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All-time countdown · Triple J · July 2009

Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (2009)

The all-time countdown (July 2009) from Triple J in Australia (national) ranks 100 songs, with “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana at number one. The list features 76 different artists; Jeff Buckley has the most entries with four songs.

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Countdown broadcast 7–12 July 2009.

# Song ListsBest
1 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana 231 #1
2 Killing in the Name Rage Against the Machine 135 #2
3 Hallelujah Jeff Buckley 51 #3
4 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 138 #1
5 Paranoid Android Radiohead 82 #5
6 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen 169 #1
7 Last Goodbye Jeff Buckley 50 #3
8 Under the Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers 204 #1
9 Everlong Foo Fighters 175 #1
10 Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin 169 #1
11 Imagine John Lennon 121 #1
12 Wonderwall Oasis 142 #1
13 Creep Radiohead 158 #1
14 Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve 113 #1
15 Karma Police Radiohead 125 #2
16 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd 148 #2
17 The Nosebleed Section Hilltop Hoods 4 #2
18 Knights of Cydonia Muse 60 #1
19 One Metallica 107 #2
20 Seven Nation Army The White Stripes 112 #1
21 These Days Powderfinger 5 #1
22 Teardrop Massive Attack 25 #21
23 Throw Your Arms Around Me Hunters And Collectors 9 #2
24 A Day in the Life The Beatles 88 #1
25 Alive Pearl Jam 202 #1
26 Thriller Michael Jackson 17 #14
27 My Happiness Powderfinger 13 #1
28 Fake Plastic Trees Radiohead 83 #11
29 Where Is My Mind? The Pixies 83 #5
30 All Along the Watchtower Jimi Hendrix 148 #2
31 Enter Sandman Metallica 164 #2
32 Blue Monday New Order 96 #1
33 Tomorrow Silverchair 65 #1
34 Prisoner of Society The Living End 25 #15
35 1979 The Smashing Pumpkins 115 #2
36 Into My Arms Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 28 #18
37 Stinkfist Tool 73 #2
38 Mr. Brightside The Killers 114 #1
39 Better Man Pearl Jam 148 #2
40 Come As You Are Nirvana 175 #1
41 Billie Jean Michael Jackson 17 #6
42 Banquet Bloc Party 34 #14
43 God Only Knows The Beach Boys 27 #2
44 Hey Jude The Beatles 105 #1
45 No One Knows Queens of the Stone Age 110 #1
46 Epic Faith No More 109 #6
47 Betterman John Butler Trio 3 #5
48 Sabotage Beastie Boys 111 #3
49 Sweet Child o' Mine Guns N Roses 136 #1
50 Don't Dream It's Over Crowded House 61 #5
51 Bullet With Butterfly Wings The Smashing Pumpkins 104 #1
52 Berlin Chair You Am I 5 #23
53 Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd 141 #1
54 Close to Me The Cure 83 #11
55 Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan 97 #2
56 Lover, You Should've Come Over Jeff Buckley 16 #47
57 Forty Six And 2 Tool 19 #30
58 Around The World Daft Punk 21 #15
59 One Crowded Hour Augie March 8 #1
60 Hurt Johnny Cash 77 #1
61 Song 2 Blur 124 #1
62 Closer Nine Inch Nails 109 #1
63 Thunderstruck AC/DC 132 #1
64 Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes 102 #1
65 Born Slippy (Nuxx) Underworld 41 #5
66 Tiny Dancer Elton John 86 #4
67 Brick Ben Folds Five 65 #6
68 Dammit blink-182 80 #1
69 Grace Jeff Buckley 19 #29
70 Breathe The Prodigy 40 #2
71 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 106 #1
72 New Slang The Shins 54 #3
73 London Calling The Clash 122 #1
74 Lithium Nirvana 150 #3
75 Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) Green Day 92 #2
76 Fools Gold The Stone Roses 44 #1
77 Hearts A Mess Gotye 4 #8
78 Today The Smashing Pumpkins 108 #2
79 Life on Mars David Bowie 29 #7
80 Paint It Black The Rolling Stones 146 #7
81 Common People Pulp 36 #1
82 Chop Suey System of a Down 86 #1
83 Every You Every Me Placebo 4 #5
84 No Woman, No Cry Bob Marley 67 #17
85 Bohemian Like You The Dandy Warhols 47 #6
86 Come Together The Beatles 99 #8
87 Yellow Coldplay 98 #3
88 Gimme Shelter The Rolling Stones 124 #4
89 Bulls on Parade Rage Against the Machine 70 #5
90 Sex On Fire Kings of Leon 82 #1
91 Back in Black AC/DC 133 #1
92 Skinny Love Bon Iver 27 #7
93 Unfinished Sympathy Massive Attack 28 #29
94 Float On Modest Mouse 91 #1
95 Superstition Stevie Wonder 29 #17
96 One More Time Daft Punk 17 #7
97 Beds are Burning Midnight Oil 102 #3
98 Kashmir Led Zeppelin 128 #1
99 Wolf Like Me TV on the Radio 36 #2
100 Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand 82 #1

About this countdown

Triple J Hottest 100 of All-Time (2009) was voted by Triple J’s listeners (Australia (national)) in July 2009. 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.

Source: Wikipedia, "Triple J's Hottest 100 of All Time, 2009".

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