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1979    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star January 5. 4 weeks

1980    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long

1980    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    The Angels - No Secrets

1980    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Joe Dolce - Shuddup Your Face November 29. 5 weeks.

1980    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Kate Bush - Babooshka

1980    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    K.C and the Sunshine Band - Please Don’t Go Feb.16. 2 weeks

1980    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Leo Sayer - More Than I Can Say November 1. 2 weeks

1980    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Till You Get Enough January 26 . 2 weeks

1980    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Mi Sex - People

1980    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall

1980    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket

1980    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love March 1. 7 weeks.

1980    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    The Vapors - Turning Japanese June 28. 2 weeks.

1980    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Village People - Can't Stop The Music July 12. 4 weeks.

1981    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Adam and the Ants - Ant Music March 28. 5 weeks.

1981    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    John Lennon - Starting Over January 24. 4 weeks.

1981    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Rolling Stones - Start Me Up November 14. 1 week.

1981    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Roxy Music - Jealous Guy May 16. 4 weeks.

1981    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Shakin' Stevens - This Ole House June 13. 1 week.

1981    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    The Swingers - Counting the Beat March 7. 3 weeks.

1982    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Men At Work - Down Under December 26. 5 weeks.

1983    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Australian Crawl - Reckless December 3. 1 week.

1983    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart June 4. 5 weeks.

1983    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me January 1. 6 weeks.

1983    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    David Bowie - Let’s Dance

1983    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Dire Straits -Twisting By the Pool

1983    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Laura Brannigan - Gloria Feb 12. 7 weeks.

1983    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Men At Work - Overkill

1983    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Michael Jackson - Billie Jean April 16. 5 weeks.

1984    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    INXS - Original Sin Feb 4. 2 weeks.

1984    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Madonna - Like A Virgin December 15. 3 weeks.

1984    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield Feb 18. 5 weeks.

1984    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Prince - When Doves Cry August 25. 1 week.

1984    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Pseudo Echo - A Beat for You

1984    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Wham - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go July 21. 5 weeks.

1985    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Band Aid - Do They Know It’s Christmas January 19. 4 weeks.

1985    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Eurythmics - Would I Lie to You June 15. 4 weeks.

1985    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Midnight Oil - Species Diseases December 7. 1 week.

1985    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    The Models - Out of Mind Out Of Sight September 14. 2 weeks.

1986    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    AC/DC - Who Made Who

1986    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Bananarama - Venus September 20. 7 weeks.

1986    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Boom Crash Opera - Great Wall

1986    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Madonna - Papa Don’t Preach August 9. 6 weeks.

1986    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Midnight Oil - The Dead Heart

1986    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Pseudo Echo - Funky Town December 27. 1 week.

1987    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian Feb 14. 1 week.

1987    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    George Michael & Aretha Franklin - I Knew You Were Waiting March 21. 4 weeks.

1987    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Icehouse - Electric Blue November 21. 1 week.

1987    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Jimmy Barnes & INXS - Good Times

1987    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Jimmy Barnes - Too Much Ain’t Enough Love November 28 for 1 week. From the album "Barnestorming".

1987    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On Feb 21. 1 week.

1987    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Kylie Minogue - Locomotion August 15. 7 weeks.

1987    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Mel & Kim - Respectable July 25. 1 week.

1987    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up December 5. 4 weeks.

1988    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    The Beach Boys - Kokomo December 31. 1 week.

1988    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Cheap Trick - The Flame June 4. 4 weeks.

1988    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Choirboys - Run To Paradise

1988    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    George Michael - Faith January 23. 1 week.

1988    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Jimmy Barnes - When A Man Loves A Woman

1988    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Kylie Minogue - Got To Be Certain July 9. 3 weeks.

1988    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky March 16. 6 weeks.

1989    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    The B-52’s - Love Shack December 23. 6 weeks.

1989    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Black Sorrows - Chained to the Wheel

1989    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Ian Moss - Tuckers Daughter

1989    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Jenny Morris - She Has To Be Loved

1989    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Kylie Minogue - Hand on Your Heart

1989    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Kylie Minogue - Never Too Late

1989    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Kylie Minogue - Wouldn’t Change a Thing

1989    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Madonna - Like A Prayer March 25. 1 week.

1989    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Mike & the Mechanics - The Living Years May 13. 1 week.

1989    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    The Proclaimers - I’m Gonna Be Feb 18. 5 weeks.

1989    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Simply Red - If You Don’t Know Me By Now September 2. 1 week.

1990    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Aerosmith - Janie’s Got a Gun Feb 17. 1 week.

1990    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Belinda Carlisle - Summer Rain

1990    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Bon Jovi - Blaze Of Glory September 15. 6 weeks.

1990    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    INXS - Suicide Blonde

1990    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Madonna - Vogue May 5. 5 weeks.

1990    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mine

1990    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Paula Abdul - Opposites Attract April 21. 2 weeks.

1990    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Roxette - It Must Have Been Love July 7. 2 weeks.

1990    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Sinead O’Connor - Nothing Compares To You Feb 24. 8 weeks.

1990    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Skyhooks - Jukebox In Siberia November 3. 2 weeks.

1990    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Tina Arena - I Need Your Body

1991    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Big Audio Dynamite - Rush October 19. 2 weeks.

1991    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Divinyls - I Touch Myself

1991    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Michael Jackson - Black or White November 30. 5 weeks.

