONE WORD Baby Animals
56 BETTER DAYS Pete Murray
55 DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP AC/DC
54 MISS FREELOVE ’69 Hoodoo Gurus
53 I GOT YOU Split Enz
52 AM I EVER GONNA SEE YOUR FACE Angels
51 WHO CAN IT BE NOW? Men at Work
50 DANCING IN THE STORM Boom Crash Opera
49 THAT’S WHEN I THINK OF YOU 1927
48 COME SAID THE BOY Mondo Rock
47 APRIL SUN IN CUBA Dragon
46 I WANT YOU Savage Garden
45 DRIVING WHEELS Jimmy Barnes
44 SUNSETS Powderfinger
43 THROW YOUR ARMS AROUND ME Hunters And Collectors
42 DUMB THINGS Paul Kelly
41 WHITE NOISE The Living End
40 RECKLESS Australian Crawl
39 TIP OF MY TONGUE Diesel
38 SLICE OF HEAVEN Dave Dobbyn
37 BY MY SIDE INXS
36 BLACK FINGERNAILS RED WINE Eskimo Joe
35 FORGOTTEN YEARS Midnight Oil
34 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye
33 TOUCH Noiseworks
32 WEIR Killing Heidi
31 EAGLE ROCK Daddy Cool
30 LIVE IT UP Mental As Anything
29 HOLY GRAIL Hunters And Collectors
28 GREAT SOUTHERN LAND Icehouse
27 LIKE WOW-WIPEOUT Hoodoo Gurus
26 FLAME TREES Cold Chisel
25 IN THE SUMMERTIME Thirsty Merc
24 YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG AC/DC
23 RIPTIDE Vance Joy
22 FUNKY TOWN Pseudo Echo
21 WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE Angels
20 EVIE (PART 1) Stevie Wright
19 ARE YOU GONNA BE MY GIRL Jet
18 NEED YOU TONIGHT INXS
17 TO HER DOOR Paul Kelly
16 BEDS ARE BURNING Midnight Oil
15 I TOUCH MYSELF Divinyls
14 SOUNDS OF THEN GANGgajang
13 IT’S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP AC/DC
12 LANTERNS Birds of Tokyo
11 WORKING CLASS MAN Jimmy Barnes
10 BETTER Screaming Jets
9 YOU’RE THE VOICE John Farnham
8 MY HAPPINESS Powderfinger
7 KHE SANH Cold Chisel
6 ELECTRIC BLUE Icehouse
5 THUNDERSTRUCK AC/DC
4 FRIDAY ON MY MIND Easybeats
3 THE HORSES Daryl Braithwaite
2 NEVER TEAR US APART INXS
1 DOWN UNDER Men at Work
