Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time, 2009
The Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time was a music poll conducted in 2009 amongst listeners of Australian radio station Triple J. Over half a million votes were compiled, Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" collecting the highest number of votes. Voters could submit a list of up to 10 different songs as well as nominating one of these as their "all-time" favourite song. It is the fifth such poll organised by Triple J, following similar polls in 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1998. Initially, all songs were eligible for the the Triple J Hottest 100. However, from 1993 onward (after having no list in 1992), only songs released in the previous year were permitted. Thus the Hottest 100 of All Time is a separate vote, held irregularly to reflect listeners' favourite songs from all eras. The 2009 list reflects the 20th Anniversary of the Hottest 100's inception.
Full list
| # | Song | Artist | Country of Origin | Year of release | Hottest 100 of the year position (Year if different to Year of Release) |
Previous Hottest 100 of all time positions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | Nirvana | United States | 1991 | 1 | 1 (1991), 1 (1998) |
| 2 | Killing in the Name | Rage Against the Machine | United States | 1992 | 6 (1993) | 17 (1998) |
| 3 | Hallelujah | Jeff Buckley | United States | 1994 | ||
| 4 | Love Will Tear Us Apart | Joy Division | United Kingdom | 1980 | 1 (1989), 1 (1990), 2 (1991), 16 (1998) | |
| 5 | Paranoid Android | Radiohead | United Kingdom | 1997 | 7 | 13 (1998) |
| 6 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Queen | United Kingdom | 1988 | 17 (1991), 8 (1998) | |
| 7 | Last Goodbye | Jeff Buckley | United States | 1994 | 4 (1998) | |
| 8 | Under the Bridge | Red Hot Chili Peppers | United States | 1991 | 31 (1998) | |
| 9 | Everlong | Foo Fighters | United States | 1997 | ||
| 10 | Stairway to Heaven | Led Zeppelin | United Kingdom | 1971 | 30 (1989), 61 (1990), 30 (1991), 6 (1998) | |
| 11 | Imagine | John Lennon | United Kingdom | 1971 | 31 (1989), 66 (1990) | |
| 12 | Wonderwall | Oasis | United Kingdom | 1995 | 1 | |
| 13 | Creep | Radiohead | United Kingdom | 1992 | 2 (1993) | 5 (1998) |
| 14 | Bitter Sweet Symphony | The Verve | United Kingdom | 1997 | 4 | 99 (1998) |
| 15 | Karma Police | Radiohead | United Kingdom | 1997 | 9 | 54 (1998) |
| 16 | Wish You Were Here | Pink Floyd | United Kingdom | 1975 | 33 (1989), 35 (1990), 58 (1991), 41 (1998) | |
| 17 | The Nosebleed Section | Hilltop Hoods | Australia | 2004 | 9 (2003) | |
| 18 | Knights of Cydonia | Muse | United Kingdom | 2006 | 1 (2007) | |
| 19 | One | Metallica | United States | 1988 | 89 (1991), 7 (1998) | |
| 20 | Seven Nation Army | The White Stripes | United States | 2003 | 3 | |
| 21 | These Days | Powderfinger | Australia | 2000 | 1 (1999) | |
| 22 | Teardrop | Massive Attack | United Kingdom | 1998 | 23 | |
| 23 | Throw Your Arms Around Me | Hunters & Collectors | Australia | 1985 | 2 (1989), 2 (1990), 4 (1991), 2 (1998) | |
| 24 | A Day in the Life | The Beatles | United Kingdom | 1967 | 69 (1989), 49 (1998) | |
