Triple M Reveal Full Oztober 300 Countdown; No Surprises Here
29 October 2022 | 12:07 pm
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Mary Varvaris
It's a great top pick.
(Source: Triple M)
Triple M has revealed the complete list of the publicly voted Oztober 300.
The station's listeners participated in a month-long celebration of Australian rock music that highlighted the songs that formed our music history.
The Icehouse classic, Great Southern Land, was dubbed "the Aussiest rock song," according to Triple M Club members and sits pretty at #1 on the Oztober list.
Further down the list, it's clear that there are no surprises - anyone familiar with Triple M hears AC/DC, Cold Chisel, Diesel, Powderfinger, Silverchair, Noiseworks, Australian Crawl, Midnight Oil, Jet, INXS, Jimmy Barnes, Hoodoo Gurus, Choirboys, Men At Work, and Thirsty Merc on a daily basis.
There's no actual genre beyond classic rock on this list. There's certainly no metal, only a sprinkling of grunge, and the most current song is possibly Vance Joy's We're Going Home.
The songs that feature women are Goanna with Solid Rock (#29) and Razor's Edge (#104), Gotye and Kimbra's hit, Somebody That I Used To Know at #26, four appearances by the Divinyls, Torn by Natalie Imbruglia at #67, three Baby Animals showings, Kylie Minogue's Spinning Around at #83, Sheppard with Geronimo and Coming Home, The Go-Betweens at #227, Buses And Trains by Bachelor Girl at #124, Killing Heidi with Weir and Mascara, Kate Ceberano's Bedroom Eyes at #136, Big Pig at #184 and #234, Deborah Conway at #196, Kasey Chambers' Not Pretty Enough at #264, Paul Kelly And The Coloured Girls at #274, Superjesus at #276, and Eurogliders at #279.
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No women in the top 20 is disappointing, and hearing one woman between 15-20 songs by all men is exhausting. Not an indictment on Triple M fans, but perhaps on the station itself. There's no doubt that Triple M champions Australian music, but there's still a way to go.
View the complete list below.
TRIPLE M'S OZTOBER 300 COUNTDOWN IN FULL
| 300 | Bow River | Cold Chisel |
| 299 | The Streets Of Your Town | The Go Betweens |
| 298 | The Honeymoon Is Over | The Cruel Sea |
| 297 | Oh No Not You Again | Australian Crawl |
| 296 | T.N.T. | AC/DC |
| 295 | Breakaway [Album] | Big Pig |
| 294 | Bittersweet | Hoodoo Gurus |
| 293 | Be Good Johnny | Men At Work |
| 292 | Sunsets | Powderfinger |
| 291 | Marvellous (Radio Edit) | The 12th Man |
| 290 | Leaps and Bounds | Paul Kelly |
| 289 | Burn For You | INXS |
| 288 | Hot Chilli Woman | Noiseworks |
| 287 | Crazy | Icehouse |
| 286 | Down Again | The Superjesus |
| 285 | Soul Kind Of Feeling | Dynamic Hepnotics |
| 284 | Soul Revival | Johnny Diesel and The Injectors |
| 283 | Plans | Birds Of Tokyo |
| 282 | Hit And Run | Jo Jo Zep and The Falcons |
| 281 | Forgotten Years | Midnight Oil |
| 280 | The Best Thing | Boom Crash Opera |
| 279 | One Perfect Day | Little Heroes |
| 278 | Rollover DJ | Jet |
| 277 | The Music Goes Round My Head | The Saints |
| 276 | Painless | Baby Animals |
| 275 | Now We're Getting Somewhere | Crowded House |
| 274 | You're So Vain | Chocolate Starfish |
| 273 | Unguarded Moment | The Church |
| 272 | Fire and the Flood | Vance Joy |
| 271 | Driving Wheels | Jimmy Barnes |
| 270 | Computer Games [Single Version] | Mi-Sex |
| 269 | By My Side | INXS |
| 268 | When The River Runs Dry | Hunters & Collectors |
| 267 | Change In Mood | Kids In The Kitchen |
| 266 | In The Summertime | Thirsty Merc |
| 265 | Fall Of Rome | James Reyne |
| 264 | Rain [Radio Edit] | Dragon |
