Triple J Hottest 100 - Hottest 100 Top Tens and Summaries

Hottest 100 Top Tens and Summaries

Year Top ten Highlights
All time (1989)
  1. Joy Division – "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1980)
  2. Hunters & Collectors – "Throw Your Arms Around Me" (1985)
  3. The The – "Uncertain Smile" (1983)
  4. The Jam – "That's Entertainment" (1980)
  5. New Order – "Blue Monday" (1983)
  6. Dead Kennedys – "Holiday in Cambodia" (1980)
  7. The Smiths – "How Soon Is Now?" (1984)
  8. Hunters & Collectors – "Talking to a Stranger" (1982)
  9. The Sugarcubes – "Birthday" (1987)
  10. The Cure – "A Forest" (1980)
  • The first of the original series of Hottest 100s, in which songs could be selected from any year.
  • The list included two versions of the song "Kiss". The original by Prince at #34 and Tom Jones' cover at #24.
  • Elvis Costello, The Cure, Hunters & Collectors and The Smiths all achieved 4 tracks each in the countdown.
All time (1990)
  1. Joy Division – "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1980)
  2. Hunters & Collectors – "Throw Your Arms Around Me" (1985)
  3. The Smiths – "How Soon Is Now?" (1984)
  4. The The – "Uncertain Smile" (1983)
  5. New Order – "Blue Monday" (1983)
  6. The Stone Roses – "Fools Gold" (1989)
  7. The Smiths – "This Charming Man" (1983)
  8. The B-52's – "Rock Lobster" (1978)
  9. R.E.M. – "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (1987)
  10. The Jam – "That's Entertainment" (1980)
  • The second of the original series of Hottest 100s which allowed choices from any year.
  • The Cure achieved seven songs in the list.
All time (1991)
  1. Nirvana – "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991)
  2. Joy Division – "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1980)
  3. Nirvana – "Lithium" (1991)
  4. Hunters & Collectors – "Throw Your Arms Around Me" (1985)
  5. Andy Prieboy – "Tomorrow Wendy" (1990)
  6. The Smiths – "How Soon Is Now?" (1984)
  7. The Stone Roses – "Fools Gold" (1989)
  8. The Cure – "A Forest" (1980)
  9. Violent Femmes – "Blister in the Sun" (1982)
  10. New Order – "Blue Monday" (1983)
  • The third of the original series of Hottest 100s which allowed choices from any year.
  • The Cure had nine songs in the 1991 list. Although not a part of the official countdowns, this record remains unbroken as of 2011.
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1993
  1. Denis Leary – "Asshole"
  2. Radiohead – "Creep"
  3. The Cranberries – "Linger"
  4. Blind Melon – "No Rain"
  5. The Breeders – "Cannonball"
  6. Rage Against The Machine – "Killing in the Name"
  7. U2 – "Lemon"
  8. Pearl Jam – "Go"
  9. The Cruel Sea – "The Honeymoon Is Over"
  10. Atomic Swing – "Stone Me Into the Groove"
  • Return after list hiatus in 1992.
  • The new format only allowed songs released as singles within the list's calendar year.
  • The Cruel Sea achieved three tracks in the list.
1994
  1. The Cranberries – "Zombie"
  2. Nine Inch Nails – "Closer"
  3. The Offspring – "Self Esteem"
  4. The Offspring – "Come Out and Play"
  5. Silverchair – "Tomorrow"
  6. Veruca Salt – "Seether"
  7. Nirvana – "About a Girl"
  8. Max Sharam – "Coma"
  9. Tom Jones – "If I Only Knew"
  10. Severed Heads – "Dead Eyes Opened"
  • Zombie becomes the first #1 song with a female vocalist.
  • Soundgarden achieved four tracks in the list.
  • The Offspring scored back to back tracks at positions No. 3 and 4; the first time in an official countdown that a band scored two songs in the top 5.
1995
  1. Oasis – "Wonderwall"
  2. The Smashing Pumpkins – "Bullet with Butterfly Wings"
  3. Coolio – "Gangsta's Paradise"
  4. The Presidents of the United States of America – "Kitty"
  5. Björk – "It's Oh So Quiet"
  6. Everclear – "Heroin Girl"
  7. Custard – "Apartment"
  8. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue – "Where the Wild Roses Grow"
  9. TISM – "(He'll Never Be An) Ol' Man River"
  10. TISM – "Greg! The Stop Sign!!"
  • Alanis Morissette, Green Day, Live, Red Hot Chili Peppers, TISM and You Am I scored three tracks each.
