Hit Machine was an Australian compilation album series produced and skewed by Festival Records, Mushroom Records (both labels folded today with Warner Bros. Records) BMG and Columbia Records (both labels folded today with Sony Music Australia), available in only Australia. It competed with 100% Hits, which started two years before, during its existence. It was released every three months and are mainly the biggest Top 40 hits of the season. It commenced in 1993 and ran 28 versions until 2000, where it was replaced by the So Fresh series. The replaced series uses the season-named format and includes songs from artists under Universal Music, which was previously included in 100% Hits series. Festival Records was folded to Warner Bros. Records, which managed the 100% Hits and NOW series with EMI. Sony Music Australia and Warner Bros. Records released digitally remastered versions of the entire Hit Machine series from 2015.
Every Hit Machine album since 1993 has gone to No. 1 on the ARIA Chart Compilation Albums chart. 10 of the Hit Machine compilations released have sold well over 140,000 copies (Double Platinum in Australia). They are the second most successful compilation albums in Australian music history apart from So Fresh.
Discography Hit Machine '93
Spin Doctors – "Two Princes" (4:03) Jeremy Jordan – "The Right Kind of Love" (4:01) Faith No More – "Easy" (3:06) 2 Unlimited – "No Limit" (3:31) Toni Pearen – "I Want You" (4:01) Suede – "Metal Mickey" (2:59) U.S.U.R.A. – "Open Your Mind" (Restricted Mix Edit) (3:40) Take That – "Could It Be Magic" (Rapino Radio Mix) (3:28) Sound Unlimited – "One More from the City" (4:34) Depeche Mode – "I Feel You" (4:07) Sonia Dada – "You Ain't Thinking (About Me)" (3:32) Sade – "No Ordinary Love" (4:26) Things of Stone and Wood – "Rock This Boat" (3:38) Naughty by Nature – "Hip Hop Hooray" (3:59) David Bowie – "Jump They Say" (3:51) Jimmy Barnes – "Stand Up" (3:46) Divinyls – "Wild Thing" (3:42) Hunters & Collectors – "Holy Grail" (3:18) Tumbleweed – "Sundial" (2:42) The Black Sorrows – "Come On, Come On" (3:57) The Beat Farmers – "Happy Boy" (1:21)
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Hit Machine 2
Sub Sub featuring Melanie Williams – "Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)" (2:46) 2 Unlimited – "Tribal Dance" (4:33) Terence Trent D'Arby – "She Kissed Me" (3:40) Green Jellÿ – "Three Little Pigs" (4:35) Rage Against the Machine – "Killing in the Name" (4:20) Taylor Dayne – "Can't Get Enough of Your Love" (4:26) Inner Circle – "Bad Boys" (3:40) Freedom Williams – "Voice of Freedom" (House of Freedom Edit) (4:04) Peter Andre – "Funky Junky" (3:34) Ween – "Push th' Little Daisies" (2:51) Baby Animals – "Don't Tell Me What to Do" (4:15) Culture Beat – "Mr. Vain" (3:50) Dannii Minogue – "This Is It" (3:35) Captain Hollywood Project – "More and More" (4:11) Jimmy Barnes – "Right by Your Side" (3:55) Jeremy Jordan – "Wannagirl" (4:27) Jo Beth Taylor – "A Prayer for Jane" (3:51) Ace of Base – "All That She Wants" (3:32) SWV – "I'm So into You" (3:48) Rick Price – "Walk Away Renée" (4:26)
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Hit Machine 3
Urban Cookie Collective – "The Key the Secret" (3:44) Soul Asylum – "Runaway Train" (4:26) John Farnham – "Seemed Like a Good Idea (At the Time)" (4:18) SWV – "Right Here" (3:47) DJ BoBo – "Somebody Dance with Me" (3:33) Haddaway – "What Is Love" (4:29) Daryl Braithwaite – "The World As it Is" (3:49) Hoodoo Gurus – "The Right Time" (3:54) Girlfriend – "Heartbeat" (3:36) Jon Stevens – "Going Down" (2:58) Taylor Dayne – "Send Me a Lover" (4:27) Baby Animals – "At the End of the Day" (2:50) Deborah Conway – "Alive and Brilliant" (4:03) Yothu Yindi – "World Turning" (4:29) Cypress Hill – "Insane in the Brain" (3:33) De La Soul – "Breakadawn" (4:16) Ice Cube – "Check Yo Self" (3:56) Died Pretty – "Harness Up" (4:07) The Black Sorrows – "Stir It Up" (3:36) Christine Anu and Paul Kelly – "Last Train" (4:20)
Hit Machine 4
