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1989 Triple J Hottest 100
Countdown details
Date of countdown5 March 1989
Countdown highlights
Winning songUnited Kingdom Joy Division
"Love Will Tear Us Apart"
Most entriesAustralia Hunters & Collectors
United Kingdom The Smiths
United Kingdom The Cure
United Kingdom Elvis Costello
(4 tracks)
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The 1989 Triple J Hottest 100 was the first yearly poll of the most popular songs, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. From 1989 to 1991, listeners could vote for songs released in any year.

Full list

Note: Australian artists
# Song Artist Country of Origin Year of release
1 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division  United Kingdom 1980
2 Throw Your Arms Around Me Hunters & Collectors  Australia 1985
3 Uncertain Smile The The  United Kingdom 1983
4 That's Entertainment The Jam  United Kingdom 1980
5 Blue Monday New Order  United Kingdom 1983
6 Holiday in Cambodia Dead Kennedys  United States 1980
7 How Soon Is Now? The Smiths  United Kingdom 1984
8 Talking to a Stranger Hunters & Collectors  Australia 1982
9 Birthday The Sugarcubes  Iceland 1987
10 A Forest The Cure  United Kingdom 1980
11 Cattle and Cane The Go-Betweens  Australia 1983
12 Shivers The Boys Next Door  Australia 1979
13 This Charming Man The Smiths  United Kingdom 1983
14 Rock Lobster The B-52's  United States 1978
15 Song to the Siren This Mortal Coil  United Kingdom 1983
16 Alison Elvis Costello  United Kingdom 1977
17 Anarchy in the U.K. Sex Pistols  United Kingdom 1976
18 London Calling The Clash  United Kingdom 1979
19 Primary The Cure  United Kingdom 1981
20 Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards Billy Bragg  United Kingdom 1988
21 Respect Aretha Franklin  United States 1967
22 It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) R.E.M.  United States 1987
23 Aloha Steve And Danno Radio Birdman  Australia 1978
24 Kiss Art of Noise and Tom Jones  United Kingdom 1988
25 Average Inadequacy Machinations  Australia 1981
26 Another Girl, Another Planet The Only Ones  United Kingdom 1978
27 Bigmouth Strikes Again The Smiths  United Kingdom 1986
28 Know Your Product The Saints  Australia 1978
29 Boys Don't Cry The Cure  United Kingdom 1979
30 Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin  United Kingdom 1971
31 Imagine John Lennon  United Kingdom 1971
32 Psycho Killer Talking Heads  United States 1977
33 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd  United Kingdom 1975
34 Kiss Prince  United States 1986
35 She Sells Sanctuary The Cult  United Kingdom 1985
36 Love Song Simple Minds  United Kingdom 1981
37 Sign "☮" the Times Prince  United States 1987
38 Greetings to the New Brunette Billy Bragg  United Kingdom 1986
39 "Heroes" David Bowie  United Kingdom 1977
40 L.A. Woman The Doors  United States 1971
41 Troy Sinéad O'Connor  Ireland 1987
42 The Unguarded Moment The Church  Australia 1981
43 Wuthering Heights Kate Bush  United Kingdom 1978
44 Smash It Up The Damned  United Kingdom 1979
45 The One I Love R.E.M.  United States 1987
46 Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes  United States 1982
47 Lust for Life Iggy Pop  United States 1977
48 Orinoco Flow Enya  Ireland 1988
49 All Along the Watchtower Jimi Hendrix  United States 1968
50 The End The Doors  United States 1967
51 (I'm) Stranded The Saints  Australia 1976
52 Teardrops Womack & Womack  United States 1988
53 God Save the Queen Sex Pistols  United Kingdom 1977
54 The Cutter Echo & the Bunnymen  United Kingdom 1983
55 Marquee Moon Television  United States 1977
56 Alone with You Sunnyboys  Australia 1981
57 Wedding Cake Island Midnight Oil  Australia 1980
58 I Want You Elvis Costello  United Kingdom 1986
59 Moments in Love Art of Noise  United Kingdom 1983
60 Forbidden Colours Sylvian and Sakamoto  United Kingdom
 Japan
1983
61 Buffalo Stance Neneh Cherry  Sweden 1988
62 Sexual Healing Marvin Gaye  United States 1982
63 Sympathy for the Devil The Rolling Stones  United Kingdom 1968
64 There Is a Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths  United Kingdom 1986
65 Pretty Vacant Sex Pistols  United Kingdom 1977
66 Close to Me The Cure  United Kingdom 1985
67 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order  United Kingdom 1986
68 Wide Open Road The Triffids  Australia 1986
69 A Day in the Life The Beatles  United Kingdom 1967
70 Deanna Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds  Australia 1988
71 Pump It Up Elvis Costello  United Kingdom 1978
72 Bachelor Kisses The Go-Betweens  Australia 1984
73 Watching the Detectives Elvis Costello  United Kingdom 1977
74 Duel Propaganda  Germany 1985
75 Going Underground The Jam  United Kingdom 1980
76 Layla Derek and the Dominos  United States 1970
77 Walk on the Wild Side Lou Reed  United States 1972
78 Ghost Ships The Saints  Australia 1984
79 My Island Home Warumpi Band  Australia 1987
80 Blue Bell Knoll Cocteau Twins  United Kingdom 1988
81 Making Plans for Nigel XTC  United Kingdom 1979
82 Golden Brown The Stranglers  United Kingdom 1981
83 Betty's Worry or the Slab Hunters & Collectors  Australia 1984
84 Burning Down the House Talking Heads  United States 1983
85 The Message Grandmaster Flash  United States 1982
86 Riders on the Storm The Doors  United States 1971
87 Down in the Tube Station at Midnight The Jam  United Kingdom 1978
88 Power and the Passion Midnight Oil  Australia 1982
89 Bye Bye Pride The Go-Betweens  Australia 1987
90 Eagle Rock Daddy Cool  Australia 1971
91 Suspicious Minds Elvis Presley  United States 1969
92 I Say a Little Prayer Aretha Franklin  United States 1968
93 Slave Girl Lime Spiders  Australia 1984
94 Heart of Glass Blondie  United States 1978
95 Khe Sanh Cold Chisel  Australia 1978
96 O Superman Laurie Anderson  United States 1981
97 Say Goodbye Hunters & Collectors  Australia 1986
98 Man Overboard Do-Re-Mi  Australia 1985
99 The Cicada That Ate Five Dock Outline  Australia 1980
100 The Mercy Seat Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds  Australia 1988

Artists with multiple entries

# Artist Tracks
4 Hunters & Collectors 2, 8, 83, 97
The Smiths 7, 13, 27, 64
The Cure 10, 19, 29, 66
Elvis Costello 16, 58, 71, 73
3 Peter Hook 1, 5, 67
Stephen Morris 1, 5, 67
Bernard Sumner 1, 5, 67
The Jam 4, 75, 87
The Go-Betweens 11, 72, 89
Nick Cave 12, 70, 100
Sex Pistols 17, 53, 63
The Saints 28, 51, 78
The Doors 40, 50, 86
2 New Order 5, 67
Billy Bragg 20, 38
Aretha Franklin 21, 92
R.E.M. 22, 45
Art of Noise 24, 59
Talking Heads 32, 84
Prince 34, 37
Midnight Oil 57, 88
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 70, 100

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Once with Joy Division (1), twice with New Order (5, 67)
  2. Once with The Boys Next Door (12), twice with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (70, 100)

References

  1. "Hottest 100 1989". Triple J. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
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