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Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993

The year-end countdown for 1993 from Triple J in Australia (national) ranks 100 songs, with “Asshole” by Denis Leary at number one. The list features 84 different artists; Cruel Sea has the most entries with three songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Asshole Denis Leary 2 #1
2 Creep Radiohead 111 #1
3 Linger The Cranberries 42 #3
4 No Rain Blind Melon 65 #2
5 Cannonball The Breeders 60 #1
6 Killing in the Name Rage Against the Machine 85 #2
7 Lemon U2 20 #7
8 Go Pearl Jam 22 #8
9 The Honeymoon Is Over Cruel Sea 6 #9
10 Stone Me Into The Groove Atomic Swing 1 #10
11 Everybody Hurts R.E.M. 64 #1
12 Plush Stone Temple Pilots 59 #1
13 Soul to Squeeze Red Hot Chili Peppers 38 #9
14 I Held Her in My Arms Violent Femmes 1 #14
15 Wild America Iggy Pop 1 #15
16 Sister Havana Urge Overkill 31 #16
17 Hits from the Bong Cypress Hill 3 #17
18 Go West Pet Shop Boys 1 #18
19 Trout Neneh Cherry 21 #19
20 Heart-Shaped Box Nirvana 63 #6
21 Blacle Stic Cruel Sea 1 #21
22 The Ship Song Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 5 #14
23 Human Behaviour Björk 29 #20
24 What's Up? 4 Non Blondes 31 #10
25 Feed The Tree Belly 41 #19
26 Somewhere Efua 1 #26
27 Sober Tool 40 #22
28 Are You Gonna Go My Way Lenny Kravitz 66 #3
29 All That She Wants Ace of Base 4 #16
30 Constant Craving KD Lang 8 #30
31 Numb U2 25 #19
32 Jessie Paw 1 #32
33 Pets Porno for Pyros 40 #9
34 Cantaloop Us3 11 #34
35 Shoop Salt n Pepa 2 #35
36 The Right Time Hoodoo Gurus 1 #36
37 My Sister Juliana Hatfield 13 #33
38 Get Me Dinosaur Jr. 2 #38
39 Friday I'm in Love The Cure 57 #1
40 Push Th' Little Daisies Ween 12 #10
41 World Turning Yothu Yindi 1 #41
42 Dreams Gabrielle 1 #42
43 Cherub Rock The Smashing Pumpkins 49 #8
44 Juice Headless Chickens 1 #44
45 Start Choppin' Dinosaur Jr. 20 #45
46 Detachable Penis King Missile 30 #29
47 Tease Me Chaka Demus & Pliers 1 #47
48 Night of the Wolverine Dave Graney with the Coral Snakes 1 #48
49 Bi Living Colour 1 #49
50 Adam's Ribs You Am I 1 #50
51 Would? Alice In Chains 62 #6
52 Runaway Train Soul Asylum 56 #6
53 Taillights Fade Buffalo Tom 19 #34
54 Holy Grail Hunters And Collectors 4 #30
55 Alive and Brilliant Deborah Conway 1 #55
56 Can You Forgive Her? Pet Shop Boys 6 #56
57 Choppers Headless Chickens 1 #57
58 Jesus Was Way Cool King Missile 1 #58
59 You're Just too Hip Baby Dave Graney with the Coral Snakes 1 #59
60 Distant Sun Crowded House 10 #44
61 Last Train Christine Anu/Paul Kelly 1 #61
62 Easy Faith No More 1 #62
63 Scratch My Back The Sharp 1 #63
64 Nearly Lost You Screaming Trees 52 #21
65 Regret New Order 33 #9
66 Something Good Utah Saints 7 #31
67 Boom Shack-a-lack Apache Indian 1 #67
68 Mr Vain Culture Beat 1 #68
69 Animal Nitrate Suede 6 #10
70 Sleepy Head Ed Kuepper 1 #70
71 Nothingness (remix) Living Colour 1 #71
72 Baby Barefoot 1 #72
73 Mr. Wendal Arrested Development 5 #49
74 Ain't No Love Sub Sub 1 #74
75 The Drowners Suede 10 #15
76 Before Caligula 1 #76
77 Lost Badloves 1 #77
78 Deep East 17 1 #78
79 Mrs. Robinson The Lemonheads 44 #19
80 Rooster Alice In Chains 49 #20
81 Insane in the Brain Cypress Hill 18 #16
82 Green Limousine Badloves 1 #82
83 Your Eyes (remix) Underground Lovers 1 #83
84 Bullet in the Head Rage Against the Machine 5 #84
85 Three Little Pigs Green Jelly 1 #85
86 World (the Price of Love) New Order 2 #71
87 Do It Swoop 1 #87
88 Dixie Drug Store Grant Lee Buffalo 1 #88
89 Aboriginal Woman Mixed Relations 1 #89
90 For Tommorrow Blur 1 #90
91 Happy Birthday Helen Things of Stone and Wood 1 #91
92 I Feel You Depeche Mode 25 #11
93 Man on the Moon R.E.M. 44 #24
94 Sweat (a la la la long) Inner Circle 1 #94
95 Delivery Man Cruel Sea 1 #95
96 Candy Everybody Wants 10,000 Maniacs 24 #20
97 Rubberband Girl Kate Bush 3 #62
98 Freedom Kev Carmody 1 #98
99 Ebeneezer Goode The Shamen 1 #99
100 Gloria Van Morrison & John Lee Hooker 1 #100

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About this countdown

Triple J Hottest 100 of 1993 was broadcast by Triple J (Australia (national)). Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

Contributed by Keith Murphy. Thank you!

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