Sunglasses At Night

Sunglasses At Night

A podcast revisiting every song to hit number one on the ARIA charts in Australia from 1983 - present. The good. The bad. The mediocre. The, what's between bad and mediocre?

Episodes

December 1, 2025 149 mins

The 1970s, a decade with a lot of hits and even more sex pests. Did Bat Pussy come out that decade?

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1970, the year The Beatles broke up. And, well, something else must have happened? Did Hercules in New York come out that year?

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August 30, 2025 167 mins

1971, the year Mao Zedong invited a US ping-pong team to visit Beijing, leading to Nixon ending the US trade embargo against China and, well, something else must have happened? Did Werewolves on Wheels come out that year?

 

 

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June 14, 2025 175 mins

1972, the year the first commercial home video game console, The Magnavox Odyssey, was released and well, something else must have happened. Did Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny come out that year?

 

 

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1973, the year America withdrew from the Vietnam war, and well something else must have happened? Did The Werewolf of Washington come out that year?

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March 16, 2025 160 mins

1974, the year Richard Nixon resigned after the Watergate scandal, and well something else must have happened. Did The Bat People come out that year?

1974 Playlist:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSsyWdHgwwkad-lJuNAMj5ClDfLqBB82J&si=7hPyXAFmzae_ciOi

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January 26, 2025 197 mins

2024, was the hottest year on record and, well, something else must have happened. Did Bad Boys: Ride or Die come out that year?

YouTube Playlist:

 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSsyWdHgwwkbeJ7Bltgtvb1EQ4dpQ39h0

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December 1, 2024 154 mins

1975 saw the end of the Vietnam war, and well something else must have happened? Did Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold come out that year?

1975 Playlist:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSsyWdHgwwkZ_CLSsV-Jk6IMuOmyJ-kKA&si=kUiN4xGLBbFmzx2K

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November 10, 2024 214 mins

1976, the year Apple Computers was founded. And, well, something else must have happened? Did The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures come out that year?

1976 Playlist:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSsyWdHgwwkbv9YIgpplut_C1ylEA-9aR&si=VSYg-vXJeD4NzJBv

 

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September 22, 2024 144 mins

1977, the year the King, Elvis Presley, passed away. And, well, something else must have happened? Did The Billion Dollar Hobo come out that year?

YouTube Power Playlist:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSsyWdHgwwkan1F2XONe6WVwGqpGiLRXY&si=VQEzSGd1cgpNwIa6

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September 8, 2024 198 mins

1978, the year of the Jonestown massacre that left 909 people dead, and, well something else must have happened. Did The Bad News Bears Go to Japan come out that year?

YouTube Power Playlist:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSsyWdHgwwkYc5izg_XajqQKQNZ8YZHcp&si=abQWCc3Qnkw_-yXV

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June 30, 2024 216 mins

1979, the year of the Iran hostage crisis and, well, something else must have happened? Did C.H.O.M.P.S come out that year?

YouTube power playlist:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSsyWdHgwwkYLJpgN-8m2rCyIU2e87tFk&si=UkNG-EbSDusBxz88

 

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Episode 50! We go on a deep dive of Australia's answer to the Grammy's, the ARIA Awards. Join us for the highs, the lows, the incredibly long speeches, the dubious musical performances and whatever this is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtBOm-U-5BQ

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March 17, 2024 187 mins

2023, the year that sketchy home made submarine imploded killing all on board and, well, something else must have happened. Did Magic Mike's Last Dance come out that year?

2023 music video YouTube Playlist:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSsyWdHgwwkZg6s1jPwDYnVEZqukqiHOW&si=H1yjH85I38eOa-t8

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February 18, 2024 189 mins

1980, the year John Lennon of the Beatles shot dead in New York City and well, something else must have happened. Did Oh Heavenly Dog come out that year?

1980 YouTube Playlist:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSsyWdHgwwkYefDa417AOKUQhjATP8HoL&si=pAC6lY7uUfV2ZmI2

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January 21, 2024 255 mins

1981, the year Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats opened in the West End and in the world of culture, did Zorro The Gay Blade come out that year?

 

1981 Playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSsyWdHgwwkakLhwTu5gRrxSGVG4lvd0f

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December 3, 2023 192 mins

Stepping back in time to 1982, the year Ronald Reagan declared a war on drugs, permanently ending drug use worldwide, and well, something else must have happened. Did Grease 2 come out that year?

 

1982 Music Video Playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSsyWdHgwwkaTj4MUtbMP5QRniwQ2bnFE

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October 1, 2023 184 mins

2022, the year Queen Elizabeth II died, and well something else must have happened? Did Minions: The Rise of Grunge come out that year?

 

2022 YouTube Playlist:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSsyWdHgwwkZIxt2uBXJBMMtNZG3g71GF&si=300IWyWO5NSbsGVM

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July 23, 2023 190 mins

2021, the year the people, to quote Rage Against the Machine, tried to "take the power back" in the US Capitol Riots, and well something else must have happened? Did The Boss Baby 2: Family Business come out that year?

2021 YouTube video playlist:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSsyWdHgwwkZ-vjmoAP7i1wDSEnCQZva1

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2020, the year a global pandemic kept most of the world inside permanently, except to go to the supermarket to buy magazines to use as toilet paper as there wasn't any, and well, something else must have happened. Did The Croods: A New Age come out that year?

2020 Playlist:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSsyWdHgwwkYy2EEre5rVu8lY-_U443hu

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