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Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1989)

The all-time countdown (1989) from Triple J in Australia (national) ranks 100 songs, with “Love Will Tear Us Apart” by Joy Division at number one. The list features 71 different artists; Hunters And Collectors has the most entries with four songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 138 #1
2 Throw Your Arms Around Me Hunters And Collectors 9 #2
3 Uncertain Smile The The 51 #3
4 That's Entertainment The Jam 46 #4
5 Blue Monday New Order 96 #1
6 Holiday In Cambodia Dead Kennedys 50 #6
7 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 106 #1
8 Talking to a Stranger Hunters And Collectors 5 #8
9 Birthday The Sugarcubes 43 #1
10 A Forest The Cure 63 #4
11 Cattle and Cane The Go-Betweens 6 #11
12 Shivers Boys Next Door 2 #12
13 This Charming Man The Smiths 52 #2
14 Rock Lobster The B-52's 87 #5
15 Song to the Siren This Mortal Coil 9 #4
16 Alison Elvis Costello 66 #3
17 Anarchy in the U.K. The Sex Pistols 96 #1
18 London Calling The Clash 122 #1
19 Primary The Cure 22 #19
20 Waiting For The Great Leap Forward Billy Bragg 14 #20
21 Respect Aretha Franklin 32 #2
22 It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) R.E.M. 138 #2
23 Aloha Steve And Danno Radio Birdman 3 #23
24 Kiss Art of Noise and Tom Jones 1 #24
25 Average Inadequacy Machinations 1 #25
26 Another Girl From Another Planet The Only Ones 1 #26
27 Bigmouth Strikes Again The Smiths 66 #3
28 Know Your Product The Saints 1 #28
29 Boys Don't Cry The Cure 86 #1
30 Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin 169 #1
31 Imagine John Lennon 121 #1
32 Psycho Killer Talking Heads 98 #6
33 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd 148 #2
34 Kiss Prince 28 #34
35 She Sells Sanctuary The Cult 83 #4
36 Love Song Simple Minds 6 #36
37 Sign O The Times Prince 34 #8
38 Greetings to the New Brunette Billy Bragg 10 #38
39 Heroes David Bowie 125 #1
40 L.A. Woman The Doors 97 #5
41 Troy Sinéad O'Connor 48 #4
42 The Unguarded Moment The Church 10 #42
43 Wuthering Heights Kate Bush 50 #16
44 Smash It Up The Damned 5 #42
45 The One I Love R.E.M. 150 #5
46 Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes 102 #1
47 Lust For Life Iggy Pop 92 #1
48 Orinoco Flow Enya 19 #48
49 All Along the Watchtower Jimi Hendrix 148 #2
50 The End The Doors 69 #10
51 (I'm) Stranded The Saints 5 #35
52 Teardrops Womack And Womack 2 #2
53 God Save the Queen The Sex Pistols 72 #3
54 The Cutter Echo and the Bunnymen 35 #22
55 Marquee Moon Television 29 #15
56 Alone With You Sunnyboys 2 #48
57 Wedding Cake Island Midnight Oil 1 #57
58 I Want You Elvis Costello & the Attractions 33 #16
59 Moments In Love Art of Noise 6 #59
60 Forbidden Colours Sakamoto And Sylvian 2 #60
61 Buffalo Stance Neneh Cherry 7 #36
62 Sexual Healing Marvin Gaye 12 #62
63 Sympathy For The Devil The Rolling Stones 156 #1
64 There is a Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths 90 #1
65 Pretty Vacant The Sex Pistols 23 #6
66 Close to Me The Cure 83 #11
67 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order 92 #1
68 Wide Open Road Triffids 4 #49
69 A Day in the Life The Beatles 88 #1
70 Deanna Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 5 #60
71 Pump It Up Elvis Costello & the Attractions 75 #24
72 Bachelor Kisses The Go-Betweens 1 #72
73 Watching the Detectives Elvis Costello 60 #25
74 Duel Propaganda 2 #74
75 Going Underground The Jam 19 #7
76 Layla Derek and the Dominos 132 #2
77 Walk on the Wild Side Lou Reed 103 #12
78 Ghost Ships The Saints 1 #78
79 My Island Home Warumpi Band 1 #79
80 Blue Bell Knoll Cocteau Twins 3 #80
81 Making Plans For Nigel XTC 43 #29
82 Golden Brown The Stranglers 12 #10
83 The Slab Hunters And Collectors 3 #26
84 Burning Down the House Talking Heads 154 #8
85 The Message Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five 16 #3
86 Riders on the Storm The Doors 133 #20
87 Down in the Tube Station at Midnight The Jam 12 #4
88 Power and the Passion Midnight Oil 28 #29
89 Bye Bye Pride The Go-Betweens 2 #85
90 Eagle Rock Daddy Cool 3 #21
91 Suspicious Minds Elvis Presley 18 #56
92 I Say A Little Prayer Aretha Franklin 9 #55
93 Slave Girl Lime Spiders 1 #93
94 Heart of Glass Blondie 54 #5
95 Khe Sanh Cold Chisel 4 #1
96 O Superman Laurie Anderson 11 #34
97 Say Goodbye Hunters And Collectors 2 #71
98 Man Overboard Do Re Mi 1 #98
99 Cicada That Ate Five Dock Outline 1 #99
100 The Mercy Seat Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 4 #10

About this countdown

Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1989) was broadcast by Triple J (Australia (national)) in 1989. 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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