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Talking "Sorrento Moon" with Tina Arena

She broke a lot of rules with her third album 'Don't Ask,' but Australia's sweetheart made her mark on a country with the unexpectedly enduring 1995 single.

The year was 1994. Tina Arena had released her third studio album, Don't Ask, and its first single "Chains"—an emancipating pop rock ballad about an agonising relationship—had been making waves, reaching number four on the ARIA chart. The record's second single came in the form of "Sorrento Moon," which by the of Summer in 1995 was playing from cars and apartments and radios around the country.

Its distinct Flamenco guitar and its geographic specificity—summers spent in a small coastal town an hour and a half out of Melbourne—made it an unlikely hit. And now, more than twenty years later, the song still resonates. Just last year I heard it play in a superclub, the closing track, at 3am. The crowd stood on tables and chairs, and sung it as if it were a national anthem.

Earlier this month Tina released Greatest Hits and Interpretations, a mark of her 40 years in music. To help her celebrate, we spoke to the national treasure about "Sorrento Moon (I Remember)."

Read the interview on Noisey