  • Alanis Morissette scored three songs without a single song of hers being played on Triple J that year.
1996
  1. Spiderbait – "Buy Me a Pony"
  2. Tool – "Stinkfist"
  3. Ben Folds Five – "Underground"
  4. Butthole Surfers – "Pepper"
  5. Bush – "Glycerine"
  6. Powderfinger – "Pick You Up"
  7. The Prodigy – "Breathe"
  8. Allen Ginsberg – "Ballad of the Skeletons"
  9. Weezer – "El Scorcho"
  10. Babybird – "You're Gorgeous"
  • The first time an Australian track had been voted No. 1.
  • Bush, Pearl Jam, Powderfinger and The Smashing Pumpkins all achieved three entries in the list.
1997
  1. The Whitlams – "No Aphrodisiac"
  2. Blur – "Song 2"
  3. Chumbawamba – "Tubthumping"
  4. The Verve – "Bitter Sweet Symphony"
  5. Pauline Pantsdown – "Back Door Man"
  6. Blink 182 – "Dammit"
  7. Radiohead – "Paranoid Android"
  8. Marilyn Manson" – "The Beautiful People"
  9. Radiohead – "Karma Police"
  10. Jebediah – "Leaving Home"
  • Former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam announced the winning song, sung by "his eponym", The Whitlams.
  • Pauline Pantsdown's track "Back Door Man", which was banned by a court injunction from Pauline Hanson only 11 days after being first broadcast by the station, was voted No. 5.
  • Arkarna, The Bloodhound Gang, Everclear, Grinspoon, Jebediah, The Living End, Radiohead, Silverchair, The Verve, The Whitlams and Ween all achieved two songs in the list.
  • 1997 had the highest number of different artists represented of any Hottest 100.
1998
  1. The Offspring – "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"
  2. Ben Lee – "Cigarettes Will Kill You"
  3. Custard – "Girls Like That (Don't Go for Guys Like Us)"
  4. Hole – "Celebrity Skin"
  5. KoЯn – "Got the Life"
  6. Regurgitator – "! (Song Formerly Known As)"
  7. Jebediah – "Harpoon"
  8. Powderfinger – "The Day You Come"
  9. You Am I – "Heavy Heart"
  10. The Living End – "Save the Day"
  • Regurgitator scored four tracks in the list. Frontman Quan Yeomans was involved with six tracks (including three in succession from No. 26 to No. 28): four with Regurgitator and twice with Happyland.
  • The list included two versions of the song "Harpoon": the original by Jebediah at No. 7 and Something for Kate's cover at No. 85.
All Time (1998)
  1. Nirvana – "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991)
  2. Hunters & Collectors – "Throw Your Arms Around Me" (1985)
  3. Pearl Jam – "Alive" (1991)
  4. Jeff Buckley – "Last Goodbye" (1994)
  5. Radiohead – "Creep" (1992)
  6. Led Zeppelin – "Stairway to Heaven" (1971)
  7. Metallica – "One" (1988)
  8. Queen – "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975)
  9. Metallica – "Enter Sandman" (1991)
  10. Pearl Jam – "Black" (1991)
  • Compiled and played in August 1998.
  • Hosted by Robbie Buck, who played the wrong song by Led Zeppelin for No. 6, which was supposed to be "Stairway to Heaven".
  • Grinspoon's track "Just Ace", and the Ben Folds Five track "Brick" are the only songs to chart in an All Time countdown before an official yearly countdown.
  • The Cure achieved five entries on the list.
1999
  1. Powderfinger – "These Days"
  2. Killing Heidi – "Weir"
  3. The Tenants – "You Shit Me to Tears"
  4. Fatboy Slim – "Praise You"
  5. Placebo – "Every You Every Me"
  6. The Bloodhound Gang – "The Bad Touch"
  7. Rage Against The Machine – "Guerrilla Radio
  8. Limp Bizkit – "Nookie"
  9. Pearl Jam – "Last Kiss"
  10. Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Scar Tissue"
  • Powderfinger and Silverchair scored four tracks each.
