List of top 25 singles for 1993 in Australia

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The following lists the top 100 singles of 1993 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) End of Year Singles Chart. [1] [2] [3]

#TitleArtistHighest pos. reachedweeks at No. 1
1."I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" Meat Loaf 18 [4]
2."I Will Always Love You" Whitney Houston 110 [nb 1]
3."You Don't Treat Me No Good" Sonia Dada 14 [6]
4."Sweat (A La La La La Long)" Inner Circle 2 [nb 2]
5."(I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You" UB40 17 [8]
6."Informer" Snow 15 [9]
7."What's Up" 4 Non Blondes 2
8."Cat's in the Cradle" Ugly Kid Joe 11 [10]
9."All That She Wants" Ace of Base 13 [11]
10."Please Forgive Me" Bryan Adams 13 [nb 3]
11."Are You Gonna Go My Way" Lenny Kravitz 16 [13]
12."Gimme Little Sign" Peter Andre 3
13."The River of Dreams" Billy Joel 11 [14]
14."December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" The Four Seasons 2 [nb 4]
15."Freak Me" Silk 3
16."Mr. Vain" Culture Beat 12 [17]
17."That's the Way Love Goes" Janet Jackson 11 [18]
18."Boom! Shake the Room" Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince 11 [nb 5]
19."Can't Get Enough of Your Love" Taylor Dayne 2
20."Dreams" Gabrielle 2
21."If I Can't Have You" Kim Wilde 3
22."Stone Cold" Jimmy Barnes 4
23."I'm Easy" Faith No More 12 [20]
24."How Do You Talk to an Angel" The Heights 3
25."Killing in the Name" Rage Against the Machine 7
26."Three Little Pigs" Green Jellÿ 6
27."Two Princes" Spin Doctors 3
28."Tears in Heaven / Layla" Eric Clapton 7
29."The Floor" Johnny Gill 6
30."No Limit" 2 Unlimited 7
31."House of Love" East 17 5
32."Give in to Me" Michael Jackson 4
33."Everybody Hurts" R.E.M. 6
34."Oh Carolina" Shaggy 5
35."The Key the Secret" Urban Cookie Collective 4
36."November Rain" Guns N' Roses 5
37."Tease Me" Chaka Demus & Pliers 5
38."The Hitman" AB Logic 6
39."Rain" Madonna 5
40."You Ain't Thinking (About Me)" Sonia Dada 3
41."If I Ever Fall in Love" Shai 4
42."Dreamlover" Mariah Carey 7
43."This Is It" Dannii 13
44."The Right Kind of Love" Jeremy Jordan 5
45."Runaway Train" Soul Asylum 11
46."Deep" East 17 7
47."Bed of Roses" Bon Jovi 10
48."People Everyday" Arrested Development 6
49."Soul to Squeeze" Red Hot Chili Peppers 9
50."A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)" Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle 10
51."Rump Shaker" Wreckx-n-Effect 10
52."I Want You" Toni Pearen 10
53."Lemon" U2 6
54."Believe" Lenny Kravitz 8
55."Jump!" The Movement 7
56."West End Girls" East 17 4
57."Tribal Dance" 2 Unlimited 5
58."You Were There" Southern Sons 6
59."Mr. Wendal" Arrested Development 7
60."If I Had No Loot" Tony! Toni! Toné! 12
61."I'm Every Woman" Whitney Houston 11
62."Funky Junky" Peter Andre 13
63."In the Still of the Nite (I'll Remember)" Boyz II Men 11
64."Gangsta" Bell Biv DeVoe 17
65."You're So Vain" Chocolate Starfish 11
66."Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)" Sub Sub feat. Melanie Williams 11
67."In These Arms" Bon Jovi 10
68."Happy Birthday Helen" Things of Stone and Wood 9
69."Shoop" Salt-N-Pepa 2
70."Have I Told You Lately" Rod Stewart 12
71."Go West" Pet Shop Boys 10
72."Holy Grail" Hunters & Collectors 20
73."Would I Lie to You?" Charles & Eddie 3
74."Tequila" A.L.T. and the Lost Civilization8
75."Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time" John Farnham 16
76."Wherever I May Roam" Metallica 14
77."Never Miss Your Water" Diesel 12
78."What Is Love" Haddaway 12
79."Big Gun" AC/DC 19
80."If" Janet Jackson 18
81."Almost Unreal" Roxette 17
82."Push th' Little Daisies" Ween 18
83."The Weight" Jimmy Barnes and The Badloves 6
84."She Kissed Me" Terence Trent D'Arby 9
85."No Rain" Blind Melon 8
86."Somebody Dance with Me" DJ BoBo 13
87."Accidently Kelly Street" Frente! 4
88."Bad Boys" Inner Circle 25
89."Got to Get It" Culture Beat 7
90."Sweet Lullaby" Deep Forest 7
91."Creep" Radiohead 6
92."Can You Forgive Her?" Pet Shop Boys 17
93."Right Here" SWV 20
94."Open Your Mind" U.S.U.R.A. 29
95."Shivers" The Screaming Jets 19
96."Come Undone" Duran Duran 19
97."Jump Around" House of Pain 15
98."In Your Room" Toni Pearen 10
99."Looking Through Patient Eyes" P.M. Dawn 20
100."Sleeping Satellite" Tasmin Archer 14

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 1993. [2]

Notes

  1. ↑ "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston entered the ARIA Top 50 singles chart in early December 1992 and peaked at #1 for ten weeks from 20 December, it was in the Top 50 until May 1993, for a total of 23 weeks. [5]
  2. ↑ "Sweat (A La La La La Long)" entered the ARIA Top 50 singles chart in July 1993 and from August remained in the Top 10 for 14 weeks until November, it was in the Top 50 for a total of 26 weeks. [7]
  3. ↑ "Please Forgive Me" entered the ARIA Top 50 singles chart in November 1993 and peaked at #1 for four weeks to January 1994 and remained in the Top 50 until March for a total of 18 weeks. [12]
  4. ↑ "December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" entered the Kent Music Report singles chart in 1976 and peaked at #2. [15] It entered the ARIA Top 50 singles chart in late November 1992 and peaked at #3 in March 1993, it remained in the Top 50 until May for a total of 25 weeks. [16]
  5. ↑ "Boom! Shake the Room" entered the ARIA Top 50 singles chart in October 1993 and peaked at #1 for one week in January 1994, it was in the Top 50 for a total of 21 weeks. [19]

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  1. ↑ "ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 50 Singles 1993". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Official ARIA Charts". Australian Charts Portal. 8 February 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  3. ↑ "ARIA Top Singles of 1993". www.top100singles.net. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  5. ↑ "Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
  6. ↑ "Sonia Dada - You Don't Treat Me No Good". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  7. ↑ "Guns N' Rose - November Rain". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
  8. ↑ "UB 40 - (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  9. ↑ "Snow - Informer". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  10. ↑ "Ugly Kid Joe - Cat's in the Cradle". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  11. ↑ "Ace of Base - All That She Wants". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  12. ↑ "Bryan Adams - Please Forgive Me". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  13. ↑ "Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  14. ↑ "Billy Joel - The River Of Dreams". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  15. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
  16. ↑ "The Four Seasons - December 1963 (Oh, What A Night)". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  17. ↑ "Culture Beat - Mr. Vain". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  18. ↑ "Janet Jackson - That's The Way Love Goes". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  19. ↑ "DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Boom! Shake The Room". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  20. ↑ "Faith No More - I'm Easy". Australian Charts Portal. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
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