RTRFM’s 45 Greatest WA Songs
On 1 April 1977 the switch was flicked and RTRFM was turned on (known as 6UWA and then 6UVS before finally becoming RTRFM 92.1). In 2022, the station turns 45 and to celebrate we put it out to you, the listeners, to help us countdown the 45 Greatest WA Songs.
More than 2,000 of you responded, and with 17,000+ votes cast, the verdict is in: Wide Open Road by The Triffids is the greatest WA song ever.
To restream Taylah Strano and Matt Perrett counting down the 45 songs head to the links below and check out the full list.
You can restream the countdown via the links below:
Hour 1 (Catch Sandy playing tunes from 1977 before the countdown starts at the 2pm mark.)
Check out the 45 Greatest WA Songs below.
1. The Triffids – Wide Open Road
2. Jebediah – Leaving Home
3. The Kill Devil Hills – Drinking Too Much
4. Tame Impala – Elephant
5. The Waifs – London Still
6. Eskimo Joe – From the Sea
7. The Panics – Don’t Fight It
8. The Triffids – Bury Me Deep In Love
9. The Stems – At First Sight
10. Stella Donnelly – Boys Will Be Boys
11. The Victims – Television Addict
12. Jebediah – Harpoon
13. Tame Impala – Half Full Glass of Wine
14. The Sleepy Jackson – Good Dancers
15. Methyl Ethel – Twilight Driving
16. Eurogliders – Heaven (Must Be There)
17. Little Birdy – Beautiful To Me
18. Ammonia – Drugs
19. The Scientists – Swampland
20. San Cisco – Awkward
21. Abbe May – Karmageddon
22. Methyl Ethel – Ubu
23. Dave Warner’s From the Suburbs – Just A Suburban Boy
24. Pendulum – Tarantula
25. The Scientists – Frantic Romantic
26. Dennis Cometti – WAXIT
27. Ammonia – You’re Not the Only One Who Feels This Way
28. Little Birdy – Relapse
29. Abbe May – Mammalian Locomotion
30. Peter Bibby – Medicine
31. The Scientists – We Had Love
32. The Stems – Tears Me In Two
33. Gyroscope – Safe Forever
34. Turnstyle – Spray Water on the Stereo
35. The Pigram Brothers – Going Back Home
36. Abbe May – Doomsday Clock
37. Jack Davies and The Bush Chooks – Vegemite Sandwich
38. Eskimo Joe – Planet Earth
39. Verge Collection – Our Place
40. Pond – Paint Me Silver
41. Cinema Prague – Say It’s the Day
42. The Rosemary Beads – Breath
43. End of Fashion – Rough Diamonds
44. Spacey Jane – Feeding the Family
45. Effigy – Lovers
See what else made the Top 100, as voted by the public.
See the full Top 250 shortlist as selected by RTRFM presenters and music industry experts.
