Rankings / Metro

The Sound of Sydney

Australia · #25 origin · 2 Velvet Rock tracks

Combined (3:1)
237.9
US score
9.3
UK score
10.2
Attributed artists
12

Signature decade 1980s · era-distinctiveness 2.53 · score per artist 19.8

Decade fingerprint

1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020

Top artists

  1. 1AC/DC119
  2. 2INXS48.5
  3. 3The Kid Laroi14.4
  4. 4Natalie Imbruglia12.8
  5. 5Iggy Azalea11.4
  6. 65 Seconds of Summer8.8
  7. 7Frank Ifield8.6
  8. 8Rick Springfield7.9
  9. 9Delta Goodrem3.6
  10. 10Masked Wolf1.8
  11. 11Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP0.7
  12. 12Baz Luhrmann0.3

Signature songs

  1. 1“Stay” : The Kid Laroi · UK / US #1 (2021)
  2. 2“I Remember You” : Frank Ifield · UK / US #1 (1962)
  3. 3“Jessie's Girl” : Rick Springfield · US #1 (1981)
  4. 4“Need You Tonight” : INXS · UK / US #1 (1987)
  5. 5“Lovesick Blues” : Frank Ifield · UK #1 (1962)
  6. 6“Don't Talk to Strangers” : Rick Springfield · US #2 (1982)
  7. 7“Problem” : Iggy Azalea · UK / US #1 (2014)
  8. 8“Fancy” : Iggy Azalea · UK / US #1 (2014)
  9. 9“Without You” : The Kid Laroi · UK / US #2 (2021)
  10. 10“Youngblood” : 5 Seconds of Summer · UK / US #4 (2018)
  11. 11“Confessin' (That I Love You)” : Frank Ifield · UK #1 (1963)
  12. 12“The Wayward Wind” : Frank Ifield · UK #1 (1963)
  13. 13“Black Widow” : Iggy Azalea · UK / US #3 (2014)
  14. 14“We No Speak Americano” : Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP · UK #1 (2010)
  15. 15“Torn” : Natalie Imbruglia · UK #2 (1997)

Chart-topping #1 singles

“Stay”
2021
The Kid Laroi
US
“Fancy”
2014
Iggy Azalea
US
“Problem”
2014
Iggy Azalea
UK
“She Looks So Perfect”
2014
5 Seconds of Summer
UK
“We No Speak Americano”
2010
Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP
UK
“Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)”
1999
Baz Luhrmann
UK
“Need You Tonight”
1987
INXS
US
“Jessie's Girl”
1981
Rick Springfield
US
“Confessin' (That I Love You)”
1963
Frank Ifield
UK
“The Wayward Wind”
1963
Frank Ifield
UK
“I Remember You”
1962
Frank Ifield
UK
“Lovesick Blues”
1962
Frank Ifield
UK
12 of 12 #1 singles · click a column to sort

Velvet Rock

2 Master Tape tracks by Sydney artists: Never Tear Us Apart (INXS) · Mystify (INXS)