A few good ones I’ve noted over recent days, notably of the 90s Aussie alt-rock type - all from the usual suspect from the Hinterland:
Custard - Ringo
Regurgitator - Black Bugs
Jebediah - Harpoon
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I’ll admit I’m unfamiliar with the first song on that list; the second track is one of the very best Aussie songs of the 90s; the third is so-so but rarely heard (I prefer “Leaving Home”, “Teflon”, and especially “Military Strongmen”).
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The best twofer I’ve heard on radio all year, courtesy of SWR FM:
I Believe- MARCELLA DETROIT
Two Tribes- FRANKIE GOES TO TINSELTOWN
The former, a huge radio hit from 1994 that is lost to commercial radio; the second, a great GTA Vice City classic.
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Two VERY different songs back to back there - both great songs too.
That’s REAL variety - sadly commercial radio wouldn’t do this.
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In the same vein there was an unorthodox- but still good- triple play from 4BRZ today;
I’ll Be Your Shelter- TAYLOR DAYNE
Michelle (Ma Belle)- THE FAB FOUR
Sing- TRAVIS
Three very different songs, but it worked.
Later on, on the same station:
Jessica- THE ALLMAN BROS 
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Obviously, 4BRZ refers to The Breeze. 
Which is also famous for being used as the theme music for Top Gear. I remember hearing that song many years ago on 4BRZ’s sister station, 4RBL, better known on-air as Rebel FM. 
Useless trivia: The 3 alphabetic character ACMA call signs of BRZ and RBL are the stations brands without the 5 E’s… Breeze & Rebel.
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Funnily enough I think I heard that Marcella Detroit track on the Breeze about a week or so ago too - it then got me too wondering what happened to it, a massive song in its time
Speaking of lost 90s tracks, 97.3 played Real McCoy - Another Night yesterday morning. From that era of 90s dance numbers that is largely untouched these days (possibly not without reason 
)
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Marcella Detroit gets played on the regional Ms as part of Unflogged and occasionally in Greatest Years in Music.
KO just played Another Night about 20 minutes ago.
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I haven’t heard Marcella on commercial radio since the 90s; her hits with Shakespears Sister get (relatively) more airplay, though. “I Believe” peaked at #10 on the ARIA chart, 3/7/94. The CHR stations were all over it at the time as befits a top 10 hit.
Thanks for the interesting trivia TV-E; since I’m not much of a rev-head, the reference was lost on me .
The following is straight from the desk of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully…
Lost- THE BADLOVES
7 Years- LUKAS GRAHAM
Played back to back on QLD Breeze this afternoon. The former song presaged the Dragons defeat to the Roosters, but that’s not all. Guess how old I was at the time “Lost” was a hit?
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It’s a Long Way There - LRB. TOday on 4KQ.
4KQ outdone themselves today. Playing a lot of unheard or forgotten singles from Australian artists.
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There were three wowsers in quick time on 4BRZ this morning;
Black Man Ray- CHINA CRISIS
Words Are Not Enough- (the late) JON ENGLISH
Falling- JULEE CRUISE
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Black Man Ray!?
I don’t think I’ve heard that on the radio in 32 years…
Yes yes, I could be wrong!
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Sunday Girl / Blondie on Smooth FM Brisbane this morning. Songs like that are why they’re so successful - unflogged!
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I heard Sunday Girl on Breeze FM the other day too, and this morning:
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer- THE BEATLES
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One I haven’t heard for quite a while…
Get A Haircut - George Thorogood And The Destroyers (1993)
Playing right now on 2GO Central Coast.
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For some reason I heard ‘Under a Milky Way - The Church’ on JJJ this evening… I had to double check I was on the right station…
I didn’t know what I was looking for.
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And on other regional Triple M stations as part of their “Party Mix” program, at least those that don’t carry the AFL.
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Someone’s Singing New York - Ghostwriters
Now Playing on Triple M Sydney
Great song that I haven’t heard on the radio since 1994!
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