Hello

Welcome to Part 2 of my retro Hottest 100 thread.

This is an update of a similar thread I did in 2015. I recently decided to update the lists I posted there, but instead of bumping that very messy thread, I decided to split it in two and make two new threads containing the new lists.

Part 1 (1975-92) is here:
http://www.australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=50141

Part 3 (2006 onwards) is here:
http://www.australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&pages=&id=54656

My original thread is here:
http://www.australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=45426

In this thread, I will be posting my own personal Hottest 100 lists for each year from 1993 up to 2017 and probably beyond.

The rules and make-up of these lists will be slightly different to those in Part 1.

This time, seeing as there are already individual year Hottest 100s from 1993, I don't need to try and predict them. Instead, it will be more about my personal taste. However, it will be a slight advantage to a song if it did well in the actual countdown.

Also, there will be more than 100 songs in each countdown, as I've been supplied with many invaluable links reminding me what songs were out in each year. I will post 101+ first, then 100-1.

With the exception of 1993, which lost a few songs to 1992 and a few tracks that were too 'pop' for my liking, each list will contain the original Hottest 100 list in it. Note that on a few occasions* a song appeared in two Hottest 100s. I will only allow it in once.
(* the songs affected were listed in my old thread, see link above).

From 1999 onwards, I will be doing 200 songs per list, based mainly on the Hottest 100 voting lists which are available online (thanks thejuicer145!) - but there will be exceptions!

Apologies in advance if anyone disagrees with what year I put a song in. Sometimes I found it difficult to marry a year up if an album was released in one year when a single from it was released in a different year (usually the year after), also if a song didn't otherwise become big until a year after it's parent album was released. For the songs that were in the original Hottest 100s I've stuck with the year they appeared in even if their albums came out earlier. Happy if you make your own list and disagree with my definition.

I may make minor edits to these lists as I go along, if I find songs that I missed.

I won't be posting lists as frequently as in Part 1, as it's taking me much longer to re-order so many songs! It might only be once a week.
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Before ado is in any way furthered, here are #127-101 for 1993 (edited 17/11/17):

My H100 posn	Song	Actual posn
127	PUSH TH' LITTLE DAISIES Ween	40
126	SWEAT (A LA LA LA LA LONG) Inner Circle	94
125	TEASE ME Chaka Demus & Pliers	47
124	SHOOP Salt 'N' Pepa	35
123	BABY Barefoot	72
122	BOOM SHACK-A-LAK Apache Indian	67
121	SOMEWHERE EFUA	26
120	DELIVERY MAN The Cruel Sea	95
119	MRS. ROBINSON The Lemonheads	79
118	HITS FROM THE BONG Cypress Hill	17
117	LOST The Badloves	77
116	WICKED GARDEN Stone Temple Pilots	NA
115	MONDAY'S EXPERTS Weddings, Parties, Anything	NA
114	MY COUNTRY Midnight Oil	NA
113	GLORIA Van Morrison and John Lee Hooker	100
112	CRAZY MARY Pearl Jam	NA
111	NO TIME FOR NOWHERE Def FX	NA
110	WORLD TURNING Yothu Yindi	41
109	TRAIN OF THOUGHT The Sharp	NA
108	STOP WHISPERING Radiohead	NA
107	DO IT Swoop	87
106	THE SHIP SONG (LIVE) Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds	22
105	GREEN LIMOUSINE The Badloves	82
104	START CHOPPIN' Dinosaur Jnr	38
103	FREEDOM Kev Carmody	98
102	CAN YOU FORGIVE HER? Pet Shop Boys	56
101	I HELD HER IN MY ARMS The Violet Femmes	14

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I'm guessing the songs before the new tracks are the ones that are okay or bad.
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They ain't my faves, no

Forgot to mention that the right hand column is where the song finished in the actual countdown, and NA means that it wasn't in the countdown, though I'm sure everyone has worked that out by now

Might only post the songs 50 at a time from here on in, as I am taking much longer to put these lists together.

Yeah, I figured you wouldn't add any songs you didn't like, so anything before the last one is the songs you dislike.

1993, #100-51 (edited 17/11/17) - moved a couple of songs in from 1992

My H100 posn	Song	Actual posn
100	WORLD (THE PRICE OF LOVE) New Order	86
99	HANG ON Teenage Fanclub	NA
98	DIXIE DRUG STORE Grant Lee Buffalo	88
97	LAST TRAIN Christine Anu and Paul Kelly	61
96	BEFORE Caligula	76
95	ABORIGINAL WOMAN Mixed Relations	89
94	RAPE ME Nirvana	NA
93	HAPPY BIRTHDAY HELEN Things of Stone and Wood	91
92	YOU'RE JUST TOO HIP BABY Dave Graney and The Coral Snakes	59
91	GO Pearl Jam	8
90	JESSIE Paw	32
89	EASY Faith No More	62
88	LITTLE MISS CAN'T BE WRONG Spin Doctors	NA
87	ASSHOLE Denis Leary	1
86	THREE LITTLE PIGS Green Jelly	85
85	DUMB Nirvana	NA
84	GET ME Dinosaur Jr	38
83	GO WEST Pet Shop Boys	18
82	TWO PRINCES Spin Doctors	NA
81	SOUL TO SQUEEZE Red Hot Chilli Peppers	13
80	SLOW EMOTION REPLAY The The	NA
79	TRUGANINI Midnight Oil	NA
78	HOLY GRAIL Hunters and Collectors	54
77	DIVINE HAMMER The Breeders	NA
76	GOUGH The Whitlams	NA
75	HARNESS UP Died Pretty	NA
74	NIGHT OF THE WOLVERINE Dave Graney and The Coral Snakes	48
73	LEMON U2	7
72	SISTER HAVANA Urge Overkill	17
71	NO RAIN Blind Melon	4
70	DOGS OF LUST The The	NA
69	CURSED FEMALE Porno For Pyros	NA
68	FAKE THAT EMOTION Tex, Don and Charlie	NA
67	NOTHINGNESS (REMIX) Living Colour	71
66	ANYONE CAN PLAY GUITAR Radiohead	NA
65	LABOUR OF LOVE Frente	NA
64	SCRATCH MY BACK The Sharp	63
63	INTO YOUR ARMS The Lemonheads	NA
62	ALCHEMY'S DEAD The Clouds	NA
61	RUBBERBAND GIRL Kate Bush	97
60	BLACK STICK The Cruel Sea	21
59	MARIA PERIPATETICA Ed Kuepper	NA
58	REGRET New Order	65
57	CARESSING SWINE Died Pretty	NA
56	REDHEAD Magic Dirt	NA
55	DISTANT SUN Crowded House	60
54	WILD AMERICA Iggy Pop	15
53	IN MY ROOM Depeche Mode	NA
52	ALL APOLOGIES Nirvana	NA
51	BOOM SHAKE SHAKE THE ROOM DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince	NA

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And here is part 3 of my 1993 list (#50-1) (edited 17/11/17, moved some songs in from 1992)

I removed Ace Of Base, East 17 and a couple of other pop songs from the list, don't think they would be allowed in the Hottest 100 in other years. Plus I can't stand any of those songs in their own right, so there's that reason too.

At #10 in the list is the brooding title track from Tool's undertow album.

At #9 is the closing track from Pablo Honey by Radiohead, Blow Out. It's still one of my favourite songs of theirs and one of the great album closing tracks. Mucho underrated among Radiohead tracks.

Number 8 is Bjork's beautiful Venus As A Boy, still my favourite track of hers after all of these years.

Coming in at #7, their highest ever position in my lists, is Depeche Mode with the swinging, swaying, thumping I Feel You.

Number 6 is The Cruel Sea with one of their best known and best songs, The Honeymoon Is Over.

At #5, very close to their actual Hottest 100 position is the ubercool Kim Deal with The Breeders and Cannonball.

At #4 is the seriously underrated Fuzzy by Grant Lee Buffalo. I only discovered this song a bit later but I can't believe this song didn't make the Hottest 100 when Dixie Drug Store did.

Pearl Jam are at #3 with their literally reflective Rearviewmirror, their finest song IMO. It's made its way into subsequent All-Time Hottest 100s, so perhaps I'm not the only one who thinks this.

The Underground Lovers (affectionally known as The Undies back in the day) are at #2 with their remix of Your Eyes, a song that still sounds amazing today.

Tool get to #1 in their second year, with the magnificent, slow-burning Sober.

My H100 posn	Song	Actual posn
50	CANTALOOP Us3	34
49	SPACE TIME DISCO Def FX	NA
48	MR. WENDAL Arrested Development	73
47	PLUSH Stone Temple Pilots	12
46	INSANE IN THE BRAIN Cypress Hill	81
45	HEART-SHAPED BOX Nirvana	20
44	NUMB U2	31
43	ARE YOU GONNA GO MY WAY? Lenny Kravitz	28
42	MR. MOON Headless Chickens	NA
41	SUPER TEAR Magic Dirt	NA
40	THE RIGHT TIME Hoodoo Gurus	36
39	HOW IT SHOULD BE Inspiral Carpets	NA
38	REAP WHAT YOU SOW Powderfinger	NA
37	WALKING IN MY SHOES Depeche Mode	NA
36	COME UNDONE Duran Duran	NA
35	SLEEPYHEAD Ed Kuepper	70
34	HEADAROUND Died Pretty	NA
33	CHERUB ROCK Smashing Pumpkins	43
32	ADAM'S RIBS You Am I	50
31	EVERYTHING'S RUINED Faith No More	NA
30	REBEL GIRL Bikini Kill	NA
29	PETS Porno For Pyros	33
28	BOWER OF BLISS The Clouds	NA
27	LOS ANGELES Frank Black	NA
26	ORDINARY WORLD Duran Duran	NA
25	AIN'T NO LOVE AIN'T NO USE Sub Sub feat Melanie Williams	74
24	WHAT'S UP? 4 Non Blondes	24
23	MR KRINKLE Primus	NA
22	LINGER The Cranberries	3
21	WILD WOOD Paul Weller	NA
20	FEED THE TREE Belly	25
19	RUNAWAY TRAIN Soul Asylum	52
18	HUMAN BEHAVIOUR Bjork	23
17	BI Living Colour	49
16	FOR TOMORROW Blur	90
15	MY SISTER The Juliana Hatfield Three	37
14	ANIMAL NITRATE Suede	74
13	STONE ME INTO THE GROOVE Atomic Swing	10
12	ALIVE AND BRILLIANT Deborah Conway	55
11	CONSTANT CRAVING k.d. Lang	30
10	UNDERTOW Tool	NA
9	BLOW OUT Radiohead	NA
8	VENUS AS A BOY Bjork	NA
7	I FEEL YOU Depeche Mode	92
6	THE HONEYMOON IS OVER The Cruel Sea	9
5	CANNONBALL The Breeders	4
4	FUZZY Grant Lee Buffalo	NA
3	REARVIEWMIRROR Pearl Jam	NA
2	YOUR EYES (REMIX) Underground Lovers	83
1	SOBER Tool	27

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What makes Duran Duran qualified for 1993, but not for the 80s?

Also, you should show this to the guys behind the Hottest 100s and 1000s podcast.

Very good question juicer. I guess it's that 'Indie Cred' everyone hears about. It's a bit subjective. The 80s Duran Duran would never have made it to a Hottest 100 but the 90s version were a bit older and wiser and not 'glamorous' anymore so that's why they were in. Same goes for 80s Madonna vs 90s Madonna and 80s Kylie vs 90s Kylie vs 00s Kylie.

Thanks, would love to, will have a hunt for them.

1994 (Part 1: 155-101) (edited 17/11/17, added 5 songs to the list)

The columns to the right are the order I had the songs that finished in the Hottest 100 that year, and the place each song came respectively.

silverchair make their first appearance. But of course we lost Kurt It was really Grunge's last big year.

