List of top 25 singles for 1992 in Australia

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The following lists the top 100 singles of 1992 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) End of Year Singles Chart. [1] [2] [3]

#TitleArtistHighest pos. reachedweeks at No. 1
1."Achy Breaky Heart" Billy Ray Cyrus 17 [4]
2."November Rain" Guns N' Roses 5 [nb 1]
3."End of the Road" Boyz II Men 14 [6]
4."To Be with You" Mr. Big 13 [7]
5."Amigos para siempre (Friends for Life)" José Carreras and Sarah Brightman 16 [8]
6."The Best Things in Life Are Free" Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson 2
7."Please Don't Go" K.W.S. 2
8."The Day You Went Away" Wendy Matthews 2
9."Under the Bridge" Red Hot Chili Peppers 14 [9]
10."Hazard" Richard Marx 13 [10]
11."Save the Best for Last" Vanessa Williams 11 [11]
12."Jump" Kris Kross 13 [12]
13. As Ugly as They Wanna Be (EP) Ugly Kid Joe 4
14."Saltwater" Julian Lennon 14 [13]
15."Rhythm Is a Dancer" Snap! 3
16."Take It from Me" Girlfriend 12 [14]
17."I Will Always Love You" Whitney Houston 18 [nb 2]
18."Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover" Sophie B. Hawkins 7
19."Too Funky" George Michael 3
20. Clunk EP Frente! 3
21."Stay" Shakespears Sister 3
22."Way Out West" James Blundell and James Reyne 2
23."Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" Patty Smyth with Don Henley 5
24."Love You Right" Euphoria 12 [16]
25."Humpin' Around" Bobby Brown 11 [17]
26."That Word (L.O.V.E.)" Rockmelons feat. Deni Hines 4
27."Life Is a Highway" Tom Cochrane 2
28."Get Ready for This" 2 Unlimited 2
29."Accidently Kelly Street" Frente! 4
30."Would I Lie to You?" Charles & Eddie 3
31."Love Is in the Air" (Ballroom Mix) John Paul Young 3
32."Baby Got Back" Sir Mix-a-Lot 8
33."Ain't No Doubt" Jimmy Nail 5
34."White Men Can't Jump" Riff 6
35."Knockin' on Heaven's Door" Guns N' Roses 12
36."I Can Feel It"Radio Freedom7
37."I'll Be There" Mariah Carey 9
38."Alive" Pearl Jam 9
39."Justified & Ancient" The KLF 3
40."Everything's Alright" John Farnham, Kate Ceberano & Jon Stevens 6
41."Cry" Lisa Edwards 5
42."Not a Day Goes by" Rick Price 5
43."Heaven Knows" Rick Price 6
44."Be My Baby" Teen Queens 6
45."This Used to Be My Playground" Madonna 9
46."Smells Like Teen Spirit" Nirvana 5
47."Marvellous!" The Twelfth Man 12
48."Let's Talk About Sex" Salt-N-Pepa 14
49."Dizzy" Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff 3
50."How Do You Do!" Roxette 13
51."One in a Million" Euphoria 11
52."Something Good" Utah Saints 10
53."In the Closet" Michael Jackson 5
54."Erotica" Madonna 4
55."Just Another Day" Jon Secada 12
56."Love How You Love Me" Teen Queens 14
57."Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" George Michael and Elton John 3
58."Djäpana (Sunset Dreaming)" Yothu Yindi 13
59."Bohemian Rhapsody" Queen 5
60."Suck My Kiss" Red Hot Chili Peppers 8
61."James Brown Is Dead" L.A. Style 7
62."Keep the Faith" Bon Jovi 10
63."Cream" Prince and The New Power Generation 2
64."God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You II" Kiss 18
65."Tip of My Tongue" Diesel 4
66."The Globe" Big Audio Dynamite II 8
67."I Can't Dance" Genesis 7
68."Twilight Zone" 2 Unlimited 11
69."Nothing Else Matters" Metallica 8
70."Without You" Girlfriend 18
71."Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven" Bryan Adams 13
72."Let's Get Rocked" Def Leppard 6
73."Do for You" Euphoria 7
74."Sesame's Treet" Smart E's 6
75."Beauty and the Beast" Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson 17
76."It's Not Over" Rockmelons feat. Deni Hines 15
77."Jam" Michael Jackson 11
78."Simply the Best" Tina Turner and Jimmy Barnes 14
79."Even Better Than the Real Thing" U2 11
80."Remember the Time" Michael Jackson 6
81."Take This Heart" Richard Marx 11
82."Sexy MF" Prince and The New Power Generation 5
83."Black or White" Michael Jackson 16
84."Tennessee" Arrested Development 14
85."My Name Is Prince" Prince and The New Power Generation 9
86."She's Got That Vibe" R. Kelly and Public Announcement 28
87."Girl's Life" Girlfriend 15
88. Abba-esque EP Erasure 13
89."I Love Your Smile" Shanice 8
90."Don't You Want Me" Felix 17
91."One" U2 4
92."Tequila" A.L.T. and the Lost Civilization8
93."Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)" Rozalla 11
94."The Magic Friend" 2 Unlimited 16
95."Kickin' to the Undersound" Sound Unlimited 20
96."Mistadobalina" Del the Funky Homosapien 11
97."It's Probably Me" Sting feat. Eric Clapton 23
98."Pride (In the Name of Love)" Clivillés and Cole 12
99."Finally" CeCe Peniston 8
100."Rocket Man" Kate Bush 2

Peak chart positions are from the ARIA Charts, overall position on the End of Year Chart is calculated by ARIA based on the number of weeks and position that the records reach within the Top 50 singles for each week during 1992. [2]

Notes

  1. "November Rain" entered the ARIA Top 50 singles chart in March 1992 and from September remained in the Top 10 for 22 weeks until February 1993, it was in the Top 50 for a total of 39 weeks. [5]
  2. "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston entered the ARIA Top 50 singles chart in early December 1992 and peaked at #1 for eight weeks from the end of December, it was in the Top 50 until May 1993, for a total of 23 weeks. [15]

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