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: 200-101) (edited 27/11/20, revised and expanded to 200 songs)

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.

It was another strong year, and some very unlucky songs missed the Top 100.

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

My H100 posn	Artist	Real H100 order	Actual Posn
200	LUCAS WITH THE LID OFF Lucas	101	72
199	CUT YOUR HAIR Pavement	100	60
198	PIECE OF CRAP Neil Young	99	82
197	THIRSTY DOG Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	98	86
196	HERE COMES THE HOTSTEPPER Ini Kamoze	97	97
195	BEETROOT Clouds	NA	NA
194	A CONSPIRACY Counting Crows	96	64
193	JAILBIRD Primal Scream	NA	NA
192	I STAY AWAY Alice In Chains	NA	NA
191	BLUES MUSIC G Love and Special Sauce	95	85
190	NEIGHBOURHOOD FREAK Swoop	94	74
189	REGULATE Warren G and Nate Dogg	93	89
188	BORN DEAD Body Count	NA	NA
187	IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD Sisters Underground	92	81
186	GALLOWS POLE Page and Plant	91	94
185	PURPLE HAZE The Cure	90	88
184	EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH (FOR AN EGGMAN) Counting Crows	89	47
183	ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS Pet Shop Boys	88	42
182	MONKEY AND THE TURTLE Christine Anu	87	43
181	FASTER Manic Street Preachers	NA	NA
180	I'M BROKEN Pantera	NA	NA
179	UNDONE - THE SWEATER SONG Weezer	86	40
178	ROUND HERE Counting Crows	85	91
177	WILDFLOWERS Things Of Stone And Wood	84	93
176	FEEL THE PAIN Dinosaur Jr	83	68
175	NO EXCUSES Alice In Chains	82	80
174	AGOLO Angelique Kidjo	81	99
173	MATHAR Dave Pike Set	80	39
172	PONDEROSA Tricky	NA	NA
171	AMERICAN LIFE IN THE SUMMERTIME Francis Dunnery	79	76
170	BACKWATER Meat Puppets	NA	NA
169	SPIN THE BLACK CIRCLE Pearl Jam	78	36
168	THE MORE YOU IGNORE ME, THE CLOSER I GET Morrissey	77	87
167	MR JONES Counting Crows	76	48
166	NOT FOR YOU Pearl Jam	NA	NA
165	SAINTS The Breeders	75	84
164	PARKLIFE Blur	74	63
163	REVOL Manic Street Preachers	NA	NA
162	SHINE Collective Soul	73	92
161	INTERSTATE LOVE SONG Stone Temple Pilots	72	17
160	DESIRE LINES Lush	NA	NA
159	YELLOW LEDBETTER Pearl Jam	NA	NA
158	LOCKED OUT Crowded House	NA	NA
157	MY WAVE Soundgarden	71	46
156	IF I ONLY KNEW Tom Jones	70	9
155	LONELY Frente	NA	NA
154	FLAVOR Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	NA	NA
153	SWAMP THING The Grid	69	44
152	ALL I WANNA DO Sheryl Crow	68	15
151	ALONE LIKE ME The Sharp	67	73
150	GIRL, YOU'LL BE A WOMAN SOON Urge Overkill	NA	NA
149	AFTERMATH Tricky	NA	NA
148	I'M GONNA RELEASE YOUR SOUL Dave Graney and The Coral Snakes	66	79
147	ANDRES L7	65	67
146	BEGGING YOU Stone Roses	NA	NA
145	PRIVATE UNIVERSE Crowded House	NA	NA
144	BEERCAN Beck	64	29
143	ROCKS Primal Scream	NA	NA
142	HEY JEALOUSY Gin Blossoms	63	61
141	WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY, KENNETH? R.E.M.	62	70
140	I DON'T SLEEP, I DREAM R.E.M.	NA	NA
139	DROP IN THE OCEAN Hunters And Collectors	NA	NA
138	ELDERLY WOMAN BEHIND THE COUNTER IN A SMALL TOWN Pearl Jam	NA	NA
137	BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE Frente	61	56
136	BASKET CASE Green Day	60	24
135	BETTER GET A LAWYER The Cruel Sea	59	14
134	DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT Smashing Pumpkins	58	90
133	FOLLOWING MY OWN TRACKS The Whitlams	NA	NA
132	LOVER YOU SHOULD'VE COME OVER Jeff Buckley	NA	NA
131	LONGVIEW Green Day	57	18
130	SPOON MAN Soundgarden	56	75
129	EVERLASTING ARM Mercury Rev	NA	NA
128	MMM MMM MMM MMM Crash Test Dummies	55	69
127	DAUGHTER Pearl Jam	NA	NA
126	LOSER Beck	54	45
125	ICICLE Tori Amos	NA	NA
124	MISS WORLD Hole	53	34
123	GET IT TOGETHER Beastie Boys	NA	NA
122	LOVE NEVER RUNS ON TIME Paul Kelly	NA	NA
121	WE DON'T EXIST Meat Puppets	NA	NA
120	LUCKY YOU Lightning Seeds	NA	NA
119	LAS VEGAS Underground Lovers	NA	NA
118	FREEDOM Rage Against The Machine	NA	NA
117	TAIL Powderfinger	NA	NA
116	LEMON SPARKED Pale	52	62
115	BY THE WAY Ed Kuepper	NA	NA
114	SURE SHOT Beastie Boys	NA	NA
113	FELL ON BLACK DAYS Soundgarden	51	53
112	BIG EMPTY Stone Temple Pilots	NA	NA
111	MET MY MATCH The Whitlams	NA	NA
110	FALL DOWN Toad The Wet Sprocket	NA	NA
109	I'VE GOT A PLAN My Friend The Chocolate Cake	NA	NA
108	DIRTY EQUATION The Dirty Three	NA	NA
107	COME OUT AND PLAY The Offspring	50	4
106	YOU GOT ME FLOATIN' PM Dawn	49	75
105	GYROSCOPE Tumbleweed	NA	NA
104	BREAKIN' UP Violent Femmes	NA	NA
103	MY IRON LUNG Radiohead	NA	NA
102	MILQUETOAST Helmet	NA	NA
101	REBOUND Sebadoh	NA	NA

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And here is the rest of 1994. The fuzziness and Britpoppy goodness continues (edited 28/11/2020)

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

Itch-E and Scratch-E were very unlucky to miss the Top 10. They had to change their name a couple of years later when 20th Century Fox objected, so they changed their name to ... Boo Boo and Mace