My H100 posn	Song	Real H100 order	Actual Posn
155	LUCAS WITH THE LID OFF Lucas	101	72
154	CUT YOUR HAIR Pavement	100	60
153	PIECE OF CRAP Neil Young	99	82
152	THIRSTY DOG Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	98	86
151	HERE COMES THE HOTSTEPPER Ini Kamoze	97	97
150	REGULATE Warren G and Nate Dogg	96	89
149	BORN DEAD Body Count	NA	NA
148	BEETROOT Clouds	NA	NA
147	A CONSPIRACY Counting Crows	95	64
146	I WOULDN'T NORMALLY DO THIS KIND OF THING Pet Shop Boys	NA	NA
145	JAILBIRD Primal Scream	NA	NA
144	I STAY AWAY Alice In Chains	NA	NA
143	THE RIVER The Tea Party	NA	NA
142	BLUES MUSIC G Love and Special Sauce	94	85
141	NEIGHBOURHOOD FREAK Swoop	93	74
140	IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD Sisters Underground	92	81
139	GALLOWS POLE Page and Plant	91	94
138	PURPLE HAZE The Cure	90	88
137	AGOLO Angelique Kidjo	89	99
136	EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH (FOR AN EGGMAN) Counting Crows	88	47
135	FASTER Manic Street Preachers	NA	NA
134	SAINTS The Breeders	87	84
133	I'M BROKEN Pantera	NA	NA
132	UNDONE - THE SWEATER SONG Weezer	86	40
131	ROUND HERE Counting Crows	85	91
130	WILDFLOWERS Things Of Stone And Wood	84	93
129	FEEL THE PAIN Dinosaur Jr	83	68
128	NO EXCUSES Alice In Chains	82	80
127	MATHAR Dave Pike Set	81	39
126	PARKLIFE Blur	80	63
125	ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS Pet Shop Boys	79	42
124	MONKEY AND THE TURTLE Christine Anu	78	43
123	AMERICAN LIFE IN THE SUMMERTIME Francis Dunnery	77	76
122	BACKWATER Meat Puppets	NA	NA
121	SPIN THE BLACK CIRCLE Pearl Jam	76	36
120	THE MORE YOU IGNORE ME, THE CLOSER I GET Morrissey	75	87
119	MR JONES Counting Crows	74	48
118	REVOL Manic Street Preachers	NA	NA
117	SHINE Collective Soul	73	92
116	I'M GONNA RELEASE YOUR SOUL Dave Graney and The Coral Snakes	72	79
115	INTERSTATE LOVE SONG Stone Temple Pilots	71	17
114	DESIRE LINES Lush	NA	NA
113	YELLOW LEDBETTER Pearl Jam	NA	NA
112	LOCKED OUT Crowded House	NA	NA
111	MY WAVE Soundgarden	70	46
110	GIRL, YOU'LL BE A WOMAN SOON Urge Overkill	NA	NA
109	IF I ONLY KNEW Tom Jones	69	9
108	LONELY Frente	NA	NA
107	FLAVOR Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	NA	NA
106	HEY JEALOUSY Gin Blossoms	68	61
105	WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY, KENNETH? R.E.M.	67	70
104	LEMON SPARKED Pale	66	62
103	IN A BOX Ammonia	NA	NA
102	ALL I WANNA DO Sheryl Crow	65	15
101	10% WEIRD The Meanies	NA	NA

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And here is the rest of 1994.

(edit 17/11/17 )

Decided to put 'I Alone' by Live in the 1995 list, as it appeared in both the 1994 and 1995 Hottest 100s.

If you're wondering why there are still 101 'Real H100' songs and 'Hallelujah' is included when it didn't make the Hottest 100 that year, it's because, at the suggestion of HiJinx, I have included songs that made an all time Hottest 100 but didn't make the Hottest 100 of their year. Much like he did when he did his 'Hottest 2000' a few years back.

Nick Cave (and The Bad Seeds) are in the Top 10 yet again at #10, with the brooding but beautiful Do You Love Me?

At #9 is Portishead with their stunning 'Roads' off the Dummy album.

At #8 is one of the decade's top dance tracks by Itch-E and Scratch-E.

The actual #1 by The Cranberries is at #7. It remains a powerful song.

Severed Heads finish two places better at #6 than they did a decade earlier with their remix of 'The Dead Eyes Opened'.

At #5 is probably the Beastie Boys second best all-time song, accompanied by their best ever film clip.

Kylie Minogue - yes Kylie Minogue - is at #4 with Confide In Me, easily her best ever song which was not out of place in the Hottest 100 then or now.

Number 3 is 'Closer' by Nine Inch Nails, unlucky to miss out on the actual #1 and #1 in my list. Still Nine Inch Nails' masterpiece.

Runner-up is the beautiful Fade Into You by Mazzy Star, still gives me goosebumps every time I head it.

Jeff Buckley released 'Grace' during 1994, which has several tracks in this countdown as well as 1995, including the #1 with his immortal cover of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah', which also gives me goosebumps whenever I hear it. For best results, listen to this song in a darkened room, alone.

My H100 posn	Song	Real H100 order	Actual Posn
100	SWAMP THING The Grid	64	44
99	PRIVATE UNIVERSE Crowded House	NA	NA
98	BEERCAN Beck	63	29
97	ROCKS Primal Scream	NA	NA
96	YOU GOT ME FLOATIN' PM Dawn	62	75
95	ELDERLY WOMAN BEHIND THE COUNTER IN A SMALL TOWN Pearl Jam	NA	NA
94	GIRLS AND BOYS Blur	61	96
93	ALONE LIKE ME The Sharp	55	73
92	ANDRES L7	60	67
91	BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE Frente	59	56
90	BASKET CASE Green Day	58	24
89	BETTER GET A LAWYER The Cruel Sea	57	14
88	BREAKIN' UP Violent Femmes	NA	NA
87	SURE SHOT Beastie Boys	NA	NA
86	DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT Smashing Pumpkins	56	90
85	HYPOCRITE Lush	NA	NA
84	FALL DOWN Toad The Wet Sprocket	NA	NA
83	MMM MMM MMM MMM Crash Test Dummies	54	69
82	LONGVIEW Green Day	53	18
81	BIG EMPTY Stone Temple Pilots	NA	NA
80	SHE DON'T USE JELLY The Flaming Lips	NA	NA
79	FREEDOM Rage Against The Machine	NA	NA
78	BELLBOTTOMS Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	NA	NA
77	GYROSCOPE Tumbleweed	NA	NA
76	SPOON MAN Soundgarden	52	75
75	LOVER YOU SHOULD'VE COME OVER Jeff Buckley	NA	NA
74	DADDY LONG LEGS Tumbleweed	51	50
73	FELL ON BLACK DAYS Soundgarden	50	53
72	JAIMME'S GOT A GAL You Am I	49	77
71	MARCH OF THE PIGS Nine Inch Nails	NA	NA
70	DISARM Smashing Pumpkins	NA	NA
69	EASY Hunters And Collectors	NA	NA
68	MY IRON LUNG Radiohead	NA	NA
67	LAP IT UP Penny Flanagan	48	52
66	MISS WORLD Hole	47	34
65	DAUGHTER Pearl Jam	NA	NA
64	LANDSLIDE Smashing Pumpkins	NA	NA
63	AM I WRONG? Love Spit Love	46	83
62	MASSES LIKE ASSES Def FX	45	95
61	DROPOUT Urge Overkill	44	71
60	RED RIGHT HAND Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	43	NA
59	VOODOO PEOPLE The Prodigy	42	37
58	HOBO HUMPIN SLOBO BABE Whale	41	66
57	BURN The Cure	40	57
56	LOSER Beck	39	45
55	YOUR GHOST Kristen Hersh	38	41
54	BULL IN THE HEATHER Sonic Youth	37	65
53	POISON The Prodigy	NA	NA
52	LA DI DOH Ed Kuepper	36	55
51	AMEN Falling Joys	35	49
50	COMING DOWN The Cult	NA	NA
49	ATOMIC ELECTRIC Rebecca's Empire	34	38
48	TODAY Smashing Pumpkins	33	25
47	NO GOOD The Prodigy	NA	NA
46	EVERYTHING'S COOL Pop Will Eat Itself	32	58
45	EVERYTHING'S F****D The Dirty Three	NA	NA
44	FALL Single Gun Theory	31	31
43	ROUNDABOUT Caligula	NA	NA
42	SOMETIMES ALWAYS Jesus and Mary Chain	30	59
41	SUPERNOVA Liz Phair	29	33
40	TIME BOMB Nick Barker	28	20
39	SEETHER Veruca Salt	27	6
38	COMA Max Sharam	26	8
37	SLY Massive Attack	NA	NA
36	LIAR Rollins Band	NA	NA
35	LOW Cracker	25	78
34	YOU MADE ME THE THIEF OF YOUR HEART Sinead O'Connor	NA	NA
33	VOODOO LADY Ween	NA	NA
32	LOSIN' IT Underground Lovers	24	19
31	INTO DUST Mazzy Star	NA	NA
30	LAID James	23	12
29	HURT Nine Inch Nails	NA	NA
28	LOVE SPREADS The Stone Roses	NA	NA
27	VASOLINE Stone Temple Pilots	22	54
26	7 SECONDS Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry	21	26
25	VIOLET Hole	NA	NA
24	TOMORROW Silverchair	20	5
23	ICE Magic Dirt	NA	NA
22	STAY (I MISSED YOU) Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories	19	100
21	DOLL PARTS Hole	18	28
20	CONNECTION Elastica	NA	NA
19	A CERTAIN SLANT OF LIGHT The Tea Party	17	98
18	CORNFLAKE GIRL Tori Amos	16	35
17	BERLIN CHAIR You Am I	15	23
16	BLACK HOLE SUN Soundgarden	14	22
15	COME OUT AND PLAY The Offspring	11	4
14	ABOUT A GIRL Nirvana	13	7
13	BUG POWDER DUST Bomb The Bass	12	13
12	A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins	NA	NA
11	SELF ESTEEM The Offspring	10	3
10	DO YOU LOVE ME? Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds	9	11
9	ROADS Portishead	NA	NA
8	SWEETNESS AND LIGHT Itch-E and Scratch-E	8	21
7	ZOMBIE The Cranberries	7	1
6	DEAD EYES OPENED Severed Heads	6	10
5	SABOTAGE Beastie Boys	5	16
4	CONFIDE IN ME Kylie Minogue	4	30
3	CLOSER Nine Inch Nails	3	2
2	FADE INTO YOU Mazzy Star	2	32
1	HALLELUJAH Jeff Buckley	1	NA

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Now for 1995 - the big year of Britpop

Here are #150-101.

The Offsprings' cover of Smash It Up finishes 126 spots below the 1979 original.

My H100	Song	Real H100 order	Actual Posn
150	BOOMBASTIC Shaggy	101	65
149	WHO FARTED? The Vaughans	100	54
148	(LET'S GO SMOKE) SOME POT Dash Rip Rock	99	69
147	STAYIN' ALIVE N-Trance	98	64
146	I WANNA BE A HIPPY Technohead	97	48
145	THE REEFER SONG Mindless Drug Hoover	96	12
144	GANGSTA'S PARADISE Coolio	95	3
143	YOU SUCK The Murmurs	94	52
142	WYNONA'S BIG BROWN BEAVER Primus	93	40
141	PSYCHOACTIVE SUMMER Def FX	92	51
140	BRAIN STEW Green Day	91	80
139	COUNTRY HOUSE Blur	90	53
138	21ST CENTURY (DIGITAL BOY) Bad Religion	89	76
137	I GOT ID Pearl Jam	88	35
136	GEEK STINK BREATH Green Day	87	46
135	CHUCK Phunk Junkies	86	56
134	ABOUT YOU Teenage Fanclub	NA	NA
133	SMASH IT UP The Offspring	85	63
132	SAD SONG The Screaming Jets	84	61
131	TALKIN' SEATTLE GRUNGE ROCK BLUES Todd Snider	83	100
130	KITTY Presidents of the USA	82	4
129	MR MILK You Am I	NA	NA
128	RUBY SOHO Rancid	NA	NA
127	CAUGHT BY THE FUZZ Supergrass	NA	NA
126	ODE TO MY FAMILY The Cranberries	NA	NA
125	TINY MEAT Ruby	NA	NA
124	IMMUNE DEFICIENCY Rail	81	72
123	WELCOME TO PARADISE Green Day	NA	NA
122	NUMBER ONE BLIND Veruca Salt	NA	NA
121	ROCK DOG Swoop	NA	NA
120	DARKHEART Bomb The Bass	NA	NA
119	GRIND Alice In Chains	80	88
118	STAR 69 R.E.M.	NA	NA
117	DOWNTOWN Neil Young	79	26
116	HAND IN MY POCKET Alannis Morrissette	78	85
115	SICK OF MYSELF Matthew Sweet	77	92
114	DREDD SONG The Cure	76	73
113	WATERFALLS TLC	75	86
112	CRUSH WITH EYELINER R.E.M.	NA	NA
111	ANYBODY BUT YOU The Cruel Sea	NA	NA
110	JUST WHEN YOU'RE THINKIN' THINGS OVER The Charlatans	NA	NA
109	SHADE Silverchair	NA	NA
108	OVERCOME Tricky	NA	NA
107	JAILBREAK Yothu Yindi	74	87
106	HEART OF THE PARTY Severed Heads	73	77
105	I GOTTA KNOW Spiderbait	NA	NA
104	SPARKY'S DREAM Teenage Fanclub	72	60
103	NOT FOR YOU Pearl Jam	NA	NA
102	TONIGHT Violent Femmes	NA	NA
101	AQUAMARINE Clouds	NA	NA

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Here is the rest of 1995

Firstly it addresses the travesty of The Bends from Radiohead not having a single track in the actual 1995 countdown. There are four tracks from this album my version (and another in the 1994 list).

The Foo Fighters, Alanis Morissette and silverchair all came out with strong first albums. Grinspoon make an early appearance on the back of them winning the JJJ new artist Unearthed comp.

Number 10 is a veteran of several of my Hottest 100 lists, Natalie Merchant (ex-10000 Maniacs), with the smooth, beautiful Carnival.

Oasis have two Top 10 entries, the first at #9 with the rocking Morning Glory.

At #8 is Live with Lightning Crashes. I always thought thunder crashed and lightning flashed, so I always get this song name wrong! Anyway, its a beautiful song and their best.

Number 7 is another bonafide Top Ten Pearl Jam classic with Better Man.

Radiohead are at Number 6 with Fake Plastic Trees with the fifth and best Bends song. It's gone on to make several All Time lists and deservedly so.

