In 1988, "Streets of Your Town", the first single from "16 Lovers Lane", entered the Top 100 on both the Kent Music Report chart in Australia and the UK Singles Chart in the United Kingdom. The follow-up single "Was There Anything I Could Do?" was a No. 16 hit on the "Billboard" Modern Rock Tracks chart in the United States. In May 2001, "Cattle and Cane", from 1983's "Before Hollywood", was selected by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) as one of the Top 30 Australian songs of all time. In 2008, "16 Lovers Lane" was highlighted on Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) TV's "The Great Australian Albums" series.