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Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1991)

The all-time countdown (1991) from Triple J in Australia (national) ranks 100 songs, with “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana at number one. The list features 64 different artists; The Cure has the most entries with nine songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 134 #1
2 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 120 #1
3 Lithium Nirvana 90 #3
4 Throw Your Arms Around Me Hunters And Collectors 9 #2
5 Tomorrow Wendy Andy Prieboy 2 #5
6 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 85 #1
7 Fools Gold The Stone Roses 41 #1
8 A Forest The Cure 58 #4
9 Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes 78 #1
10 Blue Monday New Order 82 #1
11 Just Like Heaven The Cure 82 #1
12 It's The End of the World R.E.M. 7 #7
13 Uncertain Smile The The 45 #3
14 The Ship Song Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 5 #14
15 Been Caught Stealing Jane's Addiction 73 #1
16 She Sells Sanctuary The Cult 67 #4
17 Jane Says Jane's Addiction 70 #2
18 Add It Up Violent Femmes 39 #8
19 Wuthering Heights Kate Bush 43 #16
20 Lock It Falling Joys 1 #20
21 Kiss Off Violent Femmes 39 #3
22 Sexuality Billy Bragg 29 #17
23 That's Entertainment The Jam 42 #4
24 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order 76 #1
25 Anarchy in the U.K. The Sex Pistols 85 #1
26 Holiday In Cambodia Dead Kennedys 47 #6
27 Sweet Child o' Mine Guns N Roses 44 #3
28 Debaser The Pixies 47 #3
29 This Charming Man The Smiths 43 #2
30 Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin 73 #1
31 Under the Milky Way The Church 66 #3
32 Losing My Religion R.E.M. 115 #1
33 Hieronymous Clouds 1 #33
34 DC Died Pretty 1 #34
35 Primary The Cure 22 #19
36 There is a Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths 77 #1
37 Close to Me The Cure 72 #11
38 Shivers Boys Next Door 2 #12
39 Give It Away Red Hot Chili Peppers 75 #3
40 The One I Love R.E.M. 91 #5
41 That Ain't Bad Ratcat 2 #40
42 Troy Sinéad O'Connor 44 #4
43 Boys Don't Cry The Cure 73 #1
44 Lullaby The Cure 32 #3
45 Talking to a Stranger Hunters And Collectors 5 #8
46 Birdhouse In Your Soul They Might Be Giants 49 #4
47 Aloha Steve And Danno Radio Birdman 3 #23
48 In Between Days The Cure 72 #3
49 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen 69 #2
50 Song to the Siren This Mortal Coil 7 #4
51 Trust Tall Tales And True 2 #51
52 Wide Open Road Triffids 4 #49
53 The Slab Hunters And Collectors 3 #26
54 Tainted Love Soft Cell 64 #1
55 True Faith New Order 69 #3
56 Kool Thing Sonic Youth 31 #30
57 Waiting For The Great Leap Forward Billy Bragg 10 #20
58 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd 56 #3
59 The End The Doors 52 #10
60 Enter Sandman Metallica 73 #5
61 All Along the Watchtower Jimi Hendrix 59 #5
62 Orange Crush R.E.M. 59 #1
63 The Unforgiven Metallica 21 #32
64 Unfinished Sympathy Massive Attack 24 #29
65 Fall On Me R.E.M. 46 #26
66 Down In Splendour The Straightjacket Fits 8 #66
67 4PM Clouds 1 #67
68 Pictures of You The Cure 61 #4
69 Labour of Love Frente! 7 #34
70 Unguarded Moment The Church 4 #42
71 Grey Cell Green Ned's Atomic Dustbin 26 #49
72 Bigmouth Strikes Again The Smiths 60 #3
73 Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd 48 #2
74 The Lovecats The Cure 52 #2
75 Levi Stubbs Tears Billy Bragg 4 #24
76 Come As You Are Nirvana 97 #1
77 Rock Lobster The B-52's 71 #5
78 L.A. Woman The Doors 24 #14
79 Freak Scene Dinosaur Jr. 7 #5
80 Surfers of the Mind Def Fx 1 #80
81 She Bangs the Drums The Stone Roses 10 #7
82 Vapour Trail Ride 15 #33
83 Treaty Yothu Yindi 2 #65
84 Another Girl, Another Planet The Only Ones 10 #17
85 Anything, Anything (I'll Give You) Dramarama 41 #2
86 Size of A Cow The Wonderstuff 2 #76
87 Sympathy For The Devil The Rolling Stones 65 #1
88 Mercy Seat Nick Cave 1 #88
89 One Metallica 68 #2
90 Soon My Bloody Valentine 7 #2
91 Monkey Gone To Heaven The Pixies 59 #5
92 Bring The Noise Public Enemy 5 #62
93 Dear God XTC 76 #1
94 Wave of Mutilation The Pixies 23 #36
95 Info Freako Jesus Jones 4 #32
96 Cattle and Cane The Go-Betweens 5 #11
97 London Calling The Clash 88 #1
98 Bad U2 59 #5
99 Deanna Nick Cave 1 #99
100 Cream Prince & the New Power Generation 2 #36

About this countdown

Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (1991) was broadcast by Triple J (Australia (national)) in 1991. 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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