  • The 1999 countdown held the record for the most Australian artists in a countdown, with 52. This record was equalled in the 2007 countdown.
  • Killing Heidi sets the record for the highest ranking song by an Unearthed artist. Their record was later equaled by Grinspoon in 2002, Missy Higgins in 2004, Art vs. Science in 2009 and Little Red in 2010.
2000
  1. Powderfinger – "My Happiness"
  2. U2 – "Beautiful Day"
  3. Powderfinger – "My Kind of Scene"
  4. Wheatus – "Teenage Dirtbag"
  5. Coldplay – "Yellow"
  6. The Avalanches" – "Frontier Psychiatrist"
  7. Red Hot Chili Peppers" – "Californication"
  8. Foo Fighters – "Generator"
  9. Paul Kelly – "Every Fucking City"
  10. The Dandy Warhols – "Bohemian Like You"
  • Rage Against the Machine achieved three tracks.
  • Powderfinger became the first and, to date, only artist to have two Hottest 100 No. 1 tracks, in 1999 and 2000. (Frontman Bernard Fanning would later have a third No. 1 as a solo artist in 2005, and Powderfinger would also later win in the Hottest 100 Australian Albums countdown in 2011.)
  • Powderfinger became the second band to achieve two songs in the top five, the first (and only to date) Australian band to do so.
2001
  1. Alex Lloyd – "Amazing"
  2. Something for Kate – "Monsters"
  3. System of a Down – "Chop Suey!"
  4. Basement Jaxx – "Where's Your Head At?"
  5. John Butler Trio – "Betterman"
  6. Alien Ant Farm – "Smooth Criminal"
  7. Weezer – "Island in the Sun"
  8. The Avalanches – "Since I Left You"
  9. Gorillaz featuring Del tha Funkee Homosapien – "Clint Eastwood"
  10. Cake – "Short Skirt/Long Jacket"
  • Eskimo Joe, Muse, Something for Kate and The Strokes scored three tracks each.
2002
  1. Queens of the Stone Age – "No One Knows"
  2. Grinspoon – "Chemical Heart"
  3. The Waifs – "London Still"
  4. 1200 Techniques – "Karma"
  5. The Vines – "Get Free"
  6. Machine Gun Fellatio – "Pussytown"
  7. Eminem – "Lose Yourself"
  8. Machine Gun Fellatio – "Rollercoaster"
  9. Red Hot Chili Peppers – "By the Way"
  10. Silverchair – "The Greatest View"
  • Queens of the Stone Age and Silverchair scored five tracks each.
  • Dave Grohl was involved with ten tracks (including three in succession from No. 11 to No. 13): five with Queens of the Stone Age, four with the Foo Fighters, and one with Nirvana. This is a record that as of 2011, still stands.
  • Grinspoon equal Killing Heidi's record of the Highest placing of a Triple J Unearthed artist at No. 2. This record was equalled by Missy Higgins in 2004, Art vs. Science in 2009 and Little Red in 2010.
  • Mark Lanegan became the oldest person to win the Hottest 100. He was 42 when it was announced that "No One Knows" won the countdown.
2003
  1. Jet – "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
  2. OutKast – "Hey Ya!"
  3. The White Stripes – "Seven Nation Army"
  4. Powderfinger – "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind"
  5. Coldplay – Clocks (Röyksopp Remix)
  6. The Cat Empire – "Hello"
  7. Powderfinger – "Sunsets"
  8. John Butler Trio – "Zebra"
  9. Hilltop Hoods – "The Nosebleed Section"
  10. Powderfinger – "Love Your Way"
  • Powderfinger and The White Stripes achieved five tracks each.
  • Powderfinger became the first band to achieve three tracks in the top ten.
2004
  1. Franz Ferdinand – "Take Me Out"
  2. Missy Higgins – "Scar"
  3. Eskimo Joe – "From the Sea"
  4. The Killers – "Somebody Told Me"
  5. Spiderbait – "Black Betty"
  6. Missy Higgins – "Ten Days"
  7. John Butler Trio – "Something's Gotta Give"
  8. Little Birdy – "Beautiful to Me"
  9. Powderfinger – "Bless My Soul"
  10. The White Stripes – "Jolene" (live)
  • John Butler Trio and the Scissor Sisters scored four tracks each.