| 263 | Lost | The Badloves |
| 262 | Science Fiction | Divinyls |
| 261 | Compulsory Hero | 1927 |
| 260 | The Right Time | Hoodoo Gurus |
| 259 | Barbados | Models |
| 258 | Take A Long Line | The Angels |
| 257 | From Little Things Big Things Grow | Paul Kelly and The Messengers |
| 256 | He's Gonna Step On You Again | The Party Boys |
| 255 | Can't Help Myself | Flowers |
| 254 | Songbird | Bernard Fanning |
| 253 | Kick | INXS |
| 252 | It's Only The Beginning | Deborah Conway |
| 251 | Ita | Cold Chisel |
| 250 | Stimulation | Wa Wa Nee |
| 249 | Shivers | The Screaming Jets |
| 248 | If You Leave Me Can I Come Too | Mental as Anything |
| 247 | Dreamworld | Midnight Oil |
| 246 | Girls On The Avenue | Richard Clapton |
| 245 | The Greatest View | Silverchair |
| 244 | Turn A Blind Eye | Hunters & Collectors |
| 243 | Australiana | Austen Tayshus |
| 242 | Mascara [Radio Edit] | Killing Heidi |
| 241 | World Where You Live | Crowded House |
| 240 | I Want You Back | Hoodoo Gurus |
| 239 | As The Days Go By | Daryl Braithwaite |
| 238 | Polyester Girl | Regurgitator |
| 237 | Take Me Back | Noiseworks |
| 236 | Chemistry | Mondo Rock |
| 235 | That Ain't Bad | Ratcat |
| 234 | Walls | Flowers |
| 233 | Devil Inside [Album] | INXS |
| 232 | Opportunity | Pete Murray |
| 231 | Don't Tear It Down | v.Spy v.Spy |
| 230 | Slave | James Reyne |
| 229 | My Baby | Cold Chisel |
| 228 | Nothing Too Serious | Icehouse |
| 227 | Come To Me | Diesel |
| 226 | Read About It | Midnight Oil |
| 225 | Dreams Of Ordinary Men | Dragon |
| 224 | Ego (Is Not a Dirty Word) | Skyhooks |
| 223 | Where The Wild Roses Grow | Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue |
| 222 | Do You See What I See | Hunters & Collectors |
| 221 | Better Than | The John Butler Trio |
| 220 | Listening | Pseudo Echo |
| 219 | Choir Girl | Cold Chisel |
| 218 | Playing To Win | Little River Band |
| 217 | Listen Like Thieves | INXS |
| 216 | Modern Girl | James Freud |
| 215 | Distant Sun | Crowded House |
| 214 | Send Me An Angel | Real Life |
| 213 | Tucker's Daughter | Ian Moss |
| 212 | The Real Thing | Russell Morris |
| 211 | Downhearted | Australian Crawl |
| 210 | Torn | Natalie Imbruglia |
| 209 | Ride The Night Away | Jimmy Barnes |
| 208 | Pressure Sway | Machinations |
| 207 | Eve Of Destruction | The Screaming Jets |
| 206 | The Nips Are Getting Bigger | Mental as Anything |
| 205 | Love Your Way | Powderfinger |
| 204 | Way of the World [Single Mix] | Max Q |
| 203 | We Gotta Get Out Of This Place | The Angels |
| 202 | We're Going Home | Vance Joy |
| 201 | Darling It Hurts | Paul Kelly and The Coloured Girls |
| 200 | Shape I'm In | Jo Jo Zep and The Falcons |
| 199 | I'm Still On Your Side | Jimmy Barnes |
| 198 | Monsters | Something For Kate |
| 197 | Great Wall | Boom Crash Opera |
| 196 | King Of The Mountain | Midnight Oil |
| 195 | Heaven (Must Be There) | Eurogliders |
| 194 | Come Anytime | Hoodoo Gurus |
| 193 | Miss You Love | Silverchair |
| 192 | You Got Nothing I Want | Cold Chisel |
| 191 | Hammerhead | James Reyne |
| 190 | Better Get A Lawyer | The Cruel Sea |
| 189 | Love In Motion | Icehouse |
| 188 | Catch My Disease | Ben Lee |
| 187 | Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap | AC/DC |
| 186 | Sister Madly | Crowded House |
| 185 | 50 Years | Uncanny X-Men |
| 184 | Where Do You Go? | Hunters & Collectors |
| 183 | Hungry Town | Big Pig |
| 182 | Better Days | Pete Murray |
| 181 | Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain) | INXS |
| 180 | Overkill | Men At Work |
| 179 | Early Warning | Baby Animals |
| 178 | You'll Never Know | 1927 |
