Artist · chart history
Sunnyboys
Band Sydney Australia Formed 1980 Australian power pop/post-punk band
Sunnyboys formed in 1980 in Sydney, Australia. Sunnyboys has 2 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 1989–2018. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Alone With You”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #48. The station that charted Sunnyboys most often is Triple M (Australia (national network)), with 1 appearance.
Sunnyboys came up on Sydney's pub circuit with Jeremy Oxley out front, singing, playing guitar and writing the songs, and they brought a jolt of fresh air into a scene that had split off in every direction. Peter Oxley played bass, Richard Burgman played guitar and Bill Bilson drummed, and their 1980 EP, Sunnyboys, carried "Alone With You", a power-pop jewel of chiming guitars and aching melody that sounds young in the best possible way.
Their first two albums, Sunnyboys and Individuals, both made the Top 30 of the Australian Kent Music Report, but the band first split in June 1984. Jeremy Oxley kept the name going with different lineups through the rest of the '80s and into 1991, the only original member left. Three of the original four regrouped for a single show at the Mushroom 25 Concert in 1998.
In 2012 the original lineup turned up for a surprise gig in Sydney as part of the Dig It Up series, billed as Kids in Dust, and from 2013 they played on and off for the rest of the decade. In September 2022 they announced they would call it a day after a farewell tour, and the last show came at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney on 18 February 2023.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Sunnyboys on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alone With You | 2 | #48 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 48 | Alone With You | Triple M Ozzest 100 (2018) |
| 1989 | 56 | Alone With You | Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1989) |
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