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Mar 18, 20173 min read

This Week In 1984: March 18, 1984

The ARIA singles chart was a bit of a funny one this week in 1984. Three of the songs that entered lower down the top 100 would re-enter...

Mar 11, 20173 min read

This Week In 1984: March 11, 1984

I'm sure no band ever sets out to be a one-hit wonder. But if you had to be one, then best to have your sole smash single in the '80s....

Mar 4, 20175 min read

This Week In 1984: March 4, 1984

Every so often a recording artist comes along who's unlike anyone else. That was certainly the case this week in 1984 when a...

Feb 26, 20175 min read

This Week In 1984: February 26, 1984

Nothing helps a single sell a truckload of copies more than controversy. From Elvis to Eamon, artists that've caused a stir have...

Feb 19, 20175 min read

This Week In 1984: February 19, 1984

It'd been around for years, but 1984 was the year breakdancing went mainstream. There were films, songs, stories on kids' shows like...

Feb 12, 20175 min read

This Week In 1984: February 12, 1984

Music history is littered with stories of how one record company exec or another didn't think a song would become a hit before being...

Feb 5, 20173 min read

This Week In 1984: February 5, 1984

It's so often the case — a song gives a previously fairly niche band a major commercial breakthrough and the band comes to dislike it....

Jan 29, 20174 min read

This Week In 1984: January 29, 1984

I have mixed feelings about posthumous releases. On the one hand, a song or album completed after an artist has passed away may not...

Jan 22, 20176 min read

This Week In 1984: January 22, 1984

Who doesn't love formation dancing? From Bobby Brown to Backstreet Boys to OK Go, Janet Jackson to Britney Spears to Beyoncé, music clips...

Jan 15, 20174 min read

This Week In 1984: January 15, 1984

Music acts can pretty much be divided into innovators and imitators, and as our look back at the ARIA charts from years past finally...

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A Journey Through Aussie Pop is shining a light on classic Australian pop artists and releases from the 1980s, '90s and 2000s.

A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman is working its way through every single produced by Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman in chronological order.

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Chart Beats: A Journey Through Pop has been looking back at music from the '80s, '90s, 2000s and 2010s since 2012. Run by freelance journalist and content creator Gavin Scott in Sydney, Australia.