Alannis Morrissette is at #5 with one of the year's defining tracks, the pH 1.5 You Oughta Know.

Number 4 are the Smashing Pumpkins with the actual Hottest 100 runner-up, and their best ever track, the rocking Bullet With Butterfly Wings.

Jeff Buckley comes in at #3 with the sweet Last Goodbye, again a deserved all-time track.

#2 is a Britpop classic and Pulp's best song, Common People. I could definitely relate to Jarvis' lyrics then and still can now.

Oasis make #1 in the list as well with Wonderwall, as it did the JJJ 20 year Hottest 100 in 2013. It would look wrong not to have it there IMO. It's still the definitive Britpop track.

My H100	Song	Real H100 order	Actual Posn
100	LEAVE IT ALONE NOFX	NA	NA
99	I GOT A GIRL Tripping Daisy	71	19
98	MANDINO DELUXE Front End Loader	NA	NA
97	PALE GREY EYES Polyanna	70	68
96	COULDN'T DO IT Regurgitator	NA	NA
95	DRUGS Ammonia	69	27
94	BIRTHDAY Big Heavy Stuff	NA	NA
93	BY MYSELF Hecate	68	98
92	TIME BOMB Rancid	67	31
91	I CAN DREAM Skunk Anansie	66	41
90	HEY MAN, NICE SHOT Filter	NA	NA
89	LEMONSUCK Pollyanna	65	58
88	ALL I REALLY WANT Alanis Morrissette	64	90
87	BABY DID A BAD, BAD THING Chris Isaak	63	67
86	MORE HUMAN THAN HUMAN White Zombie	62	49
85	HANG AROUND Tumbleweed	61	96
84	ALL HOMEBOYS ARE D******DS TISM	60	93
83	SICKFEST Grinspoon	59	74
82	HIGH AND DRY Radiohead	NA	NA
81	DEVIL'S DIARY The Caulfields	58	81
80	EMPTY Rebecca's Empire	57	62
79	BLIND Korn	NA	NA
78	CATHY'S CLOWN You Am I	56	84
77	JESUS Spiderbait	NA	NA
76	HE'LL NEVER BE AN OL' MAN RIVER TISM	55	9
75	WHEN I COME AROUND Green Day	54	99
74	THE UNIVERSAL Blur	NA	NA
73	BLUBBER BOY Regurgitator	53	17
72	SORTED FOR E'S AND WIZZ Pulp	NA	NA
71	THIS IS A CALL Foo Fighters	52	37
70	ETERNAL LIFE Jeff Buckley	NA	NA
69	PURE MASSACRE Silverchair	NA	NA
68	SUNDAY Mr Blonde	51	82
67	ISLAND HOME Christine Anu	50	47
66	GOTTA GET AWAY The Offspring	NA	NA
65	HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME, KILL ME U2	49	57
64	LUMP The Presidents of the USA	48	11
63	TINGLY Pop! featuring Angie Hart	47	97
62	JEWELS AND BULLETS You Am I	46	94
61	EVIDENCE Faith No More	45	29
60	SLEEPWALKING Ammonia	NA	NA
59	PARAFFIN Ruby	NA	NA
58	MIS-SHAPES Blur	NA	NA
57	AMOXYCILLIN Magic Dirt	NA	NA
56	JUST Radiohead	NA	NA
55	RICOCHET Faith No More	NA	NA
54	GRACE Jeff Buckley	44	89
53	HEROIN GIRL Everclear	43	6
52	ROCK N' ROLL IS WHERE I HIDE Dave Graney and The Coral Snakes	42	16
51	AEROPLANE Red Hot Chilli Peppers	41	28
50	ALL OVER YOU Live	40	71
49	MONTY Spiderbait	39	43
48	QUEER Garbage	38	21
47	APARTMENT Custard	37	7
46	FUNTIME Boy George	NA	NA
45	ISRAEL'S SON Silverchair	NA	NA
44	DIGGING THE GRAVE Faith No More	36	91
43	IT'S OH SO QUIET Bjork	35	5
42	SUPERMODEL Jill Sobule	34	59
41	I KISSED A GIRL Jill Sobule	33	18
40	UP TO OUR NECKS IN IT Skunkhour	32	55
39	APPLE EYES Swoop	31	32
38	WARPED Red Hot Chilli Peppers	30	75
37	CAR SONG Elastica	NA	NA
36	DOWN BY THE WATER PJ Harvey	NA	NA
35	ARMY OF ME Bjork	29	83
34	SUMMER Buffalo Tom	28	50
33	EVERYTHING ZEN Bush	27	33
32	ISOBEL Bjork	NA	NA
31	GLORY BOX Portishead	26	45
30	IMMORTALITY Pearl Jam	NA	NA
29	PURPLE SNEAKERS You Am I	25	24
28	POLITICAL PRISONERS Insurge	24	25
27	FIRE IN THE HEAD The Tea Party	23	66
26	BLACK STEEL Tricky	22	36
25	C'MON BILLY PJ Harvey	NA	NA
24	INSOMNIA Faithless	NA	NA
23	GREG! THE STOP SIGN! TISM	21	10
22	SOUR TIMES Portishead	NA	NA
21	DIAMOND SEA Sonic Youth	20	42
20	ALRIGHT Supergrass	19	79
19	TRICK WITH A KNIFE Strawpeople	18	78
18	PROTECTION Massive Attack feat. Tracey Thorn	17	95
17	I ALONE Live	16	34
16	WHERE THE WILD ROSES GROW Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue	15	8
15	VOW Garbage	14	15
14	MY FRIENDS Red Hot Chilli Peppers	13	20
13	STREET SPIRIT (FADE OUT) Radiohead	NA	NA
12	I'LL STICK AROUND Foo Fighters	12	70
11	MISS SARAJEVO Passengers	11	23
10	CARNIVAL Natalie Merchant	10	30
9	MORNING GLORY Oasis	9	13
8	LIGHTNING CRASHES Live	8	22
7	BETTER MAN Pearl Jam	7	44
6	FAKE PLASTIC TREES Radiohead	6	NA
5	YOU OUGHTA KNOW Alanis Morrisette	5	39
4	BULLET WITH BUTTERFLY WINGS The Smashing Pumpkins	4	2
3	LAST GOODBYE Jeff Buckley	3	14
2	COMMON PEOPLE Pulp	2	38
1	WONDERWALL Oasis	1	1

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Just a question, but did Triple J play a lot of hip-hop music? Because I'd like to see some more in these lists.

They did. The mid to late 90s werent the greatest times for hip hop IMO but it will appear more towards the end of the decade and into the 2000s

Apologies everybody, I've been away for the last week and a half - and couldn't take my lists with me

Now for one of my favourite years of music: 1996
I don't know about you but it was pure joy for me when Double J played the actual 1996 list in full earlier this year.

The Britpop battle was still in full swing, while grunge was in its death throes.

I managed to get to 170 songs this time. Here are #170-#101:
(Edit 14/10/17: make that 175)

My H100	Song	Real H100 order	Actual posn
175	MAH NA MAH NA Skin	100	31
174	MACH 5 Presidents of the USA	99	50
173	KILLING ME SOFTLY Fugees	98	35
172	CREEP Matthew Trapnell	97	95
171	ALL I WANT Skunk Anansie	96	93
170	PUNK ROCK SONG Bad Religion	95	63
169	DOWN 311	94	11
168	MANKIND Pearl Jam	93	94
167	PUNCH IN THE FACE Frenzal Rhomb	92	72
166	HOW BIZARRE OMC	91	78
165	MISSION IMPOSSIBLE Mullen/Clayton	90	68
164	HEAVEN BESIDE YOU Alice In Chains	NA	NA
163	CHARMLESS MAN Blur	NA	NA
162	SO RUDE Rebecca's Empire	89	57
161	LAY LADY LAY Ministry	88	74
160	UNDERWATER Midnight Oil	NA	NA
159	FSO Regurgitator	NA	NA
158	WOMBO LOMBO Angelique Kidjo	87	64
157	DANG Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	NA	NA
156	ROLL WITH IT Oasis	NA	NA
155	HORSE The Dirty Three	NA	NA
154	DOGS ARE THE BEST PEOPLE The Fauves	86	20
153	CROMAGNON MAN Snout	85	89
152	LEAVIN HERE Pearl Jam	84	90
151	PEACHES Presidents of the United States of America	NA	NA
150	SMILER Jebediah	NA	NA
149	PROFESSIONAL WIDOW Tori Amos	83	98
148	SURF'S UP TONIGHT Midnight Oil	82	75
147	SIT ON MY HANDS Frente!	NA	NA
146	WONDER Natalie Merchant	NA	NA
145	HAIL CAESAR AC/DC	81	97
144	WAKING UP TIRED Hoodoo Gurus	80	83
143	TALULA Tori Amos	NA	NA
142	ROOTS BLOODY ROOTS Sepultura	NA	NA
141	DEAN MARTIN Something For Kate	NA	NA
140	SAM GRIBBLE'S Spiderbait	NA	NA
139	SINGLE GIRL Lush	NA	NA
138	ONE TO ANOTHER The Charlatans	NA	NA
137	PEOPLE OF THE SUN Rage Against The Machine	NA	NA
136	DISCO 2000 Pulp	79	71
135	PRISTINE CHRISTINE Magic Dirt	NA	NA
134	HOW THE WEST WAS WON AND WHERE IT GOT US REM	NA	NA
133	BIG ME Foo Fighters	NA	NA
132	NOT THE GIRL YOU THINK YOU ARE Crowded House	NA	NA
131	GOLD TO ME Ben Harper	78	100
130	HOPE The Dirty Three	NA	NA
129	LAVABREAD Tumbleweed	NA	NA
128	JET SKI Bikini Kill	NA	NA
127	MIFFY'S SIMPLICITY Regurgitator	NA	NA
126	HERE IN YOUR BEDROOM Goldfinger	77	65
125	SILVER LIZARD Tumbleweed	76	59
124	DOWN IN THE PARK Foo Fighters	75	21
123	PRETTY NOOSE Soundgarden	NA	NA
122	MR FREEZE K'S Choice	NA	NA
121	HERE NOW The Clouds	NA	NA
120	UNTIL IT SLEEPS Metallica	74	52
119	SELF ABUSER The Fauves	73	30
118	SET THE CONTROLS Barry Adamson	72	91
117	SOLDIERS You Am I	71	80
116	ANEURYSM Nirvana	70	45
115	SPIDERWEBS No Doubt	NA	NA
114	HUMAN ON THE INSIDE Divinyls	NA	NA
113	RHYMES OF AN HOUR Mazzy Star	NA	NA
112	CAUGHT A LITE SNEEZE Tori Amos	NA	NA
111	1979 Smashing Pumpkins	69	13
110	HEARTSPARK DOLLARSIGN Everclear	68	58
109	SALVATION The Cranberries	67	44
108	YOU'RE ONE Imperial Teen	NA	NA
107	BURDEN IN MY HAND Soundgarden	66	77
106	HENRY LEE Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds	NA	NA
105	MILK Garbage	65	40
104	FOR ALL THE COWS Foo Fighters	NA	NA
103	ALICE The Cocteau Twins	NA	NA
102	AENEMA Tool	NA	NA
101	NEW POLLUTION Beck	NA	NA

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And here is the rest of '96.

Republica and the lovely Saffron come in at #10 with Ready To Go.

The classic club anthem Born Slippy (.NUXX) (must have the .NUXX in there, remember NUXX files?) comes in at Number 9 for Underworld, who continue to make great club music to this day.

Speaking of classic club tracks, The Prodigy released their classic tracks 'Firestarter' and 'Breathe', both making the Top 10 (#8 and #2), both before their parent album was released.

Oh Yeah and Groovin' are two songs that make me very, very nostalgic for the summer of '96 and as such finish very high on my list (#7 and #5).

Everything But The Girl make their first appearance (but not Tracey Thorn) at #6 with their chart-topping remix of Missing.

The actual JJJ #1 by Spiderbait finishes close to #1 (#4) on my list with their ode to the music industry.

One hit wonder Babylon Zoo come in at #3 with his Bowie-esque (absolutely nothing wrong with that) Spaceman.

And Powderfinger put out what I believe is their best song - forget that Odyssey #5 stuff. I picked it at #1 in the Hottest 100 sweep I was in that year and I stick by it!