Number	Song	Real H100 order	Actual Posn
100	10% WEIRD The Meanies	NA	NA
99	DADDY LONG LEGS Tumbleweed	48	50
98	BELLBOTTOMS Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	NA	NA
97	JAIMME'S GOT A GAL You Am I	47	77
96	GIRLS AND BOYS Blur	46	96
95	SHE DON'T USE JELLY The Flaming Lips	NA	NA
94	HYPOCRITE Lush	NA	NA
93	I NEVER WANT AN EASY LIFE IF ME AND HE WERE EVER TO GET THERE The Charlatans	NA	NA
92	WHAT WENT WRONG Grant McLennan	NA	NA
91	NATURE'S WAY Robert Forster	NA	NA
90	LAP IT UP Penny Flanagan	45	52
89	IN A BOX Ammonia	NA	NA
88	THE MAVEN The Church	NA	NA
87	LIAR Rollins Band	NA	NA
86	EVERYTHING'S COOL Pop Will Eat Itself	44	58
85	BACK IN THE HOLE Hunters And Collectors	NA	NA
84	TOMORROW Silverchair	43	5
83	LANDSLIDE Smashing Pumpkins	NA	NA
82	POISON The Prodigy	NA	NA
81	VOODOO PEOPLE The Prodigy	42	37
80	SUPERNOVA Liz Phair	41	33
79	MASSES LIKE ASSES Def FX	40	95
78	EASY Hunters And Collectors	NA	NA
77	SEETHER Veruca Salt	39	6
76	LILAC WINE Jeff Buckley	NA	NA
75	ETERNAL LIFE Jeff Buckley	NA	NA
74	BLIND Korn	NA	NA
73	HOBO HUMPIN SLOBO BABE Whale	38	66
72	MARCH OF THE PIGS Nine Inch Nails	NA	NA
71	DROPOUT Urge Overkill	37	71
70	BURN The Cure	36	57
69	SAVE YOUR SKIN Powderfinger	NA	NA
68	STAY (I MISSED YOU) Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories	35	100
67	UNDER THE LAW The Bats	NA	NA
66	VASOLINE Stone Temple Pilots	34	54
65	DISARM Smashing Pumpkins	NA	NA
64	ABOUT A GIRL Nirvana	33	7
63	COMING DOWN The Cult	NA	NA
62	LA DI DOH Ed Kuepper	32	55
61	SOMETHING'S ALWAYS WRONG Toad The Wet Sprocket	NA	NA
60	LOVERMAN Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds	NA	NA
59	NO GOOD The Prodigy	NA	NA
58	AM I WRONG? Love Spit Love	31	83
57	AFTERGLOW Incursion	NA	NA
56	AMEN Falling Joys	30	49
55	4ST 7LB Manic Street Preachers	NA	NA
54	TODAY Smashing Pumpkins	29	25
53	SOMETIMES ALWAYS Jesus and Mary Chain	28	59
52	BULL IN THE HEATHER Sonic Youth	27	65
51	SOUR TIMES Portishead	NA	NA
50	RED RIGHT HAND Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	26	NA
49	COMA Max Sharam	25	8
48	WARREN'S WALTZ The Dirty Three	NA	NA
47	FALL Single Gun Theory	24	31
46	VOODOO LADY Ween	NA	NA
45	ICH BIN EIN AUSLANDER Pop Will Eat Itself	NA	NA
44	ROUNDABOUT Caligula	NA	NA
43	YOUR GHOST Kristen Hersh	23	41
42	7 SECONDS Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry	22	26
41	TWO PLACES AT ONCE The Church	NA	NA
40	SHE'S A LADY Pulp	NA	NA
39	SHE IS SUFFERING Manic Street Preachers	NA	NA
38	CONNECTION Elastica	NA	NA
37	SLY Massive Attack	NA	NA
36	BLACK HOLE SUN Soundgarden	21	22
35	CORNFLAKE GIRL Tori Amos	20	35
34	TIME BOMB Nick Barker	19	20
33	LOVE SPREADS The Stone Roses	NA	NA
32	GEORGE Headless Chickens	NA	NA
31	A GIRL LIKE YOU Edwyn Collins	NA	NA
30	ZOMBIE The Cranberries	18	1
29	VIOLET Hole	NA	NA
28	DOLL PARTS Hole	17	28
27	LOW Cracker	16	78
26	THIS IS A LOW Blur	NA	NA
25	DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME? Pulp	NA	NA
24	LOSIN' IT Underground Lovers	15	19
23	SELF ESTEEM The Offspring	14	3
22	BUG POWDER DUST Bomb The Bass	13	13
21	YOU MADE ME THE THIEF OF YOUR HEART Sinead O'Connor	NA	NA
20	LAID James	12	12
19	IMMORTALITY Pearl Jam	NA	NA
18	YES, ANASTASIA Tori Amos	NA	NA
17	DO YOU LOVE ME? Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds	11	11
16	SABOTAGE Beastie Boys	10	16
15	BERLIN CHAIR You Am I	9	23
14	A CERTAIN SLANT OF LIGHT The Tea Party	8	98
13	ICE Magic Dirt	NA	NA
12	THE LAST NIGHT The Dirty Three	NA	NA
11	SWEETNESS AND LIGHT Itch-E and Scratch-E	7	21

"One in a million
That's what I tell myself, oh wo
Atomic electric
This feeling that comes and goes"

Number 10 is Atomic Electric by Melbourne's Rebecca's Empire.

Just a great singalong indie track, and love the key change for the last chorus. Key changes often get me interested.

It still sounded fantastic when Rebecca Barnard performed it acoustically for an online lockdown concert a few months back.

10

ATOMIC ELECTRIC Rebecca's Empire

6

38

"Can't stop what's coming
Can't stop what's on its way
Bells and footfalls and soldiers and dolls
Brothers and lovers she and I were"

With her third entry in the Top 40 is Tori Amos with Bells For Her, the beautifully chilling third song on Under The Pink.
Some people have said that Under The Pink was too similar to Little Earthquakes, but I don't see it.

Anyway, another plaintive piano ballad with excellent vocals makes my Top 10.

9

BELLS FOR HER Tori Amos

NA

NA

"If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way"

I'm sure those lines are familar to many...

If the last song doesn't kill any Hottest 100 parties, this one will.

Number eight is the song you find when you get the end/bottom of Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral - Hurt. Perhaps Johnny Cash's cover seems to get all the plaudits but it's interesting to hear it from both the young drug addict showing regret and the old man at the point of death doing the same. Both are brilliant in their own way.

8

HURT Nine Inch Nails

NA

NA

"By strange coincidence, a thunderstorm had been brewing,
When Mahon doing his grisly work at the bungalow,
Was dealing with the most grisly job of all,
The head, the woman's head."

