The Top 50 Australian Songs of 2023
It’s been another big year of releases from Australian, Australia-based and First Nations artists. In this list of our 50 favourites of the year, we’ve tried to capture the various movements and innovations that provided the soundtrack to 2023. In top spot is ‘Blak Britney’, a knockout blow of hip hop and personality by Yorta Yorta, Djadja Wurrung, Kalkadoon and Yirendali woman Miss Kaninna.
It’s joined near the top of the list by Teether & Kuya Neil’s grimey alt-rap song ‘CYA’ featuring ZK king 劉, the ambient techno of Sleep D’s ‘Punch Drunk’ featuring YL Hooi, and the reggae-rock protest song ‘Take No More’ by Kee’ahn and Emma Donovan.
‘Blak Britney’ – Miss Kaninna’s debut single – is a prime illustration of how the personal is political. Over a lean, upbeat groove that sounds like turn-of-the-2000s Neptunes, Kaninna voices her disgust at Australia’s ongoing colonial violence. ‘Blak Britney’ is a fuck you to invaders, “land takers” and “treaty breakers”, but ultimately, it’s a song of resistance. “I’m a deadly bitch,” goes the chorus. “A Black Britney Spears.”
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The Top 50 Australian Songs of 2023
Miss Kaninna – Blak Britney
Teether & Kuya Neil – CYA (feat. ZK king 劉)
Sleep D – Punch Drunk (feat. YL Hooi)
Kee’ahn & Emma Donovan – Take No More
POOKIE & Kuzich – FEEL IT IN THE BLACK
Yirinda – Thurum Voi (Look There)
ZK king 劉 – Heart throbs
Keanu Nelson – Kutjupa Tjuta
Sevy – Whats the Move
Naretha Williams – Into Dusk We Fall
Ripple Effect Band – Loving and Caring
EXEK – Welcome to my Alibi
700 Feel – 5D Dub
Polito – Fortune Teller
rocky – Nothing Tuesday
Mindy Meng Wang 王萌 & Tim Shiel – Mirror Flower 镜花水月
RVG – Midnight Sun
Ella Thompson – To Light The Lantern
Maggie Tra – Hanoi ói
J. McFarlane’s Reality Guest – Youtube Trip
YL Hooi – Glitch Clarry Ditty
Hubcaps – Beside(s) Me
Jennifer Loveless – Pleasure (Original Vox Mix)
Vv Pete – Frauds (DJ Plead Remix)
Ryan Fennis & Voidhood – AETHERNET
1300 – Lalaland
Elizabeth – Love Is the Easiest Salvation
Mindy Meng Wang 王萌 & Sui Zhen – 气 | Chi | Energy
REBEL YELL – Kombat
Izy – Close the Door
Gold Fang – Badness Issa Habit
RONA. – Aperleye
Immy Owusu – The World Is Here For You
Baby Cool – Daydream
Mo’Ju – Money
DJ PGZ – Quality High
Eternal Dust – Candy
Jen Cloher – Mana Takatāpui
Divide and Dissolve – Want
Barkaa – Division
Elle Shimada – MONONOKE (feat. Jamahl Yami)
Gut Health – Juvenile Retention
Terry – Gold Duck
Surprise Chef – Rosemary Hemphill
Kootsie Don – Lemme Know
Cash Savage and the Last Drinks – $600 Short On the Rent
Picked Last – NO CLUE
Charlie Hill – Orleigh Sun
Unsolicited Joints – Joint 1
BAYANG (tha Bushranger) – Antarctica (feat. FRIDAY*, TT)
Further Reading
Miss Kaninna: “It’s a Privilege to Listen to Black People’s Stories”
ZK king 劉: “This Record Felt Nostalgic Even Before I Had Finished Making It”
REBEL YELL and Her Collaborators on the Themes and Experiences at the Core of ‘DESOLATION’
We’re All Stupefied Oil Gobblers in the Video for EXEK’s ‘Welcome to my Alibi’
Elizabeth: The Songs, Words, Treasures and Images that Inspired ‘Love Is The Easiest Salvation’
Ella Thompson Goes Giallo on 70s Slow-Burner ‘To Light The Lantern’
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