My H100	Song	Real H100 order	Actual posn
100	GOOD MORNIN' You Am I	64	84
99	TONIGHT, TONIGHT Smashing Pumpkins	63	55
98	SANTA MONICA (WATCH THE WORLD DIE) Everclear	62	24
97	GOLD DUST WOMAN Hole	61	73
96	DOWN FROM THE SKY The Clouds	NA	NA
95	SHUT MY EYES The Superjesus	60	81
94	I REMEMBER Tumbleweed	NA	NA
93	IN THE MEANTIME Spacehog	59	76
92	ELLA'S UNCLE Matthew Trapnell	58	96
91	DON'T IT GET YOU DOWN Deadstar	57	70
90	SPECULATOR Insurge	56	69
89	YOU'RE GORGEOUS Babybird	55	10
88	YOU AND ME SONG The Wannadies	NA	NA
87	COPPERTONE Fini Scad	54	42
86	HEY DUDE Kula Shaker	53	60
85	IF I COULD TALK I'D TELL YOU The Lemonheads	52	54
84	SUSAN'S HOUSE Eels	51	56
83	IRONIC Alanis Morissette	NA	NA
82	I MAKE HUMBURGERS The Whitlams	50	79
81	KUNG FOO SING Regurgitator	49	15
80	WHERE IT'S AT Beck	48	43
79	BLOW UP THE OUTSIDE WORLD Soundgarden	NA	NA
78	HAIL, HAIL Pearl Jam	47	47
77	THE BALLAD OF THE SKELETONS Allen Ginsberg	46	8
76	UMBILICAL Mazzy Star	NA	NA
75	HOT WATER AND MILK Spiderbait	NA	NA
74	SHOVEL Magic Dirt	NA	NA
73	NOT AN ADDICT K's Choice	NA	NA
72	STAGGER LEE Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds	NA	NA
71	CALIFORNIA LOVE 2-Pac feat. Dr Dre	45	33
70	I'LL BE YOUR MAJICK Def FX	44	61
69	LIVING TYPE Powderfinger	43	32
68	EL SCORCHO Weezer	42	9
67	PEPPER Butthole Surfers	41	4
66	EVIL EYE Sidewinder	NA	NA
65	HALLO SPACEBOY David Bowie	NA	NA
64	BITTERSWEET ME R.E.M.	NA	NA
63	I SUCKED A LOT OF C**K Regurgitator	40	23
62	DEVIL'S HAIRCUT Beck	39	28
61	LADYKILLERS Lush	NA	NA
60	STUPID GIRL Garbage	NA	NA
59	DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER Oasis	NA	NA
58	THE DISTANCE Cake	38	27
57	KEN CARTER Ammonia	NA	NA
56	HEY JUPITER Tori Amos	NA	NA
55	TALK SHOW HOST Radiohead	NA	NA
54	TOUCH ME WITH YOUR LOVE Beth Orton	NA	NA
53	WOMAN Neneh Cherry	37	86
52	THE ONE Tracy Bonham	NA	NA
51	WHAT'S COME OVER ME Frente!	36	66
50	2KINDSALOVE The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	NA	NA
49	NAKED EYE Luscious Jackson	35	82
48	JERKS OF ATTENTION Jebediah	34	NA
47	GOLDFINGER Ash	33	85
46	ONLY HAPPY WHEN IT RAINS Garbage	32	51
45	EXIT MUSIC (FOR A FILM) Radiohead	NA	NA
44	HYPERBALLAD Bjork	31	53
43	FABLE Robert Miles	NA	NA
42	PASS THE VIBES Definition Of Sound	30	49
41	SWALLOWED Bush	29	19
40	UNDERGROUND Ben Folds Five	28	3
39	D.A.F. Powderfinger	27	18
38	HOURLY, DAILY You Am I	NA	NA
37	A DESIGN FOR LIFE Manic Street Preachers	NA	NA
36	ALL YOUR SISTERS Mazzy Star	NA	NA
35	BULLS ON PARADE Rage Against The Machine	26	46
34	SCOOBY SNACKS Fun Lovin' Criminals	25	14
33	SHE CRIES YOUR NAME Beth Orton	NA	NA
32	STEREOTYPES Blur	NA	NA
31	E-BOW THE LETTER R.E.M.	24	87
30	DON'T SPEAK No Doubt	NA	NA
29	TRIPPIN' OVER A HOLE IN A PAPER HEART Stone Temple Pilots	NA	NA
28	EVERYTHING IS GOOD FOR YOU Crowded House	23	67
27	COMEDOWN Bush	22	38
26	YOU SHOWED ME The Lightning Seeds	NA	NA
25	THUNDER The Mavis'	21	92
24	HERO OF THE DAY Metallica	20	62
23	ZERO The Smashing Pumpkins	19	28
22	JUST A GIRL No Doubt	18	25
21	STANDING OUTSIDE A PHONE BOOTH WITH MONEY IN MY HAND Primitive Radio Gods	17	36
20	CHILDREN Robert Miles	NA	NA
19	MOTHER MOTHER Tracy Bonham	16	34
18	GLYCERINE Bush	15	5
17	CHAMPAGNE SUPERNOVA Oasis	NA	NA
16	HOW TO MAKE GRAVY Paul Kelly	NA	NA
15	VIRTUAL INSANITY Jamiroquai	14	37
14	STINKFIST Tool	13	2
13	POPULAR Nada Surf	12	48
12	SETTING SUN Chemical Brothers	11	26
11	NOVOCAINE FOR THE SOUL Eels	10	39
10	READY TO GO Republica	9	99
9	BORN SLIPPY (NUXX) Underworld	8	12
8	FIRESTARTER The Prodigy	7	17
7	OH YEAH Ash	6	22
6	MISSING (REMIX) Everything But The Girl	NA	NA
5	GROOVING Hunting Party	5	88
4	BUY ME A PONY Spiderbait	4	1
3	SPACEMAN Babylon Zoo	3	16
2	BREATHE The Prodigy	2	7
1	PICK YOU UP Powderfinger	1	6

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I find it odd that a number of these songs missed the 96 Hottest 100. Missing, Children, Don't Speak, Don't Look Back In Anger, Champagne Supernova, Ironic, Not an Addict, Hey Jupiter, How To Make Gravy, Peaches, Charmless Man and Wonder all seem like classic songs and were all pretty popular at the time so to be beaten by more obscure songs and a song like How Bizzare makes it just that especially when you look at Hottest 100s previously and songs like Deep and Dreams made it.

Hammer, meet head of nail.

That reason is a large part of my motivation for doing these lists. That and revisiting some of the forgotten gems of this era, and maybe bringing these to more people's attention.

The 1995 (especially) and the 1994 lists were similar in this regard.

1996 extended to 175 songs, minor updates. 1997 imminent
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(Revised and expanded to 200 songs, 31/5/2020)

We move on to 1997. Along with 1994 and 1996 so far, the actual Hottest 100 was one of my favourites, and it was coupled with the best Hottest 100 party I ever had But I digress....

This is the year of the Whitlams' great Enternal Nightcap album, from which No Aphrodisiac came in at Number 1 of the actual Hottest 100 that year, and several other songs appeared in the 1997 and 1998 Hottest 100s as well.

Silverchair (the members of which were 18 now) released their excellent second album, Freakshow, which will also supply several songs in this list.

The Prodigy released their seminal Fat Of The Land album, two songs from which featured high on the 1996 list, but with many more tracks available to come.

And of course, Radiohead released OK Computer, widely regarded as one of the all-time greatest albums, and I must say I agree. One song from this album has already appeared in the 1996 list, but there will be many more in 1997 and 1998.

Kylie Minogue was still indie enough to appear in the Hottest 100 this year.

Here are songs #200-101:

My H100	Song	Real H100 order	Actual posn
200	BRIMFUL OF ASHA Cornershop	102	42
199	I GO OFF Dina Ah Naid	101	58
198	NOTHING Beaverloop	100	88
197	SHAKE HANDS WITH BEEF Primus	99	82
196	EVERYBODY'S FREE (TO WEAR SUNSCREEN) Quindon Tarver/Lee Perry	98	16
195	DCX3 Grinspoon	97	34
194	SANDMAN Blue Boy	NA	NA
193	AROUND THE WORLD Daft Punk	96	NA
192	SOCIETY Pennywise	95	90
191	BACKDOOR MAN Pauline Pantsdown	94	5
190	FROM 'JUMBLED IN THE COMMON BOX' Underground Lovers	NA	NA
189	SO MUCH FOR THE AFTERGLOW Everclear	93	51
188	DEGENERATE BOY The Mark Of Cain	92	78
187	WRONG NUMBER The Cure	91	45
186	DISCOTHEQUE U2	NA	NA
185	SOME KIND OF BLISS Kylie Minogue	NA	NA
184	OFF HE GOES Pearl Jam	NA	NA
183	NORTH COUNTRY BOY The Charlatans	NA	NA
182	WAVING MY DICK IN THE WIND Ween	90	69
181	LOVERS Effigy	NA	NA
180	STAND BY ME Oasis	NA	NA
179	THE DOOR Silverchair	89	27
178	TURN MY HEAD Live	NA	NA
177	THE END IS THE BEGINNING IS THE END The Smashing Pumpkins	88	62
176	ANATOMICALLY CORRECT Custard	87	48
175	A LIFE LESS ORDINARY Ash	NA	NA
174	NEW YORK CITY They Might Be Giants	86	60
173	JOYCE'S HUT Spiderbait	NA	NA
172	AIN'T THAT ENOUGH Teenage Fanclub	NA	NA
171	YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A WHORE Everclear	NA	NA
170	RADIATION VIBE Fountains Of Wayne	NA	NA
169	TRIKE You Am I	NA	NA
168	INTERLOPER The Mark Of Cain	NA	NA
167	ALL I WANT The Offspring	NA	NA
166	CHAMPION Grinspoon	NA	NA
165	M.O.R. Blur	NA	NA
164	TOURNIQUET Marilyn Manson	NA	NA
163	FEELIN' KINDA SPORTY Dave Graney and The Coral Snakes	85	84
162	SMOKIN' JOHNNY CASH Blackeyed Susans	84	86
161	DESPERATELY WANTING Better Than Ezra	NA	NA
160	SUNDAY MORNING No Doubt	NA	NA
159	POPSCENE Blur	NA	NA
158	LOVE ROLLERCOASTER Red Hot Chilli Peppers	83	55
157	FREAKS Live	NA	NA
156	RED LIGHT DISCO Moler	NA	NA
155	STARSIGNS Underground Lovers	NA	NA
154	BARREL OF A GUN Depeche Mode	NA	NA
153	YOU KNOW Violetine	NA	NA
152	PLACE YOUR HANDS Reef	82	70
151	TUESDAY You Am I	NA	NA
150	THE GOOD LIFE Weezer	NA	NA
149	THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD Rage Against The Machine	81	74
148	GIRL FROM MARS Ash	NA	NA
147	DAMMIT Blink-182	80	6
146	PEDESTRIAN Grinspoon	NA	NA
145	WAIL The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	NA	NA
144	ONLY YOU Portishead	NA	NA
143	NEIGHBOURHOOD Space	NA	NA
142	TRIUMPH Wu-Tang Clan	NA	NA
141	COOLING YOUR HEELS Polyanna	NA	NA
140	FADED Ben Harper	79	80
139	FUNKY S**T The Prodigy	78	56
138	JUST A PICTURE Something For Kate	NA	NA
137	LAKINI'S JUICE Live	77	73
136	YOB TISM	NA	NA
135	POSTCARD Karma County	NA	NA
134	EAT ME Arkarna	76	50
133	CEMETERY Silverchair	NA	NA
132	MONKEY WRENCH Foo Fighters	75	21
131	JC Powderfinger	74	66
130	I WILL SURVIVE Cake	73	20
129	SICK WITH LOVE Robyn Loau	72	71
128	GOD Sidewinder	NA	NA
127	HOW HIGH The Charlatans	NA	NA
126	SATURATED Beasts Of Bourbon	NA	NA
125	COLD CONTAGIOUS Bush	NA	NA
124	SINK TO THE BOTTOM Fountains Of Wayne	NA	NA
123	LOVEFOOL The Cardigans	71	77
122	SEMI-CHARMED LIFE Third Eye Blind	70	29
121	WEIGHTLESSNESS Skunkhour	69	93
120	ISAAC OR FUZZ Machine Gun Fellatio	NA	NA
119	JOGA Bjork	NA	NA
118	COSMIC GIRL Jamiroquai	68	68
117	I WANT TO BE THERE WHEN YOU COME Echo and The Bunnymen	NA	NA
116	AVENGING ANGELS Space	NA	NA
115	ONE HEADLIGHT The Wallflowers	NA	NA
114	GIRL AT THE BUS STOP My Drug Hell	67	57
113	I HAVE NOTHING Even	NA	NA
112	DON'T LEAVE Faithless	66	95
111	FIRE WATER BURN Bloodhound Gang	65	46
110	UP AGAINST THE WALL The Whitlams	NA	NA
109	HALF DAY CLOSING Portishead	NA	NA
108	EVERYTHING TO EVERYONE Everclear	64	54
107	ONLYSEE Sia	NA	NA
106	RISINGSON Massive Attack	NA	NA
105	GREEDY FLY Bush	NA	NA
104	FROM HERE ON IN The Living End	63	49
103	SMACK MY B****H UP The Prodigy	NA	NA
102	HI C'S Screamfeeder	NA	NA
101	DEADWEIGHT Beck	62	41

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Not going to hang about this time - here are #100-1:

I must thank K8 for reminding me of Leonardo's Bride - such a lovely voice and hence two appearances in my Top 100.

Have just noticed how many songs from this year have made the subsequent Hottest 100 all time lists.