| 177 | No Lies | Noiseworks |
| 176 | Howzat | Sherbet |
| 175 | Pick You Up | Powderfinger |
| 174 | Counting The Beat | The Swingers |
| 173 | Lay Down Your Guns | Jimmy Barnes |
| 172 | Look What You've Done | Jet |
| 171 | Nude School | Painters and Dockers |
| 170 | Almost With You | The Church |
| 169 | 1000 Miles Away | Hoodoo Gurus |
| 168 | Anchor | Birds Of Tokyo |
| 167 | Mean To Me | Crowded House |
| 166 | Leaving Home | Jebediah |
| 165 | What About Me | Moving Pictures |
| 164 | I'd Die To Be With You Tonight | Jimmy Barnes |
| 163 | Who Listens To The Radio | The Sports |
| 162 | One Crowded Hour | Augie March |
| 161 | Kosciusko | Midnight Oil |
| 160 | Man Overboard | Do Ré Mi |
| 159 | Man Alive | Diesel |
| 158 | Alone With You | The Sunnyboys |
| 157 | Never Let Me Go | The Black Sorrows |
| 156 | Gimme Some Lovin' | GANGgajang |
| 155 | Dancing In The Storm | Boom Crash Opera |
| 154 | So Beautiful | Pete Murray |
| 153 | I Send A Message | INXS |
| 152 | Young Years | Dragon |
| 151 | Most People I Know Think That I'm Crazy | Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs |
| 150 | Too Much Aint Enough Love | Jimmy Barnes |
| 149 | Sweet Disposition | The Temper Trap |
| 148 | Errol | Australian Crawl |
| 147 | Fall At Your Feet | Crowded House |
| 146 | Current Stand | Kids In The Kitchen |
| 145 | D.A.F. | Powderfinger |
| 144 | Forever Now | Cold Chisel |
| 143 | Mountain | Chocolate Starfish |
| 142 | When The Generals Talk | Midnight Oil |
| 141 | If I Could | 1927 |
| 140 | White Noise | The Living End |
| 139 | I Hear Motion | Models |
| 138 | Under The Milky Way | The Church |
| 137 | Three Dimensions | Something For Kate |
| 136 | What's My Scene | Hoodoo Gurus |
| 135 | Weir | Killing Heidi |
| 134 | One Summer | Daryl Braithwaite |
| 133 | Carry On | Motor Ace |
| 132 | Who Made Who | AC/DC |
| 131 | Locked Out | Crowded House |
| 130 | No Say In It | Machinations |
| 129 | Razor's Edge | Goanna |
| 128 | Suicide Blonde | INXS |
| 127 | Blow Up The Pokies (I Wish I...) | The Whitlams |
| 126 | Electric Blue | Icehouse |
| 125 | Shipping Steel | Cold Chisel |
| 124 | Lanterns | Birds Of Tokyo |
| 123 | Things Don't Seem | Australian Crawl |
| 122 | A Beat For You | Pseudo Echo |
| 121 | Ana's Song (Open Fire) | Silverchair |
| 120 | Don't Need Love | Johnny Diesel and The Injectors |
| 119 | Harley and Rose | The Black Sorrows |
| 118 | We Can't Be Beaten | Rose Tattoo |
| 117 | Before too long | Paul Kelly and The Coloured Girls |
| 116 | Stayin' Alive | Bee Gees |
| 115 | Saturday Night | Cold Chisel |
| 114 | Don't Go Now | Ratcat |
| 113 | Who Can It Be Now | Men At Work |
| 112 | Already Gone | Powderfinger |
| 111 | Just Like Fire Would | The Saints |
| 110 | 20 Good Reasons | Thirsty Merc |
| 109 | Blue Sky Mine | Midnight Oil |
| 108 | Motor's Too Fast | James Reyne |
| 107 | From The Sea | Eskimo Joe |
| 106 | No Secrets | The Angels |
| 105 | Something So Strong | Crowded House |
| 104 | Horror Movie | Skyhooks |
| 103 | Disappear | INXS |
| 102 | Hey Little Girl | Icehouse |
| 101 | Miss Freelove '69 | Hoodoo Gurus |
| 100 | Wish You Well | Bernard Fanning |
| 99 | Pressure Down | John Farnham |
| 98 | Boys In Town | Divinyls |
| 97 | Riptide | Vance Joy |
| 96 | That's When I Think Of You | 1927 |
| 95 | Let's Make It Last All Night | Jimmy Barnes |
| 94 | Be Alright | Dean Lewis |
| 93 | Original Sin | INXS |
| 92 | Father's Day | Weddings Parties Anything |
| 91 | Shoot To Thrill | AC/DC |
| 90 | Feeler | Pete Murray |
| 89 | Short Memory | Midnight Oil |
| 88 | Live It Up | Mental as Anything |
| 87 | Passenger | Powderfinger |
