Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time, 2009

Full list

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

Artists with multiple entries

• Dave Grohl

• Jeff Buckley
• John Lennon
• Radiohead

• Nirvana
• The Beatles
• The Smashing Pumpkins

• AC/DC
• Daft Punk
• Led Zeppelin
• Massive Attack
• Metallica
• Michael Jackson
• Pearl Jam
• Pink Floyd
• Powderfinger
• Rage Against the Machine
• The Rolling Stones
• Tool

  Trivia

• News of Michael Jackson's death surfaced during the final week of voting. Triple J announcers pointed out that both "Thriller" and "Billie Jean" 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 did not achieve more than one track.
• This is the first Hottest 100 Of All Time where R.E.M. 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 from Hey Jude by The Beatles.
• Radiohead swapped the #5 and #13 positions they had held in the 1998 all time countdown with "Creep" and "Paranoid Android".
• Franz Ferdinand is the second band behind Powderfinger to come 1st and 100th in a Hottest 100. Take Me Out is also the first song in the Hottest 100 to have reached both ends of the countdown.
• This is the first 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.
• It was announced at the beginning of the countdown that the 101st song was Heart Shaped Box by Nirvana.
• Only two songs in the entire Hottest 100 featured a female lead vocalist: Shara Nelson and Elizabeth Fraser, both of whom were guest vocalists on songs by Massive Attack. 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 The Dandy Warhols, New Order, Pixies, Pulp, The Smashing Pumpkins and The White Stripes, accounting for eight songs between them, the only other songs which featured contributions from a female musician were "Wolf Like Me" by TV on the Radio, which featured backing vocals from musician Katrina Ford, and "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones, which featured backing vocals from singer Merry Clayton.

  CD release

1. Paranoid Android - Radiohead.
2. Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine.
3. Knights Of Cydonia - Muse.
4. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley.
5. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division.
6. Wonderwall - Oasis.
7. The Nosebleed Section - Hilltop Hoods.
8. Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes.
9. Teardrop - Massive Attack.
10. My Happiness - Powderfinger.
11. Throw Your Arms Around Me - Hunters And Collectors.
12. Blue Monday - New Order.
13. Mr. Brightside - The Killers.
14. Prisoner Of Society - The Living End.
15. Tomorrow - Silverchair.
16. Into My Arms - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds.
17. Banquet - Bloc Party.
18. Epic - Faith No More.
19. Berlin Chair - You Am I.
20. Betterman - The John Butler Trio.
21. Close To Me - The Cure.
22. One Crowded Hour - Augie March.
23. Blister In The Sun - Violent Femmes.
24. Dammit - Blink-182.
25. Breathe - The Prodigy.
26. Fools Gold - The Stone Roses.
27. New Slang - The Shins.
28. Brick - Ben Folds Five.
29. Hearts A Mess - Gotye.
30. Life On Mars? - David Bowie.
31. Common People - Pulp.
32. Bohemian Like You - The Dandy Warhols.
33. Chop Suey! - System Of A Down.
34. Float On - Modest Mouse.
35. Yellow - Coldplay.
36. Wolf Like Me - TV On The Radio.
37. Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil.
38. Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand.
39. Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead.

    Countries represented

• United States - 46
• United Kingdom - 36
• Australia - 16
• France - 2
• Jamaica - 1

  Songs by decade

• 1960s - 8
• 1970s - 11
• 1980s - 15
• 1990s - 44
• 2000s - 22