In my 1984 list, Severed Heads came in at #7 with The Dead Eyes Opened. In my 1994, Severed Heads come in at #7 with the remix of the Dead Eyes Opened. Both versions are seminal Australian dance tunes. Around this time was my brief dalliance with clubbing and this one filled floors (and didn't turn any stomachs despite the subject matter).

7

THE DEAD EYES OPENED Severed Heads

5

10

<no lyrics available>

Put another $2 in the australian-charts.com swear jar...

At six is the song that got me into The Dirty Three and their epic instrumentals, Everthing's F****d, the third song off their self-titled 1994 album to make this list. Hasn't aged at all, will never age, and the title is more relevant than ever...

6

EVERYTHING'S F*****D The Dirty Three

NA

NA

"We all get hurt by love
And we all have our cross to bear
But in the name of understanding now
Our problems should be shared"

If you had told me at the start of 1994 that Kylie Minogue, who hadn't had any sort of hit for a couple of years, would come back to #1 with her best ever song AND also make the JJJ Hottest 100 in doing so, I would have had you certified. But here we are. And it still makes number 5 in my own list. She would go on to make the Hottest 100 again the following year, with some help from Nick Cave.

5

CONFIDE IN ME Kylie Minogue

4

30

"I got nobody on my side
And surely that ain't right"

At four is what many, including me, consider to be Portishead's finest moment - Roads. Beth Gibbons' achingly despairing vocal is put over Geoff Barrow's brooding, orchestral/synth background. Puts a chill up the spine everytime I hear it.

4

ROADS Portishead

NA

NA

"You can have my isolation
You can have the hate that it brings
You can have my absence of faith
You can have my everything"

Another $16-odd dollars to the swear jar..

Number three is the song I expected/thought would be Number 1 in the actual countdown, Closer by Nine Inch Nails. In fact, so must JJJ as when they played a selection of Hottest 100 Number 1s several years later, they played this and not Zombie. It caused a fair bit of controversy then, but imagine what it would cause now...

As for the song itself, it still sounds amazing with its driving (heart)beats and Trent Reznor's earnest vocals.

3

CLOSER Nine Inch Nails

3

2

"You live your life, you go in shadows
You'll come apart and you'll go black
Some kind of night into your darkness
Colours your eyes with what's not there"

At #2 is Mazzy Star with the divine Fade Into You. Hope Sandoval's soft, seductive voice frequently transports me to other places, and this has always been the best example of it, and David Roback's guitar is equally as otherworldly.

It looks like the band are still pressing on after Roback's passing earlier this year Here's hoping they can keep the flame alive.

2

FADE INTO YOU Mazzy Star

2

32

"Well I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do ya?"

At the top is Jeff Buckley's sparse, angelic cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah. For best results, listen to this one in a darkened room on a cold winter evening. They were the circumstances in which this version of the song became a permanent favourite, and Jeff Buckley's passing seemed ever more tragic.

1

HALLELUJAH Jeff Buckley

1

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Now for 1995 - the big year of Britpop (revised and extended too 200 songs 28/9/2020)

The Offsprings' cover of Smash It Up finishes 178 spots below the 1979 original.

Here are #200-101:

My H100	Song	Real H100 order	Actual Posn
200	BOOMBASTIC Shaggy	101	65
199	WHO FARTED? The Vaughans	100	54
198	(LET'S GO SMOKE) SOME POT Dash Rip Rock	99	69
197	STAYIN' ALIVE N-Trance	98	64
196	THE REEFER SONG Mindless Drug Hoover	97	12
195	YOU SUCK The Murmurs	96	52
194	WYNONA'S BIG BROWN BEAVER Primus	95	40
193	PSYCHOACTIVE SUMMER Def FX	94	51
192	BRAIN STEW Green Day	93	80
191	COUNTRY HOUSE Blur	92	53
190	I WANNA BE A HIPPY Technohead	91	48
189	21ST CENTURY (DIGITAL BOY) Bad Religion	90	76
188	I GOT ID Pearl Jam	89	35
187	GEEK STINK BREATH Green Day	88	46
186	CHUCK Phunk Junkies	87	56
185	SMASH IT UP The Offspring	86	63
184	SAD SONG The Screaming Jets	85	61
183	TALKIN' SEATTLE GRUNGE ROCK BLUES Todd Snider	84	100
182	KITTY Presidents of the USA	83	4
181	MR MILK You Am I	NA	NA
180	RUBY SOHO Rancid	NA	NA
179	CAUGHT BY THE FUZZ Supergrass	NA	NA
178	ODE TO MY FAMILY The Cranberries	NA	NA
177	TINY MEAT Ruby	NA	NA
176	IMMUNE DEFICIENCY Rail	82	72
175	WELCOME TO PARADISE Green Day	NA	NA
174	NUMBER ONE BLIND Veruca Salt	NA	NA
173	ROCK DOG Swoop	NA	NA
172	DARKHEART Bomb The Bass	NA	NA
171	GANGSTA'S PARADISE Coolio	81	3
170	GRIND Alice In Chains	80	88
169	STAR 69 R.E.M.	NA	NA
168	DOWNTOWN Neil Young	79	26
167	HAND IN MY POCKET Alannis Morrissette	78	85
166	WHAT DO I DO NOW? Sleeper	NA	NA
165	THROWING IT AWAY My Friend The Chocolate Cake	NA	NA
164	DREDD SONG The Cure	77	73
163	WATERFALLS TLC	76	86
162	CRUSH WITH EYELINER R.E.M.	NA	NA
161	ANYBODY BUT YOU The Cruel Sea	NA	NA
160	PEACHES Presidents of the United States of America	NA	NA
159	SICK OF MYSELF Matthew Sweet	75	92
158	JUST WHEN YOU'RE THINKIN' THINGS OVER The Charlatans	NA	NA
157	SHADE Silverchair	NA	NA
156	OVERCOME Tricky	NA	NA
155	JAILBREAK Yothu Yindi	74	87
154	ALL I REALLY WANT Alanis Morrissette	73	90
153	NO VERSE Violetine	NA	NA
152	HEART OF THE PARTY Severed Heads	72	77
151	I GOTTA KNOW Spiderbait	NA	NA
150	TONIGHT Violent Femmes	NA	NA
149	AQUAMARINE Clouds	NA	NA
148	LEAVE IT ALONE NOFX	NA	NA
147	STUPID GIRL Garbage	NA	NA
146	I GOT A GIRL Tripping Daisy	71	19
145	PERFECT Lightning Seeds	NA	NA
144	KELLY'S HEROES Black Grape	NA	NA
143	PALE GREY EYES Polyanna	70	68
142	SONG FROM UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS My Friend The Chocolate Cake	NA	NA
141	COULDN'T DO IT Regurgitator	NA	NA
140	DRUGS Ammonia	69	27
139	LEMONSUCK Pollyanna	68	58
138	1963 (ARTHUR BAKER REMIX) New Order	NA	NA
137	ON YOUR OWN The Verve	NA	NA
136	IRONIC Alanis Morissette	NA	NA
135	DESTINATION ESCHATON The Shamen	NA	NA
134	HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH You Am I	NA	NA
133	BEAUTIFUL SKIN Strawpeople	NA	NA
132	WAYDOWN Catherine Wheel	NA	NA
131	FOR ALL THE COWS Foo Fighters	NA	NA
130	CHANGE Lightning Seeds	NA	NA
129	HE'LL NEVER BE AN OL' MAN RIVER TISM	67	9
128	SPARKY'S DREAM Teenage Fanclub	66	60
127	EMPTY Rebecca's Empire	65	62
126	SPANISH GALLEON Spiderbait	NA	NA
125	BABY DID A BAD, BAD THING Chris Isaak	64	67
124	CATHY'S CLOWN You Am I	63	84
123	GOTTA GET AWAY The Offspring	NA	NA
122	ALL OVER YOU Live	62	71
121	HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME, KILL ME U2	61	57
120	HANG AROUND Tumbleweed	60	96
119	WORK IT OUT The Bats	NA	NA
118	BEAUTIFULLY TRAGIC Bluebottle Kiss	NA	NA
117	HIGH AND DRY Radiohead	NA	NA
116	WHEN I COME AROUND Green Day	59	99
115	THIS IS A CALL Foo Fighters	58	37
114	LUMP The Presidents of the USA	57	11
113	PURE MASSACRE Silverchair	NA	NA
112	WHAT NATIONALITY IS LES MURRAY? TISM	NA	NA
111	DEVIL'S DIARY The Caulfields	56	81
110	PUMPKIN Tricky	NA	NA
109	THE UNIVERSAL Blur	NA	NA
108	MANDINO DELUXE Front End Loader	NA	NA
107	DEAD AGAIN Bluebottle Kiss	NA	NA
106	SPIT YOU UP Glide	NA	NA
105	YOUNG MAN'S STRIDE Mercury Rev	NA	NA
104	MORE HUMAN THAN HUMAN White Zombie	55	49
103	HELL IS ROUND THE CORNER Tricky	NA	NA
102	JEWELS AND BULLETS You Am I	54	94
101	SUPERMODEL Jill Sobule	53	59

