Artist · chart history
Max Q
Band Melbourne Australia Active 1989–1989 Australian band
Max Q formed in 1989 in Melbourne, Australia and was active until 1989. Max Q has 3 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 1989. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Way of the World”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #23. The station that charted Max Q most often is KROQ (Los Angeles, CA), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1989.
Max Q was the side trip nobody saw coming: Michael Hutchence, the voice of INXS, teaming up in Melbourne in 1989 with Ollie Olsen, the electronic tinkerer behind Whirlywirld and the Dogs in Space soundtrack. Bill MacDonald played bass and John Murphy drums, but the heart of the thing was the collision of a rock star's swagger with Olsen's cold, pulsing machines.
The one album, Max Q, came out on Atlantic that same year, and "Way of the World" is its calling card: sleek, brooding synth-pop with Hutchence crooning over a clattering electronic backbone, darker and stranger than anything his day job allowed. Then it was over, almost as fast as it began, which only makes the record more of a curio worth hunting down.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Max Q on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Way of the World | 3 | #23 | – | 1989 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 23 | Way of the World | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989 |
| 1989 | 36 | Way of the World | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1989 |
| 1989 | 35 | Way of the World | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1989 |
Comments
Log in or create a free account to join the conversation about Max Q.
No comments yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.