"The Song of Australia" was composed as the result of 1859 competition to create a "patriotic song", sponsored by the Gawler Institute in Adelaide. The...
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"Advance Australia Fair" is the national anthem of Australia. Written by Scottish-born Australian composer Peter Dodds McCormick, the song was first performed...
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Australia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nine times since its debut in 2015. The Australian participant broadcaster in the contest is...
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"Bound to Western Australia," and the veteran African-American sailor James H. Williams mentioned the song in a 1909 article. In the 1930s or 1940s, at...
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Wonderwall (redirect from The Swamp Song (Oasis song))
remains one of the band's most popular songs. In Australia, it was voted No. 1 on the alternative music radio station Triple J's Hottest 100 of 1995 and...
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conducted through the Australian Bureau of Statistics, to determine the song to be sung on occasions of national significance. "Advance Australia Fair" was chosen...
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"Down Under" is a song recorded by Australian rock band Men at Work. It was originally self-released in 1980 as the B-side to their first local single...
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(Gyroscope song), 2008 "Australia" (The Kinks song), 1969 "Australia" (Manic Street Preachers song), 1996 "Australia" (The Shins song), 2007 "Australia (Whore...
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Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous...
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The following is a list of all officially released songs recorded by the Bee Gees from 1967 to 2001. Songs recorded in Australia and covers of the Beatles'...
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Australians are citizens or residents of Australia whose ancestry originates from the peoples of Europe. They form the largest panethnic group in the...
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Like That") is a 1983 song from the EP Semantics by Australian band Australian Crawl. The song showed a change in the line up of the band as drummer Bill...
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"Australia" is a song by American indie rock band the Shins, and is the second track on their third album, Wincing the Night Away. The song was released...
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Songs for Australia is a compilation album curated by Australian singer-songwriter Julia Stone to aid bushfire relief, consisting of covers of well-known...
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A fight song is a rousing short song associated with a sports team. The term is most common in the United States and Canada. In Australia, Mexico, and...
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The music of Australia has an extensive history made of music societies. Indigenous Australian music forms a significant part of the unique heritage of...
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a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released as the lead single from their 1990 album "The Razors Edge". It peaked at No. 4 on the Australian ARIA...
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is composed of guitarist Josh Hardy, drummer Matt Boggis, and bassist and vocalist Eamon Sandwith. Known for their songs about Australian culture, they...
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High Voltage (1975 album) (redirect from High Voltage (Australia))
in Sydney, Australia. George Young was the older brother of Angus and Malcolm, and also plays bass guitar on a number of the album's songs. Harry Vanda...
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Australia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with "One Milkali (One Blood)" performed by Electric Fields. The Australian...
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Eurovision – Australia Decides was an annual song competition organised by Australian public broadcaster Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) and production...
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"I Want You" is a song by Australian pop duo Savage Garden, originally released in Australia on 27 May 1996 as the lead single from their eponymous debut...
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"Joker & the Thief" is a song by Australian rock band Wolfmother. The song serves as the sixth track and sixth single from the band's eponymous debut...
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The winners receive a recording contract with Universal Music Australia or EMI Music Australia, as well as A$100,000 and other prizes. Winners of the...
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Tones and I (redirect from Can't Be Happy All the Time)
which spent 5 months (equivalent to 22 weeks) at the top during 1943. It was the first Australian song to reach number one on Spotify's global daily top 200...
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the Air" is a 1977 disco song by Australian singer John Paul Young. It was written by George Young (no relation) and Harry Vanda, and released as the...
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"Live It Up" is a song by Australian rock band Mental As Anything, released in May 1985 in Australia and then in Europe and the United States in 1986...
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The continent of Australia, sometimes known in technical contexts by the names Sahul (/səˈhuːl/), Australia-New Guinea, Australinea, or Meganesia to distinguish...
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South America, the song became a number-one airplay hit. As of 2006, the song had sold over seven million copies worldwide. The song's dance routine was...
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"Sounds of Then (This Is Australia)" is a 1985 song by Australian rock band, GANGgajang, from their self-titled debut album, GANGgajang. "Sounds of Then"...
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