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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 in 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.

Here are #100-1:

My H100	Song	Real H100 order	Actual Posn
100	REVEREND BLACK GRAPE Black Grape	NA	NA
99	HEY MAN, NICE SHOT Filter	NA	NA
98	ALL HOMEBOYS ARE D******DS TISM	52	93
97	SHE LOVES SHE Deadstar	NA	NA
96	JESUS Spiderbait	NA	NA
95	SLEEPWALKING Ammonia	NA	NA
94	QUEER Garbage	51	21
93	SWEET DISORDER Strawpeople	NA	NA
92	HEROIN GIRL Everclear	50	6
91	IT'S OH SO QUIET Bjork	49	5
90	BY MYSELF Hecate	48	98
89	I KISSED A GIRL Jill Sobule	47	18
88	I CAN DREAM Skunk Anansie	46	41
87	FUNTIME Boy George	NA	NA
86	BLUBBER BOY Regurgitator	45	17
85	SUNDAY Mr Blonde	44	82
84	THIS IS MUSIC The Verve	NA	NA
83	ISLAND HOME Christine Anu	43	47
82	AMOXYCILLIN Magic Dirt	NA	NA
81	EVIDENCE Faith No More	42	29
80	MELLOW DOUBT Teenage Fanclub	NA	NA
79	MUD PUDDLE Violetine	NA	NA
78	TIME BOMB Rancid	41	31
77	WAKE UP, BOO The Boo Radleys	NA	NA
76	ROCK N' ROLL IS WHERE I HIDE Dave Graney and The Coral Snakes	40	16
75	AEROPLANE Red Hot Chilli Peppers	39	28
74	LIFE IS SWEET The Chemical Brothers	NA	NA
73	SICKFEST Grinspoon	38	74
72	APARTMENT Custard	37	7
71	EVERYTHING ZEN Bush	36	33
70	ISRAEL'S SON Silverchair	NA	NA
69	MONTY Spiderbait	35	43
68	DIGGING THE GRAVE Faith No More	34	91
67	SORTED FOR E'S AND WIZZ Pulp	NA	NA
66	PARAFFIN Ruby	NA	NA
65	BIRTHDAY Big Heavy Stuff	NA	NA
64	IF FINGERS WERE XYLOPHONES Gorky's Zygotic Mynci	NA	NA
63	JUST Radiohead	NA	NA
62	STARGAZER Siouxsie and The Banshees	NA	NA
61	EMPIRE STATE (SON HOUSE IN EXCELSIS) Mercury Rev	NA	NA
60	THE WORLD I KNOW Collective Soul	NA	NA
59	ARMY OF ME Bjork	33	83
58	CAR SONG Elastica	NA	NA
57	DRIVE BY KISS The Dambuilders	NA	NA
56	SETTING SUN Drop City	NA	NA
55	TINGLY Pop! featuring Angie Hart	32	97
54	SIA'S SONG Crisp	NA	NA
53	APPLE EYES Swoop	31	32
52	LOVE OUT ME Siouxsie and The Banshees	NA	NA
51	WHERE THE WILD ROSES GROW Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue	30	8
50	I ALONE Live	29	34
49	UP TO OUR NECKS IN IT Skunkhour	28	55
48	KEN CARTER Ammonia	NA	NA
47	GREG! THE STOP SIGN! TISM	27	10
46	BLACK STEEL Tricky	26	36
45	TO BRING YOU MY LOVE PJ Harvey	NA	NA
44	PURPLE SNEAKERS You Am I	25	24
43	RICOCHET Faith No More	NA	NA
42	ISOBEL Bjork	NA	NA
41	DOWN BY THE WATER PJ Harvey	NA	NA
40	BETTER MAN Pearl Jam	24	44
39	WARPED Red Hot Chilli Peppers	23	75
38	AFTERNOON IN BED The Bats	NA	NA
37	GLORY BOX Portishead	22	45
36	ONE WAY TICKET TO ANTARCTICA Bluebottle Kiss	NA	NA
35	THE GIRL WITH THE SUN IN HER EYES Drop City	NA	NA
34	GRACE Jeff Buckley	21	89
33	NEIL JUNG Teenage Fanclub	NA	NA
32	SUMMER Buffalo Tom	20	50
31	VOW Garbage	19	15
30	POLITICAL PRISONERS Insurge	18	25
29	MIS-SHAPES Pulp	NA	NA
28	FIRE IN THE HEAD The Tea Party	17	66
27	APPLE TREE Drop City	NA	NA
26	LIGHTNING CRASHES Live	16	22
25	TEENAGE LOSER ANTHEM The Dambuilders	NA	NA
24	HISTORY The Verve	NA	NA
23	MY FRIENDS Red Hot Chilli Peppers	15	20
22	NEEDLE IN THE HAY Elliott Smith	NA	NA
21	ALRIGHT Supergrass	14	79
20	DIAMOND SEA Sonic Youth	13	42
19	INSOMNIA Faithless	NA	NA
18	WHY YOU ASKING Glide	NA	NA
17	TRICK WITH A KNIFE Strawpeople	12	78
16	I'LL STICK AROUND Foo Fighters	11	70
15	C'MON BILLY PJ Harvey	NA	NA
14	YOU OUGHTA KNOW Alanis Morrisette	10	39
13	MISS SARAJEVO Passengers	9	23
12	PROTECTION Massive Attack feat. Tracey Thorn	8	95
11	MISSING (REMIX) Everything But The Girl	NA	NA

