Artist · chart history
Baz Luhrmann
Solo artist Sydney Australia
Baz Luhrmann is an artist from Sydney. Baz Luhrmann has 9 chart appearances on 8 radio countdowns from 7 stations on RockLists, spanning 1998–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Everybody's Free (to Wear Sunscreen)”, which appears on 8 lists with a best position of #3. The station that charted Baz Luhrmann most often is WHFS (Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1999.
Baz Luhrmann, born in Sydney in 1962, is a film director first: the Red Curtain Trilogy of Strictly Ballroom, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge!, then Australia, The Great Gatsby and Elvis. But music runs through everything he makes. He produces all his soundtracks, holds writing credits on plenty of the tracks, and the Moulin Rouge! and Gatsby soundtracks both drew Grammy nominations.
In 1999 he landed on rock radio from an unlikely angle. His album Something for Everybody gathered music from his films and threw in "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)", the hit that made a film director an unlikely radio name. "No Class of '99" rode the same wave that year. Luhrmann started his own label, House of Iona, together with RCA Records.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Baz Luhrmann on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everybody's Free (to Wear Sunscreen) | 8 | #3 | – | 1999 | |
| 2 | No Class of '99 | 1 | #100 | – | 1999 |
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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