In a move that’s raised eyebrows across both music and political circles, a song released by One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has climbed to number one on the Australian Apple Music iTunes chart.
Released on Monday (January 26th), ‘Kiss Kiss (XX) My Arse’ is a reworked version of Holly Valance’s early 2000s hit ‘Kiss Kiss’.
The track is performed and co-written by Valance and repurposed as a pointed cultural statement, with lyrics aimed squarely at what Hanson has described as “woke culture”, including references to gender identity and progressive politics.
The song’s rapid chart ascent reflects paid downloads (as per Rolling Stone) rather than streaming performance, allowing it to overtake recent releases from mainstream artists, including Olivia Dean’s triple j Hottest 100 winning ‘Man I Need’.
Notably, the track has not appeared on Apple Music’s Australian Top 100 or Spotify’s Australian Top 50, both of which are driven by streaming data.
Music video
Accompanying the release is an animated music video featuring exaggerated political caricatures and lyrics that explicitly target transgender people and so-called “snowflake” culture.
The imagery and messaging have drawn swift criticism online, particularly from LGBTQIA+ advocates and cultural commentators, who have described the content as inflammatory and harmful.
The song serves as promotion for Hanson’s animated film ‘A Super Progressive Movie’, the self promotional project follows four “progressives” who leave what the film calls the “Naarm bubble” and enter a fictional Australia governed by Prime Minister Pauline Hanson, where they search for “their ideology’s most powerful weapon: the Victimhood”.
The film leans heavily on stereotypes and controversial imagery, including a scene that appears to depict Uluṟu being destroyed.
The release arrives amid growing pushback from Australian artists distancing themselves from One Nation, Hoodoo Gurus recently condemned the use of one of their songs at an Australia Day rally, writing they were “disgusted” and labelling the party “wannabe fascists”.
“Like most Australians, we have always been appalled by Pauline Hanson and the toxic nonsense she spouts,” they said.
“We want nothing to do with you. In fact, we wouldn’t piss on you if you were on fire.”
Colin Hay of Men at Work echoed similar sentiments after ‘Down Under’ was used by anti-immigration protesters, stating, “Let me say that I most strenuously disapprove of any unauthorised, unlicensed use of ‘Down Under’.”
While the iTunes chart position reflects a specific metric, the reaction across the music community has been far louder than the download numbers alone.
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