Joe Dolce’s catchy ‘80s hit “Shaddap You Face” and Missy Higgins’s 2004 breakthrough “Scar” are among the four songs added to Australia’s vault, the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA).
All told, nine works are added to the Sounds of Australia 2026 collection, a capsule that is said to span “the intimate, the everyday and the unforgettable.”
“Shaddap You Face” was an unexpected global smash following its release in 1980. Dolce performs the song in character, using exaggerated accent and stereotype, but that didn’t stop it from spreading like warm butter. The single logged three…