1991    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Right Said Fred - I’m Too Sexy November 9. 3 weeks.

1991    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    The Rockmelons - Aint No Sunshine

1991    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    The Simpsons - Do The Bartman March 16. 1 week.

1991    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    U2 - The Fly November 16. 2 weeks.

1992    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Bobby Brown - Humpin Around September 26. 1 week.

1992    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Boyz 11 Men - End Of The Road November 21. 4 weeks.

1992    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Gunz N Roses - November Rain

1992    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Julian Lennon - Saltwater March 7. 4 weeks.

1992    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Richard Marx - Hazard July 25. 3 weeks.

1992    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Salt N Pepa - Let’s Talk About Sex January 25. 4 weeks.

1992    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Wendy Matthews - When You Went Away

1993    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Ace Of Base - All That She Wants November 6. 3 weeks.

1993    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Bryan Adams - Please Forgive Me November 27. 5 weeks.

1993    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Chocolate Starfish - You’re So Vain

1993    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Jimmy Barnes - Stone Cold

1993    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way? April 3. 6 weeks.

1993    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Meat Loaf - I’d Do Anything For Love September 4. 8 weeks.

1993    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Southern Sons - You Where There

1994    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Ace Of Base - The Sign April 30. 4 weeks.

1994    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    The Cranberries - Zombie December 17. 8 weeks.

1994    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm June 11. 3 weeks.

1994    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Kylie Minogue - Confide In Me September 17. 4 weeks.

1994    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do December 10. 1 week.

1994    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Silverchair - Tomorrow October 29. 6 weeks.

1994    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Wet Wet Wet - Love IS All Around July 2. 6 weeks.

1995    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Coolio - Gangsta’s Paradise October 21. 1 week.

1995    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Mariah Carey - Fantasy October 7. 1 week.

1995    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    The Real McCoy - Another Night Feb 4. 6 weeks.

1995    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Seal - Kiss From A Rose August 26.6 weeks.

1995    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    U2 - Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me July 8. 6 weeks.

1996    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    The Fugees - Killing Me Softly June 22. 7 weeks.

1996    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Metallica - Until It Sleep June 1. 1 week.

1996    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    OMC - How Bizarre April 13. 5 weeks.

1996    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Shaggy - Boombastic Feb 3. 1 week.

1996    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Spice Girls - Wannabe November 2. 9 weeks.

1997    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Aqua - Barbie Girl November 16. 3 weeks.

1997    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Aqua - Doctor Jones December 28. 1 week.

1997    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    No Doubt - Don't Speak Feb 9. 8 weeks.

1997    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Savage Garden - Moon And Back January 19. 1 week.

1997    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Silverchair - Freak January 26. 1 week.

1997    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Will Smith - Men In Black September 7. 4 weeks.

1998    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Aerosmith - Don’t Want To Miss A Thing September 13. 9 weeks.

1998    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    GooGoo Dolls - Iris August 2. 5 weeks.

1998    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Lighthouse Family - High September 6. 1 week.

1998    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    The Offspring - Pretty Fly December 12. 3 weeks.

1999    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Britney Spears - Baby One More Time Feb 28. 9 weeks.

1999    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Cher - Believe January 24. 5 weeks.

1999    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Jennifer Lopez - If You Had My Love July 11. 3 weeks.

1999    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Pearl Jam - Last Kiss August 1. 6 weeks.

2000    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Bardot - Poison April 23. 2 weeks.

2000    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Killing Heidi - Mascara Jan30. 3 weeks.

2000    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Kylie Minogue - On A Night Like This September 24. 1 week

2000    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Macy Gray - I Try January 16. 2 weeks

2000    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Madison Avenue - Who The Hell Are You June 18. 2 weeks.

2000    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Madonna - American Pie March 12. 1 week

2000    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Pink - Most Girls October 8. 1 week.

2000    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Spiller - Groovejet October 29. 3 weeks.

2000    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    U2 - Beautiful Day October 22. 1 week.

2001    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Afroman - Because I Got High October 21. 3 weeks

2001    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal November 11. 8 weeks

2001    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Bob the Builder - Can We Fix It September 16. 1 week

2001    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Eminem & Dido - Stan March 11. 7 weeks.

2001    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head September 23. 4 weeks

2001    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Mya - Case Of Ex March 18. 2 weeks

2001    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Scandal’us - Me, Myself and I April 29. 3 weeks

2001    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag January 7. 6 weeks.

2002    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Avril Lavigne - Complicated August 25. 6 weeks

2002    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Delta Goodrem - Born To Try December 8. 1 week

2002    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Eminem - Without Me June 23. 1 week

2002    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss June 16. 1 week

2002    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Kylie Minogue - In Your Eyes Feb 3. 1 week

2002    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Pink - Get The Party Started January 6. 2 weeks

2002    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Shakira - Whenever , Wherever Feb 10. 6 weeks

2003    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love October 12. 2 weeks

2003    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Delta Goodrem - Innocent Eyes July 6. 2 weeks

2003    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Dido - White Flag September 28. 1 week

2003    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Evanescence - Bring Me To Life May 25. 6 weeks

2003    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Guy Sebastian - Angels Brought Me Here December 7. 3 weeks

2003    saw an Australian No. 1 hit for    Kylie Minogue - Slow November 16. 2 weeks

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