The Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time was a music poll conducted in 2009 amongst listeners of

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n youth radio network

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. Over half a million votes were compiled, with

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" collecting the highest number of votes. Voters could submit a list of up to ten different songs as well as nominating one of these as their "all-time" favourite song. It was the fifth such poll organised by Triple J, following similar polls in

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, and

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. Initially, all songs were eligible for annual Triple J Hottest 100s, however, from

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onward (after having no list in 1992), only songs released in the previous year were permitted. Thus, the Hottest 100 of All Time is conducted via a separate vote, held irregularly to reflect listeners' favourite songs across all eras. The 2009 list was designed to reflect the twentieth anniversary of the Hottest 100's inception. The countdown was carried out from Tuesday, 7 July 2009 and finishing Sunday, 12 July 2009. The countdown was also broadcast over two nights on ABC TV's music show Rage. However, certain songs were omitted from the broadcast because they were never made into

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Full list

*Bold: Previous winner of a standard Hottest 100 *Green background: Australian artists

Artists with multiple entries

Countries represented

Songs by decade

Trivia

* News of

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's death surfaced during the final week of voting. Triple J announcers pointed out that both " Thriller" and "

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" were already polling enough votes to feature in the top 100, but that the final week of voting pushed both songs further up the list. * This is the first Hottest 100 of All Time where

The Cure The Cure are an English Rock music, rock band formed in Crawley in 1976 by Robert Smith (musician), Robert Smith (vocals, guitar) and Lol Tolhurst (drums). The band's current line-up comprises Smith, Perry Bamonte (guitar and keyboards), Reev ...

did not achieve more than one track. This is also the first time where The Cure did not have the most songs in a Hottest 100 Of All Time. * This is the first Hottest 100 of All Time where

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did not achieve any tracks. In all other years, they had achieved at least two. * Only one vote separated " No One Knows" by

Queens of the Stone Age Queens of the Stone Age (commonly abbreviated as QOTSA or QotSA) is an American rock band formed in Seattle in 1996. The band was founded by vocalist and guitarist Josh Homme shortly before he returned to his native Palm Desert, California. ...

from "

Hey Jude "Hey Jude" is a song by the English rock music, rock band the Beatles that was released as a non-album single in August 1968. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The single was the Beatles' fir ...

" by

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. *

Radiohead Radiohead are an English rock band formed in Abingdon-on-Thames, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, in 1985. The band members are Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards); brothers Jonny Greenwood (guitar, keyboards, other instruments) and Colin Gre ...

swapped the number 5 and 13 positions they had held in the 1998 Of All Time countdown with " Creep" and "

Paranoid Android "Paranoid Android" is a song by English alternative rock band Radiohead, released as the lead single from their third studio album, '' OK Computer'' (1997), on 26 May 1997. The lyrics were written by singer Thom Yorke following an unpleasant e ...

". * Franz Ferdinand are the second band behind

Powderfinger Powderfinger were an Australian Rock music, rock band formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their break-up in 2010, the line-up consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bass guitarist John Collins ...

to come 1st and 100th in a Hottest 100. "

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" is also the first song in the Hottest 100 to have reached both ends of the countdown. * This is the first Hottest 100 of All Time countdown to not feature any songs from the year of the countdown. * This countdown also is the first to not feature any Australian artists in the Top 10. The highest Australian entry was #17, a record low in any Hottest 100. * With sixteen entries coming from Australian artists, the 2009 Of All Time list equals the record set in the 1990 Of All Time countdown for the fewest entries from Australian artists in a countdown. * It was announced at the beginning of the countdown that #101 was " Heart Shaped Box" by Nirvana. This is the first known instance where the same artist held both the 1st and 101st positions in a Hottest 100. * Only two songs in the entire Hottest 100 featured a female lead vocalist: Shara Nelson and

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, both of whom were guest vocalists on songs by

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" and " Teardrop" respectively). As such, there were no female artists or bands with permanent female vocalists who reached the countdown. ** Overall, six bands with songs on the countdown included female instrumentalists. These were

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, New Order, Pixies, Pulp,

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and

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, accounting for eight songs between them, the only other songs which featured contributions from a female musician were " Wolf Like Me" by

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, which featured backing vocals from musician Katrina Ford, and " Gimme Shelter" by

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, which featured backing vocals from singer

Merry Clayton Merry Clayton (born December 25, 1948) is an American soul and gospel singer. She contributed vocals to numerous tracks and worked with many major recording artists for decades, including a duet with Mick Jagger on the Rolling Stones song " Gimm ...

CD release

released a compilation disc including 36 of the tracks. DVD # Radiohead – "Paranoid Android" (#5) # Rage Against the Machine – "Killing in the Name" (#2) # Muse – "Knights of Cydonia" (#18) # Jeff Buckley – "Hallelujah" (#3) # Joy Division – "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (#4) # Oasis – "Wonderwall" (#12) # Hilltop Hoods – "The Nosebleed Section" (#17) # The White Stripes – "Seven Nation Army" (#20) # Massive Attack – "Teardrop" (#22) # Powderfinger – "My Happiness" (#27) # Hunters & Collectors – "Throw Your Arms Around Me" (#23) # New Order – "Blue Monday" (#32) # The Killers – "Mr. Brightside" (#38) # The Living End – "Prisoner of Society" (#34) # Silverchair – "Tomorrow" (#33) # Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – "Into My Arms" (#36) # Bloc Party – "Banquet" (#42) # Faith No More – "Epic" (#46) # You Am I – "Berlin Chair" (#52) # The John Butler Trio – "Betterman" (#47) # The Cure – "Close to Me" (#54) # Augie March – "One Crowded Hour" (#59) # Violent Femmes – "Blister in the Sun" (#64) # Blink-182 – "Dammit (Growing Up)" (#68) # The Prodigy – "Breathe" (#70) # The Stone Roses – "Fools Gold (#76) # The Shins – "New Slang" (#72) # Ben Folds Five – "Brick" (#67) # Gotye – "Hearts a Mess" (#77) # David Bowie – "Life on Mars?" (#79) # Pulp – "Common People" (#81) # The Dandy Warhols – "Bohemian Like You" (#85) # System of a Down – "Chop Suey!" (#82) # Modest Mouse – "Float On" (#94) # Coldplay – "Yellow" (#87) # TV On The Radio – "Wolf Like Me" (#99) # Midnight Oil – "Beds Are Burning" (#97) # Franz Ferdinand– "Take Me Out" (#100) # Radiohead – "Fake Plastic Trees" (#28)

Notes

External links

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