There’s one thing about Aussie music – there’s no shortage of it.
Like backyard cricket, firing up the barbie or having a Splice at the beach, there are some absolute essential songs that no Australian Day would be complete without.
So, here they are, your Essential 96 Australian Songs:
Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again? – The Angels
April Sun In Cuba – Dragon
Are You Gonna Be My Girl? – Jet
As The Days Go By – Daryl Braithwaite
Back In Black – AC/DC
Bad Boy For Love – Rose Tattoo
Because I Love You – The Masters Apprentices
Beds Are Burning – Midnight Oil
Before Too Long – Paul Kelly
Better – The Screaming Jets
Boys Light Up – Australian Crawl
By My Side – INXS
Chained To The Wheel – The Black Sorrows
Choir Girl – Cold Chisel
Come Said The Boy – Mondo Rock
Cry In Shame – Diesel
Current Stand – Kids In The Kitchen
Down Under – Men At Work
Driving Wheels – Jimmy Barnes
Eagle Rock – Daddy Cool
Electric Blue – Icehouse
Evie 1,2,3 – Stevie Wright
Flame Trees – Cold Chisel
Friday On My Mind – Easybeats
From The Sea – Eskimo Joe
Girls On The Avenue – Richard Clapton
Good Times – INXS & Jimmy Barnes
Great Southern Land – Icehouse
Great Wall – Boom Crash Opera
Hammerhead – James Reyne
Heaven (Must Be There) – Eurogliders
He’s Gonna Step On You Again The Party Boys
Highway To Hell – AC/DC
Hit & Run – Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons
Horror Movie – Skyhooks
Hot Chilli Woman – Noiseworks
Howzat – Sherbet
I Got You – Split Enz
I Remember When I Was Young – Matt Taylor
I Touch Myself – Divinyls
I Want You – Savage Garden
If You Leave Me Can I Come Too – Mental As Anything
In The Summertime – Thirsty Merc
It’S A Long Way To The Top – AC/DC
Khe Sanh – Cold Chisel
Lanterns – Birds of Tokyo
Like Wow – Wipeout – Hoodoo Gurus
Listening – Pseudo Echo
Live It Up – Mental As Anything
Most People I Know Think That I’m Crazy – Billy Thorpe
My Happiness – Powderfinger
Need You Tonight – INXS
Never Tear Us Apart – INXS
No Secrets – The Angels
One Perfect Day – Little Heroes
One Word – Baby Animals
Original Sin – INXS
Out Of Mind Out Of Sight – Models
Pleasure And Pain – Divinyls
Power And The Passion – Midnight Oil
Reckless – Australian Crawl
Riptide – Vance Joy
Run To Paradise – The Choirboys
She Has To Be Loved – Jenny Morris
Solid Rock – Goanna
Somebody That I Used To Know – Gotye (feat. Kimbra)
Something So Strong – Crowded House
Sounds Of Then – GANGgajang
Stayin’ Alive – The Bee Gees
Straight Lines – Silverchair
Streets Of Your Town – Go Betweens
Sunsets – Powderfinger
Take Me Back – Noiseworks
That’s When I Think Of You – 1927
The Honeymoon Is Over – The Cruel Sea
The Horses – Daryl Braithwaite
The Real Thing – Russell Morris
Throw Your Arms Around Me – Hunters And Collectors
Tip Of My Tongue – Diesel
To Her Door – Paul Kelly
Tomorrow – Silverchair
Torn – Natalie Imbruglia
Treaty – Yothu Yindi
Tucker’s Daughter – Ian Moss
Unguarded Moment – The Church
We Can Get Together – Icehouse
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place – The Angels
Weir – Killing Heidi
What About Me? – Moving Pictures
What You Need – INXS
What’s My Scene? – Hoodoo Gurus
Who Can It Be Now? – Men At Work
Working Class Man – Jimmy Barnes
You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC
You’re The Voice – John Farnham
Zebra – John Butler Trio