Twenty 4 Seven – "Slave to the Music" (Ultimate Dance Single Mix) (4:02) The Badloves – "Green Limousine" (3:39) M People – "Moving On Up" (M People Master Edit) (3:30) Zhané – "Hey Mr. D.J." (4:08) Baby Animals – "Lights Out at Eleven" (4:50) E.Y.C. – "Feelin' Alright" (3:22) Urban Cookie Collective – "Feels Like Heaven" (Maximum Edit) (3:24) Jimmy Barnes and The Badloves – "The Weight" (4:25) DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – "Boom! Shake the Room" (3:42) Culture Beat – "Got to Get It" (3:38) Depeche Mode – "In Your Room" (4:39) Take That – "Relight My Fire" (4:05) 2 Unlimited – "Maximum Overdrive" (3:41) Urge Overkill – "Sister Havana" (3:43) Peter Andre – "Let's Get It On" (4:09) Leftfield featuring John Lydon – "Open Up" (3:46) Xscape – "Just Kickin' It" (3:25) Ace of Base – "Happy Nation" (3:28) Defryme – "Pure Killer" (4:04) Funky Poets – "Born in the Ghetto" (4:18)
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Hit Machine 5
Ace of Base – "The Sign" (3:10) Jam & Spoon – "Right in the Night" (3:48) Dr. Alban – "Sing Hallelujah" (3:53) Doop – "Doop" (Sidney Berlin Ragtime Band) (3:09) Take That – "Pray" (3:45) Celine Dion – "The Power of Love" (4:48) Pauline Henry – "Feel Like Makin' Love" (4:01) Twenty 4 Seven – "Is It Love" (3:58) Culture Shock – "Satisfy the Groove" (4:46) M People – "Renaissance" (3:40) Primal Scream – "Rocks" (3:36) Tag Team – "Whoomp! (There It Is)" (3:44) Defryme – "Mama Said Knock You Out" (3:24) 3 the Hard Way – "Hip Hop Holiday" (3:40) Culture Beat – "Anything" (3:57) Peter Andre – "To the Top" (6:33) E.Y.C. – "The Way You Work It" (3:00) Jimmy Cliff – "I Can See Clearly Now" (3:16) Hoodoo Gurus – "Less Than a Feeling" (Stadiumface Version) (3:37) The Poor – "More Wine Waiter Please" (4:16)
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Hit Machine 6
The Grid – "Swamp Thing" (3:59) Corona – "The Rhythm of the Night" (4:24) Ace of Base – "Don't Turn Around" (3:50) Des'ree – "You Gotta Be" (4:01) Roachford – "Only to Be with You" (4:16) Crash Test Dummies – "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" (3:56) Björn Again – "Flashdance... What a Feeling" (3:46) Kym Mazelle and Jocelyn Brown – "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (4:56) Culture Shock – "My Enemy" (4:06) Southend with Nik Fish – "The Winner Is..." (3:23) Rockmelons – "Stronger Together" (3:50) The Prodigy – "No Good (Start the Dance)" (3:59) Vika and Linda – "When Will You Fall for Me" (3:47) Elastic – "Caution to the Wind" (3:47) C.J. Lewis – "Sweets for My Sweet" (3:24) The Black Sorrows – "Snake Skin Shoes" (3:24) Defryme – "Sanity" (3:46) The Truth – "My Heavy Friend" (3:48) Jam & Spoon – "Find Me (Odyssey to Anyoona)" (4:02) Frente! – "Bizarre Love Triangle" (2:01)
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Hit Machine 7
Kylie Minogue – "Confide in Me" (4:26) C+C Music Factory – "Do You Wanna Get Funky" (3:42) The Prodigy – "Voodoo People" (3:20) Boom Crash Opera – "Gimme" (3:15) Coolio – "Fantastic Voyage" (4:05) Jaki Graham – "Ain't Nobody" (4:07) Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry – "7 Seconds" (4:44) Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories – "Stay (I Missed You)" (3:04) Toni Braxton – "Breathe Again" (4:30) Jennifer Brown – "My Everything" (4:29) Haddaway – "I Miss You" (4:14) Toni Pearen – "Walkaway Lover" (4:18) E.Y.C. – "Black Book" (3:46) The Grid – "Rollercoaster" (3:32) Roachford – "Lay Your Love on Me" (4:12) Take That – "Love Ain't Here Anymore" (3:51) Things of Stone and Wood – "Wildflowers" (3:41) Nathan Cavaleri – "Workin' on It" (4:12) Weezer – "Undone – The Sweater Song" (3:54) Audio Murphy (featuring Melinda) – "Tighten Up Your Pants" (2:58)
Certifications
Hit Machine 8
Real McCoy – "Another Night" (3:57) 20 Fingers featuring Gillette – "Short Dick Man" (4:18) Arrow – "Hot Hot Hot" (3:36) Gloria Estefan – "Turn the Beat Around" (3:52) Nicki French – "Total Eclipse of the Heart" (3:49) Edwyn Collins – "A Girl Like You" (3:55) Kylie Minogue – "Put Yourself in My Place" (3:35) Tina Arena – "Chains" (4:00) CDB – "Hook Me Up" (3:45) Londonbeat – "Come Back" (3:51) M People – "Sight for Sore Eyes" (3:55) Severed Heads – "Dead Eyes Opened" (3:47) Supergroove – "Can't Get Enough" (3:22) Ween – "Voodoo Lady" (3:47) Boom Crash Opera – "Tongue Tied" (2:53) Headless Chickens – "Cruise Control" (3:46) Newton – "Sky High" (3:56) GF4 – "Sooner or Later" (3:47) Technotronic featuring Ya Kid K – "Move It to the Rhythm" (3:51) Rednex – "Cotton Eye Joe" (3:20)
