"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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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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"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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"South Australia" (Roud 325) is a sea shanty and folk song, also known under such titles as "Rolling King" and "Bound for South Australia". As an original...
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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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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" (The Kinks song), 1969 "Australia" (Manic Street Preachers song), 1996 "Australia" (The Shins song), 2007 "Australia (Whore of the World)", by...
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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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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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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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song peaked at number five on the Australian Singles Chart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1991, it won the Song of the Year. B-side "Chains Around the Heart"...
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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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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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"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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"Addison Rae" is a song by Australian rapper and singer the Kid Laroi, a song named after the singer and actress, Addison Rae. The song was released on March...
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Australia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "One Milkali (One Blood)", written by Michael Ross and Zaachariaha Fielding...
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on the Circle Digital Chart. The song also topped the charts in New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the MENA region, the Philippines...
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Padam" is a song by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It was released on 18 May 2023 by BMG and Minogue's company Darenote, and serves as the lead single...
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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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Eurovision – Australia Decides was an annual song competition organised by Australian public broadcaster Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) and production...
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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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Wonderwall (redirect from The Swamp Song (Oasis song))
Video of the Year at the 1996 Brit Awards. "Wonderwall" remains one of the band's most popular songs. In Australia, it was voted No. 1 on the alternative...
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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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recorded by an Australian act and one generally seen as a resonant symbol of the Australian culture. Allmusic describes it as, "a song that will forever...
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Parliamentary Library of Australia.. The plebiscite was a choice between four songs. "Advance Australia Fair" received a plurality of votes, so the plebiscite carried...
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peaked at number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100. Outside of the United States, "Sailor Song" topped the charts in Ireland, Latvia, and the United Kingdom, and...
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