Your Top 5 Australia Day songs: which came in at number one?
After Triple J decided to cancel its Australia Day Hottest 100, Chris Smith thought he would run his own Australian music poll.
His Top 5 songs are:
- ‘True Blue’ – John Williamson
- ‘I Am Australian’ – The Seekers
- ‘Great Southern Land’ – Icehouse
- ‘Khe Sanh’ – Cold Chisel
- ‘Down Under’ – Men At Work
Listeners had their say adding another five songs to the list:
- ‘I Was Only’- Redgum
- ‘Solid Rock’- Goanna
- ‘Eagle Rock’- Daddy Cool
- ‘I Still Call Australia Home’- Peter Allen
- ‘Sounds of Then (This is Australia)’- GANGgajang
So which hit took out the top spot?
Just edging out the iconic “I am Australian” by The Seekers is “Sounds of Then (This is Australia)” with 23% of the vote!