My H100 posn	Song	Real H100 order	Actual Posn
100	FEMALE OF THE SPECIES Space	61	75
99	THE CONTENDER The Mark Of Cain	NA	NA
98	MAY Big Heavy Stuff	NA	NA
97	WAY OF ALL THINGS Rebecca's Empire	60	94
96	HUNTER Bjork	NA	NA
95	BEER SANDWICH The Fuck Fucks	NA	NA
94	ROCK CITY The Avalanches	NA	NA
93	POST INEBRIATED ANXIETY Grinspoon	NA	NA
92	CAPTAIN (MILLION MILES AN HOUR) Something For Kate	59	39
91	S-E-X-X-Y They Might Be Giants	NA	NA
90	DID IT AGAIN Kylie Minogue	58	81
89	HITCHIN' A RIDE Green Day	57	25
88	ABUSE ME Silverchair	56	NA
87	D'YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN Oasis	NA	NA
86	COWS WITH GUNS Dana Lyons	55	28
85	I WANNA BE A DRUG-SNIFFING DOG Lard	54	83
84	BUDDHA BABY Leonardo's Bride	NA	NA
83	I GIVE IN Effigy	53	100
82	THE MEMORY REMAINS Metallica	52	38
81	I CHOOSE The Offspring	51	67
80	WHY'S EVERYBODY ALWAYS PICKIN' ON ME? Bloodhound Gang	50	40
79	MILITARY STRONGMAN Jebediah	49	33
78	INFATUATION Moler	NA	NA
77	TEMPTATION The Tea Party	48	44
76	IT'S NO GOOD Depeche Mode	NA	NA
75	EVERYDAY FORMULA Regurgitator	47	19
74	BATTLE OF WHO COULD CARE LESS Ben Folds Five	NA	NA
73	DA FUNK Daft Punk	46	98
72	ASHES TO ASHES Faith No More	45	31
71	BREATHING THROUGH MY EYES Skunkhour	NA	NA
70	LEGEND OF A COWGIRL Imani Coppola	44	76
69	GENERIC TEEN Bluebottle Kiss	NA	NA
68	ELYSIUM Portishead	NA	NA
67	DANCE WITH THE DEVIL Raggadeath	NA	NA
66	RICHARD III Supergrass	NA	NA
65	IDIOT PRAYER Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds	NA	NA
64	HELP THE AGED Pulp	NA	NA
63	SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK ALIEN Radiohead	NA	NA
62	THE FUTURE'S OVERRATED Arkarna	43	97
61	CHARLIE NO. 1 The Whitlams	NA	NA
60	PULSE Front End Loader	42	72
59	(CAN'T YOU) TRIP LIKE I DO Filter and the Crystal Method	41	47
58	THE DRUGS DON'T WORK The Verve	40	22
57	COME TO DADDY Aphex Twin	NA	NA
56	UNDERWATER LOVE Smoke City	NA	NA
55	REMEMBER ME Blue Boy	39	91
54	NIGHTMARE Brainbug	38	85
53	CALYPSO Spiderbait	37	23
52	ONE ANGRY DWARF AND 200 SOLEMN FACES Ben Folds Five	36	12
51	WALKIN' ON THE SUN Smash Mouth	35	11
50	BLOCK ROCKIN BEATS The Chemical Brothers	34	61
49	SUN HITS THE SKY Supergrass	NA	NA
48	REPEAT Grinspoon	33	63
47	VOLCANO GIRLS Veruca Salt	NA	NA
46	TITANIC DAYS Sidewinder	32	92
45	#1 CRUSH Garbage	31	52
44	MUTILATED LIPS Ween	30	36
43	THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE Marilyn Manson	29	8
42	EVEN WHEN I'M SLEEPING Leonardo's Bride	NA	NA
41	MAGNET Headless Chickens	NA	NA
40	STRIPSEARCH Faith No More	28	64
39	BEETLEBUM Blur	NA	NA
38	ARE YOU THE ONE I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR? Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds	NA	NA
37	LEAVING HOME Jebediah	27	10
36	A.D.I.D.A.S. Korn	26	24
35	SUMMERTIME The Sundays	25	35
34	BOUND FOR THE FLOOR Local H	24	96
33	THE OUTDOOR TYPE The Lemonheads	23	65
32	LUCKY Radiohead	NA	NA
31	DOWN AGAIN The Superjesus	22	14
30	46 AND 2 Tool	21	30
29	YOUR WOMAN White Town	20	59
28	ALL IS FULL OF LOVE Bjork	NA	NA
27	YOU SOUND LIKE LOUIS BURDETT The Whitlams	19	53
26	NAUGHTY BOY The Mavis'	18	37
25	SILENCE Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan	NA	NA
24	WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? Monaco	NA	NA
23	6 UNDERGROUND Sneaker Pimps	17	87
22	SONG 2 Blur	16	2
21	ALL MINE Portishead	15	79
20	TUBTHUMPING Chumbawumba	14	3
19	YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT FEELS THIS WAY Ammonia	13	43
18	LUCKY MAN The Verve	NA	NA
17	TRULY Something For Kate	NA	NA
16	THE PERFECT DRUG Nine Inch Nails	12	26
15	BACHELORETTE Bjork	NA	NA
14	FREAK Silverchair	11	13
13	CRAZY Cordrazine	10	17
12	SLOW MOVING TRAINS Godspeed You! Black Emperor	NA	NA
11	NOT IF YOU WERE THE LAST JUNKIE ON EARTH The Dandy Warhols	9	89

At 10 is 'Karma Police', the third track on my list from the best album of all-time, OK Computer. I was tempted to add more

10

KARMA POLICE Radiohead

8

9

Number 9 is Portishead's frankly chilling 'Undenied' from their self-titled second album. It's been described as that album's 'Roads', which is a massive compliment. Beth Gibbons' amazing voice is really allowed to shine.

9

UNDENIED Portishead

NA

NA

Sigur Ros make their first appearance in my lists with 'Hun Jord' from their quite dark first album 'Von', at #8. Apparently GoT fans might know his song. Jordi's vocal talents were apparent from the get go.

8

HUN JORD Sigur Ros

NA

NA

Number 7 is the industrial Brave-New-World inspired trip-hop of 'Coma' from Pendulum. This Pendulum hailed from Melbourne and is not to be confused with the Perth act of the same name from the 2000s. It sounded like nothing else at the time and holds up well today.

7

COMA Pendulum

7

32

At six is The Living End's grand statement of intent, the anthemic 'Prisoner Of Society'. They wore their Stray Cats/Ska influences on their sleeve and within a couple years a number of similar bands to them would crop up. As for them, they would make 10 Hottest 100s staight starting here. I seem to recall this song came out very late in the year and was unlucky not to place higher in the actual countdown.

6

PRISONER OF SOCIETY The Living End

6

15

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds come in at Number 5 with their most beautiful song ever, 'Into My Arms'. The Boatman's Call was a welcome return to form for them after 'Murder Ballads'.

5

INTO MY ARMS Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

5

18

Coming in at #4 (and moving up a position from my original list) is Radiohead again with the pivotal track from 'OK Computer', Paranoid Android. A six-minute epic with more twists and turns than you can poke a stick at, and of course mega props for the Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy reference.

4

PARANOID ANDROID Radiohead

4

7

At #3 is the winner of the actual Hottest 100, 'No Aphrodisiac', from The Whitlams masterpeice, 'Eternal Nightcap'. It was a surprise #1 at the time but in hindsight, it was the right choice. I was living 2700km from the person and family I loved at the time, so this one resonated with me - a lot.

3

NO APHRODISIAC The Whitlams

3

1

Runner-up is Everlong by the Foo-Fighters, the JJJ All-Time staple, and rightfully so. It remains a mystery how it didn't make either the 1997 or 1998 Hottest 100s. Don't think it even made the voting lists.

2

EVERLONG Foo Fighters

2

NA

On top is 'Bitter Sweet Symphony' by The Verve, from another of 1997's great albums, Urban Hymns. Those soaring strings and the message of the song do it for me each time. A shame The Verve couldn't go on with it.

1

BITTER SWEET SYMPHONY The Verve

1

4

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Finally we get to the good stuff

Been an avid follower since the beginning and even been playlisting your lists on Lastfm

Anyway as some may know, to me this is part of the golden era of Australian chart music and Australian music in general (early '96 through to early '99) and coincidentally contain the best Hottest 100's ever

On your summaries first, yes Leonardo's Bride were indeed a wonderful band and you could forever get lost in Abby Dobson's lovely vocal.

I was really late into loving Radiohead but I did enjoy several songs at the time. I still at times struggle to love them as an album act though but as time goes on they definitely did push the envelope by offering something nobody has been able to replicate and probly never will.

Pendulum 90's is a totally different act to the Pendulum of 00's (How does this happen?)

'Prisoner Of Society' was an absolute monster movement in Australian music in general imo, I put it up there with 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' as being the leader of a genre movement. Apart from the bubblegum pop movement of '99-'00 the next big thing would be 'Chop Suey' for me.

Like Radiohead I was very late into Nick Cave. 'Into My Arms' is indeed a very special track.

Freak? Really? It's good but imo the majority of Frogstomp was better but their best was to come later on for me

'No Aphrodisiac' is just one of those universally timeless tunes that we'll continue to hear until we die, superb and Tim Freedman's best work easily.

At the time the Foo Fighters were still gaining their credit and becoming the live band they were and still are. 'Monkey Wrench' & 'My Hero' got a lot more exposure on radio and RAGE but 'Everlong' over the years has become their go to track especially live and of course because of that wonderful video. It was indeed released as a single but again wasn't the monster it should've been.
They began turning heads here in Australia after the 'Learn To Fly' single/video.

Now I love Urban Hymns and I like 'Bitter Sweet Symphony' but give me 'The Drugs Don't Work' any day!

Look forward to 1998!!!!!

Why thankyou BeansterBarnes, I'm honoured! Playlist away

I agree '96 to '99 was a very special time in Australian indie music and chart music in general. We had Recovery to look forward to every Saturday morning to get exposure to this great music too. This time coincided with my first time away from home and independence.

Yep - Freak. Some of their Diorama songs were excellent too I must admit. Very interesting to track their musical growth from 14 year olds again.

I will start on 1998 this weekend, and hopefully by next weekend I'll finish it - another 175 songs to get through!
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Btw finally somebody gives some love to Cold Contagious! I still remember only ever catching the clip one late Friday night but will always remember their epic performance on Recovery
Easily their best track and I really think they are an underrated group in general.

Caught up on this one as well now

I guess this is a more subjective list on your personal tastes rather than what might have been so I won't make any comments on the order of the songs, (other than Paranoid Android not #1 )

Looking at 1997 (won't go all the way back), I'll add some songs I would have included (in my personal list)

I WOULD HURT A FLY Built To Spill
HOW HIGH The Charlatans (Prefer this to North Country Boy)
BOYS BETTER Dandy Warhols
MOGWAI FEAR SATAN Mogwai
R U STILL IN 2 IT? Mogwai
SUMMER Mogwai
AVENGING ANGELS Space
THE LAST AUSTRALIAN GUITAR HERO TISM

Awaiting 1998 eagerly!!

The 1998 list is taking longer than expected, but that's because there will be 200 songs in it!!

Boys Better from the Dandy Warhols will be in it.

You're right about The Living End Beanster, I've seen the 1998 and 1999 shortlists and there are several Australian ska-influenced groups springing up such as Area 7.

Sorry about Paranoid Android but at least I had it higher than in the actual countdown

(revised 27/5/2020)
Blimey that was tough ... but I have completed the 1998 list. All 200 songs (for the first time)

Not as strong as the two years prior, but I have definitely enjoyed revisiting the music of this year. '

Here are the new #200-101. Note that in this list and in #100-1, a few songs have gone back to 1997, and one has come back from 1999.
Apologies if these render the follow up commentary nonsensical.