  • The list included two versions of the song "Take Me Out": the original by Franz Ferdinand at No. 1 and Scissor Sisters' cover at No. 44.
  • Vertigo by U2, which was not played on Triple J that year, came in at No. 38.
  • At No. 5, Spiderbait's cover of Black Betty ties becomes the highest ranked cover version in a Hottest 100 countdown. This would later be tied by Boy & Bear's 2010 cover of "Fall at Your Feet" (by Crowded House).
  • Missy Higgins's "Scar" is the equal highest ranking song by an Unearthed artist. It is tied with Killing Heidi in 1999 and Grinspoon in 2002. Art vs. Science and Little Red equalled the record again in 2009 and 2010 respectively.
2005
  1. Bernard Fanning – "Wish You Well"
  2. Ben Lee – "Catch My Disease"
  3. Gorillaz featuring De La Soul – "Feel Good Inc."
  4. Foo Fighters – "Best of You"
  5. Gorillaz featuring Shaun Ryder – "DARE"
  6. Wolfmother – "Mind's Eye"
  7. The White Stripes – "My Doorbell"
  8. End of Fashion – "O Yeah"
  9. Wolfmother – "Joker & the Thief"
  10. Franz Ferdinand – "Do You Want To"
  • Wolfmother had six tracks selected, the most ever by an artist in a single countdown.
  • Gorillaz became the third band to placed twice in the Top 5.
  • Bernard Fanning achieves a Hottest 100 No. 1 for the third time (the only artist to do so to date), including twice with Powderfinger in 1999 and 2000.
  • Ben Lee achieves No. 2 for the second time.
2006
  1. Augie March – "One Crowded Hour"
  2. Eskimo Joe – "Black Fingernails, Red Wine"
  3. Hilltop Hoods – "The Hard Road"
  4. The Killers – "When You Were Young"
  5. Scissor Sisters – "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"
  6. Gnarls Barkley – "Crazy"
  7. Snow Patrol – "Chasing Cars"
  8. Gotye – "Hearts a Mess"
  9. Muse – "Starlight"
  10. The Grates – "19-20-20"
  • Hilltop Hoods had five songs in the list.
  • The Living End featured in the Hottest 100 for the tenth consecutive year.
2007
  1. Muse – "Knights of Cydonia"
  2. Silverchair – "Straight Lines"
  3. Kings of Leon – "On Call"
  4. John Butler Trio – "Better Than"
  5. Faker – "This Heart Attack"
  6. Foo Fighters – "The Pretender"
  7. Daft Punk – "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Alive 2007)"
  8. Cold War Kids – "Hang Me Up to Dry"
  9. Soko – "I'll Kill Her"
  10. The Panics – "Don't Fight It"
  • Bloc Party, John Butler Trio, Josh Pyke, Kings of Leon and Silverchair achieved three selections each.
  • 2007 was the closest Hottest 100 ever, with Muse winning by only 13 votes.
2008
  1. Kings of Leon – "Sex on Fire"
  2. MGMT – "Electric Feel"
  3. Kings of Leon – "Use Somebody"
  4. Empire of the Sun – "Walking on a Dream"
  5. MGMT – "Kids"
  6. The Presets – "Talk Like That"
  7. Pez Featuring 360 and Hailey Cramer – "The Festival Song"
  8. The Presets – "This Boy's in Love"
  9. The Ting Tings – "That's Not My Name"
  10. Drapht – "Jimmy Recard"
  • Both Kings of Leon and Vampire Weekend scored four tracks each.
  • Both Kings of Leon and MGMT placed twice in the Top 5, the fourth and fifth artists to do so.
  • The 2008 countdown marked the first time since 1995 that no Australian artist has featured in the Top 3 songs.
All Time (2009)
  1. Nirvana – "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (1991)
  2. Rage Against the Machine – "Killing in the Name" (1992)
  3. Jeff Buckley – "Hallelujah" (1994)
  4. Joy Division – "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1980)
  5. Radiohead – "Paranoid Android" (1997)
  6. Queen – "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975)
  7. Jeff Buckley – "Last Goodbye" (1994)
  8. Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Under the Bridge" (1991)
  9. Foo Fighters – "Everlong" (1997)
  10. Led Zeppelin – "Stairway to Heaven" (1971)
  • Voting was held in June 2009, results were broadcast from 7 July to 12 July 2009.
  • Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was voted No. 1 for the third time in a row in the Hottest 100 of All Time (previous years 1991 and 1998).
  • Jeff Buckley and Radiohead scored four tracks each in the countdown.
  • Only two songs in the countdown featured a female lead vocalist: Elizabeth Fraser and Shara Nelson, both guest vocalists on songs by Massive Attack.
2009
  1. Mumford & Sons – "Little Lion Man"
  2. Art vs. Science – "Parlez Vous Francais?"
  3. Hilltop Hoods – "Chase That Feeling"
  4. Phoenix – "Lisztomania"
  5. Bluejuice – "Broken Leg"
  6. La Roux – "Bulletproof"
  7. Lisa Mitchell – "Coin Laundry"
  8. Lily Allen – "Not Fair"
  9. Muse – "Uprising"
  10. Florence and the Machine – "Dog Days Are Over"
  • Florence and the Machine and Muse each had four tracks in the countdown.
  • "Wheels" by Foo Fighters, which was not played on Triple J that year, came in at No. 100.
  • This is the first Hottest 100 not to feature an American artist in the Top 10.
  • Art vs. Science's "Parlez Vous Francais?" is the equal highest ranking song by an Unearthed artist. It is tied with Killing Heidi in 1999, Grinspoon in 2002 and Missy Higgins in 2004. Little Red equalled the record again in 2010.
  • The 2009 winner was leaked on 22 January by ABC Commercial.
2010
  1. Angus & Julia Stone – "Big Jet Plane"
  2. Little Red – "Rock It"
  3. Ou Est Le Swimming Pool – "Dance the Way I Feel"
  4. Birds of Tokyo – "Plans"
  5. Boy & Bear – "Fall at Your Feet"
  6. Adrian Lux – "Teenage Crime"
  7. Cee-Lo Green – "Fuck You"
  8. The Wombats – "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)"
  9. Art vs. Science – "Magic Fountain"
  10. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. featuring Boy George and Andrew Wyatt – "Somebody to Love Me"
  • Arcade Fire, Birds of Tokyo, Bliss n Eso, Gorillaz, Gypsy & The Cat, Mark Ronson & The Business Intl., Pendulum and Washington all achieved three tracks.
  • This is the first countdown since 1994 that features a female vocalist in the No. 1 song, and the first time since 1996 for any female member of the winning artist.
  • Boy & Bear's cover of Crowded House's "Fall at Your Feet" ties with Spiderbait's cover of "Black Betty" in 2004 as highest ranking cover song.
  • Little Red equal the record of Killing Heidi, Grinspoon, Missy Higgins and Art vs. Science as the highest placing song by a Triple J Unearthed artist.
Australian Albums (2011)
  1. Powderfinger – Odyssey Number Five (2000)
  2. Silverchair – Frogstomp (1995)
  3. AC/DC – Back in Black (1980)
  4. The Living End – The Living End (1999)
  5. INXS – Kick (1987)
  6. Powderfinger – Internationalist (1998)
  7. The Presets – Apocalypso (2008)
  8. Wolfmother – Wolfmother (2005)
  9. The Avalanches – Since I Left You (2000)
  10. Regurgitator – Unit (1997)
  • Compiled in June 2011, and counted down between 28 June and 10 July.
  • The first Hottest 100 countdown that is not based on single tracks.
  • This is now the third Hottest 100 won by Powderfinger.
  • Silverchair and Bernard Fanning both appeared five times in the countdown. Fanning appeared once solo and four times with Powderfinger.
  • Every one of Silverchair's studio albums reached the countdown.
2011
  1. Gotye featuring Kimbra – "Somebody That I Used to Know"
  2. The Black Keys – "Lonely Boy"
  3. Matt Corby – "Brother"
  4. Boy & Bear – "Feeding Line"
  5. M83 – "Midnight City"
  6. Lana Del Rey – "Video Games"
  7. San Cisco – "Awkward"
  8. 360 featuring Gossling – "Boys Like You"
  9. The Jezabels – "Endless Summer"
  10. Hilltop Hoods Featuring Sia – "I Love It"
  • The Wombats and Kimbra chart four times throughout the countdown.
  • This is the first collaboration between artists to win the Hottest 100.

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