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Special countdown · Triple J · July 26, 2025

Triple J Hottest 100 of Australian Songs (2025)

The countdown (July 26, 2025) from Triple J in Australia (national) ranks 100 songs, with “Never Tear Us Apart” by INXS at number one. The list features 73 different artists; Hilltop Hoods has the most entries with three songs.

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Positions 101–200 were also announced; only 1–100 included here. Held for Triple J's 50th anniversary; songs from any year were eligible provided at least half the credited artists were Australian; Like a Version covers were not eligible.

# Song ListsBest
1 Never Tear Us Apart INXS 40 #1
2 The Nosebleed Section Hilltop Hoods 4 #2
3 Untouched The Veronicas 1 #3
4 Scar Missy Higgins 2 #2
5 Don't Dream It's Over Crowded House 47 #5
6 My Happiness Powderfinger 10 #1
7 Flame Trees Cold Chisel 2 #7
8 Khe Sanh Cold Chisel 2 #1
9 How to Make Gravy Paul Kelly 1 #9
10 Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye 23 #1
11 Sweet Disposition The Temper Trap 16 #6
12 Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again The Angels 2 #11
13 Thunderstruck AC/DC 58 #2
14 These Days Powderfinger 5 #1
15 You're the Voice John Farnham 2 #6
16 Innerbloom Rüfüs Du Sol 2 #5
17 Tomorrow Silverchair 43 #1
18 Beds are Burning Midnight Oil 80 #3
19 The Less I Know the Better Tame Impala 14 #1
20 Big Jet Plane Angus and Julia Stone 4 #1
21 Down Under Men At Work 30 #2
22 To Her Door Paul Kelly & the Coloured Girls 1 #22
23 Are You Gonna Be My Girl Jet 58 #1
24 Walking On A Dream Empire of the Sun 7 #4
25 Throw Your Arms Around Me Hunters And Collectors 9 #2
26 Never Be like You Flume 3 #1
27 Can't Get You Out of My Head Kylie Minogue 3 #27
28 Straight Lines Silverchair 15 #2
29 Under the Milky Way The Church 66 #3
30 The Horses Daryl Braithwaite 2 #14
31 Highway to Hell AC/DC 42 #14
32 Torn Natalie Imbruglia 16 #4
33 One Crowded Hour Augie March 4 #1
34 Booster Seat Spacey Jane 2 #2
35 Great Southern Land Icehouse 2 #4
36 Treaty (Radio Mix) Yothu Yindi 1 #36
37 Back in Black AC/DC 37 #1
38 Better Be Home Soon Crowded House 13 #10
39 Reckless Australian Crawl 1 #39
40 Covered in Chrome Violent Soho 3 #4
41 Prisoner of Society The Living End 22 #15
42 Magnolia Gang of Youths 3 #6
43 Joker and the Thief Wolfmother 17 #9
44 Into My Arms Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 6 #18
45 Eagle Rock Daddy Cool 3 #21
46 Shooting Stars Bag Raiders 2 #18
47 Solid Rock Goanna 2 #13
48 Riptide Vance Joy 10 #1
49 It's Nice to Be Alive Ball Park Music 3 #17
50 Holy Grail Hunters And Collectors 4 #30
51 Brother Matt Corby 4 #3
52 The Special Two Missy Higgins 2 #31
53 Better in Blak Thelma Plum 2 #9
54 I Touch Myself The Divinyls 34 #12
55 My People The Presets 3 #18
56 Working Class Man Jimmy Barnes 2 #3
57 Wish You Well Bernard Fanning 2 #1
58 Frontier Psychiatrist The Avalanches 11 #6
59 Need You Tonight INXS 52 #5
60 Let Me Down Easy Gang of Youths 3 #2
61 Talk Is Cheap Chet Faker 3 #1
62 Australia Street Sticky Fingers 3 #15
63 I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green) Redgum 2 #20
64 Cosby Sweater Hilltop Hoods 3 #3
65 Confidence Ocean Alley 3 #1
66 Power and the Passion Midnight Oil 23 #29
67 ! (The Song Formerly Known As) Regurgitator 2 #67
68 Chemical Heart Grinspoon 3 #2
69 Weather With You Crowded House 24 #69
70 (Baby I've Got You) On My Mind Powderfinger 2 #4
71 Jimmy Recard Drapht 2 #10
72 Freak Silverchair 4 #13
73 1955 Hilltop Hoods 3 #4
74 London Still The Waifs 2 #3
75 The Unguarded Moment The Church 5 #57
76 4ever The Veronicas 1 #76
77 Weir Killing Heidi 2 #2
78 Black Fingernails, Red Wine Eskimo Joe 2 #2
79 Hello The Cat Empire 3 #6
80 We Are the People Empire of the Sun 2 #68
81 Berlin Chair You Am I 5 #23
82 High Peking Duk 3 #2
83 Cigarettes Will Kill You Ben Lee 3 #2
84 Streets of Your Town The Go-Betweens 3 #76
85 Delete DMA's 3 #21
86 Hearts A Mess Gotye 4 #8
87 The Deepest Sighs, the Frankest Shadows Gang of Youths 3 #5
88 Chateau Angus and Julia Stone 3 #3
89 Hertz Amyl and the Sniffers 3 #28
90 Black Betty Spiderbait 3 #5
91 No Aphrodisiac The Whitlams 4 #1
92 Electric Blue Icehouse 6 #61
93 Since I Left You The Avalanches 4 #8
94 Clair de Lune Flight Facilities 3 #17
95 Calypso Spiderbait 2 #23
96 Evie Stevie Wright 1 #96
97 I Want You Savage Garden 1 #97
98 Red Right Hand Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 7 #96
99 Blue Sky Mine Midnight Oil 36 #9
100 Better Screaming Jets 2 #15

About this countdown

Triple J Hottest 100 of Australian Songs (2025) was voted by Triple J’s listeners (Australia (national)) in July 26, 2025. 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. Because it is a themed or special countdown, it is archived here but not counted in the combined rankings.

Source: Wikipedia, "Triple J's Hottest 100 of Australian Songs".

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