Artist · chart history

Frente!

Band Melbourne Australia Active 1989–2014

Frente! formed in 1989 in Melbourne, Australia and was active until 2014. Frente! has 36 chart appearances on 30 radio countdowns from 12 stations on RockLists, spanning 1991–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Bizarre Love Triangle”, which appears on 27 lists with a best position of #54. The station that charted Frente! most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 14 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1994.

36appearances

30countdowns

3songs charted

12stations

0#1 finishes

1991–2024years

Frente! came out of Melbourne with acoustic guitars and a light touch, just as grunge had most bands plugging in and turning up. Angie Hart's voice, small and clear and a little mischievous, sat on top of Simon Austin's guitar, with Tim O'Connor and then Bill McDonald on bass and Mark Picton, Alastair Barden and Peter Luscombe taking turns on drums.

Their first EP, Whirled, arrived in August 1991 with "Labour of Love", a bouncy, bittersweet little strum. Then came the Clunk EP with "Ordinary Angels", then "Accidently Kelly Street" (the misspelling was a slip they decided to keep) and Marvin the Album, all hits at home. The folk-pop was quirky and cute enough to set teeth on edge, except that it sounded completely honest.

The rest of the world found them through a hushed, stripped-down cover of New Order's "Bizarre Love Triangle", released overseas in 1994 on the "Labour of Love" single; it turned a sleek dance-floor anthem into something you'd whisper at 3 a.m. Shape followed in 1996, carrying "What's Come Over Me". The band broke up in 1998 and has reunited 3 times since, the last in 2014.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by Frente! on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Bizarre Love Triangle	1,041	27	#54	–	1994
2	Labour of Love	234	8	#34	–	1994
3	What's Come Over Me	35	1	#66	–	1996

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Year-end chart timeline

Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.

94 96

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2024	121	Bizarre Love Triangle	The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs
2023	883	Labour of Love	The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s
2021	386	Bizarre Love Triangle	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2021	664	Labour of Love	90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s
2014	1609	Bizarre Love Triangle	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013	1551	Bizarre Love Triangle	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011	1492	Bizarre Love Triangle	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010	1429	Bizarre Love Triangle	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009	1397	Bizarre Love Triangle	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008	1385	Bizarre Love Triangle	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007	1385	Bizarre Love Triangle	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2005	1155	Bizarre Love Triangle	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2005	621	Bizarre Love Triangle	99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005)
2004	1156	Bizarre Love Triangle	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	1156	Bizarre Love Triangle	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002	1171	Bizarre Love Triangle	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2002	1474	Bizarre Love Triangle	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2002	1888	Labour of Love	Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002)
2001	1172	Bizarre Love Triangle	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000	1171	Bizarre Love Triangle	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999	551	Bizarre Love Triangle	The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	1170	Bizarre Love Triangle	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1999	462	Bizarre Love Triangle	WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999)
1996	66	What's Come Over Me	Triple J Hottest 100 of 1996
1995	193	Bizarre Love Triangle	Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995)
1994	42	Labour of Love	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1994
1994	64	Bizarre Love Triangle	KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1994
1994	34	Labour of Love	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1994
1994	68	Bizarre Love Triangle	Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1994
1994	57	Bizarre Love Triangle	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1994
1994	86	Labour of Love	WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1994
1994	56	Bizarre Love Triangle	Triple J Hottest 100 of 1994
1994	54	Bizarre Love Triangle	Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994
1994	74	Labour of Love	Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994
1994	272	Bizarre Love Triangle	Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994)
1991	69	Labour of Love	Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1991)

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