My H100 order	Song	Real H100 order	Actual posn
200	THE ROCKAFELLER SKANK Fatboy Slim	100	63
199	SIMULTANEOUS Chef	99	20
198	MR CHARISMA Frenzal Rhomb	98	72
197	JOSIE (EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE FINE) Blink-182	97	14
196	NO SUBSTITUTE Chef	96	90
195	MUM CHANGED THE LOCKS Frenzal Rhomb	95	54
194	BUBBLEGOOSE Wyclef Jean	94	19
193	THE UNFORGIVEN II Metallica	93	67
192	I DON'T LIKE IT Pauline Pantsdown	92	58
191	GOT SOLD ON HEAVEN Snout	NA	NA
190	TAINTED LOVE (LIVE) The Living End	91	17
189	UNTOUCHABLE FACE Ani DiFranco	90	60
188	SUSPICION BELLS Effigy	NA	NA
187	ICE HOCKEY HAIR Super Furry Animals	NA	NA
186	THE CHARLES ATLAS WAY The Fauves	NA	NA
185	ONE 85 Muzzy Pep	NA	NA
184	SUIT YOUR STYLE Hunters and Collectors	NA	NA
183	HARPOON Something For Kate	89	85
182	SAINT JOE ON THE SCHOOL BUS Marcy Playground	88	76
181	UNTITLED Silverchair	87	93
180	MAMA'S TRIPPIN' Ben Harper	86	86
179	PERFECT The Smashing Pumpkins	85	94
178	MUSIC IS CRAP Custard	84	24
177	ANY DAY Violetine	NA	NA
176	YOU'LL DO The Cruel Sea	NA	NA
175	FUEL Metallica	83	77
174	LEVER The Mavis'	NA	NA
173	TROPICALIA Beck	82	95
172	THE GROUCH Green Day	81	52
171	DON'T GO AWAY Grinspoon	80	79
170	SHEEP GO TO HEAVEN Cake	NA	NA
169	DOO WOP (THAT THING) Lauryn Hill	NA	NA
168	LAST STOP THIS TOWN Eels	NA	NA
167	AWFUL Hole	NA	NA
166	BAD OLD MAN Babybird	79	80
165	WALKING AFTER YOU Foo Fighters	NA	NA
164	DIE DIE MY DARLING Metallica	NA	NA
163	HAVE THEY FORGOTTEN The Living End	NA	NA
162	SILVER BULLETS Hot Rollers	NA	NA
161	WHAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU You Am I	NA	NA
160	DEATH TO THE APPLE GERLS Gerling	NA	NA
159	PARTY HARD Pulp	NA	NA
158	SPECIAL Garbage	78	89
157	GOOD RIDDANCE (TIME OF YOUR LIFE) Green Day	77	84
156	AMNESIA Chumbawumba	NA	NA
155	GET MYSELF ARRESTED Gomez	NA	NA
154	PRIVATE HELICOPTER Harvey Danger	NA	NA
153	DELICIOUS Moler	NA	NA
152	I MIGHT BE A CUNT, BUT AT LEAST I'M NOT A FUCKING CUNT TISM	NA	NA
151	CHANGE Iota	NA	NA
150	BITTERSWEET Skulker	NA	NA
149	NOW AND THEN The Superjesus	76	83
148	SURF CITY LIMITS The Fauves	NA	NA
147	PUBERTY SONG The Mavis'	NA	NA
146	CABOOLTURE SPEED LAB Custard	NA	NA
145	SOMEBODY KILL ME Adam Sandler	75	39
144	GOT THE LIFE Korn	74	5
143	FATHER OF MINE Everclear	73	53
142	VICIOUS PRECIOUS Primary	NA	NA
141	DRAGULA Rob Zombie	72	75
140	NO SHELTER Rage Against The Machine	71	66
139	BAKER STREET Foo Fighters	70	98
138	DISSOLVED GIRL Massive Attack	NA	NA
137	LUNCHBOX Marilyn Manson	NA	NA
136	SWEATER Eskimo Joe	69	33
135	BENEDICT Jebediah	68	91
134	MORE THAN YOU ARE Grinspoon	NA	NA
133	THE EVERLASTING Manic Street Preachers	NA	NA
132	INERTIA CREEPS Massive Attack	NA	NA
131	EX-FACTOR Lauryn Hill	NA	NA
130	WAY OVER YONDER IN THE MINOR KEY Billy Bragg and Wilco	NA	NA
129	THROW YOUR ARMS AROUND ME Paul McDermott	67	31
128	LOUISIANA The Church	NA	NA
127	RABBIT WITH FANGS Magic Dirt	NA	NA
126	PERFECT 10 The Beautiful South	NA	NA
125	ALL AROUND THE WORLD Oasis	NA	NA
124	CINNAMON LIP Pollyanna	NA	NA
123	HIGH GEAR Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	NA	NA
122	TURN THE PAGE Metallica	66	69
121	DEEPER UNDERGROUND Jamiroquai	NA	NA
120	IT'S TRICKY Run DMC vs Jason Nevins	NA	NA
119	DR WORM They Might Be Giants	65	13
118	DISTANT SHORE The Dirty Three	NA	NA
117	FREE Endorphin	NA	NA
116	CHARLIE NO.3 The Whitlams	64	56
115	GET YOUR GUNN Marilyn Manson	NA	NA
114	DRINKING IN LA Bran Van 3000	63	81
113	BENEDICTUS Brainbug	NA	NA
112	RAY OF LIGHT Madonna	NA	NA
111	EURODISCO Bis	NA	NA
110	SINNER Neil Finn	NA	NA
109	TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME Faithless	NA	NA
108	HEY HEY HEY Snout	NA	NA
107	WISHLIST Pearl Jam	62	88
106	RACHAEL Buffalo Tom	NA	NA
105	RUMBLE You Am I	61	65
104	SATURATION The Superjesus	60	99
103	A PERFECT DAY ELISE PJ Harvey	NA	NA
102	IT'S NOT REAL Fini Scad	NA	NA
101	JIMMY ROGERS Fur	NA	NA

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Some great tracks in this list. Was Lauryn Hill played on JJJ? I sort of fell out of JJJ around this time as Wild FM was more my thing.

Also Madonna confuses me as sometimes she is on JJJ and other times she's not? What's the story with her? Pre 90s she has had one hit make the all time lists but many more could have especially Like A Virgin which has a segment named after it on JJJ. I would have thought Vogue and Justify My Love would have been JJJ hits. Erotica and Secret have a JJJ appeal to them too. I could see Frozen and Ray of Light on JJJ and then Beautiful Stranger, Music and Don't Tell Me either made the Hottest 100 or on the voting lists. Nothing from her thereafter. Die Another Day could have had potential. I am glad she has featured on JJJ but confused by how they feature some and not all her music.

Not 100% sure about Lauryn Hill but I know the Fugees were played on JJJ two years before. But 'The 'Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' was and is a highly regarded hip hop album.

Madonna confuses me too. I agree with you about Vogue and Justify My Love, then she got lost in her own excesses in the early 90s, before coming back in a big way with the 'Ray Of Light' album. she did make the actual 1999 and 2000 Hottest 100s before losing her 'edge' disappearing again in the early 00s. Like you I thought 'Ray Of Light' and particularly 'Frozen' were worthy of making the list too.

(revised 14/5/2020)
Now that I am pretty much up to date, I have looked back and started revising my old lists, starting with 1998 - still one of my favourites. I will go through rest of the 1990s (hopefully expanding the 1993-97 lists to 200 songs, then the 1980s).

Apologies if these revisions render the follow up comments nonsensical.

Here is the revised #100-11:

My H100 order	Song	Real H100 order	Actual posn
100	WICKERMAN SHOES Hot Rollers	NA	NA
99	CIRCLE HIGH AND WIDE Snout	NA	NA
98	MY HERO Foo Fighters	59	74
97	JUST ACE Grinspoon	58	18
96	DAYSLEEPER R.E.M.	NA	NA
95	REDNECK WONDERLAND Midnight Oil	57	96
94	I THINK I'M PARANOID Garbage	56	57
93	TEFLON Jebediah	55	42
92	NEVER THERE Cake	54	30
91	PUSH IT Garbage	53	87
90	BLACK BUGS Regurgitator	52	32
89	SHUT UP AND KISS ME Paul McDermott and Fiona Horne	NA	NA
88	SEX AND CANDY Marcy Playground	51	21
87	ADDICTED TO BASS Josh Abrahams and Amiel Daemion	50	16
86	SICH OFFNEN Not From There	49	100
85	ROAD RAGE Catatonia	48	48
84	GET 'EM OUTTA HERE Sprung Monkey	NA	NA
83	CRIMINAL Fiona Apple	NA	NA
82	HELLO Happyland	47	71
81	SAVE THE DAY The Living End	46	10
80	BODY MOVIN' Beastie Boys	NA	NA
79	MUSIC SOUNDS BETTER WITH YOU Stardust	45	73
78	CRY The Mavis'	44	61
77	DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM? Happyland	43	28
76	THE SWEETEST THING U2	42	11
75	POLYESTER GIRL Regurgitator	41	26
74	THE IMPRESSION THAT I GET The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	40	38
73	BOYS BETTER The Dandy Warhols	NA	NA
72	THUNDERBIRDS ARE COMING OUT TISM	NA	NA
71	INTERGALACTIC Beastie Boys	39	25
70	COLD FEELING Underground Lovers	NA	NA
69	KELLY WATCH THE STARS Air	NA	NA
68	BEGIN AGAIN Space	NA	NA
67	EL PRESIDENT Drugstore	38	82
66	DON'T WANNA BE LEFT OUT Powderfinger	37	46
65	PURE MORNING Placebo	36	41
64	THE BALLAD OF TOM JONES Space with Cerys of Catatonia	35	92
63	UNTITLED VAST	NA	NA
62	THE RESTLESS WAVES The Dirty Three	NA	NA
61	SPARK Tori Amos	NA	NA
60	SONG FOR THE DUMPED Ben Folds Five	34	40
59	HISTORY REPEATING Propellerheads feat. Shirley Bassey	33	59
58	PRETTY FLY (FOR A WHITE GUY) The Offspring	32	1
57	TWO HEADED BOY Neutral Milk Hotel	NA	NA
56	GIRLS LIKE THAT (DON'T GO FOR GUYS LIKE US) Custard	31	3
55	CIGARETTES WILL KILL YOU Ben Lee	30	2
54	SHE-RIFF Magic Dirt	NA	NA
53	ONE WEEK Barenaked Ladies	29	34
52	I LIKE YOUR OLD REMIX BETTER THAN YOUR NEW REMIX Regurgitator	28	27
51	MELBOURNE The Whitlams	27	43
50	SHE WILL HAVE HER WAY Neil Finn	NA	NA
49	IF YOU TOLERATE THIS YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE NEXT Manic Street Preachers	26	70
48	EVERYDAY SHOULD BE A HOLIDAY Dandy Warhols	25	68
47	LA FEMME DE ARGENT Air	NA	NA
46	GIVEN TO FLY Pearl Jam	24	51
45	SEXY BOY Air	NA	NA
44	THE DOPE SHOW Marilyn Manson	23	44
43	DIRTY HOLE VAST	NA	NA
42	WHATAREYA? TISM	22	36
41	BLACK THE SUN Alex Lloyd	NA	NA
40	METAL HEART Cat Power	NA	NA
39	BRITTLE THEN BROKEN Polyanna	NA	NA
38	AVA ADORE Smashing Pumpkins	21	45
37	RASPBERRY SWIRL Tori Amos	NA	NA
36	TALISMAN Air	NA	NA
35	THE FEAR Pulp	NA	NA
34	! (THE SONG FORMERLY KNOWN AS) Regurgitator	20	6
33	ONLY WHEN I LOSE MYSELF Depeche Mode	NA	NA
32	IT'S LIKE THAT Run DMC vs Jason Nevins	19	50
31	BLACK FRIDAY Grinspoon	18	22
30	SUNDAY Sonic Youth	NA	NA
29	CELEBRITY SKIN Hole	17	4
28	SHIMMER Fuel	16	78
27	RABBIT IN YR HEADLIGHTS U.N.K.L.E	NA	NA
26	BLACK UMBRELLA Even	15	97
25	WITHOUT YOU I'M NOTHING Placebo	NA	NA
24	NO SURPRISES Radiohead	14	55
23	SECOND SOLUTION The Living End	13	15
22	HEAVY HEART You Am I	12	9
21	MALIBU Hole	11	49
20	COME ON SPRING Antenna	10	64
19	THE FUNNY BIRD Mercury Rev	NA	NA
18	HARD Stella One Eleven	NA	NA
17	STEREO The Watchmen	NA	NA
16	THE RIVER PJ Harvey	NA	NA
15	GONE AWAY The Offspring	9	62
14	ANGEL Massive Attack	NA	NA
13	THIS IS HARDCORE Pulp	NA	NA
12	CROSS BONES STYLE Cat Power	NA	NA
11	HARPOON Jebediah	8	7

The Top 10 as it now stands:
At #10 is Charlie No.2 (Buy Now Pay Later) by the Whitlams, the beautiful ode to Stevie Plunder. A hangover from 1997, yes, but one of their best songs.

10

BUY NOW PAY LATER (CHARLIE NO. 2) The Whitlams

7

37

Number nine is In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neautral Milk Hotel. This song eluded me at the time, but seeing it (and its parent album) recommended several times on this site, I checked it out, and this is the song that blew me away. It's such and evocative track.

9

IN THE AEROPLANE OVER THE SEA Neutral Milk Hotel

NA

NA

#8 is Do The Evolution by Pearl Jam, who were as popular as ever, and accompanied by a spectacular if depressing animated video. Nice rockin' tune nonetheless.

8

DO THE EVOLUTION Pearl Jam

6

47

Peep Show fans will recognise #7, Flagpole Sitta, such a fine, angsty song. I still had plenty of angst back then.

7

FLAGPOLE SITTA Harvey Danger

5

35

#6 is Jeff Buckley's beautiful posthumous love ballad Everybody Wants You, which is still as good as anything on Grace IMO.

6

EVERYBODY HERE WANTS YOU Jeff Buckley

4

29

#5 is still Madonna's best ever song, Frozen. She had been pretty quiet since 1994 - then she went away, reinvented herself, made the Ray Of Light album, gothed up for the filmclip and looke amazing and released this as the first single. It made for a massive impact.

5

FROZEN Madonna

NA

NA

To keep the misery going, #4 is Brick by Ben Folds Five, his very dark but beautiful ode to relationships gone bad.

4

BRICK Ben Folds Five

3

12

#3 is Powderfingers second finest song and still relevant ode to Pauline Hanson, The Day You Come. Such great guitar.

3

THE DAY YOU COME Powderfinger

2

8

#2, another one to file under 'How the hell did it not make the Hottest 100?'. I speak of the mighty God Is A DJ by Faithless. Still one of, if not the, best beats of the decade.

