The first of many Hilltop Hoods hits, this Suffa solo track saw them depart from the underground, going from “a pub band to playing festivals and selling records independently.”

Acting as the lead single of their breakout album, The Calling, “The Nosebleed Section” was an unconventional upbeat anthem. Suffa sampled Melanie Safka’s ‘70s track “The People in the Front Row”, utilising its backbeat and vocals.

The track’s become Australian Hip-Hop’s anthem and has gone on to receive numerous accolades, with triple j alone naming it 9th on 2003’s Hottest 100, 17th on 2009’s Hottest 100 Of All Time, and 4th on their 2013 Hottest 100 of the Past 20 Years. This makes it the highest placed Australian song and hip-hop song on all three lists.

Suffa attributed its success to triple j, admitting “when triple j started playing it, that was our break.” The Hoods later gave Melanie a retrospective sample credit, having previously neglected to do so. When asked about it, she said,

Boys will be boys. I was a little put out that there was no mention of me, but they changed it to include Melanie Safka.