| 25 | Alive | Pearl Jam | United States | 1991 | 3 (1998) | |
| 26 | Thriller | Michael Jackson | United States | 1984 | ||
| 27 | My Happiness | Powderfinger | Australia | 2000 | 1 | |
| 28 | Fake Plastic Trees | Radiohead | United Kingdom | 1995 | ||
| 29 | Where Is My Mind? | Pixies | United States | 1988 | ||
| 30 | All Along the Watchtower | Jimi Hendrix | United States | 1968 | 49 (1989), 83 (1990), 61 (1991), 70 (1998) | |
| 31 | Enter Sandman | Metallica | United States | 1991 | 9 (1998) | |
| 32 | Blue Monday | New Order | United Kingdom | 1983 | 5 (1989), 5 (1990), 10 (1991), 30 (1998) | |
| 33 | Tomorrow | Silverchair | Australia | 1994 | 5 | 59 (1998) |
| 34 | Prisoner of Society | The Living End | Australia | 1997 | 15 | 18 (1998) |
| 35 | 1979 | The Smashing Pumpkins | United States | 1996 | 13 | 71 (1998) |
| 36 | Into My Arms | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Australia | 1997 | 18 | 84 (1998) |
| 37 | Stinkfist | Tool | United States | 1996 | 2 | 24 (1998) |
| 38 | Mr. Brightside | The Killers | United States | 2004 | 14 | |
| 39 | Better Man | Pearl Jam | United States | 1994 | 44 (1995) | 22 (1998) |
| 40 | Come as You Are | Nirvana | United States | 1991 | 76 | 62 (1998) |
| 41 | Billie Jean | Michael Jackson | United States | 1983 | ||
| 42 | Banquet | Bloc Party | United Kingdom | 2005 | ||
| 43 | God Only Knows | The Beach Boys | United States | 1966 | ||
| 44 | Hey Jude | The Beatles | United Kingdom | 1968 | ||
| 45 | No One Knows | Queens of the Stone Age | United States | 2002 | 1 | |
| 46 | Epic | Faith No More | United States | 1990 | 19 (1998) | |
| 47 | Betterman | The John Butler Trio | Australia / United States | 2001 | 5 | |
| 48 | Sabotage | Beastie Boys | United States | 1994 | 16 | 44 (1998) |
| 49 | Sweet Child o' Mine | Guns N' Roses | United States | 1988 | 27 (1991), 77 (1998) | |
| 50 | Don't Dream It's Over | Crowded House | Australia / New Zealand | 1986 | 76 (1998) | |
| 51 | Bullet with Butterfly Wings | The Smashing Pumpkins | United States | 1995 | 2 | 33 (1998) |
| 52 | Berlin Chair | You Am I | Australia | 1994 | 23 | 61 (1998) |
| 53 | Comfortably Numb | Pink Floyd | United Kingdom | 1979 | 95 (1990), 73 (1991), 90 (1998) | |
| 54 | Close to Me | The Cure | United Kingdom | 1985 | 89 (1998) | |
| 55 | Like a Rolling Stone | Bob Dylan | United States | 1965 | ||
| 56 | Lover, You Should've Come Over | Jeff Buckley | United States | 1994 | 47 (1998) | |
| 57 | Forty-Six & 2 | Tool | United States | 1997 | 30 | 57 (1998) |
| 58 | Around the World | Daft Punk | France | 1997 | ||
| 59 | One Crowded Hour | Augie March | Australia | 2006 | 1 | |
| 60 | Hurt | Johnny Cash | United States | 2003 | ||
| 61 | Song 2 | Blur | United Kingdom | 1997 | 2 | 46 (1998) |
| 62 | Closer | Nine Inch Nails | United States | 1994 | 2 | 14 (1998) |
| 63 | Thunderstruck | AC/DC | Australia | 1990 | ||
| 64 | Blister in the Sun | Violent Femmes | United States | 1982 | 46 (1989), 41 (1990), 9 (1991), 15 (1998) | |
| 65 | Born Slippy | Underworld | United Kingdom | 1995 | 12 (1996) | |
| 66 | Tiny Dancer | Elton John | United Kingdom | 1971 | ||
| 67 | Brick | Ben Folds Five | United States | 1997 | 12 (1998) | 32 (1998) |
