Triple J Hottest 100, 1990

1990 Triple J Hottest 100
1990 Triple J Hottest 100
Countdown details
Date of countdown	20 May 1990
Countdown highlights
Winning song	Joy Division; "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
Most entries	The Cure; (7 tracks)
Chronology
← Previous; 1989	Next →; 1991

The 1990 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 20 May 1990.^[1] It was the second annual poll of the most popular songs, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. From 1989 to 1991, listeners could vote for songs released in any year.

Full list

Note: Australian artists

#	Song^[2]	Artist	Country of Origin	Year of release	Previous Hottest 100 of all time positions
1	Love Will Tear Us Apart	Joy Division	United Kingdom	1980	1 (1989)
2	Throw Your Arms Around Me	Hunters & Collectors	Australia	1985	2 (1989)
3	How Soon Is Now?	The Smiths	United Kingdom	1984	7 (1989)
4	Uncertain Smile	The The	United Kingdom	1983	3 (1989)
5	Blue Monday	New Order	United Kingdom	1983	5 (1989)
6	Fools Gold	The Stone Roses	United Kingdom	1989
7	This Charming Man	The Smiths	United Kingdom	1983	13 (1989)
8	Rock Lobster	The B-52's	United States	1978	14 (1989)
9	It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)	R.E.M.	United States	1987	22 (1989)
10	That's Entertainment	The Jam	United Kingdom	1980	4 (1989)
11	A Forest	The Cure	United Kingdom	1980	10 (1989)
12	Holiday in Cambodia	Dead Kennedys	United States	1980	6 (1989)
13	Troy	Sinéad O'Connor	Ireland	1987	41 (1989)
14	Under the Milky Way	The Church	Australia	1988
15	Shivers	The Boys Next Door	Australia	1978	12 (1989)
16	Birthday	The Sugarcubes	Iceland	1987	9 (1989)
17	Wuthering Heights	Kate Bush	United Kingdom	1978	43 (1989)
18	Debaser	Pixies	United States	1988
19	Primary	The Cure	United Kingdom	1981	19 (1989)
20	Anarchy in the U.K.	Sex Pistols	United Kingdom	1976	17 (1989)
21	Bizarre Love Triangle	New Order	United Kingdom	1986	67 (1989)
22	She Sells Sanctuary	The Cult	United Kingdom	1985	35 (1989)
23	Boys Don't Cry	The Cure	United Kingdom	1980	29 (1989)
24	Ride On Time	Black Box	Italy	1989
25	Just Like Heaven	The Cure	United Kingdom	1987
26	Betty's Worry or the Slab	Hunters & Collectors	Australia	1984	83 (1989)
27	Cattle and Cane	The Go-Betweens	Australia	1983	11 (1989)
28	London Calling	The Clash	United Kingdom	1979	18 (1989)
29	Fight the Power	Public Enemy	United States	1989
30	Another Girl, Another Planet	The Only Ones	United Kingdom	1978	26 (1989)
31	Song to the Siren	This Mortal Coil	United Kingdom	1983	15 (1989)
32	Talking to a Stranger	Hunters & Collectors	Australia	1982	8 (1989)
33	Fuck tha Police	N.W.A	United States	1988
34	Monkey Gone to Heaven	Pixies	United States	1989
35	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd	United Kingdom	1975	33 (1989)
36	Buffalo Stance	Neneh Cherry	Sweden	1988	61 (1989)
37	Sign “☮” the Times	Prince	United States	1987	37 (1989)
38	Tainted Love	Soft Cell	United Kingdom	1981
39	Kiss	Prince	United States	1986	24 (1989)
40	Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)	Soul II Soul	United Kingdom	1989
41	Blister in the Sun	Violent Femmes	United States	1983	46 (1989)
42	Respect	Aretha Franklin	United States	1965	21 (1989)
43	Lullaby	The Cure	United Kingdom	1989
44	There Is a Light That Never Goes Out	The Smiths	United Kingdom	1985	64 (1989)
45	Info Freako	Jesus Jones	United Kingdom	1989
46	The One I Love	R.E.M.	United States	1987	45 (1989)
47	Everybody Moves	Died Pretty	Australia	1989
48	Dancing Queen	ABBA	Sweden	1975
49	Wide Open Road	The Triffids	Australia	1986	68 (1989)
50	"Heroes"	David Bowie	United Kingdom	1977	39 (1989)
51	She Bangs the Drums	The Stone Roses	United Kingdom	1989
52	The End	The Doors	United States	1967	50 (1989)
53	Bigmouth Strikes Again	The Smiths	United Kingdom	1986	27 (1989)
54	Aloha Steve and Danno	Radio Birdman	Australia	1978	23 (1989)
55	Here Comes Your Man	Pixies	United States	1989
56	Can't Be Sure	The Sundays	United Kingdom	1989
57	The Unguarded Moment	The Church	Australia	1981	42 (1989)
58	Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards	Billy Bragg	United Kingdom	1988	20 (1989)
59	Greetings to the New Brunette	Billy Bragg	United Kingdom	1986	38 (1989)
60	Deanna	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	Australia	1988	70 (1989)
61	Stairway to Heaven	Led Zeppelin	United Kingdom	1971	30 (1989)
62	L.A. Woman	The Doors	United States	1971	40 (1989)
63	Alison	Elvis Costello	United Kingdom	1977	16 (1989)
64	Love Song	Simple Minds	United Kingdom	1981	36 (1989)
65	Temptation	New Order	United Kingdom	1982
66	Imagine	John Lennon	United Kingdom	1971	31 (1989)
67	The Love Cats	The Cure	United Kingdom	1983
68	True Faith	New Order	United Kingdom	1987
69	Nothing Compares 2 U	Sinéad O'Connor	Ireland	1990
70	Wise Up! Sucker	Pop Will Eat Itself	United Kingdom	1989
71	Say Goodbye	Hunters & Collectors	Australia	1986	97 (1989)
72	In Between Days	The Cure	United Kingdom	1985
73	I Want You	Elvis Costello	United Kingdom	1986	58 (1989)
74	Freak Scene	Dinosaur Jr.	United States	1988
75	Forbidden Colours	Sylvian and Sakamoto	United Kingdom/Japan	1983	60 (1989)
76	God Is a Bullet	Concrete Blonde	United States	1989
77	Sympathy for the Devil	The Rolling Stones	United Kingdom	1968	63 (1989)
78	Fall on Me	R.E.M.	United States	1986
79	Once in a Lifetime	Talking Heads	United States	1981
80	Into the Groove	Madonna	United States	1985
81	Street Tuff (Scar Mix)	Double Trouble and Rebel MC	United Kingdom	1989
82	Levi Stubbs' Tears	Billy Bragg	United Kingdom	1986
83	All Along the Watchtower	Jimi Hendrix	United States	1968	49 (1989)
84	Atmosphere	Joy Division	United Kingdom	1980
85	Bye Bye Pride	The Go-Betweens	Australia	1987	89 (1989)
86	Eternally Yours	Laughing Clowns	Australia	1984
87	Add It Up	Violent Femmes	United States	1983
88	Love Shack	The B-52's	United States	1989
89	Teen Age Riot	Sonic Youth	United States	1988
90	Sexual Healing	Marvin Gaye	United States	1982	62 (1989)
91	Say No Go	De La Soul	United States	1988
92	Reptile	The Church	Australia	1988
93	Trust	Tall Tales and True	Australia	1989
94	This Is the Day	The The	United Kingdom	1983
95	Comfortably Numb	Pink Floyd	United Kingdom	1979
96	Happy Birthday	Concrete Blonde	United States	1989
97	Roam	The B-52's	United States	1989
98	Walk On The Wild Side	Lou Reed	United States	1972	77 (1989)
99	Orange Crush	R.E.M.	United States	1988
100	Just Can't Get Enough	Depeche Mode	United Kingdom	1981

