Birds of Tokyo’s ‘Lanterns’ was the most played song on Australian radio during 2013.
‘Lanterns’ was played 17,419 times across all commercial radio stations in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Gold Coast, Newcastle, Central Coast and Geelong between January 1, 2013 and December 16, 2013.
Major cities such as Wollongong, Hobart, Darwin and Canberra were not included in the calculation, nor was the high rating non-commercial Triple J or major community stations such as Triple R in Melbourne and FBI in Sydney.
The Birds of Tokyo hit took the top spot ahead of Passenger ‘Let Her Go’ by just 43 spins. (Although Michael Rosenberg (aka Passenger from England the song ‘Let Her Go’ was recorded in Sydney with Australian producers and musicians and therefore is counted as an Australian recording).
Only 5 acts in the Top 40 were Australian and that is including New Zealander Lorde and UK Passenger as Aussies.
Only 15 Australian recordings made the Top 100.
The most played songs on Australian radio were compiled by AirCheck, the monitoring and verification service. AirCheck uses patented technology to match audio to fingerprints of thousands of commercials and songs every day.
The Top 10 Most Played Songs of 2013
1. Birds Of Tokyo – Lanterns (17419)
2. Passenger -Let Her Go (17376)
3. Pink feat. Nate Ruess – Just Give Me A Reason (16131)
4. Bastille – Pompeii (15664)
5. The Lumineers – Ho Hey (14786)
6. Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams – Get Lucky (14697)
7. Avicii – Wake Me Up (14639)
8. Robin Thicke feat TI & Pharrell – Blurred Lines (14631)
9. Bruno Mars – When I Was Your Man (13582)
10. Vance Joy – Riptide (13417)
The Top 15 Most Played Australian Songs of 2013
1. Birds Of Tokyo – Lanterns (17419)
2. Passenger -Let Her Go (17376)
3. Vance Joy – Riptide (13417)
4. Stafford Brothers feat Lil Wayne & Christina Milian (12733)
5. Sheppard – Let Me Down Easy (10429)
6. Lorde – Royals (9482)
7. Matt Corby – Resolution (8998)
8. Flume – Holdin On (7529)
9. Timomatic – Parachute (7326)
10. Nathaniel Willemse – You (7102)
11. Samantha Jade – What You’ve Done To Me (6995)
12. Jessica Mauboy – Pop A Bottle (6942)
13. Sebastian Ingrosso & Tommy Trash – Reload (6714)
14. Justice Crew – Everybody (5770)
15. Gotye feat. Kimbra – Somebody That I Used To Know (5366)
The Top 100 songs played on commercial radio can be found at aircheck.com.au
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