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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 134 #1
2 Killing in the Name Rage Against the Machine 85 #2
3 Hallelujah Jeff Buckley 36 #3
4 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 120 #1
5 Paranoid Android Radiohead 68 #5
6 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen 69 #2
7 Last Goodbye Jeff Buckley 41 #3
8 Under the Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers 117 #1
9 Everlong Foo Fighters 96 #1
10 Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin 73 #1
11 Imagine John Lennon 54 #1
12 Wonderwall Oasis 104 #1
13 Creep Radiohead 111 #1
14 Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve 71 #1
15 Karma Police Radiohead 92 #2
16 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd 56 #3
17 The Nosebleed Section Hilltop Hoods 4 #2
18 Knights of Cydonia Muse 53 #1
19 One Metallica 68 #2
20 Seven Nation Army The White Stripes 70 #1
21 These Days Powderfinger 5 #1
22 Teardrop Massive Attack 12 #21
23 Throw Your Arms Around Me Hunters And Collectors 9 #2
24 A Day in the Life The Beatles 44 #4
25 Alive Pearl Jam 119 #1
26 Thriller Michael Jackson 11 #26
27 My Happiness Powderfinger 10 #1
28 Fake Plastic Trees Radiohead 63 #28
29 Where Is My Mind? The Pixies 64 #5
30 All Along the Watchtower Jimi Hendrix 59 #5
31 Enter Sandman Metallica 73 #5
32 Blue Monday New Order 82 #1
33 Tomorrow Silverchair 43 #1
34 Prisoner of Society The Living End 22 #15
35 1979 The Smashing Pumpkins 70 #2
36 Into My Arms Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 6 #18
37 Stinkfist Tool 52 #2
38 Mr. Brightside The Killers 80 #1
39 Better Man Pearl Jam 71 #3
40 Come As You Are Nirvana 97 #1
41 Billie Jean Michael Jackson 8 #29
42 Banquet Bloc Party 27 #14
43 God Only Knows The Beach Boys 16 #9
44 Hey Jude The Beatles 39 #2
45 No One Knows Queens of the Stone Age 84 #1
46 Epic Faith No More 49 #11
47 Betterman John Butler Trio 3 #5
48 Sabotage Beastie Boys 73 #3
49 Sweet Child o' Mine Guns N Roses 44 #3
50 Don't Dream It's Over Crowded House 47 #5
51 Bullet With Butterfly Wings The Smashing Pumpkins 63 #1
52 Berlin Chair You Am I 5 #23
53 Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd 48 #2
54 Close to Me The Cure 72 #11
55 Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan 48 #2
56 Lover, You Should've Come Over Jeff Buckley 9 #47
57 Forty Six And 2 Tool 4 #30
58 Around The World Daft Punk 18 #55
59 One Crowded Hour Augie March 4 #1
60 Hurt Johnny Cash 49 #6
61 Song 2 Blur 82 #2
62 Closer Nine Inch Nails 67 #1
63 Thunderstruck AC/DC 58 #2
64 Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes 78 #1
65 Born Slippy Underworld 34 #5
66 Tiny Dancer Elton John 22 #17
67 Brick Ben Folds Five 44 #12
68 Dammit (Growing Up) blink-182 7 #19
69 Grace Jeff Buckley 16 #29
70 Breathe The Prodigy 27 #7
71 How Soon is Now? The Smiths 85 #1
72 New Slang The Shins 34 #3
73 London Calling The Clash 88 #1
74 Lithium Nirvana 90 #3
75 Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) Green Day 40 #2
76 Fools Gold The Stone Roses 41 #1
77 Hearts A Mess Gotye 4 #8
78 Today The Smashing Pumpkins 67 #2
79 Life on Mars David Bowie 20 #29
80 Paint It Black The Rolling Stones 64 #17
81 Common People Pulp 26 #1
82 Chop Suey System of a Down 62 #1
83 Every You Every Me Placebo 3 #5
84 No Woman, No Cry Bob Marley 55 #17
85 Bohemian Like You The Dandy Warhols 35 #6
86 Come Together The Beatles 25 #20
87 Yellow Coldplay 65 #4
88 Gimme Shelter The Rolling Stones 34 #4
89 Bulls on Parade Rage Against the Machine 38 #5
90 Sex On Fire Kings of Leon 32 #1
91 Back in Black AC/DC 37 #1
92 Skinny Love Bon Iver 14 #7
93 Unfinished Sympathy Massive Attack 24 #29
94 Float On Modest Mouse 55 #1
95 Superstition Stevie Wonder 16 #20
96 One More Time Daft Punk 9 #44
97 Beds are Burning Midnight Oil 80 #3
98 Kashmir Led Zeppelin 38 #2
99 Wolf Like Me TV on the Radio 24 #28
100 Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand 55 #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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