| 68 | Dammit (Growing Up) | Blink-182 | United States | 1997 | 6 | 20 (1998) |
| 69 | Grace | Jeff Buckley | United States | 1994 | 89 (1995) | 29 (1998) |
| 70 | Breathe | The Prodigy | United Kingdom | 1996 | 7 | 95 (1998) |
| 71 | How Soon Is Now? | The Smiths | United Kingdom | 1984 | 7 (1989), 3 (1990), 6 (1991), 28 (1998) | |
| 72 | New Slang | The Shins | United States | 2001 | ||
| 73 | London Calling | The Clash | United Kingdom | 1979 | 18 (1989), 28 (1990), 97 (1991) | |
| 74 | Lithium | Nirvana | United States | 1991 | 3 (1991), 45 (1998) | |
| 75 | Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) | Green Day | United States | 1997 | 84 | |
| 76 | Fools Gold | The Stone Roses | United Kingdom | 1989 | 6 (1990), 7 (1991), 39 (1998) | |
| 77 | Hearts a Mess | Gotye | Australia | 2006 | 8 | |
| 78 | Today | The Smashing Pumpkins | United States | 1993 | 25 (1994) | 40 (1998) |
| 79 | Life on Mars? | David Bowie | United Kingdom | 1971 | ||
| 80 | Paint It, Black | The Rolling Stones | United Kingdom | 1966 | ||
| 81 | Common People | Pulp | United Kingdom | 1995 | 38 | |
| 82 | Chop Suey! | System of a Down | Armenia / United States | 2001 | 3 | |
| 83 | Every You Every Me | Placebo | United Kingdom | 1999 | 5 | |
| 84 | No Woman, No Cry | Bob Marley & The Wailers | Jamaica | 1974 | ||
| 85 | Bohemian Like You | The Dandy Warhols | United States | 2000 | 10 | |
| 86 | Come Together | The Beatles | United Kingdom | 1969 | ||
| 87 | Yellow | Coldplay | United Kingdom | 2000 | 5 | |
| 88 | Gimme Shelter | The Rolling Stones | United Kingdom | 1969 | ||
| 89 | Bulls on Parade | Rage Against the Machine | United States | 1996 | 46 | |
| 90 | Sex on Fire | Kings of Leon | United States | 2008 | 1 | |
| 91 | Back in Black | AC/DC | Australia | 1980 | ||
| 92 | Skinny Love | Bon Iver | United States | 2008 | 21 | |
| 93 | Unfinished Sympathy | Massive Attack | United Kingdom | 1991 | 64 (1991), 34 (1998) | |
| 94 | Float On | Modest Mouse | United States | 2004 | 11 | |
| 95 | Superstition | Stevie Wonder | United States | 1972 | ||
| 96 | One More Time | Daft Punk | France | 2000 | 61 (2001) | |
| 97 | Beds Are Burning | Midnight Oil | Australia | 1987 | ||
| 98 | Kashmir | Led Zeppelin | United Kingdom | 1975 | 63 (1998) | |
| 99 | Wolf Like Me | TV on the Radio | United States | 2006 | 63 | |
| 100 | Take Me Out | Franz Ferdinand | United Kingdom | 2004 | 1 |
Entries in green are from Australian artists.
- Nirvana - "Heart Shaped Box" was announced as the song that missed out at #101
Artists with multiple entries
Four Tracks
- Jeff Buckley (3, 7, 56, 69)
- Radiohead (5, 13, 15, 28)
Three Tracks
- The Beatles (24, 44, 86), not including John Lennon (11)
- Nirvana (1, 40, 74)
- The Smashing Pumpkins (35, 51, 78)
Two Tracks
- AC/DC (63, 91)
- Daft Punk (58, 96)
- Led Zeppelin (10, 98)
- Massive Attack (22, 93)
- Metallica (18, 31)
- Michael Jackson (26, 41)
- Pearl Jam (25, 39)
- Pink Floyd (16, 53)
- Powderfinger (21, 27)
- Rage Against the Machine (2, 89)
- The Rolling Stones (80, 88)
- Tool (37, 57)
Countries Represented
- USA - 42
- United Kingdom - 34
- Australia - 15
- France - 2
- Jamaica - 1
- New Zealand - 1