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Rock radio countdowns from Australia

RockLists has 43 countdowns from 2 stations in Australia. Combining all of them, the song Australia listeners voted for most is “Love Will Tear Us Apart” by Joy Division, which appears on 5 countdowns.

Stations in Australia

Top 50 songs voted by Australia listeners

Combined points across every countdown from Australia that counts toward the rankings, all formats together.

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Year
1	Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division	481	5	#1	2	2005
2	Throw Your Arms Around Me Hunters And Collectors	472	5	#2	–	–
3	Blue Monday New Order	423	5	#5	–	1983
4	How Soon is Now? The Smiths	390	5	#3	–	1984
5	Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin	368	5	#6	–	–
6	Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes	330	5	#9	–	–
7	Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd	322	5	#16	–	–
8	A Forest The Cure	301	4	#8	–	–
9	Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana	300	3	#1	3	1991
10	Uncertain Smile The The	283	3	#3	–	–
11	Creep Radiohead	283	3	#2	–	1993
12	Paranoid Android Radiohead	278	3	#5	–	1997
13	Last Goodbye Jeff Buckley	278	3	#4	–	1995
14	Fools Gold The Stone Roses	276	4	#6	–	1990
15	Anarchy in the U.K. The Sex Pistols	275	4	#17	–	–
16	That's Entertainment The Jam	266	3	#4	–	–
17	Holiday In Cambodia Dead Kennedys	259	3	#6	–	1980
18	This Charming Man The Smiths	254	3	#7	–	1983
19	The Ship Song Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	241	3	#14	–	1993
20	Stinkfist Tool	240	3	#2	–	1996
21	Bohemian Rhapsody Queen	240	3	#6	–	–
22	Prisoner of Society The Living End	236	3	#15	–	1999
23	Bizarre Love Triangle New Order	232	4	#21	–	1986
24	She Sells Sanctuary The Cult	230	3	#16	–	1985
25	Primary The Cure	230	3	#19	–	1982
26	Karma Police Radiohead	225	3	#9	–	1998
27	Closer Nine Inch Nails	225	3	#2	–	1994
28	Wuthering Heights Kate Bush	224	3	#17	–	–
29	Talking to a Stranger Hunters And Collectors	218	3	#8	–	–
30	Bullet With Butterfly Wings The Smashing Pumpkins	217	3	#2	–	1995
31	All Along the Watchtower Jimi Hendrix	212	5	#30	–	–
32	Boys Don't Cry The Cure	211	4	#23	–	1986
33	Troy Sinéad O'Connor	207	3	#13	–	1988
34	Song to the Siren This Mortal Coil	207	3	#15	–	1983
35	Tomorrow Silverchair	206	3	#5	–	1995
36	Rock Lobster The B-52's	204	3	#8	–	2005
37	Enter Sandman Metallica	203	3	#9	–	1991
38	Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye	199	2	#1	1	2012
39	Better Man Pearl Jam	198	3	#22	–	1995
40	The Less I Know the Better Tame Impala	197	2	#1	1	2015
41	Imagine John Lennon	195	3	#11	–	–
42	Do I Wanna Know Arctic Monkeys	195	2	#3	–	2013
43	Sabotage Beastie Boys	195	3	#16	–	1994
44	Song 2 Blur	194	3	#2	–	1997
45	Killing in the Name Rage Against the Machine	194	2	#2	–	1993
46	Never Be like You Flume	193	2	#1	1	2016
47	Big Jet Plane Angus and Julia Stone	192	2	#1	1	2010
48	Brick Ben Folds Five	192	3	#12	–	1998
49	Talk Is Cheap Chet Faker	190	2	#1	1	2014
50	Brother Matt Corby	189	2	#3	–	2011

Artists from Australia

89 charting artists in the archive come from Australia (per MusicBrainz). The biggest, by countdown results everywhere:

1INXSSydney44 songs
2AC/DCSydney52 songs
3Midnight OilSydney29 songs
4Crowded HouseMelbourne18 songs
5The ChurchCanberra13 songs
6Tame ImpalaSydney26 songs
7SilverchairNewcastle21 songs
8WolfmotherSydney14 songs
9Hoodoo GurusSydney17 songs
10The DivinylsSydney5 songs
11Men At WorkMelbourne7 songs
12Courtney BarnettSydney16 songs
13PowderfingerBrisbane23 songs
14The Living EndMelbourne17 songs
15Hilltop HoodsAdelaide27 songs
16GotyeBrugge7 songs
17The VinesSydney7 songs
18Vance JoyMelbourne12 songs
19Nick Cave and the Bad SeedsMelbourne18 songs
20Nick CaveWarracknabeal9 songs
21The Temper TrapMelbourne6 songs
22Hunters And CollectorsMelbourne7 songs
23G FlipMelbourne24 songs
24FlumeSydney16 songs
25John Butler TrioFremantle16 songs
26Ball Park MusicBrisbane17 songs
27Atlas GeniusAdelaide4 songs
28Real Life3 songs
29GrinspoonLismore17 songs
30Parkway DriveByron Bay8 songs