The Shadows "Corinna Corinna", performed by Ray Peterson "Temptation", performed by The Everly Brothers "Tower of Strength" and "A Hundred Pounds of Clay", performed by Gene McDaniels "Diana", performed by Paul Anka "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance", performed by Gene Pitney "Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands", performed by The Delltones "I Remember You", performed by Frank Ifield "That's the Way Boys Are", performed by Lesley Gore All of the songs are true to the period, except "That's the Way Boys Are", which was released in 1964. Reception Box office The Year My Voice Broke grossed $1,513,000 at the box office in Australia, which is equivalent to $3,041,130 in 2009 dollars. The U.S. box office was $213,901. The movie was entered in the AFI Awards, despite protests that it was a telemovie. It was allowed in because Duigan argued it was shot in 35 mm and designed as a feature film. The movie won five AFI Awards, which led to Hoyts picking it up and releasing it theatrically. Critical reception Hal Hinson of The Washington Post reviewed the film positively, writing, "Set in 1962 in the ravishingly stark Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, 'The Year My Voice Broke'...sets you up for a dreamy coming-of-age saga, then delivers something tougher, moodier and more challenging." Hinson stated "Duigan's greatest strength is that he never condescends to his characters' emotions. He sees adolescence as a season of poetry in life, a time of excess when feelings run out of control." Caryn James of The New York Times opined though the film covered territory familiar to coming-of-age stories, "it is so pleasant and unpretentious that we can almost forget the total lack of surprise in this deftly acted Australian film." In a 2015 review for The Guardian, film critic Luke Buckmaster praised the film for managing to avoid stereotypes "despite being loaded with common archetypes and situations; there’s the bullied kid, the bad kid, the side plot about sexual awakening, the mid-year dance and the dramatic final event that sends shock waves through a conservative community." Buckmaster added, "It certainly didn’t hurt that the three, deeply memorable, central characters are played by a trio of fine actors in the formative stages of their careers." In an article discussing the lack of female coming-of-stories in film, Suzie Gibson cited The Year My Voice Broke as a rare movie that gives equal weight