2

GOD IS A DJ Faithless

NA

NA

And at #1, Massive Attack go one better than they did in 1991, and Liz Fraser goes four better than she did in 1983 with the sublime Teardrop, and its amazing 'baby' videoclip. The whole song just takes me to a better place and time. I do wonder what that baby is up to now, aged 21

1

TEARDROP Massive Attack

1

23

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1998 was a good year and I like your #1 much much better than the actual #1 .

I had been really into the music of the mid-late 80s and early 90s but all the bands I loved were gone (Pixies, Smiths et al) or not making great albums (Cure, Ride etc) by the mid 90s and the bands that replaced them I just wasn't into (grunge and industrial) so I had lost interest in new music to an extent.

I heard the Gomez song Whipping Picadilly on the radio while in England late that year and picked up the CD Bring It On, which I loved. Also heard Placebo while over there and got Without You I'm Nothing. First new music I had bought for a while. Got home and played these to my friends, who introduced me to Neutral Milk Hotel, Godspeed and Boards of Canada.

So in honour of 1998, here is my Hottest 51 of the year

<nothing to see here, please move along >

P.S. Looking at your list, I missed Rabbit In Yr Headlights, thought it was early 2000s, it can have the honorary #52 position
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Right, blurb done.

Thanks OBOne for your list and feedback first of all.

I don't dislike the actual #1 in the '98 Hottest 100 nearly as much as I did then, in fact it has grown on me enough over the years to make it to #16.

I too nearly missed UNKLE, until someone posted its amazing videoclip a few days ago. Then I was reminded it was indeed 1998 when it was released. It was in fact the last song added.

First thing to say is that I'll have to check Neutral Milk Hotel out! You are clearly a fan. As well as the other songs not common to my list. Also I'll have to check Boads Of Canada's earlier music out as I go through the years, I'm only familiar with their Dayvan Cowboy-era material.

Very nice #2 and #4 I must say

I don't think I have given the Beautiful South enough credit, though admittedly 1998 is the first year I (finally) heard their music.

Hopefully I will have 1999 ready by the end of next week.

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Bongo Bong was an amazing tune. I remember when Manu Chao played that at a music festival everyone went nuts over it.

Was it really a 1998 hit? I remember it being more in the early 00's?
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@K8 Yep, Bongo Bong was 1998. He played at the Sydney Festival 3-4 years ago (was that the festival you were at?) and it was huge. Robbie Williams and Lily Allen do a pretty decent cover as well.

@benji2 I must admit Pretty Fly has never grown on me. Do check out Neutral Milk Hotel, the album (In The Aeroplane Over The Sea) is, to my mind, one of the best!
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No OB..., it was at a festival from 2001 to 2005. I don't remember which as I used to be a bit of a festival junkie back then. Might have been BDO one year. I just remember everyone loving it!

My faves from '98

Btw awesome to see The Watchmen in there, one of the most under rated albums of all time imo.

197	JOSIE (EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE FINE) Blink-182	97	14
193	THE UNFORGIVEN II Metallica	93	67
192	I DON'T LIKE IT Pauline Pantsdown	92	58
179	TAINTED LOVE (LIVE) The Living End	88	17
171	FUEL Metallica	83	77
168	THE GROUCH Green Day	81	52
161	WALKING AFTER YOU Foo Fighters	NA	NA
160	DIE DIE MY DARLING Metallica	NA	NA
154	SPECIAL Garbage	78	89
148	I MIGHT BE A CUNT, BUT AT LEAST I'M NOT A FUCKING CUNT TISM	NA	NA
141	SOMEBODY KILL ME Adam Sandler	75	39
140	GOT THE LIFE Korn	74	5
139	FATHER OF MINE Everclear	73	53
137	DRAGULA Rob Zombie	72	75
136	NO SHELTER Rage Against The Machine	71	66
135	BAKER STREET Foo Fighters	70	98
133	LUNCHBOX Marilyn Manson	NA	NA
130	MORE THAN YOU ARE Grinspoon	NA	NA
121	ALL AROUND THE WORLD Oasis	NA	NA
118	TURN THE PAGE Metallica	66	69
112	RAY OF LIGHT Madonna	NA	NA
106	GET YOUR GUNN Marilyn Manson	NA	NA
103	WISHLIST Pearl Jam	62	88
96	JUST ACE Grinspoon	60	18
91	MY HERO Foo Fighters	58	74
90	PUSH IT Garbage	57	87
83	BLACK BUGS Regurgitator	52	32
81	GET 'EM OUTTA HERE Sprung Monkey	NA	NA
80	CRIMINAL Fiona Apple	NA	NA
78	I THINK I'M PARANOID Garbage	50	57
77	ROAD RAGE Catatonia	49	48
73	THE SWEETEST THING U2	38	11
71	CRY The Mavis'	46	61
69	SAVE THE DAY The Living End	45	10
65	IF YOU TOLERATE THIS YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE NEXT Manic Street Preachers	42	70
59	PURE MORNING Placebo	35	41
58	SEX AND CANDY Marcy Playground	37	21
57	THE IMPRESSION THAT I GET The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	36	38
51	GIVEN TO FLY Pearl Jam	30	51
50	THE BALLAD OF TOM JONES Space with Cerys of Catatonia	29	92
41	LUCKY MAN The Verve	NA	NA
38	THE DOPE SHOW Marilyn Manson	26	44
36	WHATAREYA? TISM	25	36
32	AVA ADORE Smashing Pumpkins	23	45
28	SHIMMER Fuel	21	78
27	FROZEN Madonna	NA	NA
22	BLACK FRIDAY Grinspoon	18	22
21	CELEBRITY SKIN Hole	17	4
20	STEREO The Watchmen	NA	NA
14	MALIBU Hole	12	49
11	GONE AWAY The Offspring	10	62
9	DO THE EVOLUTION Pearl Jam	8	47
8	FLAGPOLE SITTA Harvey Danger	7	35
4	BRICK Ben Folds Five	3	12
3	THE DAY YOU COME Powderfinger	2	8

Thanks BeansterBarnes!

The Watchmen, and Stereo in particular are unjustly forgotten.

Hoping to get 1999 up tomorrow, if not early in the week. Only about 35 songs to place, but at least I have a chance to do appraise them this weekend.
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And finally, here is 1999.

The end of the 90s, Recovery and a great era of indie music.

The first list I've done with the aid of the actual Hottest 100 voting list. Many thanks to thejuicer145 for giving me the links to that.

Also for K8 again for reminding me of The New Radicals, it's in the list at #119.

Trent Reznor gave us The Fragile double album, which provides four songs out of the 200.

It was also a great year for the various types of dance and electronic music. The Chemical Brothers, Moby, Endorphin, P'nau, Underworld, sonicanimation, Groove Armada, Gerling, Aphex Twin, Friendly and Primal Scream all out with some great new material during the year, and some remnants of Fatboy Slim's 1998 album You've Come A Long Way Baby also making the list.

Here are #200-101:

My H100 posn	Song	Real H100 order	Actual H100 posn
200	BEVAN: THE MUSICAL Peter Helliar	100	35
199	NEVER HAD SO MUCH FUN Frenzal Rhomb	99	26
198	MOFO ON A MOTORCYCLE Machine Gun Fellatio	98	59
197	DOWN UNDER Pennywise	97	91
196	CHUNKY CHUNKY AIR GUITAR The Whitlams	96	38
195	WE'RE GOING OUT TONIGHT Frenzal Rhomb	95	64
194	HAZY SHADE OF WINTER Bodyjar	94	36
193	AROUND THE WORLD Red Hot Chilli Peppers	93	37
192	NICE GUYS FINISH LAST Green Day	92	89
191	GET IN THE CAR Snout	NA	NA
190	THE BAD TOUCH Bloodhound Gang	91	6
189	BIGGER THAN TINA The Fauves	90	50
188	CRASH Propellorheads	NA	NA
187	TOUCH Tea Party	NA	NA
186	CRIMINAL PAST Motor Ace	NA	NA
185	LADYFINGERS Luscious Jackson	NA	NA
184	JAPANESE GAME SHOW B(if)tek	NA	NA
183	PURPLE CROWN Turnstyle	NA	NA
182	MISS YOU LOVE Silverchair	89	30
181	GHOST PATROL Gerling	NA	NA
180	RADIO FUNK Endorphin	NA	NA
179	HIT SONG Custard	88	83
178	JUANITA'S COCKTAIL PARTY Not From There	NA	NA
177	ANGRY ANY MORE Ani DiFranco	NA	NA
176	RUBY WEDNESDAY Eskimo Joe	87	99
175	SHE KEEPS SOUVENIRS Pretty Violet Stain	NA	NA
174	STEAL MY KISSES Ben Harper	86	85
173	WHATEVER YOU WANT Something For Kate	85	70
172	FIND MY BABY Moby	NA	NA
171	GLOW IN THE DARK Tumbleweed	NA	NA
170	WHAT A YEAR Alex Lloyd	NA	NA
169	PLASTIC Spiderbait	84	96
168	YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT US Placebo	83	87
167	KARAOKE QUEEN Catatonia	NA	NA
166	NO LEAF CLOVER Metallica	82	56
165	HERMIT INERTIA Pollyanna	NA	NA
164	AIN'T GONNA TAKE IT Suicidal Tendencies	NA	NA
163	BIG IN JAPAN Tom Waits	NA	NA
162	WHEN I GROW UP Garbage	81	12
161	EVERY YOU EVERY ME Placebo	80	5
160	BABY BRITAIN Elliot Smith	NA	NA
159	INSOMNIA Feeder	NA	NA
158	SOMETHING SPECIAL Alex Lloyd	NA	NA
157	SOMEWHERE ELSE Stella One Eleven	NA	NA
156	SUPERSONIC Jamiroquai	NA	NA
155	EXERCISER Rhubarb	79	20
154	BLUE MONDAY Orgy	78	86
153	AT THE RIVER Groove Armada	NA	NA
152	LOVE LIES BLEEDING sonicanimation	NA	NA
151	CLICHÉ ZOO Muzzy Pep	NA	NA
150	TORNADOES Ben Lee	NA	NA
149	PUSH UPSTAIRS Underworld	NA	NA
148	YOU S**T ME TO TEARS The Tenants	77	3
147	FIVE FATHOMS Everything But The Girl	NA	NA
146	YOU'VE BEEN GOOD TO ME SO FAR Tim Rogers and The Twin Set	NA	NA
145	PRETTY THINGS ARE GOING TO HELL David Bowie	NA	NA
144	SUN IS SHINING Bob Marley/Funstar De Luxe	76	77
143	THE GENERAL ELECTRIC Shihad	NA	NA
142	I WANNA BE A NUDIST Regurgitator	75	58
141	SUNSHINE COMES Even	NA	NA
140	NOTHING MUCH HAPPENS Ben Lee	74	81
139	BAD BLOOD Rebecca's Empire	NA	NA
138	THE NEW MATTHEW Custard	NA	NA
137	SHE'S GOT ISSUES The Offspring	NA	NA
136	SAVING ME FROM ME Kim Salmon & The Business	NA	NA
135	SEXX LAWS Beck	73	53
134	SECOND CLASS CITIZEN Area 7	72	49
133	WHAT'S MY AGE AGAIN Blink-182	71	13
132	GUILTY CONSCIENCE Eninem	NA	NA
131	THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME AT MY WORST The Whitlams	70	54
130	BREATHE AROUND YOU Tanya Donelly	NA	NA
129	DIDLEY SQUAT sonicanimation	NA	NA
128	ONLY GOOD FOR CONVERSATION Stella One Eleven	NA	NA
127	GODDESS ON A HIWAY Mercury Rev	NA	NA
126	LOVESTRUCK Madness	NA	NA
125	STEVIE Spiderbait	69	84
124	UNDERDOG Testeagles	NA	NA
123	CANCER FOR THE CURE The Eels	NA	NA
122	BURN TO SHINE Ben Harper	68	65
121	BRING IT ON Gomez	NA	NA
120	JUMBO Underworld	NA	NA
119	YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE New Radicals	NA	NA
118	AFTERWARDS Endorphin	NA	NA
117	JOURNEY AGENT P'Nau	NA	NA
116	ZERO Rhubarb	NA	NA
115	SEX O MATIC VENUS FREAK Macy Gray	67	92
114	STOLEN CAR Beth Orton	NA	NA
113	I LEFT MY HEART ALL OVER THE PLACE Tim Rogers and The Twin Set	NA	NA
112	TURN UP YOUR STEREO Eskimo Joe	66	39
111	DELTA SUN BOTTLENECK STOMP Mercury Rev	NA	NA
110	THE ORDER OF DEATH Public Image Ltd	65	95
109	ROUND TEN You Am I	NA	NA
108	COLD FEELING Underground Lovers	NA	NA
107	CORRUPTION Iggy Pop	NA	NA
106	INTERCONNECTOR Shihad	NA	NA
105	ALIEN Pennywise	NA	NA
104	I WANT TO DISAPPEAR Marilyn Manson	NA	NA
103	INTO THE VOID Nine Inch Nails	NA	NA
102	WEST END RIOT The Living End	64	48
101	THE MOTH BALL Augie March	NA	NA

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Here are #100-1 of 1999:

A young British band named Muse make their first appearance.
As does a young(ish) rapper from Detroit named Eminem.

