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The APRA Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time is a selection of New Zealand songs as voted in 2001 by members of the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). The top 30 of this selection was used to create the Nature's Best CD and the rest of the list for follow-up compilations.
"Poi E" is a song by New Zealand group Pātea Māori Club off the album of the same name. Released in 1983, the song was sung entirely in the Māori language and featured a blend of Māori cultural practices in the song and accompanying music video, including Māori chanting, poi dancing, and the wearing of traditional Māori kākahu (garments).
Joe Dolce topped New Zealand's music chart with "Shaddap You Face" for eight weeks in 1980 and 1981. Bob Marley and his band, The Wailers, remained seven weeks at the top position with "One Love/People Get Ready". "Stomp!" by the Brothers Johnson peaked atop the New Zealand Singles Chart for six weeks. Key † – Song of New Zealand origin [nb 2]
"How Bizarre" Single by OMC from the album How Bizarre Released 15 December 1995 (1995-12-15) Genre Pop, hip hop Length 3: 43 Label Huh!, Polydor Songwriter(s) Alan Jansson, Pauly Fuemana Producer(s) Alan Jansson, Pauly Fuemana OMC singles chronology "We R the OMC" (1994) "How Bizarre" (1995) "Right On" (1996) Music video "How Bizarre" on YouTube "How Bizarre" is a song written and performed ...
Nature's Best 2 and Nature's Best 3, 2002, songs 31-65 and 66-100 of the official APRA list; DVD release, 2003, music videos to sixty of the songs from the three albums; Limited edition box set of the three albums and the DVD, 2005 (Nature's Best Box Set) More Nature, 2006, a selection of notable New Zealand songs since 2001
The song was used to bring to light that 9 of the 18 crew members of Swiss-based team Alinghi were New Zealanders, and all 9 were previously members of Team New Zealand between the years of 1995 and 2000. However, in 2006, voters in an online survey of 3,000 voted it New Zealand's best song. [6]
Official New Zealand Music Chart (Recorded Music New Zealand) 27 June 1975: Mark Williams "Yesterday Was Just the Beginning of My Life" 3 5 June 1977: Mark Williams "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" 4 9 April 1978: John Rowles "Tania" 4 2 December 1979: Jon Stevens "Jezebel" 6 3 February 1980: Jon Stevens "Montego Bay" 1 16 March 1980: Split Enz "I ...
"You Make the Whole World Smile" reached number one in New Zealand in two separate years. It first reached number one in August 1992, and exactly one year later, it topped the RIANZ Singles Chart again after having dropped out of the chart completely. The music video features many famous New Zealanders lip-synching to the song in black and ...