"I think I have the best of me
Inside my head
No one else competes with me
I think I'm great
Got spirit tucked away inside"

Coming in at #10 is another one for the swear jar, the epic, brooding 'Eat My Dust You Insensitive F**k', by UK shoegaze band Catherine Wheel. Ironically it's the most shoegazey song from what is actually their their rockiest album, Happy Days. Trivia: Lead singer Rob Dickinson is first cousin to Iron Maiden's Bruce.

10

EAT MY DUST YOU INSENSITIVE F**K Catherine Wheel

NA

NA

"Have I been blind
Have I been lost
Inside myself and
My own mind
Hypnotized
Mesmerized
By what my eyes have seen?"

At nine is ex-10000 Maniacs (one Maniac?) lead singer Natalie Merchant with her first solo single Carnival. It still stands up beautifully today, so effortlessly, languid and cool.

9

CARNIVAL Natalie Merchant

7

30

"All your dreams are made
When you're chained to the mirror and the razor blade
Today's the day that all the world will see"

At eight are the 'it' band of 1995, Oasis, with their (more or less) title track from their (What's The Story) Morning Glory album (which came out 25 years ago this Friday ). And they rocked out harder than they did before or since.

8

MORNING GLORY Oasis

6

13

"And all the roads we have to walk are winding
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding
There are many things that I
Would like to say to you but I don't know how"

Surprise! Making it an Oasis back-to-back is the song voted the best ever Hottest 100 song by JJJ voters in 2015, as well as the #1 in the actual 1995 countdown - Wonderwall. It's dropped back ever so slightly in my estimation to #7 probably due to overplay, but it still remains a definitive 90s track. Do you really need me to describe it?

7

WONDERWALL Oasis

5

1

"This is our last embrace
Must I dream and always see your face?
Why can't we overcome this wall?
Baby, maybe its just because you didn't know you at all"

Speaking of iconic 90s songs, at #6 is many people's introduction to Jeff Buckley, Last Goodbye. Another song that placed highly in the Top 100 Hottest 100 songs in 2015. Not a lot more needs to be said about this song either, except that it still gets me in the feels every time.

6

LAST GOODBYE Jeff Buckley

4

14

"This machine will, will not communicate
These thoughts and the strain I am under
Be a world child, form a circle
Before we all go under"

Radiohead sure know how to end an album, don't they? Coming in at five is The Bends' closer, Street Spirit (Fade Out). Apparently REM were pat of the inspiration behind the song, well that and anti-capitalism. I think it wasn't released as a single anywhere until early '96, hence it not appearing on the 1995 Hottest 100 voting list.

5

STREET SPIRIT Radiohead

NA

NA

"Strangely not inside strangely not outside
Drowning in the middle of an eerie transition
And I don't know your name
Never been alive - yet I haven't died
I hover disembodied in a semi-wakened haze"

In my 1978 list, Siouxsie and The Banshees came in at #4 with their first single, the short, sharp 2 minute 57 Hong Kong Garden. In my 1995 list, they come in at #4 again, with their sprawling 11-minute epic title track from their swansong album, The Rapture. A great way for them to sign off in hindsight, as they broke up the following year.

4

THE RAPTURE Siouxsie and The Banshees

NA

NA

"Even though I know
I suppose I'll show
All my cool and cold
Like ol' Job"

At number 3 is Bullet With Butterfly Wings by The Smashing Pumpkins. It's their rockiest number, it spoke to a 21 year old me and it remains my favourite song of theirs. It's kind of taken on a new relevance in 2020.

3

BULLET WITH BUTTERFLY WINGS The Smashing Pumpkins

3

2

"He used to do surgery
For girls in the eighties
But gravity always wins"

Whom do we know that could possibly come up with lyrics like that? Yep, that's right, T. Yorke. Radiohead equal their best ever position in my lists with 'Fake Plastic Trees'. Very glad to see it make the Hottest 100 of All Time lists after it somehow missed the 1995 Hottest 100. Not sure if it was ever released as a single in Australia, but if it was, it didn't chart.

2

FAKE PLASTIC TREES Radiohead

2

NA

"But still you'll never get it right
'Cause when you're laid in bed at night
Watching roaches climb the wall
If you called your dad he could stop it all"

Those of you playing at home will realise there's still one song missing from the 1995 Hottest 100 which must be #1, and it's Pulp's classic, epic Common People. During the Britpop era, whenever anyone asked me who my favourite Britpop bnd was out of 'Oasis' and 'Blur', I always answered 'Pulp'. Love Jarvis Cocker's lyrics and style to this day.

1

COMMON PEOPLE Pulp

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

Now for one of my favourite Hottest 100 lists: 1996
I don't know about you but it was pure joy for me when Double J played the actual 1996 list in full early in 2017.

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

Howvever, the good music didn't run very deep,and it was a battle coming up with 200 songs.

