Triple J's Hottest 100 of All Time 1998: the top 30
The top 3 according to 195 votes from people: "Alive" – Pearl Jam · "Throw Your Arms Around Me" – Hunters & Collectors · "Love Will Tear Us Apart" – Joy Division. (Updated Jul 11, 2021.)
Nirvana first, Hunters & Collectors' "Throw Your Arms Around Me" second and Pearl Jam's "Alive" third: the top 30 of the 1998 Hottest 100 of All Time voted by listeners of Australian radio station Triple J, with each song's country and year.
Top 30
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1
"Alive" – Pearl Jam
No. 3. United States, 1991.
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2
"Throw Your Arms Around Me" – Hunters & Collectors
No. 2. Australia, 1984.
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3
"Love Will Tear Us Apart" – Joy Division
No. 16. United Kingdom, 1980.
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4
"Stairway to Heaven" – Led Zeppelin
No. 6. United Kingdom, 1971.
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5
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" – Nirvana
No. 1. United States, 1991.
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6
"Last Goodbye" – Jeff Buckley
No. 4. United States, 1994.
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7
"Creep" – Radiohead
No. 5. United Kingdom, 1992.
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8
"Better Man" – Pearl Jam
No. 22. United States, 1994.
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9
"One" – U2
No. 11. Ireland, 1992.
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10
"Killing in the Name" – Rage Against the Machine
No. 17. United States, 1992.
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11
"Epic" – Faith No More
No. 19. United States, 1989.
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12
"The Beautiful People" – Marilyn Manson
No. 12. United States, 1996.
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13
"Bohemian Rhapsody" – Queen
No. 8. United Kingdom, 1975.
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14
"Paranoid Android" – Radiohead
No. 13. United Kingdom, 1997.
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15
"Black" – Pearl Jam
No. 10. United States, 1991.
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16
"Blister in the Sun" – Violent Femmes
No. 15. United States, 1983.
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17
"Dammit" – Blink 182
No. 20. United States, 1997.
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18
"Lightning Crashes" – Live
No. 21. United States, 1994.
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19
"Stinkfist" – Tool
No. 24. United States, 1996.
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20
"Enter Sandman" – Metallica
No. 9. United States, 1991.
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21
"Blue Monday" – New Order
No. 30. United Kingdom, 1983.
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22
"Closer" – Nine Inch Nails
No. 14. United States, 1994.
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23
"Cornflake Girl" – Tori Amos
No. 27. United States, 1994.
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24
"One" – Metallica
No. 7. United States, 1988.
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25
"Prisoner of Society" – The Living End
No. 18. Australia, 1997.
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26
"Tainted Love" – Soft Cell
No. 25. United Kingdom, 1981.
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27
"Grace" – Jeff Buckley
No. 29. United States, 1994.
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28
"With or Without You" – U2
No. 23. Ireland, 1987.
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29
"The Ship Song" – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
No. 26. Australia, 1990.
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30
"How Soon Is Now?" – The Smiths
No. 28. United Kingdom, 1985.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (1)
Throw Your Arms Around Me at number 2 is the most Australian result possible. Every party ended with that song.