Artists with multiple entries

#	Artist	Tracks
7	The Cure	11, 19, 23, 25, 43, 67, 72
6	Peter Hook^{[note 1]}	1, 5, 21, 65, 68, 84
	Stephen Morris^{[note 1]}	1, 5, 21, 65, 68, 84
	Bernard Sumner^{[note 1]}	1, 5, 21, 65, 68, 84
4	Hunters & Collectors	2, 26, 32, 71
	The Smiths	3, 7, 44, 53
	New Order	5, 21, 65, 68
	R.E.M.	9, 46, 78, 99
3	The B-52's	8, 88, 97
	The Church	14, 57, 92
	Pixies	18, 34, 55
	Billy Bragg	58, 59, 82
2	Joy Division	1, 84
	The The	4, 95
	The Stone Roses	6, 51
	Sinéad O'Connor	13, 69
	The Go-Betweens	27, 85
	Nick Cave^{[note 2]}	15, 60
	Pink Floyd	35, 95
	Prince	37, 39
	Violent Femmes	41, 87
	The Doors	52, 62
	Elvis Costello	63, 73
	Concrete Blonde	76, 96

Notes

The Cure's seven entries is a new record for most appearances in a single countdown.
Billy Bragg is the first artist in Hottest 100 history to have back to back entries in a countdown. His songs "Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards" & "Greetings to the New Brunette" came in at #58 and #59 respectively.
Five songs maintained their positions from the previous year's countdown.
Black Box is the first Italian artist to ever make it into the Hottest 100.
This was the final countdown to be referred to as a "Hot 100" as Triple J was later forced to change the poll's name to 'Hottest 100' to avoid legal action with 4ZZZ.

Countries represented

Country	#
United Kingdom	48
United States	31
Australia	16
Ireland	2
Sweden	2
Japan	1
Iceland	1
Italy	1

Songs by Decade

Decade	#
1960s	4
1970s	16
1980s	79
1990s	1

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Twice with Joy Division (1, 84), four times with New Order (5, 21, 65, 68)
^ Once with The Boys Next Door (15), and once with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (60)

^ "2018 Hottest 100 countdown to be held the day after Australia Day". triple j. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
^ "Hottest 100 1990". Triple J. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2024.

[Joy_Division/New_Order-3] Twice with Joy Division (1, 84), four times with New Order (5, 21, 65, 68)

[4] Once with The Boys Next Door (15), and once with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (60)

[1] "2018 Hottest 100 countdown to be held the day after Australia Day". triple j. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2024.

[2] "Hottest 100 1990". Triple J. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2024.

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