Certifications
Hit Machine 9
Tokyo Ghetto Pussy – "Everybody on the Floor (Pump It)" (3:37) The Outhere Brothers – "Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle)" (3:06) N-Trance – "Set You Free" (4:21) Corona – "Baby Baby" (3:44) Real McCoy – "Run Away" (3:53) M People – "Open Your Heart" (3:40) Rednex – "Old Pop in an Oak" (3:32) Take That – "Back for Good" (4:01) Christine Anu – "Island Home" (3:49) CDB – "Hey Girl" (3:40) Merril Bainbridge – "Mouth" (3:26) Ini Kamoze – "Here Comes the Hotstepper" (4:10) Mental As Anything – "Mr. Natural" (3:58) Faith No More – "Digging the Grave" (3:05) Heather Nova – "Walk This World" (3:49) Jimmy Barnes – "Change of Heart" (4:01) The Murmurs – "You Suck" (3:15) Divinyls – "I'm Jealous" (4:12) Tina Arena – "Sorrento Moon (I Remember)" (4:48) Annie Lennox – "No More I Love You's" (4:48)
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Hit Machine 10
Diana King – "Shy Guy" (4:20) Real McCoy – "Love & Devotion" (3:57) Strike – "U Sure Do" (Strike 7" Mix) (3:50) Interactive – "Forever Young" (3:42) F.C.B. – "Excalibur" (3:55) Herbie – "Right Type of Mood" (3:12) Corona – "Try Me Out" (3:26) Alex Party – "Don't Give Me Your Life" (Dancing Divas Edit) (3:10) M People – "Search for the Hero" (M People Radio Mix) (4:11) A.K. Soul – "I Like It" (3:21) Christine Anu – "Party" (3:03) Supergroove – "You Gotta Know" (3:37) Strawpeople – "Trick with a Knife" (4:54) Faith No More – "Evidence" (3:55) Tina Arena – "Heaven Help My Heart" (5:29) Rick Price – "River of Love" (4:43) Margaret Urlich – "Gonna Make You Mine" (4:10) Jodeci – "Freek'n You" (4:18) Scatman John – "Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" (3:33) The Steppers – "Alice, Who the F..k Is Alice?" (4:00)
Note: An entry form was included for a chance to win 1 of 5 prize packs, including a PlayStation and 3 video games.
Certifications
Hit Machine 11
N-Trance – "Stayin' Alive" (4:04) Real McCoy – "Come and Get Your Love" (3:12) Peter Andre – "Mysterious Girl" (3:45) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue – "Where the Wild Roses Grow" (3:56) Oasis – "Morning Glory" (5:01) Sophie B. Hawkins – "As I Lay Me Down" (3:58) Take That – "Never Forget" (5:31) The Badloves – "Caroline" (3:03) The Outhere Brothers – "Boom Boom Boom" (3:21) Scatman John – "Scatman's World" (3:39) Herbie – "I Believe" (3:34) Tokyo Ghetto Pussy – "I Kiss Your Lips" (3:51) La Bouche – "Be My Lover" (4:00) Jaki Graham – "Absolute E-Sensual" (4:15) Hoops Inc. – "Joy" (3:02) Kylie Minogue – "Where Is the Feeling?" (4:10) Garbage – "Vow" (4:26) Jimmy Barnes – "Come Undone" (3:41) Mental As Anything – "Whole Wide World" (2:51) The Vaughans – "Who Farted?" (3:15)
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Hit Machine 12
Oasis – "Wonderwall" (4:20) TLC – "Waterfalls" (4:40) Dreamworld – "Movin' Up" (3:38) Swoop – "Apple Eyes" (3:24) Real McCoy – "Automatic Lover (Call for Love)" (3:47) CDB – "Let's Groove" (4:17) Deni Hines – "It's Alright" (3:46) M People – "Itchycoo Park" (3:51) The Outhere Brothers – "La La La Hey Hey" (3:16) Coolio – "Too Hot" (3:40) Pizzaman – "Happiness" (3:26) Kate Ceberano – "Change" (4:00) Garbage – "Queer" (4:03) Tina Arena – "Wasn't It Good" (4:11) Tatjana – "Santa Maria" (3:20) R. Kelly – "You Remind Me of Something" (4:11) Sophie B. Hawkins – "Right Beside You" (3:59) N-Trance – "Electronic Pleasure" (3:51) DJ Darren Briais vs. Peewee Ferris – "I Feel It" (4:10) Right Said Fred – "Living on a Dream" (3:44)
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Hit Machine 13
Triple X – "The X-Files" (3:24) The Prodigy – "Firestarter" (3:47) La Bouche – "Sweet Dreams" (3:11) Alex Party – "Wrap Me Up" (3:49) Max-A-Million – "Sexual Healing" (3:25) TLC – "Diggin' on You" (4:14) CDB – "Don't Stop" (3:44) Robert Miles – "Children" (4:04) Take That – "How Deep Is Your Love" (3:41) Deni Hines – "Imagination" (4:07)