(Edit 14/10/17: expanded to 175 songs)
(Edit 2/8/20: expanded to 200 songs and revised) - here are #200-101:

My H100	Song	Real H100 order	Actual posn
200	WHOEVER YOU ARE Geggy Tah	101	41
199	MAH NA MAH NA Skin	100	31
198	MACH 5 Presidents of the USA	99	50
197	KILLING ME SOFTLY Fugees	98	35
196	CREEP Matthew Trapnell	97	95
195	ALL I WANT Skunk Anansie	96	93
194	PUNK ROCK SONG Bad Religion	95	63
193	MANKIND Pearl Jam	94	94
192	PUNCH IN THE FACE Frenzal Rhomb	93	72
191	HOW BIZARRE OMC	92	78
190	MISSION IMPOSSIBLE Mullen/Clayton	91	68
189	HEAVEN BESIDE YOU Alice In Chains	NA	NA
188	CHARMLESS MAN Blur	NA	NA
187	DOWN 311	90	11
186	SO RUDE Rebecca's Empire	89	57
185	LAY LADY LAY Ministry	88	74
184	FSO Regurgitator	NA	NA
183	PROFESSIONAL WIDOW Tori Amos	87	98
182	SURF'S UP TONIGHT Midnight Oil	86	75
181	WAKING UP TIRED Hoodoo Gurus	85	83
180	DANG Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	NA	NA
179	ROLL WITH IT Oasis	NA	NA
178	HORSE The Dirty Three	NA	NA
177	CROMAGNON MAN Snout	84	89
176	LEAVIN HERE Pearl Jam	83	90
175	DOGS ARE THE BEST PEOPLE The Fauves	82	20
174	SINGLE GIRL Lush	NA	NA
173	SATURDAY NIGHT Suede	NA	NA
172	MR FREEZE K'S Choice	NA	NA
171	WOMBO LOMBO Angelique Kidjo	81	64
170	SMILER Jebediah	NA	NA
169	1979 Smashing Pumpkins	80	13
168	SIT ON MY HANDS Frente!	NA	NA
167	WONDER Natalie Merchant	NA	NA
166	HAIL CAESAR AC/DC	79	97
165	TALULA Tori Amos	NA	NA
164	UNTIL IT SLEEPS Metallica	78	52
163	ROOTS BLOODY ROOTS Sepultura	NA	NA
162	SAM GRIBBLE'S Spiderbait	NA	NA
161	PEOPLE OF THE SUN Rage Against The Machine	NA	NA
160	UNDERWATER Midnight Oil	NA	NA
159	PRISTINE CHRISTINE Magic Dirt	NA	NA
158	HOW THE WEST WAS WON AND WHERE IT GOT US REM	NA	NA
157	HERE NOW The Clouds	NA	NA
156	BIG ME Foo Fighters	NA	NA
155	NOT THE GIRL YOU THINK YOU ARE Crowded House	NA	NA
154	I CAN DO Robert Forster	NA	NA
153	BIG BANG BABY Stone Temple Pilots	NA	NA
152	SELF ABUSER The Fauves	77	30
151	GOLD TO ME Ben Harper	76	100
150	SPIDERWEBS No Doubt	NA	NA
149	SONG OF ANOTHER LOVE Underground Lovers	NA	NA
148	GOLD DUST WOMAN Hole	75	73
147	HOPE The Dirty Three	NA	NA
146	LAVABREAD Tumbleweed	NA	NA
145	MIFFY'S SIMPLICITY Regurgitator	NA	NA
144	HERE IN YOUR BEDROOM Goldfinger	74	65
143	SILVER LIZARD Tumbleweed	73	59
142	DOWN IN THE PARK Foo Fighters	72	21
141	PRETTY NOOSE Soundgarden	NA	NA
140	SET THE CONTROLS Barry Adamson	71	91
139	HAMMER AND TONGUES Soulwax	NA	NA
138	DEAN MARTIN Something For Kate	NA	NA
137	I'LL BE YOUR MAJICK Def FX	70	61
136	DISCO 2000 Pulp	68	71
135	SOLDIERS You Am I	68	80
134	ANEURYSM Nirvana	67	45
133	NOT COMING HOME Sidewinder	NA	NA
132	HUMAN ON THE INSIDE Divinyls	NA	NA
131	CAUGHT A LITE SNEEZE Tori Amos	NA	NA
130	HEARTSPARK DOLLARSIGN Everclear	66	58
129	SALVATION The Cranberries	65	44
128	SALE OF THE CENTURY Sleeper	NA	NA
127	YOU'RE ONE Imperial Teen	NA	NA
126	BURDEN IN MY HAND Soundgarden	64	77
125	MILK Garbage	63	40
124	SPECULATOR Insurge	62	69
123	YOU AND ME SONG The Wannadies	NA	NA
122	TWO WRONGS Tex Perkins	NA	NA
121	IN THE MEANTIME Spacehog	61	76
120	CRYIN' LOVE Robert Forster	NA	NA
119	AENEMA Tool	NA	NA
118	NEW POLLUTION Beck	NA	NA
117	GOOD MORNIN' You Am I	60	84
116	THE GOOD IN EVERYONE Sloan	NA	NA
115	POOR HOWARD Ed Kuepper	NA	NA
114	GUTLESS FEELING Violetine	NA	NA
113	SUGAR COATED ICEBERG Lightning Seeds	NA	NA
112	SANTA MONICA (WATCH THE WORLD DIE) Everclear	59	24
111	IF I COULD TALK I'D TELL YOU The Lemonheads	58	54
110	DOWN FROM THE SKY The Clouds	NA	NA
109	WHERE IT'S AT Beck	57	43
108	JET SKI Bikini Kill	NA	NA
107	YOU'RE GORGEOUS Babybird	56	10
106	HEY DUDE Kula Shaker	55	60
105	HELPING YOU HATE ME Bluebottle Kiss	NA	NA
104	SUSAN'S HOUSE Eels	54	56
103	DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER Oasis	NA	NA
102	ELLA'S UNCLE Matthew Trapnell	53	96
101	AT THE BAR The Dirty Three	NA	NA

(Sidenote re #102 - I actually have a niece named Ella
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And here is the rest of '96

