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Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1990)

The all-time countdown (1990) from Triple J in Australia (national) ranks 100 songs, with “Love Will Tear Us Apart” by Joy Division at number one. The list features 64 different artists; The Cure has the most entries with seven songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 120 #1
2 Throw Your Arms Around Me Hunters And Collectors 9 #2
3 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 85 #1
4 Uncertain Smile The The 45 #3
5 Blue Monday New Order 82 #1
6 Fools Gold The Stone Roses 41 #1
7 This Charming Man The Smiths 43 #2
8 Rock Lobster The B-52's 71 #5
9 It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) R.E.M. 69 #2
10 That's Entertainment The Jam 42 #4
11 A Forest The Cure 58 #4
12 Holiday In Cambodia Dead Kennedys 47 #6
13 Troy Sinéad O'Connor 44 #4
14 Under the Milky Way The Church 66 #3
15 Sivers Boys Next Door 1 #15
16 Birthday The Sugarcubes 40 #1
17 Wuthering Heights Kate Bush 43 #16
18 Debaser The Pixies 47 #3
19 Primary The Cure 22 #19
20 Anarchy in the U.K. The Sex Pistols 85 #1
21 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order 76 #1
22 She Sells Sanctuary The Cult 67 #4
23 Boys Don't Cry The Cure 73 #1
24 Ride on Time Black Box 2 #24
25 Just Like Heaven The Cure 82 #1
26 The Slab Hunters And Collectors 3 #26
27 Cattle and Cane The Go-Betweens 5 #11
28 London Calling The Clash 88 #1
29 Fight The Power Public Enemy 8 #8
30 Another Girl, Another Planet The Only Ones 10 #17
31 Song to the Siren This Mortal Coil 7 #4
32 Talking to a Stranger Hunters And Collectors 5 #8
33 Fuck the Police NWA 1 #33
34 Monkey Gone To Heaven The Pixies 59 #5
35 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd 56 #3
36 Buffalo Stance Neneh Cherry 3 #36
37 Sign O The Times Prince 30 #8
38 Tainted Love Soft Cell 64 #1
39 Kiss Prince 16 #34
40 Back to Life Soul II Soul 1 #40
41 Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes 78 #1
42 Respect Aretha Franklin 17 #16
43 Lullaby The Cure 32 #3
44 There is a Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths 77 #1
45 Info Freako Jesus Jones 4 #32
46 The One I Love R.E.M. 91 #5
47 Everybody Moves Died Pretty 1 #47
48 Dancing Queen ABBA 7 #48
49 Wide Open Road Triffids 4 #49
50 Heroes David Bowie 93 #1
51 She Bangs the Drums The Stone Roses 10 #7
52 The End The Doors 52 #10
53 Bigmouth Strikes Again The Smiths 60 #3
54 Aloha Steve And Danno Radio Birdman 3 #23
55 Here Comes Your Man The Pixies 53 #2
56 Can't Be Sure The Sundays 5 #1
57 The Unguarded Moment The Church 5 #57
58 Waiting For The Great Leap Forward Billy Bragg 10 #20
59 Greetings to the New Brunette Billy Bragg 4 #38
60 Deanna Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 3 #60
61 Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin 73 #1
62 L.A. Woman The Doors 24 #14
63 Alison Elvis Costello 49 #3
64 Love Song Simple Minds 6 #36
65 Temptation New Order 19 #1
66 Imagine John Lennon 54 #1
67 The Lovecats The Cure 52 #2
68 True Faith New Order 69 #3
69 Nothing Compares 2 U Sinéad O'Connor 47 #1
70 Wise Up! Sucker! Pop Will Eat Itself 4 #41
71 Say Goodbye Hunters And Collectors 2 #71
72 In Between Days The Cure 72 #3
73 I Want You Elvis Costello & the Attractions 2 #58
74 Freak Scene Dinosaur Jr. 7 #5
75 Forbidden Colours Sakamoto And Sylvian 2 #60
76 God is a Bullet Concrete Blonde 29 #45
77 Sympathy For The Devil The Rolling Stones 65 #1
78 Fall On Me R.E.M. 46 #26
79 Once in a Lifetime Talking Heads 72 #9
80 Into The Groove Madonna 1 #80
81 Street Tuff Rebel MC And Double Trouble 1 #81
82 Levi Stubbs Tears Billy Bragg 4 #24
83 All Along the Watchtower Jimi Hendrix 59 #5
84 Atmosphere Joy Division 21 #1
85 Bye Bye Pride The Go-Betweens 2 #85
86 Eternally Yours Laughing Clowns 1 #86
87 Add It Up Violent Femmes 39 #8
88 Love Shack The B-52's 61 #1
89 Teenage Riot Sonic Youth 27 #19
90 Sexual Healing Marvin Gaye 5 #62
91 Say No Go De La Soul 1 #91
92 Reptile The Church 23 #13
93 Trust Tall Tales And True 2 #51
94 This Is The Day The The 36 #45
95 Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd 48 #2
96 Happy Birthday Concrete Blonde 16 #96
97 Roam The B-52's 35 #22
98 Walk on the Wild Side Lou Reed 58 #16
99 Orange Crush R.E.M. 59 #1
100 Just Can't Get Enough Depeche Mode 59 #2

About this countdown

Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1990) was broadcast by Triple J (Australia (national)) in 1990. 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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