| 86 | A Pub With No Beer | Slim Dusty |
| 85 | We Can Get Together | Flowers |
| 84 | No Aphrodisiac | The Whitlams |
| 83 | No Second Prize | Jimmy Barnes |
| 82 | Scar | Missy Higgins |
| 81 | U.S. Forces | Midnight Oil |
| 80 | It's Only Natural | Crowded House |
| 79 | Gravity | The Superjesus |
| 78 | When the War Is Over | Cold Chisel |
| 77 | Mystify | INXS |
| 76 | SHADDUP YOU FACE | Joe Dolce |
| 75 | These Days | Powderfinger |
| 74 | Chained To The Wheel | The Black Sorrows |
| 73 | Back In Black | AC/DC |
| 72 | Straight Lines | Silverchair |
| 71 | Like, Wow - Wipeout | Hoodoo Gurus |
| 70 | Deep Water | Richard Clapton |
| 69 | Pleasure And Pain | Divinyls |
| 68 | Weather With You | Crowded House |
| 67 | Standing On The Outside | Cold Chisel |
| 66 | Zebra | The John Butler Trio |
| 65 | New Sensation | INXS |
| 64 | How to Make Gravy | Paul Kelly |
| 63 | Jessie's Girl | Rick Springfield |
| 62 | Helping Hand | The Screaming Jets |
| 61 | Wide Open Road | The Triffids |
| 60 | Highway To Hell | AC/DC |
| 59 | Onion Skin | Boom Crash Opera |
| 58 | I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green) | Redgum |
| 57 | The Dead Heart | Midnight Oil |
| 56 | Treaty [Filthy Lucre Radio Remix] | Yothu Yindi |
| 55 | Good Times | INXS & Jimmy Barnes |
| 54 | Come Said The Boy [Single Version] | Mondo Rock |
| 53 | Friday on My Mind | The Easybeats |
| 52 | Chemical Heart | Grinspoon |
| 51 | Boys Light Up | Australian Crawl |
| 50 | Dumb Things | Paul Kelly and The Messengers |
| 49 | Black Betty | Spiderbait |
| 48 | Cry In Shame [Single Version] | Johnny Diesel and The Injectors |
| 47 | All Torn Down | The Living End |
| 46 | Better Be Home Soon | Crowded House |
| 45 | What You Need | INXS |
| 44 | April Sun In Cuba | Dragon |
| 43 | Out Of Mind Out Of Sight | Models |
| 42 | Amazing | Alex Lloyd |
| 41 | Cheap Wine | Cold Chisel |
| 40 | True Blue | John Williamson |
| 39 | One Word | Baby Animals |
| 38 | Funky Town [Single Version] | Pseudo Echo |
| 37 | Thunderstruck | AC/DC |
| 36 | Black Fingernails Red Wine | Eskimo Joe |
| 35 | Need You Tonight | INXS |
| 34 | Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again (Live) [Clean Edit] | The Angels |
| 33 | Throw Your Arms Around Me [Original Version] | Hunters & Collectors |
| 32 | I Touch Myself | Divinyls |
| 31 | Living in the 70's | Skyhooks |
| 30 | Power and the Passion | Midnight Oil |
| 29 | Tip Of My Tongue | Diesel |
| 28 | Touch | Noiseworks |
| 27 | Don't Change | INXS |
| 26 | Somebody That I Used to Know | Gotye feat Kimbra |
| 25 | It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) | AC/DC |
| 24 | Sounds Of Then | GANGgajang |
| 23 | Tomorrow | Silverchair |
| 22 | Solid Rock | Goanna |
| 21 | My Happiness | Powderfinger |
| 20 | Evie (Parts 1, 2 and 3) | Stevie Wright |
| 19 | Flame Trees | Cold Chisel |
| 18 | Holy Grail | Hunters & Collectors |
| 17 | To Her Door | Paul Kelly |
| 16 | Are You Gonna Be My Girl | Jet |
| 15 | Don't Dream It's Over | Crowded House |
| 14 | Working Class Man | Jimmy Barnes |
| 13 | Eagle Rock | Daddy Cool |
| 12 | Beds are Burning | Midnight Oil |
| 11 | The Horses | Daryl Braithwaite |
| 10 | Run To Paradise | Choirboys |
| 9 | Down Under | Men At Work |
| 8 | Khe Sanh | Cold Chisel |
| 7 | Reckless (Don't Be So) | Australian Crawl |
| 6 | (Baby I've Got You) On My Mind | Powderfinger |
| 5 | Never Tear Us Apart | INXS |
| 4 | You Shook Me All Night Long | AC/DC |
| 3 | You're The Voice [Single Version] | John Farnham |
| 2 | Better | The Screaming Jets |
| 1 | Great Southern Land | Icehouse |
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