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Triple J Hottest 100 of 1994

The year-end countdown for 1994 from Triple J in Australia (national) ranks 100 songs, with “Zombie” by The Cranberries at number one. The list features 85 different artists; Soundgarden has the most entries with four songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Zombie The Cranberries 97 #1
2 Closer Nine Inch Nails 109 #1
3 Self-Esteem The Offspring 110 #1
4 Come Out and Play The Offspring 97 #2
5 Tomorrow Silverchair 65 #1
6 Seether Veruca Salt 52 #3
7 About A Girl Nirvana 75 #7
8 Coma Max Sharam 1 #8
9 If I Only Knew Tom Jones 2 #9
10 Deadeyes Open (Remix) Severed Heads 1 #10
11 Do You Love Me Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 3 #11
12 Laid James 72 #1
13 Bug Powder Dust Bomb The Bass 1 #13
14 Better Get A Lawyer Cruel Sea 1 #14
15 All I Wanna Do Sheryl Crow 45 #6
16 Sabotage Beastie Boys 111 #3
17 Interstate Love Song Stone Temple Pilots 135 #3
18 Longview Green Day 113 #1
19 Losin' It Underground Lovers 1 #19
20 Time Bomb Nick Barker 1 #20
21 Sweetness & Light Itch-E & Scratch-E 1 #21
22 Black Hole Sun Soundgarden 154 #1
23 Berlin Chair You Am I 5 #23
24 Basket Case Green Day 120 #1
25 Today The Smashing Pumpkins 108 #2
26 Seconds Youssou N'dour/Neneh Cherry 1 #26
27 I Alone Live 97 #4
28 Doll Parts Hole 57 #2
29 Beercan Beck 21 #29
30 Confide In Me Kylie Minogue 1 #30
31 Fall Single Gun Theory 1 #31
32 Fade Into You Mazzy Star 65 #4
33 Supernova Liz Phair 41 #19
34 Miss World Hole 25 #17
35 Cornflake Girl Tori Amos 65 #16
36 Spin The Black Circle Pearl Jam 21 #29
37 Voodoo People The Prodigy 1 #37
38 Atomic Electric Rebecca's Empire 1 #38
39 Mathar Dave Pike Set 1 #39
40 Undone (The Sweater Song) Weezer 71 #3
41 Your Ghost Kristin Hersh 5 #41
42 Absolutely Fabulous Pet Shop Boys 1 #42
43 Monkey and the Turtle Christine Anu 1 #43
44 Swap Thing Grid 1 #44
45 Loser Beck 125 #2
46 My Wave Soundgarden 36 #38
47 Einstein On The Beach (For An Eggman) Counting Crows 25 #11
48 Mr. Jones Counting Crows 96 #4
49 Amen (Remix) Falling Joys 1 #49
50 Daddy Long Legs Tumbleweed 1 #50
51 Spoonman Soundgarden 101 #14
52 Lap It Up Penny Flanagan 1 #52
53 Fell On Black Days Soundgarden 104 #11
54 Vasoline Stone Temple Pilots 100 #3
55 Da Di Doh Ed Kuepper 1 #55
56 Bizarre Love Triangle Frente! 27 #54
57 Burn The Cure 5 #57
58 Everything's Cool Pop Will Eat Itself 1 #58
59 Sometimes Always The Jesus and Mary Chain 24 #31
60 Cut Your Hair Pavement 47 #34
61 Hey Jealousy Gin Blossoms 46 #6
62 Lemon Spark Pale 1 #62
63 Parklife Blur 14 #1
64 A Conspiracy Black Crowes 4 #45
65 Bull In The Heather Sonic Youth 19 #58
66 Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe Whale 6 #66
67 Andres L7 6 #64
68 Feel The Pain Dinosaur Jr. 42 #16
69 Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Crash Test Dummies 44 #6
70 What's The Frequency Kenneth? R.E.M. 62 #2
71 Dropout Urge Overkill 1 #71
72 Lucas With The Lid Off Lucas 4 #72
73 Alone Like Me The Sharp 1 #73
74 Neighbourhood Freak Swoop 1 #74
75 You Got Me Floatin' P.M. Dawn 1 #75
76 American Life In The Summertime Francis Dunnery 11 #76
77 Jaimmes Got A Gal You Am I 1 #77
78 Low Cracker 88 #9
79 I'm Gonna Release Your Soul Dave Graney/Coral Snakes 1 #79
80 No Excuses Alice In Chains 72 #3
81 In the Neighbourhood Sisters Undergound 1 #81
82 Piece of Crap Neil Young 1 #82
83 Am I Wrong? Love Spit Love 19 #29
84 Saints The Breeders 13 #63
85 Blues Music G. Love & Special Sauce 2 #85
86 Thirsty Dog Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 1 #86
87 The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get Morrissey 27 #3
88 Purple Haze The Cure 11 #22
89 Regulate Warren G 6 #89
90 Dancing In The Moonlight The Smashing Pumpkins 1 #90
91 Round Here Counting Crows 53 #20
92 Shine Collective Soul 85 #24
93 Wildflowers Things of Stone and Wood 1 #93
94 Gallows Pole Jimmy Page/Robert Plant 2 #94
95 Masses Like Asses Def Fx 1 #95
96 Girls and Boys (Remix) Blur 1 #96
97 Here Comes The Hot Stepper Ini Kamoze 3 #97
98 A Certain Slant of Light The Tea Party 1 #98
99 Agolo Angelique Kidjo 1 #99
100 Stay (I Missed You) Lisa Loeb 22 #22

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About this countdown

Triple J Hottest 100 of 1994 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.

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