In the Top 10 at #10 is the sparse 11-minute instrumental epic, Moya, by Canada's Godspeed! You Black Emperor.

#9 see Fatboy Slim with Right Here, Right Now, and its great, evolutionary videoclip.

#8 is Rage Against The Machine with the mighty Guerrilla Radio. god to see them back.

#7 is the actual #1 song in the Hottest 100 of that year, These Days by Powderfinger. Thought they were unlucky in 1996 and 1998 not to finish closer to the top so was very glad for them at the time.
And this is the stark version from the movie Two Hands (which I prefer), not the album version from the following year.

At #6 are Iceland's Sigur Ros with their beautiful, divine debut 'single' Svefn-G-Englar, With a beautiful videoclip to match. The third Icelandic act to make one of my Top 10s, if you treat The Sugarcubes and Bjork as separate.

#5 sees the late Eliot Smith with easily his most beautiful, if generically-titled song, Waltz #2 (XO).

#4 sees Alex Lloyd with Lucky Star, his achingly beautiful song about the heroin epidemic of the late 90s.

#3 is a bit of a bolter, Primal Scream with the intense, many-beated-per-minute but awesome Swastika Eyes. which was released ahead of the Xterminatr album of 2000.

#2 is another dance anthem of the 90s, Hey Boy Hey Girl by The Chemical Brothers.

And at #1, the amazing Touched by VAST, which Angel fans may be familiar with. More musicians should use Bulgarian choirs, they sound absolutely awesome. This is a song I can never get sick of, even if the videoclip was a bit odd. VAST never even got close to following this up.

My H100 posn	Song	Real H100 order	Actual H100 posn
100	RINGO (I FEEL LIKE) Custard	63	42
99	FEEDING CIRCLE Pollyanna	NA	NA
98	BLUE MOON Endorphin	NA	NA
97	CANNED HEAT Jamiroquai	62	63
96	I HATE STUPID PEOPLE Insurge	NA	NA
95	SKINTIGHT The Donnas	NA	NA
94	SCAR TISSUE Red Hot Chilli Peppers	61	10
93	EVERY MORNING Sugar Ray	60	98
92	ARMY Ben Folds Five	59	51
91	HOME Skunkhour	58	82
90	WHAT IT'S LIKE Everlast	57	76
89	MY MIND'S SEDATE Shihad	NA	NA
88	RUN BABY RUN Deadstar	NA	NA
87	TURN THAT SHIT UP Testeagles	56	66
86	ANA'S SONG Silverchair	55	15
85	HAPPINESS (ROTTING MY BRAIN) Regurgitator	54	62
84	YOU ARE NOT MY FRIEND Frenzal Rhomb	53	34
83	ALL THE SMALL THINGS Blink-182	52	31
82	PERFECT FAMILY Diana Ah Naid	51	55
81	HERE COMES ANOTHER ONE Groove Terminator feat. Basshoppa	NA	NA
80	THE KIDS AREN'T ALRIGHT The Offspring	50	97
79	IF EVERYBODY LOOKED THE SAME Groove Armada	NA	NA
78	KOOL 28 Days	NA	NA
77	STRIPPED Rammstein	49	90
76	DEEPER WATER Deadstar	48	74
75	SPRAY WATER ON THE STEREO Turnstyle	47	94
74	LET FOREVER BE Chemical Brothers	NA	NA
73	VOIDY NUMBNESS The The	NA	NA
72	GOOD-DAY RAY Powderfinger	46	68
71	ALL TORN DOWN The Living End	45	41
70	BAD LIGHT Built To Spill	NA	NA
69	SING IT BACK Moloko	44	80
68	TENDER Blur	43	57
67	LADYSHAVE Gusgus	NA	NA
66	READY 1 Grinspoon	42	33
65	LAST KISS Pearl Jam	41	9
64	WEIR Killing Heidi	40	2
63	LEARN TO FLY Foo Fighters	39	11
62	DON'T CALL ME BABY Madison Avenue	38	22
61	I TRY Macy Gray	37	24
60	PRAISE YOU Fatboy Slim	36	4
59	ENTER SPACE CAPSULE Gerling	35	45
58	NUMBSKULL Ash	NA	NA
57	RUN ON Moby	34	88
56	ALREADY GONE Powderfinger	33	25
55	DU HAST Rammstein	NA	NA
54	ASLEEP IN PERFECTION Augie March	32	61
53	RACE FOR THE PRIZE The Flaming Lips	NA	NA
52	IT WON'T LAST The Cruel Sea	31	52
51	MY NAME IS Eminem	NA	NA
50	PULLED ALONG BY LOVE Mutton Birds	30	71
49	HER FLOOR IS MY CEILING The Whitlams	NA	NA
48	AULD LILANXIETY ATTACK The Dumb Earth	NA	NA
47	CHARLIE BIG POTATO Skunk Anansie	NA	NA
46	BEAUTIFUL STRANGER Madonna	29	67
45	HOLES Mercury Rev	NA	NA
44	MY FAVOURITE GAME The Cardigans	28	78
43	WINDOW LICKER Aphex Twin	NA	NA
42	UNO Muse	NA	NA
41	MASCARA Klling Heidi	27	14
40	WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER Nine Inch Nails	NA	NA
39	MOVING Supergrass	NA	NA
38	OUT OF CONTROL Chemical Brothers	NA	NA
37	BLOOD RED RIVER Beth Orton	NA	NA
36	ELECTRICITY Something For Kate	26	44
35	ALL I NEED Air	NA	NA
34	SANDSTORM Darude	NA	NA
33	BODYROCK Moby	25	79
32	HEAVEN COMING DOWN The Tea Party	24	32
31	BACKSEAT CLAUSE Alex Lloyd	NA	NA
30	NOOKIE Limp Bizkit	23	8
29	LEAVE ME ALONE Killing Heidi	NA	NA
28	FREAK ON A LEASH Korn	22	16
27	FEET TOUCH THE GROUND Jebediah	21	28
26	ANTHEM FOR THE YEAR 2000 Silverchair	20	29
25	LITTLE DISCOURAGE Idlewild	NA	NA
24	PUMPING ON YOUR STEREO Supergrass	19	73
23	THE DAY THE WORLD WENT AWAY Nine Inch Nails	NA	NA
22	NO DISTANCE LEFT TO RUN Blur	NA	NA
21	COFFEE AND TV Blur	18	47
20	THEOPHILUS THISTLER ... AN EXERCISE IN VOWELS sonicanimation	17	18
19	ANIMAL Jebediah	16	19
18	PASSENGER Powderfinger	15	100
17	STARF***ERS INC. Nine Inch Nails	14	69
16	SOME KIND OF LOVE SONG Friendly	13	75
15	THE CHEMICALS BETWEEN US Bush	12	46
14	FALLING AWAY FROM ME Korn	11	17
13	EMOTION SICKNESS Silverchair	10	43
12	HALLWAYS Something For Kate	9	72
11	SHAZAM! Spiderbait	8	40
10	MOYA Godspeed! You Black Emperor	NA	NA
9	RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW Fatboy Slim	7	23
8	GUERILLA RADIO Rage Against The Machine	6	7
7	THESE DAYS Powderfinger	5	1
6	SVEFN-N-ENGLAR Sigur Ros	NA	NA
5	WALTZ #2 Elliott Smith	4	93
4	LUCKY STAR Alex Lloyd	3	21
3	SWASTIKA EYES Primal Scream	NA	NA
2	HEY BOY, HEY GIRL The Chemical Brothers	2	27
1	TOUCHED VAST	1	60

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The 'Top ten' blurbs have been updated for 1993-96.

I've posted the Hottest 100s up to 1997 on my YouTube page.

Before I leave the 90s (and probably lose K8 ), I will revise the lists I've done. I will especially look at those from 1987-96, based on some of your suggestions and some other songs I've realised I've missed.

I may expand the 1992-96 lists as well.
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Is benji2 your YouTube name? I'll definitely check these out!

Have my own 50-odd faves from 1999 to post as well but still sorting the order of the bottom few (and have added Let Forever Be to my list after looking through yours as I thought it was later). My #1 for 99 wasn't in the actual hottest 100 (same as my list for 98) but you do have it on your list (unlike 98). Should be higher though and you have misspelt it
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My YouTube user name is actually Ben B

My 1997 Hottest 100 is available via this link:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0OBJnkPDKR14ZtTSKTrxTs6IX1KLojwH
and you should be able to navigate to other years from there.

Still posting the 1998 list.

Think I have two suspects for your number 1. I may have missed a 'D' in one of them.

Excellent will check it out.

It's a G

Well have sorted out the end of my faves for 1999. Ended up with a "Hottest" 56 (I had 55 and added Let Forever Be after looking at your list) headed by the completely otherworldly Svefn-G-Englar by Sigur Ros!

100	Theophilis Thistler - Sonic Animation
99	Waltz #2 - Elliot Smith
98	Bigger Than Tina - Fauves, The
97	Blue Moon - Endorphin
96	Charlie Big Potato - Skunk Anansie
95	Six - Mansun
94	Easter Theatre - XTC
93	The Free Design - Stereolab
92	Spit On A Stranger - Pavement
91	Photograph - Something For Kate
90	Can We Start Again? - Tindersticks, The
89	Bodyrock - Moby
88	If Everyone Looked The Same - Groove Armada
87	Good Witch/Bad Witch - Charlatans, The
86	Demetrius - Sufjan Stevens
85	I Know What I'm Here For - James
84	Glockenpop - Spiderbait
83	Billie - Pavement
82	Get Up - Sleeter-Kinney
81	Else - Built To Spill
80	Hey Boy Hey Girl - Chemical Brothers, The
79	Major Leagues - Pavement
78	Lucky Denver Mint - Jimmy Eat World
77	Spider In The Snow - Dismemberment Plan, The
76	Sexx Laws - Beck
75	Falling Down - Muse
74	Hallways - Something For Kate
73	Nice Guys Finish Last - Green Day
72	The Day The World Went Away - Nine Inch Nails
71	Bad Light - Built To Spill
70	I See A Darkness - Bonnie "Prince" Billy
69	The Next Movement - Roots, The
68	Rendez-vous - Basement Jaxx
67	Devil Will Ride - Gomez
66	The Plan - Built To Spill
65	Pumping On Your Stereo - Supergrass
64	Already Gone - Powderfinger
63	Praise You - Fatboy Slim
62	Lucky Star - Alex Lloyd
61	Stop The Rock - Apollo 440
60	Never Meant - American Football
59	Touched - V.A.S.T.
58	All The Small Things - Blink 182
57	The City - Dismemberment Plan, The
56	Otherside - Red Hot Chili Peppers
55	Rhythm and Blues Alibi - Gomez
54	Electricity - Something For Kate
53	Harvest Festival - XTC
52	It's Not Too Beautiful - Beta Band, The
51	Burn Girl Prom Queen - Mogwai
50	Beautiful Stranger - Madonna
49	Testify - Rage Against The Machine
48	Blow Up The Pokies - Whitlams, The
47	Ana's Song (Open Fire) - Silverchair
46	Willful Suspension Of Disbelief - Modest Mouse
45	Bring It On - Gomez
44	Scar Tissue - Red Hot Chili Peppers
43	Mutha Fucka On A Motorcycle - Machine Gun Fellatio
42	My Favourite Game - Cardigans
41	Let Forever Be {Ft. Noel Gallagher} - Chemical Brothers, The
40	Guerilla Radio - Rage Against The Machine
39	I Wouldn't Believe Your Radio - Sterophonics
38	The Pop Singers Fear Of The Pollen Count - Divine Comedy, The
37	What's My Age Again? - Blink 182
36	Carry The Zero - Built To Spill
35	Staralfur - Sigur Ros
34	Ex-Cowboy - Mogwai
33	Electricity - Suede
32	Steal My Sunshine - Len
31	Agaetis Byrjun - Sigur Ros
30	Caught Out There - Kelis
29	Writing To Reach You - Travis
28	Anthem For The Year 2000 - Silverchair
27	These Days - Powderfinger
26	Right Here, Right Now - Fatboy Slim
25	Carrot Rope - Pavement
24	Flame - Sebodah
23	Tender - Blur
22	Sea Song - Doves
21	You Were Right - Built To Spill
20	Race For The Prize - Flaming Lips, The
19	Dirge - Death In Vegas
18	Red Alert - Basement Jaxx
17	Shazam! - Spiderbait
16	Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? - Moby
15	Christmas Steps - Mogwai
14	You Don't Care About Us - Placebo
13	Adam's Song - Blink 182
12	Little Discourage - Idlewild
11	Driftwood - Travis
10	Olsen Olsen - Sigur Ros
9	Moya - Godspeed You! Black Emporer
8	What Do You Me To Say - Dismemberment Plan, The
7	Waitin' For A Superman - Flaming Lips, The
6	What Its Like - Everlast
5	CODY - Mogwai
4	Every You Every Me - Placebo
3	Coffee and TV - Blur
2	Enter Space Capsule - Gerling
1	Svefn-G-Englar - Sigur Ros

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