My H100	Song	Real H100 order	Actual posn
100	TONIGHT, TONIGHT Smashing Pumpkins	52	55
99	SHUT MY EYES The Superjesus	51	81
98	CALIFORNIA LOVE 2-Pac feat. Dr Dre	50	33
97	KUNG FOO SING Regurgitator	49	15
96	THE BOX Orbital	NA	NA
95	HOT WATER AND MILK Spiderbait	NA	NA
94	DON'T IT GET YOU DOWN Deadstar	48	70
93	I MAKE HUMBURGERS The Whitlams	47	79
92	I REMEMBER Tumbleweed	NA	NA
91	TALK ABOUT LOVE My Friend The Chocolate Cake	NA	NA
90	COPPERTONE Fini Scad	46	42
89	THE BALLAD OF THE SKELETONS Allen Ginsberg	45	8
88	HAIL, HAIL Pearl Jam	44	47
87	NOT AN ADDICT K's Choice	NA	NA
86	LIVING TYPE Powderfinger	43	32
85	EL SCORCHO Weezer	42	9
84	BITTERSWEET ME R.E.M.	NA	NA
83	I SUCKED A LOT OF C**K Regurgitator	41	23
82	SWALLOWED Bush	40	19
81	HALLO SPACEBOY David Bowie	NA	NA
80	BLOW UP THE OUTSIDE WORLD Soundgarden	NA	NA
79	DEVIL'S HAIRCUT Beck	39	29
78	EVIL EYE Sidewinder	NA	NA
77	JERKS OF ATTENTION Jebediah	38	NA
76	UMBILICAL Mazzy Star	NA	NA
75	WHAT'S COME OVER ME Frente!	37	66
74	WHAT IF Lightning Seeds	NA	NA
73	THE DISTANCE Cake	36	27
72	DON'T SPEAK No Doubt	NA	NA
71	DART Screamfeeder	NA	NA
70	SHADOWBOXER Fiona Apple	NA	NA
69	LADYKILLERS Lush	NA	NA
68	PEPPER Butthole Surfers	35	4
67	SCOOBY SNACKS Fun Lovin' Criminals	34	14
66	SHOVEL Magic Dirt	NA	NA
65	JUST A GIRL No Doubt	33	25
64	SHE CRIES YOUR NAME Beth Orton	NA	NA
63	GOLDFINGER Ash	32	85
62	2KINDSALOVE The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	NA	NA
61	LIFE IN MONO Mono	NA	NA
60	TAKES YOU BACK Underground Lovers	NA	NA
59	CANDLESTICK Bellicose	NA	NA
58	ALL OF THESE THINGS Ed Kuepper	NA	NA
57	HYPERBALLAD Bjork	31	53
56	HENRY LEE Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds	NA	NA
55	INSTINCT Crowded House	NA	NA
54	D.A.F. Powderfinger	30	18
53	THE ONE Tracy Bonham	NA	NA
52	LA LA LAND Shihad	NA	NA
51	ONLY HAPPY WHEN IT RAINS Garbage	29	51
50	RHYMES OF AN HOUR Mazzy Star	NA	NA
49	SPLENDID LIE Tex Perkins	NA	NA
48	NAKED EYE Luscious Jackson	28	82
47	SUE'S LAST RIDE The Dirty Three	NA	NA
46	ONE TO ANOTHER The Charlatans	NA	NA
45	GLYCERINE Bush	27	5
44	RERUNS (DAISY DUKE) Soulwax	NA	NA
43	FABLE Robert Miles	NA	NA
42	TRIPPIN' OVER A HOLE IN A PAPER HEART Stone Temple Pilots	NA	NA
41	PASS THE VIBES Definition Of Sound	26	49
40	UNDERGROUND Ben Folds Five	25	3
39	HOURLY, DAILY You Am I	NA	NA
38	COMEDOWN Bush	24	38
37	VIRTUAL INSANITY Jamiroquai	23	37
36	CHAMPAGNE SUPERNOVA Oasis	NA	NA
35	HERO OF THE DAY Metallica	22	62
34	BULLS ON PARADE Rage Against The Machine	21	46
33	WOMAN Neneh Cherry	20	86
32	STEREOTYPES Blur	NA	NA
31	STAGGER LEE Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds	NA	NA
30	EVERYTHING IS GOOD FOR YOU Crowded House	19	67
29	MOTHER MOTHER Tracy Bonham	18	34
28	ZERO The Smashing Pumpkins	17	28
27	HEY JUPITER Tori Amos	NA	NA
26	NOVOCAINE FOR THE SOUL Eels	16	39
25	SONG OF JOY Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds	NA	NA
24	CHILDREN Robert Miles	NA	NA
23	YOU SHOWED ME The Lightning Seeds	NA	NA
22	POPULAR Nada Surf	15	48
21	READY TO GO Republica	14	99
20	TOUCH ME WITH YOUR LOVE Beth Orton	NA	NA
19	EXIT MUSIC (FOR A FILM) Radiohead	NA	NA
18	BORN SLIPPY (NUXX) Underworld	13	12
17	STINKFIST Tool	12	2
16	OH YEAH Ash	11	22
15	FIRESTARTER The Prodigy	10	17
14	E-BOW THE LETTER R.E.M.	9	87
13	SETTING SUN Chemical Brothers	8	26
12	ALICE The Cocteau Twins	NA	NA
11	ALL YOUR SISTERS Mazzy Star	NA	NA

"We're going to be grooving down to the morning show
Grooving before the sun comes up
Grooving down by the water
Holding me tight"

Number 10 is Grooving by the Hunting Party, who consisted of the unlikely trio of Bones Hillman (Midnight Oil bassist), Chris Abrahams (DJ) with the vocals by Melanie Oxley, meaning that she joins her two older brothers (Jeremy and Peter of Sunnyboys fame) in making my Top 10. And groove I did to this sultry tune in the summer of '96 after finishing Uni.

10

GROOVING Hunting Party

7

88

"And you said that I
Let it be a lesson
Come and take and more
Or less you lose some
I will stay here in your imagination"

At nine are The Mavis', straight outta Geelong. 'Cry' is the song everyone remembers them for, and also the song that helped finish them, but "Thunder' is infinitely better IMO, with its sweet-sounding verse/rocking chorus combination.

9

THUNDER The Mavis'

6

92

"You want me?
F****n' well, come and find me
I'll be waitin'
With a gun and a pack of sandwiches
And nothin'"

Thom Yorke drops some more expletives at #8 with Talk Show Host - Radiohead's second song from the Romeo and Juliet soundtrack. Mr Greenwood's guitar riff is the real start of the show here.

8

TALK SHOW HOST Radiohead

NA

NA

"Libraries gave us power
Then work came and made us free
What price now
For a shallow piece of dignity"

The Manic Street Preachers didn't really become a thing in Australia until 1998, despite being huge in the UK. More's the pity, as one of their most popular songs, A Design For Life, with it sing-along chorus, only came across my radar about a decade ago as a result. It started to grow on me, and made #37 in my original 1996 list in 2017. It has continued to grow on me since then, as has its lyrics, and has now come in at #7.

7

A DESIGN FOR LIFE Manic Street Preachers

NA

NA

"The sickening taste
Homophobic jokes
Images of fascist folks
Beam me up 'cause I can't breathe"

The one-hit-wonder of 1996, if not the '90s - the very Bowieesque Spaceman by Babylon Zoo (aka Jaz Mann). But what a hit. The lyrics for this one have taken on more meaning recently as well. It comes in at #6.

