We've scoured playlists and crunched the numbers, these are the ten most-played songs on RTRFM in 2017.
1. Methyl Ethel - 'Ubu'
2. Stella Donnelly - 'Mechanical Bull'
3. Dream Rimmy - 'Like Me'
4. Childsaint - 'Used Up'
5. Boat Show - 'Cis White Boy'
6. Simone & Girlfunkle - 'Fight On' . Bells Rapids - 'GF'
8. Stella Donnelly - 'Mean To Me'
9. Diger Rokwell - 'We Can Ride'
10. Stella Donnelly - 'Boys Will Be Boys'
Check out the full list on the RTRFM website.
In 2017:
• 59,518 unique songs were played with the top 50 songs coming from 41 different artists.
• 83 per cent of the top 50 most-played songs were from West Australian-based artists. 65 per cent of those are from female or female-fronted artists.
• Methyl Ethel's song 'No. 28' was played exactly 28 times. The line: "Why'd you have to go and cut your hair" from 'Ubu' was uttered 6,068 times.
• Stella Donnelly was played 383 times as both a solo artist and as a member of Boat Show and Bells Rapids.
We have around 300 volunteer presenters that curate their own shows, meaning they choose every song that they play on the radio.
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