6

SPACEMAN Babylon Zoo

5

16

"Hello Dan, it's Joe here, I hope you're keeping well
It's the 21st of December, and now they're ringing the last bells
If I get good behaviour, I'll be out of here by July
Won't you kiss my kids on Christmas Day
Please don't let 'em cry for me"

At five is Paul Kelly's endearing Christmas tune, How To Make Gravy. Yes, it gets played every December 21st. It may take on a different tone this year for me as I live in a different state to the rest of my immediate family Still warms the heart even if it isn't Christmas.

5

HOW TO MAKE GRAVY Paul Kelly

NA

NA

"And if I die before I learn to speak
Can money pay for all the days I lived awake
But half asleep?"

At number 4 is a song with the longest title this side of Panic! At the Disco, Standing Outside A Broken Phonebooth With Money In My Hand from the Primitive Radio Gods. Apparently this song is well known from The Cable Guy movie, butI have never seen it, so I only know it from JJJ. In recent years it too taken on an anthemic quality with me. Love the inspired use of the BB King "I've been downhearted..." sample as well.

4

STANDING OUTSIDE A BROKEN PHONEBOOTH WITH MONEY IN MY HAND Primitive Radio Gods

4

36

"Breathe the pressure
Come play my game, I'll test ya
Psychosomatic, addict, insane"

This one isn't about the lyrics...rather the killer beats/strings. Hard to imagine how some people (not me) thought this was scary, even offensive back in the day. RIP Keith Flint.

3

BREATHE The Prodigy

3

7

"'Coz there's nobody else like you
And we sure care just what you're doing
After we have gone our seperate ways"

Runner-up in my list is the winner of the actual countdown, Spiderbait's short, sharp, stinging ode to the music industry, Buy Me A Pony. One minute 42 of pure, energetic vitriol. It still sounds great.

2

BUY ME A PONY Spiderbait

2

1

"When you are set to throw in your hand
When you are far from home
When what you believe is buried in your hands
When you feel outgrown"

Coming in at #1 is the first song on my voting list, the first song I used the World Wide Web to vote for and my pick for #1 in our sweep that year (which didn't quite come to fruition). It's still my favourite Powderfinger song ever and it's Pick You Up. Love a song with a good key change and some rockin' guitars.

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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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 F*** F***s	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

"Karma police
Arrest this man
He talks in maths
He buzzes like a fridge
He's like a detuned radio"

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

"Now that I've found you
And seen behind those eyes
How can I
Carry on"

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

"(English translation) And lead us not into sickness,
But deliver us from evil,
Because yours is the earth
And the body
And the health
Amen"

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

"Hug me till you drug me honey
Kiss me till I'm in a coma"

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

"Well, we don't need no one to tell us what to do
Oh yes, we're on our own and there's nothing you can do
So we don't need no one like you to tell us what to do
We don't refer to the past when we're showing what we've done
Our generation gap means the war is never won
The past is in your head, the future's in our hands"

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

"And I don't believe in the existence of angels
But looking at you I wonder if that's true
But if I did I would summon them together
And ask them to watch over you"

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

"When I am King
You will be first against the wall
With your opinion
Which is of no consequence at all"

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

"Forty, shaved, sexy, wants to do it all day
With a gun-toting trigger-happy tranny named Kinky Renée
Tired teacher, twenty-eight, seeks regular meetings
For masculine, muscular, nappy-clad, brutal breeding"

At #3 is the winner of the actual Hottest 100, 'No Aphrodisiac', from The Whitlams masterpiece, '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

"And I wonder
When I sing along with you
If everything could ever feel this real forever
If anything could ever be this good again
The only thing I'll ever ask of you
You gotta promise not to stop when I say when"

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

"'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
Tryna make ends meet
Tryna find some money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places
Where all the veins meet yeah"

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

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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 23/6/2020, with lyrics and slight revisions)
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	SECOND SOLUTION The Living End	15	15
26	BLACK UMBRELLA Even	14	97
25	WITHOUT YOU I'M NOTHING Placebo	NA	NA
24	NO SURPRISES Radiohead	13	55
23	HEAVY HEART You Am I	12	9
22	MALIBU Hole	11	49
21	COME ON SPRING Antenna	10	64
20	RABBIT IN YR HEADLIGHTS U.N.K.L.E	NA	NA
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:
"And love it like a little dog, and feed it on the scraps you find
And kiss it while you're still asleep
You buy now and pay later, you buy now and pay later
Here's a girl going crazy about you, and I'm not far behind"

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

"And one day we will die
And our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea
But for now we are young
Let us lay in the sun
And count every beautiful thing we can see"

Number nine is In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral 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 a evocative track.

9

IN THE AEROPLANE OVER THE SEA Neutral Milk Hotel

NA

NA

"I'm ahead, I'm a man
I'm the first mammal to wear pants, yeah
I'm at peace with my lust
I can kill 'cause in god I trust, yeah
It's evolution, baby"

#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

"Been around the world and found
That only stupid people are breeding
The cretins cloning and feeding
And I don't even own a TV"

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

"Such a thing of wonder in this crowd,
I'm a stranger in this town, you're free with me.
And our eyes locked in downcast love, I sit here proud,
Even now you're undressed in your dreams with me."

#6 is Jeff Buckley's beautiful posthumous love ballad Everybody Wants You, which is still as good as anything on Grace IMO. Have heard it described as the sexiest song outside of Prince.

6

EVERYBODY HERE WANTS YOU Jeff Buckley

4

29

"Love is a bird, she needs to fly
Let all the hurt inside of you die
You're frozen
When your heart's not open"

#5 is still Madonna's best ever song, Frozen. She had disappeared a***wards in the early 90s, been pretty quiet since 1994 - then she went away, reinvented herself, made the Ray Of Light album, gothed up for the filmclip, looked amazing doing it and released this as the first single. It made for a massive impact.

5

FROZEN Madonna

NA

NA

"As weeks went by, it showed that she was not fine
They told me, "Son, it's time to tell the truth"
And she broke down and I broke down
'Cause I was tired of lying"

To keep the misery going, #4 is Brick by Ben Folds Five, his very dark but beautiful ode to personal experience of relationships gone bad (slight understatement).

4

BRICK Ben Folds Five

3

12

"Vision is rejected
The people's choice is tested
So ignorance has won"

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

3

THE DAY YOU COME Powderfinger

2

8

"This is my church
This is where I heal my hurts
For tonight
God is a DJ"

#2, another one to file under 'How the hell did it not make the Hottest 100?'. I speak of the mighty floor-filling God Is A DJ by Faithless (well it filled the floors I was on) Still one of, if not the, best beats of the decade.

2

GOD IS A DJ Faithless

NA

NA

"Love, love is a verb
Love is a doing word
Fearless on my breath
Gentle impulsion
Shakes me, makes me lighter
Fearless on my breath"

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 22

1

TEARDROP Massive Attack

1

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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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